Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three Turning Corruption into Magic
Sun Shi gave a "vivid" lesson to the young officials of the Song Dynasty. Chen Tong had been proud of it since he discovered that his ears could move, but at this time he felt deeply afraid of his extraordinary talent.
What he heard during the day made him realize that Sun Shi was not a gentleman. A gentleman would not kill a good person at will.
In Chen Tong's perception, Ye An, the person who can help the people of Tokyo overcome the debt problem without thinking about himself, is a gentleman! Even if he is not a gentleman, he is still a decent person.
Anyway, he didn't see what the Kaifeng Mansion did when someone was forced to death by the Daxiangguo Temple. He just asked the government officials to go to the place where the incident happened to take a look.
Ye An listened to every class by himself. Although he could not hear it in Zishan Hall, a wooden door really couldn't block many sounds. He had been eager to study since he was a child, and he was hungry for knowledge, and even secretly took notes.
Got some knowledge.
It was precisely because of his intelligence and studiousness that he was valued by Lan Jizong and assigned to the official family as a personal servant.
He could memorize every lesson Ye An taught. Although he couldn't understand it for a while, he believed in Mr. Sun's words, "Read it a hundred times and the meaning will be apparent."
Chen Tong feels that Ye An is a good person, not because of what he has done, but because of the energy in him. Just like Sun Shi said, she will have an inexplicable trust in front of him, as if nothing can be done as long as he is there.
Difficult things.
Thinking of what Sun Xi said to the officials, Chen Tong felt cold in his heart.
This great Confucian, a great Confucian, is full of wealth. He said it well at the beginning, but in the last sentence he wanted to kill someone!
But looking at the official's appearance, Chen Tong knew that he was being too preoccupied. The official would not touch Ye An. The official's regard for him, Ye An, was not comparable to that of ordinary people. After not seeing each other for a few days, Chen Tong felt worried about him. It was ordinary.
I wish I could never see you again every day!
Looking at the dark night sky and the flickering stars, Chen Tong suddenly felt that there was nothing good in the palace. He lived a glorious life, but underneath he couldn't see the light.
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Under the dark night sky, Ye An was watching the fire carefully in front of the cauldron. It is not difficult to make sugar from beets. You can extract juice, clean, evaporate, crystallize, separate honey, and dry to get coarse sugar. After careful grinding, you can get granulated sugar.
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Sugar tastes great in this era, but the only problem is how to extract sugar from the residue to increase utilization, so as to reduce costs.
This is the most difficult part of beet sugar production, and it is also the core of the technology. At present, it is just a simple first step to collect the sugar that is easiest to collect from beets. The remaining 50% needs to be extracted through the sucrose salt method. This is
It is an important knowledge point. In later generations, many people with high school chemistry knowledge will know it.
There was a group of people squatting beside the big pot. After the Wang Gang heard that Ye An had bought this jar of sweet radish with a lot of money, they squatted here and refused to leave. As for Tieniu and Xuan'er, this was even more true.
Hou San asked curiously: "Xiao Langjun, can we really make sugar?"
Ye An shook his sore hands while slicing and rolled his eyes: "You guys are some chicken thieves! No one was there when cutting, no one was there when cleaning, and they all came after the pot was finished.
?!"
Tieniu stared at the cauldron and smiled: "Xiao Langjun, aren't we all busy with our own work? You are the only one who is fine... Ha, the moon is so full tonight!"
They didn't answer Hou San's questions from beginning to end, out of trust in Ye An.
Looking at a group of people staring at the black night sky, Ye An shook his head speechlessly.
Really, I am the most relaxed in this big house, and I am about to get married, but the yard is still a little dusty, and a big yard is especially troublesome, and a big house is not a good thing!
The cauldron has been boiled, and the finely chopped beets in it have been almost cooked. After tasting the sweetness of the soup, Ye An directed Tieniu and Hou San to pour the short-term cauldron into the prepared bamboo strips.
The soup water continuously flows down from the fine mesh. Put a wooden board on top and press it with large rocks, which is the end of the first leakage.
Looking at the dripping soup, Hou San and others naturally understood what Ye An did. After several times of boiling and filtering, what was left was the beet residue.
"What are you doing?"
Seeing Wang Bang and Tieniu carrying the dregs and preparing to throw them away, Ye An quickly stopped him, joking that half of the sugar had not been squeezed out. The sugar content in these dregs was as high as 50%!
"Master Marquis, these dregs are useless. No matter how much you cook them, you won't be able to get sugar out of them."
"Do you taste the sweetness of this dregs? It's so sweet!"
“Even if it’s sweet, you can’t make it into sugar!”
"Nonsense, of course I know! These are where I make money. Others can't boil sugar, but I can do things that others can't do. Otherwise, how can I make money?"
In the Hou Mansion, Ye An's words were the truth. Although Hou San was speechless in surprise, Wang Gang and Tieniu were already used to it.
Xuan'er coughed lightly beside her, and after a few times, Ye An knew what she meant.
The little girl has a lot on her mind. Except for the Wang Gang and Tieniu, she hardly trusts anyone, which naturally includes Hou San, who has just joined the Hou Mansion...
Playing with the remaining residue, Ye An turned to Hou San and said: "Look, the next step is the important step. I will only do it once. You must remember it clearly. In the future, you will rely on this skill to make money for the Hou Mansion.
Got it!"
After Ye An finished speaking, he ignored Xuan'er's complaining eyes and put the dregs into the water without adding too much water. He stopped when he saw the big wooden bucket was half full and said to Wang Gang who was staring at him closely: "Go get some, Master."
Prepare the powder!"
Xuan'er was stunned for a moment, and then wrote back. She thought this was the Hou Ye's reserve method, but Ye An took the powder and said: "This is lime... which is also the limestone powder. You can add it to the water after it cools down.
Stir it once and wait until it settles, then filter it with silk cloth and wash the sediment to get cold cake and filtered water."
Tieniu stared at the side and said: "Master, can you get sugar from this? Can you still eat sugar with lime added?"
Ye An smiled disdainfully: "If it were so easy, those Hu merchants would have squeezed the sugar themselves, and how could they still sell these treasures as sweet radishes?!"
Hou San didn't speak, but he kept staring at Ye An from the moment he added the lime and stirred him. He knew that Hou Ye was sure of his words and there must be a way to squeeze out the sugar from the dregs.
Ye An heated the filtered water and boiled it dry, and then he got the hot cake. After putting the hot cake and the cold cake into the pot, he mixed them again and heated them again. After gradually filtering out the residue, the water began to crystallize slowly, and a large number appeared.
Chunks of sucrose!!
Who would have thought that sugar can still be produced from the dregs that can no longer be squeezed out. This is simply a magical technique that turns decay into magic. Wang Gang and others were stunned, but Hou San fell to his knees with a plop: "Master Hou, I have given you a great favor, Hou San."
It’s unforgettable! From now on, Hou San will be a member of the Yunzhong County Hou Mansion. The whole family will come to the mansion, and I am willing to use my body as proof!"
Being able to tell yourself and teach yourself such important secrets and techniques is giving yourself a skill that can be passed down from generation to generation! Maybe future generations will rely on this craft to make a living. If I can't swear allegiance,
Can Ye An let him go with his methods?
Thinking about the miserable situation of corrupt people, Hou San felt that it was time to show his loyalty...not because of Ye An's trust, but because he was really afraid!
Ye An smiled: "Our Marquis Mansion has everything but no body contract. If you don't believe it, just ask Xuan'er if she has a body contract? Tieniu, do you have a body contract? The Wang Gang..."
"have!"
"Um?!"
"But it was torn apart by Xiao Langjun's own hands!"
Ye An looked at Hou San and said with a smile: "Don't trust those you employ, and ignore those you doubt. This is my young master's rule. Of course, you have also seen my methods. I will treat my friends with the warmth of spring, and treat my enemies with the warmth of winter."
It’s freezing inside!”
Hou San said seriously: "I remember it, villain!"
Ye An dipped his fingers into a little syrup and came out to taste it. Sure enough, the boiled sugar tasted quite good. This primitive refining method tasted better than the ones refined in later factories and workshops, but the taste was slightly inferior. As for efficiency and
The speed is even more incomparable.
Seeing the Wang Gang and Tieniu Hou San and the others excitedly starting to cut and clean shreds, Ye An felt that in this era of ridiculously cheap labor, the last item could be ignored...