"Um?"
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, "Is it possible that the sugar workshop still dares not to give it to you?"
Ma He actually nodded slightly.
Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little angry.
Ma He hurriedly explained: "I heard that the sugar workshop seemed to be built by Guo Changshi specifically for a certain event. No one except Guo Changshi is allowed to touch the sugar produced in the sugar workshop."
"oh?"
Zhu Di couldn't help but sneered, "Neither can we?"
"Your Highness, you can do it."
Ma He immediately fell to the ground, with a look of fear on his face, and carefully replied: "It's just that if I go with just my slaves, I'm afraid I won't be able to bring back the sugar."
Zhu Di said angrily: "Huh, let's go get it ourselves!"
Ma He didn't dare to speak.
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhu Gaochi who was aside, and said gently: "Chi'er, do you want to see how the white sugar is made?"
Zhu Gaochi was overjoyed and said, "My child is willing. My child likes white sugar the most."
"Come on, let's take you to see it."
"Thank you dad!"
Soon, two figures, one large and one small, left the palace, got on the carriage, and led the way.
The sugar workshop was also placed by Guo not far from the glass workshop and the gunpowder workshop.
Not only is the road here convenient, but it is also surrounded by Yanshan guards, making it very safe.
On the first day that sugar was produced, Guo An had already received the news.
Therefore, whenever he was free every day, Guo An would come over and check it out.
As for the officials and generals who heard the news and wanted to take some sugar from the workshop to have a taste, they were all driven away by Guo An.
These white sugars are the guarantee of his life safety during the Northern Expedition. At least for this year, those people can't even think of taking away a pound of white sugar.
"Chang Shi, this is fifty pounds of white sugar made yesterday."
The steward of the sugar workshop came over with two craftsmen carrying a box containing fifty kilograms of sugar.
Guo An urged: "Very good, send someone quickly to deliver these fifty kilograms of sugar to the gunpowder workshop."
"Yes, Guo Changshi!"
Hearing this, a trace of pity flashed in the steward's eyes, but he still responded quickly.
Immediately, he prepared to take the two craftsmen and carry the box containing sugar out.
However, as soon as he walked out of the workshop gate, he was stopped by a man in rich clothes and a group of guards.
"What are you carrying?"
Beside the young man, there was a child, looking curiously at the wooden box in their hands.
"I wonder who this noble person is?"
There were guards behind him, so the steward didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly asked cautiously.
Li Wang on the side shouted angrily: "Be brave, if His Highness asks you something, you can just answer it directly!"
"Your Highness...His Royal Highness King Yan?"
The steward, who had never seen Zhu Di before, shuddered immediately when he heard this, and with a quick puff, he knelt on the ground with a look of fear on his face.
"The villain saw His Highness. The villain was ignorant and did not recognize His Highness. His crime deserves death..."
Zhu Di glanced at the steward with some disgust, and asked again in a cold voice: "What is in these wooden boxes?"
On the side, Li Wang started directly and prepared to open the wooden box.
The steward quickly replied: "Your Highness, the wooden box contains sugar."
"Sugar?"
Zhu Di looked stunned.
Zhu Gaochi looked at the wooden box with excitement.
As for Li Wang, his body also trembled, and the strength in his hands suddenly became much softer.
When the lid of the box was opened, a box of white, crystal clear sugar was revealed.
Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.
"This thing is so white, is it really sugar?"
As he said this, he couldn't help it anymore, so he picked up a handful with his hand and put it into his mouth.
"hiss……"
Zhu Di's eyes widened, "It's really sugar."
On the side, the steward didn't have time to reply, so he could only look at Zhu Di talking to himself with a dumbfounded expression.
Thinking of something, Zhu Di asked again: "Where are you going to carry this sugar?"
At this time, the steward finally had a chance to reply, and said quickly: "Reply to Your Highness, I will carry these fifty kilograms of sugar to the gunpowder workshop."
Zhu Di was a little confused, "What are you doing carrying the sugar to the gunpowder workshop?"
The steward quickly replied: "Your Highness, I forgive you, I don't know, but the sugar produced every day will be carried to the gunpowder workshop."
Zhu Di stared at the steward closely and asked: "Where should all the sugar be carried?"
"Exactly!"
The steward suddenly noticed something and his face turned pale.
"snort!"
Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Where is Guo Qing?"
The steward quickly replied: "Guo Changshi is in the workshop."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Di walked in quickly.
In the workshop, Guo An sat behind a desk with a frown on his face, looking at the account book in his hand with worry on his face.
not enough!
The recovered sugar radishes really do not contain as much sugar as those of later generations. Basically, it takes twelve pounds of sugar radishes to make one pound of sugar.
And if he wanted to make 10,000 jins of white sugar, he would need at least 120,000 jins.
However, according to the candied carrots recovered by the caravan, they only weighed 70,000 to 80,000 kilograms at most.
Although it should not take 10,000 kilograms to replace white sugar with sucrose, the efficiency of sugar production by these craftsmen is too low.
Even the white sugar is made according to the method he gave...
"well……"
Thinking about it, Guo An couldn't help but sigh heavily.
"I wonder what makes Guo Qing so worried?"
Suddenly, a voice appeared next to his ears, and Guo An was immediately startled.
When he looked up, his expression changed even more.
"Your Highness, why are you here?"
Zhu Di had a sullen face and complained: "We heard that the workshop in the mansion has actually produced white sugar. We wanted to ask the chamberlain to bring us some to try, but no one can bring it back. We can only come and taste it ourselves." Take a look?"
Hearing this, Guo An became furious and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me, this must be the result of the confusion of that boy Mahana.
If they told Wei Chen that His Highness wanted to eat sweets, Wei Chen would immediately bring a pound of sugar to His Highness. It was really a crime for Wei Chen and others to bother His Highness to come there in person. "
Zhu Di's expression softened slightly, "In that case, quickly bring us two kilograms of sugar."
"this……"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Guo An's face, and he quickly saluted with a fearful look on his face, "Your Highness, please forgive me. At this moment, all the sugar in the workshop has been sent to the gunpowder workshop by Wei Chen.
However, when the sugar is produced tomorrow, Wei Chen will definitely deliver it to His Highness himself. "
Zhu Di said: "If the sugar is not sold, why should it be sent to the gunpowder workshop?"
Guo An glanced around subconsciously, then put his head close to Zhu Di's ear, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, this is the gunpowder for preparing for the Northern Expedition. According to the research of Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, sugar was added to the gunpowder. The power of the bomb is several times greater than before..."
"Is that so?"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An in surprise.
"Your Highness, when did the humble minister deceive Your Highness?" Guo An screamed with humiliation.
"Adding sugar to gunpowder can actually increase the power of gunpowder several times. Guo Qing has made another great contribution!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We thought Guo Qing felt sorry for the sugar, so that's why he didn't allow the officials and generals in the palace to come to buy the sugar."
"Your Highness has really wronged me."
Guo Andao: "Ever since I heard that His Highness was going to march north with the army, I was worried about His Highness's safety. He stayed awake all night, thinking about how to protect His Highness's safety on the battlefield.
Therefore, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were ordered to develop several more powerful bombs and firearms... In this way, when the Northern Expedition faces those Beiyuan Tatars, as long as those Beiyuan Tatars dare to make mistakes, they will directly Explode their livers and gallbladders to pieces..."
"Guo Qing is loyal..."
As he said this, Zhu Di suddenly remembered something and his face changed slightly.
"How much sugar should be added to each bomb?"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, you should only add a handful of sugar to each bomb."
"A handful..."
Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief and asked subconsciously: "How many bombs are you going to make?"
Guo Andao: "Reporting to Your Highness, Wei Chen is preparing to make 20,000 bombs."
"Twenty thousand?"
Zhu Di's eyes widened, "How many kilograms of sugar are needed?"
Guo An slowly replied: "According to Tao Yiping's previous test, it would take about 10,000 kilograms of sucrose, but now that it is replaced with white sugar, it will be less..."
"Ten thousand pounds?"
Zhu Di's head was buzzing, and he turned to Guo And with a face full of surprise, "Guo Qing, do you know how much money ten thousand kilograms of sucrose can be sold for?"
Guo An sighed slightly and said solemnly: "Your Highness, sucrose has now become white sugar.
However, Wei Chen feels that His Highness is worth a fortune. No matter how much money the sugar can be sold for, it is not as powerful as the bomb that can be multiplied several times, allowing His Highness to return safely, and allowing Ming Shao to kill some of his soldiers. "
"..."
Zhu Di was silenced by Guo An's shameless appearance. He was stunned for a moment and then said with a speechless face: "Guo Qing is kind-hearted and loyal to us."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Guo An's face, "Wei Chen has always been loyal to His Highness."
Zhu Di said: "In this case, let's take the fifty pounds of sugar outside first."
"What?"
Guo An's expression changed and he hurriedly ran out.
Sure enough, in the lobby outside, Zhu Gaochi was squatting next to the wooden box containing sugar, eating sugar happily.
Guo An's face suddenly became anxious, "This... this, Your Highness, didn't the minister send someone to send this to the gunpowder workshop?"
He was worried that Zhu Di would be interested in the white sugar in the sugar making workshop, so he came to see it every day and urged the stewards to send the sugar to the gunpowder workshop as soon as possible.
However, he never expected that Zhu Di would fall in love with it just a few days after making sugar.
"Huh, we just happened to block you at the door."
Zhu Di snorted softly, "Guo Qing made such white and sweet sugar, but he didn't even tell us, and kept hiding it in the gunpowder workshop..."
Guo An quickly said: "Your Highness, Wei Chen made sugar for the gunpowder workshop."
"No problem, let's take the fifty pounds of sugar back today!"
Zhu Di said with an indifferent expression.
Guo An's face became anxious and he said quickly: "Your Highness, eating too much sugar can easily cause tooth decay, causing toothache and excruciating pain.
Moreover, with fifty kilograms of white sugar, His Highness cannot finish it all at once, and it is easy to get old. Why not take two kilograms back first, wait until His Highness has finished eating, and then come to the sugar workshop to get it? "
Zhu Di was startled and said suspiciously: "Teeth decayed by worms? Why haven't we heard of it?"
Guo An smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, there has never been white sugar on the market, and even sucrose is a rarity. Naturally, there will be no tooth decay."
Zhu Di said: "In this case, we will take back five kilograms of sugar."
"Your Highness..."
"No more!"
Guo An quickly ordered to the steward on the side: "Come here, quickly pack five kilograms of sugar for His Highness!"
Zhu Di: "..."
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(End of chapter)
