The sugar on the slate has cooled down, but it is not the white sugar that will be as white as snow in later generations, but brown sugar that looks a bit rough.
Although brown sugar can also be sold, it is still a little less interesting than white sugar, which is more beautiful and easier to store.
So, Xiao Han asked someone to build a large wooden funnel, piled the cooled brown sugar in it, soaked it in yellow mud, and filtered out buckets of yellow mud soup. Finally, he personally lifted a bucket and made it. Pour down from the top of the funnel.
"Ah You……"
At first, Gupu didn't know what Xiao Han was going to do. Only when the bucket of muddy water went down did he rush forward in shock and anger, wanting to ask Xiao Han why he destroyed the candy he had just made!
However, when he rushed closer, he couldn't say the words he originally asked!
Because at this time, he suddenly discovered that the dark red and messy sugar cubes in the funnel miraculously turned white after being drenched in muddy water! And it’s getting whiter and whiter!
"What...what's going on!"
I rubbed my eyes in disbelief. Yes, the sugar has indeed turned white! Gupu, who did not believe in evil, reached out and grabbed a handful again. It was soft and moist, and he put it in his mouth. A sweetness that was purer than before filled his heart! No earthy smell at all!
"Haha, this is just Xiao Daoer! You must know that everything in the world is usable! The magic of application lies in one mind!" Seeing the dull eyes like a country bumpkin in Gupu, Xiao Han also put down the bucket of mud and water, pretending to be profound, haha laugh it out.
Very good. If you pretend to be 13 this time, you should get at least ninety-nine points. If you get one more point, you will look proud!
"These are the sugars you're talking about? Ahem, it's really good!" On the other side, hearing Xiao Han's loud laughter, Pu Pu also realized that he had just lost his composure. He coughed lightly and straightened his face again. .
As the leader of hundreds of thousands of Miao people, how could he forget about his own affairs for the sake of some miraculous skills? Calm down, you must be calm! Don't be underestimated!
"By the way, Lao Liu, how much rice do you think a pound of sugar can be exchanged for?"
"Well, I think it should cost a hundred kilograms anyway! And it has to be polished rice!"
"Gah..."
However, the next two sentences between Xiao Han and Liu Hongji made Gupu, who tried hard to put on a well-informed appearance, break his guard in an instant, and he broke it completely!
"Just a little candy! It's worth a hundred kilograms of rice!" With his mouth open like a hippopotamus, Pu Pu stared at Xiao Han and Liu Hongji in disbelief! Looking at this look, people are a little worried whether he will swallow these two people in one bite!
However, this is not to blame for Gupu's loss of composure. He had almost estimated it just now. According to the process just now, about twenty kilograms of sugar cane can produce a kilogram of sugar!
And the loss of sugar production?
Is there any loss in sugar production? Isn't it just a little bit of wood, a little bit of lime, and a little bit of yellow mud? Aren’t these things everywhere on the mountain?
As for the materials, sugar cane grows randomly in clumps on the east and west of the mountain. No one has ever taken care of it, and it can grow up to one foot tall! On weekdays, except for the clan members who would chew one or two sticks when they have no food, only the children in the village like it. Does this thing have any cost?
"One hundred kilograms of rice?"
Just when Gupu opened his mouth and gasped for air conditioning, almost fainting, Ren Qing, who had always been taciturn, slowly spoke: "According to the price of rice in Chang'an, a bucket of rice is now five qian, which means that A pound of rice costs four cents! A hundred pounds of rice costs four hundred cents! But the price of such a pound of sugar in Chang'an cannot be lower than usual! If it can get into the hands of a wealthy family, it is common to pay three to five cents a pound! "
"Snapped…… "
The sugar in his hand fell straight to the ground, but Gupu did not bend down to pick it up. Now he was standing there motionless as if possessed by an evil spirit!
If one pound of sugar was exchanged for one hundred pounds of rice just now, it was a sky-high price, then what does Ren Qing say now that one pound of sugar is exchanged for one thousand pounds of rice? A sky-high price higher than the sky?
"This is true!"
After a long time, Gupu finally reacted and stared at Xiao Han with red eyes, for fear that he would tell him again: Don't think nonsense, this is just a joke! If this was true, he must have thrown Xiao Han into the big pot and cooked it together!
"This is true!"
Fortunately, Xiao Han didn't mean to make fun of Pu Pu.
He just nodded and acknowledged Ren Qing's words! When he got married, he had bought sugar and knew what the price was!
In Chang'an, the price of maltose that can only be used as snacks has almost reached five or six hundred yuan, let alone this kind of pure white sugar!
Come to think of it, those extremely fastidious wealthy families will definitely not be stingy with a few copper coins in their pockets when they see this new type of white sugar that is full of color, fragrance, and can be used as medicine, soup, and cooking!
Even if you let yourself run this matter, it is not impossible to sell it in limited quantities and exchange one pound of sugar for one pound of gold!
"Then I will immediately summon all the Miao villages! Make sugar day and night! Don't ask for a pound of sugar to be exchanged for a thousand pounds of rice, as long as it can be exchanged for a hundred pounds! It will be enough to prevent the people in all the villages from starving to death!"
At this time, Pupu was so excited that he couldn't even speak clearly. What is calm and what is composure? Fuck grandma's mouth!
As long as the tribesmen can be fed and clothed without starving to death, he can kneel down to Xiao Han!
"Ahem, Datong is ahead, don't get excited!"
Seeing Gupu's excited look like sifting chaff, Xiao Han took a step back and said, "These are the prices we are talking about in Chang'an! Now that Lingnan is controlled by the Seventh House, it is difficult to transport goods to Chang'an. If For sale in Guangzhou alone, no one there can eat so much sugar, and no one can provide so much food!"
"What? Can't it be shipped out?" Pupu was stunned by Xiao Han's words, then calmed down, looked at him strangely and said: "No way? In the past few days since you came to Guangzhou, didn't you drive away the Feng family? ? By the way, you also took care of the Gao family, the Chen family of Nande Mansion, and even the people in the government, shouldn't you arrest them and lock them up?"
"Well, you know very well!" Xiao Han's face was full of shock!
He didn't expect that Pu Pu, the leader of the Miao village, would be so clear about what he was doing. Sure enough, no one in a high position would be easy to get along with! Those idiots have probably been killed long ago, and their bones can be used to hammer drums!
"Aren't there other families like Xunfu? They won't buy my face!"
"Xunfu?"
Xiao Han didn't expect that Gupu would be even more surprised now. He stared at him and said, "Didn't you mobilize your troops last night to flatten the Xun Mansion, Nankang Mansion, and Nan Yi Mansion? "
"Gah?!"
