For Liu Tai, he has long wanted to get sugar as a material.

After all, white sugar is almost a universal condiment, and it can be used to replenish energy more than salt.

Give the soldiers a bite before the battle, and not say anything to burst out beyond the physical limit of combat power, but at least enough to make any soldier feel that his blood is surging when he is desperate.

It's just that Liu Tai can't find a sugar source in the north, such as the sugar beets needed for normal northern sugar production, and he hasn't even seen a hair in this era.

However, Liu Tai checked the historical records and knew that Eastern Wu had the habit of sending cane sugar to Cao Wei to pay tribute, after all, he was the king of Wu of Great Wei, and it was a matter of course to honor his suzerain.

Therefore, there is sugarcane cultivation in the area south of the Yangtze River, but the technology of sugarcane cultivation belongs to the tribute level in this era, and it is only in the hands of a few people, and it has no meaning of expanding at all.

As for the production of sucrose, which does not require any very complicated technology, Liu Tai still understands it.

The first is to crush the sugarcane into slag, so that the juice of the sugarcane can flow out, and although the progress of his own steam engine is slow, this skill is still ordered, but it is generally used to grind the coal mine into cinder, and now it is just replaced with sugarcane.

After filtering the crushed sugarcane juice, it is necessary to try to calcine the most basic cane sugar, and the coal produced by the Coal Steel Division can be a very good source of energy, not only at an extremely high temperature, but also quite stable to burn.

Then the made syrup is heated and evaporated to evaporate the water, so that its concentration gradually increases, as the moisture continues to decrease, the sugar in the syrup is gradually concentrated, and when the concentration of the syrup reaches a certain level, the sugar in it will begin to crystallize and precipitate.

In this case, the crystals need to be separated from the syrup, usually by filtration, centrifugation, etc.

Next, the sucrose grains are dried, and during the drying process, the moisture is gradually removed, causing the sucrose grains to harden gradually. The dried sucrose grains are called granulated sugar.

All in all, even if Liu Tai's process of making sucrose is not mature, as long as he wants to do it, he will definitely be able to do it.

It's just that the biggest problem for Liu Tai is that there are no raw materials, and sugarcane is not common in areas south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, now taking advantage of the peace with Jin Ting, it is naturally best to let Jin Ting do this raw material site.

In addition to the unlimited purchase of sugarcane, Cui Yue also successively said that the unlimited purchase of bamboo, as well as professionally treated shaded wood and other different raw materials.

All in all, Cui Yue is a posture that since we have temporarily ceased war, we should trade now.

In this way, we believe that your Jin Court will not do anything to us, instead of secretly suffocating here.

After all, you don't do business with us, there is no economic exchange between the two of us, and there is no binding of interests, so who believes in your empty talk of peace, the promise of the Sima family, you go and find out, which family believes!

To tell the truth, in any era, the bundling of interests is a relatively stable agreement model, especially for this kind of Jin court structure where the monarchy is seriously checked and balanced, and the family has the right to speak, all the representatives of the family also feel that Cui Yue's words make sense.

If there is a real war and there will be serious losses for both sides of the business, then there will be people on both sides who have lost their interests to jump out to oppose the war.

At least the economic bundle of interests is more convincing than empty promises.

Although he couldn't raise his head when he was pointed at and scolded by Cui Yue, there was no way, since Sima Yi pointed at Luoshui and swore by Sima Ting, who still believed in such a thing, especially Sima's oath.

Now Cui Yue proposes to do business between the two sides, so that there is a stable bundle of interests, which is no better than Liu Tai sending an envoy over to say that he promised not to fight Jin Ting, at least even if Liu Tai wants to fight, he must also consider the gains and losses of interests.

It's just that these families have broken away from the monarch's words and follow the law, and the autocratic monarchy system that dominates the world is too far away.

If it really comes to a war to unify the world, the so-called economic interests are nothing.

When the time comes, Liu Tai will level them, not only can he take over a large number of plantations as means of production, but also the cost can be reduced a lot, to a certain extent, as long as you are killed, all the resources in your hands will naturally be mine.

Of course, Liu Tai will not be so shameless, but now that the Jin court has lost the northern refugee group with the bottom, the family has been co-opted by himself to form stable economic contacts with himself, and as for the best Wang Dun and Sima Clan, there has not been a winner or loser.

For Liu Tai, basically the Jin Dynasty has completely lost the ability of the Northern Expedition, and can only be used as its own raw material source.

No way, compared with the northern region, the range of the Jin court is basically south of the Yangtze River, the climate conditions here are superior, compared to the cold climate in the north, the south is humid and rainy, with plenty of sunshine and rain.

Secondly, the local undeveloped land resources are abundant, and the land south of the Yangtze River has always been fertile and suitable for growing various crops.

The most important thing is that a large number of displaced people went north, and they were embezzled by these families one by one and became a hidden population.

It is almost impossible for the Jin court to collect taxes from this kind of hidden population, but with the massive demand for various raw materials that Liu Tai needs, the family will naturally find a way to let these hidden populations vigorously develop wasteland, so as to develop productivity.

At least in terms of labor costs, the labor costs in the Liu Tai area are much higher than those in the Jin Ting.

Not to mention, the tax law of "Conscription Tax" alone limits the number of servants accepted by the wealthy family to a limited extent, and each of them must go to the imperial court for justice, and then each servant must pay taxes every year.

But the family on the side of the Jin court, "Taxes, servants still have to pay taxes?" It's unheard of, and it's ridiculous! ”

Because of this, the employment costs of both sides have been directly separated, and Jinting is really suitable for raw material production.

As for Cui Yue's successive proposals for the post-peace business and trade between the two sides, Jin Ting's side did not agree in one breath, but he also did not refuse in one breath.

Wang Dun agreed to this matter in principle, but he needed his subordinates to discuss the specific details, so he hoped that Cui Yue would stay here for a few days now and wait for news.

In fact, for Liu Tai's use of economic interests as a guarantee for peace between the two sides, at least Wang Dun and Sima Rui agreed after thinking about it, after all, this matter is also beneficial to them.

Not to mention that the Jiangdong Shi clan or the exiled Shi clan from the north can get enough benefits from this matter, and there is no reason to refuse, but the specific price needs to be discussed with Cui Yue.

As Cui Yue completes the first intention, it is necessary to formulate further specific raw material prices, which requires Zhang Song, a person who has been engaged in business for a long time, to step forward.

Also with the arrival of Zhang Song, in addition to determining the price of raw materials, but also taking advantage of the situation to propose that Dahan introduce labor for a long time, if you have a population in your hands, although you can send it over.

All in all, Zhang Song's arrival was a package of contracts signed with the Jin Ting, and Liu Tai also purchased a large amount of raw materials from the Jin Ting.

At the same time, Liu Tai used salt, cane sugar, paper, and pottery...... A wide variety of manufactured industrial goods were in turn sold to the Jin court.

In addition, due to the development of pottery and the further use of coal energy, processed products such as canned food have gradually appeared in the northern market.

Canned food is inconspicuous, but it can preserve some short-term fruits, so that they can be sold from the north of the Yellow River to the south of the Yangtze River, helping Liu Tai to make a good profit.

The industrial system that Liu Tai has been laying out has gradually begun to show a hideous posture and has begun to enter a certain period of growth.

At this time, in fact, the most important thing is not the production process, because even if Liu Tai consciously blocks these things, the people on the Jin Ting side of these techniques can always find out if they want to learn these techniques in five or ten years.

Now Liu Tai's big man is following Jin Ting to widen the gap is that Liu Tai has been investing in energy and steel, as well as the return brought by the development of coal and steel division at any cost, and began to feed the whole society little by little.

The first is that the use of steel in the army has been saturated to a certain extent, after all, he does not need to change the soldiers with a new scale armor every year, or the horses with a new iron float.

As a result, a large amount of steel began to flow from the military field to the civilian population, and the materials of various production tools were gradually replaced by steel from wood, thus directly increasing productivity.

Secondly, coal, an energy source, began to gradually spread throughout society.

This kind of popularization is naturally not comparable to the first industrial revolution, when the heat energy provided by coal was converted into the mechanical energy of the steam engine, thus transforming society.

However, a large amount of coal has entered thousands of households, which will naturally replace the original demand for charcoal and firewood in some industries.

In particular, the larger the industrial use, the more efficient and cost-effective coal will be than firewood charcoal.

In this case, even if the Jinting side gets the corresponding process, it is not as good as Liu Tai's coal than energy, and the equipment materials are not as good as Liu Tai's steel, not to mention the overall planning and layout, Liu Tai can gradually complete a whole industrial chain from an overall perspective.

With only one or two sporadic skills, Jin Ting thought that he could surpass Liu Tai's industrial products, and that was a joke.

At most, the price of cut leek products has changed from a huge profit to a higher price of cut leek products.

Liu Tai will use the power of capital to tell those guys who have learned technology, but can't suppress the cost, that industry is really not something that the current Jin Ting can play if he wants to.

However, Liu Tai didn't put so much thought into Jin Ting, basically for Liu Tai, with Gou Xi's death, the exile organization was finally destroyed by Liu Tai, and he began to devote himself to governing the states he had captured.

At least until next year's bumper harvest, when the common people can actually dig grain from the land, then they will gain a firm foothold in these states.

Because, one of the places where the Chinese people are better than other races is that the Chinese people are naturally good at farming.

As long as there is a field, the Chinese people will cultivate it themselves, so the governance of these Central Plains states is different from the mixed areas of the Han nationality in the north.

The construction of the Yongji Canal was proposed in the north in order to integrate the northern alien and Han people as quickly as possible.

After all, Liu Tai's policy is to turn Hu into Han, so it is necessary to let the northern aliens have a channel to become Han from other races.

But there is no need to do this in the Central Plains, because although the Central Plains region is a little sparsely populated under this continuous chaos, the main body is still the northland refugees because of the recovery of Zu Ti.

Therefore, what I need to do is to guide these people to cultivate the wasteland, and if it is too late, it will be winter wheat in winter, and if it is too late, it will be ploughed in the spring tomorrow to cultivate corn.

All in all, for the people, as long as they can own their own land, they are very supportive of Liu Tai.

Of course, Liu Tai also knew very well that in the first year, the people would definitely be encouraged to cultivate the fields, because for the people who had just been incorporated into the areas under their rule, only if they had personally gained the harvest, would they truly support themselves.

But after Liu Tai returned to Yecheng, he immediately found Cao Wei and began to plan for the future of these states.

Liu Tai opened his mouth and said: "Uncle Cao, you need to bring people to conduct a comprehensive plan for the roads in Suizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and then organize the people to build roads during the slack time next year to accelerate the circulation of this base."

On top of that, it's also easier for us to send troops to the south! ”

"Please rest assured that this matter will be handed over to a certain person, and before the beginning of summer next year, I will give you a suitable plan!" Cao Wei also knew Liu Tai's habits, and immediately set a time.

Originally, Cao Wei thought that after he built the Yongji Canal, he would be able to lie on the merit book and enjoy his old age.

But he, the king, is a lord who has stopped, and soon a three-state road project will be smashed on his head.

For Liu Tai, this kind of road project is the best means to boost the local economy and change the lifestyle of the local people.

At the same time, these states are experiencing war, and they also need such large-scale infrastructure projects to improve the living conditions of the people.

It can be said that whether it is the work of Tuntian, or this project, it will be smashed in Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other prefectures, which can basically ensure that the people of these states can truly return to their own governance.

By that time, after the most basic road paving has been completed, perhaps the work of opening up the Tongji Canal, the Gangou and Jiangnan Canal in the south will also be put on the agenda.

Now, Liu Tai watched Zhang Song and Cui Yue send back the terms negotiated with Jin Ting, and he and Wang Dun successfully signed a temporary truce contract, Liu Tai showed a satisfied smile.

To be honest, it is enough for the two sides to be able to truce, as for the price of raw materials, anyway, when the time comes, they will increase the price when they are made into finished products and sold back, otherwise they will not learn the so-called scissors price difference education in vain.

The most important thing is that his side is a centralized monarchy, and he can terminate the contract at any time as long as he needs to prepare for the war of reunification.

But in Jin Ting's words, the interests are involved and the responsibility is complicated, and if you want to give up this interest and then attack yourself, I am afraid that it is not realistic.

Even if there is really something from the sky on Jin Ting's side, I am afraid that there are too many people who are dragging their feet.

It can be said that with the signing of this contract, Jin Ting himself can let it go first, and when he accumulates enough grassroots management system, he can push Jin Ting in one go.

For me now, it's time to regain your strength and regain the old capital of the Han Dynasty!

(End of chapter)