Chapter 118: Purifying White Sugar
Luo Shuyu became even angrier and more jealous at what they said, but she didn't have the courage to ask any more questions, so she ran away crying.
Widow Qu said, "Shuyan is such a good girl. We have to protect her marriage with Lin Mo and not let anyone ruin it."
Aunt Li Shiyi nodded: "Yes, to be honest, in my heart, I treat Shuyan as my own daughter, so of course I have to protect her!"
"Exactly!"
On the other hand, Lin Mo listened to Zhao Liya's advice and planned to go to Zaihu Village to find Uncle Ruan Gui today to talk to them about building a house.
Zhao Liya and her family had originally entrusted Ruan Guishu and his team to build their house, which was done quickly and efficiently. Ruan Guishu and his team had connections, and they were able to help them find reliable sellers for lumber, bricks, and other raw materials and get the best prices.
You don't need to worry about anything, just tell them what kind of house you want to build.
Lin Mo is a person who doesn't like trouble, so this kind of easy-to-use method is just what he wants.
As for what kind of building it would be, he didn't care. He could just ask Luo Shuyan. As long as Luo Shuyan said it was okay, he would accept it.
As for Yu Xiaofang, he has no right to speak and his opinions can be completely ignored.
They stayed in the sugar mill for half a day and had agreed in advance to go to Uncle Ruan Gui's house for lunch at noon. They also took the opportunity to talk about building the house.
Uncle Ruan Gui was very happy and agreed with a smile.
Lin Mo was not short of money, so he told Uncle Ruan Gui to just do his best. He didn't need too many rooms or a too big yard, but it had to be comfortable and the things had to be good.
Lin Mo put down fifty taels of silver on the spot.
Uncle Ruan Gui was startled when he saw this, but he quickly laughed and said, "Oh, you're quite straightforward, but this is against the rules. I'm not sure if I'm holding so much silver at once. So, ten taels is enough for you, and I'll ask you for the rest whenever I need it. We're acquaintances with Mr. Zhao's family, so we're naturally friends too. Leave this matter to me, don't worry, and don't ask anything."
Lin Mo nodded and smiled, "That's best. It saves a lot of trouble! If you need someone to make a decision on something, you can ask Luo Shuyan. I may not be here every day."
Uncle Ruan Gui smiled and said yes.
Uncle Ruan Guishu did what he said. He found a good day nearby, surveyed the site, laid the foundation, and started construction.
The area around the Zhao family was bustling with activity.
After a few days, it was time to start delivering food to General Zhong Jing's military camp.
After the family discussed it, Hu Ling and Yu Xiaofang went to the garrison headquarters in Suixi County together.
Now everything in the sugar-making workshop is on track and going very smoothly. Zhao Liya is relieved. With Qu Yutao and others helping her, it is okay for Hu Ling to leave for two or three days.
Fortunately, it was agreed that the military camp would send people and vehicles to transport the vegetables, which saved them a lot of trouble.
Zhao Liya planned to wait for Hu Ling to come back and let him take charge of the sugar-making workshop, and then she would start making sugar herself, and let her cousin, Shuyan, and Lin Mo help.
She didn't intend to tell anyone about this, but Lin Mo and the others were trustworthy.
When Hu Ling arrived at the military camp in Suixi County, he thought he could see Zhou Hansheng there, but he didn't expect that not only Zhou Hansheng was not there, Zhong Jing was also not there, only Zhaonan was there.
Zhaonan arranged everything with a smile, and sent a few cars to go back with them, transporting the vegetables as well, and then settle the payment for the vegetables one by one.
The soldiers were dressed in plain clothes and did not reveal their identities. Zhao Liya did not tell the villagers at first who the vegetables were sold to.
But even in their casual clothes, the soldiers' stature, their demeanor, their gestures, were unlike those of ordinary people. The villagers were intimidated and in awe, and even more awed by their presence.
What Zhao Liya and the others didn't know was that the Gu family had been doing a lot of small things behind the scenes. They had originally instigated many vegetable-growing families to unite and demand a price increase, find fault, and make a scene. However, when they saw that each of these soldiers looked very difficult to deal with, those families instigated by the Gu family all became scared, and no one dared to make a scene.
Think about it, if the servants in this house are all so intimidating and imposing, what will the master do? And they still dare to argue for a price increase? If they get beaten half to death, who can they turn to for justice?
The government will ignore them.
Some people even realized it belatedly. The Gu family was considered powerful, right? Weren't they easily defeated by the Zhao family? Now, they were secretly goading them into causing trouble. If they had the guts, why didn't they just go and do it themselves?
Bah, what a piece of shit!
The first batch of vegetables was shipped away quickly, and we agreed to come back every three days.
The villagers who sold their vegetables first received their full payment and were all very happy. Those whose turn had not yet come were also happy, as they finally got what they wanted.
For a time, the Zhao family's reputation soared.
After arranging the vegetable sales, Zhao Liya began to refine sugar according to the original plan.
This is not difficult.
Zhao Liya had already prepared a large amount of charcoal. She crushed it into powder, poured yellow sugar into a large vat, added water to dissolve it, and then added the charcoal, stirring it to absorb any impurities in the syrup. Once all the impurities were absorbed, she filtered it through several layers of fine cotton cloth, leaving behind a clear, white syrup.
Then boil the sugar water and finally extract white sugar.
This method is very simple and easy to learn, but it is time-consuming.
When Zhao Liya first did this, Qu Yutao and the others who were helping her were all shocked: "How can you put this black carbon powder into the sugar water? This is outrageous! Wouldn't it ruin the good sugar water and turn it all black?"
After watching it all, everyone was stunned when they saw how the crystal white sugar was obtained!
"Is this sugar made from sugarcane? It's amazing! So beautiful!"
"Yeah, yeah, I've never seen sugar this white. It's so beautiful!"
"This candy is so white, it really makes people like it at first sight."
Zhao Liya naturally knew that the ingredients and sweetness of white sugar and yellow sugar are actually the same, but there is a big difference in appearance.
More importantly, things are valuable because they are rare!
It's rare and looks great. It would be unfair if it couldn't be sold at a good price.
But Zhao Liya and Hu Ling couldn't do this on their own because they had no channels.
With their capabilities, they are unable to develop such a channel for the time being.
The most important, yet also the most difficult, thing is confidentiality. Now that we have Zhong Jing, Brother Zhou, and the others, we can save ourselves a lot of trouble.
Zhao Liya felt that they would be happy to help. She could take 70% of the net profit and give them 30%.
(End of this chapter)
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