Yan and Chen took a closer look, but it was Stephen, an Englishman. This guy was a gunnery instructor and also served as the British trade representative in Southeast Prefecture. He knew about the new sugar production. The key was to see that the white sugar in Southeast Prefecture was pure, white, and firm.

, defeated all the sucrose, he immediately came to ask for full purchase!

Because of their friendship in selling cannons, there will be two more ships next year. Yan Changwu generously agreed to a five-year contract between the two parties, and the British would underwrite the sales.

In the first year, the British purchased 30,000 metric tons of white sugar and 1,000 metric tons of rock sugar from Taiwan, and then gradually increased the amount, but they still received as much as they could, which is surprising.

According to the British explanation, the white sugar they purchased was not actually sold back to the British mainland, but was digested in the Indian Ocean area, mainly the Strait of Malacca---the countries along the Indian Ocean, where there are many green countries, plus India

There were princely states (actually there was no country like India at that time, it was just a geography), as well as Arabs and Ottoman Turks. They had great appetites and sold sugar very well (everyone likes to eat sugar).

In fact, the Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean regions were also suitable for planting sugar cane, but the British did not control those areas at that time, and how could they plant sugar cane as a cash crop when people everywhere had insufficient food to eat.

If the British occupy a large area, they can make arrangements. For example, this area has strong light and a variety of sugar cane, and another area grows grain, and the produced food is sent to the place where sugar cane is grown, so that everyone has food to eat.

There would be no famine, the British rule could last, and income from the sugar trade could be obtained.

At this time, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean did not have a system in Southeast Asia. One-third of the fields were planted with sugar cane, one-third with rice, and one-third with miscellaneous grains, vegetables, fruits, etc. The supply of rice as a staple food was sufficient.

, naturally dare to plant sugar cane.

To take a step back, even if sugarcane is grown in those areas, the output of sugarcane cannot be as high as that of Southeast Prefecture (Rabbit Farm says he is second, but no one dares to call him first), and the quality is not as high as that of Southeast Prefecture.

The quality of sugar is not as high as that of Southeast Prefecture.

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of taels of white sugar and rock sugar that Southeast Prefecture receives each year, it also sells brown sugar and a small amount of white sugar and rock sugar to the mainland, earning hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. The income is very stable, and it is really sweet.

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As a result, Southeast Prefecture has its own flagship product for export!

Not only that!

Sugar cane is a treasure. In addition to white sugar, in the process of producing white sugar, "molasses" will be produced. The sugar cane juice squeezed out by the sugar industry is heated, neutralized, precipitated, filtered, concentrated, crystallized and other processes to produce sugar.

The thick liquid left behind is commonly known as syrup.

It contains more than 40% sugar, but it is not suitable for human consumption. It has an unpleasant appearance and unpleasant smell. It can be used as liquid energy feed and fed to livestock. It is digested and absorbed quickly, such as for cows to eat and drink (added to the feed)

, can increase the production and quality of milk from cows, and allow pigs to gain weight after eating it.

But the biggest use of molasses is that Yan Changwu used it to produce "rum"!

Rum is the transliteration of English Rum. It is a kind of distilled liquor produced by fermenting, distilling and aging the sugar juice or molasses pressed from sugar cane. The alcohol content is 40 degrees. It is generally not sweet, and there are also liquors with added sugar.

The liquid is light yellow, the aroma is outstanding, there is no rush taste, and the aftertaste is long-lasting. The alcohol content is about 45%. The main production features of this kind of wine are: selecting special aroma-producing (ester-producing) yeast and adding bacteria that produce organic acids.

After fermentation, it is distilled and aged.

Rum is one of the most consumed alcoholic beverages in the world. It originated from areas rich in sugar cane and cane sugar, such as Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Guyana and other Caribbean countries. Among them, rum is produced in Jamaica and Cuba.

Rum is the most famous.

Now, Yan Changwu relied on the memory of a cane sugar production program he did to organize the winemakers to produce rum. This is not difficult. After all, the Chinese are the ancestors of drinking, and they produced rum.

He had previously bought a lot of suitable wine utensils in Yuegang, and after processing, he made a complete set of wine utensils for making wine.

The rum produced at this time was rough, spicy, and had a strong bitter aftertaste. Except for old drunks who dared to drink it, most people could not drink it.

The method of making Hong Mao Fan is to put the original wine in white oak barrels for aging. The period of ordinary wine is 3 to 6 months, and the high-quality wine is 9 to 12 months. There are also rums that are 3 to 10 years old.

After maturity, it can be taken out and blended, and the finished wine will be colorless or golden in color.

There is no white oak in China, so it is unrealistic to import it from afar. How could Yan Changwu be willing to give money to buy wood for Hong Mao Fan? He is very experienced in using "Chinese oak", that is, oak wine barrels to store rum. Oak and oak are from the same family.

The texture is similar and can be used to fill up the numbers.

However, the wine tastes not as good as the wine produced in white oak barrels. At this time, other flavor additives can be added to improve the taste. For example, add cinnamon, ginger and cloves, mix with the final rum, and soak for 1-2 weeks.

It still tastes good!

The British, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese all purchased a lot of rum, but the main bulk was sold to the mainland!]

Without it, the output is large and the price is relatively cheap.

In mainland China, most wineries cannot have such a large source of raw materials as Yan Changwu!

Making wine from grain?

He will be beaten by Tai Gong with a cane!

Because the climate has entered the Little Ice Age, the food harvest in the mainland has been poor all year round, and there is not enough food to eat. How dare you use it to make wine?

As a result, the production of wine has been seriously reduced, but the number of drunkards will not decrease.

Or even more, after all, one drink can relieve a thousand worries.

At this time, rum entered the mainland, with large quantities and low prices, and its sales were mainly "medicinal wine". Chinese people like tonic the most, especially taking a sip in winter. The original alcohol is strong, and with the effect of medicinal materials, hey, the whole body is warm.

Cool is just one word!

Southeast Prefecture went to war with the Ming Dynasty, but under the escort of many Ming Dynasty staunch patriots, rum successfully entered the mainland.

It was first sold in Fujian, then went north, into Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to Henan, Hebei and Shandong. Finally, it was sold to the old wild boar skin tribe by Shanxi merchants at that time. It was very popular wherever it went!

It soon became popular in mainland China, earning hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year!

…

To be honest, Tainan is not very prosperous. To be honest, the entire Southeast Prefecture is Yan Changwu's tenant farmer and long-term laborer, serving him in industry and agriculture, and serving as his soldier in war.

And business is his monopoly.

However, in recent times, many foreign businessmen with unfamiliar faces have flocked to Tainan Street. They filled an administrative center on Tainan Street with anxious faces.

They need to buy flags for overseas trade!
Chapter completed!