My life skills in Daming Liver

Chapter 44 The Great Ming Excalibur
Hearing the middle-aged official's voice wafting at the gate of the city, Su Ze couldn't help applauding him.

The etiquette for meeting officials stipulated in the "Daming Huidian" is salutation, which is the kind of etiquette that the new prefect just performed for commanders.

But under normal circumstances, lower-level officials always like to kneel and salute when they meet higher-level officials, and in the Qing Dynasty they would kneel at every turn.

The standing Nanping Jiaoyu made a standard salute to the new prefect, which was even more standard than the new prefect's action just now, and even more chic.

The new magistrate was naturally displeased when he was contradicted like this when he first took office, but wouldn't it lower his worth even more if he had to argue with this unworthy official face to face.

The new magistrate simply pretended not to see it, and then entered Nanping County surrounded by other officials.

Naturally, it was too late to pay homage to the City God today, so the new magistrate rejected the invitation of the wealthy household in the city, and took his family members to temporarily live in the back of the City God Temple.

Fortunately, the magistrate's ceremonial guards were received quickly, and Su Ze and his party finally entered Nanping County, and the people talked a lot, all talking about the new magistrate.

But Su Ze lowered his head, and what he thought of was that middle-aged teacher who was like a tall and straight mountain.

Wait, Nanping, Jiaoyu, shouldn't it be that person?
Su Ze thought of the "History of Ming Dynasty" he had read, and suddenly remembered that record!
Judging by the time, it seems to be right, that man is really that majestic Daming Excalibur!
I didn't expect that the famous historical figures I saw when I traveled to Daming turned out to be such a famous figure from ancient to modern times!

Su Ze laughed. Why couldn't he get such an SSR when he was playing rubbish krypton gold mobile games?
Just when Su Ze was thinking and entering the city, Lin Xianyang led the donkey cart and said:

"Our Lin family has a relative in the county, so let's stay at his house today, but the new magistrate is here, so I don't know if we can still pay the fine for fighting tomorrow."

Lin Xianyang was a little depressed, the money from the government was not paid, and there was interest every day, and the 32 taels of silver was not handed over, so it was not safe to keep it by his side.

But this is something that can’t be helped, Lin Xianyang continued: "Tomorrow I will accompany you to meet the nannies that the old Baihu befriended, and brother Aze can go to the county government to register for the childbirth examination."

Su Ze quickly responded, and a group of people walked along the county street. This street belongs to the most prosperous Nanping County and the busiest Chaotianfang. The government office and county office are at the two ends of this street. .

Nanping County is worthy of being the capital city of Yanping Prefecture. The whole county is very lively in the evening. The horizontal and vertical streets made Su Ze feel like traveling through an ancient town.

Although Su Ze doesn't like the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty is indeed an important historical node of Chinese civilization.

Before the Song Dynasty, all business transactions had to be done in special "markets". For example, the East and West Markets in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty were the center of the Tang Dynasty's trade. Opening a shop along the street was absolutely not allowed in the Tang Dynasty. Selling some small commodities will also be driven away by bad people patrolling the streets.

However, in the Song Dynasty, shops facing the street became commonplace. Song Shenzong once became furious because the shops facing the street occupied the road and continued to expand the storefronts to the street. It also failed, but the powerful officials took the opportunity to seize the shops of the common people.

It is now the 33rd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. Although there are still special markets, they are already a place for large-scale transactions. Ordinary people will go to the shops on both sides of the street to buy things.

Grain shops, butcher shops, pickle shops, and fish shops lined up along the county street, and Su Ze also saw bookstores and tea shops that were closed.

Lin Liangjun and Lin Anzi looked at the bustling streets excitedly. Compared with the county town, Changningwei is too remote!
Su Ze even saw a shop specializing in selling sugar, with the banners of "Minguang Brown Sugar", "Fuqing Rock Candy", and "Jozhi Candy" floating at the door.

Lin Liangjun and Lin Anzi drooled while looking at the sugar shop, Su Ze looked at the copper coins in his pocket, and said to them:

"Go and see!"

The four of them walked into this sugar shop. Sugar is considered a luxury in this era. They only saw the short owner holding bamboo strips in his hand and chasing away flying insects. Dark brown sugar.

The boss saw Su Ze with two children, and saw that although Su Ze was dressed simply, he was tall and handsome, so he immediately greeted him enthusiastically.

"My little gentleman, this is the finest Fujian-Guangzhou black granulated sugar. It costs two cents and four cents per catty. Would you like some?"

It was only then that Su Ze remembered that Fujian and Guangzhou had begun to plant sugar cane on a large scale, and had begun to become the centers of the sugar industry in the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing the appearance of this candy, Su Ze had no intention of eating it at all, but the two radish heads were salivating looking at the dark brown candy.

With an idea, Su Ze suddenly thought of a way to make money, and he asked again:

"Is there rock sugar or icing for sale?"

When the owner of the sugar shop heard that Su Ze wanted to buy rock sugar and icing sugar, he decided that he was a big customer.Hastily took out a porcelain jar from behind the counter, opened it and said:

"Xiao Xianggong, this is the top-grade Fuqing rock candy, one tael and five silver per catty."

Lin Liangjun and Lin Anzai gasped, it's so expensive!

The technology of making rock sugar has appeared in the Song Dynasty, but the production process is complicated and the output has not been high. Fuqing County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province is a famous rock sugar production center.

"Is there any frosting?"

The icing sugar is white sugar. The boss shook his head and said, "The price of icing sugar is high, and it cannot be sold in the county town. Little Xianggong has to go to the prefectural city of Fuzhou to buy it."

Sure enough, white sugar is still a luxury item now. Thinking of this, Su Ze thought of a magical skill of a traveler, the "Yellow Mud Water Sprinkling Sugar Method".

This technology can refine black granulated sugar into white granulated sugar. According to the records of "Tiangong Kaiwu", it should have appeared in the middle of Jiajing.

I don't know if it has been invented, but it hasn't been popularized yet. Anyway, the price of white sugar is still very high.

In fact, the price of sugar in the Ming Dynasty was no longer expensive. The price of a catty of black granulated sugar was two cents and four cents, which was converted into copper coins of 360 Wen per catty, which could be afforded by wealthy families.

In the past, when Lin Liangjun came to the county with his father, he would also buy a piece of brown sugar to taste.

Seeing the appearance of the two little radish heads, Su Ze was about to pay, and asked the boss again:
"Shopkeeper, is there a sugar workshop in our county?"

Naturally, Su Ze didn't want to go to the workshop to buy sugar, but just wanted to find a workshop to learn the skills of "sugar making".

The store owner was stunned for a moment, and then said: "There is also a sugar factory in Xuanyifang, which is attached to the Guoguo outside the city, but that one only does bulk business, not retail sales."

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said, "If the young man buys more, we will also sell cochin candy, the price is only half of the local candy."

Cochin candy, of course, is smuggled candy. Su Ze sighed over and over again that smuggling in the southeast is flourishing, and he even dared to sell smuggled candy as a sign.

"Take it out and see, what's the difference between this cochin sugar and the local black sugar?"

(End of this chapter)