Section 177 Sugar production (2)

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It was a long time ago, Grandma Shen once took Moon Shadow and some other children to visit the sugar factory, and the technician uncle in the factory once introduced the manufacturing process of sucrose in detail, although she didn't practice it, but she remembered the process, eh! Who told us that we have been geniuses since childhood! (Stinky Fart)

The first step in making cane sugar is to chop and tear the cane to make it fully broken, but before that, the cane must be cleaned to remove any debris such as sand and mud from it.

The workers were instructed to squeeze out the dark green mixture of juice from a stone mill, transport the pressed bagasse away, and use a large water tank to fill the mixture.

"Is that all right?"

Confused, one of the technicians reached out and dipped a little in the juice and put it in his mouth: "It seems to be a little astringent." ”

"That's right, in addition to sucrose, there are also suspended substances such as chlorophyll and cane shavings, as well as ...... in these juices."

Moon Shadow thought about it for a while, but didn't say any more, it is estimated that they couldn't understand the terms organic salt, inorganic salt, and colloidal substance, and had to work hard to explain it (Moon Shadow herself was still confused).

"Now pour this lime water into it and stir it vigorously."

Moon Shadow commanded.

"My lord, this lime is not edible, can you still eat these things?" Shirley asked worriedly.

"Shirley, you can rest assured. Let me bring the muslin cloth you have prepared, and first filter out the impurities in the water. ”

Moon Shadow smiled and told them to do as they were told.

After the four workers repeatedly filtered the lime-laden water with a muslin cloth, a lot of impurities were filtered out, but the water still had a very strong lime smell.

"Shirley, is the charcoal ready?" Moon Shadow asked.

"Ready, how to use it?" Shirley asked, confused.

"Burn the fire."

Moon Shadow grinned as she connected a snakeskin-like tube to the stove and water tank.

Actually, this is after the combination of carbon dioxide and lime water. The principle of calcium carbonate is produced, which precipitates lime from water, so that. You will get a relatively pure sugar water.

Dense bubbles erupted from the surface of the water, and at the same time, white calcium carbonate was produced at the bottom of the tank, until the water cleared and no new calcium carbonate was generated, and Moon Shadow had the furnace removed.

"My lord, is this magic?"

Shirley looked at the girl in front of her, who was much younger than her, with some aw. She had heard the patriarch say that the lord was a genius magician. (Am I a genius?) Go back and add some drama to the old man Rockefeller! Haha---- Moon Shadow smirked)

"No...... You can think of this as ...... Alchemy, yes, is an application of alchemy. Moon Shadow vaguely explained that she hadn't studied chemistry systematically herself, so how could she explain it to others.

"Wow! It's so sweet! ”

Shen Bao'er took advantage of the unpreparedness. Secretly drank a little sugar water, so beautiful that he smacked his mouth.

"You're greedy!"

Moon Shadow turned to Shirley and the others and said, "You guys have a taste, how is it now." ”

Everyone tasted it according to their words, and their faces showed happy expressions.

"Isn't it sweet?"

Moon Shadow commanded, "Now let's take the next step, distill the excess water from the sugar water and refine the syrup. ”

"Yes, sir."

The technicians agreed. When the water in the water gradually evaporated, leaving only the viscous syrup, Moon Shadow ordered all the pottery to be sealed and moved into the warehouse.

Early the next morning, Moon Shadow took Shen Bao'er to the sugar factory again. Shirley and the technicians had been waiting for a long time.

And they came to the storehouse. Moon Shadow ordered the pottery to be removed and one of them opened. The syrup inside has completely cooled and turned into red ground sugar.

Moon Shadow picked up a little and stuffed it into Shen Bao'er's mouth: "You can taste it again." ”

"Wow! Much better than honey. ”

Shen Bao'er looked at the pottery with a look of unfinished business.

"Look at you." Moon Shadow slapped her amusedly, "Wait, there's a time for you to let go of the amount of food." Now, we dissolve the sugar again in water, add charcoal, and repeat the process of filtration, distillation, and cooling. ”

Despite some confusion, Shirley and the goblin technicians repeated the process as Moon Shadow had instructed.

It wasn't until the early morning of the third day that Moon Shadow led everyone to the storehouse and opened the pottery again, and everyone made a surprised sound again---- the sugar in the pottery had turned a snow-white color, and the taste was more delicious, pleasing to the eye, and the taste was not diminished.

"Miss, is this what you mean by sucrose?"

Shen Bao'er was a little surprised, don't look at her as a picky eater when she was a demon beast, but since she successfully crossed the catastrophe and changed her body, she has become more and more picky about her diet, and she has simply caught up with the daughter of the aristocratic family.

"Yes, that's sucrose. The cost is much lower than that of honey, but the sweetness is no worse than honey. Moon Shadow said smugly.

She turned to Shirley again and said, "Shirley, you have seen the process of sugar processing in the past two days, and I am very confident in you, and I will definitely catch the output in the shortest possible time!" ”

"Yes, my lord."

Shirley was convinced this time, and nodded again and again.

Back at the Lord's Mansion, Moon Shadow fell into deep thought.

It was luck to process the cane sugar from memory, but the most important thing was the supply and sale of raw materials, thinking of this, she ordered Shen Bao'er to invite Rollaire and Farress over.

"My lord, what do you command?"

Rollaire and Farres looked at Moon Shadow intently.

"Well, it's not a command. Rollaire, how are things going in the negotiations with the elven kingdom emissary? ”

Moon Shadow didn't immediately get to the point, but asked about something else.

"It's going well, but there are only a few stubble issues that need to be reconsidered. My lord, I have a negotiation note for you every day, haven't you read it? Rollaire asked, confused.

"Uh...... Haha, I forgot. By the way, I'm here for you today for the sucrose land. ”

Moon Shadow took out a jar of cane sugar and handed it to the two: "You guys try it, this is the cane sugar that our sugar factory has just tried to process, and it tastes really good!" ”

Cane sugar?

The two of them reached out and put a little bit in their mouths, and when they tasted it carefully, Fares's eyes immediately lit up: "Lord Lord, how much does this cane sugar cost?" What is the approximate monthly production? ”

Moon Shadow smiled: "The cost is very low, you have to go and touch the director of the sugar factory with the monthly output." Fares, I hope you will lay out the sales channel as soon as possible. ”

"No problem, as long as the supply is sufficient, I can make all the nobles of Treston eat this cane sugar in half a month." Faress said with confidence.

"Well, also, don't call it sucrose, just call it ...... White sugar bar. ”

Moon Shadow turned to Rollaire again: "Rollaire, there is one thing, you have to find someone to be responsible for the cultivation of sugarcane, and you must ensure that the sugar factory has a sufficient supply of raw materials. ”

"Yes, my lord."

Rorell replied.