Chapter 111: The First Batch of Rock Candy

"Is Shopkeeper Fu here to find me?"

couldn't understand the chess game, and Ye Hao naturally didn't understand how powerful Xie Yunshu was, so she just changed the topic.

The ancients admired the four items of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and believed that they were all elegant things, and the children of large families, both men and women, had to learn some.

For Ye Hao, it goes without saying that both qin and chess are unknowable. She is a female doctor of science, how can she understand such a literary subject?

Speaking of painting, she can still see the design drawings, but she can't do anything else.

As for books, ask yourself, Ye Hao's hard pen writing is not bad. It's a pity that although the history of this dynasty is empty, it also uses a brush to write traditional characters, and her chicken-paw-like font has long been disliked by Xie Yunshu.

Fortunately, the original owner is also a noble girl who does not learn and has no skills, and if she is not good at everything, she will not be able to wear gangs.

"It's true that there is something to talk about."

Fu Heng, who withdrew from the chess game, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure in his heart instantly decreased a lot.

Even if he is just a businessman's steward, it is not like losing all the time, and he feels pressured in his heart.

"There is news from my father-in-law, saying that I will first come over and count the first batch of rock candy on your side, and the chief steward of Fu Shan will come to pick it up in person the day after tomorrow."

Fu Ru'an attaches great importance to the matter of rock candy, so he rushed to Ye Hao's house as soon as he received the news.

After recalling today's flower-viewing party, Fu Heng had already arrived at the door, so he had to wait here for an afternoon.

Almost all the things in the sugar workshop were handled by Ye Hao, and Xie Yunshu didn't know much about it, so he couldn't help.

It happened that at that time, he was teaching Zhao Yi to play chess, and Fu Heng saw that it was really boring for him to sit and wait, so he took the initiative to propose a few games with the other party.

Unexpectedly, it was an afternoon, and I lost all the games.

can't blame him for his poor chess skills, Xie Yunshu is the best son in the capital after all, and his chess skills have even been praised as a national player!

"Okay! Then please go with me."

As soon as she heard that it was a serious matter, Ye Hao came to her senses and led Fu Heng to the bamboo house.

The sugar factory is located within the boundaries of the bamboo house, and although it is surrounded by a wall along with the houses on this side, there is still some distance between the two.

It is also for a certain degree of secrecy, the small fence outside the original bamboo house has not been removed, which can block the view outside the bamboo house.

Otherwise, as long as the guests at home can see the sugar production project from a distance, won't it be leaked out soon?

Fu Heng is also a sensible person, even if he stayed for an afternoon, he didn't ask to take a look at sugar making.

It was not too early for the cherry blossom viewing party to end, and as we rushed home, the sun set on the horizon.

The workers of the sugar factory almost left, and Ye Hao specially left a door on the outer wall of the bamboo house, which could only be opened from the inside.

The ladies went out through this gate after work, and the journey was shorter.

At present, there are only the first batch of Aunt Wang and Aunt Li who were recruited in the workshop, as well as Aunt Huang, who is the most trusted by Ye Hao, and the three of them are conducting the final inventory.

Although Ye Hao did not go through business in her previous life, she has a modern way of thinking, which can be considered in many aspects.

For example, this final check and check-in is done on a daily basis. The three of them work a little harder, and the wages will naturally be more.

"Mrs. Xie, you're here."

Seeing Ye Hao's figure, the three of them stopped talking and spoke to her with a smile.

Nodding slightly, Ye Hao took the account book from several people, and did not avoid Fu Heng, and looked at it loudly.

Aunt Li, who had seen a stranger present and had never planned to report the situation of today's workshop, was stunned for a moment, and Aunt Huang behind her poked her waist.

"This is the shopkeeper of Fu Hengfu of Mochizuki Tower, so you don't have to avoid it."

Aunt Huang explained in a whisper in Aunt Li's ear that she knew Fu Heng and understood that Ye Hao's rock candy business was related to Wangyue Tower.

With her words, Aunt Li spoke.

"Today, I spent 100 catties of sugar cane to refine 50 catties of syrup, and put it all in the cold room."

The word cold room was taught to them by Ye Hao.

These aunts in the village used to be the wives and ladies of the official family, not to mention anything else, at least they could write and settle accounts.

In the past, these aunts also had to manage the whole family, so they just settled the accounts, and it was not a problem at all.

For Ye Hao, it is like picking up a group of bigwigs who have deleted their numbers and restarted, although their current status and situation are a little worse, but their knowledge and ability are still there.

If she had been placed in a local village, where would she have found such a trouble-free and capable assistant?

"I've worked hard for you, so let's go back and rest today."

Closing the account book in her hand, Ye Hao said to several aunts with a smile, her eyes full of trust.

After they left, she took Fu Heng into the cold room.

Originally, she only put ice cubes in the back room of the bamboo house as a cold room to quickly cool down and form rock sugar. But with the increase in workers, the production speed of rock candy has increased, and the back room with more than a dozen square meters is not enough.

To this end, Ye Hao made two sets of solutions to solve it.

One is to draw the design of the wooden shelves, and give it to the carpenter on the left to make more, each wooden shelf has three layers, which can increase the usable area in the room.

The other is to clean up the outhouse, prepare to clean it up as well, and also arrange it into a cold room.

The space of the outhouse is several times that of the inner room, and if this is used, I am afraid that it can put down thousands of catties of rock candy!

However, the problem also came out, and now Ye Hao did not have enough saltpeter in his hands to make ice cubes.

If you let the syrup naturally form rock sugar, it will take a lot of time in such a hot summer.

Ye Hao had to disturb Fu Ru'an again for this reason, asking him to help him buy some saltpeter. She didn't let people help in vain, how to use the principle of saltpeter to form ice cubes, she also told the other party.

Of course, she didn't forget to warn the other party that ice cubes made directly from saltpeter were inedible.

Passing through the outhouse, the two entered the inner room.

As soon as I stepped into the back room, the cold air instantly hit my face, and people couldn't help but shiver a little.

Rubbing his hands secretly, Fu Heng raised his eyes and looked at it, and the whole person was stunned for a moment.

The room, which was still empty, was full of identical square boxes, which were covered with a layer of white gauze to prevent dust from drifting in.

For some reason, looking at the white gauze and boxes all over the place, he always felt a little numb in his scalp.

Fu Heng didn't know, this is a psychological reaction, called intensive phobia!

Ye Hao is okay, after all, she has to come over to check every day, and she has long been used to it.

These boxes are specially customized by craftsmen, boxy without lids, and the surrounding four boards can be disassembled, so that it is convenient to take out the rock sugar solidified in the middle, and it can also be reused.

Since Carpenter Zheng's reputation plummeted, his previous ban on Ye Hao had lost its effect, and the craftsmen in the surrounding villages had such a big business, who would be stupid not to accept it?

There is really no technical content in making this kind of box, so Ye Hao didn't bother Carpenter Zuo and asked the carpenter in the nearby village to build it.

"There are about 100 to 150 catties of rock candy available, and they can all be taken directly. In two days, it will be about 200 pounds."

After taking a look at the inspection, Ye Hao turned around and said to Fu Heng.

Now the workshop is full of workers and the number of workers is not in double digits, and the official start of work is not long, so it is inevitable that the speed will be slower at the beginning.

The results of a few days add up, but in fact, it is not much.

The rock sugar that has solidified and formed is gathered up by Ye Zhen and placed in a cool place for preservation.

In fact, the storage conditions of rock sugar are not harsh, as long as it is not at high temperature, it will not melt, and it does not necessarily have to be stored at low temperature.

Hearing this, Fu Heng couldn't help but be surprised

With a surprised expression, he followed the other party into the house and came to the position where the rock candy was stacked in the corner.

Each piece of rock candy is so large that it is obviously taken out of the box and stacked on top of each other without any other processing process.

The wooden cabinet where the rock candy is placed is also specially customized by Ye Hao, and the space is very large, and it is not a problem to stack dozens of pieces.

She arranged gauze on the inside of the cabinet, and the free rock candy came into direct contact with the wood, causing deterioration.

"That's enough."

Nodding affirmatively, Fu Heng looked at the neat rock candy in front of him, and there was indescribable excitement in his eyes.

Although the color of rock sugar is not very crystal clear, it is simply different from mud compared to the turbid and dark brown sugar.

With the aesthetics of the current people, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a rare work of art.

What's more, Fu Heng has also tasted the taste of rock sugar, which is even better than the snow-white frosting.

The amount of two hundred catties is already a lot as the first batch of inventory to open the market in the Jiangnan area!

"Let's see how the sale goes, and I'm not in a hurry to expand the staff for the time being."

Ye Hao smiled, even if she was full of confidence in rock candy, she also understood that everything could not be achieved overnight.

The road must be taken step by step, and we must not rush it.

After confirming the number, Fu Heng hurriedly said goodbye and hurried back to Wangyue Tower in a carriage.

Ye Zhen on the other side came out of the workshop, locked the door of the bamboo house, and returned to the residence.

As soon as she entered, she saw the wooden plows piled up in the hall.

These are all improved versions of the wooden ploughs made by the left carpenter according to the drawings given by the system, which took several days.

Of course, Ye Hao asked him to do this and that from time to time, but it also took a lot of effort.

After making a plan to open a carpenter shop, she put all her thoughts on the rock candy business in the future.

If it weren't for Lin Bin's letter to get this pile of wooden plows today, she would have almost forgotten about her other career.

Harm, once people get busy, they are indeed a little lost.

Ye Hao had never gone to the field to farm herself, staring at the wooden plow up and down, and couldn't see anything.

Including Xie Yunshu, who came after hearing the news, his eyes were also straight, and he was unable to speak for the first time in his life.

"Let's give these wooden plows to the villagers tomorrow, professional things have to be done by professionals."

The two stared at each other for a while, and Ye Hao made a decision.

Xie Yunshu naturally nodded in compliance, although he always felt that the second half of the other party's sentence was quite strange, but the general meaning could still be understood.

In fact, the villagers in the village are all exiled here, which is not very professional. Compared to the two of them, it is indeed a lot more professional.

"Have you ever wondered what you're going to do next?"

Coldly, Ye Hao suddenly came out with such a sentence.

A very simple sentence made Xie Yunshu stunned, and he couldn't open his mouth for a long time.

What's next? That is naturally revenge, seeking justice for his innocent family who died unjustly!

But how to take revenge, how to take revenge on the person who sits on the dragon throne as a lowly to the dust? At this point, Xie Yunshu suddenly reacted, and he never seemed to have considered it.