An alpha's ancient life record

"I don't have any clues now, let's talk about it when someone brings it back," Shen Qingshu turned and asked, "By the way, I have read the plan you made about the establishment of Tangfang. Arrange for me to meet with interested businessmen in the county."

The sugarcane harvest season will soon be here, if you don't hurry up, you may miss this season. Shen Qingshu also hopes to improve the county government's finances through this, so as soon as the time is free, it is immediately put on the agenda.

"Yes, the villain will contact you as soon as possible," Master Zhou nodded and reminded: "But businessmen who seek profit are the ones who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles. It's not easy for you to ask them to come up with money. thing."

Shen Qingshu said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, I will bring samples."

This time, the county government had no money to set up a sugar factory, and they didn’t pay a penny. They only invested in technology, which accounted for half of the profits.

This condition is relatively harsh. To persuade businessmen to come up with real money, they must see real profits.

When she was free after the autumn tax, Shen Qingshu also rested and bathed normally according to the regulations. On the last holiday, she asked the bearer to buy a batch of ripe sugar cane and come back for experiments.

The preparations for peeling and juicing have already been done by the maids, because the method of pouring sugar with yellow mud is too simple, Shen Qingshu set up a pot in the kitchen to do it, Lin Weizhi also knew her idea, and stood aside with great interest Give her a hand.

Unexpectedly, before it even started, the matter of lighting the fire gave them a big blow. The two of them, a daughter of a wealthy family, and a visitor from later generations, did not know how to burn a firewood stove.

Shen Qingshu took a picture of a cat and a tiger, lit the straw with a stick, and then put the wood on it. The straw was dyed, and it was quite big, but it burned and extinguished in a moment, and the wood remained unmoved, but the surface was blackened a little.

The two squatted in front of the stove and studied for a long time, their heads and bodies were covered with floating ashes, and they were in a mess, but they still couldn't light the fire.

Shen Qingshu finally gave up, stood up and wiped his sweat, raised his eyes and saw the two lines of black ashes on Lin Weizhi's face, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Look at your face."

Lin Weizhi subconsciously wiped it with her backhand, but she forgot what was going on with her hand, and instead wiped more and more flowers into a piece.

Her fair and beautiful face was not ugly with this bit of dirt on it, on the contrary, it showed a somewhat lively and lovely face that was different from the past.

"There are also here." Shen Qingshu pressed the corners of his lips, stretched out his hands on purpose, and wiped both sides of her face symmetrically for her. Looking at her cat-like face, he barely suppressed a smile, and pressed his fist to his lips, his chest vibrated slightly.

Lin Weizhi didn't know yet, walked to the water tank and looked down, and heard Shen Qingshu's hearty laughter behind her, she was a little ashamed at first, but after watching for a while, she couldn't help laughing.

Shen Qingshu walked to her side, fetched a basin of water, and said with a smile, "Hurry up and wash your face, there is a specialty in art, let's call the cooking lady."

Lin Weizhi looked at her sideways, and suddenly stretched out his hand with lightning speed, squeezed her face twice, then stepped back two steps, and winked at her slyly.

Shen Qingshu was stunned for a moment, and also took a photo into the tank, she was not surprised that she had expected it, and just laughed indulgently.

Even though they are very naive, the two of them enjoy it. Between lovers, no matter how boring things are done, they are full of affection.

The two of them stopped laughing, cleaned their faces again, and called the woman who usually burns the fire over, but saw her three times, five times and two times, a large handful of straw was stuffed into the stove and lit, and several pieces of firewood were built on top of each other. Woke up.

Shen Qingshu watched from the side, and felt that there was not much change, but it was completely different from what they burned. He couldn't help but feel that there was knowledge everywhere, even burning a fire should not be underestimated.

When the fire was burning, he boiled the syrup, thinking about the lesson of failing to start the fire just now, Shen Qingshu cautiously scooped up only about one-third of the big vat of sugarcane juice.

The original sugarcane juice is off-white and somewhat turbid, so it must be stirred constantly when heating to prevent it from sticking to the pot.

There was an extra woman who made a fire, and the two of them talked less and concentrated on cooking sugar. The woman was a local, and she didn't know why the county magistrate wanted to cook by herself, and she didn't dare to ask, so she kept burning the fire in silence.

In such silence, the mist was transpiring, and the sugarcane juice in the pot was getting less and less, but there was no condensation. After it slowly condensed, there was a smell of paste.

Shen Qingshu hurriedly asked the old woman to turn down the heat, turned it over and saw that it was so red that it turned black, and the sugar seemed to be carbonized under the high temperature. Needless to say, this pot was useless.

Lin Weizhi dipped a little bit and tasted it. The sweetness was bitter, and she frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Shen Qingshu was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and patted his head, only to realize that he forgot to add plant ash in the middle to neutralize the acid in the sucrose.

Knowing the theory is one thing, but actually doing it is another thing. She only thinks about the method of removing color with yellow mud, and doesn't want to make even the most basic candy.

Shen Qingshu explained, but he had no choice but to do it again. The bottom of the pot was full of congealed sugar, and the two of them couldn't even wash the pot. Fortunately, there was a woman there.

The second time, Shen Qingshu paid attention to the heat, and added plant ash at about the same time.

The woman who was burning the fire watched from the side, her lips moved, and the expression of prophecy and stop was very obvious on her face.

Shen Qingshu caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye, thought she had some suggestion, and said gently: "Ma'am, it's okay to speak up if you have anything to say."

The old woman hesitated for a moment, looked at the smile on her face, and then bowed and said: "Sir, I think you want to boil sugar, the old woman said, don't blame me, I know a little about cooking sugar myself, this boil In the end, it needs to be steamed in a basket to form lumps."

She had just scrapped one pot, and she was afraid of another pot. Although it wasn't her own candy, she felt very heartbroken watching it.

Shen Qingshu stirred the spoon, looked at the red syrup that was gradually congealing, and said to himself: "Don't worry, ma'am, this pot must be fine."

Affected by regional transportation, the spread of ancient technology is very slow. In the coastal areas of Fuzhou, the rapid ash condensation method has been widely used, but in the vast mountains of Shu, only a small group of people know it.

In ancient times, the patent law was not emphasized, and everyone treasured their mistakes, and kept any progress hidden. The snow-white icing that was tributed by the capital must have discovered some kind of decolorization method, but this is almost an untold secret, limited to A small area.

With her method, if Yueshui County wants to make high profits, it has to do a good job of keeping it secret.

Seeing what she said, the mother-in-law stopped talking and was careful not to burn the fire.

After a while, the syrup becomes very viscous, and the aroma is now pure cane sugar sweetness.

Shen Qingshu took out the tile-made funnels that she had prepared in advance, which she specially ordered. They were very small and there were five in total. Shen Qingshu filled each funnel with syrup. As the outside temperature dropped, the syrup quickly condensed into lumps.

Finally they were done, the two of them returned to the study, and after working for a long time, their hands were a little sore.

After sitting and resting for a while, Lin Weizhi rubbed her arms, her eyes sparkled, and she asked with great interest, "And then, how do I remove the color?"

Shen Qingshu lined up the five funnels. She remembered that the book said that it is enough to pour sugar with yellow muddy water, but what kind of yellow muddy water and what concentration is it?She doesn't know the specifics, so she can only try a few more.

She ordered people to take samples of the yellow mud around Yueshui County and make five parts of yellow mud water.

Pour the yellow muddy water into the funnel, slowly permeate the sugar cubes, and then flow out from the bottom of the funnel. During this process, the yellow muddy water absorbs the pigment in the sucrose, and the sugar cubes become whiter and whiter.

Shen Qingshu was lucky, the first experimental product produced good results, which proved that this method is feasible, after successive experiments, two of them have good results, and they are off-white, which is already the best choice.

Although the process is very simple, what he made with his own hands is still very different, Shen Qingshu couldn't help but squeezed his fist excitedly.

Lin Weizhi felt it was a novelty when she joined hands to make the first one, but she lost interest in the next few ones. She thought it was a magical method, but it turned out to be so simple.

However, why can yellow mud water take off the color of sucrose?She nodded her chin, looking at the yellow muddy water flowing out from the bottom of the funnel, lost in thought.

"What are you looking at?" Shen Qingshu tilted his head to see, put some sugar on his fingertips and put it into her mouth, and asked with a smile.

Lin Weizhi frowned subconsciously, and quickly realized that she leaned back and backed away, glaring at her and saying, "I just got wet with yellow mud, did you clean your hands?"

"It didn't touch it, I wiped it off." Shen Qingshu withdrew his hand, dipped a little more sugar without hesitation, sipped it slowly, and said with a low smile, "It's quite sweet."

"..." The corners of Lin Weizhi's lips twitched, probably wanting to scold her, but thinking of her thick skin, she was too lazy to speak again.

She was still a little curious, and asked, "Where did you learn about this decolorization method?"

Shen Qingshu said without blinking: "I saw it in the book." He secretly thought that the books of later generations are also books.

"Why haven't I seen it before? Which book is it?" Lin Weizhi was very skeptical, who would directly disclose this secret method in a book.

Shen Qingshu scratched his face, and smiled honestly: "I don't remember either, it seems to be "Little Knowledge of Physics"."

Lin Weizhi searched in her mind, as if she had never heard of this book before, she kept it in her heart, and thought about going to look for it later.

She propped her chin, watched Shen Qingshu tidy up the utensils, and suddenly asked: "Are you done?"

Shen Qingshu nodded, "Well, it's almost there."

Next, there are sanding, drying and other procedures, but they are all minor details, and the most important thing is decolorization.

Lin Weizhi thought for a while, then raised her eyebrows and said, "Then why are you bothering to buy sugar cane to boil sugar yourself, and just bought finished brown sugar, can't it be decolorized by pouring yellow mud?"

Shen Qingshu was stunned on the spot, this is really a question from the soul, yes, she is mainly experimenting with decolorization, and she doesn't really want to refine sugar, why not buy someone else's refined brown sugar? It made me feel ashamed.

She faltered for a while, held her respect with difficulty, and forcefully explained: "It's boiled now, maybe, maybe the decolorization effect will be better..."

Before Lin Wei could stop talking, she hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Just take a copy of the sample, and let's keep the rest as a souvenir. After all, I made it myself, so it feels different."

Lin Weizhi glanced at her with a half-smile, but didn't expose her, and thoughtfully skipped the topic.

Afterwards, the two of them processed several portions of sucrose, and Shen Qingshu had already selected the whitest portion, and was just waiting to have an interview with the Yueshui County businessman.

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