Chapter 587 Giving Silver to Uncle (11)
There are few women in the several courtyards over at Huanxiyuan, and even fewer who can do heavy physical work. In addition, they also have heavy farm work to do, so the sugar factory has to look for people outside.
Rather than looking for someone whose background is unknown, it is better to select people from Shangyang Village, where the overall character is good.
"Zhen Quan is right. This is something we have considered. You don't have to worry, girl." Village Chief Xu also said.
Shen Qingqian arched her brows and said, "Then it's settled. Please ask the village chief to first count the total amount of sugarcane in the village. We want to buy it in batches to prevent the sugar from being lost after it leaves the field and affecting the quality of the sugar."
"Of course I should," the village chief nodded repeatedly, "but it's too late today, otherwise I will go to Xiaonantun to find you tomorrow."
Shen Shan stood up and said, “Okay, then we’ll go back first.”
The two of them left Shangyang Village. On the way, Shen Shan asked while driving the car, "Sixth sister, our sugar factory has not started construction yet. How are we going to store the sugarcane we bought back?"
Shen Qingqian had thought about this problem a long time ago. "First, store it in the two unoccupied rooms in the yard. Once the sugar factory starts operating, the rooms will be vacated soon."
The Wang and Liu families have temporarily occupied the two rooms, but no one has moved in yet. If she goes there in person to ask for their permission, she should be able to borrow them.
"Have you decided where to build the sugar factory?" I can't just keep doing it at home.
Shen Qingqian raised the corners of her lips, "You'll know in a few days."
After all, he still had to get along with Liang Cheng, so he had to give up some profits.
Shen Qingqian went to find Liang Cheng early the next morning. To her surprise, Sheng Ze was already there, looking like he had not slept all night.
No way, are they working so hard? What important matter are they discussing? They don’t even get enough sleep.
"What's the matter, girl?" Liang Cheng yawned tiredly and asked Shen Qingqian weakly.
Shengze looked more energetic, but the stubble on his chin had appeared.
Shen Qingqian only glanced at it, then looked at Liang Cheng and said, "I'm here to give money to my uncle. It depends on whether my uncle wants it or not."
"Silver" Liang Cheng was no longer sleepy, "What silver?"
They discussed it for most of the night. There were too many things to do and too little money. Just when they were worried about not having enough money, Shen Qingqian said she wanted to give them some money. Isn't this a coincidence?
Shen Qingqian said: "I want to build a sugar factory."
"Sugar Factory" Liang Cheng's enthusiasm waned after hearing this. "As far as I know, ordinary sugar factories don't make much money."
The gap in the amount of silver they needed was too huge. If it was just the profit from the output of an ordinary sugar factory, it would be far from enough.
Shen Qingqian took out the wrapped paper bag from her small cloth bag and handed it to him, "Uncle, take a look, what if we made candy like this?"
Liang Cheng took it, opened it, and his eyes lit up. He pointed at the sugar and asked, "Did you make this?"
This was the whitest sugar he had ever seen!
Shen Qingqian nodded, "Yes, every time you boil a pound of sugar, you can make six to seven ounces of this kind of sugar."
The sugar decolorized by yellow mud water will be stratified in the clay pot. The top layer is the cleanest decolorized white sugar, and there is darker caramel in the middle. Each layer can be sold at a different price.
Of course, the most profitable product is sugar.
Liang Cheng didn't understand this and asked, "Just tell me how much money your sugar factory can make."
Shen Qingqian calculated in his mind, "If the procurement of raw materials goes smoothly, it will be no problem to make over a million taels of silver a year."
She calculated this based on the profit of 500 wen per pound of sugar.
It definitely won’t work this year because we can’t harvest much sugarcane this year, but we can look forward to it next year.
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