This attitude alone surpasses that of many others.

"Very good, Gu Yunyang, I'll remember you."

In fact, Mayor Chu had remembered Gu Yunyang a long time ago.

Afterwards, Gu Yunyang took Chief Chu to the sugar workshop.

Mayor Chu asked curiously, "Sugar making? You actually have a sugar-making workshop here?"

Sugar is a very precious thing.

These days, sweet soup is only served to distinguished guests.

For ordinary people, a bowl of cold boiled water is already a good thing.

When visiting relatives, people always bring their own food rations.

Gu Yunyang remembered that a friend had told him in his previous life that when he was a child, he went to his grandmother's house and as soon as he arrived, his grandmother happily cooked him sweet eggs.

This is the best expression of a grandmother's joy over her grandson.

Eggs are one of the most important ways for farmers to make money.

The nickname "chicken butt bank" is no joke.

Sugar is a precious commodity and is not something that is taken out lightly.

These two things together represent a grandmother's love for her grandson.

Gu Hanping started boasting again: "This is also a technique that our Secretary Gu saw at the Capital Library and brought to our Red Flag Brigade. No one else can learn it."

Fu Shuhua suddenly said, "Actually, our commune has also started building a sugar factory. However, Secretary Hao and I are not very supportive of it. It was our Deputy Secretary Zhou who took the lead, and the factory is already under construction."

Mayor Chu was somewhat curious, as this was the first time he had heard a different opinion.

When they came down to conduct research, all they heard were the same old words of praise.

He did see a lot at the Red Flag Brigade.

It should be said that during this investigation, he saw a completely different Red Flag Brigade.

The Red Flag Brigade in the past existed only on paper and was forever a synonym for backwardness and poverty.

But Gu Yunyang's arrival brought knowledge and change to this place.

The fact that it was a sugar-making workshop already greatly surprised Chief Chu.

Then I heard Fu Shuhua mention the situation in the commune, which was a negative example.

Mayor Chu looked over. Gu Yunyang originally did not want to get involved in the commune's struggle.

At this point, all he could do was sigh, guide the way, and say, "Chief Chu, let's take a look at the sugar-making process. There are only seven or eight steps in total. The earlier steps are all very simple; the only key is the final sugar-making process. Once you see it, you'll understand."

When Gu Yunyang led them in, the scene in front was indeed very simple.

As long as you have sweet potatoes and a stone mill, you can make it.

Until they saw barley malt.

"this?"

"This is barley. We can't grow barley here. I had a friend exchange it for this in the north. We used rice from here in exchange."

Exchanging refined grains for coarse grains was something that ordinary families did in this era.

But the catalyst used to exchange for sugar is something many people haven't thought of.

Afterwards, Chief Chu personally observed the role of barley malt in the sugar-making process and nodded in approval.

He realized that if the commune wanted to produce sugar, it would need to obtain barley.

The Red Flag Brigade operates on a small scale, and they don't actually use much barley every day.

However, if Baishi Commune is to build a factory, it will need a lot of barley.

Isn't this ridiculous?

Where did they get so much barley?

It needs to be continuous, every day.

Just then, a delicious aroma wafted over, and Gu Yunyang quickly said, "It's noon, Chief Chu. Why don't we go to the brigade headquarters? I'll have the brigade commander report to you. I'll show off my skills and cook you a couple of dishes."