After hundreds of craftsmen in the sugar factory worked hard for a long time, Bao Xin and the others were able to squeeze out the 10,000 kilograms of sugar cane they brought and make it into jaggery. However, the quantity was not the 1,000 kilograms they thought, but more than 600 kilograms!
Bao Xin said with regret: "About 20 kilograms can produce one kilogram of sugar, which means that we can only earn about 2 billion at most. This can barely guarantee that the development of Yizhou can continue, but if we want to support Fan Xian and others in exploring overseas
I’m a little overwhelmed!”
Then he walked to the sugarcane bagasse, took out one and could still bite out the juice. He said regretfully: "The pressing machine needs to be improved, and our benefits can be increased."
The sugar production rate is so low, which makes Bao Xin feel a little distressed! Originally, he expected to earn 4-5 billion, but now the amount has been reduced by almost half.
But for Tian Feng, this was Versailles. He said helplessly: "Captain, you can get some more cows, horses and pigs on the island, and use the sugarcane bagasse as feed. This is not the reuse of waste! And it will also be used for land reclamation later."
As long as they are there, we can cultivate millions or even tens of millions of acres of sugar cane plantations in Yizhou!"
In Tian Feng's view, Yizhou is extremely vast. They can't even develop 1% of the land. They have to reclaim all of Yizhou. Selling only cane sugar can really make Yizhou the richest place in Daqian. After all, sugar
It is a real luxury in this world!
Bao Xin nodded and said: "The residue of sugar cane has high sugar content. If it is used as feed, it must be high-quality feed. It can be fed to pigs, cattle and horses, and it is also a huge income!
The Daqian Dynasty was different from the Han Dynasty and even other dynasties. The Daqian Dynasty and other dynasties were basically farming dynasties. Animal husbandry was only available in a few areas, and it could not become a pillar industry. However, because Daqian controlled the desert, the domestic livestock were extremely large.
In addition, the textile industry requires wool, so it is not a problem for most people to have 10 livestock per capita.
It can be said that Daqian is a semi-grazing and semi-agricultural country, and the number of large livestock in the territory exceeds that of Dahan by dozens or even hundreds of times.
Therefore, there are a large number of livestock in Daqian territory, and herdsmen even go south to pass the winter every year. In the past, herdsmen in Daqian would only spend the winter in Youzhou and other borders, but as Daqian occupied more and more territory, the newly occupied
The land is getting closer and closer to the south, and the herders have begun to adapt to the life in Daqian and no longer worry that they will be discriminated against within the customs.
Therefore, the distances they bring their livestock over the winter are getting farther and farther every year. This year, some tribes even moved their livestock all the way from the desert to Xuzhou. First, the herdsmen want to get closer to the south where they feel the warmth, and second, the south is a newly occupied territory.
, the market for livestock is extremely large, and livestock that have been overwintering can be sold at high prices.
This is also a good thing for Daqian. Places such as Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Sili have just been occupied. It can be said that there is a lot of waste waiting to be done. Whether it is farming or infrastructure construction, having large livestock is a matter of getting twice the result with half the effort.
Therefore, these places are in great need of large livestock, and herdsmen bringing these livestock to the Central Plains is equivalent to reducing the price difference earned by middlemen, and ordinary people can buy large livestock at ordinary prices.
For the herdsmen, Dongjun has to reduce the number of livestock. If they can find a huge market to sell these animals, they do not need to provide these animals with fodder for the early winter. This not only saves worry and effort, but also makes a lot of money in the Central Plains. many.
For the Daqian court, the Central Plains already lacked labor force to resume production, and adding millions of livestock would be equivalent to millions more young people, which was extremely beneficial to local recovery.
Sending such animals to the countryside is beneficial to all three parties, so Xu Wei also attaches great importance to it. The only trouble is that the fodder needed for the animals during the migration of herdsmen is a big problem. In order to solve this problem, Xu Wei designated 12 Along these routes, a large amount of silage fodder is stored for herdsmen to take their livestock southward!
So now the silage feed industry is extremely prosperous, and even ordinary people dig cellars in their own homes, and then harvest the grass in summer and autumn and store it. When the herdsmen attack here in winter, they sell it to the herdsmen, and they can make thousands of dollars a year. , can be said to be an extra income!
If the sugarcane bagasse outside the sugar factory is turned into silage feed, it would be worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars. Unfortunately, they are overseas, and it is impossible for their livestock to come here, and it is extremely uneconomical to transport them by ship. After all, the price of grain transportation has tripled here. The volume of his feed is larger than that of grain. If it is really transported to Xuzhou, it will probably be higher than the price of grain. In this case, it is better to buy grain directly for the livestock. All Bao Xin's only way is to build farms and pastures here in Yizhou to consume these sugarcane bagasse!
Tian Feng thought for a while and said: "Captain Bao, these are not the key. It took us almost half a day to get the 10,000 kilograms. There are still hundreds of millions of kilograms of sugar cane behind us. If we can find a way to expand the number of workers and cauldrons in the sugar factory, , I’m afraid even if the sugar cane in our hands rots, the sugar hasn’t been finished yet!”
Tian Feng then calculated to Bao Xin: "Based on the fact that we have 600 million kilograms of sugar cane, we would need to use 6 million kilograms of sugar cane every day to consume all the sugar cane within 3 months."
Then Tian Feng pointed to this simple sugar factory and said: "Do you think 6 million kilograms of sugar cane can be used here every year?"
When Bao Xin heard this, he woke up from the joy of the harvest. The efficiency of the sugar factory was naturally more than 10,000 kilograms in half a day. This was why Bao Xin did it so slowly in order to determine the output. But according to Bao Xin's estimation, Even if this sugar factory produces sugar continuously for 12 hours, the sugar cane it can consume in a day will not exceed 300,000 kilograms. At this time, as the sugar cane transport carriages continue to transport the sugar cane to the open space of the sugar factory, A mountain of sugar cane quickly built up!
There are many children among the workers and savages around the sugar factory. They are watching the hill around the factory, and they are drooling as they look at the sugar cane with great anticipation.
It's a pity that the sugar factory won't let them in. If those children enter the sugar factory, the place will be a mess, and it will be extremely dangerous.
"There are still too few people in the sugar factory! I really hope these children grow up overnight!" Bao Xin obviously realized that something was wrong. Even if 30,000 people cut sugar cane, each person cuts 100 kilograms of sugar cane, which is still 3 million kilograms of sugar cane. , but now sugar factories simply can’t handle so much sugar cane!
Tian Feng immediately said: "The captain must immediately send a letter to the court to report the situation here and ask them to send workers and enough large iron pots. Our sugar factory must be expanded at least ten times.
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"And the workers here can't all be used to cut sugar cane. Two-thirds of them will be used to build new sugar factory buildings now. Although the tools are not available, we must at least build the factory buildings so that as long as the equipment is