With the support of Queen Zhao, the cane sugar business was naturally given the green light. Whether it was the site manpower or the required resources, everything was in place in one step.

However, in just one month, all the preparations were completed and mass production began. A dozen days later, there were more than a dozen shops in the capital of Zhao, specializing in selling cane sugar.

When I took a quick look, I saw a variety of products. The cheapest ones were brown sugar cubes. Although they were rich in sweetness, they were not pure enough and had an obvious burnt and bitter taste. They were most suitable for people with low incomes.

The slightly better ones on the other side are pieces of white sugar crystals, which have a purer taste, but are also relatively more expensive.

The best quality frosting sugar is as fine as salt grains. It not only tastes great but is also more convenient to use. It is the favorite of the rich and officials.

Because the publicity work was done well and the name was announced early, dense crowds of people flocked to the store on the first day of opening, and the scene was extremely heated.

Every type of sugar is sold out, and demand exceeds supply.

The total profit of each store is about more than 100 gold per day. Although it may not seem like much, you must know that this is just the beginning.

The real profit of things like sugar is not direct sales, but the various foods produced through secondary processing. The fields involved are huge, and it can be said that they are closely related to everyone...

Time flies, and one year has passed before you know it.

During this period, hundreds of shops have appeared in Zhao State, and business is in full swing. Various pastries, candied fruits, and even things like candied haws made from sucrose have also emerged.

Inns, restaurants, restaurants, and even ordinary people's kitchens are full of them.

Under the deliberate promotion of prostitutes, sucrose and various derivative foods have even been distributed to surrounding countries, opening up more sales channels.

Naturally, profits are also rising. Ye Zhang made a rough calculation and found that in this year, he earned no less than 300,000 gold from sugary foods alone!

However, at the same time, the profits from Qi are even more astonishing.

I saw Ye Zhang opening the account book in his hand. According to statistics from Jing Salamander, the sales volume of white paper in the past year reached nearly 10 million pieces, and the share earned was worth millions of gold!

Seeing these data, he couldn't help but click his tongue. This is really a huge profit. Even if he does nothing, his income in one day is enough to cover the expenses of ordinary people for ten years.

But for him now, money is just a bunch of numbers. The reason why he bothers to engage in business is mainly to control more resources and channels.

Yes, during this year, Ye Zhang, apart from practicing, was planning for his future path.

In the past two years of traveling, he seemed to be wandering around, taking things as he pleased and having no goals, but in fact he had already thought about it.

If you want to survive better in troubled times, you still need to build your own strength. Although the Yin and Yang family is good, it is ultimately in the hands of others.

Looking at it, most of the truly powerful forces have gone through hundreds of years of precipitation and accumulation, but I obviously don't have that much time to develop slowly.

Therefore, the best way is to take the business route. Large-scale commercial trade can complete the accumulation of original capital in a short period of time.

It would be even better if hundreds of schools of thought could be brought in to form a group with common interests. The reason why he wanted to hand over papermaking to Confucianism before was based on such considerations.

As soon as he thought about this, he opened a scroll on the table and saw clearly drawn on it a map of the current situation of the seven countries in the world.

The more powerful Qin, Zhao, Chu and Qi occupied four points in the southeast, northwest and northwest respectively.

Now that he has settled in Qi and Zhao, as long as Qin and Chu are included in the business circle, he will have fulfilled his initial expectations...

Just when he was thinking of this, a bold voice came: "Brother Ye!"

Looking up, he saw Li Mu Zheng striding towards him.

Ye Zhang smiled and stood up to greet him, and said, "How come Mr. Wu An has the time to come to my place today?"

Li Mu heard this and replied: "I came here specifically to say thank you. My brothers in the army loved the sweets you donated earlier!"

"It's just a chat to show your feelings, not worth mentioning."

Ye Zhang said politely.

Li Mu wanted to say something else, but his expression changed, and he twitched his nose and said, "Where did this smell come from? It's so special."

Ye Zhang smiled, then chuckled and said: "The general's nose is really good, he can smell it all."

Then she called out, and the snow girl ran out of the inner room, holding a wine bottle in her hand.

Ye Chang opened the wine pot, placed it in front of the other party and said, "This is the wine I just made. I would like to ask the general to taste it."

Hearing this, Li Mu also became interested. After seeing the wine in the pot, his eyes lit up. Then he poured himself a glass with curiosity.

Looking at the contents in the cup, I couldn't help but express my emotions.

You must know that most of the wines brewed in this era were turbid, and even the best wines were mixed with impurities visible to the naked eye.

The wine in this glass is extremely clear, even more transparent than the water you usually drink.

Li Mu swallowed his saliva, and then put the wine glass to his mouth to taste it. When he took the first sip, his heart trembled slightly, and he drank it all without thinking about it carefully.

Next, without saying anything, he poured himself a second glass, still feeling stuffy.

After drinking three glasses of fine wine in a row, Li Mu just took a long breath and sighed: "It's so refreshing! It's so refreshing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his cheeks turned red quickly. This wine was really pure, even pure, it didn't even look like wine.

Seeing the other party's intoxicated look, Ye Zhang smiled softly, then poured himself a glass and tasted it carefully.

After taking a sip, he nodded. The drink was indeed good, quite fragrant, full of stamina but not choking. It was considered a good product.

At this moment, Li Mu sighed softly, with a sad look on his face.

Seeing this, Ye Chang asked curiously: "What, is there something wrong with this wine?"

Li Mu shook his head slightly and sighed: "No problem, it's just that I regret drinking this wine now."

"What's there to regret? Is it not to your taste?"

Ye Zhang asked.

Li Mu replied: "It's precisely because it's so good that I can't bear to part with this wine. I can't help but feel sad about it."
Chapter completed!