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Chapter 148 Brown Sugar
The winter outing came to an end, everyone calmed down and returned to normal.

Next, Li Mo devoted himself to making brown sugar.

Brown sugar is not difficult to make, just a little troublesome.

The sugarcane is chopped and crushed, and the pressed juice first removes impurities such as soil, and then boiled on a low heat for three hours, stirring constantly to allow the water to evaporate slowly, so that the concentration of sugar gradually increases.

The high-concentration syrup will solidify into solid lumps of rough sugar after cooling, that is, brown sugar bricks. This method maintains the original nutrition of sugar cane, and at the same time gives brown sugar a special flavor similar to caramel.

The longer the cooking time in the production process, the darker the color of the brown sugar bricks, making the brown sugar appear in different shades of reddish brown.

First turn on high heat and boil, there will be foam, and the foam should be removed.

Filter with gauze, the floating foam remains on the gauze, and the clear sugarcane juice is filtered and poured back into the pot.

At this point, use low heat, simmer slowly, and keep stirring to avoid sticking to the pan.

Boil until fine foam, stirring frequently.

This process is really tiring. Li Mo tried it, and his arm was so tired that it didn't look like it was his own.

Brown sugar contains about 90.00% sucrose, retains more nutrients of sugarcane, and is easier to be digested and absorbed by the human body, so it can quickly replenish physical strength and increase vitality, so it is also called "Oriental chocolate".

Especially for women, it is best to drink a few bowls of brown sugar water on inconvenient days.

A catty of sugarcane can only boil about one or two brown sugars. After removing labor costs, etc., the price of brown sugar will not be cheap.

But it will not be more expensive than white sugar on the market. If it is too expensive, others cannot afford it, and there will be no market.

The state of Jin only had white sugar, and when they arrived in Songjiang County, they didn’t know how many hands were poured. The price was so expensive that most people really couldn’t afford it.

Since the blacksmiths were asked to manufacture the equipment long ago, and the personnel were recruited in advance, the start of the brown sugar factory was smooth and low-key.

The brown sugar factory is not very polluting, and the bagasse can also be used for composting. It has not yet been decided which village will be responsible.

The process of making brown sugar requires a lot of wood. Li Mo decided to ask the villagers to provide it and buy it at the market price, which can also help everyone subsidize their households.

The villagers looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally Li Mo said that the sugar cane could be harvested, but they didn't know the exact date, and the villagers from various villages always lingered at the door of the village chief's house.

Seeing the village chief coming back from the outside, he couldn't wait to step forward and ask, "Village chief, when will the county magistrate come to collect sugar cane?"

Village head: "Still waiting for the notification, I will notify you as soon as there is news, so you can go home and work with peace of mind."

Going home is going home, but I can't feel at ease.

Nearly a year of hard work will be reaped soon, the county magistrate does not have the exact time yet, how can he settle down.

Due to limited space and equipment, the sugar cane should be delivered in batches.

Li Mo called the village chiefs of each village over for a meeting to discuss how to batch the sugar cane.

The village chiefs were overjoyed and came to the Yamen with the expectations of the villagers.

In the meeting hall, the village chiefs were sitting in a state of distress, but they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces. This year's sugar cane harvest is good, but they don't know the price.

Li Mo had a smile on his face: "It's time to cut sugarcane, and I plan to buy it for two cents a catty. Of course, the quality must be guaranteed, otherwise the price will be lower. Starting tomorrow, the sugarcane will be sent to you in batches." Come here, let’s discuss how to deliver the Fa.”

"What? Two cents a catty." The village chiefs were going to explode, and there was such a good thing.

Two cents a catty, and at least two thousand catties per mu of land. The family has a lot of cattle and sheep, so they are willing to put in fertilizer, and they may have three or four thousand catties.

And more than one mu of land has been planted, how to calculate this number, no, I have to figure it out.

The villagers often get together to discuss how much the sugarcane is worth per catty, but most people are not optimistic about it.

Now it costs two cents a catty, this slap in the face is too loud.

However, everyone is willing to be slapped in the face.

In Yejia Village, which grows the most sugarcane, the village chief almost slipped from his position.

Looking at Li Mo in disbelief: "My lord, is what you said true?"

Li Mo: "Yes, you can rest assured to tell everyone this news, all the sugar cane is in cash, no credit will be given."

Village head Ye clutched his chest, his heart beating faster, and he wished he could run back to the village immediately to tell the good news to the villagers.

The situation got out of control for a while, and what was once thought to be only for feeding cows turned out to cost two cents a catty. So how much money was wasted over the years?
When Village Chief Ye thought that he didn't know how to cherish the past, he regretted it too much, and his heart ached like twists and turns, oh, money, my money.

The payment can be received immediately, and each village head wants to pull the sugar cane in his own village first.

But they didn't dare to quarrel in front of Li Mo, and finally decided to start from Yejia Village, one village per day, and the sugar factory would supply the quantity according to the production plan.

After the meeting, the village chiefs were eager to return to their hearts and drove the ox cart so fast that the poor ox almost became a horse.

The villagers had been standing guard at the entrance of the village for a long time. When they saw the village head coming back from afar, they surrounded him in a clatter.

Impatient: "Village chief, how is the situation?"

Some village chiefs were also malicious, but they smiled and said nothing.

But everyone was very anxious: "What's the situation with the village chief, you hurry up and talk."

Seeing everyone's anxious faces, the village chief said slowly, "The county magistrate said that sugar cane costs two cents a catty, and it will be brought to the sugar factory in batches tomorrow."

"Really? The village chief didn't lie?"

The village chief said coldly, "Will the old man lie to you? The county magistrate said it himself."

"My son, pinch me quickly to see if I'm dreaming." A man said to his wife.

Just because his family planted six acres of sugarcane, which costs two cents a catty, I really don’t know how many catties six acres of sugarcane weigh, but it’s definitely not a small amount.

His mother-in-law was also very excited and pinched his waist hard.

The man bared his teeth in pain, still smirking: "It really hurts, it really isn't a dream."

That night, every household was having a heated discussion about how much their sugar cane could be sold for.

Some people have become vigilant, sugarcane is so valuable, will someone steal it?
Brown sugar is not a necessity of life, it is dispensable, so we must do a good job of publicity in advance, and tell the store staff to publicize the brown sugar.

Li Mo wrote down all the benefits of brown sugar that he could think of.

There is no printing workshop in Songjiang County, it should be said that there is no printing workshop in Jin State, and all the books are hand-copied, which makes the books so expensive.

Songjiang County now has a paper mill. For Li Mo, the freedom of paper has been realized.

So brochures were written one after another, and of course each one was only two or three sheets.

But the master is distressed, these are all money.

Mrs. Zhou has nothing to do, so she came over to help Li Mo write the brochure.

Others can't help because the characters are too ugly. The master wants to help, but because there are too many trivial matters, he has more energy than he wants.

(End of this chapter)