As the sugarcane harvest began, Li Yuanshan, the person in charge of Ryukyu City, became extremely busy.

He first came to the sugarcane juice area.

Because the cash crops here in Ryukyu City are mainly sugarcane, Liu Jindu has no intention of changing this, at least in the next few years.

Therefore, a large juice area and sugar boiling area were specially built here in Ryukyu Castle to squeeze juice and boil sugar.

Here in the juice pressing area, all the juice pressing machines have only been transported from Tianjin one after another in recent months, and these machines are all designed by Liu Jin with gold fingers, and all of them are manual juice machines.

The sugarcane sticks in from one end, and then constantly rotates the gears, and with the rotation of the gears, the sugarcane will be squeezed by the machine, and the juice can be naturally extracted.

This kind of gear juicer is naturally not comparable with all kinds of advanced juicers in later generations, but it is a very advanced machine in this era.

To be able to manufacture these machines, in addition to the gold finger, in fact, the main thing is that the Miyun Iron Works has been able to start producing high-quality gears.

Using the rotation of the machine, coupled with the linkage between the large and small gears, this new type of juicer is not only very labor-saving, but more importantly, it can squeeze out the juice in the sugarcane.

Here in the juice pressing area, hundreds of juicers are constantly working, and the sugarcane is flattened very quickly with the rotation of the machine, and the sugarcane juice inside is also squeezed out.

The juicers are connected to each other, and the sugarcane juice is gathered into a pool through the sink.

"It's still too slow~"

Li Yuanshan watched hundreds of juicers constantly busy, one juicer is controlled by two people, one person is responsible for transporting sugarcane, and the other is responsible for rotating the machine, the efficiency is naturally far from keeping up with the speed of cutting sugarcane outside, so in the juice pressing area, it is already full of sugarcane like a mountain.

"It seems that two shifts will be implemented, and people will be arranged to work overtime in the next night, and the sugarcane recovered must be squeezed into juice as soon as possible and boiled into sugar."

"In addition, these juicers alone are not enough, we must use soil juicers, and we must make some more soil juicers as soon as possible."

Li Yuanshan looked at the busy scene, and his mind also quickly thought.

As the person in charge of Ryukyu Castle, although he does not need to do these manual tasks, it is not easy to manage such a large Ryukyu Castle.

More importantly, he knows very well that the value of this Ryukyu Castle is mainly reflected in these cane sugars, and how much sugar can be boiled is very important.

It is not only related to the return on investment of many shareholders in Ryukyu City, but also related to the year-end bonus of Li Yuanshan and many Ryukyu city managers.

At present, sugarcane is a bumper harvest, 30,000 acres of sugarcane fields, sugarcane production is very good, and the sweetness is very high, planting sugarcane is considered a success.

Now it's up to this last step, juicing, boiling sugar, and the next month or so will be busy.

Soon, Li Yuanshan also began to arrange, and the carpenters here in Ryukyu City began to make soil juicers, the traditional juicer is very simple, a stool with a movable wooden root on it, and uses a wooden pole to press sugar cane juice.

This kind of soil juicer naturally can not be compared with the gear juicer, but the manufacturing is simple, the key is that now, the sugarcane here is a bumper harvest, and the sugarcane must be boiled as soon as possible, and the time is urgent, so it is also a question of whether the soil juicer can be squeezed clean.

With the rotation of the machine, the sugarcane is constantly flattened, and the sugarcane juice flows into the pool below.

Li Yuanshan finished inspecting the juice pressing area, and also came to the sugar boiling area, compared to the excitement of the juicer, the sugar boiling area is much more deserted.

For the sake of technical confidentiality, all the things done here in the sugar boiling area are in charge, and they have all signed a confidentiality agreement, so that the technology of boiling sugar cannot be leaked.

Here in the sugar boiling area, a cauldron is steaming hot, and at the same time, next to the cauldron, the steward of the sugar boiling is constantly stirring.

Boiling sugar is a hard job, and the whole process needs to be constantly stirred to prevent the sugar from falling off.

"Don't forget to keep stirring, the sugar in this pot is worth a lot of silver, once it is pasted, it will be a big loss."

Li Yuanshan kept looking at the cauldron, which was already full of the fragrance of new sugar at this time, sweet but not greasy, and people couldn't help but want to eat it.

When Liu Jin was in Tianjin, he trained these stewards who came to Ryukyu City, and also compiled a special textbook for boiling sugar.

There is no way, sugar is really expensive in this day and age, and only the really rich can afford it.

There is a huge investment here in Ryukyu Castle, and there are not only shares of Liu Jin, but also shares of Emperor Hongzhi, Prince Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Mao and others.

Liu Jin had already boasted about Haikou in advance, and this kind of sugarcane sugar must make money, so he also attaches great importance to this sugar.

Li Yuanshan knew this clearly, so he couldn't help but tell everyone who was boiling sugar.

"Don't worry~We all know~"

The many stewards who boiled the sugar also nodded again and again.

It's the last moment, they're not sloppy, it's about their year-end bonus.

"Lao Li, let's take a look at our freshly boiled brown sugar, it's really good, sweet but not greasy, it's definitely the best brown sugar~"

The chief steward in charge of boiling sugar is called Zhang En, who used to be a master who boiled sugar, and was dug up by Liu Jin's side with a high salary, and was specifically responsible for boiling sugar.

At this time, he took a few pieces of freshly boiled brown sugar, handed it to Li Yuanshan with a smile and said.

"Well~It's really good~"

Li Yuanshan took the brown sugar and tasted it carefully, the taste was quite good, the sweetness was very high, the quality of sugarcane here in Ryukyu was really good, there was plenty of sunshine and a lot of rain, which was very suitable for the growth of sugarcane.

Coupled with proper management, these sugarcanes are of high quality, and the brown sugar that comes out is naturally very good.

"Has the snow sugar come out?"

Li Yuanshan thought for a while and asked.

Although brown sugar is very good, there are still many impurities in brown sugar, far less than white sugar, brown sugar is only the most basic product, on the basis of brown sugar, you can also boil white sugar.

The price of white sugar is many times higher than that of brown sugar, and Liu Jin, who pursues economic value, will naturally not miss it.

Moreover, it is extremely inconvenient to go back and forth between Ryukyu and Tianjin, so it is natural to maximize the value, and it is better to transport sugarcane than brown sugar, and brown sugar is not as good as white sugar.

"It's boiled out, I'll take you to see it~"

Zhang En nodded, and then took Li Yuanshan slightly mysteriously and continued to walk towards the back of the sugar boiling area, the sugar boiling area was originally the core area, ordinary people can't enter, and this back is specially used to boil white sugar, that is, the area of snow sugar, the core area of the more core area, only a few people can go here.

Soon, under the leadership of Zhang En, Li Yuanshan came to the snow sugar boiling area behind.

Brown sugar also has impurities, and after removing the impurities, it can be refined to white sugar with a sugar content of more than 95%, and this method did not appear for the first time until the late Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jin, who has a golden finger, naturally knows this method, using the lime method, using lime milk to remove impurities in sugarcane juice, and naturally you can boil out white sugar with high sugar content.

"Look at it~ Look, how beautiful these snow candy are, delicate grains, crystal clear, the key is that the sweetness is very high, the taste is very pure, I have boiled a lifetime of sugar, this is definitely the best sugar I have ever seen~"

Zhang En took out a handful of snow candy, and the whole person couldn't help but admire.

"It's really very good~"

Li Yuanshan picked it up and observed it carefully, and tasted it carefully, but he was also instantly conquered by this sweetness.

"How much do you think this kind of snow candy can sell for?"

After thinking about it, Li Yuanshan asked.

"This kind of snow candy is definitely the best sugar on the market, and I estimate that even if it is sold for five taels of silver a catty, it will be no problem at all."

Zhang En not only boiled sugar, but also knew very well the price of all kinds of sugar, such a high-quality snow sugar, it is not something that ordinary people can afford, it is definitely a luxury, and it will be sold for several taels of silver a catty.