Chapter 18 There is hope for a whole cow to come back
Although they spent all their family savings and bought several kilograms of food, Yunjing's family was not bored on the way home. Instead, their faces were full of smiles.
The feasibility of farmyard fertilizer has been confirmed, and his family is already operating it secretly. As long as there is no disaster this year, it is a certainty that the autumn harvest will increase grain production. Judging from last year's experimental experience, grain production increased by more than one-third.
Even after paying taxes, their family doesn't have to worry about going hungry in the coming year.
A better life is beckoning to their family.
In Jiang Susu's arms, Yunjing held the 'candy' rewarded by the salesman, handed it to Jiang Susu's mouth and said, "Mom, eat the candy."
Although this candy is insignificant and even disgusting to Yunjing, it is undeniable that for Jiang Susu and others, it is definitely a coveted delicious treat.
There was nothing wrong with the candies. Yun Jing had already observed them. The salesman fulfilled his promise and gave some candies that looked like children. The children ate them on the spot. Their noses were filled with snot and nothing happened.
"Mom won't eat it, Xiao Jing will eat it," Jiang Susu shook her head in refusal and touched his head lovingly. She was obviously very happy that her son was the first to think of giving candy to her.
Although she was rejected, the flash of desire in her eyes and the subtle move of licking her lips did not escape Yun Jing's eyes.
He held up the candy stubbornly and said, "Mom, eat it..."
The mother is kind and the son is filial. The picture is very warm. The Yunlin and Yunshan on the side look at each other with expressions full of happiness and contentment.
"Mom doesn't like this, little Jing, go ahead and eat it. It's delicious. If you don't believe me, eat it and see. I won't lie to you." Jiang Susu continued to shake her head, tempting Yunjing to eat sweets.
Yunjing shook his head and said, "I don't want it. If mom doesn't want to eat it, I'll keep it for you."
His behavior surprised the whole family, but they didn't think about the fact that he knew how to be filial to his parents at such a young age. They just thought it was a child having an inexplicable tantrum.
Jiang Susu thought for a while and said: "Then let's go home and divide the candy into four portions, one for mom, one for grandpa and dad, and one for Xiaojing. Let's eat it together. Do you agree?"
Tilting his head, Yunjing made a serious thinking expression, then nodded heavily and said, "Okay."
The whole family was amused by his little adult appearance.
Little did he know that Yunjing was sighing in his heart. This sweet confection, which was not even considered sugar, was only the size of a fingernail, but the whole family had to share it. Even such an opportunity might not come once a year.
Life is so harsh on the poor...
After returning home, Jiang Susu really divided the candy into four parts, and each family member ate one part. It was so sweet that it was not only sweet in the mouth, but also sweet in the heart.
He didn't eat Yunjing's portion, but just put it in his mouth. Naturally, the adults didn't notice his actions.
He really can't eat this thing. It looks unhygienic. What if something goes wrong after eating it? He doesn't have the resistance of an adult...
After the family finished eating, everyone went to work in the fields in the afternoon, and Yunjing was the only one left at home.
Sitting in his yard, Yunjing looked at the 'candy' in his little hand, with a happy smile on his face.
He thought of a way to make money. If everything goes well, not only will he be able to get a cow back to his family this year, but the life of the entire family may even undergo fundamental changes!
Sugar is the key to all this.
He did not dare to touch salt and wine, which were of strategic significance to this era, but sugar was allowed. It was no longer restricted and could be sold privately by the public.
The small piece of sweet food in his hand, which couldn't even be called sugar, inspired Yun Jing.
Make sugar, make maltose!
Flour granules with just a little sucrose added can be sold for a copper coin each. There is no reason why he can't make money by producing real sugar like maltose.
Thanks to the all-encompassing "Shaking Hands" in his previous life, Yunjing had seen a tutorial on making maltose, and it was not difficult to copy it.
The process is actually very simple. Germinate the wheat, then chop it, stir it with the steamed glutinous rice, and then leave it to ferment. During the fermentation process, microorganisms will degrade the sugar in the malt and the starch in the glutinous rice into sugar juice. Finally, the fermented glutinous rice will be fermented.
The obtained sugar juice is filtered and boiled to obtain pure maltose.
Because it is early spring, due to the temperature difference and the process of letting the wheat germinate, Yunjing estimates that the maltose can be produced in no more than twenty days.
There is wheat and glutinous rice grown at home, so it is completely feasible. The only thing you have to pay attention to is probably your own safety. The making process requires a fire. At his age, although he has the mind of an adult, playing with fire is still a problem.
It's a very dangerous thing and you must be careful.
"Two hundred grams of wheat, two pounds of glutinous rice, and in the end it is estimated that half a pound of maltose can be made. The deviation is not large. If you are a little extravagant, you can make a candy with a drop of maltose in flour the size of a fingernail. One candy can be sold for one
Copper plates, and half a pound of maltose can make at least a thousand 'candies', that is, a thousand copper plates, ten taels of silver..., hiss...! This is definitely a huge profit!"
It’s not that I don’t know, but I was startled when I calculated it, and when I thought about it in my mind, Yun Jing was so frightened that his scalp went numb.
Sugar, a delicacy that can be regarded as an absolute luxury product in this era, has no worries about selling. Even if you don't sell diluted 'candy', you can sell pure maltose.
The poor in this world are really poor, but there is no shortage of rich people. Rich people will never be stingy with their money to buy delicious food like candy.
Of course, Yun Jing has not been dazzled by violence. If this thing is not used properly, it may cause disaster. After all, ordinary people are not guilty of the crime. If people know about the huge profits, do they still want to live a stable life?
It is always wrong to think of the worst in everything. Yunjing does not believe in the security issues in this world.
Therefore, the secret recipe for making maltose must be kept strictly confidential, and it cannot be produced on a large scale. Try to minimize the risk, and stop when necessary before you lose the ability to keep your wealth.
Yunjing doesn't want to put this family in danger just because of a little money.
This home is too fragile and cannot withstand a little bit of trouble.
After thinking of the worst-case scenario and rough solutions, Yunjing felt that the problem shouldn't be big as long as he wasn't too greedy.
But for now, his first priority is to get the maltose out before he can talk about anything else.
The method of making maltose is in my mind, and even the instructional video is vivid in my mind. The next step is the specific operation, but it has to be carried out behind the back of my family.
After the maltose was produced, his parents had to sell it into money. How to explain this problem to his family at that time? Yunjing decided to discuss it later...
Knowledge is wealth. In the information explosion society of the previous life, ordinary people received more information in a day than the poor farmers in this world in a lifetime. At the right time, a little idea can change their life!
Once maltose is produced, various flavors of fruit candies and candied haws can be developed in the future...
"Huh? When did my memory become so good? I can still remember the instructional video on how to make maltose. I can even recall the memories of other past lives. Is it related to reincarnation? Tsk, if I had such a memory in my previous life
, even if you just memorize written knowledge, you won’t be that bad..."
Yun Jing didn't think deeply about how his memory has become so good, but it's always a good thing, right?
Next, he started preparing to make maltose. The first step was to steal wheat from home...
