Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 63 White Sugar

The "sweet" taste experience is very common for later generations, but it was an extremely luxurious experience for the ancients.

During the period of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Wang Xuance brought the sugar making technology back to China. Since then, the Chinese have been learning the sugar making technology from foreigners.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese invented the method of pouring sugar with yellow mud water, thus making white sugar.This method is simple and easy to implement. Not only is the effect of sugar production good, but also the operation is simple. As a result, China has become the world's largest sugar producer, and the Chinese white sugar flowing into Europe has completely changed the way of life of Europeans.

Before that, white sugar was sold in pharmacies. Europeans believed that white sugar could cure diseases. In Britain, only the royal family and nobles could enjoy granulated sugar when they were sick. Sucrose became a symbol of social status.

And many common people...

It can be said that I have never tasted the taste of white sugar in my life!As for China, a big sugar-producing country, white sugar is also an expensive product. Ordinary families can at most buy some brown sugar for health. As for white sugar, I have never tasted it in my life...

Based on this foundation, Zuo Fu thought of selling white sugar.

The raw brown sugar on the market is relatively cheap, but if it is processed into white sugar, the value will increase exponentially!
Buy bone charcoal (activated carbon) directly from Taobao, and you can get white sugar in just a few simple steps, and the appearance is better, and the sugar yield is higher. However, 10kg of bone charcoal on Taobao is only about 26 yuan, and every 50 grams of bone charcoal can be made Produce 1000 grams of white sugar, and the process is so simple that you don’t have to worry about copying technology. As long as the core of bone charcoal is in your own hands, you won’t be afraid of competition!
Of course, these things can't be told to Zhu Cihong, Zuo Fu doesn't care when he sees that the crown prince is a bit disapproving.

Real knowledge comes from practice, and it is useless to tell people too much before the results come out.

Two days later, Guan Yu came to work again.

This time he brought 1000 kilograms of bone charcoal and 100 tons of rice.

This is the result of Zuo Fu transporting things to him in advance, otherwise it would be a bit obvious to go in and out with empty ships every time.

When Guanyu arrived at the pier, he sent someone to Jiangdongmen to inform, and soon Zuo Dayou personally brought people over and transported everything back to Jiangdongmen.

The "labor army" every other month makes the military households in Jiangdongmen very happy, and their hearts have stabilized.And Zuo Dayou is also planning to recruit another group of people. In addition to preparing to fill up the establishment, he also plans to recruit a group of personal soldiers.

These personal soldiers do not eat the food and pay of the court, and their allegiance is only to Zuo Dayou, which is not a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty.In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, only soldiers could be fought, not soldiers.It's just that the world hadn't collapsed before, and Zuo Dayou was in Nanjing, so he didn't dare to do this.

And now...

Since we were going to go to Qiongzhou, we had to prepare well.

The military household moved things happily, with a happy smile on his face.After these days of recuperation and training, these military households have become much stronger.The day-to-day training in formation also taught them to unite and cooperate, and they gradually became like soldiers.

Of course, they moved vigorously in this room, but the people watching the excitement around them pointed and pointed.

The soldiers of the Qianhu Institute are all wearing the training uniforms of the later generations. Not to mention the colorful trousers, the clothes are all dark green, and the style is weird, which is really eye-catching.

"Where did these military households get their clothes? They are colorful, like beggars."

"Don't talk nonsense! Have you ever seen such a spirited beggar?"

"It's just a metaphor, it's just a metaphor! Hey, let me tell you, how much property does Mr. Zuo have? How many times has this happened? He has pulled many boats of grain over here."

"I heard that this is the food that a Taoist priest ran around to get after hearing about Lord Zuo's deeds of abandoning his family to defend his country."

"Tsk tsk, why don't we join the army as well. Didn't you hear that Master Zuo wants to recruit soldiers? The soldiers are treated so well, so wouldn't it be easy to eat if you want soldiers?"

"If a good man doesn't serve as a soldier, he must serve as a soldier for generations to come. That's Qiu Bazi, I won't go!"

"Tch! It's up to you whether you can get in with your skinny figure like a bamboo pole! Let me tell you, in this world, it's not bad to be a soldier, at least you can still eat! Look at these soldiers, Mr. Zuo. , with a red face, much better than you and me..."

The common people talked a lot. Although they looked down on soldiers, they felt an instinctive envy when they saw the mental outlook of these soldiers.

They are in good spirits, refreshed and ruddy, which only shows that these soldiers eat well.In this world, to have a full stomach is the greatest wish of the people at the bottom.

The goods were unloaded from the ship, loaded onto vehicles, and transported to the Qianhu Office one after another.A group of women and children gathered around the threshing floor, where many sheds had already been set up. I heard that this big girl would teach them some profitable jobs, and I was very much looking forward to it.

Zuo Fu was sitting under the awning, and Zhu Cihong was wearing a straw hat. He was very curious about how Zuo Fu could turn brown sugar into white sugar.

After a while, Zuo Gui brought someone over to bring the bone charcoal.Zuo Fu got up, picked up a trumpet made of iron sheet, and shouted: "Aunts, I called you here today to teach you how to do it! There are so many people in our Thousand Households, and the Taoist priest and my father's little money alone are enough We can’t support these people. Therefore, we need to open source and try to earn money. Today I will teach you how to turn brown sugar into white sugar, and when you sell it, you will get a dividend!!”

As soon as this remark came out, the scene exploded.

"Brown sugar turned into white sugar? That's the craft of sugar makers, girl, do you really teach us?!"

"Big girl, we don't want to pay dividends. We eat and wear grown-ups. We should work!"

"Yes, yes! Just please don't leave us behind, we can work!"

Zuo Fu waved his hand, signaling for everyone to be quiet, "This person needs to have a career in life, and there is no money in this world. If you just work and don't pay for food, then don't you want chaos in the world?"

Everyone laughed, they only felt that this big girl was approachable and humorous, and they didn't know which bastard would slander her reputation like this, she really deserved to die!
"so……"

Zuo Fu pursed his lips and smiled, "The dividends will still be given to everyone. I will divide you into groups of three, and each person will be given one tael of silver for every [-] catties of brown sugar that you finish making. You don't have to go back for lunch, I will provide it all. What do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked!

Someone stared wide-eyed and said in a trembling voice: "Big, big girl, one person, one person and one pair?"

Zuo Fu nodded vigorously, "There are other rewards for the top three teams every month!"

She grinned as she spoke, "Three catties of jasmine salt per person! The fourth to No.10, one catty of jasmine salt per person, so the more you work, the more you get, the less you work, the less you get. Ugly words are up front, we must compete fairly, if you find someone dishonest, don’t blame me for being rude!!”

(End of this chapter)