Early in the morning, Uncle Fu and Du Zhong were woken up by Village Chief Li, and behind Village Chief Li, there were a large number of villagers with flattering smiles.

"Uncle Fu is early."

"It's early to manage Du."

The attitude is too good to be true.

Uncle Fu and Du Zhong both knew in their hearts that people were coming for sugar, and they had already discussed countermeasures.

"Good morning, folks, oops, it took a lot of effort to squeeze the juice yesterday, and now my arm hurts so much that I can't lift it." Uncle Fu pushed away the quilt and sat up, sitting there rubbing his arms with a sad face.

Du Zhong looked at his black and swollen palms, and wanted to cry without tears, "It's okay, since I beat me up with the eldest young master of our family, I haven't suffered this kind of crime for many years, let me tell you, I won't kill you today, Uncle Fu." ”

Village Chief Li is like a ghost, as soon as he heard these two words, he knew what they wanted to do, and immediately said with a smile: "The two of you have worked hard, if you need help, just tell me, our folks in the township have to help each other to get through the prosperous days, come and come, the big guys are idle and idle, all take a hand, hurry up and clean up here, how do you do Uncle Fu, you are silent, this little work is nothing to do alone." ”

So Shubai and Li Niang heard the noise outside and walked out, and saw the villagers rushing to work for their own families, some squeezing juice, some filtering, and some lighting fires, while Uncle Fu and Du Zhong were patrolling around with their heads held high, and the two of them just opened their mouths and didn't use their hands, not to mention more energy.

"Ouch, what do you say, Uncle Village Chief, how can you bother the villagers." Shubai said to salute Village Chief Li, Village Chief Li hurriedly dodged away, and then returned the salute, even saying It's okay, it's okay, everyone is worried about your sugar, but it's useless, how can you have some strength, isn't it? Otherwise, why would you be embarrassed to take the candy home?

Everyone knows why the villagers are so active.

Just like Shubai said to his grandfather yesterday, this method of squeezing sugar is actually simple and crude, people can figure it out by themselves after reading it, there is nothing to keep secret, the key is the sweet sorghum, so now Du Zhong is not in a hurry, if you want to see it, you can see it, and you can't take away the silver.

However, there are many people and it is easy to have accidents, Shubai discussed with the village chief, and then organized these villagers into several groups, each group of people did half a day's work, changed to another group after noon, and then changed to a group from time to time, three shifts a day to the Mo family to squeeze sugar, each person was paid 20 clerks per shift, and no room and board were included.

As soon as these words were announced, the villagers cheered, and even praised Xiao Xiucai for his benevolence and righteousness, Uncle Fu ran into the house to get a pen and paper, and Du Zhong sat on the threshold and was responsible for writing the paperwork.

After four shifts were arranged, there were still two people left, not enough for one group, and the two of them immediately ran to the village, and they had to get all the people together.

Li Niang gave Uncle Fu a look, and Uncle Fu shouted loudly behind him: "It's enough to shout three more strong men!" I can't afford to pay my wages anymore! It's going to be a loss! ”

Sugar is a precious thing, the worst brown sugar costs 80 wen a catty, and 20 wen a day is the current market in Jinshui Town, a strong man has to do four days of physical work to be able to afford a catty of brown sugar.

Now everyone still doesn't know how much sugar can be produced from the sorghum stalk, Uncle Fu shouted like this, and everyone listened like this, it's good if someone pays to hire workers, so much care, people are annoyed and don't want you to say it, smart people know to keep their mouths shut and do things.

The first shift of hired workers began to work, and the other four groups of people stood for a while and were sent away by the village chief, all of whom were crowded here to waste time, didn't they go to the fields to take care of the crops at home?

Not long after the people dispersed, Peach Blossom came out with a freshly cleaned Qingyuan to say that breakfast was ready, Uncle Fu was going to keep an eye on the people to work, and Du Zhong went to eat first, in fact, he didn't have anything to do, he did it himself.

Shubai also invited Village Chief Li to have breakfast together, this is a good time to show the privilege of the village chief, Village Chief Li entered the courtyard with Shubai after a little excuse, even if he came after eating, how can he eat a little more now, he doesn't care how much he eats, he cares about his attitude.

There were guests, Li Niang didn't go to the table, watching Aunt Fu set up the meals in the hall, Shubai and Qingyuan accompanied the village chief to the table, she and Aunt Fu Peach went to the kitchen to eat, at this time Du Zhong had already squatted at the kitchen door and ate two big steamed buns.

Li Niang hurriedly filled her stomach and ran to see the condensation of brown sugar tablets, now the temperature at night is relatively low, it has only been three hours, and the brown sugar tablets have frosted, she tried to buckle a piece, and found that the sugar tablets have been half dry, only the middle part is still thin, there is a small north wind blowing, it is estimated that it will be completely dry by noon, but it is shorter than she expected.

She pinched a piece of brown sugar and put it in her mouth, it felt very sweet, a little astringent, definitely not comparable to the immortal refining, but compared with the sugar sold in the town, it was really much better.

Du Zhong also pinched a piece of brown sugar and threw it into his mouth, his eyebrows flew up, "It's so sweet!" Delicious! But why don't you make it into sugar, but make it look like this? ”

Li Niang smiled, "Why, I don't know if I have a small family?" I don't know if it's hard work? You really want sugar, okay, I'll be the conductor of the next pot, and you'll be responsible for stirring the syrup for an hour? ”

Stirring for an hour? Du Zhong shuddered, spare him, it will be tiring to death!

"I think it's a good idea! That's it! ”

A clear voice came in, and Du Zhong didn't need to look back to know who it was, so he quickly turned around and bent down and howled, "No, young master!" The little one stayed up all night, and finally got this brown sugar tablet, and the little two arms would be wasted again! ”

"Hmph, you kid, can't you? What's that? Yes? Du Li took a fan and lit Du Zhong, "I can't do a little thing, what use do you say I raise you?" ”

This is a bit interesting, Li Niang pursed her lips and smiled, this dead profiteer spoke with a twist, looking at who didn't know his careful thoughts, wasn't he afraid that the method of sorghum sugar extraction would spread out, hum, dead profiteer.

Li Niang scolded Du Li profiteer in her heart, but when she made the price later, she was not ambiguous at all, and exchanged the paper she copied for a thousand taels of silver tickets, Du Li didn't dare to say that it was expensive, after all, he really picked up a big bargain.

By noon, the brown sugar tablets were completely dry, and the sugar yield was calculated, 100 catties of sorghum can produce 10 catties of sugar, 6,000 catties of sorghum stalk per mu, 600 catties of sugar, and 48 taels of silver grade can be obtained at the current price, and the Du family has planted a full 30 acres of sweet sorghum, and the planting area can be expanded by more than double next year.

What made Du Li willing to pay the most money was that Shubai promised to come forward to negotiate with the villagers of Xiaowan, and after the summer harvest next year, if any villagers wanted to buy his family's sorghum seeds for planting, he proposed to sell the harvested sorghum and sorghum stalks to the Du family.

Sugar is a thing that still needs to be produced on a large scale to maximize profits, and Du Li is not afraid of small fights in farmers' homes, if he can stop the sweet sorghum from flowing elsewhere for one to two years, then he has already made a lot of money.

ps: Changed a number, the yield of sorghum stalks per mu should be 6,000 to 10,000 catties, and now take a minimum value of 6,000 catties, the previous chapter was written incorrectly, and it has been changed. (To be continued.) )