Chapter 157: Sugar Production
Monetize!
It is no longer just a matter of words, it has risen to the key to the survival of the Castle Iron City.
"What can I do with the 'sweet grass vine' that I dug up?"
Listening to Li Yinguang's inquiry, the old dog, the housekeeper, Saipan and others looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. Let them do anything, explain it well, they can do it for you, but let them think of ideas and come up with plans, which is somewhat difficult for them.
'Sweet grass vine', also known as 'purple vine', is an excellent material for making fragrant sake because of its high sugar content and ...... High in sugar?
Li Yinguang thought of something, his eyes couldn't help but light up, then he raised his hand and slapped his thigh hard, laughed and said, "You can boil sugar!" ”
Although 'sugar' is not a daily need, unlike salt, it is still a relatively precious thing.
And it seems that 'sugar making' does not require too advanced technology, as long as it supports a few large pots, it can be boiled in the wild.
"Let's go!"
Li Yinguang got up from the chair and wanted to go out in high spirits.
Sophia blocked the door of the control room with a blank face, not speaking, and had no intention of getting out of the way.
"Hey, hey!"
Li Yinguang laughed dryly, and then remembered that it was already night, not to mention the cold outside, it was still very dangerous, and it was not suitable for going out.
Rolled his eyes, came to Sophia's side, leaned in front of her face, and teased: "I didn't find out before, you are quite beautiful!" ”
Sophia froze!
"Haha, let's go for dinner!"
Looking at the back of the happy departure, the corners of Sophia's mouth slipped a smile, although it flashed, but she was indeed laughing, just now she seemed to have been teased by the 'city lord', but there was no sense of annoyance in her heart.
"Tomorrow morning, Butler, Saipan, Sophia, Lan Ling, Well, Xiaoman, Kuroko, and Snow Niang, all go to the field camp with me."
At dinner, Li Yinguang announced in advance.
Although the process of 'sugar making' is not complicated, it also requires a complex process to turn 'sweet grass vine' into 'sugar'. In addition, the field camp may also be used as a 'field sugar factory' in the future.
"Brother, aren't you particularly happy now?" Xiao Man winked at Li Yinguang and asked with a smile.
"Yes!"
Li Yinguang smiled and nodded, unconcealing the joy in his heart, as long as the field camp was revitalized, in the future, not only would the life of the refugee coolies be guaranteed, but the ancient castle ironclad city would also open up a steady stream of financial routes.
The next day, Li Yinguang didn't need others to shout, and got up early to wash.
During breakfast, I heard the butler Goda tell me about the big and small things that happened in the town, and Cordion had not yet been rescued, but I heard that the broken eyebrows had been found, and the details were not clear.
The matter of the corpses in the town of Manbach has been suppressed and no one has mentioned it again.
The bazaar in the port is still open, and except for the big auction, which has ended, other buying and selling will last for half a month.
After breakfast, more than a dozen mechanical vehicles drove towards the outside of the town.
Li Yinguang was sitting in the car, and the 'high-end combat power' in the ironclad city around him was all in the list, and basically all the staff were dispatched.
"Come on, come on, a few camp leaders are here!"
The old dog called over several of the temporary managers of the field camp, all of whom had been elected by the indentured coolies themselves.
In the tent, Li Yinguang was wearing a black animal skin windbreaker, and a charcoal fire was placed in front of him, which was warm and warm, and he couldn't feel the cold outside.
"Song Changsheng, the captain of the temporary camp guard, the head of the excavation team, and the leader elected by the contract coolies!"
"Mu Yunying, the captain of the female escort team, the person in charge of the female workers!"
Li Yinguang took a small wooden stick, pulled the charcoal fire in the charcoal brazier, and after listening to the old dog's introduction, he raised his head and looked at a few people.
Especially on Mu Yunying, he stopped for a few seconds and grinned at her.
"To make a long story short, you are all the people in charge of the temporary camp, and what we have to do next also needs your strong support and cooperation!"
Song Changsheng was in his early thirties, he didn't speak with his head stuffy, he had never been in contact with Li Yinguang before, and he only had an intersection with the old guard dog.
Mu Yunying looked at Li Yinguang curiously, she had seen this young man, and the 'magnetic particle beam gun' on his body was given by him.
"The sweet grass vine is excavated, and it has to go through several processes of cleaning, grinding, juicing, and boiling, all of which have to be done in the camp, so in terms of staffing, you need to make adjustments, division of labor, the excavation team is responsible for digging the rhizomes of the sweet grass vine, the juice extraction team is responsible for juice extraction, and the cleaners are responsible for cleaning the work.
There are so many of you who spend a lot of money on food and drink every day, and I need you to be able to 'produce' and turn sweet grass and vines into commodities, and then we will sell them, so as to form a positive cycle.
Only by making money can I support the continuous relief of refugees, buy you equipment, buy clothes, and get through this harsh winter together.
I am telling you this just to tell you that although you are coolies, you are not working for me, at least not exactly, you are making money to support yourself.
The process of turning 'sweet grass vine' into 'sugar' is not difficult, as long as there are no mistakes in the link, it should be possible. ”
Li Yinguang first talked to Song Changsheng, Mu Yunying and other elected speakers, and then got to the point.
Sugar!
The first step is to clean the rhizomes of sweet grass and vines to avoid soil impurities. However, the water source is a relatively blind problem, but fortunately, there is a large amount of snow around, and the snow melts and melts the water, which barely solves the water source problem for the time being.
The second step is crushing. Sweet grass vines need to be turned into pieces, and then squeezed out of the pieces of sugary juice, which requires the use of machinery, if it is purely manpower, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
The third step is boiling. At least three large pots are used for boiling, the first one to remove the foam and impurities, the second to remove the water, and the third to boil the sugar.
The boiled brown sugar is covered in a mold, cooled, and cut, and by this point, the sweet grass vine has turned into 'brown sugar'.
The 'brown sugar' is divided into cubes of several centimeters, put it in a box and can be sold as a product.
Because there is no centrifuge, Li Yinguang does not need to make white sugar for the time being, and the process of boiling brown sugar is simpler and more suitable for processing in the field camp.
Today, more than 200 people have been sent from the slums of Mambach Town, bringing the total number of people in the field camp to more than 500 people.
Li Yinguang didn't leave, he kept waiting, waiting for the first pot of brown sugar to be boiled and turned into sugar, to make sure that his idea was correct.
"It's done, the city lord has boiled out the sugar!"
The old dog lifted the tent and barked excitedly.
Li Yinguang hurriedly stood up and walked briskly outside.