Zhao Fuxiang took Huang San out. Because Zhao Fuxiang asked Liao Dagui to go back and rest, the two servants following Zhao Fuxiang today are Liao Dagui's nephews, the older one is Liao Zhong, and the youngest one is named Liao Zhi.

Liao Zhong was in his mid-twenties, had a square head and a big face, and was very calm. He didn't talk much along the way, and his eyes never left Huang San, for fear that Huang San would do some harm to Zhao Fuxiang.

On the contrary, Liao Zhi is young and energetic. After a conversation between Zhao Fuxiang and Liao Zhi, we learned that Liao Zhi is twenty-two years old. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, Liao Zhi should have just turned twenty, the same age as Zhao Fuxiang's son Zhao Heng.

Seeing Liao Zhi, who was the same age as his son, Zhao Fuxiang was very interested and asked: "Liao Zhi, did you get into Zhang Chengde's servant team at such a young age because of your uncle's relationship?"

Liao Zhi said with a serious face: "Master, my uncle is just a general. He has the energy to get villains in, and the servants of Lord Qianhu are very strict. They must actually go into battle and see blood."

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Zhao Fuxiang asked curiously: "Have you seen blood?"

Liao Zhi chuckled and said: "I won't tell lies in front of the master. I have been in battle and have seen blood. But the head that served me at that time was indeed given to me by my brother. I was so scared that I peed my pants. How dare you go there?"

Behead someone?"

After listening to Liao Zhi's words, Zhao Fuxiang laughed and said: "Don't say you were scared to wet your pants when you went into battle to kill someone. Last night, Huang San scared me with a knife and almost made me wet my pants!"

Liao Zhi heard what Zhao Fuxiang said was interesting and said with a smile: "Master, there is no need to be embarrassed, it's human nature!"

His brother Liao Zhong saw that Liao Zhi had gone too far, so he stepped forward and slapped his brother on the head, and at the same time said: "Master, don't listen to this kid's nonsense!"

Zhao Fuxiang smiled and shook his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, Liao Zhi is the same age as my son. Looking at him is like seeing my son Zhao Heng!"

Mentioning Zhao Heng and Zhao Fuxiang, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. His son was good at everything, but he was a bit too idealistic. Judging from the Home Ownership Land he built in the army, we knew that this boy didn't know enough about this dark world.

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When Liao Zhi saw that Zhao Fuxiang was silent, he knew that there might be some conflict between the two men. Liao Zhi smiled and said: "I'm joking, I'm just a martial artist, how can I catch up with the young master! I was born in a military family, and I was destined to be a soldier as soon as I was born.

Being a soldier means that the young master will be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister in the future!"

Zhao Fuxiang was relieved by Liao Zhi's words. He smiled and said: "Boy, you should be lucky to be born in this troubled world! As long as you fight with the knife in your hand, you may be the one who becomes the prince and the prime minister!"

Liao Zhi, a twenty-year-old young man, could easily get excited by Zhao Fuxiang's words. He said: "What the master said is that the north is in such chaos. I originally wanted Master Qianhu to open a * * to join the army in the north, but I didn't know

My father and uncle didn’t let me, so I had no choice but to stay!”

Zhao Fuxiang was interested as soon as he heard about it, and he happened to be bored on the way, so he chatted with Liao Zhi. It turned out that Liao Zhi's family was not a local military household in Hainanwei. Their family was originally from Shandong and was originally a military household in Dongchang Prefecture.

In the first year of Hua, he followed the famous general Han Yong and stayed in Guangdong after pacifying the Liangguangtengxia rebellion. After many years of migration, his family moved from Guangdong to Hainan and settled under the rule of Zhang Chengde in Haikou.

Zhao Fuxiang was going to Guangzhou in a few days and needed a local person, so he asked: "Liao Zhi, do you have any relatives in Guangdong?"

Liao Zhi replied: "Yes, my eldest family still lives in Nanhaiwei, and one of my uncles is still a hundred households in Nanhaiwei!"

Zhao Fuxiang was happy when he heard this. He learned from Li Zhengdao that the city of Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty was divided into two counties: Nanhai County and Panyu County. Since this Liao Zhi family has relatives in Guangzhou City, he would take him with him. Zhao Fuxiang forgot that the Ming Dynasty Wei Dynasty

The system and the place are completely two systems. Nanhaiwei in the Ming Dynasty was not in Nanhai County, but in Dongguan County, not far from Guangdong. Zhao Fuxiang did not know that Liao Zhong and Liao Zhi had never been out and did not know the specific location, which led to misunderstandings in the future.

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Zhao Fuxiang and others chatted and hurried on, and soon arrived at Haidian Island Ferry. At this time, Fan Tong had been transferred to work as a bowman. The tax collector in charge saw Zhao Fuxiang coming again, so he dared to ask him for money.

He quickly nodded and bowed to let him pass.

There is a simple pier between Haidian Island and Xinbu Island. After more than half a month of construction, it has been ready for initial use. Zhao Fuxiang brought Huang San here to take the boat. Only then did Huang San speak: "Zhao Yuanwai, it turns out you

The sugar factory is not on the island, but overseas?"

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Huang San walked around the island a few days ago. Although he didn't go inside the factories, they didn't look like sugar factories from the outside, so Huang San and others couldn't figure out where Zhao Fuxiang's sugar factory was.

Zhao Fuxiang smiled slightly: "Yes, it's on that uninhabited island in the Nandu River!"

Huang San turned to look at Zhao Fuxiang and asked: "Executive member Zhao, if you take me to the island this time, aren't you afraid that I will bring someone to seize your sugar factory after I leave?"

Hearing what Huang San said, Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said: "Huang San, since I can bring you here, I am confident that I can persuade you to cooperate. As for robbing the sugar factory, I told you that this sugar factory is not what you learned."

That’s right, you’ll understand when you go up and take a look later!”

After hearing what Zhao Fuxiang said, Huang San nodded and stopped talking. He didn't know whether he was persuaded by Zhao Fuxiang or had other evil ideas in his mind. However, Zhao Fuxiang would never let the news about the sugar factory leak. If Huang San agreed to cooperate, everyone would be happy.

If this guy doesn't agree, he won't be able to see the sun tomorrow!

After ten minutes of sailing, the ferry arrived at the pier of Xinbu Island opposite. It was full of large 50-pack boats. These boats transported the goods from Haidian Island and then transported the sugar out of Xinbu Island. Zhao Fuxiang

Using these small boats is also a helpless move. The mouth of the Nandu River is shallow and sea-going ships with heavy loads cannot enter. At the same time, the pier on Xinbu Island is an emergency pier and cannot accommodate sea-going ships. There is no other way but to use the spirit of ants to move.

Small boats transfer between the two islands.

At this time, Xinbu Island was very different from three months ago. The road connecting the dock and the factory had been smoothed, and even two oxcarts could run parallel. A country bumpkin like Huang San had never seen such smooth road before.

The main road, which is smoother and wider than the official road outside the city, was crowded with oxcarts transporting sugar. Fifty or sixty of them were jostling, waiting for the small boats on the dock to transport the goods.

Huang San watched for a long time before asking: "Executive member Zhao, are these oxcarts transporting sugar?"

Zhao Fuxiang nodded, led Huang San to a bullock cart, reached out and took a little sugar from the cattail bag, handed it to Huang San and said, "Try it!"

Huang San looked at the small handful of frosting sugar in his hand. No! According to this, it can be called white sugar. This handful of white sugar was crystal clear and showed a snow-white color under the sun. Huang San rubbed it with his hands and found that the white sugar was all white.

It's a small particle like a grain of sand. If you put it in your mouth with your fingers, a sweet taste without any bitterness will hit your taste buds.

Huang San smiled and said: "Executive member Zhao, your craftsmanship is really amazing. This kind of white sugar has no bitter taste, it is really the best!"

Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said nothing, waved the oxcart to leave, and then took Huang San and walked towards the island. After walking for three miles along the wide sand-padded road, he turned around a forest and saw a cluster of factory buildings. Here

It's Zhao Fuxiang's sugar factory. Of course, the place has also changed. It's no longer the miserable look it had a few months ago with two thatched houses and four sedimentation tanks.

The current sugar factory has three rows of wooden houses, which are where workers rest. In addition to these, there are also living areas such as canteens, dining halls, toilets, and washing areas. There is also a straw shed next to the dormitory. This is actually

A canteen. Of course, the canteen in the Ming Dynasty was not called a canteen, but its function was similar to that of later canteens. It sold some needles, threads, snacks, non-staple food, etc. In addition to these canteens, there was also a large iron bucket in front of them. Huang San walked in and saw that there was herbal tea inside.

The color is very dark.

Zhao Fuxiang came to the canteen and asked the salesman to pour a cup of herbal tea for each of them. Huang San took a sip and his eyes lit up. He quickly drank the cup of herbal tea and then asked: "Executive member Zhao, this is not from Guangdong."

Diao Sha tea? Why is it sold here? No, Diao Sha tea is not sweet, sugar is added to it?"

What Zhao Fuxiang made was the Wong Lo Kat herbal tea of ​​later generations, but the formula was a little different. Because of the hot weather in Guangdong, people used various herbs to brew herbal tea very early. In the Song Dynasty, people were selling it along the streets. Wong Lao Kat herbal tea was only one of the later generations during the Guangxu period in the late Qing Dynasty.

A man named Aji promoted Guangzhou herbal tea, so he took the name Wanglaoji.

Zhao Fuxiang made Guangzhou herbal tea. The ingredients were similar to those of Wang Laoji in later generations. It was also made from Chinese herbal medicines such as grass jelly grass, bucha leaves, chrysanthemums, honeysuckle, prunella vulgaris, and licorice. However, this herbal tea had a strange smell, so Zhao Fuxiang added an appropriate amount of it.

White sugar, thus forming a herbal tea that tastes similar to Wanglaoji.

Sugar was a rare item in the Ming Dynasty. As the saying goes, salt sellers drank light soup, and masons lived in

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The workers in the sugar cane houses in Caofang and Leizhou Prefecture cannot afford white sugar. When they are greedy, they can only squeeze some sugar cane juice to satisfy their craving. However, this sugar cane juice is bitter and astringent, and the taste is naturally not as good as this herbal tea.

When Zhao Fuxiang heard Huang San ask about herbal tea, he smiled and said: "Yes, it's the herbal tea from Guangzhou, with sugar added in it! These workers work very hard every day, so these herbal teas are provided for free to prevent them from dehydration!"

After hearing this, Huang San didn't know whether to praise Zhao Fuxiang for being a good person or to call him stupid. These sugars were all made of silver, and they were given to these workers to drink. It was really a waste.

Huang San didn't know that brown sugar was actually added to this herbal tea, which is the residue left after many filtrations. Most of these residues are pigments, so it is difficult to decolorize. However, after several filtration procedures, these residues

It has no external smell, so it was used by Zhao Fuxiang to add it to herbal tea. The color of herbal tea is so dark that it cannot be seen by adding brown sugar.

Those uninformed workers thought that the kind-hearted Mr. Zhao gave them herbal tea with sugar, and all of them expressed their gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.

A few people drank herbal tea and walked along the road. After walking another two miles, they had already reached the center of the island. This is the core area of ​​the sugar factory and the location of the production workshop.

The guards here are not as relaxed as in the dormitory. There is a tall wooden fence outside the sugar factory, and three-meter-high watchtowers are built at certain distances. At the same time, there are joint defense teams patrolling the fence from time to time.

The appearance of an enemy.

The leader of the patrol team here became Ma Desheng. Zhang Shitou was Zhang Rong's confidant, so Zhang Rong immediately transferred Zhang Shitou back after becoming a Qianhu, and became Zhang Rong's right-hand man. As for Ma Desheng, he is older.

, and still had some disabilities. The most important thing was that Ma Desheng was Zhang Guozheng's personal soldier. Naturally, such a person could not be used, so Ma Desheng was left on Xinbu Island.

After the pirate incident, Zhao Fuxiang vigorously expanded his army. In addition to expanding his son Zhao Heng's new army to 100 people, his own joint defense team increased to 200 people. At the same time, Zhao Fuxiang also wanted to set up a team training based on the joint defense team after returning from Guangzhou.

, we must greatly strengthen our own strength.

Zhao Fuxiang and others came to the fence. Liao Zhong stepped forward and called the door: "Who is on duty today? Go and report, the master is here!"

A servant inside the door looked outside and hurried in to report the news. After a while, Ma Desheng, who had only one hand, came over. Ma Desheng ordered the door to be opened. Zhao Fuxiang walked in and said with a smile: "Old Ma, how are you? There is nothing to do today.

Bar?"

Ma Desheng smiled and said nothing. He looked at the people behind Zhao Fuxiang. He knew the Liao brothers, but he didn't recognize Huang San. At the same time, Ma Desheng saw the water lines on Huang San's face, the tan on his neck and arms, and his hands.

It's calloused, and at first glance, it looks like someone who has been making a living at sea all year round.

Ma Desheng frowned and asked, "Mr. Zhao, is this man a pirate?"

Huang San knew the disabled person in front of him. This guy looked disabled but was not polite at all. At that time, many pirates died at the hands of this disabled person, so Huang San hurriedly hid aside.

Zhao Fuxiang smiled and said: "Old Ma, this is Huang San, the leader of the pirate group half a month ago. Today I will take him to visit the sugar factory!"

Ma Desheng didn't care what happened to Zhao Fuxiang's property. Since you agreed, Ma Desheng didn't say anything. He stood aside and let Huang San in.

Zhao Fuxiang took Huang San into the sugar factory. Today's sugar factory is no longer what it used to be. Now the sugar factory has four sets of filter tanks. These tanks are not waterproofed with oil sludge, but replaced with stronger and waterproof cement.

In addition to these, there is also a drying workshop. Naturally, here, instead of boiling the water out bit by bit, a boiler is used.

Zhao Zhikuan specially designed a low-pressure boiler for the sugar factory. This boiler is similar to the heating boiler of later generations. It uses a Lancashire-style three-heat tube boiler. In addition to providing hot water for production, this boiler can also provide drying

Steam, the saturated solution is transported here from the filter tank and put into the steam kettle. The 200-degree steam will quickly evaporate the water in the saturated solution. At the same time, because the humidity of the water vapor is very high, it will not cause the sugar to evaporate.

Yellow zoom, so production speed is fast.

Huang San had seen this before. He looked at the big chimney with black smoke in a daze. At this time, the boiler was exhausting, and a scream came over. Huang San jumped up in fright, causing some workers passing by to laugh.

I cursed in my heart that this is a bumpkin from there who has never even seen the pressure relief and exhaust from the boiler.
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