After everyone finished cleaning up, Father Liu sent away Liu Haonian and a few people, and took Liu Guangyuan and Liu Haojia into the main room, ready to discuss future actions.

Liu Haojia is the inventor of white sugar, so he naturally wants to participate in the discussion. And although Liu Guangyuan is a subordinate, he has been tied to the Liu family for several generations, and he is no longer a relative, so Liu's father also trusts him very much.

After the three of them sat down, Father Liu and Liu Guangyuan began to pick up the teacup and drink tea non-stop! The two of them ate too much sugar just now, and they were a little sluggish for a while.

After the two of them each poured a large cup of tea, Father Liu steadied his mind and said, "Xiao Er, the book you burned is a secret recipe for making white sugar, right?" ”

Liu Haojia pretended to nod and said, "That's right, this secret recipe was found in the book!" However, his writing is not perfect, and I slowly deduced it! And I burned it, and now no one knows how to make this white sugar except my family! ”

Father Liu was relieved after hearing this, nodded and said, "That's good!" The name cotton sugar is good, and it is as soft and snow-white as cotton! ”

As soon as Liu Haojia heard it, he knew that Liu's father had misthought the word, and took the soft cotton word as the cotton word of cotton! At that moment, he smiled and said: "Father, I don't take this cotton word cotton, but soft cotton!" ”

Father Liu was stunned for a moment, and he didn't want to dwell on the words anymore, so he said, "Well, that's not bad!" But now that you have white sugar, what are your plans for the next step? Is it our direct sale? ”

Liu Haojia said with a wry smile: "If our family directly sells these white sugars, can we withstand the pressure of the imperial court, civil officials and nobles?" ”

Father Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm glad that you can think of this truth, this is what I'm most worried about!" If you insist on selling, I'm afraid you will offend those merchants who sell white sugar! You know, the characters behind them are not good stubble! ”

Liu Haojia said: "Actually, my father doesn't have to worry, because we don't offend them deeply!" The so-called white sugar is just a reprocessing of white sugar! If it is mass-produced, it is completely possible to buy white sugar from them, so they have nothing to lose! Maybe it will become our supplier! As long as we don't harm their interests, they won't do anything to us! ”

Father Liu heard Liu Haojia say this, and if you think about it, this is really the truth! As long as the other party's white sugar is sold, there is no loss, and the other party will naturally not come to him for trouble! Maybe it can also help the other party speed up the turnaround. And they can also take the opportunity to form alliances with the people behind them and expand their network!

Thinking of this, Father Liu said: "What is the price of sugar on the street now?" I want to know how much our cotton sugar can be sold for? ”

Liu Haojia thought for a while and said, "That's the brown sugar on the market, it's five cents of silver a catty!" I haven't seen white sugar, and I don't know how much it costs a pound of silver, but I think it should be around six to seven cents of silver! Since white sugar can be sold at this price, I think it should be reasonable for our cotton sugar to be sold for one or two silver, and it can even be a little higher! ”

Hearing this, Liu Guangyuan didn't understand the consumption of sugar, so his expression didn't change. But Father Liu's face was flushed with excitement! Because he has also been cheeky enough to participate in many noble banquets, but he knows how these nobles use white sugar!

The amount of sugar they need for the various snacks they eat every day is not a small number! In addition, there are also those maids and housekeepers who follow the masters, some high-ranking stewards, and those snacks are also open to them to eat, so the daily sugar consumption in the noble family is definitely a big number!

And in the Jingshi City, there are countless noble families! Counting those civil official families and large families, as well as Qinglou Restaurant, the amount of sugar consumed in the market every day is definitely about 100 catties! So after such a rough calculation, he found that he had mastered a market with nearly 100 taels of income every day! How could this not make him excited!

Liu Haojia saw his father's excitement, and he said persuasively: "Father, this matter is urgent!" We are not businessmen, we don't know the real price of white sugar in the market, we still have to find someone who understands! ”

Father Liu nodded again and again and said, "Yes, yes!" You're right! Just who to look for? ”

At this time, Liu Guangyuan smiled, he pointed to the east and said, "Master, you are dizzy for a while!" ”

Seeing this, Father Liu patted his forehead and got up and said, "I'm really dizzy, I forgot to put such a big businessman!" Hurry up, let's pay a visit! If it works, by the way, entrust him with the sale of white sugar, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds! ”

Liu Haojia stopped Liu's father and said, "Father, this matter must not be done!" I waited for the nobleman's family to visit a merchant and was laughed at when he said it! Although our family has declined, but now there is hope for the rise, the more this time, the more we can't leave a handle on people! Anyway, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and he will come to the door, and when the time comes, he will discuss it with him slowly! ”

Father Liu calmed down when he heard this, sat down and said, "You're right! You're right! ”

Liu Haojia continued: "This person doesn't have much contact with us, we only meet every year when we collect rent, we don't know what this person's temperament is, we always have to guard against it!" ”

Liu Guangyuan interjected and said, "Don't worry, Second Young Master, at this point!" Zhang Yuanwai's reputation among the Beijing teachers is quite good, he is very honest, and he has never had any evil deeds! You know, when the master decided to rent Gu Ningbo's Mansion to him, the master and I also inquired about him carefully! Anyway, this is Gu Ningbo's Mansion, and we can't let people with bad deeds live in! ”

The outside of the staff was originally called the outside of the Lang, which refers to the Lang official located outside the positive amount. It first appeared in the Jin Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, he placed 1 foreigner in each department of Shangshu Province and was the deputy official of each department. In the Tang and Song dynasties, he was known as Lang Guan, and Lang Zhong was known as Lang Guan, all of which were important positions among the central officials.

Later, it was still followed until the Ming Dynasty. With Lang Zhong, Wai Lang, and the director as the third-level officials, they were promoted. At that time, the member wailang was referred to as the wailang or the outside, commonly known as the vice lang.

By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Yuanwailang became an idle position and was no longer related to the imperial examination. Moreover, this kind of official position became a position that could be bought by donation, so at that time, the rich people bought this position one after another, and when they went out, they all claimed to be outsiders. Therefore, the official position of the non-staff member is gradually linked to wealth, as long as they are willing to spend money, landlords and businessmen can donate an official position outside the staff to do it.