Chapter 864: Pu Shan

There was also a pretending incident at the banquet, and after everyone had finished admiring the jewelry exhibition, Su You summoned them to a crystal tower that was more than one person tall, and then gave each of the servants an iron ruyi and asked them to smash the crystal tower to pieces!

In the midst of everyone's heartbroken exclamations, Su You smiled and ordered the fragments of the crystal tower to be distributed to everyone as a souvenir for this banquet.

Everyone was inexplicable, under Su You's explanation, the envoys put the crystal in their mouths, and a pure sweet taste spread in their mouths, only to know that this was not a crystal, but a crystal-like sugar cube!

It's amazing!

The sugar production process in Shuzhong has gone through several generations of upgrades, and the most primitive mud adsorption method is still in use, but it has become the first process in the entire refined sugar refining process.

By adding lime milk and lime water to the sugar solution, and then entering the water washing furnace gas in multiple stages, using lime water and carbon dioxide reaction, in the process of generating calcium carbonate, the colored substances and residues in the syrup are adsorbed and precipitated, and the pure clear syrup is obtained step by step.

Then through sulfur bleaching, the color of the sugar solution is clearer, and then the crystallization method is used to obtain the sugar crystals with extremely pure texture.

Using a centrifugal barrel, the sugar crystals and molasses are separated, and then the sugar washing process can be processed to produce white sugar and rock sugar that are as white as snow and as transparent as ice.

In the whole process, the thermometer and litmus test paper are the key, with these two things, the sugar worker of Sitong can accurately control the syrup temperature and PH value of the key steps in the processing process, such as pre-ashing, adding ash, one carbon, two carbon, sulfur bleaching, etc., and finally form a stable and efficient processing technology after countless tests.

In the past, the high-quality frosting of the Great Song Dynasty had to be made with the special "Du Cane" of Lizhou, and after the sugar making process matured, in addition to Du Cane, all kinds of sugarcane in other places could be made into pure white sugar and rock sugar.

As a result, the lower yield of Du cane in Shu was gradually replaced by other sugarcane varieties with higher yield per mu, and the sugar yield of the Great Song Dynasty was greatly improved.

The manufacture of the mold for the sugar tower is the precision mold manufacturing technology in Shuzhong.

In short, it is to first get a mold that is an empty tower inside, and then pour the sugar solution into it and rotate it out, and then pour it in and rotate it to pour out.

After repeating it several times, an empty shell of the sugar tower is formed inside the mold, and then the mold fixation is untied, the mold is disassembled into several pieces, and carefully removed from the sugar tower, and an ice sculpture-like crystal sugar tower is ready.

The shocking effect brought by this operation is full, and it also brings a sweet start to the first Jiaozhi County Material Fair.

This was followed by a copper-smelling auction of jeweled Buddha statues, Hindu gods, and jade-white porcelain Guanyin.

Most of the gods and Buddhas come from Angkor, Cochin, Champa and other places, which are in line with the aesthetic taste of Southeast Asian countries.

In addition, there are many jewelry, accessories, and daily necessities, covering the Middle East, India, and Chinese civilizations.

The maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty were very interested in tortoiseshell rhinoceros, gemstones, incense and wood products; And the maritime merchants of the vassal kingdom only hated the fact that they brought too little goods and money - as long as these things were moved to the country, the kings would either be promoted to official positions or knighthood!

Money is no longer money!

The three Buddhas and Java are feuding, and the two countries not only bid up the price all the way to an ivory, gold and silver statue of Lord Shiva, but even almost drew their swords against each other.

Not to mention the exquisite carvings and ornate decorations of this idol, the key is that the neck, arms, legs, and every joint of the idol are decorated with gold.

The ornamentation conceals the mechanisms inside, including the knuckles, which can be moved, allowing the idol to perform various magic forms, eight arms to make various magic seals, and a set of ritual tools and animals made specifically for this idol.

The statue has holes in the soles of its feet and a matching golden rosette, which can be displayed in both standing and sitting positions.

In fact, it is a ball joint doll routine that was played badly in later generations, but not to mention today's Nanhai soil buns, even Li Shunju almost fell into the trap.

When setting up the exhibition hall, Su You played a prank, changing the posture of one arm of the idol every day.

At first, Li Shunju didn't notice it, but it wasn't until a few days later that he realized that the movements and gestures of this idol were quietly changing every day.

The eunuchs were superstitious, and Li Shunju thought that it was a foreign god possessing the saint, and he was almost scared.

The same move, Su You can be used, others can also use it, it can be effective for Li Dujian who is full of poetry and books, and it is used to fool the ignorant foreign masses in the temple, which is even more of an artifact.

Sriwijaya has now annexed another small country on the Big Island and has become a neighbor with Java.

The two countries fought endlessly, and this time Japo made a bloody effort to curry favor with the Great Song Dynasty, and was stunned to raise the idol to the price of 10,000 taels of gold.

Sriwijaya itself is the most powerful country in the South China Sea, and strangled the Malyujia Strait, sea ships passing by and stationing ships, all have to charge high transit fees, its citizens are accustomed to water and land warfare, and once occupied Zhenla, so the attitude towards the Great Song Dynasty is somewhat "equal", in other words, this time did not bring enough money.

As a result, Su You held an auction, and the one with the highest price was open and fair, and the ivory Shiva idol was finally returned to Java.

The Srivijaya envoy was furious and left the scene with his sleeves brushed up.

Aside from this little vignette, it was a great event full of pleasure.

The jewelry statue is only a display of the craftsmanship level of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, more road goods such as silk tea are the bulk of trade.

After the banquet, Su Hui signed a contract and signed softly.

……

When she got up in the morning, she began to pray devoutly.

He is a merchant from Da Shi, his family is in the middle of the road, this time he is taking the ship of his fellow townsman, acting as a bookkeeper, and he came to the Great Song Dynasty.

Originally, he was going to Hangzhou to join his clan, but when he heard that the Great Song Dynasty Xiaosu Shaobao had moved his knots, he got off the boat in Jiaozhou.

Last night's banquet was also a blessing for a fellow countryman, cheeky, and there were many novelties and tricks on the banquet, which really made Pu Shan breathtaking.

However, none of them can afford to buy themselves.

In despair, Pu Shan had no choice but to turn her attention to food.

As a poor ghost who can't even afford tea, the various spices used in the food have attracted Pu Shan's attention.

Among them, there is a condiment full of sea flavor - fish sauce.

The earliest fish sauce is actually the fish juice discharged when marinating salted fish, and the components of these fish juices are mainly a variety of amino acids produced by fish proteolysis in addition to salt water, which is rich in umami.

Fishermen feel that it is a pity to throw it away, so they keep it as a seasoning, and this fish sauce is called "sauce sauce" and has a very long history.

Meizhou has made a lot of sea fish, and in the process of pickling, it has also produced a lot of "sauce".

For a big foodie like Su Oil, this is the principle of using salt to keep it fresh, and then decomposing the protein into amino acids, which is not unusual, and the principle of soybean soy sauce is almost the same!

That's simple, the South China Sea is different from the north, and small individual fish account for a large part of the purse seine harvest, such as barang, horse fish, sardines.

These kinds of small fish, satin is canned, Ma You is suitable for dried fish floss, Balang is the most perishable and easy to waste.

In order to make the best use of the material, Su You instructed the Meizhou seafood processing factory to process the barang fish according to the method of making soy sauce and see what the result was.

In order to increase the output, the Meizhou seafood processing factory creatively introduced the refining and acid process of soy sauce to promote the more complete decomposition of the fish meat, and then used the process of making soy sauce in Sichuan, such as adding koji, low salt, and stirring, and it took only three months to make a kind of "fish soy sauce".

It is an extremely delicious juice with an amber color and a salty and umami taste, which can be stored for a long time after being sealed and sterilized.

The most important thing is a broad-spectrum freshness enhancer, almost all meats and vegetables, add a little of this, and the umami will be greatly improved.

Su You named it "fish sauce", so that countless Balang fish no longer need to be wasted, and poor indigenous fishermen along the coast can also improve their lives by providing these small fish and shrimp to processing factories in exchange for supplies.

For Pu Shan, this is a business opportunity that no one is aware of.

The fellow was busy tidying up his appearance and incense, and when he heard that there would be a major content to discuss today, Su Shaobao summoned all kinds of businessmen and envoy representatives, and asked to go to the Shibo branch to discuss major matters.

Su Shaobao personally inquired about the city's policy, which was very enlightened and considerate, and made Pu Shan deeply experience what it means to be at home.

Huangsong Bank, Jiaozhi Marine Insurance Chamber of Commerce, and Sitong Commercial Bank have provided a series of "preferential" measures such as savings, financing, credit, installment, warehousing and storage, transportation contracting, commodity insurance, etc.

None of the port malls along the coast provided such assistance to maritime merchants as Da Song, and Pu Shan felt that she was blushing a little with the exquisite breakfast provided every morning in the hometown inn.