It is no longer just a matter of words, it has become the key to the survival of the castle.
“What can be done with the dug ‘sweetgrass vine’?”
Listening to Li Yinguang's question, Lao Gou, the housekeeper, Saipan and others looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. Tell them what to do, and they will do it for you beautifully, but let them come up with ideas and strategies, how much will it cost?
It's a bit difficult for them.
‘Sweet Grass Vine’, also known as ‘Purple Grain Vine’, is an excellent material for making aromatic wine because of its high sugar content and...high sugar content?
When Li Yinguang thought of something, his eyes couldn't help but light up, then he raised his hand and slapped his thigh hard, laughing and saying, "You can make sugar!"
Although 'sugar' is not a daily necessity, unlike salt, it is still considered a relatively precious thing.
And it seems that sugar making does not require advanced craftsmanship. As long as you have a few large pots, you can make it in the wild.
"Walk!"
Li Yinguang stood up from his chair and wanted to walk out excitedly.
Sophia stood expressionless at the door of the control room, saying nothing and showing no intention of getting out of the way.
"hey-hey!"
Li Yinguang laughed dryly, and then he remembered that it was already night, and not only was it freezing cold outside, it was also very dangerous, so it was not suitable to go out.
Rolling his eyes, he came to Sophia, leaned in front of her face, and teased: "I didn't realize before that you are quite beautiful!"
Sophia was stunned!
"Haha, let's go have dinner!"
Looking at the back of Sophia who left happily, a smile appeared on the corner of Sophia's mouth. Although it disappeared briefly, she was indeed smiling. She seemed to have been teased by the 'city lord' just now, but she didn't feel annoyed or angry at all.
"Tomorrow morning, the housekeeper, Saipan, Sophia, Lan Ling, um, Xiaoman, Heizi, and Xue Niang will all go to the wild camp with me."
During dinner, Li Yinguang announced in advance.
Although the process of 'sugar making' is not complicated, turning 'sweet grass vine' into 'sugar' also requires a complicated process. And the wild camp may be used as a 'wild sugar factory' in the future.
"Brother, are you particularly happy now?" Xiaoman blinked at Li Yinguang and asked with a playful smile.
"yes!"
Li Yinguang nodded with a smile, not concealing his inner joy. As long as the wild camp is revitalized, not only will the life of the refugee coolies be guaranteed in the future, but the Castle Iron Armored City will also open up a steady stream of money.
The next day, Li Yinguang got up early to wash up without being yelled at by others.
During breakfast, I listened to the butler Goda talk about the big and small things that happened in the town. Cordine has not been rescued yet, but I heard that Broken Eyebrow has been found, but I don't know the details.
The issue of corpses in Manbach Town has been suppressed and no one mentioned it again.
The market at the port is still open. Except for the large-scale auctions that have ended, other sales will last for half a month.
After breakfast, a dozen mechanical vehicles drove toward the outskirts of the town.
Li Yinguang was sitting in the car, with all the 'high-end combat forces' in the armored city beside him, basically all of them were dispatched.
"Come on, come on, the camp leaders are here!"
Lao Gou called over several temporary managers from the wild camps. These people were elected by the indentured coolies themselves.
In the tent, Li Yinguang was wearing a large black animal skin windbreaker, and a pot of charcoal fire was placed in front of him. He was so warm that he could not feel the cold outside at all.
"Song Changsheng, captain of the temporary camp guard team, head of the excavation team, leader elected by the indentured coolies!"
"Mu Yunying, captain of the female escort team and person in charge of female workers!"
Li Yinguang held a small wooden stick and stirred the charcoal fire in the charcoal brazier. After listening to the old dog's introduction, he raised his head and looked at several people.
Especially Mu Yunying, who stopped for a few seconds and grinned at her.
"To make a long story short, you are all the talkers in the temporary camp, and what we are going to do next requires your strong support and cooperation!"
Song Changsheng was in his early thirties and kept his head down without saying anything. He had never had contact with Li Yinguang before and had only interacted with the old guard dog.
Mu Yunying looked at Li Yinguang curiously. She had seen this young man before, and the 'magnetic particle beam gun' on her body was given to her by him.
"The excavation of sweet grass vines requires cleaning, grinding, juice extraction, and cooking. These tasks must be completed in the camp. Therefore, in terms of staffing, you need to adjust and divide labor. The excavation team is responsible for excavation.
The juicing team is responsible for squeezing the sweetgrass vine rhizomes, and the cleaners are dedicated to cleaning them.
There are so many of you, and you spend a lot of money on food and drink every day. I need you to "produce" and turn sweetgrass vines into commodities, and then we will sell the commodities, thus forming a positive cycle.
Only by making money can I support the continuous relief of refugees, purchase equipment and clothes for you, and let us all spend this cold winter together.
I am telling you this just to tell you that although you are coolies, you are not working for me, at least not entirely. You are making money to support yourself.
Turning 'sweet grass vine' into 'sugar' is not a difficult process, as long as there are no mistakes in the process, it should be possible."
Li Yinguang first had a heart-to-heart talk with Song Changsheng, Mu Yunying and other selected speakers before getting down to the topic.
Make sugar!
The first step is to clean the sweetgrass vine rhizomes to avoid soil impurities. However, the water source is a relatively unclear problem. Fortunately, there is a lot of snow around, and the snow melts into water, which temporarily solves the water source problem.
The second step is crushing. The sweetgrass vines need to be broken into pieces, and then the sugary juice is squeezed out from the pieces. This requires the use of machinery. If it relies solely on manpower, it will be time-consuming and laborious.
The third step is to boil. You need to use at least three large pots for boiling. The first pot is to remove the foam and impurities, the second pot is to remove the water, and the third pot is to boil the sugar.
The boiled brown sugar is placed in a mold, cooled, and cut. By this time, the sweetgrass vine has turned into 'brown sugar'.
‘Brown sugar’ is cut into cubes of a few centimeters in size, put into boxes and sold as merchandise.
Because there is no centrifuge, Li Yinguang does not need to make white sugar for the time being. The process of boiling brown sugar is simpler and more suitable for processing in wild camps.
Today, more than 200 people were sent from the slums of Manbach Town, bringing the total number of people in the wild camp to more than 500 people. For the time being, the manpower is definitely enough, and even somewhat exceeded.
Li Yinguang did not leave. He kept waiting until the first pot of brown sugar was boiled and turned into sugar to make sure that his idea was correct.
"It's done, City Lord Sugar is ready!"
The old dog opened the tent and barked excitedly.
Li Yinguang stood up quickly and walked quickly outside.