"Wait a minute, I have other important things for you to do!"
Hearing Shen Ningsi say this, Gu Hong walked over impatiently.
"Can you explain what's going on right away?" He looked at Shen Ningsi with an unhappy face. He was a general, and he had never been commanded by a woman like this!
"Um... General Gu, the most important thing when making wine is to add sugar."
Shen Ningsi said with a smile, she naturally saw the impatience on Gu Hong's face! There was no way, now she was also asking for help.
"White sugar? Shen Ningsi, the price of white sugar is very expensive. Besides, how many people can afford the wine you make with white sugar?"
Gu Hong looked at Shen Ningsi with an idiotic look.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to help, nor is it that General Gu can’t afford to buy sugar, but all the sugar in the town combined is not enough to meet Shen Ningsi’s requirements!
"Who said I wanted you to buy sugar? I have a way to make something similar to sugar!"
Shen Ningsi looked at Gu Hong with an unfathomable expression. Are you kidding me? You want her, a PhD in agriculture, to buy sugar?
"What clever trick have you come up with?"
Gu Hong was also interested at this moment, because Shen Ningsi seemed to have never done anything to disappoint him.
"There is a way, but it will require the General and your soldiers to work hard."
Shen Ningsi's fox tail was finally revealed.
"No problem, if you have any requests, please let me know. This general can meet your... needs!"
Gu Hong patted his chest and deliberately raised the word "satisfied" a little. Shen Ningsi's angry but daring not to speak out look made him feel particularly comfortable!
"Haha, I'm going to have to work hard, General! Come with me!"
"What is this?"
After a while, the two of them arrived at the backyard. Gu Hong looked at the clods of earth being pushed around in the backyard with a look of surprise on his face.
"Ash Chen, are you treating your general like a fool? Or are you going to use these beets to make sugar?"
There are abundant sugar beets not only in Wanning Village, but also in many surrounding villages.
People eat these as dishes.
Gu Hong's face was full of doubts.
"Yes, six pounds of beets can make one pound of sugar."
Shen Ningsi was too lazy to explain to him, just let the facts speak for themselves later!
He walked over, took two beets and walked in front of Gu Hong.
"General, please watch carefully! I'll only demonstrate it once!"
"Hmph, this General wants to see how you can turn these beets into sugar!"
After Gu Hong finished speaking, he followed.
Shen Ningsi took two beets and walked to the water tank. He poured out some clean water, washed the beets, and then took out a kitchen knife to peel off the skin of the beets.
In a short while, the beets that were just dirty turned into bright red flesh.
Shen Ningsi was not idle. He cut the beets into shreds, then changed the knife and cut them into small pieces.
Once you've done all this, add the beets to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer.
"Chen Ningsi, you won't tell me that this can be made into white sugar?" Gu Hong did not miss any of Chen Ningsi's movements from beginning to end.
"General Gu, what you need to do now is to understand my approach."
Shen Ningsi couldn't help it anymore and rolled her eyes at Gu Hong!
"snort!"
Gu Hong's strong feelings made Ning Si's eyes look contemptuous.
After a while, the beet juice in the pot became very thick.
Ana Shen poured out the soup and took out the white cloth prepared in advance to filter it.
At this time, the beet juice still contains a lot of impurities.
Adding lime to beet juice removes suspended matter and counteracts the acidity of the sugar solution.
At this point, the beet water can already be described as sugar water.
Next, Shen Ning thought of using evaporation to remove the moisture inside.
After doing this back and forth a few times, the sugary water was already very thick, and after cooling, it had turned into a white sugar block.
Shen Ningsi took out an iron hammer wrapped in white cloth and gently hit it on the candy.
With a snap, the candy cube broke into countless small pieces.
Shen Ningsi took out a small piece of candy and put it into Gu Hong's mouth. Gu Hong just felt a burst of fragrance from the tip of his nose, and on his lips, there were Shen Ningsi's soft fingers.
The touch of skin made his heart beat faster.
Subconsciously, he put Shen Ningsi's fingertips in his mouth.
"Gu Hong!"
Suddenly, I heard a woman's angry voice.
Gu Hong finally came back to his senses, opened his mouth and quickly took two steps back. His bronze cheeks made it impossible to tell that his face was now red.
"Sweet, so sweet!"
Gu Hong looked at Shen Ningsi meaningfully, "It was just a subconscious action just now. This general didn't intend to take advantage of you!"
Shen Ningsi ignored him, but the tips of her ears turned suspiciously red.
She hurried to the water tank, scooped up a bowl of water, and began to wash her hands as if she had touched something dirty.
When Gu Hong saw her like this, he suddenly felt a heavy feeling in his heart, as if someone was blocking his way with a rag.
“Chen Ningsi, don’t challenge my bottom line again and again!”
Shen Ningsi ignored him, and after washing her hands, she walked over quickly, glaring at Gu Hong with her round almond-shaped eyes.
Then he reached out, took a piece of candy and put it in his mouth.
"Um!"
Her eyes lit up!
Sure enough, all my hard work wasn't in vain! The sugar made from beets tastes really good too.
"Chen Ningsi, what's wrong with your brain? You can actually make sugar from this kind of earthy lump!"
At this time, Gu Hong also suppressed his temper and praised from the bottom of his heart.
"Heh... General, you should have seen clearly the process of making sugar from beets just now. I'll be waiting for your good news!"
After Ana Shen finished speaking, she lifted up her skirt and entered the room.
She wanted to go see if An An and Kang Kang were hungry, and then sew some gloves, which would be needed later.
Gu Hong looked at her back as she left, still in shock.
"Shen Ningsi, there are so many lumps of dirt, and you want me to make them all into sugar by myself?"
Gu Hong immediately jumped up in panic!
If the person in front of him was not Shen Ningsi, he really wanted to let the other party taste his iron fist!
"I just want to see the results. How you do it is none of my business!"
Thinking of the ambiguous behavior between the two of them just now, Shen Ningsi felt angry and embarrassed again.
Gu Hong: “…”
There was no choice but to roll up his sleeves and go to the front yard.
"Zhao Xianxing, go back and bring me another twenty people. I don't believe it! Damn it, I can do what Shen Ningsi can do!"
After giving the instructions, Gu Hong went back to the backyard, rolled up his sleeves and started washing the pile of beets.
The action was extremely rude.
He had never heard of using these beets to make white sugar before.
The price of sugar is so high. If our army masters the method of making sugar, will there be a shortage of military rations in the future?
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