"Your Majesty, what are these?"
Gongsun Sheng looked at the scene in front of him and was greatly shocked.
Liu Yu said with a smile, "These are all sugar."
"There's so much sugar." Gongsun Sheng was surprised again. x
The amount of sugar in the entire room can be said to be a mountain of sugar.
"But it's just sugar, and it's the finest white sugar!" Liu Yu said.
"It's unheard of for Bai Shatang to be promoted to an official position." Gongsun Sheng looked confused.
At this time, there was no white sugar of later generations in the world. Everyone was eating brown sugar, even low-quality brown sugar with a slightly astringent taste.
As for the crystal clear white sugar, I couldn't even see it.
Liu Yu pulled out a bag of white sugar, opened and sealed it, and took out a handful.
The fine white sugar particles are as crystal clear as snowflakes.
Gongsun Sheng pinched a handful and put it in his mouth.
"It's so sweet!" Gongsun Sheng couldn't help but praise.
Pure white sugar has a pure sweetness, which is definitely not comparable to the brown sugar with impurities in this era.
"Your Majesty, this is a divine thing!" Gongsun Sheng grabbed another handful of sugar and stuffed it into his mouth.
Liu Yu was speechless. He didn't expect that Gongsun Sheng really liked sweets so much.
"White sugar is comparable to the existence of salt. My Bafang Trading Company can become rich just by relying on this white sugar." Liu Yu said confidently.
White sugar is definitely not as simple as providing sweetness, but it can also be used to make a large number of candied foods, just like pickled foods, which can be stored and stored for a long time.
And the sufficient ability provided by white sugar can quickly resist hunger.
"Your Majesty, such fine white sugar must be very expensive to sell!" Gongsun Sheng asked.
"It's not too expensive. I plan to sell it at the price of brown sugar in today's world!" Liu Yu said.
"It's so cheap." Gongsun Sheng couldn't believe it.
Is it cheap?
Liu Yu felt that it was not cheap at all.
Brown sugar in ancient times could almost be regarded as a valuable item that could be sold in pharmacies, and the price was not cheap at all.
Many poor people may never drink sugar water once in their lives, or experience what desserts are.
As for some people talking about honey, I'm sorry, the price of honey is twice as expensive as brown sugar.
Modern people who enjoy the benefits of the explosion of industry and agriculture simply cannot imagine the high price of sugar in this era.
Even if Liu Yu sells the white sugar at the same price as brown sugar, he can still make five times the profit!
This is after not making huge profits with evil intentions.
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, then the sugar from Bafang Trading Company will probably be snatched away by people." Gongsun Sheng said in a stunned tone.
"It's best to grab your head. I'm not afraid." Liu Yu said with a smile.
As long as there is such a high profit, Liu Yu is not afraid of insufficient supply.
If you have money in your hands, you can expand infinitely.
The same price but higher quality white sugar will make the brown sugar in the world lose ground.
This is also one of Liu Yu's goals. In the future, when Bafang Trading Company expands to the south, one goal is to defeat and recruit the large sugar merchants in the Jiaozhou area in the south.
After looking at the mountains of white sugar in the room, Gongsun Shengcai reluctantly followed Liu Yu to another small courtyard.
There are also many rooms in the small courtyard.
Liu Yu opened the door again and brought Gongsun Sheng in.
"Your Majesty, what's inside here?" Gongsun Sheng looked at the large wooden boxes neatly stacked in the room.
"These are all cotton cloth and cotton!" Liu Yu said.
"cotton"
Another thing Gongsun Sheng had never heard of.
The clothes in the Han and Wei dynasties basically did not have the kind of cotton products found in later generations. Except for the expensive silk clothes, they were all not as comfortable and breathable as cotton.
When it comes to keeping out the cold, there is nothing that is warmer and cheaper than cotton.
Many poor people's clothes to keep out the cold in winter are often stuffed with reed flowers, broken grass, etc.
The poor ability to keep warm caused many people to freeze to death.
"Cotton is a good thing. I have already planned to plant it next year. These cottons and cotton cloths will be sold first to let the people know the benefits of cotton." Liu Yu said. x
Although this kind of cotton is not the long-staple cotton of later generations, it is cotton that has long existed in ancient India.
Then, he explained the uses and benefits of cotton.
After Gongsun Sheng heard this, he was almost in admiration.
"Your Majesty, sugar and cotton are two great weapons that benefit the country and the people. I would like to ask your Majesty to issue a decree that these two commodities must not be allowed to flow into the enemy's country!" Gongsun Sheng said.
In modern times, there is a saying of two white and one black strategic items. The two whites are sugar and cotton, and the one black is naturally coal.
Coal is everywhere in the Hedong area.
If Liu Yu wants it, he can just send people to search for mineral deposits at will. He will definitely have as much as he wants.
After all, I have never heard of a coal shortage in the Central Plains.
"Although these two things are important, they are not that important. Furthermore, if the law can prohibit those profiteers who are greedy for money, then they are not profiteers." Liu Yu said.
"Then what your Majesty means is that there is no prohibition?" Gongsun Sheng asked.
"That's right, not only is it not prohibited, but I do not prohibit the products sold by Bafang Trading Company. After all, I also want to use these products to send people into various barbarian tribes," Liu Yu said.
Gongsun Sheng immediately understood Liu Yu's ambition.
Just for that small benefit, there is no way to compare with the convenience of obtaining information.
Bafang Trading Company, as long as it relies on these two things, is enough to dominate the world.
When Liu Yu makes a lot of money, he can start up the wool production business and control the nomadic tribes on the grassland.
This is how the semi-encirclement circle targeting the Mobei Dingling people and other barbarians was formed from the Central Plains to the grassland.
Then, Liu Yu led Gongsun Sheng to see another big killer weapon.
In fact, it was the canned meat that Liu Yu had just invented!
Because now is the time when the cattle and sheep on the grassland are fat, and a large amount of meat is very cheap in Yunzhou.
Liu Yu ordered a large batch of them.
Then someone made a batch of glass jars to store the meat.
In fact, it is a very efficient food storage method.
Canning meat is very simple.
Just put the meat into the can, seal it, and steam it in a pot, and it can be stored for a long time.
And the taste of these cans is not that much better than cured bacon.
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The era of blood of Wuhu
