Early in the morning, after the morning exercise, Li Chao was dragged by Hongxian and Siniang to go shopping. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

They are about to return to Hanjing, and they plan to buy some local products here. In fact, in today's Hanjing, there are no local products in the south and north of the world. Even if Han Jing doesn't have it, the Li family's ability can buy back any local product they want.

However, shopping is also a kind of leisure, and she also knows that they have no time to accompany them more when they come south this time, so she also plans to accompany them to go shopping and accompany them.

Cheng Qian also had to follow, in fact, he didn't visit the streets of Jiaozhou much.

did not let the officials accompany him, changed into civilian clothes, brought a few guards in the same civilian clothes with him, and then let other guards in civilian clothes follow around for protection.

"Are there any special local products in Jiaozhou?" Red Line has been moisturized for the past two days, her face is ruddy, and her spirit is very good.

"Jiaozhou's specialty, of course, is sugar. I recommend a few special sugars, one is brown sugar. This is made from the most original and traditional handmade cane sugar, this brown sugar is black-purple in color, so it is called brown sugar. The best brown sugar has a natural caramel charcoal incense, which is rich and intoxicating, leaving a fragrant aftertaste in the mouth. For women, brewing brown sugar water with hot water during menstrual events can warm the belly, relieve pain, and is a good thing to warm up. ”

Siniang was a little embarrassed to hear it, but Hongxian smiled, "It really works?" "Among the people she knows, there are many people who have abdominal pain during menstruation, and in those days, the pain can be fatal.

"Let's take a look when we come in."

The most popular commodity in Jiaozhou is sugar, and the shops here sell a variety of sugar.

Li Chao and the others entered a store specializing in brown sugar.

A small brown sugar, but there are also various styles.

"Welcome to the shop, what do the guests want? We have the most authentic brown sugar in Jiaozhou, including pure brown sugar, osmanthus brown sugar, ginger brown sugar, rose brown sugar and other flower brown sugar. ”

The guys in the store are very young, and when they saw Li Chao and the others dressed brightly, they knew that they were not small. Especially with a female dependent, I recommend it more and more.

He spoke very well in official language, and he reported dozens of brown sugar in the store without stopping.

The red line was immediately shocked by the effects of so many kinds of brown sugar and the boastful skyrocketing.

They are especially interested in those flowers and brown sugar, what osmanthus brown sugar, what rose brown sugar.

Li Chao asked the price, but it was not expensive, but the brown sugar of these flowers was obviously much more expensive than ordinary brown sugar. I have to say that businessmen in this era are also very smart.

Jiaozhou is the largest sugar industry in Datang or the whole world, and now the sugar here has played tricks. All kinds of sugar processed and refined from sucrose, including brown sugar, brown sugar, white sugar, rock sugar, milk candy, fruit sugar, etc., a long street here is full of sugar, but it is not the same, but each has its own focus, and each family has its own tricks.

I have to say that this way of doing business is very clever.

The sky introduced by the guy was all over the place, and the two shrewd women of Hongxian and Siniang couldn't help but have their eyes shining, and finally bought, bought, bought. This sugar is also bought, and that sugar is also wanted, and they don't want to think about it, the Li family is engaged in the sugar industry, and even in the entire Jiaozhou sugar industry, the Li family is the real industry leader.

The Li family didn't have much sugar to ask for, but now, the two of them were excitedly buying sugar in this small shop.

Li Chao and Cheng Qian sat in the leisure area specially placed in the store, and the store provided free brown sugar tasting.

The brown sugar brewed in hot water does taste good, especially after adding flowers to it, the taste is different.

"Can't think of it, right?" Li Chao smiled and said to Cheng Gan, "In fact, women are born shopaholics, and they are easily impressed by those various goods. ”

Li Chao knows that at this time, men should satisfy women.

If Li Chao comes to say, we have a lot of sugar in our house, how much do we want, and let them send it to the house, it is estimated that it will be very disappointing.

"Won't you buy some?" Li Chao said to Cheng Gan.

"Hanjing can also buy it, right?" Undertaking the main road.

Li Chao smiled and shook his head, "Hanjing must have it, although the price is definitely a little more expensive, I know you don't care about this price, but can you buy it in Hanjing the same as what you buy in Jiaozhou?" Thousands of miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate. Buy some local products in Jiaozhou and bring them all the way back to Beijing, and then give them to the queen, your majesty and the concubines, what will they think? I must think that the prince has a heart. ”

When Cheng Qian heard it, it seemed that it was really such a courtesy.

"Then I'll pick some too." Cheng Qian hurriedly got up.

Li Chao continued to sit there leisurely and sip brown sugar water.

This is the same as traveling in later generations, in fact, there are many local specialties to buy anywhere. But what I brought back from the local area certainly has a little more meaning.

The decoration of this shop is not bad, and the service is also very good.

Red Line They bought brown sugar, and they were accompanied throughout the whole process, not only introducing all kinds of sugar in detail, but even taking the trouble to brew and taste it for them.

Not long after Li Chao sat there alone, a young girl came to entertain him.

has nothing to do, Li Chao also chatted with her about the production of brown sugar.

In fact, the production of brown sugar is not a secret, because this is the most traditional sugar production process, brown sugar has not been refined and decolorized, in addition to providing heat energy, it also contains trace elements, which is more nutritious than white sugar.

However, everyone is like this, although brown sugar has high nutritional value, but in the market, the whiter the sugar, the more valuable. After the emergence of white sugar and rock sugar, it can be said that everyone is chasing white sugar. As for nutrition, who cares, they only know that white sugar has a lot more processes than brown sugar, and it looks as beautiful as frost.

However, now brown sugar has also undergone some packaging, such as adding osmanthus and so on, paying more attention to the change of taste and texture, which makes brown sugar also popular.

"The sugarcane is first juiced, then boiled for about six hours to remove the water from the cane juice and refine it into syrup・・・・・"

Li Chao nodded from time to time, brown sugar is indeed still handmade.

"Your shop is doing well!" Li Chao said, he looked at this store carefully, it was about forty or fifty square meters, but there were six young men and women, and there was a shopkeeper behind the counter, and there was obviously a yard behind the store, the model of the front store and the back shop.

The workshop in the back is where brown sugar is processed by hand, and there are also many workers.

With so many people, business must be good, otherwise it won't be a loss.

"Since King Yue went south to Lingnan this year, our Jiaozhou City has become more and more lively, and more businessmen have come. Business in our store is much better, and now the six people in the store are still busy. The girl said.

While chatting, an old man in tattered clothes, barefoot and carrying a bamboo cane, appeared at the door, holding a broken pottery bowl in his hand.

The shopkeeper behind the counter said, "Go and send it away." ”

The girl gave Li Chao an apologetic look, then got up and came to the door, put two copper coins in the old man's bowl, and the old man bowed to the store and said a few words of thanks before leaving.

Li Chao looked at the figure thoughtfully.

"Are there a lot of beggars in Jiaozhou?"

The girl said apologetically, "There used to be a lot, but in the past two years, it has become less and less." ”

The girl is also a good talker.

According to what she said, in the past, there was also sugarcane in Jiaozhou, and sugar was also produced, but the sugar production was not high, and the sugar in Jiaozhou was not very famous. At that time, the most popular sugar was still Tianzhu's white sugar. However, Tianzhu's white sugar is actually brown sugar, or brown sugar, which is not white.

But at that time, it was also an exclusive technology.

Jiaozhou, as the largest port in the south, is not bad, but the surrounding agriculture is not very developed, even if there are excellent plains here. But there are also frequent storms, floods during the rainy season, and droughts during the dry season, and not all of them are smooth. Farmers and fishermen are also often affected by disasters, and as in the Central Plains in the past, when a disaster occurs, they have no worries about food and clothing, and even have to take out loans, and it is common for them to sell their fields, houses, children, and daughters.

In the event of a disaster, a large number of victims will flock to Jiaozhou, after all, this is a commercial port.

In recent years, many merchants from the Central Plains have come to buy land here, establish sugarcane plantations, sugarcane sugar mills, sugar refineries, etc. For the people of Jiaozhou, this is a good thing, because not only the price of sugarcane has risen, but also the purchase price of grain, and they can also earn money by doing odd jobs during the slack time, and even some children's children are directly sent to be apprentices and workers, which is also a way out.

In the event of a typhoon or flood, the city's Li Ji Qian Zhuang also gave low-interest loans, and the major plantations and sugar factories also donated money and grain to the disaster relief, and also provided some jobs for the victims.

"Now people with hands and feet can basically support themselves. Even if the family has no property or job, they can go to work on the plantation, and the treatment there is still good. ”

Speaking of which, the girl was still very grateful to the original manor owners and merchants. Her family used to have land, but later borrowed a loan shark because of the disaster, and in the end she couldn't pay it back, and the field was mortgaged, and even her sister was sent to a big family to be a maid.

It was after those people from the Central Plains came that their family's life changed. His parents planted sugar cane on a sugar cane plantation for a fixed salary, rather than a tenant farm. In addition, she also found a job in the city, with a monthly salary of more than 1,000 yuan, including food and housing, and she can save ten yuan a year, which is already a lot in Jiaozhou.

Her younger brother even went to a school run by the lord of the manor, where he studied completely free of charge. Even she herself has a literacy class in the city to learn to write and count, because now the official language is good, and she can write and calculate simply, and the owner even said that she would give her a salary increase.

"King Zhao is here, our life will be better in the future."

Li Chao looked at the door of the store, the figure of the beggar was gone, he shook his head, he hadn't done enough, he could do better.