From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 91 Bitter Sugar?
The green stems are not peeled, and all the juice is squeezed out under the heavy stone mill, and finally turned into a pile of waste residue and piled in the corner.

It is said that those wastes can also be used as fertilizer, which can promote the harvest of crops. Pem doesn't quite understand it, but it sounds pretty good.

Then put a few green poles under the stone mill, and under the pull and rotation of the buffalo, the dark green juice slowly flowed out, along the groove on one side, and flowed into the big tank through a section of broken bamboo.

It won't be long before a large tank can be filled. Pem didn't expect that there would be so much water in the small green pole, but I don't know what the lord is going to use them for?
"Couldn't it be for drinking?" Pem muttered to himself, his hands kept moving, but his eyes kept glancing at the big vats.

Someone has already moved out several tanks, and I don't know where they got them.

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On the other side, in the open space behind the castle, Ryan has already set up several large earthen stoves and set up a large iron pot.He has watched some documentaries about boiling sugar and has a certain understanding. It should be no problem to experiment a few more times.

In addition to the vigilant guards present, there were dozens of transferred slaves. Although Ryan was an opponent of slavery, he had to admit that sometimes slaves were very convenient to use.

Except for Ryan, only De Lai, Allen and a few confidantes know about the matter of using green sticks to squeeze sugar. Even the vigilant guards are carefully selected, and they are far away from the core. Don't know what to do.

Ryan intends to use sugar as a source of income for the territory. Naturally, the process cannot be leaked, at least not in the early stage. The use of slaves also takes this into consideration.

As slaves, it is easier for them to centralize management, and they are cut off from the outside world, which most likely prevents leaks and news channels.

Looking at the dark green juice in the vat, Ryan muttered to himself, this color doesn't look healthy, it's too green.

"Forget it, let's try it first, if it doesn't work, we have to add another step of peeling."

The first step in boiling sugar is to filter the juice, which is to remove impurities.

The filter bag Ryan uses a kind of gauze with fine pore size, which is enough to filter out most of the impurities, and it can reach an ideal state after several times of filtering.

After filtering, it is time to cook in a pot. This step is the most important. While sterilizing with high temperature, most of the water in it is evaporated, and finally a substance similar to syrupy syrup is formed.

This kind of thing cannot be grasped by watching a few documentaries. Apart from the unstoppable firewood, the control of the fire and the speed of stirring are very important.

There is not even a sugar workshop to be found in Linton County, so naturally there is no need for a master craftsman who can make sugar. There will never be a place like Carnaling.

So I could only find a few strong and strong men. Without old masters, they can just endure it for a while, just experiment a few more times.

Watching them pour a large vat of juice into the cauldron, De Lai finally couldn't bear it any longer, and whispered to Ryan beside him: "Ray, can this method really work? I've never heard of it before. I used to boil sugar with this stuff."

"The method is a reliable method, as you know, I once studied in the Kingdom Library for a while, and this is the method recorded in an ancient book.

It should also be able to boil sugar, but the specific output, taste, sweetness, etc. are not what I can predict. Ryan spread his hands and pulled out the banner of the Kingdom Library.

After all, it is really difficult for him to explain, he will not only invent green sticks to extract sugar, he may invent more things in the future, and the source of these things cannot be explained clearly.

Of course, he can say that he invented everything by himself, but that is too sharp and does not conform to Ryan's low-key temperament.

Push all of these directly to the unknown ancient books, and there will be no proof.

"That's it, there should be no problem." De Lai nodded when he heard the words. He had never been to the Kingdom Library, but he knew that it was a place with thousands of books, so he didn't doubt anything when Ryan said it. , I feel a little more expectation in my heart.

As a political officer, De Lai understands the importance of the success of this matter. Although there is still a lot of money in the territory, according to Ryan's lavish usage, it is obviously impossible to not have a stable and reliable financial source.

And he has always been thinking about the world that Ryan described to him. If he wants to change, money comes first...

The dry firewood was "crackling" in the earthen stove, and the boiling juice in the cauldron had been boiled for more than an hour, and more than half of it had evaporated.

During this period, the stirring has never stopped. Even if the selected person is physically strong, he is not as good as the machine. Moreover, the juice gradually becomes thicker, and the strength required for stirring is even greater, and he will soon be exhausted and panting like a cow.

Ryan had expected this situation a long time ago, and immediately sent someone to replace them, and continued to stir vigorously up and down. After another [-] minutes, the dark green juice turned into a thick syrup.

But it wasn't what Ryan remembered. Instead, it was a bit dark brown, and a caramel smell began to permeate the air.

Under the shocked gaze of the slave, Ryan reached out to dip a little syrup in the pot and put it in his mouth. The temperature of his high-ranking knight would not hurt him at all.

The syrup was a bit bitter in the mouth, and even the bitterness suppressed the sweetness, which was quite different from Ryan's expectations, making him frowned deeply.

"Could it be that the fire is too hot?"

Ryan went to try a few other large pots with a little syrup, and found that some of them were slightly bitter, while others were more bitter, which seemed to have something to do with the heat.

This situation naturally failed, and Ryan quickly stopped and asked them to cook again, and sent someone to notify the juicer workshop to peel the skin before juicing.

Too much fire is the reason for the bitterness of the syrup, but Ryan also suspects that there is a reason for the peeling. Anyway, it is still in the experimental stage, and it is enough to eliminate the cause a little bit.

After a series of processes, the juice was simmered until only half was left. Ryan quickly asked them to speed up the stirring with the shovel, and withdraw some of the firewood from the clay stove.

This time, the wait was even longer, and it was boiled until the syrup was formed. After trying it, Ryan found that the bitterness was indeed reduced a lot, at least the bitterness did not suppress the sweetness.

He signaled De Lai to try it too, and the other party took a ball and stuffed it directly into his mouth. After smashing his mouth, he frowned and said, "Is this bitter candy? I have eaten maltose before, it is very fragrant and sweet. , but the candy made from this green stick is bitter and astringent, is it a failure?"

Ryan smiled when he heard the words: "The workers who cook sugar are inexperienced. It's normal to be like this at the beginning. Don't draw conclusions so early. Change to another pot and continue!"

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(End of this chapter)