Chapter 112: Success in squeezing sugar

Chapter 112: Success in squeezing sugar

  Chapter 112 Success in squeezing sugar

A total of five sugar extractors work at the same time. After a short while, a large bucket of sugarcane juice is obtained, which is poured into a pot and boiled slowly over low heat. Then, an appropriate amount of lime water is poured in to remove impurities, and then the sugar liquid is precipitated and crystallized. , forming, you can get more pure brown sugar.

The newly made brown sugar is a large square piece, about a little more than one centimeter thick. At this time, use a sharp knife to cut it into equal parts vertically and horizontally, and cut it into four centimeters wide and twelve centimeters long. A small piece of small pieces, this is the sliced ​​sugar sold in the market.

The flake sugar is very hard and very sweet. Although the purity is average, there is occasionally a piece of grass-like bagasse that has not been cleaned, but this kind of impurity is very rare, especially when Zhao Liya and the others make it. Yes, the equipment has been improved by Zhao Liya, and the sugar produced is much stronger than the ones on the market.

   There are almost no impurities, the color is bright and authentic brownish yellow, the surface is smooth and almost no blisters, very beautiful! The sweetness is also very pure, without a trace of bitterness.

  The big guys started working early in the morning, and at noon, the first pot of sliced ​​sugar was pressed and formed.

   Zhao Xiang, Zhao Liya and others tasted it, and they were all overjoyed.

The hardness of the sliced ​​sugar that has just solidified and formed is moderate, but it is also very convenient to cut. After discussing with her father, Zhao Liya ordered the masters to cut the first batch of four large pieces of sliced ​​sugar into thumb-sized pieces and put them on a tray. Take it out and give the villagers a taste.

  The villagers are scrambling to be the first, cheering and laughing everywhere, this is the real New Year's excitement!

   "Ah, so sweet!"

   "Delicious, so delicious!"

   "This candy is much tastier than the ones we bought!"

   "I feel the same way haha!"

   "It's done! It's really done! Our village has produced sugar!"

   "Hahahaha, our village really produces sugar!"

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  The children were even more delighted. Each of them got a piece of candy and held it in their hands, reluctant to finish it all at once.

   "It's so fragrant and sweet! It's delicious!"

   "I will come every day from now on!"

  The innocence of these words made the adults burst into laughter, and they began to talk and teach: You can’t come every day! This is what the big boss wants to sell for money!

  However, tell Mr. Zhao and Ms. Zhao, can you buy some cheap candies for Chinese New Year?

  The sugar mill really produced sugar, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief! In this way, their long-term source of income is preserved!

   After everyone ate the syrup, they felt relieved, and Li Zheng and the two clan elders started to chase away people.

   "Okay, okay, I've seen it, I've eaten it, I should be relieved, don't stay here and get in the way, it's gone!"

   "Yes, yes, it's time to break up, don't get in the way here!"

  Everyone burst into laughter, and soon dispersed.

  I can't stay here and delay the work of the workshop. When is it not possible to buy candy? Don't be in a hurry for a while.

  Everything has Rizheng and the patriarch.

  In the workshop, Zhao Liya and Hu Ling planned to stay here for a day, and Zhao Xiang and Deng Shi went back first.

   Looking at the bustling and busy scene in the workshop, Zhao Liya was sincerely happy.

After a little calculation, she asked Hu Ling to talk, and said with a smile: "According to this speed, we can squeeze five or six acres of sugar a day. This year, we have planted a total of about 320 acres, and we will save some for next year. Plant some more, and save another ten acres as fruit to eat and sell at home, I will do the math."

  Sugar cane has perennial roots. As long as the roots are kept, the planting will continue next year, and the tail can also be kept for planting. So a large part of the species is available, and there is no need to buy additional ones.

  As long as these roots and tails are preserved properly, they can still grow well in the coming year.

  Next year, we plan to plant about 800 acres of sugarcane. In addition to the 320 acres of perennial roots and tails this year, there are still about 1670 acres of sugarcane that need to be planted.

  Zhao Liya plans to save more, enough for 200 mu, so that it is convenient to check for gaps and make up for leaks.

  Their sugarcane grows well, and one complete sugar cane can grow seven. One mu of land needs about 370 sugar canes, and two hundred mu is about 74,000. That is to say, about 30 mu of sugar cane needs to be reserved for planting.

   That is to say, there are about 270 mu of sugarcane that can be used for sugar extraction this year.

   Hu Ling was worried about whether he could make money, so he hurriedly asked her.

Zhao Liya smiled and said: "I just did the math, our sugarcane grows very well, and the yield per mu can reach about 4,600 to 4,800 catties, and about seven or eight catties of sugarcane can get a catty of yellow sliced ​​sugar, eliminating the loss , how come you can get about 670 catties of yellow sliced ​​sugar per mu. Even if it is 270 mu, it is still 181,200 catties. Last year, the purchase price of yellow sliced ​​sugar was 30 Wen per catty. Our quality Even better, there is no bitterness at all, and the sweetness is more pure, so it is no problem to add two cents per catty. Calculated in this way, even if you sell yellow slices of candy, you can earn about six thousand taels."

  "Because this is the first year of planting, all seedlings need to be bought, so the cost is higher, but in the future, the perennial roots and tails can be used for seeding, which will save a lot of money."

  That’s the case, excluding all the seeds, manual management, and even all the investment in land reclamation and workshop building, this year is also profitable.

   It's just that they don't earn much. According to this calculation, there are at least two thousand taels of profit.

  Next year, most of the cost of the largest head will be eliminated, and the scale of planting will be expanded. There will be no problem at all to earn tens of thousands of taels in the previous season next year.

  You can plant two seasons a year, doubling the amount, about 30,000 silver.

  In the future, we will buy more land and plant about 400 to 500 mu in rotation every year. We can grow soybeans and peanuts, which can extract oil.

  Well, is it necessary to build an oil press?

   Zhao Liya has roughly estimated this account now, and only told Hu Ling.

Hu Ling was very excited, rubbing his hands and laughing: "It's still Aya's skill! It's that month when we came here. I thought I couldn't do anything, but I didn't expect to earn almost two thousand taels Oh, great, really great!"

   This is more profitable than in the capital!

  Zhao Liya was also a little proud. She blinked and said with a smile: "This profit is calculated based on the price of yellow sliced ​​sugar. I want to try making white sugar. The price may be higher."

  Hu Ling smiled and nodded, "Okay!"

   Hu Ling is completely convinced, as long as Zhao Liya says it, he agrees. Anyway, you can't go wrong.

  Zhao Liya smiled and counted with her fingers: "According to the current scale, it will take about forty or fifty days for our workshop to squeeze sugar. After ten and a half months, I will try."

"OK!"

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  (end of this chapter)