A total of five sugar presses were working at the same time. After a while, a large bucket of sugar cane juice was obtained. It was poured into a pot and slowly simmered over low heat. Then an appropriate amount of lime water was poured to remove impurities, and then the sugar liquid was precipitated and crystallized.
, molding, you can get a relatively pure brown sugar.
The newly made brown sugar is a large square piece, about one centimeter thick. Use a sharp knife to cut it into equal parts lengthwise and horizontally, and cut it into four centimeters wide and about twelve centimeters long.
A small piece of candy, this is the candy sold in the market.
The candy is very hard and very sweet. Although the purity is average, it is occasionally mixed with a piece of grass-like bagasse that has not been cleaned. However, such impurities are very rare, especially when Zhao Liya and the others make it.
Yes, the equipment has been improved by Zhao Liya, and the sugar produced is much stronger than what is on the market.
There are almost no impurities, the color is bright and authentic brown, the surface is smooth and almost bubble-free, very beautiful! The sweetness is also very pure, without a trace of bitterness.
Everyone started working early in the morning, and at noon, the first pot of sugar tablets was pressed and shaped.
Zhao Xiang, Zhao Liya and others tasted it and were all overjoyed.
The hardness of the newly formed candies is moderate, but it is also easy to cut. After discussing with her father, Zhao Liya ordered the masters to cut the first batch of four large pieces of candies into thumb-sized pieces and serve them on a tray.
Take it out and give it to the villagers to taste.
The villagers are jostling for the first place, cheering and laughing everywhere. This is the real excitement like the New Year!
"Ah, so sweet!"
“Delicious, so delicious!”
"This candy is much more delicious than the one we bought!"
"I think so too haha!"
"It's done! It's really done! Our village has made sugar!"
"Hahahaha, our village has really made sugar!"
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The children were even more delighted. Each of them was given a piece of candy and couldn't bear to eat it all at once. They took one lick and were so intoxicated that they wanted to lick all the syrup on their hands clean and refused to waste any of it.
"So fragrant, so sweet! So delicious!"
“I’ll come here every day from now on!”
This innocent remark made the adults burst into laughter, and they began to talk incessantly: You can't come here every day! This is what the big boss wants to use to sell money!
However, let’s talk to Mr. Zhao and Miss Zhao. Can you guys buy some cheap candies during the Chinese New Year?
The sugar pressing workshop really produced sugar, and everyone was greatly relieved! In this way, their long-term financial path was saved!
After everyone had eaten the sugar liquid, they felt relieved, and Li Zheng and the two clan elders began to drive people away.
"Okay, okay, I've seen and eaten this. It's time to relax. Don't stay here and get in the way. It's all gone!"
"That's right, let's go, let's go, don't get in the way here!"
Everyone burst into laughter and soon dispersed.
We can't stay here and delay the work in the workshop. When will we not be able to buy candy? There is no rush for this moment.
Everything depends on Rizheng and the clan leader.
In the workshop, Zhao Liya, Hu Ling and others planned to stay here for a day, while Zhao Xiang, Deng and others would go back first.
Looking at the busy scene in the workshop, Zhao Liya felt sincerely happy.
After doing some calculations, she went to talk to Hu Ling and said with a smile: "At this rate, we can squeeze five or six acres of sugar a day. We have planted a total of about 320 acres this year. We will leave some seeds to plant more next year."
I’ll do the math by planting some and leaving another ten acres as fruit for my own consumption and sale.”
Sugarcane has ratoon roots. As long as you keep the roots, you can continue to plant them next year, and the tails can also be left as seeds. So most of the seeds are already available, and there is no need to buy additional ones.
As long as these roots and tails are preserved properly, they will still grow well in the coming year.
Next year we plan to plant about 800 acres. In addition to the 320 acres of ratoons and tails this year, there are still about 1,670 acres that need to be planted with whole sugarcane.
Zhao Liya plans to leave more, enough for two hundred acres, so that it can be easily checked and filled.
Their sugarcane grows well, and one complete cane can be planted with seven. One acre of land requires about 370 canes, and two hundred acres is about 74,000. In other words, almost thirty acres of sugar cane are needed for planting.
In other words, there are about 270 acres of sugar cane that can be used for sugar extraction this year.
Hu Ling was worried about whether he could make money and asked her quickly.
Zhao Liya smiled and said: "I just did the math. Our sugar cane is growing very well. The yield per mu can reach about 4,600 to 4,800 kilograms. About seven or eight kilograms of sugar cane can produce one kilogram of yellow sugar, excluding losses.
, how can you get about 670 kilograms of yellow candy from one acre? Even if it is 270 acres, it would still be 181,200 kilograms. If the purchase price of yellow candy last year was thirty cents per kilogram, our quality
It's better, it doesn't taste bitter at all, and the sweetness is more pure. It's no problem to add two more taels per pound. Calculated this way, even if you sell yellow candy, you can make about 6,000 taels."
"Because this is the first year of planting, all the seeds need to be purchased, so the cost is higher. But in the future, the permanent roots and tails can be left for planting, which saves a lot of money."
Even if this is the case, even excluding all seeds, manual management, and even all investments in land reclamation and building workshops, we will still make money this year.
It's just that I don't make much money. According to this calculation, I have at least a profit of more than 2,000 taels.
Next year, most of the cost of the largest head will be removed, and the scale of planting will be expanded. There will be no problem at all in earning tens of thousands to five thousand taels from the last season next year.
You can plant two crops a year and double it, which is about 30,000 silver.
In the future, we will buy more land and plant about four to five hundred acres every year. We can grow soybeans and peanuts, which can be used to extract oil.
Well, is it necessary to build an oil pressing mill?
Zhao Liya now made a rough estimate of this account and only told Hu Ling.
Hu Ling was so excited, he rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Aya is still very capable! It was already that month when we came here, and we thought we couldn't do anything. Unexpectedly, we made almost two thousand taels."
It’s great, it’s great, it’s great!”
This is more profitable than in the capital!
Zhao Liya was also a little proud. She blinked and said with a smile: "This profit is calculated based on the price of yellow sugar. I want to try making it into white sugar. The price may be higher."
Hu Ling laughed and nodded: "Okay, okay!"
Hu Ling was completely convinced. As long as Zhao Liya said it, he would agree to it. Anyway, it would definitely not go wrong.
Zhao Liya counted her fingers with a smile and said: "According to the current scale, it will take about forty to fifty days for our workshop to press sugar. After ten days and a half, I will give it a try."