Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

The next day, above the court

"What treasure has your Highness discovered again?"

Looking at the paper bag in Fusu's hand, the officials couldn't help but become curious.

"Whether it is a treasure or not, you will know by looking at it yourself!"

Fusu smiled and opened the first paper package.

"Isn't this Shimi?"

Looking at the dark ball of sucrose in the paper bag, Nei Shiteng hesitated and said

"Yes, this is the first sugar produced in Lingnan County and refined from sugar cane juice.

Fusu smiled slightly and said,"You must have eaten this sucrose, right?""

"The old minister has indeed eaten a lot of this stone honey, but this stone honey is slightly bitter, and apart from its low price, the taste is far inferior to honey."

Feng Quji shook his head and said.

Fusu smiled faintly.

These days, it is really difficult for the people of Qin to obtain sugar.

Whether it is sucrose or maltose, due to the craftsmanship, the purity is not high, so it will be bitter.

And bees The breeding industry has not yet emerged. If you want to obtain honey, you can only rely on hunters to harvest it in the wild. The price is very high, and even wealthy families are reluctant to let it go.

"Could it be that His Highness has a way to make this stone honey more delicious than honey?"

Meng Yi pondered for a moment and boldly guessed

"Exactly, this purified sucrose is the weapon that this prince plans to use to develop Lingnan County."

"If you don’t believe it, you can try it!"

Fusu smiled and opened another bag of white sugar.

This was what sisters Lu Pheasant and Lu Su worked hard for a long time to refine after he wrote out the craft book yesterday.

The eyes of Ying Zheng and the courtiers suddenly lit up.

"This sugar is as white as snow and as fine as refined salt. Just because of its appearance, it can be sold for at least ten times the price of stone honey!"

Feng Jie said in amazement.

"Your Highness's new snow candy is even sweeter than honey. How is it made?"

Dunruo dipped his fingers into some white sugar, tasted it carefully, and said with a look of surprise on his face.

"Really, let me try too?"

Nei Shiteng also took a bite and said with a look of surprise:"If your highness's candy is sold in the market, even if it costs one hundred yuan a pound, there will be many people rushing to get it!"

The courtiers gasped.

You know, in the Daqin market today, corn costs only three or four yuan per stone, and one hundred yuan per catty is absolutely sky-high!

But after tasting the taste of white sugar, they I have to admit that this white sugar is indeed worth the price.

The smile on Fusu's face became even stronger.

From a geographical point of view, Lingnan County is closer to Tianzhu and Persia than Jiangnan County. The reason why the sea port was finally chosen In Jiangnan, it is mainly restricted by traffic conditions.

After all, from the Jiangnan area to Lingnan, there are various mountains in the middle, and the laying of cement straight roads is not progressing quickly. It is incomparable with Jiangnan, which is located in a river plain and the Grand Canal is about to be opened.

However, as a time traveler, Fusu is very aware of the potential of Lingnan County, which is located in the Fujian and Guangdong regions, especially Guangdong Bay, which is the most economically developed province in later generations.

And Fusu thought of a weapon to use to develop Lingnan, which is sugar.

Lingnan The county has a tradition of planting sugar cane for hundreds of years, and has been brewing stone honey (brown sugar) for a long time. However, the price of brown sugar is too low, so the economic utility is not high.

But now Fusu has a process to purify brown sugar into white sugar, and the price is higher than Brown sugar has not only increased dozens of times, it will definitely become a strong driving force for the economic development of Lingnan County and become a leading product of Lingnan County's trade exports.

As the economy takes off, Lingnan County's ports will have support. Once the land route is completely opened, , the advantages of Lingnan Port can be fully reflected

"This white sugar is indeed quite good!"

"I just don’t know what the output is?"

Ying Zheng hesitated and said.

The goat breeding promoted by Fusu in Nanhai and other counties has achieved good results. If the sugar trade can keep up, Lingnan County will really take off.

But I have followed Fusu for a long time. , Yingzheng’s understanding of business is also constantly improving, and he naturally understands that if he wants to become the main force in business, he must not only quality, but also output.

"Yield is not a problem. Ten pounds of brown sugar can basically be extracted into eight or nine pounds of white sugar. The loss is not much, but the value has soared dozens or even hundreds of times! Fusu smiled and said:"

Erchen has already asked people to start purchasing large quantities of brown sugar in the Lingnan area at a price of five cents per catty for a long time. He has also signed purchase agreements with farmers. No matter how much they plant, they will purchase it at this price!""

"Anyway, due to the gradual promotion of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and new rice, the people's land has become richer, which can be used to grow various cash crops to increase their income. They all welcome this."

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

One kilogram of brown sugar can exceed the price of one stone of ordinary corn, and the income from growing sugar cane is much higher than growing grain.

Ying Zheng has been worried about the low price of grain and hurting farmers, and he has also gained it. The solution was solved.

The courtiers were also overjoyed.

With the development of sea trade, Daqin's caravans have traveled all over the world. The massive export trade has directly brought extremely generous profits to Daqin, and the court's customs revenue has also been increasing. Rising.

And now, the emergence of this white sugar will inevitably become a new highlight of Daqin's economic growth, allowing Daqin's already booming sea trade to achieve another breakthrough.

Nei Shiteng has already considered whether to start building more mansions treasury.

Otherwise, the gold and silver in the treasury may not be able to be stored anymore.......

The merchants of Daqin were soon pleasantly surprised to discover a new specialty in the business center of Xianyang New City: white sugar.

This is a sweet product that is as white as snow, crystal clear, and much sweeter than honey. The price is actually a little cheaper than stone honey, only one hundred yuan per catty.

Many businessmen with flexible minds changed their goals in an instant. They no longer competed with others for silk tea and colored glaze, and instead focused on white sugar.

Although the price is very high, the prosperity of business in Daqin today has greatly improved the consumption capacity.

The rich and powerful's demand for sweetness has always been endless.

And this is only within Da Qin. If this kind of white sugar, which can be called a work of art, can be transported to a foreign country, it can easily be sold for two to three thousand yuan per pound.

This profit has exceeded that of silk and tea, and is about to catch up with the most profitable Liuli.

Businessmen began to rush to buy sugar.

Many powerful people directly approached the Chamber of Commerce under the Imperial Palace and the Prince's Palace, asking whether they could directly obtain wholesale prices or invest in sugar refineries.

The people of Lingnan County were also very happy.

They never imagined that sugar cane and sucrose, which had not been taken seriously before and were very cheap, would now become hot commodities.

The price of brown sugar is five cents per pound, and all seeds and farm tools are provided free of charge by the government. This is really satisfying for the people.

Many people happily signed sugarcane production and marketing agreements with the government and began planting them under the guidance of agricultural experts.

There is a look of infinite longing on every face.

Just entering early autumn, they have already made their biggest harvest.