Cheng Yanjin is really unsatisfied after visiting the shipyard, Cheng Hong drove the carriage and pulled Cheng Yanjin to visit the next place, which is also one of the most profitable transactions now~ Sucrose Factory!

The sugar cane factory is now basically in a state of semi-shutdown, and all the craftsmen are experimenting with brewing sugarcane wine according to Cheng Hong's casual mouthful.

All the craftsmen of the sugar mills went to the mountains to cut wild sugar cane, and although they could not supply sugar, they were more than enough to supply the winemaking experiments.

Cheng Hong chatted with Cheng Yanjin while running over there, Cheng Hong said: "Aya, the next place we go to is the Frosting Sugar Factory, but this factory is now in a semi-suspended state!"

Cheng Yanjin knows that the price of this frosted candy in Chang'an is really sky-high! Such an expensive thing is actually in a semi-suspended state! What's going on?

"What? Is there anyone who is in the way? "It's good to ship twelve hours a day according to the plan! That's all money!

Cheng Hong shook his head: "Aye is too worried, our sugar factory has His Majesty's shares in it, and with the addition of the king of Lingnan, no one dares to come and pick up the tiger's whiskers."

Not only did no one get in the way, but since the Gu family was destroyed, they also opened the door to convenience.

It's just that our sugar factory has a strong processing capacity, and most of the machines are driven by water power, with high work efficiency, and the raw materials cannot be supplied at all.

It didn't take long to collect the sugarcane in Gangnam East Province and Lingnan. And the newly planted sugarcane has just grown, and the raw materials are insufficient!

In addition, this sugarcane has only recently been cultivated on a large scale, and there used to be more wild than planted! ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded: "The raw materials are insufficient, and I really have a headache!"

Cheng Hong continued: "Fortunately, the sugar produced now is all made in the past, and the masters of the sugar factory are studying the use of sugarcane to make wine, I just said it casually, as for whether it is successful or not, I don't know very well!"

Cheng Hongzheng said, this came to the sugar factory, Cheng Hong led Cheng Yanjin to go inside, and at this time, a personal soldier ran forward holding an oak barrel.

Cheng Hong saw that it was the pro-soldier steward assigned here!

hurriedly reprimanded: "What are you doing?" What does it look like to be flustered? Now you're a steward, why are you still frizzy! ”

The pro-soldier hurriedly greeted Cheng Hong and Cheng Yanjin: "The head of the family is good, Shaolangjun is good, it's done, Shaolangjun is done!"

Cheng Yanjin scolded: "What has happened? Speak well! Why can't you even say a word? ”

The soldiers calmed down their excitement and shook the oak barrel and shook it: "Didn't Shaolangjun let us try to brew sugarcane wine some time ago?"

The sugarcane wine brewed some time ago was either sour or bad, and then Shaolangjun said that there was a lack of pectin, and then the craftsmen threw all the fruits they could find into the experiment!

In the end, I found that the kind of fermentation with cat feces melon is the best, and it is close to wine!

The craftsmen experimented little by little, adding cat poop melons as appropriate, and finally found the right proportion!

I originally wanted to report it to Shao Lang Jun, but during that time, Shao Lang Jun was assassinated, and the craftsmen didn't go to cause trouble for you.

Privately, we brewed a batch to see what it was, and the result was a batch of twenty-seven barrels, all but one of which ran out.

In the end, it was distilled and purified into five barrels, which were put in wooden barrels and put in the cellar to remove the fire, and this barrel was not cellared, so take it to Shaolangjun to see it and report good news! ”

Cheng Hong said excitedly: "So the sugarcane wine has become?"

The pro-soldier nodded: "It's basically done, as for how to brew bagasse, it's a matter of experimenting a few times!"

Cheng Yanjin said: "Put this barrel of wine on the carriage and drink it tonight!"

The pro-soldier nodded vigorously: "Hey!"

Cheng Hong asked, "Have the craftsmen involved in the brewing been rewarded?"

"Rewarded, everyone is consistent, and it is ten times!"

"No, there's more to this recipe than just that! Tenfold! You also receive a hundred and send it home, or find a mother-in-law here, don't idle every day! Get all the money and throw it into the green building! ”

The soldier laughed twice and hugged a barrel of wine: "Master of the house, you are busy, I'll go and put the wine in the car for you!"

After saying that, he ran away......

Cheng Yanjin looked at the back of his soldiers and said: "Hong'er, although our family has a little money now, but this should be saved, but some ...... should be saved."

As soon as Cheng Hong heard it, he thought his hand was loose, shook his head and explained: "Aya, don't look at me giving them this little money, let's earn more, and when you drink wine, you will know, the recipe of this wine is more than this money!"

And this sugarcane wine, whether it is the taste or the effect of the hangover, is more than a step higher than the royal wine! Moreover, Hu Shang's wine is mostly sweet, and it is estimated that sugarcane wine is more suitable for their appetite, and those Hu Shang's money is the best to make! ”

Cheng Yanjin shook his head: "Aya is old, you can look at these things, you Aya is not worried, the eldest princess of Shang, and Jane is in the emperor's heart, as long as you are in the heart of the emperor, you can ensure that our Cheng family is rich for at least two generations!"

Cheng Hong led Cheng Yanjin to continue to visit the Frost Sugar Factory: "Our sugar and wine are out here!" Cheng Hong pointed to a row of large iron pots and said.

Cheng Hong explained to Cheng Yanjin as he walked, where the sugarcane was squeezed from the juice, boiled from the iron pot, and finally filtered......

Cheng Biting Jin listened with relish, and finally Cheng Hong pointed to the place where bagasse was once stored: "Aye, this was once the place where bagasse was stored."

At that time, there was no way to make sugarcane wine, so this bagasse was all made as an important ingredient, and I couldn't make up my mind whether to take it out or not. ”

Cheng Yanjin asked, "What is it?"

Cheng Hong led Cheng Yanjin inside: "Aya come with me!"

Cheng Hong walked in front, Cheng Yanjin followed behind, and after walking for a while, he found that the sentry posts were becoming more and more dense, and the people on duty were all Xuanjia soldiers, Cheng Yanjin felt that this matter was not simple!

This is Cheng Hong, if it were a different person, Cheng Yanjin would have run away a long time ago, who is Cheng Yanjin, he must have been hiding without a trace before seeing trouble!

In front of the last iron gate, Cheng Hong stood still, and opened the iron door on the left and right, which was a warehouse built in the belly of the mountain, which turned out to be a winding cave, which was transformed into a secret warehouse by Cheng Hong.

After opening the door, there was a door inside, and when he entered it, Cheng Hong lit the torch and saw that the entire warehouse was full of stacks of papers!

Looking at the dust on it, it's not a short time to pile up here.

Cheng Hong pointed to the paper in this warehouse and said: "Aya, this is what I can't get rid of, I don't know who has to release this thing!"

There are no less than twenty warehouses like this, and they are all full! And the materials used to make paper are very simple, mainly reeds and bagasse by the river!

It can be said that the cost of these papers can produce a knife for a few pennies, and this is not the main thing, the main thing is this! ”

Cheng Hong pointed to a copper wheel the thickness of a bucket next to him: "Copper movable type!" This copper movable type is like a seal, placed in a copper square plate smeared with rosin in advance, and the characters are all separate seals of the same size! ”

Cheng Hong fiddled as he spoke, and the two rows of children's words were sorted, which were two sentences in the Analects.

Put the copper plate on the fire and heat, the rosin melts, press the copper movable type with a wooden board, and wait for the movable type to cool, apply the ink to cover the paper, press it with a wooden strip, and then turn over the paper two sentences and say that it is clear in my mind!

Cheng Yanjin was dumbfounded, watching Cheng Hong's operation, as if by magic, and two sentences came out. Then Cheng Hong broke off the copper movable type and put it back on the roller.

At this time, Cheng Yanjin saw the most important place, this kind of thing can be reused, and it can be replaced with another sentence with a little assembly.

Paper is worthless, and printing books costs less, which means that the cost of reading will not be so high in the future!

Although reducing costs is a good thing for the country and readers in the long run, the resistance is too great at the moment.

It can be said that if Cheng Hong is recklessly released, it will not be long before Cheng Hong will be torn to pieces, even if he has the support of the emperor, it is not good!

First of all, if this thing is released, the first thing that will be infringed is the interests of the family, because the number of scholars increases, and the status of the family will be impacted!

The second person to be harmed is the poor scholars, because the knowledge they have acquired with great effort will be learned without such difficulty!

And now there are a lot of poor people who make a living by copying books for people, and when the time comes, your printed books will be cheap to death, and one of their ways of life will be broken, and it will be strange if they don't look for you desperately!

In addition, this is a murder knife, and it will be strange that they will write it to you for 10,000 years! If you are a bad person, then you are a bad person!

Cheng Yanjin broke out in a cold sweat when he saw this pile of things, and Cheng Yanjin now has an urge to burn it all! But it stopped suddenly!

It's hard to do, it's not just hard to do, it's just going to be a personal life! Cheng Yanjin only realized at this time that it is not a good thing that this son is too capable!

Quietly make a damn thing!