in2ebook Chapter 158
Chapter 158
"Send an order to Yin Kaishan to go over there and see if there is a suitable place to dock and transport some sugarcane back to Chang'an."
As for why we didn’t build the factory directly there, it’s because we have to be at ease if such an important factory is placed in Changan.
[Some people may ask why we don't use beets as an example. That's because beets were introduced to my country relatively late, around the fifth century.]
[It was recorded by Tao Hongjing in the sixth century, when it was called Jundacai or Flame Cai.]
[In my country during the fifth or sixth century, roughly the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, if you were to travel back to that era, I wouldn't recommend making sugar. It's best to return quickly.]
[Be careful of those barbarians who might eat you with sugar.]
[The sugar production methods for sugar beets and sugarcane are similar. The only advantage is that they can grow in the north. Our sugar beet production areas at this time are in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia.]
big man
Liu Che sighed. It was indeed simple to make sugar from sugarcane, but what he wanted more was beets because they could grow in the north.
At this time, the Han Dynasty was still a little weak in its rule over the south.
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin's face was full of surprise, because sugar beets are easier to transport than sugarcane, and can also be grown in the north. Now the conquered land will be useful.
"Tell them to see if there are any flame dishes in the palace. If there are, make them according to the recipe on the tent and prepare some snacks for Li Tai."
"Well, send some to the prince as well."
Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan was also very happy. The sugar-making process mentioned on the sky curtain was still in use at this time, but there were pictures of several juicers on the sky curtain.
He believed that the owner of the sugar factory would be able to make it according to the drawing on the skylight.
[Brown sugar tastes similar to white sugar, but since we've traveled back in time, we must make a more beautiful white sugar in one go.]
More importantly, sugar is a valuable commodity in Europe. We can earn money from it and use it to strengthen our own forces.
How is white sugar made? The Ming Dynasty encyclopedia "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" contains detailed records. In China, the process is done by flushing with yellow mud and water.
[First of all, this yellow mud cannot be ordinary soil, it should be some kind of alkaline soil, and it takes a long time, about one and a half months.]
Is there an easier way?
Ancient people from all dynasties stretched their necks, hoping that the host would continue broadcasting quickly. After seeing the sugar as white as snow, they immediately fell in love with this thing.
This thing must be sweet!
Li Tai couldn't wait any longer, so he ordered the beets in the garden to be dug up and made into brown sugar. White sugar was indeed good, but he'd better eat it first.
[Of course there are, but it is quite troublesome to make. It requires cooling, remelting and other techniques to remove as much impurities as possible from the sugar.]
[And the color may not be as white as you think. ]
Qi Cheng felt that this introduction was not detailed enough, so he looked for other videos and found that some of them added a white solution, and some used a centrifuge.
The most suitable method is the yellow mud flushing method mentioned above.
This invention is simply great!
Now there are many people on the Internet who are trying to copy the yellow mud method but have not succeeded. Qi Cheng took a quick look and felt that there might be something wrong with their method.
So I directly found the original text of "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", hoping that it could help those who wanted to make sugar in ancient times.
Daqin
Qin Shihuang ordered people to clearly record all the steps. Now there were no sugar beets in Daqin, so sugar could only be made from sugarcane, but there was no sugarcane around Xianyang.
We can only wait for the sugarcane to be shipped over from the south.
"Li Si, you are responsible for contacting the Mohist school and making sugar for me as soon as possible, especially white sugar. You must find a way to make it!"