"Huh?"

Zhu Di frowned, "Is it difficult, the sugar workshop still dares not to give it to you?" ”

Ma He nodded slightly.

Zhu Di couldn't help but be a little angry.

Ma He hurriedly explained: "The slave maid heard that the sugar workshop seems to have been built by Guo Changshi specifically for a certain event, and no one is allowed to touch the sugar produced by the sugar workshop except Guo Changshi. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but sneer, "Why don't we?" ”

"Your Highness is okay."

Ma He suddenly prostrated on the ground, his face full of fear, and replied cautiously: "It's just that if you only go with the slave maid, I'm afraid you won't be able to bring back the sugar." ”

Zhu Di said angrily: "Hmph, let's go get it ourselves!" ”

Horses and dare not speak.

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Zhu Gaochi on the side, and said gently: "Chi'er, do you want to see how the white sugar is made?" ”

Zhu Gaochi was overjoyed, "The child is willing, and the child likes to eat sugar the most." ”

"Let's go, let's take you to have a look."

"Thank you, Dad!"

Soon, two figures, one large and one small, left the palace, got into a carriage, and were brought back by the horses.

The sugar workshop was also placed not far from the glass workshop and the gunpowder workshop by Guo An.

Not only is the road convenient here, but also surrounded by Yanshan guards, which is very safe.

On the first day of the sugar production, Guo An had already gotten the news.

Therefore, as long as he is free every day, Guo An comes to check it out.

As for the officials and generals who heard the news and wanted to take some sugar from the workshop to taste, they were all driven away by Guo An.

These white sugars are all guarantees for the safety of his life on the Northern Expedition, at least for this year, those people don't want to take away a pound of sugar.

"Changshi, this is fifty catties of white sugar made yesterday."

The steward of the sugar workshop came over with two craftsmen carrying a box containing fifty catties of sugar.

Guo An urged: "Very good, quickly send someone to send these fifty catties of sugar to us to the gunpowder workshop." ”

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

Hearing this, a hint of pity flashed in the steward's eyes, but he still hurriedly responded.

Immediately, he prepared to take the two craftsmen and carry the box containing the sugar outside.

It's just that as soon as he walked out of the gate of the workshop, he was stopped by a man in a fancy costume with a group of guards.

"What are you carrying?"

Beside the young man, there was a child, looking at the wooden box in their hands with a curious face.

"I don't know who this noble man is?"

There were guards behind him, and the steward didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly asked cautiously.

Li Wang, who was on the side, shouted angrily directly: "Bold, Your Highness asks you something, you can answer directly!" ”

"Your Highness...... His Royal Highness King Yan? ”

The steward, who had never seen Zhu Di, suddenly shuddered when he heard this, and quickly puffed, and knelt on the ground with a panicked face.

"The villain sees His Highness, the villain has eyes but no beads, but he doesn't know His Highness, and the sin deserves death......"

Zhu Di glanced at the steward with some disgust, and asked coldly again, "What are these wooden boxes?" ”

On the side, Li Wang started directly and prepared to open the wooden box.

The steward hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Highness, the wooden box is filled with sugar." ”

"Sugar?"

Zhu Di's face was stunned.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the wooden box with excitement on his face.

As for Li Wang, his body trembled, and the strength in his hands suddenly became much softer.

When the lid of the box was opened, a box of white and crystal clear white sugar was suddenly revealed.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were staring wide-eyed, and their faces were full of incredulity.

"This thing is so white, is it really sugar?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help it, so he picked up a small pinch with his hand and put it in his mouth.

"Hiss......"

Zhu Di's eyes widened, "It's really sugar." ”

On the side, the steward didn't have time to reply, so he could only watch Zhu Di talking to himself with a stunned face.

Thinking of something, Zhu Di asked again: "Where are you going to carry this white sugar?" ”

At this time, the steward finally had a chance to reply, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, the villain carried the fifty catties of sugar to the gunpowder workshop. ”

Zhu Di was a little puzzled, "What do you do when you carry the sugar to the gunpowder workshop?" ”

The steward hurriedly replied: "Your Highness forgives the sin, the villain doesn't know, but the sugar made every day will be carried to the gunpowder workshop." ”

Zhu Di stared at the steward and asked, "All the sugar has to be carried?" ”

"Exactly!"

The steward suddenly noticed something, and his face turned pale.

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Where is Guo Qing?" ”

The steward hurriedly replied: "Guo Changshi is in the workshop. ”

After the words fell, Zhu Di walked in briskly.

In the workshop, Guo An sat behind a table with a frown, looking at the account book in his hand, his face full of worry.

Inadequate!

These sugar radishes that were recovered really did not contain as much sugar as those sugar radishes in later generations, and basically twelve catties of sugar radishes could make one catty of sugar.

And if he wants to make 10,000 catties of sugar, he needs at least 120,000 catties.

However, according to the sugar radish recovered by the caravan, there were only seventy or eighty thousand catties at most.

Although it should not cost 10,000 catties to exchange white sugar for sucrose, the efficiency of these artisans in making sugar is too low.

Even the white sugar is still made according to the method he gave......

"Alas......"

Thinking about it, Guo An couldn't help but sigh heavily.

"I don't know what makes Guo Qing so worried?"

Suddenly, a voice appeared next to his ears, and Guo An was directly startled.

When I looked up, my face changed even more.

"Your Highness, why are you here?"

Zhu Di calmed his face and complained: "We heard that the workshop in the house actually made white sugar, and we wanted to ask the waiter to bring us some tasting, but no one could bring it back, so we can only come and take a good look in person?" ”

Hearing this, Guo An's face was directly full of anger, "Your Highness forgives me, this matter must be a fool of Mahana."

If they told His Royal Highness that He wanted to eat candy, He would immediately bring a pound of sugar to His Highness, and it was really the sin of Weichen and others to bother His Highness to come here in person. ”

Zhu Di's expression eased slightly, "In this way, quickly bring us two catties of sugar." ”

"This ......"

Guo An's face flashed with a hint of embarrassment, and he hurriedly saluted with a frightened face, "Your Highness forgive me, at this moment, the sugar in the workshop has been sent to the gunpowder workshop by Weichen."

However, when the sugar is made tomorrow, Weichen will definitely send it to His Highness in person. ”

Zhu Di said: "If you don't sell white sugar, why do you send it to the gunpowder workshop?" ”

Guo An subconsciously glanced around, then leaned his head close to Zhu Di's ear, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, Weichen is the gunpowder for the Northern Expedition, according to the research of Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, adding sugar to the gunpowder, the power of the bomb is several times greater than before......"

"Is that so?"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An in surprise.

"Your Highness, when did Wei Chen deceive Your Highness!" Guo An's face was full of grievances.

"Adding sugar to gunpowder can increase the power of gunpowder several times, Guo Qing has made a great contribution!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We still thought that Guo Qing was distressed about sugar, so we didn't allow those officials and generals in the palace to come to buy sugar." ”

"Your Highness has really wronged the minister."

Guo An said: "Since Weichen heard that His Highness was going to march north with the army, he was worried about His Highness's safety, and he couldn't sleep all night, thinking about how to protect His Highness's safety on the battlefield.

Therefore, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting were ordered to develop a few more powerful bombs and firearms...... In this way, when the Northern Expedition faces those Northern Yuan Tartars, as long as those Northern Yuan Tartars dare to make a mistake, they will be directly blown up......

"Guo Qing is loyal to ......"

As he spoke, Zhu Di suddenly remembered something, and his face changed slightly.

"How much sugar do I need to put in each bomb?"

Guo An said: "Back to Your Highness, you should only need to add a handful of sugar to each bomb." ”

"A handful, a ......"

Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously asked, "Then how many bombs are you going to make?" ”

Guo An said: "Back to His Royal Highness, Weichen is ready to make 20,000 bombs. ”

"Twenty thousand?"

Zhu Di's eyes widened directly, "How many catties of sugar do you need?" ”

Guo An replied slowly: "According to Tao Yiping's previous test, it will take about 10,000 catties of sucrose, but now that it is replaced by white sugar, it will be less ......."

"Ten thousand catties?"

Zhu Di's head buzzed, and he said to Guo An with a face full of surprise, "Guo Qing, do you know how much silver can be sold for 10,000 catties of cane sugar?" ”

Guo An sighed slightly, and said with a solemn face: "Your Highness, now the sucrose has turned into white sugar.

However, Weichen feels that His Royal Highness is a daughter, no matter how much money those white sugar can be sold for, it is not as good as how many times the power of the bomb can be increased, so that His Highness can return safely, so that I can die less soldiers. ”

“……”

Zhu Di was silently silenced by Guo An's shameless appearance, and was stunned for a moment, before he said speechlessly: "Guo Qing is benevolent and loyal to us." ”

Guo An's face flashed with a hint of embarrassment, "Weichen has always been loyal to His Highness. ”

Zhu Di said: "In this way, the fifty catties of sugar outside, let's take it back first." ”

"What?"

Guo An's face changed, and he hurriedly ran out.

Sure enough, in the lobby outside, Zhu Gaochi was squatting next to the wooden box containing white sugar, eating white sugar happily.

Guo An's face was suddenly full of urgency, "This ...... This, Your Highness, didn't Wei Chen already send someone to send this to the gunpowder workshop? ”

He was worried that the sugar in the sugar workshop would be taken by Zhu Di, so he came to see it every day, and urged the steward to send the sugar to the gunpowder workshop as soon as possible.

However, he never expected that after only a few days of making white sugar, he was taken by Zhu Di.

"Hmph, we just blocked it at the door."

Zhu Di snorted lightly, "Guo Qing made such a white and sweet sugar, and he didn't even tell us, and kept ......hiding it in the gunpowder workshop."

Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Weichen made white sugar for the sake of the gunpowder workshop." ”

"It's okay, let's take these fifty catties of sugar back today!"

Zhu Di said indifferently.

Guo An's face was anxious, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, eating too much sugar is easy to be tooth decayed by insects, which makes your toothache and pain."

Moreover, there are so many catties of white sugar as fifty catties, His Highness can't eat them all for a while, and it's easy to get old, so why don't you bring back two catties first, and wait until Your Highness finishes eating, and then come to the sugar workshop to get it? ”

Zhu Di was stunned, and said suspiciously: "Insect tooth decay? Why haven't we heard of it? ”

Guo An smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, white sugar has never appeared on the market, and even sucrose is a rare thing, so naturally there will be no insect cavities." ”

Zhu Di said: "In this way, let's bring back five catties of sugar." ”

"Your Highness......"

"No less!"

Guo An hurriedly instructed the steward on the side: "Come on, quickly wrap five catties of sugar for His Highness!" ”

Zhu Di: "......"

……

(End of chapter)