Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 127 Sugar
In Leizhou, Lingnan, in the Haikang Palace, Li Yuanji was lying leisurely, and Yang Qingwan was sitting quietly beside him.

"Madam, the royal palace has now built two palaces, and the others are also under construction. I believe they will be almost completed in a few months."

Li Yuanji's face was full of smiles. The palace he had been looking forward to was finally ready. The construction in the city was gradually completed. With many people working on the construction of his palace, the speed was still very impressive.

Yang Qingwan was also happy to hear that.

"I am really grateful to my husband, but my husband, you can go a little slower. The place we live in is fine now, and I am used to it. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. If it is like before, it may arouse resentment among the people, and then the gain will outweigh the loss."

How could Yang Qingwan not be happy about the construction of the royal palace? After all, the royal palace was a symbol, and the sooner it was completed, the better. However, Yang Qingwan was also very clear that although the royal palace was a symbol, Li Yuanji's status here could not be shaken because of a royal palace.

Li Yuanji laughed after hearing this.

"Don't worry, Madam. In fact, I didn't urge them to build the palace. I basically didn't care about it. They did it on their own initiative. In their words, the king has already built houses for all of us. The palace where the king lives must be built with care and effort, and it must be completed as quickly as possible.

We cannot leave our king without a place to live. Now is the time for us to repay him.

These are their exact words. I even advised them to slow down, but they didn't listen. They said they have been here for so long and have gotten used to it, and they were all working very hard.

It's okay, I'll pay attention to this matter."

When Li Yuanji heard this, he was moved. For example, the imperial palace in Chang'an needed to be repaired, and all the laborers were conscripted for labor. That was passive, not active. Working was more like punching a clock in. If there was no supervisor, the work would be stopped in minutes.

It is impossible to see the scene here, but now it appears here. He doesn't need to recruit them at all. These people come here on their own initiative, and there are more and more people. The construction progress is also very fast.

Li Yuanji was extremely proud at one point. Look, these are his simple and unpretentious people.

Yang Qingwan didn't say anything after hearing this. She just wanted to remind Li Yuanji. It was good that Li Yuanji knew it now.

Just then, Xie Shufang hurried in.

"Your Majesty, Princess, the Tan Palace has sent a lot of supplies, most of which are fruits."

After hearing this, Li Yuanji stood up immediately.

"Fruit? Where is it? Bring it here quickly."

Li Yuanji was a little excited for a moment. He really forgot that Guangxi was rich in fruits. It was such an excellent natural resource, but he didn't even think of it and didn't use it. This was very bad.

Afterwards, Xie Shufang brought up a lot of fruits. After seeing them, Li Yuanji frowned immediately. It was not for any other reason but that a lot of these fruits were rotten, and even those that were not rotten were on the verge of going bad.

Li Yuanji was helpless. It seemed that he was really happy too early. In this era, there was no better way of storage, and the road in Lingnan was difficult to travel. After a long time, the current situation would occur.

Li Yuanji then saw the sugarcane, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he took it in his hand.

After finding a knife, I peeled it and started eating it directly. It tasted really good and sweet.

"Throw away all the bad ones. This sugarcane tastes good and is sweet enough. You can try it too."

As Li Yuanji spoke, he fell into deep thought. The sweetness of sugarcane seemed to be better than some sugars on the market. The sugar in the Tang Dynasty was not good and not pure. The sugar-making technology that the Tang Dynasty improved later was brought back by Wang Xuance during his diplomatic mission to Magadha in India.

While eating the sugarcane, Li Yuanji found that it seemed necessary for him to improve the sugar-making process and make better sugar. Sugar, like salt, would inevitably be a best-selling product.

The most important thing is that sugar making is not that difficult, and the main raw material is sugarcane, which cannot be found in other places. Is there a shortage of sugarcane in Lingnan?
Xie Shufang next to him also started eating. Yang Qingwan went downstairs when Xie Shufang arrived. After Xie Shufang finished eating, he looked at Li Yuanji with some excitement.

"Your Majesty, this sugar cane is so sweet. The sugar in the capital seems to be not as sweet as this one."

Li Yuanji also laughed. There was indeed some sugarcane in Chang'an, but most of them were in the palace and were tributes from local areas. It was extremely difficult to see sugarcane outside, and sugarcane was not yet planted in large quantities and its popularity was very low.

"That's great. Collect all the sugar canes and send someone to Tan Dian to ask him to bring some more sugar canes. Sugar cane is a good thing. I plan to use it to make sugar that is whiter, more flawless and sweeter.

Oh, right, let Tan Dian come here in person, and have him come as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji was determined to use this sugarcane to make sugar again. With such a good foundation, he didn't want to waste it.

Xie Shufang was stunned after hearing this. He looked at the sugarcane in his hand and couldn't help but have a question.

"My king, can this thing really make sweeter, whiter sugar?"

Li Yuanji took another bite before looking at Xie Shufang.

"Shufang, have you forgotten the sea salt? You didn't believe it at the beginning, but now you have it. The same is true for this sugar. You will know when it is made."

Li Yuanji did not say much, and Xie Shufang did not ask any more questions, but he became more and more expectant. Li Yuanji had created many miracles, and now they would look forward to whatever Li Yuanji said.

In the following days, Li Yuanji was busy making white sugar from sugarcane. There was not much sugarcane here now, so he just figured out the process and then went to Tan Dian to make it, thus saving the trouble of transporting the sugarcane.

The first step in making sugar from sugarcane is to squeeze the sugarcane and extract the sugar water, which is the juice of the sugarcane. Then the impurities need to be removed. If there is no clarifier, lime can only be used as a substitute. After it becomes clarified, it is evaporated and concentrated, and then boiled over low heat until crystals appear.

Then the sugar crystals are separated from the remaining honey to obtain purer white sugar. The last step is to dry it, and it can be eaten after drying.

When the sugar was made, Li Yuanji was excited. Although not much was made, as long as the technique was correct, he could start making large quantities later.

"Shu Fang, go call Ning Chun and the others over."

Xie Shufang outside ran in, looked at the sugar in front of Li Yuanji, and did not eat it for a while.

"My lord, is this the white sugar you mentioned? Let me try it first."

Without waiting for Li Yuanji to speak, Xie Shufang started to taste it directly, put it in his mouth, and was full of excitement. Then he grabbed some more and put it in his mouth, and grabbed some more after he finished eating.

Li Yuanji decisively couldn't stand it anymore. He realized that if he didn't stop this person, this person would eat candy as food.

"Are you planning to eat sugar as a meal? Hurry up and call someone. Looking at your expression, we will send it to you when the production increases.

Now hurry up and call someone."

Li Yuanji kicked Xie Shufang on the butt. Xie Shufang grabbed some more before stopping. Li Yuanji's mouth twitched when he saw this.

"Hey, I'll go right away. Right away."

As Xie Shufang ran out, he stuffed the candy in his hand directly into his mouth. Li Yuanji just shook his head when he saw this.

(End of this chapter)