Chapter 293 Sugar Production Method
The Essential Techniques for the Common People records...
Sugarcane and rock sugar were available starting in the Later Han Dynasty, but their quality was very poor.
Until the twenty-first year of the Zhenguan era.
Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin) sent envoys to India to obtain the method of sugar boiling. After the process was improved during the Xianqing era, the quality was improved.
How much is this sugarcane?
Wei Shuyu stood in front of a sugarcane stall, picking and choosing.
"Sirs...sirs, fifteen catties for one coin." The stall owner trembled.
Choi Shin-ki and Bang Yi-ae don't care how much money you offer; they'll just take it and eat it.
Dare to accuse us of robbery?
I'll hit you!
"So cheap?"
Wei Shuyu was surprised.
"Sir, this price is very cheap."
"The current price of grain is 1.4 dou, which is about 3 jin of grain for 1 wen."
"Sugarcane yields five to six times more per mu than grain, and that's about the price."
The stall owner didn't realize what was going on and assumed that Wei Shuyu thought it was too expensive, so he started to explain seriously.
"Alright..."
Wei Shuyu nodded: "I'll take them all!"
"Alright, sir!"
The stall owner beamed with delight, rubbing his hands together eagerly: "I hauled a total of 300 jin, and I've just sold 30 jin. There are 270 jin left, which will cost 18 wen in total."
"Since you want a lot, I'll just charge you 17 coins."
"OK!"
Wei Shuyu waved his hand: "Little Jiji, pay the bill."
Choi Shin-ki waved his hand: "Pay for the remains."
Fang Yi'ai waved his hand: "Put it on the tab!"
Swish.
All eyes turned to Fang Yi'ai.
He was a local tyrant in Chang'an Subdistrict, a figure feared by every shopkeeper.
Will they start putting the money on my tab again?
Why...why are you all looking at me like that?
Fang Yi'ai replied angrily, "I didn't bring any money. Anyway, I'm going to Wenyun Pavilion, so I can just pay the bill there."
"Don't get excited."
Wei Shuyu chuckled and patted the other man on the shoulder: "We didn't say anything about you, so what are you explaining?"
He didn't say a word.
Your eyes are practically tearing me to pieces.
"Walk!"
Wei Shuyu picked up a bundle of sugarcane.
suddenly……
He staggered.
Not only did the sugarcane fall to the ground, but the person also nearly tripped and fell.
"Big Brother, what's wrong?"
Choi Shin-ki quickly stepped forward to help him up.
"I can't lift it..."
Wei Shuyu pointed to his pale face: "I'm not fully recovered."
From today onwards, I will be a weak and sickly person, and I must always pretend to be weak.
"..."
Choi Shin-ki was dumbfounded.
Are you kidding me?
They hit us on the head so hard that we couldn't even lift a few sugarcanes?
Wenyun Pavilion.
Business was not doing well due to the negative news surrounding Wei Shuyu.
The servants all looked listless.
Just then, Wei Shuyu summoned him to make sugar.
Making cane sugar is very simple.
Peel and chop the sugarcane, extract the juice, and boil it down...
Finally, stir until thickened, and after cooling, it becomes sucrose.
"It's so sweet."
The two licked the candy and squinted their eyes.
Now that we've learned how to make sugar, we won't need to ask Wei Shuyu anymore.
"Qiqi, why aren't you eating?"
The two men looked puzzled when they saw Wu Qiqi staring at the cane sugar without eating it.
"dislike."
Wu Qiqi, however, didn't like it: "This candy is too ugly, not as pretty as a lollipop."
The two of them took one look.
you do not say……
The color of sucrose is like that of feces.
I'm a top-tier god-level player.
Going out with a piece of yellowish-brown candy in your mouth, don't you have any dignity?
The two of them suddenly felt that the candy in their mouths was no longer sweet.
"Big pot, get it working again..."
"Yes, yes, brother, this cane sugar is really disappointing."
The two guys also joined in the commotion.
*Smack*
*Smack*
Wei Shuyu smacked him twice on the head: "Stop talking nonsense. We have enough to eat, and that's not enough to shut you up."
"It's because Qiqi doesn't like it..."
The two of them covered their heads in grievance.
well.
Wei Shuyu glanced at Wu Qiqi.
After all, she's his future wife.
After all, they've helped me so much.
Let's look into it some more.
"Get some yellow mud."
Wei Shuyu gave the instructions.
"Big pot, you're still playing in the mud?"
With candy in his mouth, Choi Shin-ki couldn't help but say something.
"Stop talking nonsense, just go when I tell you to..."
"oh oh……"
The two of them happily went off to find yellow mud.
When they returned, they were covered in mud, as if they had rolled around in a pile of yellow mud several times.
"I told you to get some yellow mud, what were you doing?"
"Big pot, you don't know?"
Choi Shin-ki clenched his fist and said indignantly, "I finally found a muddy pile, and there's a dog inside!"
"It keeps barking at its mates."
"How can we tolerate that?"
Wei Shuyu's worldview was truly overturned.
We can understand if you're stubborn.
You're picking on a dog...
I'm starting to doubt your intelligence.
"So you guys got into a fight with a dog?"
"yes."
Choi Shin-ki lowered his voice slyly, "The remains are being processed by Wangcai. We'll have dog meat for dinner tonight."
I see!
A smile immediately bloomed on Wei Shuyu's face.
He patted Choi Shin-ki on the shoulder: "Well done, brilliantly executed..."
"hey-hey."
Choi Shin-ki gave a sly smile.
Wei Shuyu looked at the yellow mud...
The sucrose is too yellow, right?
Then we'll make it into white sugar for you, crystal clear!
It just so happens to be from a past life.
Wei Shuyu came across a sugar-making video while browsing his phone and watched it carefully.
The method of rinsing sugar with yellow mud water.
After boiling the sugarcane into juice, Wei Shuyu wrapped himself in a layer of silk cloth...
Then they poured the muddy water down.
Then, using two wooden basins, I moved the contents back and forth.
"Big pot, is it safe to eat candy made like this?" Choi Shin-ki asked skeptically.
"Of course!"
Wei Shuyu said confidently.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn...
Choi Shin-ki dipped his finger in the water and put it in his mouth.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey..."
Where's the sugar?
Why is it all mud?
Um?
Unconvinced, Wei Shuyu also dipped his hand in the mixture.
Without exception, it was all mud.
Where's my candy?
Wei Shuyu was dumbfounded.
"Big brother, you're not lying to us, are you?" Choi Shin-ki asked suspiciously.
*Smack*
Wei Shuyu smacked him on the head with his other hand.
"There must be something wrong with your yellow clay."
"..."
What problems could there be with yellow mud?
Don't they all look like this?
Choi Shin-ki covered his head in grievance.
Ignoring Choi Sin-ki, Wei Shu-yu tried several more times.
Finally, we managed to get it done once.
"See that? The candy is ready."
Uncle Wei smiled.
Choi Shin-ki stared wide-eyed at the three or five grains of sugar on the silk cloth.
"Big pot, this...this isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap."
"..."
Wei Shuyu's lips twitched: "Why don't we just try a few more times?"
"But this candy is as big as an ant, how can I eat it?" Choi Shin-ki muttered.
“If you boil fine sugar in water and let it cool, won’t it just turn into large chunks of white sugar again?” Wei Shuyu scolded.
"is that so?"
Choi Shin-ki scratched his head: "But big pot, the sugar output is too slow."
Wei Shuyu was taken aback.
The method of rinsing sugar with yellow mud water is indeed a bit slow.
The main problem is that I don't have the tools and I don't know the tricks of the trade.
Don't panic.
The original video also showed another method for making white sugar...
Activated charcoal for making white sugar!
Wei Shuyu walked to the side and took out a piece of charcoal from under the large pot.
The key is to first produce activated carbon...
Clean the charcoal, grind it into a fine powder, air dry it, then put the fine charcoal into a bag, put it in a pot, and pour in water and lemon juice to soak it.
After heating for another three hours a day, the activated carbon is ready.
Of course... lemons were not grown in the Tang Dynasty.
All the existing ones were imported from Persia, and they are too rare and expensive.
However, vinegar can be used as a substitute.
Once the activated charcoal is extracted, boil the sugarcane to extract the juice, then pour in some of the activated charcoal directly. This will effectively absorb the impurities and pigments from the sugarcane.
After simmering for a while and cooling, you'll get crystal clear white sugar.
"Alright."
Wei Shuyu clapped his hands: "Let's call it a day for now."
"Once the activated charcoal is ready tomorrow, I guarantee I'll show you what crystal-clear white sugar really looks like!"
Wei Shuyu was quite confident.
However……
Choi Shin-ki, however, remained suspicious.
"Big pot, you've got yellow mud and charcoal in here..."
"Is the candy made from this stuff really edible?"
*Smack*
Wei Shuyu smacked him on the head with his other hand.
"You don't know anything."
Wei Shuyu rebuked, "After absorbing the impurities and pigments on the sugarcane, it will only become cleaner than before."
"I see..."
Choi Shin-ki nodded: "Then you do your best, I'll be waiting for your good news."
Um?
That tone, that manner of speaking...
Am I your little brother?
Snap snap snap snap...
Wei Shuyu immediately launched into a series of shots.
Choi Shin-ki was immediately filmed looking withdrawn.
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