When all the brown sugar in the buckets had cooled down, Yi Niang brought an exquisite white porcelain jar and carefully put these delicious candies into the porcelain jar. One of them could not fit in, and only about thirty of them were put down. About a kilogram of brown sugar, and the rest can only be stored in a relatively thick pottery jar. The mouth of the cylinder was tied tightly with oil paper, and then wrapped in sealing mud. It was more cautious than storing fine wine in a kiln.
"Delicious!"
Everyone worked together and almost collapsed from exhaustion before turning thousands of kilograms of sugar cane into this little bit of sand powder. Everyone was curious and happy for Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan was thinking about what it was.
Liang Chuan let them taste the brown sugar. Everyone put a small piece of brown sugar into their mouths. The taste of happiness spread in their mouths, and the taste was quite sweet. Now is the time when everyone's physical strength is exhausted, and the body is at its lowest. In need of energy, a small piece of brown sugar instantly replenishes energy for the body.
Nowadays, everyone does not have the concept of diabetes, and they will not talk about sugar discoloration. In ancient times, diabetes was also called diabetes. It is a disease of wealth. It is a disease that only the real rich and powerful people have. Ordinary people can't even eat. It’s hard to think about this disease without being full.
When the brown sugar solidifies, it looks like small ice cubes, but when you break it with your hands, the broken brown sugar will look like sand. The brown sugar produced by this ancient method is different from the 'brown sugar' produced by machines in later generations. Strictly speaking, the brown sugar in later generations is called brown sugar. Most of the raw materials are beet, and many of the trace elements that are beneficial to the human body have been absorbed. It's purely to add sugar to people.
As for this ancient method of brown sugar, it is slowly boiled with sugarcane juice. It retains the beneficial elements in the sugarcane juice intact and has high sexual heat. It is an extremely effective health supplement for women. If the mother has given birth to a child, if Drinking a lot of brown sugar is very beneficial to postpartum recovery.
Even when Liang Chuan went to Qingyuan, he rarely saw merchants selling brown sugar or white sugar in the market. It seemed that this stuff was not yet popular.
Although brown sugar is extremely useful, ordinary people do not know how to use it, let alone use it. Now that they have developed it themselves, the road to promotion of this industry is still quite long!
"Yiniang, you have to be careful when holding these brown sugars in your hands. The brown sugar in this small jar is more expensive than gold."
Liang Chuan's words attracted everyone's attention. How could they dare to believe that the sweet sand made from sugar cane juice was so precious? Maybe it was because the thing was too simple. If they knew how to do it, they could do it. They blinked, doubtful of Liang Chuan's words.
"Don't believe it, take some to the pharmacy in Fengshan tomorrow and ask how much they will bid for our brown sugar."
Liang Chuan said with confidence that there are several things in modern times and ancient times that are of different value. Liang Chuan knows that the same is sugar and the same is spices. Of course, things like salt have also gone through a period of drastic changes, but they are not like sugar. so.
Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty went to India to ask for the method of making sugar. Before that, most people in China ate maltose, which is also very sweet, but compared with granulated sugar, there is still a gap, and its efficacy is still promising. compared to.
The sugar industry has developed since the Tang and Song dynasties, but it was not enough for the royal family to enjoy. Brown sugar was also produced in places like Sichuan, Guangdong and Guangxi, and all was sent to Tokyo. The imperial court purchased several thousand kilograms a year, which could be used by the people. There are only a few of them, and it is precisely because of the symbol of royal status that exclusive access to this sky-high luxury product makes Brown Tang’s status ten thousand times greater than that of later generations.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Lian Xixian, a confidant of the hero Kublai Khan and the official right prime minister, was seriously ill. The doctor prescribed medicine that included brown sugar. With the power of the right prime minister, he searched most of the capital, which later became Beijing. Unable to find a pound of brown sugar, Kublai Khan finally heard about it and squeezed out three pounds of brown sugar from the palace to treat his confidants.
Both of them are important people who are less than one person and more than ten thousand people. If they want power, power and money, it is still difficult to get a piece of sugar. It is undeniable that the reason for this is the war, which has led to the complete stagnation of civilian production. But on the other hand, You can still imagine how precious brown sugar was at that time and how low the output was.
"By the way, are any of you inconvenient these days?" Liang Chuan looked at the five women and asked an inconvenient question.
Everyone blushed at first, but when they saw that Liang Chuan had no lewd expression on his face, they thought that Liang Chuan would not say anything obscene. Liang Chuan must be right in asking this question.
Five women, you look at me, I look at you, Yi Niang said: "Xiaochai, Xiuer and Erhua, the three of them are originally in poor health. Now in winter, they often get sick and have pain. My hands were colder than ice cubes to the touch, so I took them to see the doctor. The doctor said that the root of the disease was so deep that it could only be cured slowly but not completely, hey..."
The three people lowered their heads. This incident has hurt them for life, and now they have permanent trauma. How can they not be sad. What they were thinking was that Liang Chuan would think that they were dirty and unworthy of doing this brown sugar job, so as not to pollute this precious thing.
When Liang Chuan heard what Yi Niang said, this was not just right: "Starting tomorrow, take a spoonful of brown sugar, boil a bowl of water, mix it well, and drink it. This thing is very good for your body!"
Brown sugar has high heat properties due to being simmered for a whole day, so it can significantly improve various menstrual symptoms such as dysmenorrhea caused by uterine cold, cold hands and feet, heavy or light menstrual flow, and dark color. Xiaochai and the others Even if she was abused too much, the cold air invaded her body and now accumulated damage to her uterus, she would never be able to conceive a child in this life.
Although brown sugar can't save them, it can at least make them feel better, and it can finally come in handy.
Ye Xiaochai and the others were already feeling cold, but they didn't expect that Liang Chuan would use this gold, which he claimed was more valuable than gold, to support their health. The relationship between the daughter's family was more direct, and tears flowed down. There were still people in this world who would pity them. How can you not be moved by these three dead willows?
Shen Yuzhen was born in a brothel, and what she has always seen is intrigues and intrigues in power and money transactions. The humanity in the cave dwellings has long been wiped out to an unknown place. Here, a group of miserable people who have been reduced to the end of the world can feel a warm feeling.
"Why are you crying? There was no such good thing before. Now if I don't let you use it first, how can I keep it for others?"
They knew that Liang Chuan was actually quite stingy, but this was only true for himself and for the people around him. He was so generous that he wanted the stars to pick from the stars and the moon to have the moon. This is why after they came down from the mountain, He would rather follow this stranger than return to his own home.
Yi Niang collects the brown sugar, scraping off every little bit and putting it away. Not only is this thing expensive, but it is also good for their women's bodies. The third brother is never wrong.
Liang Chuan led others to meticulously clean the sugar canes, bamboo tubes, fire torches, fences, gauze, and chain stoves. We are now working in the food industry, not other service industries. There is no room for mistakes, otherwise the products will be manufactured. The hygiene of the food is not up to par, and the sign will be damaged if you eat it badly.
The food produced by many small workshops in rural areas is good, but if people see the production environment, they may instantly lose the desire to eat and drink. Naturally, they do not realize the importance of a hygienic environment to food, and they do not have so many It costs and energy to clean up every day.
Naturally, Liang Chuan doesn't want to make such bad money. If he wants to do it, he must make high-quality products!
Those five large iron pots are really a treasure. After simmering the brown sugar for a day, after cleaning the sugar residue in the pot, there was no trace of sticky money. Once wiped with a cloth, it was back to the original state immediately. The wisdom of the ancients was really great. Liang Chuan once again lamented that if this craftsmanship was discovered in future generations, it would be of infinite value. However, people have long relied more on coated non-stick pans. Will they still favor our ancestors' treasures?
The most regrettable thing is that the sugar yield rate of sugarcane is too low. Unlike later generations, the sugarcane species today are carefully selected and refined. Sugarcane specifically used for sugar extraction is still the earliest sugarcane. It may be due to natural selection. , the sugar yield rate of sugarcane juice itself is relatively low.
From six to seven thousand kilograms of sugar cane, only a few dozen kilograms of brown sugar were produced, and the sugar production rate was only a pitiful one percent. Liang Chuan's heart ached extremely. He was not very professional in this industry, and even for There is currently nothing we can do to increase the sugar yield, and we don’t know which link is causing the problem.
After Yi Niang put away the candy, she carefully put away the ceramic jar and porcelain jar, put them in the cabinet and locked them. The family has been busy all day, and now their stomachs are still empty, so they hurriedly light up the fire and start the stove.
Liang Chuan thought over the whole process from beginning to end. After all, he didn't have much experience in cooking sugar for the first time. Many aspects of the process were in a hurry. Where there was a shortage of people, he rushed to ask for help. I was lucky today, and there was no problem. Otherwise, if one link was messed up, the others would also go wrong.
In fact, things at Tangjiao are quite simple. They simply feed the sugarcane. Just arrange two people here. One is responsible for driving the cattle. When the sugarcane juice in the pressing basin is full, pour the sugarcane juice into the moso bamboo tube and flow to the iron The sugar begins to boil in the pot. The other one is only responsible for feeding cane.
As for the sugar cooking room, Liang Chuan is busier in catching water and moving the pot. He has to keep stirring the cane juice in the pot and remove the impurities after foaming. Either he has to move quickly or there are not enough people. If there are many, it is enough for one person to guard one pot.
The seven people I have on hand barely meet my ideal requirements. The reason why I am so tired today is that every place feels like putting out a fire. After finishing one place, I have to keep going to another place to take charge. If there are enough people, then As long as each person performs their duties, the sugar can be boiled without getting tired.
During the last step of the sand making process, Liang Chuan thought carefully. Tomorrow, the mold would have to go to Fengshan to have carpenters plan several pieces. Not only would the brown sugar made in the future be boxy, but it would also be easier to take out from the mold. . The brown sugar that has just come out of the pot has a high temperature, and one person still needs to stir it until it is cold, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Once this step is taken care of, another manpower can be saved.
Liang Chuan thought about it and found that the only ones who could help him right now were He Baozheng and his family. Tomorrow I will do some ideological work on He Baozheng and ask him to help. Only he can make me trust him. There are more than enough manpower for their family of three.
