"Do you have any sugar cane stored in the winter?”
Lin Zhexian asked.
Sugarcane seedlings in the field.
It looked like it would take a long time before he could harvest the sugar cane.
After all.
Summer was not the season to harvest sugar cane.
Although there were no fridges or large cold storages in ancient times, the wisdom of the ancients could not be underestimated. They created something similar to cold storages.
Ice cellar!
Northerners might be very familiar with this term.
"You should have an ice cellar here, right? Were there sugar cane or beets stored in the ice cellar during the winter?”
Candied Haws.
The most important thing was the candy!
If there was no sugar, how could he make candied haws?？
As for fruits.
Lin Zhexian did not lack hawthorn trees in the mountains.
"Ice cellar? Is the county magistrate talking about the ice well? There is indeed an ice well in Zhishui County, and there are many sugar canes stored in it.”
Li Yuan replied.
As early as the pre-Qin period, there were methods to dig ice and hide it.
However, most of the people.
Usually, they didn't have the time to do so, unless they were royalty.
However...
The people of Zhishui County seemed to be very free.
Although the injured soldiers could no longer go on the battlefield, they could not afford to be idle, so they dug an ice well.
Generally--
In winter, a lot of ice would be placed in the ice well and then covered with straw to prevent the cold air from spreading out.
The chilling effect was excellent!
Even if a year had passed, only two-thirds of the ice in the ice well would melt.
This was the wisdom of the ancients.
"There's sugar cane…It'll be much easier."
Hearing this.
Lin Zhexian smiled faintly. He was worried that he would have to pay for the sugar cane himself.
However, he did not expect it.
The villagers of Zhishui County were actually storing sugar cane.
It looked like there were a lot of them!
Li Yuan was really confused. Although sugar cane was very sweet, it was not filling at all! Other than being able to make juice from sugar cane, they could also nibble on it when they had nothing to do.
At most, he would put some sugar cane juice on the roast meat.
Other than that.
Is there any other use? He realized that he could not understand the thoughts of this young county magistrate.
He could not see through the other party's thoughts at all.
"I want to refine sugar. This is the first step in developing Zhishui County. There are many big moves that will require a large amount of money to support the operation.”
Lin Zhexian said lightly.
Refining sugar!
Before Li Shimin ascended the throne, there was no such thing as sugar cane in the Tang Dynasty.
Sugarcane produces sugar.
It appeared around 627 AD.
Li Shi Min had arrived at the base in the year 626, which was close to a year away from now.
"Refining sugar?"
Li Yuan was stunned.
Sugarcane could indeed be squeezed into syrup, but could it be made into sugar?
He realized.
He seemed to be out of touch with the times.
Regarding this.
Lin Zhexian only smiled without saying anything. He knew that the sugar industry was definitely a huge business that involved many industrial chains.
For example.
He wanted to make the candied haws.
He needed sugar!
Moreover, the taste of sugar cane was even better.
It completely surpassed the other sugar sources of the Great Tang!
What could sugar do?
candied haws, popsicles, condiments, and sugar cubes. In the end, it was a very important industry with a huge market.
Food industry!
This could be said to be a relatively profitable industry, and it was also an industry that was relatively easy to recoup.
"Order people to take out all the sugar cane and squeeze it into juice.”
Lin Zhexian said.
Although he was puzzled.
He didn't know what method Lin Zhexian could use to make sugar from ordinary sugar cane.
However…
No matter what, Lin Zhexian was still a county magistrate.
He was now Li Yuan's superior.
Li Yuan naturally had to obediently call for people to move the sugar cane. Moreover, he also hoped that Zhishui County could improve! Some did not seek wealth, but wanted to feed everyone.
However...
Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Just the 1,000 people in Zhishui County could eat their fill.
It was a very difficult thing.
He could only hope that this ghost-faced marquis wasn't just talking on paper.
Immediately.
Li Yuan quickly ran over and called for someone to carry the sugar cane.
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