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Mrs. Tang is very knowledgeable.

Knowing that the eldest princess intends to get involved in the sugar industry, she needs a basic plan and has her own skills to make changes on top of the basic plan.

Moreover, the eldest princess is also very rich, many times richer than the Tang family.The sugar production process will definitely require the replacement of a large number of equipment, materials, and even more labor, and each piece of this will cost a huge amount of money.

If the Tang family's basic Tangtangliao industry catches the eyes of the eldest princess, then the Tang family will be able to be one of the original participants in sugar and receive extremely generous dividends. This dividend can be enjoyed by future generations for a long time. Get down!

"Okay, I just have nothing to do, so I'll go take a look."

Mu Tingxue agreed.

This is like an industrial assessment, or a grassroots inspection under a big leader.

Mu Tingxue had her own plans. If she started from scratch, she would purchase sugar cane fields, hire sugar cane farmers, build a sugar factory, and prepare a series of equipment such as pot stills, sugar pots, cattle, and large stone mills. , from the preparation of purified lime, activated carbon, yellow mud and other materials, to the recruitment of a large number of migrant sugar boiling workers with refined salt, the whole process was detailed, and it took less than two years to create a prototype of a basic sugar production industry chain.

Even if the Zhenbei Army intervenes and the efficiency can be improved, it will take at least more than a year.

Making white sugar is different from making refined salt.The raw material of refined salt is salt mine, which is found in nature. There is no need to indirectly extract it by planting certain plants, which saves half of the process. In addition, refined salt is controlled by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but sugar in ancient times is not.

In the future, when white sugar is actually produced on a large scale, it will still need to be slightly controlled by the state.

In the 21st century, white sugar is a controlled commodity. If a single person purchases more than eight kilograms, real-name registration is required to prevent illegal use; import and export must have quotas, and it is not only controlled by China, but also by countries around the world!

Mrs. Tang didn't know how far-reaching the eldest princess's plan was. She was already ecstatic at the moment: "The Tang Family's largest Tangtang House is nearby. Please come with me."

Down syndrome has a good chance of winning.

Moreover, she had already made preparations before taking the initiative to invite Mu Tingxue.

Yesterday, I asked the sugar masters at the largest native sugar factory five miles away from Tianlu to clean up overnight and put the best brown sugar outside. All the equipment was wiped clean and the severely damaged ones were immediately replaced with new ones. .Even the hundreds of old scalpers who pulled the big wooden rollers were given a bath and their hooves trimmed.

The face-saving project has been completed.

Two quarters later.

Mu Tingxue took a carriage and arrived at her destination.

This local sugar house is one of the countless sugar houses of the Tang family spread across various places. It covers a large area and is comparable to a large farm.

"How many acres of sugarcane fields does this sugar house have?"

"There are seven thousand acres here." Mrs. Tang respectfully answered the leader's question, "On the two low hills connected to the east, all the acres of cultivated fields are used to grow sugar cane."

Mu Tingxue nodded and asked the Minister of Household Affairs: "Has it been included in the "Fish Scales Atlas"?"

"Of course!"

Mrs. Tang tightened her skin and subconsciously pinched her own lips. She lowered her eyebrows and said, "All the fields in Yundu Tangliao have been settled and included in the "Fish Scale Atlas" required by the Ministry of Household Affairs to be rebuilt. There are no With no trace of concealment, all sugarcane field taxes are paid on time according to the share, and no arrears are dared; the Tang family's sugarcane fields in other states and counties also actively cooperated with the Qingzhang under the supervision of officials from various places, and there was absolutely no resistance to taxes. Behavior."

The Tang family is also an aristocratic family. Mu Tingxue restructured the land tax system. Before the land was cleared, they had a total of 50 acres of sugar cane fields, and they did not have to pay the land tax.

Many people in the family complained about this tax payment, and even tried to hide the tax from the land, and violated the law.

However, Mrs. Tang severely stopped them. The two Tang family elders who caused trouble were dismissed from their important positions and sent to other places.The Tang family was supported by her, an old woman, and was headed by a woman. From the bottom of her heart, she admired the eldest princess. Yunhuang's treasury was managed by the young eldest princess.

Referring to others, Mrs. Tang actually felt a sense of sympathy for each other.She hoped that she could find an opportunity to do something for this eldest princess who was braving the world's disdain.If you want to become someone else's subordinate, you must unswervingly support their policies, so she was one of the first to take the initiative to hand over the land tax after the restructuring.

Mu Tingxue smiled slightly and said with satisfaction: "It is with the cooperation of outstanding family heads like you that the important policies of the Ministry of Household Affairs can be implemented smoothly. Mrs. Tang is worthy of being a hero among women."

This is not a compliment, nor is it a business exchange.

She was sincerely complimenting her.

After all, in a feudal era like Yunhuang where patriarchy and husband power prevailed, most women were in an environment where they had no rights but only sexual charm and reproductive value. If you want to find a capable female sugar entrepreneur like Mrs. Tang, it is necessary. It’s not easy!

This must be cultivated carefully. Mrs. Tang looked like she had many wrinkles and gray hair, but she had already asked Dongchang to check it out. This old lady just worked too hard on the family business and looked older and like a seventy-year-old, but in fact I'm just 50 years old. As long as I take good care of myself, I can still continue my career for at least another 20 years.

"Your Highness, you are so complimentary. I am so ashamed of myself."

Mrs. Tang's wrinkles relaxed happily.

Mu Tingxue asked about the production process of Tutangliao.

Mrs. Tang hurriedly replied: "Oxes pull wooden pulleys to press sugarcane, pots and stoves boil sugar, and earthenware pots separate honey."

It was just as expected by Mu Tingxue.

It is a very standard ancient method of boiling sugar. Judging from modern standards, it is extremely backward. In ancient times, it barely passed the test.

Why is it so close?

"Why use a wooden pulley instead of a big stone pulley?"

Mu Tingxue inspected the brick-and-tiled sugar houses, the sugar boiling houses, and the large sheds for pressing sugar cane juice.

The first thing she entered was the juicing shed.

I saw ten large wooden rollers rooted in the ground. The rollers were made of heavy solid wood. Strong old oxen were used to pull the wooden rollers to crush the sugar cane and squeeze the juice.The hired migrant workers quickly peeled the sugarcane skins by hand, put them into a wooden pulley, and the oxen pulled the pulley to squeeze out the sugarcane juice.

The squeezed sugarcane juice flows along the groove under the wooden reel into the oversized containers prepared in advance, including wooden vats and porcelain vats.

The workers have a clear division of labor: those who look after the containers, those who peel the sugar cane, those who operate the old oxen, and those who handle the bagasse.

"Stone reel?"

Mrs. Tang looked surprised, "For generations, ancestors of the Tang family have used solid wood pulleys to crush sugar cane juice. I have never heard of a stone pulley."

Mu Tingxue bent down, picked up a cluster of sugarcane bagasse, and squeezed it in her hand.

"You see, with the current wooden reel, at least [-]% to [-]% of the juice remains in the sugarcane bagasse. The pressing power is not good, and the equipment needs to be improved."