Ten sets of tools, together with the large cooking pot, were transported to Liang Xiao's workshop.
Liang Xiao went to the nearby market and bought tens of thousands of kilograms of firewood.
Coupled with tens of thousands of kilograms of sugar cane, the central square of the workshop was almost filled with firewood and sugar cane.
Seeing Liang Xiao spending so much money, even the guards couldn't stand it anymore, and they all told the workers: "Don't eat secretly!"
Liang Xiao originally invited them to eat sugar cane, but they came from the Marquis Dingguo Mansion and had extremely high professionalism, so they declined Liang Xiao's kindness.
As for how much Liang Xiao had been prodigal in the past two years, they had only heard about it before, but now they had a real understanding of it.
Tens of thousands of kilograms of sugar cane, that’s just a few hundred taels of silver!
The sugar water squeezed from sugar cane will eventually be made into "stone honey". A pound of refined stone honey sells for 200 cents and is specially supplied to dignitaries.
Even so, stone honey only makes small profits but quick turnover, and inferior stone honey may even lose money. Most people do not do this kind of business.
Liang Xiao bought tens of thousands of kilograms of sugar cane at one time. You can imagine the result!
The guards cast sympathetic glances at Liang Xiao.
In their opinion, Liang Xiao was a prodigal and paid them enough wages, including a meal of meat soup every day. He was considered a rare good boss.
"Xue'er why don't you eat?"
Liang Xiao took a washed and peeled sugar cane and handed it to Jiang Fuxue.
Jiang Fuxue shook her head: "Xue'er doesn't want to eat. I'll wait until my brother makes money before letting him eat!"
Liang Xiao understood Jiang Fuxue's mood, and just smiled and stroked her little head, saying: "Xue'er will be able to eat freely soon."
Jiang Fuxue looked contented, nodded obediently, and followed Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao and the workers entered the workshop and looked at the bottles, jars and various tools arranged in an orderly manner.
"Everyone, let me demonstrate it to you one by one."
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"Liang Xiao, he really bought tens of thousands of kilograms of sugar cane??"
In the boudoir of Dingguo Hou Mansion, Mu Qinxue was shocked when she heard about the situation.
"Yes, Miss, and this year's sugar cane doesn't seem to taste very good. According to common sense, we should lower the price..." the maid replied.
Duan Yunxiu on the side looked worried.
After the maid left, Mu Qinxue comforted her: "Sister Yun Xiu, don't worry. If he loses money, I will pay you back for him."
Duan Yunxiu quickly shook his head and said: "What I'm worried about is not that he will lose money, but that he will disappoint my imperial sister. You also know that my imperial sister likes people who can do practical things. No matter how good the poems, lyrics, songs, etc. are written, they are not good enough."
I can't drive away the barbarians. After I gave his countermeasures to Sister Huang, what Sister Huang actually wanted to see was his ability to do practical things, but she couldn't bear to tell me her true thoughts, but I am her sister and I know her best.
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"I secretly take care of Liang Xiao's business, your Majesty will know about it, right?" Mu Qinxue said depressedly.
Duan Yunxiu looked around, and after confirming that no one was there, he whispered: "Sister Qinxue doesn't know, in fact, since Liang Xiao, the son of Lanling Marquis, appeared in the capital, my imperial sister has been sending people to pay attention to his situation...
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"Why?" Mu Qinxue looked curious.
Duan Yunxiu explained: "I don't know. After he became the guilty minister, even if the Marquis of Lanling was really wronged, it would only be a few thousand taels or tens of thousands taels to compensate him. I would send guards to pay attention to him for two years. I don't understand."
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"Then how did you know?" Mu Qinxue asked again.
Duan Yunxiu hummed: "I accidentally discovered that I asked her hard and softly! The reason why I came to him was firstly to compensate the Liang family for the court, and secondly I also wanted to know why my imperial sister sent people to pay attention to him.
Two years. As a result, the reports my imperial sister received were all negative comments about Liang Xiao being ignorant and incompetent. Fortunately, I personally visited Liang Xiao for her!"
"What about the other guilty ministers? There must be many soldiers who were wronged along with my father-in-law back then, and some of them were also marquises!" Mu Qinxue asked curiously.
"Your father-in-law?"
Duan Yunxiu looked at Mu Qinxue, who was not blushing and out of breath, and couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering, and replied: "There are still a few, but their heirs are missing."
"Oh, it might just be that His Majesty wants to send someone to take care of the children of these unjust soldiers." Mu Qinxue suddenly realized, and said, "Back to the topic, the people in the workshop told me that they also couldn't understand the requirements of Liang Xiao's utensils.
What are you using it for? All I know is that there is a sugar truck for juice extraction!"
Duan Yunxiu rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Can I find an excuse to go take a look? After all, he said he wanted to make a fortune with me?"
Mu Qinxue happily agreed.
When they arrived at the Liang Mansion, Duan Yunxiu pretended not to know and did not go to the workshop. He just let Feiyun knock on the door of the Liang Mansion.
The guard immediately went to the workshop to notify him, and Liang Xiao came half a quarter of an hour later, his face full of excitement.
Duan Yunxiu asked tentatively: "I heard that Mr. Liang bought tens of thousands of catties of firewood, tens of thousands of catties of sugar cane, and hired dozens of workers. How is the progress of sugar production?"
"Come and see!"
Liang Xiao excitedly took Duan Yunxiu's hand and walked straight to the workshop gate.
Duan Yunxiu glanced at his hand that was being held, his face turned red, and he couldn't bear to throw it away, so he had no choice but to let it go and follow him to the workshop.
After entering the door, Duan Yunxiu withdrew his hand, looked at the densely packed small white sugar inside, and asked with confusion: "What is this?"
"The powdered one is called icing sugar, and the granular one is called white sugar."
As Liang Xiao spoke, he filled a bowl of sugar, put a spoon on it, handed it to Duan Yunxiu, and said, "Try it, don't eat too much, or you'll get sick."
Duan Yunxiu took the small bowl with some hesitation.
When she went out, she only ate at Mu Qinxue's place. Even the time she invited Liang Xiao, it was made with palace ingredients by the palace chef who was called in temporarily!
"This stuff is very sweet." Liang Xiao reminded.
"Very sweet?" Duan Yunxiu's eyes suddenly lit up. Regardless of Feiyun's dissuasion, he scooped up a spoon and put it into his mouth, and was stunned.
"Sir!" Feiyun was anxious.
Only then did Duan Yunxiu realize that he had lost his composure. He quickly put down his spoon, suppressed his blush, and said, "It's indeed quite sweet. It's very pretty and delicious. Feiyun, do you want to try it..."
Feiyun was stunned and shook his head repeatedly: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
Only then did the master and servant look at what Liang Xiao called white sugar and icing sugar.
The white sugar is somewhat crystal clear, while the icing sugar is white powder.
"The taste is the same?" Duan Yunxiu looked at Liang Xiao curiously. When he nodded, he still couldn't help but pick up a spoon and taste it.
It seems to be sweet that melts in your mouth?
This is the feeling of Duan Yunxiu.
"It's less interesting than honey, but stone honey and caramel are much more delicious!" Duan Yunxiu said with a face full of surprise.
"That's natural. The color and quality of this white sugar are not comparable to those of stone honey." Liang Xiao said with a smile.
Duan Yunxiu looked around and saw several bags of sugar placed here. He was surprised and said: "You made these with sugar cane? That's great! How could you make it with sugar cane!"