Waiting until dawn, Liu Haojia took the money and went out again. When he came back, he was carrying a bag. Liu's father opened the bag and said, "Boy, why did you buy so many lemon fruits? This stuff doesn't taste good.
, can only be used as medicine and seasoning!”
Liu Haojia smiled slightly and said: "Father is really well-informed, and even knows the rare Meng Guo! But it's good to teach Dad that the last step of this secret recipe depends on Meng Guo!"
The lemon fruit mentioned by Father Liu refers to lemons! Many people think lemons are imported products, but in fact they are not at all. Lemons are authentic products made in China!
In fact, there were records of lemons produced in Lingnan during the Tang Dynasty, and they gradually spread over time, all the way to India. During the time when the Arabs began to monopolize shipping, sailors discovered that lemons could effectively
To treat sepsis, lemons began to be purchased in large quantities and spread to the West.
The arrival of the Age of Discovery further accelerated the spread of lemons. So lemons spread throughout the world along with the voyages of sailing ships, and took root and developed!
The capital of the Ming Dynasty was a place where goods from all over the world gathered. It was really easy for Liu Haojia to find some lemons, but the quantity was just not enough.
After that, he asked Liu Haonian and his brothers to cut open all the lemons in their pockets and squeeze out the juice. The hands of these people were very strong, and with the tools prepared in advance, they were able to squeeze out a jar of fresh lemons.
juice.
At this time, Liu Haojia set up a large clay pot, mixed some white sugar with a certain amount of water, and began to cook it slowly over low heat. Except for stirring at the beginning, he basically did not stir.
He waited until all the white sugar melted into syrup and started to boil, then he picked up the clay pot filled with lemon juice, measured the amount and poured in the appropriate amount of lemon juice, and then pulled out a lot of firewood from the fire, keeping it as small as possible.
The fire slowly simmered.
After cooking for almost half an hour, the water in the syrup was almost boiled, and the color of the syrup began to become darker and darker. At this time, Liu Haojia turned off the fire and placed the cooked syrup in a clay pot.
Then he straightened up and said, "Okay, we're almost ready! But the real results won't be seen until tomorrow!"
The thing Liu Haojia spent a long time brewing is called inversion syrup, which is an important catalyst for making soft white sugar! With this kind of thing, the recrystallized white sugar crystal particles will be smaller and sweeter!
Early the next morning, Liu Haojia redissolved all the remaining white sugar, added water to boil, and then added invert syrup for recrystallization! The result this time was completely different!
As the syrup gradually crystallizes, what is formed this time is no longer one by one like white sugar, but very fine crystals. Compared with white sugar, it is extremely delicate! As for the color, although it is not as good as modern industry
The product is so white, but it is several times whiter than white sugar!
Liu Haojia pinched a pinch of white sugar and put it into his mouth to taste it carefully. Sure enough, it didn't have the faint earthy smell of white sugar, and it dissolved faster than white sugar! It can be said that it melts in your mouth and is full of sweetness.
The fragrance makes people feel very happy! Done!
After fully feeling the sweetness in his mouth, Liu Haojia motioned for everyone to have a taste. At this time, everyone else turned their attention to Liu's father. After all, he was the real head of the family. No one would do it until he took action.
Moving.
Originally, Father Liu didn't want to appear here today because he felt that his son's attempt had failed! But in order to teach his younger son a lesson so that he would have a long memory and stop listening to wind and rain in the future, that's why he waited here.
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In his opinion, although white sugar is a way to make money, it is not as big as imagined! On the one hand, there are already people doing these businesses, and people who can deal with high-end condiments like white sugar definitely have support behind them. He is the only one who can do this.
If you dive headfirst into this market, you may be suppressed!
The most critical point is that the market for sugar is not big. Because the buyers of sugar are mainly groups with a superior life, and the number of people is not large. Even if you get involved, you will not get a big market.
However, after Liu Haojia's hard work, the white sugar produced changed its appearance. Not only did it become more delicate, but the color was still as white as snow! And it didn't seem to cost much at all! It was just boiling the brown sugar again.
, and then pour it with yellow mud soup. What can the yellow mud cost?
Even the invert syrup is made from white sugar, with at most some lemon juice added to it! But how much is it worth? And the price of this snow-white sugar on the market is definitely higher than that of white sugar.
Sugar is several times more expensive! As for those wealthy families, they will definitely choose this kind of white sugar without hesitation!
Thinking of this, Father Liu put aside his thoughts and carefully picked up a pinch of sugar and put it into his mouth. In an instant, the sugar melted in his mouth. The rich sweetness was not comparable to that of white sugar!
The moment Father Liu tasted the sweetness, he was sure that once these white sugars were put on the market, those wealthy families would immediately abandon white sugar and choose home-produced white sugar! And the cost of this white sugar is almost the same as that of white sugar.
Separate, so that you can purchase other people's white sugar to make this new sugar, which will not affect the existing sugar market structure, but can also make huge profits! It seems that the ancestors have appeared, and there is hope for the revival of the Liu family!
At this time, Liu Guangyuan and others also tasted the sugar. Liu Guangyuan was even more exaggerated, grabbing a handful and stuffing it into his mouth! Similarly, he also felt that the sweetness in his mouth was so rich that it made him feel
He's feeling dizzy! Even if he wants to speak now, he won't open his mouth for fear that the sugar in his mouth will leak out!
As for Liu Haonian and the three of them, they couldn't stop eating. They stuffed sugar into their mouths by the handful! Even Liu's mother and Huancui looked intoxicated! But their eating looks were much more elegant!
At this time, Liu Haojia clapped his hands and said, "Okay, everyone, don't eat anymore. If you eat anymore, you will eat it all! Besides, you don't mind being too embarrassed!"
At this time, Liu's father finally came to his senses and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes! The waiter can make this, and our family will be indispensable in the future! Now everyone, stop eating, and quickly clean up everything in the yard. Save what should be
If you save it, save it and don’t let anyone find it!”
Hearing what Liu's father said, the others reluctantly started to help Liu Haojia pack the sugar and clean the utensils.