Chapter 40: Sugar Making
The slimming boss saw Zhang Luo coming in with his child.
I found that Zhang Luo was plainly dressed.
But he is tall.
He greeted her with a smile.
"This gentleman, our store has the best powdered sugar from Fujian."
"There are also red powder and sugar pills."
"How many pounds do you want?"
Only then did Zhang Luo think of the middle of the Ming Dynasty.
The sugarcane industry in Fujian and Guangzhou is booming.
It gradually became the country's sugar industry base.
See all kinds of shapes on the wooden frame.
Zhang Luojue didn't have much appetite.
But the two little kids next to me wanted to eat it.
Zhang Luo thought for a moment.
I sensed a business opportunity.
He asked his boss:
"Do you have hawthorn sugar and white sugar for sale?"
The shop owner heard that Zhang Luo asked for hawthorn candy and white sugar.
I feel that Zhang Luo must have an extraordinary family background.
Take out a small jar from the wooden shelf inside.
He opened the jar lightly and said:
"This is hawthorn candy made from the finest Fuzhou hawthorns."
"Xiao Langjun, if you sell more."
"I'll make it cheaper. I'll sell it to you for three hundred cents per pound."
Zhang Wangsheng and Zhang Xiaowu listened to the prices.
He let out a breath of cold air.
Hawthorn candy is so expensive!
The method of making hawthorn into sugar had already appeared in the Song Dynasty.
For example, candied haws are also made from hawthorn.
"Is there any sugar for sale?"
White sugar is refined sugar.
The candy store owner shook his head and said:
“Refined sugar prices are too high.”
"Not many people in the county buy it."
"If you want to buy refined sugar, young man, you can go to Fuzhou Prefecture."
White sugar was considered a luxury item in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Luo remembers the French sugar-making process of pouring sugar.
It should have gradually become popular in the Ming Dynasty.
As long as there are appropriate facilities.
It is not difficult to turn brown sugar into white sugar.
Zhang Wangsheng and his uncle went to the county town before.
Almost everyone will buy a small piece of brown sugar pill to try.
Looking at the two live treasures, they couldn't stop drooling.
Zhang Luo plans to buy some.
Then he asked the boss:
"Boss, is there a place to make sugar in the county?"
Zhang Luo is naturally not going to the sugar shop to buy sugar.
I just want to unlock the sugar production location for my system.
So that you can unlock the sugar making skills.
The store owner gave Zhang Luo a confused look.
said:
"There is also a large sugar shop in the west of the county town."
"But that company thinks too highly of itself that it won't sell people alone."
The shopkeeper continued:
"If Mr. Lang buys more, I still have some brown sugar from Luocheng."
"I can sell it to you at 50% of the price."
Coming from Luocheng, most likely the goods were smuggled from some ghost market.
Zhang Luo sighed deeply in his heart.
Smuggling is everywhere in the southeastern provinces!
"Take it out first and take a look."
"It's so cheap, I'm afraid it will ruin the health of my family."
I saw the boss walking deep into the store.
Move out a wooden box.
He took out a brown sugar pill from inside.
At first glance, it looks no different from Fujian’s native sugar pills.
The boss looked at Zhang Luo for a while and said:
"Young man, if you buy a horse, you can eat it yourself."
"Of course the local brown sugar pills are better."
"If you want to buy, sell."
"The brown sugar pills from Luocheng are just as useful."
Luocheng is located in Vietnam.
It should be called Jiaozhi in the Ming Dynasty.
During the Yongle period, Jiaozhi was incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Later, during the Xuande period, there was a rebellion within the country.
In addition, the cost of managing Cochin was too high, so it was abandoned.
People in the southern provinces know this place.
The Jiaozhi area is more suitable for sugarcane growth.
Its sugar has always been exported.
Zhang Luo looked at the Luocheng Tang Wan.
I saw there was some dirt on one of them.
Zhang Luo felt sick when he saw it.
The boss quickly reached out and removed the dirt.
He said to Zhang Luo:
"How many sugar pills are you going to buy, young man?"
Zhang Luo glanced at the sugar pills in front of him and said:
"I'd better buy local sugar pills."
"Just give me two pieces, my kids love it."
The store's attitude has not changed.
Show Zhang Luoqie two brown sugar pills.
Wrap it in leaves and give it to Zhang Luo.
Then he sent Zhang Luo and his party away with smiles on their faces.
Distribute the two candy balls to the children.
Zhang Changwei asked puzzledly:
"Why is the brown sugar in Cochin City so cheap?"
Zhang Luo said disdainfully:
"There are many lowly people in Luocheng, and it is located in a rainy place."
"It's suitable for growing sugar cane, but it's not as good as our Ming Dynasty compared to eating it."
"But the advantage is more output."
Zhang Changwei understood.
He looked at Zhang Luo and asked:
"Does Brother Zhang Luo still know about the sugar industry?"
Zhang Luo said casually:
"I only know how to show off a little bit."
If someone else said this.
Zhang Changwei only felt that he was bragging.
But Zhang Changwei believed Zhang Luo's words.
"Scholars are really capable!"
I bought sugar pills.
The group of people found the Zhenhaiwei tribesman mentioned by Zhang Changwei.
There are many inns in the county.
Some of them are also very luxurious.
Comparable to Fuzhou Prefecture.
But obviously, Zhenhaiwei could hardly afford to pay the fine for fighting.
Naturally, I don’t have any extra money to stay in an inn.
Zhang Luo was thinking about how to make sugar on his way.
Although the brown sugar in Luocheng is not of good quality.
But it can be used as candy.
Just need to know more about the sugar making process.
Zhang Luo is confident that he can make sugar just like salt.
The tribesmen in the Weisuo received them warmly.
But because the place where my relatives live is not big.
Zhang Luo could only squeeze into a thatched house with two children.
Zhang Luo scratched until early in the morning and fell asleep uncomfortably.
By the next morning.
Zhang Changwei was called out by Zhang Xiaowu.
And Zhang Luo had already gotten up.
Ran a few laps outside.
Hand holding a piece of grass.
Last night Zhang Luo was bitten badly by bugs in the house.
The bite on the back was red and swollen.
I staggered to sleep until early morning.
Then I heard the noise outside the house.
The people in the county got up earlier than Zhang Luo thought.
When the sky is still blue-grey.
There are already people selling breakfast outside.
Zhang Luo didn't expect that a county town would have such a scene.
It’s almost comparable to a county town in the 21st century.
The people walking up and down the street are ordinary people.
Zhang Luo saw that their clothes were shabby.
After a quick breakfast, we headed out of the city.
Zhang Luo found a stall selling straw cakes.
I bought two qian straw cakes and returned to the yard where I stayed.
Zhang Changwei took the cake with embarrassment.
After taking a bite, it was much more delicious than the white porridge in the Shangwei Hospital.
Zhang Luo stopped, walked to Zhang Changwei and asked:
"Long Viagra, why do the people in the county get up so early?"
Zhang Changwei said while chewing straw cakes:
"Those are masonry workers outside the city who get up early in the morning to do their work."
Masonry? Why does a county still have to dig mountains?
Zhang Changwei said:
"There are a lot of iron mines and small rock mountains on the edge of Jinjiang County."
"There are some government officials in these places."
"There are also a few who belong to some gentry families."
"Masonry workers have to go out and mine every day."
Zhang Luozhen didn't expect that Fujian's mining industry has become so developed.
Finish the straw cake.
Zhang Changwei handed over the two children to the care of the tribe.
Zhang Changwei hid the money on his body.
He and Zhang Changluo walked out quickly.
Zhang Luo's child examination documents need to be approved by the county government.
Zhang Changwei decided to take Zhang Luo to the county school first.
Find a health worker and sign a guarantee document for Zhang Luo.
Then we go to the county government office together.
This chapter has been completed!