Chapter 97: Rock Candy
Raising the purchase price and giving the other party a profit is completely contrary to the temperament of a businessman.
But Ye Hao has never been a pure businessman, and she is only forced to take this path by life, or she wants to make a living for the people around her.
Seven cents per catty of sugarcane is not a high price in her opinion, after all, the output of this era is low, and those people can't earn a few cents a year when they are busy.
But Huang Chuan knew that giving a price of five cents was already an extreme concession for the purchase of sugarcane.
Ye Hao's actions, he saw in his eyes, and understood that the other party simply wanted to give those people some more chances to survive.
For those in power, these are just a little bit of oil and water sprinkled through their fingers, but they can give hope to those poor people who are suffering.
At this moment, Huang Chuan suddenly felt a little moved in his heart,
He was even more determined to follow the other party, such a compassionate person, in such a world, is really precious.
After giving the other party an additional 1,000 taels of silver as capital, Ye Hao asked Huang Chuan to find Aunt Huang after he went back, so that he could continue to recruit people to the workshop tomorrow.
There was no sugarcane in the workshop in the afternoon, and the two aunts who had been recruited before just came over today to learn theoretical knowledge from Ye Hao, and familiarized themselves with the process of the whole set of egg white decolorization method.
When they learned that they were going to make white sugar, the two young aunts were shocked for a while, and repeatedly assured Ye Hao that they would not leak it.
The other party trusted them so much, and the aunts were very happy while being moved, which meant that Ye Hao had really integrated them into this collective.
Later, they also studied very seriously, and they kept the whole process in mind before they stopped.
According to Ye Hao's plan, the batch of sugarcane purchased by Huang Chuan was secretly transported into the village in the early morning of the second day and stacked at Ye Hao's house.
What I borrowed was the car that Mochizuki Tower came to buy snails and yellow eels every day, and pulled some forage to cover it, so you can't see it if you don't look carefully.
With the name of Mochizuki Tower, where did the officers and soldiers at the city gate dare to investigate carefully, and they took a hasty glance.
When it arrived, the walled open space near the bamboo hut was wide enough to store the sugarcane.
Although 1,500 catties of sugarcane sounds like a lot, it is actually not very large, at least even the open space next to the bamboo house is not full.
Now there is a shortage of manpower, and it will take several days for all the sugarcane to be turned into sugar water.
Thanks to Ye Hao's juicer in advance, compared to the sugar workshop in the county, the speed is more than a star and a half faster.
After arranging for someone to place the sugarcane, Ye Hao turned around and went into the bamboo house, and came to the back room to check the situation inside.
In order to promote the formation of sugar cubes, she specially spent a lot of money and asked Fu Heng to help her get a batch of saltpeter in Qingcheng and come back, make a lot of ice cubes, and put them here.
It's summer, and it will take a lot of time to wait for the sugar water to clump out on its own.
With such an artificial cold storage, it is a matter of one night that the sugar water becomes a sugar cube.
Walking into the back room, she pulled the skirt on her body, and she felt a little chilly all over.
In order to ensure the effect, she put ice cubes on every wall, and the temperature in this room is in the single digits.
Walking to the wooden basin that had been placed near the ice cube yesterday, Ye Hao lowered her head and observed it carefully.
I saw that the sugar water in the basin, which was still slightly cloudy yesterday, had become an almost transparent sugar cube after a night of solidification.
Although there are still some impurities in it, it does not affect its beauty and taste.
Ye Hao asked Lin Bin behind him to pick up the wooden basin and went outside the house together.
At this time, a group of people waiting outside the bamboo hut were looking forward to it.
In addition to Aunt Huang, who is still in the hands of Zhang Luo, his own family members Xie Yunshu and Zhao Yi, Huang Chuan and the two aunts who are their own people, are all complete.
Everyone is waiting to see if this first test will be successful.
When I saw Lin Bin coming out with a wooden basin, they were all there
He craned his neck, his eyes full of curiosity.
"Huh? This looks like an ice cube!"
Zhao Yi's small head was about to stick into the wooden basin, and his big eyes were full of curiosity.
Before, Ye Hao took out ice cubes to cool everyone down, and he was very impressed by the ice cubes.
In addition, the pot of sugar cubes itself is taken out of the middle of the ice cubes, which naturally has a slight coolness, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it looks like ice cubes.
"Xiao Yi, this is not an ice cube, this is called rock candy."
Touching his head with a smile, Ye Hao corrected his statement.
The yellow mud decolorization method she gave to the county order made a snow-white and fine frosting, which is good-looking, but the proportion is too low.
And the improved version of the egg white decolorization method that she herself exchanged with the system this time made a real rock candy!
Not only is rock candy just as beautiful in appearance, but it is also thicker and has a higher shipment rate than frosting.
There were fifteen catties of sugar water from their twenty catties of sugarcane yesterday, and after decolorization and filtration, the final output of rock sugar was ten catties!
This is a probability of 2:1, which is more than double the 10:3 on the prefectural side!
Not to mention that the rock candy itself is more practical than the icing, and it is definitely an existence that can kill the other party in seconds.
Under Ye Hao's instructions, Lin Bin took a knife and divided the sugar cubes in the basin into each palm-sized equal portion, first giving each person a piece, and sealing the rest into the jar.
This batch of goods shipped first, except for a little left by his family to taste it, the rest had to be sent to Fu Ru'an.
How can you say that people are also 10,000 taels of silver as soon as they make a move, and the first thing they have to do is to win the heart of this big guy, right?
Although the technology is provided by herself, and the production process is also supervised by Ye Hao, the process is full of the light of the other party, otherwise where would it be so smooth?
She's also a grateful person!
Sending things, Ye Hao naturally handed over to Lin Bin, who had the fastest legs, and the other party was now about to become her queen errand.
The rest of the people sat in the courtyard, ready to taste the freshly baked rock candy.
Seeing that everyone was holding a piece of rock candy in their hands, looking curious but cautious, Ye Hao smiled.
Then, in front of everyone, she took out a small dagger, cut a small piece from the boxy rock candy, and put it in her mouth.
Tut! It's so sweet!
This is completely an ancient method of making rock candy without any additives, only a faint sugarcane aroma, and a hint of egg white fragrance mixed in.
The sweetness is not as panicked as honey, but like a small piece of candy.
Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed suit and stuffed a small piece into their mouths one by one.
Such a sweet and pure taste captured everyone's hearts at once.
"Now, I wish us every success!"
Looking at the expressions of enjoyment on the faces of the others, Ye Hao smiled and applauded, although the others didn't know what this action meant, they all learned it.
At this point, Ye Hao's sugar workshop officially started!
Although there are only two employees at present, and they do every procedure, and the progress is a little slow, Ye Hao is not in a hurry.
Not to mention that Aunt Huang's side is already gathering people, even if she is not in a hurry to make too much inventory at the moment, she is still waiting for Fu Ru'an's reply!
Even though she is very confident in her rock candy, it is still up to the other party to decide whether it is good or not.
Lin Bin didn't catch the carriage when he delivered things alone, but rode a fast horse, which Ye Zhen specially bought two days ago.
Now the family can only live in the countryside, and it is not suitable to move to the county seat, but they have to go to the county seat almost every day to run errands, and it is more convenient to buy two horses.
She can't ride a horse and can only ride a carriage, but Lin Bin and Xie Yunshu, the two big men, are proficient in equestrianism, if they go out alone, riding a horse is much faster than driving a carriage.
Not long after, Lin Bin's jar of rock candy was delivered to Fu Heng.
Hearing that this was the white sugar made by Ye Hao, Fu Heng opened the jar curiously, but saw that there were translucent items like ice cubes inside.
He was stunned for a moment, he had also seen the white sugar frosting that Fu Ru'an got before, and it seemed that there was a big gap with this thing in front of him?
But it is undeniable that the shape of rock candy is still quite attractive, and after being exposed to hot air for a long time, the interior slowly bursts out with different levels of lines, which can be regarded as a beautiful scenery in the eyes of ancient people.
According to what Lin Bin said, he cut a small piece and put it in his mouth, and he was conquered in an instant.
Without further ado, he hurriedly sent the remaining jars full of rock candy to Qingcheng next door.
Lin Bin, who had completed the task, turned around and was about to leave, but at this time, Fu Heng stopped him.
"Please help me forward this post to Mrs. Xie, today the county magistrate suddenly sent me two posts, and one of them is for her."
He hurriedly turned around and took out an invitation with a red cover from the counter and handed it to Lin Bin.
Although the county order wanted to befriend Ye Hao's family, he didn't dare to expose it too much.
After all, there are still many people in the court who have hatred for Prime Minister Xie Cheng, if he is good friends with the other party on the surface, he will not be able to keep his head as a small official.
Therefore, he can only find someone to transfer this invitation on his behalf, and Fu Heng is a good choice.
The invitation only said that it was a flower viewing party between women, and Fu Heng didn't take it to heart, so he agreed.
Fu Heng was born in the Jiangnan area and is the son of the Fu family, so he is used to this kind of flower appreciation, and he doesn't feel tired.
And Lin Bin just glanced at it and took it back.
Ye Hao, who had just returned home from the workshop, was a little surprised when she saw this invitation, but when she opened it and saw that the owner was Song Wan, she was shocked.
Subconsciously, she thought that the other party knew that she was secretly assisting Mrs. Wu?
That's why I inexplicably made a flower viewing party, and invited myself, a person who can't beat the eight poles?
Speaking of which, she had never dealt with this county lady, that is, she had met a few times in Jinquan Temple.
And they are all secretly observing each other, it stands to reason that she can't know herself.
All kinds of doubts came to her heart, Ye Hao frowned, but still couldn't sit still, and let Lin Bin drive the carriage to send him to the Wu Mansion.
As soon as she entered the Wu Mansion, Ye Hao was told by the people in the mansion that not long ago, Mrs. Wu went out.
Fortunately, at this time, Boss Wu was in the house and left her behind, chatting while drinking tea.
Ye Hao herself wanted to come to inquire about the flower viewing party, but this was a women's party, and Boss Wu didn't understand it.
The two chatted for a while about the follow-up of the fundraiser, and Ye Hao thought about getting up and saying goodbye.
There are still many things to do, and if Mrs. Wu is not there, she doesn't need to stay for long.
But before she could say anything, Mrs. Wu returned.
As soon as the two met, their eyes met, and they immediately understood.
Mrs. Wu hurriedly broke Boss Wu away, pulled Ye Hao into the back room, and retreated all the subordinates.
"Mrs. Xie, have you also received an invitation?"
As soon as she sat down, Mrs. Wu asked impatiently.