Because he knows too well what the boring women in the harem like to do? Women who already have a sweet tooth will be ecstatic to see this lovely white sugar! I can offer such a good thing, if these women are willing to help them say a few kind words in front of the saint, they may have a chance to enter the imperial study!

Especially after Zhang Shunping gave a generous gift and explained his own situation, the eunuch in charge immediately said that he could open and buy documents! With this and bought documents, Zhang Shunping can guarantee that even if Li Shangshu dies, he will have a one-year buffer time!

Zhang Shunping, who got and bought the papers, is simply a treasure! Then he arranged for someone to deliver a letter to his home in order to stabilize the rear. At the same time, he asked the family to assist the Liu family in buying enough brown sugar. After all, at present, the south is the main production area of brown sugar!

According to Liu Haojia's plan, Zhang Ji's next step should be to buy a certain amount of land in the north to grow sugar beet, and at the same time sign a purchase and sale contract with a large number of farmers to stabilize the supply of raw materials in the future.

Beets first originated on the Mediterranean coast. Later, after a long period of manual selection, by the 4th century AD, white beets and red beets appeared. By the 8th ~ 12th century AD, sugar beet had been widely cultivated in Persia and ancient Arabia, and its cultivar was later introduced to the Caucasus, Asia, Eastern Siberia, India, China and Japan. However, at that time, the roots and leaves of beets were mainly eaten as vegetables in China, and they were also included in the ranks of traditional Chinese medicine, and were not used to make sugar.

As time goes by, it's getting closer and closer to the end of the year! The atmosphere in the capital division is gradually becoming lively! In particular, merchants are working hard to sell their goods before the New Year, so that they can have a happy New Year!

At this time, the Liu family was also busy preparing for the New Year! This year, the atmosphere of the Liu family's New Year is very different from previous years! Because the Liu family has no shortage of silver in hand this year, it is natural to have a good year! Even this year's tribute to the ancestors of the past generations is extraordinary!

On this day, the Liu family is undergoing a thorough cleaning! Everyone worked hard to clean up happily, and even Liu Haojia was assigned an important job, that is, cleaning the room that temporarily served as the ancestral shrine and scrubbing the ancestral tablet!

That's a lot of work! Generally speaking, when the ancestral tablets are scrubbed every year, it is done by the head of the family or the relatives of the head of the family to show respect for the ancestors! So every year, this work is done by Liu's father! But this year, Liu's father named Liu Haojia instead of Liu Haonian to do this, obviously wanting the ancestors to see their own unicorns!

And it's a lot of work! First of all, each ancestral tablet is made of heavy ironwood, which is already very heavy! Because the Liu family is a noble family, the ancestral tablet will naturally be larger, so it is extremely heavy to move!

The most important point is that scrubbing the tablets does not mean that you can just go up and wipe them, but that there is a whole set of procedures! When you enter the ancestral shrine, you must first burn incense and pray, and then pay a big salute! In addition, when you want to move each ancestral tablet, you have to pray separately, so it is very energy-consuming! Especially the Liu family has been heirloom for nearly two hundred years, and the number of ancestral tablets is daunting!

At this time, Liu Haojia was in the room where the tablets were placed, and began to carefully take care of each tablet according to the requirements. He didn't do anything perfunctory, but started cleaning according to the rules one by one.

In fact, if he was still Liu Runze in modern times, I am afraid it would really be perfunctory! Not to mention that you have to bow and pray, I'm afraid that even the tablet will only dust off the past!

But after such a long time of ancient life, he has become more and more aware that these ancients were so respectful to their ancestors! Because it is a worship of ancestors from the bottom of our bones, and our ancestors deserve this worship!

When the sky fell, our ancestors did not flee like Westerners, but simply went to make up for the sky! When the flood occurred, our ancestors did not build a huge boat to escape, but dredged the river! When we were sick, our ancestors did not pray to the gods and demons, but actively tried herbs to find herbs to cure diseases!

Therefore, it is absolutely not accidental that our Chinese civilization can come to this day, but the ancestors who overcame obstacles and pioneered it! So, our ancestors deserve the respect of future generations!

Especially the Liu family was born in a noble family, and the wealth and superiority enjoyed by him and his family were all killed by their ancestors with one knife and one shot! Therefore, as the inheritor of the bloodline, Liu Haojia must be full of gratitude and reverence for his ancestors!

But Liu Haojia, who was cleaning, suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and later he heard Zhang Shunping's voice. Liu Haojia guessed if something had happened to the snow candy, so he put down the belongings in his hand and walked out of the room, wanting to see what was going on?

When he came out of the room, he unexpectedly saw Zhang Shunping walking into the courtyard with more than a dozen sturdy servants, who kept carrying gifts into the courtyard. Seeing him come in, Father Liu hurriedly sorted out his clothes and stepped forward and asked, "Brother Xian, why are you still in Jingshi?" Originally, I thought you had already returned to Nanjing! ”

Zhang Shunping came up to give a salute and said: "My brother also knows that things are so important now, where do I have the heart to go back to Nanjing for the New Year!" Only when the dust settles here, can I put my mind at ease! ”

Father Liu nodded and said, "That's right, it's still a matter of business!" It's just that what are you doing with so many people today? ”

Zhang Shunping said: "It's not like the New Year is coming soon, I always have to send some gifts to my brother!" ”

Father Liu said: "You can just send a housekeeper to run for this kind of thing, why bother to come here in person?" ”

Zhang Shunping said with a smile: "This year's Boxing Festival is different from previous years! My brother must like it when he sees it! ”

Father Liu thought that Zhang Shunping might want to give a generous gift, so he said: "The relationship between you and me is comparable to others!" With the relationship between the virtuous brothers, this year has been able to have a good year, so why should you break the bank! ”

Zhang Shunping didn't speak, but with a little smile, he took out a document from his arms and stuffed it into Liu's father's hand and said, "Brother, you read it first!" ”

Father Liu felt familiar when he got the paperwork, and then his eyes widened, obviously reacting! But he still opened the paperwork and looked through it, as if to make sure of something! As a result, when he saw the contents of the paperwork, his eyes were red and his hands were shaking! It turned out that this document was nothing else, it was the agreement signed by the two to lease Gu Ningbo's Mansion!