There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 200 Indigenous sugar production, sulfur saltpeter and charcoal

After Su Xian and the others returned to the mansion, they did not immediately go to the living room to sit down.

Instead, he summoned all the craftsmen in the house and rushed to make a set of rough sugar-making tools...

During the dinner, Su Xian and the Lin family's father and son exchanged cups and cups. The guests and hosts were having a great time. Father Lin's face was red, and he felt that his decision to invite Su Xian to the house for a chat was the right one.

Through this banquet, he could clearly feel that Su Xian and him had become much closer...

After dinner.

Everyone sat and drank tea for a while.

It was already the beginning of the lantern lighting, and two or three hours had passed since Su Xian arrived at the Lin Mansion.

Suddenly, a boy came over and said, "Everything Su Wenxue ordered has been completed. Su Wenxu please come and take a look."

"It's finally done, let's go and see together."

"Okay, it's time to take a walk after dinner."

"..."

Su Xian, Lin Chuan, and Lin's father came to a large uninhabited mansion.

This is where special tools are created.

There is also a place where you try to use flame vegetables to make sugar, and it is also here.

Su Xian looked around and saw that all the items were ready, and nodded with satisfaction.

Lin's father pointed to the few boys at the scene and said: "They are all my confidants. Nephew Su Xian can rest assured that he does not have to worry about revealing the secret recipe for sugar production."

After finishing speaking, Lin's father complained in his heart: "I am really a talented person. I can pretend to be doing big things even though I'm just doing household chores..."

Lin Chuan secretly yawned. He actually didn't care much about these things...

"Uncle is still thoughtful. In that case, let's get started."

"Ok!"

"..."

The method used by Su Xian is "original sugar making".

The process is the same as part of the sugar cane sugar production process.

First, wash the flame cabbage heads, cut them into thin strips, then put them in a large pot and add water to boil... This process is to extract the juice from the cabbage heads.

Once the juices have seeped out, remove the coriander shreds and add a versatile item to the pot - quicklime!

To be precise, milk of lime is added to precipitate impurities in the juice.

Then continue to heat, filter the sediment, and wait until the soup is clear. The subsequent steps are almost the same as making sugar from sugar cane. They are nothing more than evaporating water and concentrating the sugar until it crystallizes.

Through this method, you can get two grades of white sugar, one brown sugar, and then "waste honey" that cannot be eaten.

Although this method seems simple, the degree of heating and adding lime milk is difficult to control...

Su Xian spoke but did not take action. After a lot of busy work, the few confidants of Father Lin's first attempt...failed!

Then it failed two more times.

It was already getting late, and many braziers were lit in the large mansion. Father Lin and Lin Chuan were both secretly yawning.

Father Lin believed that this method would not work at all. Su Xian was playing a house game, but that was not important. What was important was that Su Xian liked it.

If Su Xian wants to stay here all night, he will wait here all night.

As for Lin Chuan, he was yawning at the beginning...

The fourth attempt begins.

The father and son of the Lin family, who were yawning profusely, suddenly heard Su Xian shout: "It's done!"

The two father and son woke up immediately.

He trotted over and gathered with Su Xian in front of a large iron pot.

Father Lin heard the joy and excitement in Su Xian's voice, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Oh, nephew Su Xian is really having fun. When I come to see what happened?"

He looked into the large iron pot and saw that a layer of snow-white "fine sand" was forming at the bottom of the clear juice, increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This...this is..."

Father Lin was extremely shocked.

It's not because Su Xian crystallized sugar, but because of the crystallization process.

The snow-white "fine sand" turned out of the juice is really magical, just like boiling salt.

"Brother Su, is this candy?"

Lin Chuan's eyes widened, and his drowsy head was completely awake.

"Yes, this is what I call sugar, white sugar!"

"..."

By making sugar through beet soil method, what you get is directly white sugar.

This is truly epoch-making for an era when stone honey could only be produced from sugar cane!
Su Xian ordered people to filter out the crystallized white sugar, then dry it, and sieve it through a fine sieve to obtain a white crystal that is not much different from the white sugar of later generations.

"Nephew Su Xian, is this the so-called white sugar?" Father Lin was still in shock, he didn't expect that Su Xian really made something like high-quality snowflake salt from beets.

"good."

Su Xian pinched a little with his hand and put it in his mouth. Well, the taste was pure sweetness!
Lin Chuan also pinched a little and put it into his mouth. Then he was stunned. After puckering his mouth twice, he took another small handful and put it into his mouth.

"How is Chuan'er?" Father Lin asked anxiously.

Seeing that Lin Chuan didn't answer him, but just closed his eyes and savored the taste, he also pinched a little sugar and put it into his mouth, and then... he paused in place like a sculpture.

After a while, Father Lin also grabbed a small handful and put it into his mouth, and then continued to "act like a sculpture".

At this time, the sugar in Lin Chuan's mouth had finished melting, and he reached out to grab another handful to eat.

However, Su Xian had already poured all the sugar into a porcelain jar and plugged it with a wooden stopper prepared in advance...

Lin Chuan took a chance.

After a while, Father Lin also caught the opportunity. At this time, he came back to his senses and stared at Su Xian with incredible eyes. It seemed that he saw a peerless beauty in his eyes.

"Uncle, what is this?"

Su Xian hid the small porcelain bottle behind his back.

Father Lin was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Sweet! It's really too sweet! After eating this white sugar from Nephew Su Xian, I can't even look down on that stone honey, hahaha..."

"Brother Su, this is the sweetest thing I have ever tasted. There are such wonderful things in the world!" Lin Chuan licked the corner of his mouth.

"..."

Su Xian smiled and silently hugged the porcelain bottle tightly.

The scene just now where the Lin family father and son grabbed a handful of sugar and stuffed it into their mouths really scared him.

This amount was not enough for the two father and son to take a few bites.

Su Xian wanted to take it back and give it to Liu Huixiang to try.

"Nephew Su Xian, don't worry. I will personally handle Baitang's cooperation. I believe that Baitang will be popular among the world after it is released!"

Father Lin was telling the truth this time.

He was really amazed by Baitang.

Su Xian nodded, thought for a while and then said: "Uncle, my nephew actually has two other businesses. He wants to cooperate with uncle. I don't know that uncle..."

"agree!"

Father Lin agreed immediately. He was more anxious than anyone else, fearing that someone would take advantage of him. Then he asked, "Nephew Su Xian, what kind of business is this?"

"The first one is called 'Huo Cun', also known as 'Yingguang Slave'. The raw materials that need to be prepared are fir wood and sulfur."

"Secondly, the method called 'Saltpeter Ice Making' requires mainly saltpeter as the raw material!"

"By the way, we also need a lot of charcoal. Please prepare it together, uncle..."

"..."

"it is good!"

Father Lin immediately agreed, patted Su Xian on the shoulder and said:
"Nephew Su Xian, don't worry. I'll leave the preparation of these things to you. I guarantee there won't be any problems!"

"My uncle's words put my nephew at ease." Su Xian said with a smile.

"You're welcome...hahaha..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)