Chapter 119 Steamed Sugar Method

[China is actually the first country to start sugar production! ] 】

The sound of the system rang out.

[Before the Tang Dynasty, the process of making sugar relied on sunlight. Of course, there is a problem with the sun drying method, that is, the yield is low, the labor consumption is too large, the time is too long, and the color is dark brown, such sugars are almost unforgivable in the food that pays attention to color, flavor and beauty. Since the Tang Dynasty, the demand for stone honey has been increasing day by day, and the use of sun drying method is obviously unable to meet the market demand. Wang Xuance's main achievement was to bring back the sugar boiling method. The sugar boiling method here is because it is treated with lime or plant ash before the sugar crystallizes. Therefore, this method is also called the bamboo retort method. 】

[The Sanskrit name of the light-colored fine sand grain candy made by the bamboo retort method is "sarkarā", which is transliterated as "circumcision" in this era, and in terms of transliteration, there is also a trace of connection with the English word SUGER in later generations. The Tang Dynasty's major achievement in the sugar making process was the mastery of the art of making large pieces of crystalline white sugar. 】

[As for the finer white sugar, it will have to wait until the Ming Dynasty!] 】

[In the fourth volume of the British scholar Joseph Needham's History of Science and Technology in China, Joseph Needham noticed a mural in Cave No. 3 of Yulin Cave in Guazhou, Gansu Province, in which a group of distillers is shown. Therefore, Joseph Needham speculated that by the time of the Tang Dynasty, China already had the technology to distill spirits. The system doesn't agree too much with this point of view! 】

[The system believes that the role of this group of stills is to boil sugar!] 】

Ye Xiaoniang sighed.

[System, are you done with your blind BB?! I just want to make a little money! You give me so much science, I'm not interested in it at all! 】

[Alas, you patience! In that case, I'll just give the steamed sugar method! 】

The system gives the method of steaming sugar.

Ye Xiaoniang took a look, and sure enough, maybe the mural that Joseph Needham said was really very likely to be the scene of the people of the Tang Dynasty making sugar.

After having this systematic sugar steaming method, Ye Xiaoniang looked at the koi gang in front of her.

The five or six men looked unusually thin.

These people are said to be rangers, but in fact, they haven't been very good over the years, and most of them are a little malnourished.

Among them is the boy named Xiaoliu who Ye Xiaoniang healed last time.

In this ruined temple, Ye Xiaoniang first put a stick of incense on the land lord, and then looked at them.

Xiao Liu and the others hurriedly puffed up their chests.

"The fortune teller once said, I am a fortune and a thousand bones!"

After Ye Xiaoniang looked around for a week, she looked at Xiao Liu.

"Of the people who mess with me, only you have the cleanest foundation!"

Xiao Liu's spirit was suddenly shocked.

"Boss, are you going to let us go undercover for that?! We have all heard the story of Infernal Affairs that you told Lao Xue! ”

Ye Xiaoniang touched her head, as if she had played a show!

Forget it, none of that matters.

"What kind of society is mixed up, we just do a little business."

"I called you over today to confirm that our Koi Gang will develop high-tech industries in the future. We will strive to grasp the pulse of the times and bring the water products of Datang's GDP to several grades! ”

Yes?!

I don't understand what the little lady is saying!

"It's what it means to make a lot of money! In the future, I will pay you a salary, as well as performance, commissions or something! As for the specific commission method, I will discuss it with Wang Fatzi here, and then I will confirm! ”

"That little lady, what business are you going to do?!"

"Stone honey!"

"But, little lady, now the stone honey from the Brahmin can't compete with us locally!"

Xiao Liu almost said that this business was very unpromising.

You must know that the stone honey sun-dried not only has a long construction period, but also presents a black-brown color, which is quite bad!

This is also the reason why the stone honey on the Brahmin side dominated in the early years of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

At this time, the manufacturing industry of the Tang Dynasty was indeed inferior to that of India.

At least that's true of stone honey.

"I've got the recipe for Brahman Honey here, and I've improved it a little!"

Ye Xiaoniang's face was not red, and she said breathlessly.

Anyway, they are going to copy the results of the group of Chinese scientists in the future.

I can't hide it for a few days.

Tell Xiaoliu them generously!

Xiaoliu was shocked.

What the?!

There is a recipe for Brahmin stone honey?!

And it's been improved a little?!

Xiao Liu was directly shocked.

Xiaoliu often fights between these markets, so he naturally knows the importance of a formula!

It's enough to survive!

That's the craft!

And it's not your average craft!

You know, how much is the demand for this stone honey?!

You can see it from the appearance of the fruit shop just now.

As a seasoning in daily life, stone honey has been widely used in the Tang Dynasty.

However, in other parts of the Tang Dynasty, there was no corresponding production method!

It's not just a craft that can make a living!

It is also a craft that can create a foundation!

If you learn it, at least within three generations, you don't have to worry about work, food and clothing!

This can't help but be excited!

"From today onwards, you are the workers of the Koi, and from today onwards our shop will be officially open. The main work of the shop in the early stage is to make stone honey. Little Liu, I think you're quite clever! In a while, I will give you the drawings for making stone honey tools, Xiao Liu and Flying Pig Lao Xue, you go to the place where you make pottery, and make the tools first, remember, don't order them in one place, split these tools, and then let the corresponding parts be fired in different places, and then put them together. ”

The tool Ye Xiaoniang mentioned is the distillation equipment in the murals of later generations.

The main cooking tool in this era is still pottery, like Ye Xiaoniang before, they used pottery to eat roasting.

There is no big problem at all to make a set of tools according to the template.

It's a matter of tools, if Shi Mi is really going to come out.

There are two more questions.

One is the issue of raw materials.

The raw material used in stone honey is sugarcane, which is a big handful of things in Lingnan, although Chang'an is also planted, but the yield is not too high.

After letting Xiaoliu and Fliggy go to buy distillation tools, Ye Xiaoniang and Wang Fatzi walked around the East Market again.

The raw materials of sugarcane also play a great role in determining the finished stone honey.

It's best to have a sugar cane that's both full and juicy.

After shopping around, Ye Xiaoniang didn't find a suitable one!

Just when Ye Xiaoniang was strolling around in the East Market, a figure came over.

It was an aunt about forty years old, and she seemed to be carrying a very secret thing in her arms.

"Hey, two brothers, do you want to?!"

"What do you want?!"

Ye Xiaoniang was taken aback.

The demeanor of the aunt in front of her reminded Ye Xiaoniang of those aunts who were peddling with the teacher's teaching CDs many years ago.

Could it be that the Tang Dynasty is also good for this bite?!

But who is Ye Xiaoniang?!

Ye Xiaoniang is in various postures...... Well, an otaku who knows all kinds of formulas!

What is the so-called spring palace map in your Tang Dynasty, interesting?!

I'll get you a moving spring palace map every minute, believe it or not?!