clever woman

Chapter 22 The first attempt
Ling Yun was very depressed. She originally wanted to keep a series of tofu recipes for herself, but this time she had to speak out in order to increase her own weight so that she could negotiate terms with Gongyeqing.She also thought about other recipes, but she just thought that Gongyeqing likes tofu nao, and he might not be able to impress him with other methods, so it's better to just distribute the tofu nao to him.

Sure enough, when she mentioned this matter, Gongyeqing acted a little determined to win.She fought with Gongye for a long time. In order to get [-]% of the profit, she not only took out the recipe of tofu nao, but also listed a series of products related to beans, which made Gongye Feeling relieved.

Thinking of this made her feel angry.At first glance, Gong Yeqing was from a wealthy family, since she said she didn't care about the profit, why wouldn't she give her a little profit?Too much!
The most exaggerated thing was that as soon as the agreement was reached, Gongyeqing actually asked her to make some finished products to have a look, and asked her to write down a list of the materials and tools needed for Ah San to buy.Ling Yun was quite depressed, but after thinking about it, he followed Gong Yeqing's instructions and wrote a large list.

It just so happened that she herself was also greedy, so why not take this opportunity to make some candies, which can also be used as snacks.Ah San's speed was very fast, and within a short time, he bought more than half of the materials and tools on the list, but the rest was not available in the town, so he could only buy them elsewhere.

When Gongyeqing saw that he had the materials and tools, he was also very happy in his heart. As soon as he got back to the boat, he pretended not to care and said to Ling Yun: "Since you have the things, you can try it. It doesn't matter if you fail, anyway. I don't care." That's what he said, but if he didn't secretly glance at the materials and tools when he spoke, the credibility of this statement might be higher.

Ling Yun looked at him speechlessly, asked Ah San and Ah Si to help move all the things to the kitchen on the second floor, and then started to get busy.Tofu brains are what Gongye likes, and he has to make them first, otherwise it won't be convincing.

It's just that the dried beans have to be soaked in water for several hours before they can be used. Soak the beans first, and you may have to wait until night to eat tofu.As for caramel, what Ling Yun is going to make this time is malt caramel, which is made with malt and glutinous rice. It will take two or three days just to germinate the wheat, and the result cannot be produced immediately.

She thought about what she wanted to make, and she didn't panic. After picking out the materials and tools, she prepared slowly.Dried beans can be soaked in water in a container. After cleaning the bamboo sieve, spread a clean gauze, then clean the large and plump wheat grains, spread them evenly on the gauze cloth, and then cover it with a layer of gauze and spray water. That's fine.It is not difficult to germinate malt. Spray some water on it every day for the next few days, and it will be fine in four or five days.

After Ling Yun processed the wheat grains, he began to process the red sliced ​​sugar he bought.Red sliced ​​sugar is a flaked candy made from sugarcane juice. Its nutritional value is actually higher than that of white sugar, and it can also be used as medicine.It's just that because white sugar is too scarce in this world, the price of the most common sliced ​​sugar is much lower than that of white sugar.

Ling Yun cut off a bit of sugar and put it in his mouth to taste it. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he smashed it.Brown sugar can be obtained after the sugarcane is squeezed, and white sugar can be obtained after the impurities in the brown sugar are removed.There are many ways to remove the impurities in it. In her world, bone charcoal or activated carbon is used to make white sugar in industry, and the effect is very good.

It's a pity that neither bone charcoal nor activated charcoal can be found in this world, so she can only use other methods.According to the "New Tang Book", in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong sent envoys to Magadha, which is later India, to learn the method of boiling sugar. In the Song Dynasty, there was the world's first monograph on sugar cane refining. "Frosting Sugar Spectrum", but the white granulated sugar made at that time was light yellow in color, which was still a little worse than the white granulated sugar that was as white as snow in later generations.

The white granulated sugar sold in Wanshan Building is like this now, because the refining is not clean enough, and impurities still exist, so the color is slightly yellow, and the taste is slightly bitter.

Later in the Ming Dynasty, someone invented the decolorization method of yellow mud and water, and the chapter "Ganxi" in the sixth volume of "Tiangong Kaiwu" described in detail the method of making white granulated sugar and rock sugar.Ling Yun memorized all these contents in his mind.Now when I recall it, I remember it all.

But she knows this method, but she has never tried it, and she doesn't know if it will be successful.So, this time, she is only going to try it first, and make white sugar according to the method recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu".Just as she was pouring the crushed brown sugar into the tile funnel to mix the yellow muddy water, Gong Yeqing, who had been pretending to be unfathomable outside before, walked in unbearably.

He glanced at the entire kitchen first, then stared at the things in Ling Yun's hands and asked, "What are you doing? This is... muddy water?" He frowned at this point, and at the same time looked suspiciously at Lingyun.

Ling Yun was also a little confused, but since "Tiangong Kaiwu" has written this method deliberately, and many other works have also specifically mentioned this method, even "The History of Sugar in China" also highly respects this method , calling it a great invention, Ling Yun felt that this method should still be reliable.

It's just that it's her first time doing this, and with Gong Yeqing, the restless person watching, watching, Ling Yun really can't help but feel nervous.She managed to let this man relax and agreed to give her [-]% of the profit. What if he failed and Gong Yeqing repented?
So she simply put down the things in her hands, and smiled at Gongye: "Master, the kitchen is messy, you should go out and wait."

Gong Yeqing didn't appreciate it at all, and said coldly: "It's okay, I don't mind."

But I don't mind!Ling Yun let out a small growl in his heart, and stared at Gongyeqing for a while, seeing that this person had no intention of leaving, he had no choice but to give up, picked up the prepared yellow muddy water, and then blocked Gongyeqing with his body. Pour the yellow muddy water in the bowl towards the brown sugar in the funnel.

While pouring, she fixed her eyes on the brown sugar, waiting for a miracle to happen.Miraculously, with this pouring, black slag flowed down the funnel into the bowl below, and the brown sugar that was originally dark brown in the funnel turned into a light color.Looking at this scene, Ling Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to drench in yellow muddy water.

After doing this several times, the sugar in the funnel becomes lighter and lighter, eventually turning into a white icing, with only the bottom part getting darker.Ling Yun was just satisfied when he heard Gong Yeqing's voice suddenly rang in his ears: "It seems that you have succeeded."

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PS: It is mentioned in the article that the production of white sugar comes from the Internet. Of course, the text is written by myself, not copied.About the "yellow mud water decolorization method", many books have introduced it, but the author has checked a lot of information and can't find a more detailed explanation. Generally, sugarcane is used as a raw material to make white sugar. The heroine in the article has limited conditions. This is the only way to do it. Activated carbon is generally used in industry now. Don’t even think about this thing in ancient times.The stupid author has never tried this method himself, so I don’t know if it will be successful, so just take a look.

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