Chapter 166: Sweetness (Part II)
What sugar? Li Wei was a little dazed, Liang Jinzhu and Earth Horse went to Jiangnan. Just see, it's still early......
Di Renjie took out two xiao paper bags from his arms, put them on the table, stretched out his hand and said, "Your Highness, please look." ”
Li Wei opened the paper packet, and there were two kinds of sugar inside. One is sugar in the true sense of the word, but it is very different from later generations. The shape is like crystal and powder, not very neat. Yan sè is different from white sucrose, with blue and white sè, like the kind of Yan sè of winter melon sugar in candied fruit, white in blue, white sugar is not similar, white yù is very similar. In fact, seeing this kind of sugar, Li Wei already understood a little.
Earth Horse and Liang Jinzhu went to Jiangnan, and it is possible that things will be done similarly. But in the end, I couldn't help it, and it happened that the sugarcane in Jiangnan was also ripe, so I asked my cronies to debug it. Today's cane sugar has not undergone the freezing process of the cold winter. Therefore, Yan sè becomes blue and white sè. But this kind of face and shape, compared with some of the current "sugar", is very gratifying. The second package is rock candy, which is a bit big, like some icicles. is also because of the early time, there is transparency, and there is a faint blue sè.
History doesn't know much, but it seems to know that this kind of cane sugar was a very important industry in the Ming Dynasty, and even exported in large quantities. Of course, the imperial court did not make a lot of profits, and the economy of the Ming Dynasty was also undesirable, it seemed that the people were very rich, but the country was very embarrassed. I don't know much, and I don't approve of it. The people must have money, and the country must also have money, and the combination of the two, promoting each other, and a good cycle, is the best economic model. However, when this kind of sugar comes out, it may not be put in the future generations, and it will make the people pay more attention. But it's in this era......
There is also the debugging of the process, which he also does not know. But after thinking about it, Li Shimin got the law of sucrose from Tianzhu, and did not operate it as a "state-owned enterprise", but distributed it to the world. There are many craftsmen who know, and their status is low. Liang Lu and the others led their own orders, and it was still easy to find some craftsmen. This method is just a concoction, and there are not hundreds of complicated processes. Research is not very difficult.
Seeing that Di Hui and Di Hao also stretched out their heads to look, they said, "Taste it." ”
The two NVs tasted it and said, "It's so sweet." ”
"Sweet?" After Li Wei finished speaking, he put some sugar in his mouth and tasted it. Not very sweet, but much sweeter than the current cane sugar. After tasting it, he asked, "Di Qing, why are you not happy?" ”
"Your Highness, this is your ...... business"
Di Renjie yù Yan yù stop.
Gradually, the prince sent the NAI sugar workshop to the name of the Jiang family, and then to the name of the Liu family, and this kind of sugar was placed in the name of Liang and Lu. will not cause much controversy. But they did know the inside story.
But the prince has money, and he can indeed do a lot of things, and in fact, he has already made a lot of money during this time. Without money, some things can't be done. In fact, when it comes to money, it is enough to have a NAI sugar workshop in Di Renjie's heart. I have also used a chip to calculate carefully, of course, it is secretly locked in the study to calculate, after all, it is very bad to calculate money.
The business of the workshop is good, most of them are stammered by merchants, and because the prince seems to be deliberately elevating the status of merchants, some merchants feel grateful in their hearts. So, regardless of whether it will be a loss-making operation, it is a big purchase, so now there are many stores in Luoyang that are selling NAI sugar, and even Jiangling Taiyuan, Jiangnan, the heat will always disappear. But this kind of thing, because there are more people promoting it, the sales channels in various places are gradually opening up. Especially when the weather is cold again, it is easy to transport and preserve, and business will only rise, but not fall. The minimum income in January is more than 3,000 yuan.
slandered again in his heart, it is not a taboo, just by virtue of this workshop, the prince will be a wealthy businessman in less than two or three years.
If you want money, this workshop is enough.
But now there are two new sugars, it turns out that I just looked at it, I saw it, and it was very good. And I vaguely feel that because the new sugar is easy to keep, it is not NAI sugar, and the benefits produced cannot be estimated. Although the prince said that he would take the lead and give half of the tax to the imperial court, even the prince said that after ten years, it would not be difficult to bring hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes to the country every year. But the rest of the profits went into the prince's pocket.
With 12,000 yuan transferred, it is counted, and with hundreds of thousands of dollars transferred, what is this? Do you want to buy everything in the palace from top to bottom? When the matter spreads, what kind of atmosphere will it bring to the world?
The benefits are many, and the more money you have, the more you can do. There are more disadvantages, and they have a far-reaching impact on the atmosphere of the world. Besides, the princes are all operating in secret, so what about the officials? If all the officials start to operate, how can the people compete for office?
Xu Jingzong's case is so secretive, he can see the clue at a glance, but in the face of this matter, he doesn't know where to go.
Li Wei smiled and said: "This method cannot be opened, Di Qing, once he succeeds in his day, he will give all of it to the household department." ”
Once jiao was given to the imperial court, it became an official office, and the inefficiency can be imagined. Of course, after becoming an emperor, and then doing business, there is no need for Di Renjie to say that Li Wei himself feels weird. But to be an emperor......
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The more money, the better, but some, even Di Renjie can't tell him everything.
Autumn is deep, and it should be said that early winter is coming.
Earth horses and Liang Jinzhu came and went. took away a lot of money, more than 10,000 yuan, including the only remaining more than 7,000 yuan in Li Weijiang's workshop, as well as some of the money they made up by themselves. After all, the season is a little short, from the sugarcane harvest, to the cellar after the cold soaking, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is warm, but until the wax moon, the construction can really begin. Then in February and March, the sugar cane could not be preserved. That is to say, in March, you can also sell some liquid funds out. But the original funds are as much as possible.
Not only that, but as soon as the sugar comes out, it will involve the interests of many parties. Earth Horse and Liang Jinzhu are dragons crossing the river, and they are real dragons, but Li Wei is not easy to come forward. Relying on Lu Liang and the two alone, Long didn't talk about it, and when he went to Jiangnan, he was not a worm.
Therefore, when they were leaving, Li Wei talked to them for a while, and it must be so and so......
In fact, it is still a beginning, it is best to Lingnan, the sugarcane in Lingnan will be sweeter, and there are big food merchants to make money from foreigners, Li Wei is the most interested. Great food has a lot of gold and silver, and this is the best......
This action is not xiaoxiao, but still few people know about it.
continued to pay attention to the prince's family affairs.
The people of the Pei family are a little determined, but there are some possibilities. The crown prince is finally going to be crowned, and the East Palace has set up three. But these three are so strange. Don't mention the two xiao girls, that Jiang Bi'er's status is too low. It is very inconsistent with the royal bloodline.
It's actually very evocative.
Or at this time, if the Cui family stuffs NV into the East Palace to be Liangdi, what will happen? The two saints will definitely be happy, if it is good, maybe there will be a son before the Pei family's nv, or will it be precious? But whether the Cui family will agree or not, about Cui Ru will agree, but the elders of the Cui family may not agree.
Also, the NV son of the Xu family and the NV son of the Yang family. The NV son of the Xu family, maybe xìng will be very xiao, but not necessarily. After all, the relationship between Xu Hui and Wu Zetian was very harmonious. Seeing Cui Ru pulling the bitter gourd face every day, everyone wanted to laugh.
But the main thing is the crown prince, whose reputation is really good, and all kinds of things, looking through the history books, are also very rare. So it tasted good...... This is a slight disadvantage of their own NV, otherwise maybe they want to netbsp; ………………………………
"Your Highness, put it on."
Bi'er brought a brocade robe. The clothes are not worried, the second NV of the Di family embroidered several robes for him, and the NV of the Pei family also began to weave clothes for him. Yang Min is not there, otherwise there are more clothes. But the robes are still well woven by Di Hui and Di Hao.
It's just that the pattern is a little fresh.
But a few young NVs all grinned, and Wan'er said, "It's beautiful." ”
Wei Yue nodded, because Li Wei was in charge of it tightly, and he was a little afraid.
"I want it too." Li Lingyue said.
Li Wei took off his robe and draped it over her, so he wrapped Li Lingyue up. Li Lingyue moved happily and made a fuss for a while before returning the robe to her eldest brother. Only then did he leave. Today we are going to Huangzhuang together.
It's October, Luoshui is a little smaller, and the weather is not cold. So the mountain stream was diverted away and the netbsp began; When they arrived at Huangzhuang, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian got out of the chariot one after another, and the other officials came down together. We attach great importance to agriculture, but I don't know how many people are sincere. There is only one point, many people are watching "Qi Min Yaoshu" now.
Many farmers were hired. At the same time, many waterwheels were brought in, some of which were newly built multi-axle waterwheels. The degree of the chou water caused many farmers to watch. Asked together how to do it, some officials, without secrecy, told the structure. However, it is not like the Koto plow, it is a work of the field festival. It's not exactly what the crown prince came up with, and if you want to promote it, it will be very slow. Yes, it's better than nothing.
Li Zhi also came over with great interest and said, "This waterwheel is fast. ”
He also praised some officials and gave some rewards. But when he heard the waterwheel appearing, he inadvertently glanced at his son again. Li Wei pretended not to see it, but it was just his idea to lead the water to a high place, but "coming up with it" was "coming up" by some officials, and it had little to do with him.
But now Li Zhi often pays attention, Li Wei estimates that his father is afraid that he will not be a demon moth, or stay in the palace and be bored, and if he has a new thing, he can often come out to relieve his boredom, so he gradually became a supporting role in the affairs of Huangzhuang.
There are many benefits, what the emperor pays attention to, who dares to neglect it. Just like the chou water, this drainage car is lined up, there are more than 400 of them, and it is magnificent. If it weren't for my father's appearance, I would have been able to send a hundred waterwheels myself, which would have been good.
The servants used were even more impressive, and more than 2,000 people gathered here before and after. But the emperor is kind, and these servants give food and cloth. However, there was no expenditure in the imperial treasury, and there was no way, so Li Wei had to pay out of his own pocket.
Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong laughed after hearing this.
This father and son are very similar. But for the great and stingy Majesty, the two were very much in favor. The crown prince immediately had new sugar, and the money was not much, which was saving the treasury. In fact, a lot of savings have been saved for the national treasury. If it weren't for Li Wei's appearance, the grain in Guanzhong would not have been raised to 80 or 100 wen per bucket. You have to save yourself, and if you save it, there will be a lot of hua fees. Maybe we can survive this year, but the treasury is getting more and more empty, and in the end, if there is another disaster, the treasury will be in a vacuum, so we have to let it rise. There will be a hundred, two hundred, and then it will really start to starve countless people to death.
Li Wei thinks differently, it will be better in the past few years, his father is in good health, and his mother is also a little embarrassed. Once my father is not in good health, my mother will really have any ideas, and at that time, I will grow up a little, and I will have Di Renjie to help and fight against him...... Outcome......
After thinking about it, it's better to escape. You can't run away empty-handed. Besides, the situation may not be very bad, if you have money, you can do a lot of things to save the situation, and you need a lot of money. Look, next year's cotton hua promotion may not be so smooth, if I give my mother 50,000 yuan at a time, what will my mother think?
The mother thinks that she is a good son, and she is safe.
But it's not a bad thing that Lao Tzu wants to rob it.
The water gets lower and lower, and in some places, fish are jumping out. But if you can't catch it, not only can't you catch it, but you will also be stocking fish fry on the next day. The folks are starting to make a big move. Pick up the mud on the tidal flats to the shallow water, fill them up, and then fill out some ridges, which are to be planted with aunts, water chestnuts, taro, and calluses. The land is a little barren, but that doesn't matter, once there are a lot of livestock, the féi feed not only feeds the fish, but also feeds the land. Besides, the original silt is very féi.
The mud on the tidal flats gradually decreased, but the reeds were dug up and filled in. Earlier, the slope of the mountain was also tidied up, and the xiao ditch was formed from the mountainside, and the water was led to the top of the mountain section by section. "Your Highness, you need too much money." Zhu Jing said in a low voice.
His Majesty wants to rob his son of his credit, but Zhu Jing is not good at saying anything, but he is afraid that even His Majesty is doing this to whitewash his political achievements, and the officials below have followed suit, not necessarily doing a good thing, but becoming a bad thing. Zhu Jing didn't know about Fei Fei, but he only saw that in order to tidy up this swamp, the manpower and material resources used would not cost much.
It's just a few hundred acres of land, how many acres of similar land are there in the world? If this is done one by one, the state tax will not be moved for two years, and it may not be enough. It was Gao Liang, who he agreed with very much, and did not alarm anyone, but played a good leading role.
Li Wei also smiled bitterly, he wanted to moisturize things silently and achieve results, but now it is like this...... I am afraid that many officials think this way, and they are very skeptical about its effectiveness, and the cost is high. also whispered: "Look, it's just a thought, a thought." As long as you see it, there will be a way to transform with money, and if there is no money, there will be a way to transform without money. If you don't like it, when it works, you may be able to give advice. ”
Don't always admonish me, as a supplement, where my parents are not doing well, you can also admonish.
But after all, it was agriculture, and the officials were not very disgusted. Even if the cost is higher, there will not be a single home field festival that costs more. There are also many officials who know better in their hearts that the expenses are not allocated from the treasury. Whether it was the emperor's money, or the queen's savings, is unknown. If you want to admonish, you can't get it.
After walking for a while, Li Lingyue was very fresh and said, "Big brother, camel." ”
After saying that, he happily stretched out his hand.
"Yue'er, don't be rude," Wu Zetian sat on a stone and shouted majestically across the Luo.
Li Lingyue was not very afraid, her eyes rolled, she ran over, and with the help of the stone, she suddenly lay on Wu Zetian's back, giggling.
"Come down," Wu Zetian said.
Li Zhi just smiled, but he looked very happy.
Princess Xiao, the ministers shook their heads one by one.
At this moment, an official from the household department came running up and said, "Your Majesty, there are two merchants who have made a strange twist and turn, and there is another thing. ”
"Merchant?" Li Zhi frowned, although the merchant helped a lot this time, but he was a little uninterested in the merchant. But he still opened the fold, looked at it, gradually stretched his brows, and said, "Not bad, very sweet." ”