After Lin Mo opened the bag, he was in a trance.

I thought it should be a letter with Cao Cao's thirsty attitude of seeking talent.

Or the priceless night pearl or the like, which moves people's hearts with wealth.

As a result, neither.

There were only a few pieces of medicinal herbs in it, Lin Mo picked it up and sniffed it, and muttered, "Angelica? ”

Angelica...

Lin Mo smiled knowingly, "I also enjoyed the treatment of Tai Shi Ci today." ”

He looked at those pieces of angelica and understood Cao Cao's intentions.

If he didn't send the letter, he was afraid that something would go wrong, and if it fell into the hands of Lu Bu, or other people with ill intentions, he might pose a threat to himself.

If I don't send money, I think I don't have such a small pattern.

I have a heart.

It's a pity...

Lin Mo remembered an ancient poem for no reason: Returning Jun Mingzhu to tears, hating to meet when he was not married...

Then he shook his head again and again, as if he didn't use the right words.

Anyway, there is still some emotion in my heart, if I could receive these angelicas in Pengcheng, it is estimated that I would have arrived in Xuchang long ago.

Life is like this, if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you will not have the intention to plant willows and willows.

Since Xiao Guan's conversation, he has tied himself to Lu Bu, and now there is no possibility of going to Xuchang again.

There are always some things that can't be bought by a thousand gold, and can't be shaken by a sword.

However, this incident just now also made Lin Mo feel a little afraid.

Cao Cao wanted to win over himself, so he just sent Angelica, if the other party wanted to die, it was a dead soldier who was sent, and he was in danger just now.

In the days to come, you can't be lazy, you have to practice swordsmanship diligently, not to mention killing the enemy in battle, you always have to learn to protect yourself.

After sighing, he put the bag in his arms and walked straight to the stove.

The sugar cane that had been brought over was neatly placed next to the stove and stacked with firewood.

Xu was bored, Lu Lingqi actually counted the number of sugarcane there.

"What the hell are you doing with so many Zhuzhe?"

"Come on, I'll play a trick for you."

After Lin Mo took out a few sugarcanes, he entered the stove room, and Lu Lingqi blinked a few times with watery eyes and followed in.

Today the main feature is a new invention, sugar production.

In fact, there was already sugar in this era, and it was sucrose, which Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty learned in Asanna after opening up the Silk Road.

However, because of the rough process and poor equipment, the taste is really not good.

Lin Mo peeled the sugarcane and put it on a stone mill to crush it, and a little green cane juice flowed down the small hole into a basin.

As five or six sugar canes were crushed to the pulp, the copper basin was filled with turquoise cane juice.

The next step is to pour in the activated charcoal, which has been ground into small pieces, stir for a while, and then strain it with several layers of gauze.

In order to pursue the color, this process is rather verbose, and it needs to be static and then filtered, repeated several times to ensure that the pigment is adsorbed.

Finally, the sugar is boiled, and the principle is to steam the cane juice dry, leaving the sugar in it.

However, it cannot be baked directly over an open flame, because the sugar will become charred if it is overheated, so Lin Mo used a large copper basin filled with water and put it on the fire to roast, and then put a small copper basin with cane juice on the water and let it boil.

This method is a little slower, but the refined sugar will be delicious.

"What the hell are you going to do?" Lu Lingqi knelt on the side of the table, holding her chin with both hands, and asked with interest.

"I want to build an arsenal in Xuzhou to specialize in forging sharp and light weapons using the steel-filling method." After doing all this, Lin Mo also knelt beside Lu Lingqi, and now he could only wait quietly.

"Are you saying that these Zhuzhe can be refined into weapons? How can it be! Lu Lingqi's beautiful eyes widened, as if she had heard a fantasy.

Lin Mo turned his head to look at her stupid appearance, when she wasn't fierce, she was actually quite cute.

Then he explained with a smile: "I'm not an immortal, how can I turn these Zhuzhe into weapons." But to forge weapons, you need a lot of fine iron, don't look at Lord Yue's current territory is expanding step by step, but he is very poor, and he can't support such a workshop at all. ”

Lu Bu is very poor.

After taking Jiujiang and Lujiang, he did get a lot of money and grain and grass, but the army was also expanding, and the expenditure on raising war horses alone was very amazing.

But Lin Mo knew that the matter of forging weapons with steel could not be delayed any longer, the battle with Cao Cao was already approaching, and the disparity in strength between the two sides would not be greatly shortened because Lu Bu won two counties.

It's like a balance that is asymmetrical at both ends, and if you want to balance it as much as possible, you have to keep adding weights to the high end.

Soldiers and horses, grain and grass ordnance, Gan Ning Liu Ye are all weights, but not enough, they need to be added, the problem is that the external weights have been used almost, and if you want to add more, you have to change from the inside.

Renovating the equipment of the troops is an option, so the matter of filling steel and forging weapons can not be delayed any longer, and if you don't have money, you have to earn it yourself.

"You know so much..."

After the cause and effect were recounted, Lu Lingqi felt tired just listening, and the long sugar boiling process made her yawn again and again, she stretched her waist and showed the proud murder weapon, and then leaned directly on the table, so that this heavy love could have a support.

This scenery, seeing Lin Mo's dry mouth, called Lu Bu father-in-law all day long, and he didn't put it on the agenda on the day of this cave room, so as to avoid seeing it in his own mind, he could only look away and said casually: "Why don't Lord Yuezhang chase me to Xiao Guan." ”

Lu Lingqi, who was lying on the table, glanced at Lin Mo with her black and white eyes, her ruddy little mouth moved, and finally she didn't say anything.

Lin Mo tilted his head and looked at the fire, and his mind didn't stop for a moment.

The invention of white sugar, which has a wide audience, must bring a lot of income, but I don't know if it can fill the bottomless pit of the arsenal.

However, he still has a preparatory plan, after returning to Xuzhou, he will open a glass factory to manufacture some glass products, this kind of high-end utensils are of course for the family.

Anyway, these guys have money, and it's a shame not to pick up their wool.

An hour and a half passed, and the copper basin was finally boiled to only white crystals.

After Lin Mo carefully took out the copper basin, he scraped off all the crystals with a spoon.

It seems that the effect is still very good.

"This is the white sugar in your mouth?" Lu Lingqi yawned, and there was finally a little light in her sleepy eyes.

"Taste it." Lin Mo scooped a little with a spoon and put it in front of Lu Lingqi.

She instinctively stepped back, looking at the firmness in Lin Mo's eyes, she frowned slightly, her red lips opened slightly, and pursed a little.

When the sugar melted in her mouth and the sweetness spread, her whole face changed from disgust to shock, and finally pursed her lips and smiled: "It's so sweet!" ”

Lin Mo also tasted it, and said with a slight bow: "Well, it's the taste." ”

After confirming that the sugar can be produced in this process and that the taste is correct, it is time to prepare for mass production.

There are no factories, no machinery, and they can only be run manually.

However, there are no technical barriers to this craft, and it is easy to be learned, so the selection of people is extremely crucial.

In the past, when he was in Xuzhou, whether it was a quyuan plow or a horseshoe, he didn't care about being learned because he thought that his reputation would start with these things, and it would be more convenient to cast Cao.

Now that the location is different, there are naturally more things to consider.

It is unreliable to find a people's husband, unless you lock these people up by force, and don't let them leave for the rest of your life, and become tools on the assembly line.

"Did you make a note of how I made this candy just now?" Lin Mo raised his eyes and asked.

"Of course."

Lu Lingqi puffed up her chest arrogantly, "It's not difficult." ”

"Then you go to the barracks and find some absolutely trustworthy sergeants, teach them, and then boil sugar in the barracks." Lin Mo felt that if the confidential work was to be safe, it would have to be a group of people who licked blood from the knife edge.

The old father-in-law has been in charge of the army for many years, and there must be a group of die-hard subordinates under his command.

"Absolutely trustworthy..."

Lu Lingqi pursed her lips and said, "Then you can only find General Gao." ”

Trapped?

When the world's first-class legions were arranged to boil sugar... Lin Mo felt that this was a bit excessive.

"If you want to be absolutely trustworthy, except for the hundreds of guards under Uncle Zhang's command, it belongs to General Gao's camp. There was no problem with the cavalry led by my father himself, but they all had military affairs. ”

Seeing Lin Mo's suspicious face, Lu Lingqi explained.

"Look at the arrangement." Lin Mo shrugged his shoulders, let's transition now, and then go back and pick some trustworthy people from the barracks, after all, this is a long-term business.