Destiny Only Han

"Of course."

Liu Ying said confidently: "Isn't it normal for things to be expensive or cheap? You get what you pay for, just like the grain that farmers sell. The grains harvested in those years are full, and the price of very dry rice is naturally higher. It will be the same price as last year's grain!"

"Brown sugar that can be called 'Frost' is naturally more expensive than the lower-level 'Excellent' brown sugar!"

Well, white granulated sugar will be divided into four grades according to the degree of refining in later generations, including refined white granulated sugar, high-grade white granulated sugar, first-grade white granulated sugar, and second-grade white granulated sugar. Many times I feel that the white granulated sugar sold is not as good as before. Sweetness is not only because the quality of life is better, but the threshold for sweetness is high. The important thing is that the money is not in place, and the purity of the sugar purchased is low.

During Liu Ying's explanation, Liu Bang froze for a moment, sniffed and stopped talking.

After all, he was a bully mainly for the purpose of grabbing a handle, and then violently beat up Liu Ying who reported to Lu Zhi...

But now Liu Ying's explanation is really convincing, but it doesn't matter if you can't catch it for the time being, anyway, it will take a long time to walk on the same road, and it will be a big deal when the time comes...

Anyway, it's only natural for a father to beat his son!

Liu Ying thought so too, if his old man dared to beat him up, he would definitely instigate the old Liu, who had always been helping his grandsons, to beat him up for him, and beat him up even harder!
So in silence, Liu Ying led Lu Wan and Liu Bang from the finished product area to the production area.

Now this season is the sugarcane harvesting period in the Lingnan area. Every day, dozens or hundreds of four-wheeled carriages loaded with sugarcane line up to unload in the purchase area of ​​the sugar mill. upside down.

"This is the latest juicing equipment. Compared with the hydraulic juicer, the juice yield is less than [-]%, this latest machine can achieve a juice yield of more than [-]%!"

Piece count, of course not life.

Liu Bang patted Liu Ying who was in the petrochemical process, his face was full of complacency, and he was thinking in his heart that he had helped Liu Ying run on Lu Wan, his half-brother, and the favors he had accumulated should allow Liu Ying to help Liu Ying get the letter back. The letter of complaint is withdrawn...

As for Lv Zhi, who was more or less privileged, he naturally planted whatever made money, and ignored the government's decrees.

"It's not Zhongfu, but father-in-law."

It's just that his plantation in central Shu doesn't grow corn, but mainly sugar cane.

However, after the victory, Lu Wan, who was also the King of Yan and the Taiwei, had no time to take care of the scattered plantations in Bashu, and simply sold all the properties there to Fan Kuai at a low price.

At that time, Lu Wan and Liu Jia went deep into the Chu territory to fight, and were not in the rear, so Lu Zhi took care of all the property purchased.

Well, this is also the reason why he goes to Fan Kuai's house to eat and drink with confidence every day.

After all, it was the period of the Chu-Han War at that time, and projects such as coal and iron workshops had just started. The most effective way to improve the combat effectiveness of the Han army was actually to feed the soldiers.

After all, the first process of sugar production is to extract sugarcane juice. The plantations in Bashu first used ox-pulled stone reels, and later changed to the kind of juicer driven by water power.

Anyway, there is plenty of farmland for growing food, not bad for her tens of thousands of acres of land...

Most importantly, not only can sugar cane be squeezed, the leftover molasses can also be used to brew rum!

Therefore, corn, a crop with a high yield and high-quality bran and straw, has become the new favorite of Xiao He, who has a headache and does not have enough cattle and horses as transportation capacity.

In fact, he also bought a plantation in Shu County in the early years, mainly growing sugar cane and crops such as corn and soybeans that were in short supply.

And in this sugar mill, along with the roar of the steam engine that Lu Wan is not unfamiliar with, a section of sugar cane that has been simply cleaned was sent to those juicers with a faint metallic luster, and waited until it appeared in his sight again. when it dries up like a dead branch!
so amazing!
Lu Wan nodded invisibly, but the expression on her face remained unchanged.

In order to keep her precious daughter from being raped by the pig in front of her, Lu Wan did not miss any chance to suppress Liu Ying, and echoed Liu Bang and said:

Therefore, the recruited workers are temporary workers based on pricing.

"Then there is no need to ask, Liu Ying is the crown prince, the future emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he said that he wants to buy sugarcane, which plantation would dare to sell it to him?"

Therefore, under the careful care of human beings, the sown area of ​​corn has grown exponentially, and green gauze tents made of corn can be seen everywhere in the fields of the common people, or in the plantations with only prototypes...

After all, agricultural production is subject to periodic impacts, coupled with the limited level of science and technology during this period, raw materials are not easy to preserve, and they need to be processed into brown sugar as soon as possible, otherwise everyone's interests will be damaged.

As it is said in "The Analects of Confucius", when the tribute asked about the government, the Master said: If there is enough food and enough soldiers, the people will trust them.Zi Gong said: "If you have to go away, what should be the first among these three?"Said: go to the army.Zigong said: "If you have to go, what will come first?"Said: go eat.Since ancient times, everyone has died, and the people cannot stand without faith.

After all, only three or four catties of seeds are needed for one mu of land, and the yield of corn can easily reach three to four hundred catties per mu. If it is purely used for feed, one mu of land can casually produce one or two tons!
When the "corn fever" became popular, even Lu Wan, who had no habit of managing money, wanted to catch the trend.

Liu Bang resisted the urge to kick him, tilted his head and asked, "Is he a fool? I don't know how to grow sugar cane and squeeze sugar by myself, so I have to let you earn this money?"

According to the emperor's golden words, it seems that the rumors about Chang'an City are not groundless, and Lu Yu must be the crown princess!
Zhang Buyi decided to use the flying pigeon to pass on the letter when he got back next time, and tell little Loli this explosive news as soon as possible!

Lu Wan looked at it, a little dazed.

At that time, Liu Bang's faith had already spread all over the world, and the soldiers of the Han army who had a sworn enemy with Xiang Yu had enough to eat. Such an army must be invincible in the world!

"This means that sugar production has increased significantly without increasing raw materials!"

The difference between the Han army and the Song and Ming army is that the Han army is mainly composed of Liangjiazi, who can not only eat meat, but also have a wine quota.

So, Lu Wan was dumbfounded, Liu Ying was dumbfounded, and even Zhang Buyi, who was hiding far away, looked shocked and dropped his jaw.

Therefore, Xiao He chose to turn a blind eye and allow plantations to grow sugar cane, brown sugar and rum to exist.

"What's the point of losing some money? If you offend the crown prince, is there any place for you in the huge Han Kingdom? Who is our crown prince? Don't I, his middle father, know?"

After all, Wang Jian destroyed Chu by relying on the two large granaries of Guanzhong and Shuzhong, and forcibly piled up 60 troops on the front line. Just like the old Changping battle, he crushed the opponent to death with strong national power.

The important thing is that Xingyang is closer to Guanzhong, and the wind is smooth, while the Chu army is going upstream from Pengcheng. Ten carts of grain are requisitioned, but when they are transported to the front line, there are six carts left. The man who needed to end the war as soon as possible because of lack of food.

"That's why I no longer run plantations and concentrate on industry. After all, my slogan is, let there be no difficult plantations in the world!"

Of course, the veterans in Guanzhong either died in a series of battles at the end of Qin Dynasty, or were killed by Xiang Yu. Naturally, the newly formed Han army could not beat the battle-hardened Chu army under Xiang Yu's command.

But in the protracted war, the earliest manpower carts used by the Han army to transport materials into Hanzhong were no longer useful, and they were replaced by those four-wheeled carriages that could load two or three tons of goods at a time.

Although the Han State at that time did not control Qilu, Hebei, Henan and other regions, and the available manpower was not as good as that of the former Qin State, it was still possible to maintain a large army of 30 people on the front line.

After all, he didn't want to give Liu Ying any illusions, so that the other party would have the illusion of "the father-in-law sees the son-in-law"...

But Zhang Buxu was filled with ecstasy, after all, he witnessed a big news with his own eyes!

Therefore, keeping tight ahead became the top priority of the Han government that was hastily formed at that time.

But on the other side, Liu Ying started to pretend.

Therefore, even though Liu Bang and his entourage hugged each other, there were many strong men with daggers hanging from their waists and falcon-like eyes walking around in the workshop, and the workers who were busy loading and transporting materials also turned a blind eye.

It's just that although Lu Wan sold the plantation, she has some understanding of how to make brown sugar, so she was naturally shocked when she saw the scene in front of her.

In order to achieve this goal, it means that a large amount of material resources must be continuously transferred from Bashu and Guanzhong to the Chu-Han battlefield on the front line of Xingyang.

However, as long as the recruits can eat enough, they will become veterans after the amount of training goes up.

When Liu Ying had a dark face and said nothing, Liu Bang jumped back with a smile. He looked at Lu Wan who was winking at him, and said solemnly:

Worst of all, he should have concealed his violation of Prohibition!
As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend does not die a poor Taoist, who is Lu Wan not willing to take the blame for him, so don't blame their father and son for being of the same mind!
After being silent for a long time, Liu Ying finally came to her senses, coughed lightly twice, looked around and said, "Actually, buying sugar cane is very simple, just pay more money."

"Everyone runs plantations mainly to make money. If they want to extract sugar by themselves, they need to expand a sugar extraction system on top of the plantation system, such as experienced sugar workers, repair and equipment engineers, Then there is the cost of fuel, the remuneration of odd jobs, these all add up, even if sugarcane juice is successfully made into brown sugar, it is basically difficult to pay back in the first five or six years."

"After all, the brown sugar market is not the same as before. There is a price but no market. As long as there is a product and the price is not too outrageous, there will always be merchants willing to take over."

"Nowadays, the brown sugar market is very stable, and merchants are already aware of the purchase price. Even considering the rise in prices, the production of sugarcane will be reduced due to the weather, but if a planter's price is too outrageous, I'm not a fool, so I will naturally shop around."

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