Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 72 Make Money, Make Money

After Lin Mo opened the kit, he was in a daze.

I thought there should be a letter inside, which said Cao Cao's attitude of seeking talents.

Or something like a priceless luminous pearl, which touches people's hearts with money.

As a result, neither.

There were only a few medicinal herbs in it, Lin Mo picked it up and sniffed it, and murmured, "Danggui?"

Angelica
Lin Mo smiled knowingly, "I also enjoyed the treatment of Tai Shici today."

He looked at the slices of angelica and understood Cao Cao's intentions.

He didn't deliver the letter because he was afraid that something would go wrong. If it fell into Lu Bu's hands, or someone else with ulterior motives got it, it might pose a threat to himself.

If I don't send money, it should be because I think my structure is not so small.

I have a heart.

It's a pity
Lin Mo thought of an ancient poem for no reason: Huanjun Pearl weeps with tears, wishing to meet her when she was not married
Then he shook his head again and again, as if his words were inaccurate.

Anyway, I was still a little moved in my heart. If I could have received these angelicas in Pengcheng, I would have arrived in Xuchang long ago.

Life is like this, planting flowers intentionally but not blooming, unintentionally planting willows and willows to make shade.

Since Xiao Guan's conversation, he has tied himself to Lu Bu, and now there is no possibility of going to Xuchang again.

There are always some things that cannot be bought by a thousand dollars or shaken by a sword.

But the incident just now made Lin Mo feel a little scared.

Cao Cao wanted to win him over, so he just sent angelica. If the other party wanted to kill someone, he would send a dead soldier, and he would have been in danger just now.

In the days to come, you can't be lazy, you have to practice your sword skills diligently, not to mention killing the enemy in battle, you always have to learn to protect yourself.

After sighing, he put the kit in his arms and walked straight to the kitchen.

The sugar cane delivered was neatly stacked next to the stove, piled up with the firewood.

Maybe she was bored, but Lu Lingqi was actually counting the sugar cane there.

"Why did you get so many Zhu Zhe?"

"Come on, let me do a trick for you."

After Lin Mo took out a few sugar canes, he entered the stove. Lu Lingqi blinked her watery eyes a few times, and followed her in.

Today's main feature is a new invention, sugar making.

In fact, sugar already existed in this era, which is sucrose, which was learned in Asanna after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened up the Silk Road.

However, due to the rough craftsmanship and poor equipment, the taste is really not good.

Lin Mo peeled the sugarcane and put it on a stone mill to grind it, and the green cane juice flowed into a basin along the small hole.

As five or six sugar cane were crushed into dregs, the copper basin was also filled with turquoise cane juice.

The next step is to pour the activated carbon that has been ground into small pieces, stir it for a while and filter it with several layers of gauze.

In order to pursue the color, this process is rather long-winded. It needs to stand still and then filter, and repeat it several times to ensure that the pigment is absorbed.

The last step is to boil the sugar. The principle is to evaporate the cane juice and leave the sugar in it.

However, you can't bake it directly with an open fire, because the sugar will become burnt if it is overheated. Lin Mo filled a large copper basin with water and put it on the fire to roast, and then put the small copper basin containing cane juice in the water. Let it boil.

This method is slower, but the refined sugar will be delicious.

"What on earth are you going to do?" Lu Lingqi sat kneeling by the table beside her, with her hands on her chin, and asked in a dispirited manner.

"I want to build an arsenal in Xuzhou to forge sharp and light weapons using the pouring steel method." After finishing all this, Lin Mo also knelt down beside Lu Lingqi, and now he could only wait quietly.

"You mean these Zhu Zhe can be forged into weapons? How is it possible!" Lu Lingqi's beautiful eyes widened, as if she had heard an Arabian Nights tale.

Lin Mo turned his head to look at her silly look. When she wasn't fierce, she was actually quite cute.

Then he explained with a smile: "I'm not a god, so how could I turn these things into weapons? But to forge weapons, you need a lot of fine iron. Don't look at Mr. Yuezhang's current territory expanding step by step, but he is very poor. Such a workshop cannot be supported.”

Lu Bu was very poor.

After conquering Jiujiang and Lujiang, they did get a lot of money and food, but their troops were also expanding. The expenditure on raising war horses alone was astonishing. In addition, they had to transfer the refugees from the Huainan area to the three counties to open warehouses. The investment is also living in tightening the belt.

But Lin Mo knew that the matter of pouring steel into forging weapons could not be delayed any longer. The battle with Cao Cao was approaching day by day, and the disparity in strength between the two sides would not be greatly shortened because Lu Bu won two counties.

This is like a balance with two ends that are originally asymmetrical. If you want to make it as balanced as possible, you can only keep adding weight to the high end.

Soldiers, horses, cities, grain, grass and military equipment, and Gan Ning and Liu Ye are all weights, but they are not enough and need to be added. The problem is that the external weights are almost used up, and if you want to add more, you have to change from the inside.

Reforming the equipment of the troops is an option, so pouring steel into forging weapons can no longer be delayed, if you don't have money, you have to earn it yourself.

"You know so much."

After describing the cause and effect, Lu Lingqi felt tired just listening to it, and the long process of boiling sugar made her yawn again and again. She stretched her waist, showed her proud murder weapon, and then leaned directly on the table, let This heavy love can have a support.

Seeing this scenery, Lin Mo's mouth was dry. He called Lu Bu his father-in-law all day long, and the wedding day was not on the agenda. Lord Yuezhang chased me to Xiaoguan."

Lu Lingqi, who was lying on the table, glanced at Lin Mo with black and white eyes, her rosy mouth moved, and finally said nothing.

Lin Mo tilted his head and looked at the fire, without stopping for a moment.

An invention with a wide audience like white granulated sugar must be able to bring in a lot of money, but I don't know if it can fill the bottomless pit of the arsenal.

However, he still has a preliminary plan. After returning to Xuzhou, he will open another glazed factory to manufacture some glazed products. Of course, this kind of high-end utensils are for the aristocratic and powerful families.

Anyway, these guys have a lot of money, and it's a pity for them not to squeeze their wool.

An hour and a half passed, and finally only white crystals were left in the copper basin.

After Lin Mo carefully took out the copper basin, he scraped off all the crystals with a spoon.

It seems that the effect is still very good.

"Is this the white sugar you were talking about?" Lu Lingqi yawned, and finally there was some light in her sleepy eyes.

"Taste." Lin Mo scooped up a little with a spoon and placed it in front of Lu Lingqi.

She stepped back instinctively, seeing the firmness in Lin Mo's eyes, she frowned slightly, her red lips parted slightly, and pursed a little.

When the white sugar melted in her mouth and the sweetness spread, her whole face changed from disgust to shock, and finally she pursed her lips and smiled, "It's so sweet!"

Lin Mo also took a sip, nodded slightly and said, "Well, it's the taste."

After confirming that such a process can produce white sugar and that the taste is right, it is time to prepare for mass production.

There is no factory, no machinery, it can only be run manually.

But this kind of craft has no technical barriers, and it can be easily learned by others, so the selection of talents is extremely critical here.

When he was in Xuzhou in the past, whether it was Qu Yuanli or Horseshoe, he didn't care about being imitated, but he thought that his reputation would be built with these things, and it was more convenient to vote for Cao.

Now that the location is different, naturally there are more things to consider.

It is unreliable to find civilian husbands, unless you use force to lock these people up, and never let them leave for the rest of their lives, and become tool people on the assembly line.

"Did you remember how I refined these candies just now?" Lin Mo raised his eyes and asked.

"of course."

Lu Lingqi raised her chest arrogantly, "It's not difficult."

"Then you go to the military camp and find some absolutely trustworthy sergeants, teach them, and then cook sugar in the camp." Lin Mo felt that if the secrecy work is to be safe, it needs this group of blood-licking people.

The old father-in-law has ruled the army for many years, and there must be a group of loyal subordinates under his command.

"Absolutely Trustworthy"

Lu Lingqi pursed her lips and said intently: "Then I can only find General Gao."

In camp?

The world's first-class legion was arranged to boil sugar. Lin Mo felt that this was a bit too much.

"To be absolutely trustworthy, except for the hundreds of personal guards under Uncle Zhang's command, they belong to General Gao's camp. The Bingzhou cavalry led by my father is also fine, but they all have military affairs."

Seeing Lin Mo's suspicious expression, Lu Lingqi explained.

"Look at the arrangement." Lin Mo shrugged, let's make the transition now, and later pick some trustworthy people from the military camp, after all, this is a long-term business.

(End of this chapter)