Sugarcane in the north is sweeter than that in the south, so it's much more convenient to source sugarcane from Kyoto.
The production process of granulated sugar is very similar to that of refined salt, with many similarities.
After the sugarcane and sugar beets are brought back, they need to be juiced, boiled and purified, then crystallized, separated, and finally dried.
Since there was no sugarcane at home at the moment, Sun Jian could only roughly write the process on the drawings.
He believed that if Lao Jiang and his team could make refined salt so skillfully, then making white sugar would be even easier for them.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Sun Jian wrote down the entire process of making white sugar and handed it to Lao Jiang and the others to read.
"Juicing, initial filtration, heating and concentration... filtration, crystallization, drying..."
"Sir, this is similar to many of the steps involved in making refined salt!"
After reading it, Lao Jiang and Lao Cao both expressed their opinions.
Sun Jian nodded. "Yes, so after the raw materials arrive this time, I won't have to handle it for you personally. You can try it out and you'll probably figure out the proper way to do it. Be sure to pay attention to the temperature and humidity settings I wrote down."
"Okay! I'll go out to buy the goods today."
Old Cao carefully tucked the craftwork into his pocket, his face beaming with excitement.
"Wait! Gu Hu, I also need you to go and buy some goods!"
Sun Jian had a sudden inspiration and quickly wrote down several other lists.
Since we're going to do research and development, we might as well write down everything we need to do at once.
In a little while, Sun Jian will take over the Tiger Legion.
After taking over the Tiger Legion, Sun Jian's first task was to establish a special forces unit that would only obey his orders.
His backpack already contained the necessary equipment, enough to arm a special forces unit of two thousand men.
From black gold and black iron armor to repeating crossbows, to black gold and black iron Tang swords, and even night-walking clothes and flying tiger claws, they have it all!
But that's not enough!
Sun Jian still needs to develop two other things.
"The first thing to be affected is explosives!"
Because everything you get through the system is random, high-tech items like hand grenades are extremely rare, almost nonexistent. Unless you get incredibly lucky and the system rewards you, you can forget about getting them.
If Sun Jian could manufacture explosives, the army's combat effectiveness would increase exponentially.
The second item was the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
In the future, each of Sun Jian's personal guards will need to be equipped with this item in addition to longbows and crossbows.
Furthermore, Sun Jian would upgrade the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow based on the original, transferring the techniques and advantages of the composite crossbow to the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
This will greatly increase the power of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
Thinking of this, Sun Jian had a sudden inspiration!
Damn it! There's no such thing as Zhuge Liang in this world, and nobody knows Zhuge Kongming, so he has to change the name of this Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
Let's call it the Sun's Compound Repeating Crossbow!
"Explosives?"
"Sun's compound repeating crossbow?"
Gu Hu and Gu Zijian were already standing on the left side of Sun Jian's desk. Both of them were taken aback when they saw the two words.
Their reaction also aroused the curiosity of Zhou Wan'er, Chu Qingcheng, Lao Jiang, Er Gou, and Lao Cao.
Everyone rushed forward to check, and they were all puzzled and confused.
They had heard of and seen gunpowder, but what was dynamite?
And this Sun-style compound repeating crossbow...
The name is even stranger!
They may not understand, but the three women quickly realized what was going on.
Gu Zijian, in particular, had a deep impression of Sun Jian's composite crossbow because she had personally used it for hunting.
At that moment, Gu Zijian seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly asked Sun Jian, "Husband, does this compound crossbow mean that the previous trigger-activated firing can be changed to continuous firing?"
Sun Jian smiled slightly, his eyes showing a hint of approval as he looked at Gu Zijian.
This girl is really smart!
Perhaps in other matters, her judgment is not as good as Chu Qingcheng and Zhou Wan'er, but when it comes to military equipment and weapons, this girl is simply a genius.
"That's right, it changes the trigger-pulling firing mechanism to continuous firing!"
"Wow! Husband... this... can this really be done?"
"Of course, and it's really cheap!"
Sun Jian responded.
The thinking of people in ancient times was still limited.
Actually, achieving burst fire isn't difficult. Referring to the principles of automatic firearms from my previous life, it's simply a matter of recoil and chambering using springs and levers.
After writing down all the raw materials he could think of, Sun Jian handed the list to Gu Hu.
"I won't draw up the blueprints, they're too complicated. Just order the goods according to the list written here!"
Gu Hu glanced through it briefly.
His action was entirely based on seeing where these things should be sold.
"Spring, magnet, iron buckle..."
"Sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal, flint, white sugar, pine resin, kerosene..."
Seeing Gu Hu muttering to himself, Sun Jian reminded him, "Once Lao Jiang and Lao Cao have made the white sugar, just give it to me according to the proportions."
"good!"
Gu Hu nodded heavily, treating Sun Jian's words as a sacred decree.
How could we possibly disobey?
"Sir! Could you please suggest a few names for our shop?"
"Yes, yes! Sir, we already have more than twenty shops, but we still don't have an official name."
Hearing what Lao Cao and Lao Jiang said, Sun Jian felt that there was some truth to it.
When we named Forget-Worry Valley last time, we should have named their shops too.
After all, this store will be a nationwide chain in the future, so how can it not have a powerful and memorable name?
After thinking for a moment, Sun Jian's eyes lit up, "Qiankun Hall!"
"Let's call it Qiankun Hall!"
"Qian and Kun represent the two principles of Yin and Yang, symbolizing the continuous cycle of life."
"And the name contains the character 'gan,' which is also a fitting tribute to the name of the great nation of Gan."
"good!"
"Qiankun Hall is such a powerful name!"
Everyone agreed with Sun Jian's nomination.
"By the way, Lao Cao and Lao Jiang, from now on, our shop must have new products on the shelves on the 11th of every month!"
"This news must be announced to the outside world to whet everyone's appetite and curiosity, so that our Qiankun Hall can grow bigger and bigger!"
Sun Jian's idea was inspired by the Double Eleven and Double Twelve promotional events of later generations.
Not only can products be plagiarized, but business philosophies and operating methods can also be plagiarized!
"Okay! I understand!"
Old Jiang and Old Cao kept Sun Jian's words firmly in mind.
"I just wrote down the recipe for making white sugar for you. Next month's product will be soap, and the month after that, it will be perfume. I've written these two things down for you in advance!"
Sun Jian suddenly had a whim today. Since he was going to do research and development anyway, he might as well take advantage of today to write up everything for the next few months.
Perfume and soap are more complex than refined salt and white sugar.
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