"But the quantity is still not enough. It would be better if there were enough beets." Lu Ming shook his head regretfully. There was no way to solve this problem at the moment.
Beets require a growth cycle. Even if he mobilized all his forces to plant beets, the output would still not be enough in a short period of time.
Moreover, the Ruan family also needs beets as dye. Thinking of this, Han Xiao pondered for a while. There are many crops that can be used to make sugar, such as corn, sweet potatoes, and wheat, but the current problem is that there is no way to find these crops.
There was wheat, but in ancient times a large number of people did not have enough to eat, so it was impossible to use wheat to make sugar.
"Uncle Lu, there is another crop that can produce sugar that is even better than beets." Han Xiao decided to tell Lu Ming about the sugarcane.
"Oh? What is it?" Lu Ming was excited and interested. There was something better than beets?
"Yes, this thing is called sugarcane. You can look for it in southern Fujian. Sugarcane looks like this..." Han Xiao gestured to Lu Ming about the appearance of sugarcane.
Because Han Xiao only knew that it was called sugarcane, but he was not sure whether it was called sugarcane in ancient times. To be safe, Han Xiao needed to draw it and show it to Lu Ming, and then Lu Ming would send someone to look for it.
This two-pronged approach may be able to solve the problem of low sugar production.
Holding the sugarcane painted by Han Xiao, Lu Ming looked at it for a long time. He had been to the southern Fujian region in his early years, but he had never seen this thing before.
"Okay, then I'll send someone to look for it now. You also need to keep an eye on things here." Lu Ming carefully put the drawings away and put them in his arms. This was his treasure.
Han Xiao nodded and things were basically on the right track. Lu Ming probably wanted to train him for Han Mingyuan's sake.
It's not that Han Xiao is ungrateful, but he is too easy-going. He thinks that having enough money is enough. As for other things that have nothing to do with him, he never cares.
"Uncle Lu, there's one more thing. You need to make time in March."
Lu Ming was stunned for a moment. What kind of thing required special time to be made?
Then he remembered something: "Oh, your marriage to the Ruan family, right? I almost forgot about you, kid. I haven't even congratulated you yet, but you can marry the treasure of the Ruan family."
Although Lu Ming is not often in Qingping Town, he has heard about the major events that have happened in Qingping Town.
Especially after Han Xiao slapped the Chen family in the face at the Lantern Festival, Lu Ming also had no good feelings towards the Chen family. When Yipinlou first arrived in Qingping Town, it was often tripped up by the Chen family.
However, after knowing that Lu Ming had a strong background, the head of the Chen family found a scapegoat and came to apologize.
Therefore, Lu Ming has never had a good impression of such hypocritical hypocrites.
"Uncle Lu, you're joking. I'm grateful that Uncle Ruan didn't despise me and willingly accepted my marriage." No matter how thick-skinned Han Xiao was, he felt a little embarrassed at this moment.
Lu Ming couldn't help but feel a little bit of a toothache when he saw Han Xiao's expression: "Okay, I don't know you, you little brat, don't pretend to me that you can laugh in your dreams every night."
Lu Ming really came true. The closer the wedding date got, the more Han Xiao couldn't sleep. Every day he dreamed of marrying the young master home as soon as possible.
"But Han Xiao." Lu Ming looked at Han Xiao and his expression suddenly became serious.
"What's wrong, Uncle Lu? Why are you suddenly so serious?" Han Xiao was also startled by Lu Ming's serious expression.
Lu Ming thought for a long time before continuing, "Young Master Ruan is a true princess. Marrying you is indeed marrying down. I know you are not a treacherous person, but you have to promise me that after marrying Ruan Zhu, you will not marry anyone else."
Han Xiao was surprised. As far as he knew, the Ruan family and the Lu family seemed to have no intersection. Why did Lu Ming suddenly tell him so seriously today to take good care of the young master?
Although he didn't understand why Lu Ming said that, Han Xiao also put away his joking expression: "Don't worry about Uncle Lu making fun of you, Ruanruan is the first person I like. I like him now, and in the future, there will only be Ruanruan."
"Hahahahahahaha, well, I, Lu Ming, was right about you. Don't be so nervous. Uncle Lu was just joking with you. I just think that the young master of the Ruan family is so handsome and you can't let him down." Lu Ming laughed out loud and returned to his usual playboy appearance.
Han Xiao looked at Lu Ming's expression and didn't think that Lu Ming was just joking with him.
Moreover, Han Xiao was probably saying that marrying a young master from the Ruan family was not enough and he wanted to take in a few concubines. Lu Ming probably wouldn't let him see tomorrow's sunrise.
Although he didn't understand why Lu Ming valued the young master so much, as long as there was no threat to the young master, Han Xiao would not ask any questions and would just treat the matter as a joke.
The two talked for a long time, and Han Mingyuan also came back. After the Lantern Festival, Han Que and Han Yuer were going to school, so Han Mingyuan went to relax with them.
Han Mingyuan didn't look surprised to see Lu Ming coming. He just said slowly, "Why did you come back so soon this year? I remember you only came back around Qingming Festival in the past few years."
Lu Ming looked at Han Mingyuan and said, "Brother Mingyuan, please don't ask questions when you already know the answer. It's all thanks to your good son. He has helped me a lot."
"Oh? Han Xiao?" Han Mingyuan sat next to Lu Ming. Han Mingyuan knew about the sugar business, but business was not his forte, so he never asked about the transaction between Han Xiao and Lu Ming.
"Yes, look what this is." Lu Ming pushed the account book to Han Mingyuan.
Han Mingyuan picked it up and took a quick look. He was immediately surprised by the account inside: "This...is this done by you and Han Xiao?"
Lu Ming leisurely drank his tea and glanced at Han Xiao. This kid was hiding something so well that he didn't even tell his own father.
This was really unfair to Han Xiao. It wasn't that Han Xiao didn't tell him, but he did tell him. Han Mingyuan didn't take it to heart and didn't have the time to calculate these things.
A few years ago, the father and son were very busy. Han Xiao was so confident that he could just sit back and do nothing and be the boss. He was lucky enough to remember that he had such a contract with Lu Ming.
Moreover, the amount of beets was not large, and Han Xiao really couldn't imagine that Lu Ming could make such a huge profit.
"Yeah, you didn't expect that, did you? I told you to just study hard. Han Xiao's ability to make money is much better than yours."
Han Mingyuan put down the account book, still feeling a little uneasy. Looking at Han Xiao, he felt a little guilty. His son had done so many things without his knowledge.
Han Xiao, who was still thinking about what kind of house to buy for the young master, suddenly felt a chill and looked in the direction that made him feel chilled.
Sure enough, Han Mingyuan had a loving yet sad expression on his face.
Han Xiao was speechless: "Dad, can you please not have that expression? It's creepy and gives me goosebumps." He shuddered after saying that.
Han Mingyuan suddenly lost all mood, and had only one thought in his mind: this brat deserves a beating.
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