AWB Chapter 229: Killing the donkey
Chapter 229: Killing the donkey
Open the book on the corner of Mo Jinyi's desk.
Li Desheng looked at this scene and the corners of his mouth twitched. The little princess was becoming more and more daring.
The Queen and Concubine Rong also watched her actions with fear and trepidation.
Although Princess Zhaoyang is favored, this concerns Your Majesty's authority.
She was afraid that His Majesty would be angry and punish her.
They glanced at Mo Jinyi secretly and found that he didn't seem to be angry at all, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
Mo Sheng had no idea that they were worried about her behind her. After opening the book, she opened it directly, took out a note from it and handed it to Mo Jinyi.
"what?"
Mo Jinyi put down the red pen in his hand, took Mo Sheng's things, and asked with a frown.
"Look"
Mo Sheng spoke briefly and was too lazy to say another word.
[Father, Father, these are two recipes for making sugar.]
This can just solve your urgent problem. After solving it, quickly get those people out of the palace.
Those three men are not good people. I really don’t want a sword hanging over my head all the time.]
Mo Jinyi sighed, this son is truly a rebellious son.
Except for the period when he was practicing speaking, this child now tries not to speak unless he can, but he is always mumbling in his heart.
But he couldn't refute it.
Mo Jinyi glanced at Mo Sheng lightly, then carefully studied the note in his hand, only to see two ways of making sugar written on it.
One is to make sugar from sugar cane and the other is to make sugar from beetroot.
In case they didn't know what beetroot was, a simple diagram was carefully drawn for them.
Very clear.
First, how to make sugar from sugar cane
1. Making brown sugar
Wash the sugar cane, mash it to get sugar cane juice, heat the sugar cane juice, evaporate excess water, and you will get brown sugar.
2. Making White Sugar
The sugar cane is pressed or mashed to produce the sugar cane juice.
The sugar cane juice is then heated, neutralized, and filtered to obtain a clarified liquid, which is then boiled and evaporated to obtain syrup, which is then boiled to make paste sugar, which is then processed to separate the sugar crystals and molasses to obtain white sugar.
Second, beetroot sugar making.
1. Cut the washed beetroot into thin slices, cut into granules, and then mash into a paste.
2. Put the mashed beetroot into gauze and squeeze out the juice. Repeat this step several times until the filtered juice is free of other impurities.
4. Heat and concentrate the filtered beetroot liquid so that the concentrated juice contains higher sugar content.
5. Crystallization: The concentrated beetroot juice is cooled and the sugar in it begins to crystallize. The crystallized sugar will settle to the bottom.
6. The crystallized sugar will be collected and spread out to dry, allowing its moisture to evaporate again to obtain dry beet sugar.
Mo Jinyi looked at the note in his hand with a look of ecstasy in his eyes.
With this, the imperial court can make sugar by itself, and it will no longer be controlled by those aristocratic families.
Although the white sugar made by these two sugar-making methods cannot reach the quality of later generations with ancient equipment, it should be sufficient.
However, Mo Sheng still emphasized it.
[Father, although other sugars are easy to make, white sugar cannot be ignored.
This is an important strategic material.]
Upon hearing this, Mo Jinyi said that he understood.
But he looked at Mo Sheng with a puzzled look.
Why didn’t you take out this good thing earlier?
Mo Sheng smiled awkwardly.
[I didn’t know this before. Today, when I was eating melons, I found out that Beiyun’s sugar-making technology is in the hands of aristocratic families.]
Mo Jinyi snorted coldly and said nothing.
The reason why these beauties entered the palace was because the court spent a large sum of money last month to purchase sugar from those noble families.
This year they are asking for an exorbitant price, saying that the harvest is bad and there is not enough sugar.
As the emperor, doesn’t he know whether the sugarcane harvest in those places was good last year?
Seeing them lowering the price and crying pitifully, he felt a pang of pain in his heart.
He was really too angry to let go, so he had these few beautiful ladies.
He knew the identities of three of them, and they were all extremely vicious and murderous people.
However, no matter how skilled they are in martial arts, they cannot defeat the army.
When they moved into the palace, he deployed heavy troops outside.
Just waiting for them to run around.
Looking at Sheng'er like this, these people might have other little tricks up their sleeves.
Mo Jinyi narrowed his eyes and suddenly smiled.
Mo Sheng looked at him like this, puzzled.
What is going crazy again, father?
[A man's heart is like a needle in the sea]
Mo Jinyi: ………………You think you are right to guess the emperor’s intention.
He realized what was in his hand and started to chase people away.
"Alright, alright, Zitong, go do whatever you need to do first. I'm also going to get busy now."
Mo Sheng looked at his eager look and knew what he was going to do.
Isn't it just about finding someone to discuss it with?
[Father, you are killing the donkey after it has done its work]
Mo Jinyi ignored her, but he didn't mean to be nice. It was obviously for her good.
Aren't you trying to be lazy?
After Mo Sheng and the others left, Mo Jinyi turned around and asked Li Desheng to invite the Minister of Works and the Minister of Revenue.
"See Your Majesty."
Mo Jinyi waved his hand and told the two to get up quickly.
"Get up."
The Minister of Works and the Minister of Revenue looked at each other when they arrived at the palace gate. Is there anything wrong with His Majesty?
Why are you looking for them at the same time?
"Your Majesty, what is the important matter that you are looking for me?"
Mo Jinyi greeted the two of them warmly.
"Come and take a look at this recipe."
After saying that, he handed the prescription in his hand directly to the Minister of Works.
When the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Works took it and looked at it, their originally relaxed expressions suddenly became solemn.
I read the prescription in my hand over and over again.
There was a look of ecstasy on their faces.
This recipe is really a timely relief.
If they could make it, they wouldn't have to buy sugar from those wealthy families who charged exorbitant prices.
If this white sugar is produced, it will be easy for them to sanction these noble families.
The imperial court sold large quantities of sugar at a fair price and with guaranteed after-sales service.
The merchants below will naturally not choose the sugar in the hands of the aristocratic families.
They don't even have to do anything.
The noble family could not sell the high-priced sugar and thus gradually declined.
However, it would have been better if the prescription had been out earlier. The Minister of Revenue felt a little painful when he thought about the hundreds of thousands of silver coins he had paid last month.
The Minister of Revenue looked at Mo Jinyi with resentment when he thought of this.
Mo Jinyi coughed lightly and said that he would not blame Sheng'er for forgetting this matter.
The Minister of Works did not have so many thoughts. He just knew that since His Majesty had summoned him, he would definitely give this task to them.
The sugar cane in this recipe should be the one controlled by the Zhao, Qian, Li, and Chen families.
As for the beetroot, judging from the simple picture, it should be the "beetroot" grown by the people in Beijing now.
But I heard that this vegetable is not delicious and has a strong earthy smell.