Chapter 291 White Sugar Explodes
This is cheaper than the malt candy I’ve been buying for more than ten years. I must stock up!
The owner of the malt candy shop had dull eyes and even ignored the other party's words. He looked so devastated that people felt pity for him.
The old man understood immediately.
He patted the other man's shoulder comfortingly and said, "Dude, business is tough. You'd better dispose of your malt sugar as soon as possible. I guess this will be the sugar you get from now on!" He gave a thumbs up.
His stall was only related to malt sugar, but he could calculate that if he used white sugar in the future, the profit would be 50% more!
If it is a real sugar merchant, once he purchases more goods, the profit is likely to increase by two or three times!
With this thought in mind, he revealed the news he had just overheard: "This grocery store also sells malt sugar and brown sugar at the back, and the prices are about the same as now."
After hearing this, the owner of the malt candy shop finally couldn't hold back his tears.
"Old Dong, do you still want some malt sugar? I'll sell it to you for fifty cents!"
The old boss was embarrassed: "Brother, I haven't made any money this year, so I really can't help you."
After saying that, he hurried away holding the candy jar in his hand, and no longer wanted to buy the candy in the shopkeeper's hand.
The grocery store's sugar was sold out in just half a day.
You have to know that this is ten days of goods!
Even Zhu Mingqing who was in the inn was shocked.
Wen Baolu had also been recovering rapidly under Zhu Mingqing's meticulous care over the past few days, and he immediately asked, "Madam, would you like to restock?"
Zhu Mingqing thought about the production speed at Guancheng: "How much is left in the warehouse?"
"About a thousand pounds!"
The sugar factory can produce about 500 kilograms of white sugar every day, and the sugarcane on the farm is limited. Even if there are countless sugarcanes in the fairy palace, they still have to do some superficial work and transport them from the south.
What's more, one thousand kilograms can supply dozens of grocery stores, and it would be good if each store can get twenty kilograms!
This is the capital of Youzhou, so we have more inventory.
But today we have already sold 1,300 kilograms, and that’s still under limited supply.
"Starting tomorrow, we will limit the quantity and only sell 100 kilograms per day!" said Zhu Mingqing.
Wen Baolu nodded and suggested, "Can we expand the scale of the sugar factory?"
Zhu Mingqing didn't answer but asked, "How are you feeling today?"
Wen Baolu smiled faintly: "Thanks to the miraculous medicine my wife sent me, I'm already well again, and there are no sequelae left!"
"That's good. Why don't you return to Guancheng tomorrow and take charge of this matter?" Zhu Mingqing said, "I will write a letter to Prefect Wang. If there are not enough people, we can recruit workers from other places."
Life is very difficult in the entire northeastern part of Youzhou. If people knew there was a sugar factory that provided food and accommodation, many people would probably move there.
"Madam, aren't you going back?" Wen Baolu was surprised.
Zhu Mingqing shook his head: "I have something else to do, let's wait a few more days."
It was originally agreed that Wen Baolu would leave the city the next day, but soon the owner of the grocery store came to the door and said that someone was visiting and wanted to cooperate with the Ming family in selling candy.
Wen Baolu stepped in to resolve the matter. The current sugar production cannot even meet the needs of their own company, so how could they cooperate with others?
But soon, not only these scattered merchants, but also the Wan family and the He family, the largest sugar merchant in the city, visited the grocery store to seek cooperation.
This time, Wen Baolu didn't need to show up. Prince Zhou went straight to the grocery store and many people learned about it.
"Ah, I didn't expect that Prince Zhou would be so greedy." Master He sighed and looked at Master Wan beside him: "Brother Wan, you have a cooperation with the Ming family. How are you going to solve this matter?"
Mr. Wan was about fifty years old, and a gleam in his eyes flashed: "If the Ming family were smarter, they would know what to do."
Even with the support of Prince Zhou, the Ming family's foundation is too shallow.
Just like a newly planted sapling, it may die if a strong wind blows.
Therefore, it is necessary to work hard to take root and form a complex root system underground in order to survive.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see the profits in the sugar business. If the Ming family continues to hold on, once the storm comes...
Zhu Mingqing was also discussing this matter with Wen Baolu at the same time.
White sugar is now equivalent to a monopoly, so it is definitely not possible to cooperate in running a sugar factory, but it is still possible to make malt sugar together.
Wen Baolu didn't understand: "Since they want to cooperate, they must be eyeing the profits from sugar. How could they give up so easily?"
Zhu Mingqing smiled and said, "When sugar production catches up later, it's not impossible to cooperate and sell sugar to them, but not now. The reason why malt sugar is so expensive is firstly due to the price of grain and secondly due to the low production. The Ming family has no shortage of grain! What's more, grain is not the only raw material for sugar production."
Wen Baolu was surprised: "Madam, do you have any other ways to make sugar?"
It is already amazing that sugarcane can be made into brown sugar and white sugar, but there is actually a method.
Even though he had known for a long time that his wife was powerful, at this moment, Wen Baolu still couldn't help but admire her!
"You know this vegetable, right?" Zhu Mingqing pointed to the red and purple beetroot on the table nearby.
Wen Baolu thought of something and asked in surprise, "Beets, are they the same as sugarcane?"
Zhu Mingqing nodded slightly: "Go talk to them, and start by cooperating to make malt sugar!"
Anyway, everyone knows how to make malt sugar, and it can also solve part of the food problem.
Anyway, after the third repair, the flow of time in the Immortal Palace is getting faster again, and now a large amount of food can be harvested almost every two or three days.
In addition to malt sugar, brown sugar, and white sugar, there are also red sugar, black sugar, rock sugar, sugar cubes, etc.
With the exception of malt sugar, almost everything can be made from sugarcane and beets.
However, the raw materials cannot be kept secret for long. It depends on who can build a reputation faster and occupy the market.
Mr. He was very dissatisfied after receiving the reply, but he also knew that sugar was a good business and he could not directly force others to cooperate.
So after discussing with Mr. Wan, he built a sugar factory in the provincial capital and prepared to start operation officially next year.
After a period of promotion, the popularity of white sugar did increase, but due to production issues, it was basically only circulated in places such as Jizhou and Youzhou.
Many businessmen tried various channels. Some of them found out that this business was related to Prince Zhou, and even found Concubine Xu, wanting her to come forward to mediate.
Concubine Xu has also heard about it recently, but she has no energy recently because Zhou Yezhou's whereabouts have been very strange!
He actually visited a courtyard in the north of the city one after another.
While he was in the mansion, Concubine Xu sent someone to check it out, and discovered that the person living there was actually the wet nurse whom she thought had been dead for more than ten years.
I felt terrible at that moment.
The fact that Zhou Yezhou was able to find the wet nurse's whereabouts meant that she had become suspicious of him. How much did he know?
Concubine Xu could no longer sit still, so she took advantage of the night and went to Manager Jin's room.
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