Chapter 11

When Zhao Qinghe and his uncle came to the shop, they saw Wang Yuan picking up the iron pot and pouring the mixed syrup and yellow mud into the funnel of straw.

"Daddy, look!"

Zhao Qinghe pouted.

Uncle looked at it in amazement:

Da Da ......

Black slag leaks out from underneath and the syrup in the funnel begins to stratify.

Not long after, the top crystalline white sugar, the middle sandy brown sugar, the bottom of the brown sugar residue.

"Brown Sugar, White Sugar"

Zhao Qinghe's eyes flew out.

Brown sugar is the cheapest 100 wen a catty, brown sugar is 300 wen a catty, and there is no white sugar on the market.

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Look at the proportion of three-color sugar in the funnel, fifty percent white sugar, three percent brown sugar, and two percent black slag.

Brown sugar alone is almost enough for the cost of brown sugar, and the money from the sale of white sugar is purely profitable.

Uncle, Wang Shaoshan, Dahu, and Wang Sihai were surprised and didn't understand why this happened.

Erhu asked directly: "Brother Yuan, why did the yellow mud turn into brown sugar and white sugar when it was poured with brown sugar?" ”

Everyone was curious.

Wang Yuan explained simply: "There are pigment impurities in brown sugar, and yellow mud can adsorb pigment impurities, so brown sugar and white sugar appear. ”

Daye sugar production is relatively rudimentary, and sugarcane is planted in the south to make black sugar.

There are also a few people who use plant ash and duck eggs to decolorize to make brown sugar.

No one has yet discovered how to make sugar.

The yellow mud decolorization method, the pinnacle of ancient Chinese sugar making technology, was used until the industrial age.

He is a doctor of chemistry and knows very well how this low-level process works.

"Pigment?"

"Impurities?"

"Adsorption?"

The crowd doesn't understand!

Wang Yuan twisted a piece of sugar: "Taste it all." ”

The six of them gathered around the funnel, and all of them carefully twisted a little sugar and put it in their mouths.

Zhao Qinghe's big eyes were bright: "It's so sweet, it's much sweeter than brown sugar and brown sugar!" ”

"Well, it's sweeter than brown sugar."

Wang Sihai agreed with it seriously, as if he had really eaten brown sugar.

Sugar is a tonic, and the villagers can't afford to eat it.

When visiting relatives during the New Year's holidays, the villagers can eat some sugar, which is all brown sugar.

Brown sugar, eaten by the rich.

"I've only eaten brown sugar, and this white sugar is much sweeter than brown sugar."

The two tigers are realistic, but they don't pretend to be big-tailed wolves.

Uncle, Uncle Shaoshan, and Dahu twisted the brown sugar and tasted it, and nodded violently after comparison.

"White sugar is just sweeter, and the real medicinal value is not as good as brown sugar!"

Wang Yuan glanced at Zhao Qinghe: "When girls need to replenish blood, it is best to drink brown sugar water." ”

Zhao Qinghe's goose egg blushed and glanced at Wang Yuan fiercely: "Phew, scoundrel!" ”

Uncle and Wang Shaoshan had a dry cough.

The big tiger, the second tiger, and the four seas were inexplicable.

Erhu said again: "Brother Yuan, how do you know this method?" ”

"Do you still need to ask?"

Wang Sihai raised his head and said confidently: "It must be Wang Yuan who studied in books." ”

"Clever!"

Wang Yuan gave a thumbs up, Wang Sihai made up for it so much, and he didn't have to make up the reason.

"Stupid!"

Looking at Wang Sihai with a smug face, Zhao Qinghe rolled his eyes.

If there is a way to make white sugar in the book, it will already be sold on the market, and it will wait until my cousin makes it!

"Yuan'er!"

Uncle opened his mouth to cut to the chase: "How much are you going to sell this sugar?" ”

Erhu touched his head: "Brown sugar is sold for 300 Wen, this white sugar, which is sweeter than brown sugar, has to be sold for 400 Wen!" ”

Dahu nodded again and again, four hundred wen a pound of sugar, and he had already earned a lot.

"Four hundred wen is too low!"

Wang Sihai waved his hand, and the lion opened his mouth: "In my opinion, why should it be sold for 600 Wen, and the price of brown sugar is twice the price!" ”

Uncle and Uncle Shaoshan shook their heads together: "White sugar is more than twice as sweet as brown sugar, and the selling price of 600 wen is also a bit low, it should be sold for 800 wen a catty!" ”

Zhao Qinghe was the most courageous: "Eight hundred wen is also low, this white sugar is not sold to ordinary people to eat, only rich people can enjoy it, I think adding two hundred wen will make up enough money for a pound." Cousin, what do you say? ”

"A pound consistently!"

Everyone gasped.

Brown sugar is 100 pounds a pound, white sugar is sold for a pound, and it can be sold for 10 pounds of brown sugar.

"Let's eat first!"

Wang Yuan did not answer.

Even the cousin of the small abacus only dares to sell for a pound of money, and it can only be said that these relatives and friends are too simple.

Lunch was plentiful.

Pancakes, fish stew with tofu, stewed meat with radish, fried garlic sprouts with eggs, cabbage with vinegar.

Uncle Zhao Dazhui also took out a bottle of fruit wine.

This flattered the three stunned young men of the big tiger, the second tiger, and Wang Sihai.

Growing up, they have never eaten four dishes or drunk alcohol!

Wang Yuan took a sip of fruit wine, then put down the cup, the taste was too bad and bitter.

This is the tannins in fruit wine, which need to be decomposed by adding glycerin, otherwise drinking too much is not good for the body.

After the meal, Wang Yuan taught the key points of making sugar.

Boil the sugar on the heat, the yellow mud water with the proportion, and when to pour it into the funnel.

The operation of the five people was correct, and Wang Yuan began to wash his hair, change clothes, and dress up.

Seeing his cousin wearing a satin robe, hanging incense sachets and white jade from his waist, holding a paper fan in his hand, and looking like a handsome son, Zhao Qinghe was stunned, and turned his head with a hot face: "Don't you just sell candy, dress like a groom official; If you look so good in it, they will give you some money. ”

"Respect the clothes first, then respect the people, if we are ordinary people, even if we take the sugar to the sugar shop to sell, they will desperately push down the price."

Wang Yuan blinked: "Do me a favor, you pretend to be a maid!" ”

"Be your maid!"

When Zhao Qinghe heard this, he crossed his hands on his waist: "Wang Yuan, don't you have to inch in!" ”

Wang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "A pair of jade bracelets, a pair of silver earrings, and a silver hairpin!" ”

"Deal!"

Zhao Qinghe trotted around.

Wang Yuan shouted again: "Big Tiger, Sihai, come and wash your face and put on new clothes"

Dahu and Wang Sihai hurriedly ran over, changed out of the old clothes full of fishy smell, put on two sets of satin clothes, and put on new shoes.

The second tiger looked envious.

Daye fabrics include silk, Luo, silk, satin, cotton, linen and so on!

The common people wore linen, the good ones wore cotton, and the rich people in the city wore satin.

In the countryside, only ordinary landlords, lieutenant chiefs, senior citizens, and household chiefs can wear satin clothes.

He grew up wearing linen, not even cotton, let alone satin.

Wearing a satin coat for the first time, Wang Sihai was excited, and paced with his head upright.

The steady tiger also became restrained.

Not long after, Zhao Qinghe changed into a satin coat, his eyebrows were a little longer, his goose egg face was slightly pink and white, and he wore earrings and silver hairpins.

Wang Yuan's eyes lit up, and he felt that the little abacus was not much worse than Li Shihan.

The big tiger, the second tiger, and Wang Sihai's eyes were straight.

"Come here, I'll tell you what to do when you go out right away!"

Wang Yuan explained.

The three asked questions from time to time.

Not long after, Uncle Shaoshan, and Erhu finished boiling all the sugar.

Fifty catties of brown sugar, twenty-five catties of white sugar, fifteen catties of brown sugar, and ten catties of sugar residue.

Two red sandalwood boxes contained twenty catties of sugar, and this one was sold in the East Market.

Three catties of white sugar and five catties of brown sugar were left for my uncle, and the rest were brought back to the village.

Seven people went to East City in two teams.

Dongshi is very large, in addition to fish, meat, vegetables, grain and oil, there are also dry goods, seafood, and candy.

Let the uncle take ten yuan to take Uncle Shaoshan and Erhu to buy supplies.

went to the car shop and hired a carriage, Wang Yuan and Qinghe sat in the carriage, Dahu drove, trotting on the edge of the four seas, all nervous and excited.

The carriage came to Zhou's candy shop, which is the shop of the Zhou family in Haoqiang, Fuxian County.