At this time, the manufacturing process of sucrose had not yet been introduced to the Central Plains from India, but sugarcane had already been cultivated in the south.
Qu Yuan wrote in "The Songs of Chu" that "the turtles and cannons have some pulp", in which "zhe" refers to sugar cane, and the word "sugar" only existed in the Han Dynasty.
However, before the Tang Dynasty, the local processing of sugar cane was limited to making soup. In the early Han Dynasty, the original sucrose product "stone honey" could also be used as a tribute to Emperor Gaozu.
After the Tang Dynasty, the powerful Central Plains civilization not only spread its majesty and technology to all directions, but also actively absorbed the craftsmanship of surrounding countries, including Tianzhu's sugar-making technology. Taizong even sent envoys to India to study specifically.
Even in the Ming Dynasty, the "yellow mud water decolorization method" was pioneered, which could easily produce pure-colored white sugar from sucrose.
Bai Tu now controls Jiangdong. Yuzhang and Kuaiji are both sugar cane-producing places. There is still a lot of sugar cane in the treasury, which he wants to present to the imperial court.
If there is no corresponding technology for this thing, the boiled water will not be very sweet. The real bosses only drink honey...
Originally, Bai Tu didn't want to do these fancy things before he could survive the severe drought that would start next winter, but so many craftsmen with long-term contracts were idle, so he couldn't use them to dig wells, right? That would be too wasteful...
So Bai Tu came up with the idea of making these sugar canes. After all, it doesn't cost much to boil sugar, and with its own technical guidance, it is easy to produce white sugar and rock sugar.
Moreover, the "yellow mud water decolorization method" has been developed. The color of rock sugar can be believed by some people nowadays no matter what jewelry it is!
In addition to coaxing the children, Bai Tu also secretly sent people to Huainan to sell it - if Bai Tu remembered correctly, a certain legitimate son of the Yuan family who did not want to be named liked to drink honey water.
With Bai Tu able to limit production, the "jewellery-like heaven-sent sweetness" of rock sugar is definitely countless times more valuable than honey, and although Huainan is currently short of military rations, it is not to the extent of restricting the sale of food...
As long as the profits are sufficient, local wealthy people in Huainan are willing to quietly resell grain and rock sugar at various ports on both sides of the Taiwan Strait!
Bai Tu decided to help the people of Huainan first by exchanging food from the corrupt ruler's treasury and making it into "relief food" for storage so that they could receive timely relief when a severe drought strikes in the future!
"Brother, there is one thing, I..." Sun Ce looked a little embarrassed to say it.
"Well? What can't we say to you, brother? Could it be that you have fallen in love with someone's young lady and want your eldest brother to help you propose marriage?" Bai Tu asked.
Zhou Yu curled his lips at the side - You know how to follow the pole and propose marriage? Dasha's uncle is still here, so there is no need for you as a sworn brother to propose marriage, right?
"No, no, no, they are my father's old subordinates, that is, Uncle Cheng, Uncle Huang and the others... When we were in Huainan, Yuan Shu suppressed me and others in every possible way. Even though they have returned to Jiangdong now, several uncles still feel pity in their hearts.
Sorry, I hope to continue to serve under my younger brother..." Sun Ce said a little embarrassed.
Bai Tu frowned when he heard this and said, "You and I, brothers, can't you still trust me?"
Sun Ce was even more embarrassed after hearing this, thinking that Bai Tu would have objections to this, but at this time he only heard Bai Tu say: "Since you and I are brothers, what's the difference between them following me and following you? Why should the second brother be the younger brother?"
Girlish?"
"Brother..." In Sun Ce's eyes, Bai Tu seemed to be emitting an infinite amount of light.
"Although eldest brother theoretically has no right to ask you to build a palace now,... the personnel of the prefecture accept your fate and you can make your own decision. However, the civil servants must be inspected by the officials, and the military must abide by military discipline."
"Prefect?" Sun Ce was stunned when he heard this. When he was at Yuan Shu's house, Sun Ce was swayed several times, but he still failed to secure the position of prefect.
After all, the prefect can already govern the military and administration of a county in name only, and he can be regarded as having his own "family background".
"Yes, I was planning to petition the imperial court to divide Yuzhang County into three counties. Then the northern county will be entrusted to you!" Bai Tu said.
However, Bai Tu did not just "entrust" him. He also repeatedly reminded Sun Ce about the Ministry of Personnel's assessment of official governance and military discipline.
But when specific candidates are selected, Sun Ce can recommend them on his own.
As for Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others, Bai Tu originally did not want to separate them and put them under Sun Ce's command, but it would be more efficient.
Just like Bai Tu never thought of removing Chen Gong and others from Lu Bu's command.
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In the first year of Jian'an, the white map above analyzes the counties in the northern part of Yuzhang County, and establishes "Poyang County", which governs Poyang. Analyzes the counties in the southern part of Yuzhang, where the Shanyue rebellion is serious, and establishes "Luling County", which governs Poyang.
Xichang.
At the same time, he represented Sun Ce as the governor of Poyang and Zhou Shang as the governor of Luling.
"Sun Ce...is Wentai's son? And Zhou Shang...Yuan Shu is so stupid! Baitu..." After reading the memorial, Cao Cao had an inexplicable flash in his eyes.
When seeing these names, Cao Cao once again felt something bad in Bai Tu's memorial - the first time he felt bad about Bai Tu was when he learned that he and Lu Bu took office together, and also heard about Bai Tu.
When worshiping Lu Bu asked his adoptive father!
What kind of operation is this? Aren’t you a great scholar? Are great scholars so shameless now?
Although I don’t know what kind of tricks Bai Tu has done now, looking at these two recommended governors, I know that Sun Jian’s remnant, as well as the Zhou family who surrendered, have now turned to Bai Tu!
"What do you think?" After Cao Cao told the news, he asked his staff in Sikong's mansion.
At this time, I saw the scribe ranked first on Cao Cao's left hand, wearing a Jinxian crown, a bureau with a blue indigo lining, mainly black outside, and red lines on the edges. However, the hair style can be seen from the temples under the crown that he has short hair.
, the appearance is also very young, with the feeling of a baby - exactly the trump card of the Xun family in Yingchuan, Xun Yu and Xun Wenruo!
At this time, I also read the copied memorial, and after hearing what Cao Cao said, he said: "The three divisions of Yuzhang County are as they should be. Nowadays, the mountains in the east of the Yangtze River are gradually rising, Yuzhang is the most important among them, and after careful study, the mountains in the south of Yuzhang are the most important.
Counties are even more so, and the Poyang counties in the north of Yuzhang are located in the Xinjiang and Pojiang areas. They have a lot of fertile land, and compared with the central and southern parts of the country, people's livelihood is stable, and they can be used as farming areas...
Since Duke Bai has also begun to promote farming, it is appropriate to divide Yuzhang County into three parts to facilitate governance and organization in different ways."
Xun Yu had never been to Yuzhang County, but he seemed to know the situation in Yuzhang County very well.
This was rare in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty had a vast territory, but at this time transportation and communication were very inconvenient. This made officials and people in different regions lack mutual understanding.
In particular, Jiangdong had not experienced the first development of Soochow at this time. In the impression of many Central Plains people, this place is "the north can produce some grain, the coast can produce some salt, and the rest are poor mountains and poor waters."
When mentioning Shanyue, most of the Gonggun princes in the court thought of the savages and robbers all over the mountains and plains in Jiangdong, but they did not know the difference between Shanyue and Shanyue, let alone the principle of "divide and rule".
However, although Xun Yu was in the Central Plains, he had a good understanding of the situation in Yuzhang, although he did not say that he was looking back at the situation...