(Third update...!)

The bean sprouts are gone... Ang Lee wants to find other ways to make money. In addition to this bean sprouts, Ang Lee's title of king has also been delayed. Why was it delayed? That is not that Wu Zetian regretted it.

It is because of Ang Lee's title of king, which aroused strong opposition from the old ministers of Li Tang.

These old ministers of Li Tang still had a place in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. These people hoped to give Li An a founding county magistrate, but Wu Zetian wanted to make Li An appoint him as a county prince at the very least.

The two sides were stuck together in dissatisfaction with each other. Later, because Wu Zetian's personal farming was about to begin, the matter of Ang Lee's title of king was temporarily put on hold.

However, it is definitely not to ignore it. You should know that Wu Zetian favors Ang Lee more and more. During this period, Wu Zetian was very busy and was all for spring farming. After all, in ancient times, it was based on agriculture.

Wu Zetian, who is already in her seventies, will also feel tired.

At this time, our Ang Lee appeared well. He gave Wu Zetian massage, cooked food, and told jokes to make Wu Zetian happy. With Ang Lee, this pistachio is by his side, although Wu Zetian was tired, his spirits were much better.

Because of this, Wu Zetian also likes Ang Lee more and more.

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The February sun shone into the garden of Li's mansion. Ang Lee leaned on the rocking chair. Qing'er was knocking on Ang Lee's legs, Zhang Lin and Xue Xue were playing shuttlecocks, and Zhang Sen and Xue Cheng were playing cards.

At this time, An Ang Lee frowned slightly and said, "Hey...you guys say, did that scholar catch him? He cheated so many merchants in Luoyang, and this scholar is really brave."

"Hmph... not only did we cheat the merchants in Luoyang, but we also made us unable to make money from bean sprouts. Now every family can grow bean sprouts. We used to be able to sell 10,000 yuan a day.

Now I can earn fifty knots a day and start laughing secretly." Qing'er snorted slightly, very upset with the scholar who revealed the method of growing bean sprouts.

"Hey... I can't say this. It's tiring to say it. Our pocket money has also been reduced... From the original three-month stake in January to the current three-month stake. This is Luoyang, the capital of Shen. What can the 300 stake do and what is enough for?"

Zhang Lin complained while playing shuttlecock.

At this time, Zhang Sen smiled and said, "I heard that the scholar kidnapped 30,000 yuan at one time, and the most popular courtesan in Luoyang."

"Really or false..." Xue Cheng immediately came to his mind and looked at him and asked.

"Of course it's true, you don't believe my news yet." Zhang Sen quickly defended his authenticity.

Xue Cheng did not refute, but nodded, and then listened to Xue Xue looking at Ang Lee and said, "Your Highness...you said you would find us another way to make money. What kind of method is it?"

After Xue Xue asked this, Ang Lee, who was leaning on the rocking chair, laughed. Yes... After the bean sprouts were exposed by the scholar, Ang Lee began to look for the business he should do. After all, there was a village where thousands of people wanted to eat with him.

Ang Lee didn't want to think about these people, so Ang Lee looked for ways to make money in the USB drive of his childhood friend, and Zhu Chao also thought about what to make money for his novels.

That is to use sugar... As mentioned earlier, sugar was a luxury in ancient times. If you want to eat a piece of sugar, it was very difficult for the people to have a lot of sugar. At the beginning, what kind of sugar you ate before the Tang Dynasty, and what you ate were maltose. Maltose was also called maltose... It is a food made of fermented and saccharified grains such as corn, barley, wheat, millet or corn.

After arriving at the Tang Dynasty, because the Tang Dynasty was an open country, all countries came to pay tribute. At this time, a kind of sugar flowed in, made in India, called Shimi.

If it is one piece at a time, it will be very expensive. Even Li Shimin has to consider eating a piece of stone honey.

Later, Li Shimin did something, what happened? He sent someone to India to learn this method of making stone honey. According to the "Tang Huiyao" record: "Stone honey produced in the Hu country of Xifan, and China valued it. Emperor Taizong sent an envoy to the Magada country to get the method, and ordered Yangzhou to cook the sugar cane juice, which was made by himself in the Chinese kitchen, and the color and taste were higher than those produced in the Western Regions."

Later, not only did I learn it, but I also surpassed India's level.

But it should be noted here that the sugar sugar, such as Shimi, is a sugar cube. Later, in the first year of Longshuo of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Indian sugar making experts were invited to introduce Indian sand sugar making method.

As the Tang Dynasty's sucrose production technology level gradually improved, the position of sucrose in social life became increasingly important. With it, thousands of delicious dishes and fancy pastries were born accordingly. However, the sucrose here is not our current white sugar, but the sugar in the current sense only appeared during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

The sugars nowadays are brown sugar, brown sugar, brown sugar... etc... but there is no white sugar.

In the Ming Dynasty, Song Yingxing summarized the "yellow mud-water sugar-drying method", which made the sugar appear in the public's sight. Once it appeared, it was really a crazy grab. Even in modern times, sugar became the main force.

There are also brown sugar, but they are definitely not the match for white sugar.

The Ming Dynasty's "Tiangong Kaiwu" records: Fujian and Guangxi squeezed the mature sugarcane that has passed the winter into juice, put it in a jar, then simmered it over fire, wait until it turned into yellow and black syrup, poured into the bucket to condense into black sand sugar.

Then put a tile funnel on the tank, use straw to plug the leak, pour the black sugar into the funnel, wait until the black sand sugar is formed into pieces, then remove the straw, soak the black sugar in the funnel with yellow mud water, and the black residue flows from the funnel into the tank below, and the black sugar in the funnel turns into white frost. The top layer is about five inches, which is very white, just like the white sugar we eat today.

This is the famous yellow mud water-drying method.

The "yellow mud water-drying sugar method" is simple and easy to use. It not only has good sugar production effect, but also has simple operation and greatly improves the production efficiency. Because of this, our big China suddenly became a major sugar-making country in the world at that time, and the sugar-making technology was also the most advanced in the world.

Ang Lee had already made a tile funnel and then half of the previous bean sprout workshop. Now Zhen Geng and Xue Ding have gone to the south to purchase sugarcane. Some people in the south are very good at storing sugarcane.

Choose a place without water accumulation, dig a cellar with a depth of 30-60 cm and a width of the long cane stem (drainage ditches need to be excavated inside and outside the cellar in rainy areas). 10 canes are bundled, stacked horizontally 5-7 layers high, and the heads of the cane can be crossed or the heads are crossed, and each cellar does not exceed 5,000 kilograms.

Fresh cane leaves are placed at the bottom, around and above the cellar, and water them twice to keep the cellar moist.

When the temperature drops below 10℃, cover the mud and seal the cellar, and the temperature during the storage period is controlled at 4-9℃, and the humidity is about 80%-90%. The cellaring method can be stored for several months or even overwinter.

Of course, the quantity is not large at all, and the price is definitely expensive. However, Ang Lee is rich now, and more importantly, if he really makes white sugar, the price will soar.

After the white sugar is sold, Ang Lee will build a sugarcane garden by himself, which can solve the lack of raw materials and hire more people. Of course, the premise of all this must be to make white sugar, and secondly, the white sugar must be sold well.
Chapter completed!