In Meaux, the first batch of sugar brought back from the Ryukyus, was soon put on the shelves of supply and marketing points in various villages.

The price is very close to the people, after deducting freight and production costs, each hundred catties of sugar is only 1,200 yuan, which is converted into a stone of sugar is about one or two or five dollars of silver.

This is more than double the price of sugar in the Fujian market, which is equivalent to the country making less money and allowing the people to eat cheap sugar.

This move was also deliberate, to make the people develop a consensus that everything in the colony was used to support them, and that the products of the colony should be enjoyed by the people first.

In order to achieve this purpose, the sugar was specially marked as being produced in the Ryukyus, and the treaty with the Ryukyus was printed on the side of the sugar.

Sure enough, when the sugar was put on the shelves, all the people came to buy sugar one after another, and the cheap Ryukyu sugar was spread all over the world.

There was a long queue at the door of each supply and marketing point, and everyone had a happy look on their faces.

In Luoming Village, Li Laosan, who had never eaten sugar in the first half of his life, sat at the door of the supply and marketing point with the candy he bought, and tasted it, going crazy while eating.

He laughed and cried at the same time, and kept reading: "Haha, sweet, sugar is so sweet!" Haha, Daddy, I've eaten sugar, haha, Ryukyu's sugar is good, sweet, white, sweet to the bone! I, Li Laosan, will also be a master now! ”

The people in line saw it, their faces were full of bitterness, most of them had never eaten white sugar before, this kind of white flowery thing, as if they were born not to belong to their poor.

But now, they have eaten it in Eastern Qin, and it is cheaper and better sugar than in Mingguo!

"It seems that this Ryukyu hit the right one! Who would have thought that after playing the Ryukyus, we ordinary people would be able to eat cheap sugar? A middle-aged man scratched his head and said.

The woman on the side quipped: "I still want you to say it!" Why, you don't shave your head yet? Didn't you say that if you want the king here to be benevolent, you will shave your head? Now you say, that policy in our country is not benevolent government? ”

The man called Long Hair smiled bitterly, Dong Qin's shaving was not mandatory, and some people still stubbornly grew their hair after shaving.

"Okay, I'll shave my head when I go back, what kind of body hair and skin parents, it's all! Long hair doesn't guarantee that you won't starve to death! Zhang Changmao laughed loudly.

The people around them have smiled, from the beginning of the long-haired and short-haired scolding each other, to now they have been very tolerant, and they have become more and more identified with the identity of the Chinese national.

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In the red room, Yan Zheng also received ten catties of sugar.

This time it was better than the last one, and there was very little sugar sent last time, and I asked him to help solve the problem.

Knowing that it was difficult to determine the temperature, he immediately mobilized his students and the craftsmen of the glassworks to build a thermometer in three days.

This thermometer is based on the boiling hot water is 100 degrees, and after it is made, the scale is determined and programmed into one of the production measurement tools.

In this way, as long as this set of scales is used, then the experience can be universal.

"It seems that production is becoming more and more standardized!" After Yan Zheng tasted it, he gave the sugar to Lan Ya and gave another pound to Kaori Shimazu.

Lan Ya is very proud of this kind of discrimination, every time she appreciates a little more, she can show off for a long time.

"This sugar is so sweet, and now many people are saying that it is really wise to play the Ryukyus!" Lan Ya sweetly took a mouthful of white sugar.

Yan Zheng said: "A little sugar is nothing, in the future, it will not only be sugar, but also many good things!" ”

Lan Ya smiled, as if she hadn't eaten enough, and kept putting the sugar into her mouth.

"You can't eat sugar like this, you want to eat it as a snack, so go find some wild fruits, boil the sugar and wrap it. Sugar should be used to fry sugar colors, or to make pastries! Yan Zheng couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it.

Lan Ya stopped her hand and licked her fingers: "You can eat honey like this before!" ”

"No, sugar is not a good thing! If you eat too much, you can easily gain weight and get sick! So even if there is too much sugar, I will not supply too much sugar inside! ”

Lan Ya nodded, and reluctantly put the candy in the cabinet next to her.

Yan Zheng smiled, looked down at the document and said, "Go and print and post this notice, every village wants it!" ”

Lan Ya answered, and immediately took the documents to the office for special printing.

This document is very simple, it is to inform all the people that the Ryukyus side is in trouble.

However, the country's grain reserves cannot be reduced, so in order to protect the sugar-producing area of the Ryukyus, I hope that all the people will sell part of the surplus grain to the state and save enough grain to meet their urgent needs.

He also said that due to the lack of manpower transportation, some people who plan to sell surplus grain should personally weigh the grain, send it to Yan'anhe Wharf for quotation, and then return to the Mocheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative with the bill to receive the corresponding amount of money.

There was no more encouragement, just a pull-down to indicate that the king was asking for help from his people.

There is also an explanation of the benefits, everyone has tasted Ryukyu sugar, and everyone has heard of it if they have not tasted it, and if they want to continue to eat cheap sugar, they must ensure that they thwart the strangulation of the conservative forces in the Ryukyus!

At the same time, Yan Zheng ordered Tian Wu to transport two boatloads of copper coins over.

If the Ryukyu wealthy wanted to play a silver and copper exchange rate war, he started the minting machine and kept getting copper coins.

He also ordered several battalions of troops to be fully armed for battle, and once the situation was unavoidable, he didn't mind fighting another battle for the sugar of the Ryukyus!

"Ah Ku, Ah Ku, you have to support Lao Tzu, otherwise if you want to use troops again, it will be difficult for Daming to explain!"

After doing what he could, Yan Zheng leaned on the chair with a very depressed expression.

The bottom line of the ancients was too low, whether it was the Jiangnan gentry of the Ming Dynasty or the wealthy families of the Ryukyus, they didn't seem to care about the life and death of the people.

The big landlords of the Ryukyus, in order to maintain a monopoly on the sugar industry, were able to do such a thing that lacked morality.

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In the third group of Luoming Village, Li Laosan was still immersed in the sweetness of Ryukyu sugar.

Half of the candy bought back was also on the table, and on top of it were the tablets of the two closest relatives.

When he was a child, the only source of sweetness was thatch roots, and every time he saw the landlord's son drinking honey, he would always beg his parents if they could sell him some candy to eat.

His father and mother often scolded him for being a loser, but he always silently dug up the thatch roots and let him chew a little sweetness.

Thinking of his parents, Li Laosan, a man in his thirties, couldn't help but burst into tears.

In the house, the barbarian woman he married was nursing the child, and there was a bowl of Mihu Lake with white sugar next to it, and a girl who was more than two years old was eating sweetness with a spoon.

Li Laosan looked at his wife and children, and really felt that this life was worth it, and being able to come to Dongqin was really a virtue accumulation in his previous life.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of gongs outside the house, and the village chief said in a loud voice: "Assemble, there is a notice from above, the monarch wants to gather grain!" ”

Li Laosan didn't think about it, and after comparing with the barbarian woman for a while, he hurriedly ran out.

Soon the whole village gathered, and the village chief read the notice sent by the monarch to everyone!

"Everyone, today the king has opened his mouth, their dog officials over there in the Ryukyus are ready to starve the people of the Ryukyus, and we will not be able to produce sugar over there! The people of our Huaxia country are hard-hearted, how can they bear these birds' anger? Everyone has surplus food and actively offers it, rest assured, the crops in the field are almost ripe, and you can't be hungry! ”

A man's eyes widened and said, "Why is the king so polite, as if our people don't know what to do, isn't it just a few hundred catties of surplus grain?" I'm Zhao Daxian! ”

"Phew, it's just you Zhao Daxiao, isn't it? After a few days of blindness, I also learned to fart from others! The monarch can ask for your food for nothing like the officials of the Ming Kingdom, do you think you are helping the monarch? You're doing this in bad terms, if you take the lead, others are embarrassed to ask for money?

Don't ask for money, they have to send food for nothing, and if they are reluctant, they will send less! When the time comes, the gentleman will not be able to do things well, and the rules will be broken! The village chief scolded.

The man named Zhao Da scratched his head and muttered, "This is not ...... Isn't this what the book says, only when there is a country can there be a home, let's ......"

"Don't say it, the truth in your stomach, you can't take out less than a catty, you have three times of literacy, and you have your place for three times!" The man next to him quipped.

There was a burst of laughter around the area, and the atmosphere immediately became cheerful.

"Let's all go back and prepare food, don't be short of catties and taels, don't cheat and play tricks, the king treats us untouchables as human beings, we can't do the sluts!" An older man arched his hand and turned back.

The rest of the people also went home to prepare, Li Laosan ran home without saying a word, asked the barbarian woman to help, got half of the family's grain out, carried by two oxen, and hurried to the dock.

Steelyard? Isn't that redundant? He knows how much grain is in each bag, and when the time comes, he will be able to guarantee that he will only weigh more than thirty or forty catties, and will not be short of catties or two.

When he arrived at the docks, he found that it was already crowded.

The soldiers of the Huaxia Army also rushed over, used all the boats, and got out the previous bamboo rafts.

Boatloads of grain flowed down the river, and these people saw it in their eyes, but their faces were full of light and joy.

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