Steel Dynasty - Chapter 491

[Chapter 491 White Sugar]

“Is this your white sugar?”

“Yes, this is a specialty of Ryukyu Island.”

In front of the workshop, Xiao Ming looked surprised, while Claire looked proud.

This white sugar process is the most advanced sugar making process in Europe today, which is enough for them to be proud of.

Xiao Ming frowned, and he grabbed a handful of white sugar. Generally speaking, these sugars have reached the standard of white sugar. The particles are as fine as sand. The only drawback is that the color is not pure enough, and there are some residues in the particles. Some brown impurities.

You may not be able to tell if you look at one or two, but if you look at a bunch of them, they will look heavier.

“The quality of this white sugar is a bit poor.” Xiao Ming rubbed the white sugar and said, his hope was shattered. He thought he could eat it ready-made, but he didn’t expect that he would have to do a lot of work himself.

“Bad?” Claire looked at Xiao Ming with a shocked look, and he emphasized, “Your Highness, this white sugar is the most advanced sugar making technology in the Netherlands. These sugars are very popular in Japan, which is bigger than yours.” The bitter brown sugar from Chongqing is hundreds of times stronger. “

Xiao Ming said disdainfully: “It’s already very bad. The white sugar I want is crystal clear. From a distance, it looks like Bai Xue’s sugar.”

“How is this possible? There is no such sugar. ” Claire said decisively, “Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude, but even the country of Chongqing doesn’t have this kind of sugar. Not everyone can master the process of refining white sugar.”

Xiao Ming sneered and looked at the pile in the workshop. Another pile of white powder on the side said: “Count Claire, if I guess correctly, the method you use is the lime purification method.”

As soon as these words came out, Claire was immediately shocked and stunned.

Xiao Ming continued: “In fact, the production of white sugar is very simple. It is nothing more than cutting and tearing the sugar cane to fully crush the sugar cane, followed by multiple pressings and multiple infiltrations to extract the sugar. After the sugar cane is pressed, the juice and bagasse must be transported separately. Come on, the sugarcane juice is now a dark green turbid liquid, and the next step is to boil and purify it, and the purification process will determine whether the white sugar is pure enough.”

When Xiao Ming finished these words, Claire could no longer describe the shock. mood.

In his opinion, the powerful people in the Great Yu Kingdom were only proficient in some machinations and did not care about these crafts at all. But now Xiao Ming, as the vassal king, was able to

explain the sugar making process in detail.

The most important thing is that the sugar making process is also a very strict confidentiality process in Europe. This man actually mastered it, which shattered his original idea of selling the sugar making process for money.

However, he felt from Xiao Ming’s tone that Xiao Ming seemed to have mastered a more advanced refining process. He asked seemingly unintentionally: “Your Highness, can you make these white sugars as white as snow?”

“Of course you can. “Xiao Ming made no secret of it. Although the white sugar in the workshop did not meet Xiao Ming’s requirements, for Xiao Ming, the workshop had already mastered part of the sugar making process.

Moreover, the Dutch also produced sugar-making equipment for the workshop, which would save him a lot of trouble.

“So what is this method?” Claire smiled, looking very amiable.

Xiao Ming laughed and said: “Count Claire, this is a secret, but I can promise you to sell sugar to Europe.”

Claire suddenly looked disappointed. If he could master this craft, he was confident that he could Make a fortune in Europe, after all, there is a huge demand for white sugar in Europe.

Because they need white sugar to make bread, desserts, etc.

Ignoring Claire, Xiao Ming went straight to the workshop, where Xiao Ming observed the manufacturing process of white sugar. Because Xiao Ming already understood the manufacturing process of white sugar, Claire had no reason to stop her and could only look at it with a blank expression. He followed Xiao Ming in frustration.

“It’s so sweet.”

While Xiao Ming was observing, Lu Fei grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into his mouth. The food was flavorful, “Your Highness, this is much sweeter than maltose. If it is trafficked to Dayu for sale, This can make a lot of money.”

Lu Fei’s words are exactly what Xiao Ming thinks. He has invested a lot in capturing Ryukyu this time. He must make this war bring him actual profits.

Next, he will find a way to make profits at sea.

“We must sell it, but what we sell will be better sugar.” Xiao Ming said confidently.

There are three main types of contemporary sugar-making methods: lime method, sulfurous acid method and carbonic acid method. The effects of lime and carbonic acid methods are not satisfactory. Only the sulfurous acid method can directly obtain the white sugar that is consumed today.

This kind of sugar is called sulfated sugar. Xiao Ming produced sulfuric acid two years ago. Although there is no large-scale production of sulfuric acid, there is always small-scale production.

There is basically no big difference between the process of preparing sulfurous acid and sulfuric acid, so when Xiao Ming went back this time, he asked Lu Tong to produce sulfurous acid to establish a sugar industry. The 50,000 acres of sugar cane on the main island of Ryukyu can be considered to be fully utilized. Take advantage of.

After visiting the white sugar workshop, Xiao Ming went to the island to visit the granaries. However, there was not much grain in these granaries, and most of them were sold. Xiao Ming didn’t care about this. After all, he wanted this treasure land. As for The rest doesn’t matter.

After officially taking over the Dutch industry on Ryukyu Island, Xiao Ming and Claire returned to Michila Castle.

Now Claire is more and more looking forward to cooperating with Xiao Ming, because in his opinion, King Qi is very likely to bring miracles to him, and as for the current losses, they will definitely be able to recover.

Back at the castle, Claire suddenly heard something and reminded: “Your Highness, the Japanese country was defeated this time. Many Japanese pirates fled to the north of Ryukyu Island. In the past, the north was where the Japanese pirates hid. After all, we have not developed that place. “However, now that your Highness has occupied Ryukyu Island, you should consider completely eliminating the Japanese influence on Ryukyu Island.”

Xiao Ming nodded. The Dutch said that they only occupied a small area in the south of Ryukyu Island, most of it. It is also an area for reclamation.

For Xiao Ming, he plans to build two bases in Ryukyu. One is the current Michila Castle, and the second is in the north. After all, there is a world-class deep-water port in the north of contemporary Ryukyu. This is exactly what it means to establish a military port. Excellent location.

Because in this way, he could not only control the northern part of Ryukyu, but also prevent Japanese pirates from going south along the route east of Ryukyu.

“Thank you for the reminder, Earl. I’m considering this issue, but before that, let’s talk about the next trade issues.” Xiao Ming showed a look like a big bad wolf.

The time to monopolize maritime trade has finally come. He wants to convert the commodities in Dayu into a large amount of silver. After all, Europe obtained huge amounts of silver from the Americas during this period.

(End of chapter)