"Liang Aiqing, I still want to remind you that you must not let my imperial sister know what you said today, otherwise I will give you a clean body and enter the palace! Liang Aiqing, you don't want the Liang family to be extinct, right?"
Liang Xiao looked at the empress who suddenly pretended to be cold, and felt inexplicably that she didn't forget to say: "I don't dare."
However, Liang Xiao was still a little moved.
This empress still seems to be somewhat humane, not ruthless.
The empress was finally satisfied and sent Xuanwei to call Duan Yunxiu and Jiang Fuxue.
After sending his brother and sister away, Duan Yunxiu looked at his sister in surprise.
"Sister, have you drunk too much?"
The empress said softly: "It's okay. I talked about some military affairs with him. On a whim, I drank a few more drinks. I won't do it again."
Duan Yunxiu said proudly: "Oh, he is the only one of his age who can make my sister lose her temper!"
"Yes……"
After returning home, Liang Xiao arranged for people to look for Qin Baili and others.
At the Prime Minister's Mansion that day, these people were able to support him at the risk of offending the family, which shows that they all have the character of scholars.
Now that he has made a little fortune and the sugar industry is on the right track, he has the money and leisure to visit these talents.
Such people are the future backbone of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He does not want to see the Great Zhou Dynasty become the next cowardly dynasty. The disaster of moving the capital is already an indelible shame and a great humiliation, but the shame of Jingkang cannot be repeated.
Jiang Fuxue was discussing with grandma in the room.
"I met the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty today. She is so beautiful. I even liked it when I saw her! If my brother can become the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, doesn't that mean he owns the entire Great Zhou Dynasty?"
When grandma heard this, her expression changed drastically: "Miss, you don't want to say this kind of thing outside, maybe it will implicate the young master!"
Jiang Fuxue, who had a bold face at first, instantly regained her docile demeanor, blinked her watery eyes, looked at grandma, and said, "Am I not behaved enough outside?"
"Enough..." Grandma murmured with a smile.
Who would have thought that this "good girl" is full of schemes.
Of course, it's all just for his brother.
"Empress, princess, Mu Qinxue, well, that Zhuge Yun also has a chance~"
The more Grandma listened, the more frightened she became.
These few are either the nobles of Tianhuang or the granddaughters of ministers. Miss, I really dare to think...
The next day, Dingguohou's Mansion received 10,000 kilograms of sugar from Liang Xiao, at a cost of three hundred cash per kilogram, a discount of thirty cash from the original.
Mu Ping and Mrs. Mu's brows widened.
Now that the Duanmu family and the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion have been completely offended because of Liang Xiao, let's cooperate with Liang Xiao well, and the old man will be happier when he comes back...
At the same time, the Gongsun family also received 10,000 kilograms of white sugar. This was yesterday's output, costing three hundred and eighty cents per catty, which was twenty cents cheaper than the market price.
Gongsun Ling smiled from ear to ear.
The benefits obtained from giving up sugar cane and paper mills are far greater than the income from this industry.
According to Gongsun Ling's estimate, every 10,000 kilograms can save the cost of two hundred taels of silver, which can be used to transport sugar.
Just the day before yesterday, the white sugar from the Gongsun family was transported to the Jiangbei area by horseback. Those rich people tasted it for the first time and offered a price of 600 wen per catty!
Even if the price drops in the future, the Gongsun family can still guarantee profits!
In this way, he can meet the requirements of the family leader without offending the fourth lady, the best of both worlds!
On the other hand, the Duanmu family and the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion were very worried.
In just one month, the Duanmu family's pastry business has been completely destroyed by the Dingguo Hou Mansion.
The malt candies and stone honey produced in sugar mills are no longer as popular as before.
The wealthy people in the capital would rather spend more money to buy shiny white sugar than to look down on the malt sugar and stone honey that they have long been tired of.
They have also tried adding caramel and stone honey to pastries. As a result, either the taste and quality are not as good as pastries with white sugar, or the cost is much higher than white sugar because they have to invest several times more caramel.
The value of sugar is increasingly recognized by the public.
And now, the Duanmu family, together with several other bookstore monopolies, is also showing signs of being targeted by Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao is purchasing a large amount of ink materials, papermaking materials, various clays and wooden boards, with unknown intentions!
But these are all related to the book industry!
The Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion operates a pastry shop and a high-end inn. Due to the lack of sweets, the inn of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion was overshadowed.
The "Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs" of Dingguohou Mansion is a recent trend, and countless rich people flock to it!
In the capital, all the old and profitable industries have been divided up by the major forces, and ordinary people are not allowed to get involved.
Anyone who can still be a businessman has some influence from these forces.
And now because of the emergence of Liang Xiao, some industrial structures are about to undergo changes!
Moreover, the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion has just recently joined the Da Zhou Book Industry!
The industries of Zhenyuan Hou Mansion are more or less threatened by Liang Xiao.
But now that Liang Xiao is famous and has the reputation of being a first-class imperial merchant, the aristocratic family in the court will not dare to touch him for a while, lest he become the target of public criticism.
On this day, Duan Yunxiu went to Liang Xiao's sugar shop to "visit" the sugar-making craftsmanship.
The tiles specially made by the potters of Dingguo Hou Mansion were placed on the sugar vat. They were wide at the top and pointed at the bottom. There was a small hole at the bottom. The workers plugged the hole with grass.
Now she is in the workshop, watching the workers pour the syrup that has condensed into sugar paste into the tiles.
After the sugar paste has solidified, remove the grass stuffed in the small holes and pour yellow mud water down from the top. The black syrup will pour into the vat, and the part left in the tiles will turn into white sugar.
The top layer is about five inches thick and very white.
"It's wonderful!" Duan Yunxiu's face flushed with excitement, and he secretly glanced at Liang Xiao, who looked calm.
She never thought that yellow mud water could have such effects!
Rock sugar is further made from white sugar.
Heat and dissolve the white sugar on the top layer, clarify it with egg white, and remove the scum on the surface. Just pay attention to properly controlling the heat.
Cut the fresh green bamboo into inch-long strips and sprinkle them into the sugar liquid. After one night, it will naturally solidify into rock sugar like natural ice cubes. You can even make candies in the shapes of lion candies, elephant candies, and characters.
As for the essence and coarseness of sugar, people can choose it at their own discretion.
"This rock candy should be more expensive. Why don't you sell it?" Duan Yunxiu asked eagerly.
Ever since she acquiesced to her sister's proposal of marriage, she became even more concerned about Liang Xiao's development.
Now she is relieved. After all, these utensils and techniques are difficult to imitate, especially the control of the heat, which greatly affects the quality of the final sugar.
"I'm thinking about pricing." Liang Xiao replied.
Duan Yunxiu raised his eyebrows and said confidently: "No one else can make such a good thing, why do you still need to think about it? Just ask them to raise the price for a starting price of 500 yuan! You can always believe in the financial resources of the wealthy people of Da Zhou!"
After saying that, Duan Yunxiu realized something and lowered his head in shame.
But soon, Duan Yunxiu remembered Liang Xiao's kindness to the refugees, and returned to his former glory, with a face full of pride.
This is my future husband, and he is not unkind because of his wealth!
At this moment, an emergency report came from outside that Gu Pingxiu was back.
Gu Pingxiu, who was waiting outside, was startled when he saw the pretty red-faced Duan Yunxiu. After bowing, he said to Liang Xiao: "Boss, we have found a reliable horse dealer! They are all top-quality horses!"
