Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Lingchuan dug three basins of yellow mud under the peach tree in the courtyard, added water and stirred it evenly, then covered them with lids. The first step of refining white sugar was completed.

According to the steps of the yellow mud water sprinkling method, the yellow mud needs to be fermented for two days.

Lingchuan had made white sugar out of boredom before, following the method found on the Internet. Although it wasn't as white as the sugar bought from the supermarket, it was pretty close.

At that time it was just for fun, so it was quite casual, but this time it was for real, so Ling Chuan made sufficient preparations.

Two days later, Lingchuan asked Cao Huanchun for a few pounds of brown sugar, poured it into the yellow mud, added water and stirred it evenly, then covered it with a lid and continued to ferment.

Three days later, Ling Chuan took out a basin of brown sugar and yellow mud, and stuffed it into a special funnel, tamped it and compacted it, then added two layers of cotton cloth underneath to filter it, and added a layer of charcoal inside the cotton cloth.

Then the yellow mud in the funnel is continuously flushed with water. This is the origin of the yellow mud water spraying method.

The water that came out of the shower was a little turbid, but it was the sugar water. Lingchuan lit the fire and took a long time to boil the sugar water dry, and got a big bowl of syrup.

Next, just wait for the syrup to cool and take shape, then crush it to make white sugar.

However, the color of this syrup is yellow crystal, which is far from the color of white sugar. It seems that it needs to be fermented for another two days and filtered several more times.

Just when Ling Chuan was about to taste it, Cao Huanchun came over and said, "Is this white sugar? It's not white at all."

"White sugar is not easy to refine. The best quality is called white sugar, and this is the inferior quality, called brown sugar." Ling Chuan made up a story and said, "Although it is of inferior quality, the taste is not much different. Would you like to try it, Boss Cao?"

Cao Huanchun took another closer look, then stretched out his finger and poked it in.

"Be careful..." Before Ling Chuan could finish his words, Cao Huanchun had already put his fingers into his mouth. Then, all the wrinkles on Cao Huanchun's face smoothed out.

"Yeah, this is good, this is good, it's much sweeter than malt sugar, and it doesn't have that weird taste of brown sugar."

Ling Chuan also tasted it and found it was basically the same as white sugar: "How about trying to make some snacks with this syrup?"

Cao Huanchun nodded: "Then let's try it first."

There are eight people in the entire Taoyuan, including Lingchuan, from the front hall to the shop and the backyard. Cao Huanchun and four waiters live in the front hall, Lingchuan and Xiao Taohong live in the backyard. There is also a middle-aged woman called Aunt Rong, who is said to have come from the palace. All the snacks in the shop are made by her.

At this time, everyone gathered in the front hall shop, all looking at Aunt Rong with anticipation as she brought up the hot cloud cakes.

Xiao Taohong asked curiously, "Why is this cloud cake yellow?"

Ling Chuan explained: "Because of the brown sugar, the color is a little off."

The cloud cake was still a whole piece when it came out of the oven. When Aunt Rong was slicing it, she could already smell the fragrance emanating from it. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "I can already smell the sweetness from the fragrance. It seems that the brown sugar can really enhance the taste of the cake."

Without waiting for Aunt Rong to finish cutting, Ling Chuan grabbed a piece of cloud cake and started eating. He had been busy since early morning and hadn't even had lunch.

After stuffing the cloud cake into his mouth in a few seconds, Ling Chuan gave a thumbs up and praised: "Aunt Rong's craftsmanship plus the brown sugar are simply amazing."

"Mr. Ling, thank you for the compliment." Aunt Rong returned Ling Chuan's smile, then picked up a piece of cloud cake and tasted it.

This person is a professional. Ling Chuan pricked up his ears and waited for his evaluation.

Aunt Rong smiled after taking just one bite, and then she savored the cake carefully until she had finished it. Then she said, "The cake with brown sugar is really delicious. I guess it's unmatched in the whole capital."

Everyone has tasted it by now and nodded in praise. Yunpian Cake is Yun Fu Ji's signature dish, and it tastes even better after adding brown sugar.

Cao Huanchun said with a smile: "Our Yunfuji has always relied on the young lady's subsidy. It seems that we will be able to earn some money in the future."

Ling Chuan said while chewing on a piece of Yunpian Cake: "Boss Cao is too conservative. I can boldly say that it won't be long before Yunfuji is the number one dim sum shop in Beijing."

"Then I will accept Master Ling's good words."

Although Cao Huanchun said this, he actually didn't quite believe it in his heart. If a shop wants to make money, it can't just rely on good taste.

After all, Yunfuji was originally a shop used to cover up one's identity, and the people in the shop were not serious businessmen.

Even His Majesty did not expect this shop to make money.

Ling Chuan could also tell that Cao Huanchun was not being sincere, but he was too lazy to care. With his abilities, running a dim sum shop was just a piece of cake.

Over the next two days, Ling Chuan continued to boil sugar, and on the third time, he finally produced the sugar he was satisfied with.

Ling Chuan himself couldn't believe that he could make white sugar that was almost exactly the same as in his previous life. The only difference was that he couldn't make the particles as fine as granulated sugar.

When a large bowl of sparkling white sugar was placed in front of Lu Xi, Lu Xi couldn't help but reveal an expression of surprise on her usually calm face.

"You really made this?"

Ling Chuan spread his hands and said, "You all said that this thing is only in the palace. I can't go to the palace to steal it."

Lu Xi rolled her eyes at him in a slightly coquettish manner, then stretched out her finger, dipped it in some sugar, put it in her mouth and started sucking.

Ling Chuan suddenly felt his brain congested. Doesn’t this woman know how tempting this action is to commit a crime?

Especially her calm and slightly arrogant expression, the lethality of this action is off the charts.

Ling Chuan swallowed his saliva: "How is it? How does it compare to the ones in the palace?"

Lu Xi's eyes had narrowed into two crescents at this time, and he nodded slightly and said, "It's comparable to the white sugar in the palace."

Ling Chuan suppressed the thoughts in his mind, smiled and said: "Then what we talked about before..."

Lu Xi smiled slightly: "It's just 70% of the shares, it's up to you."

Ling Chuan showed a delighted expression and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve: "This is a contract I drafted. If you take a look and see if there is any problem, we can finalize this matter."

Lu Xi showed an expression of disbelief. As the emperor, my words are law. How could I sign a contract with this guy just for a shop?

Ling Chuan also noticed that Lu Xi was a little unhappy, and quickly explained: "It's not that I don't trust you, but it's better to explain some details clearly. How about you take a look at this contract first?"

Lu Xi snorted, but still took the contract and read it carefully. This read made her look at Ling Chuan with a higher opinion. Some of the clauses in the contract were unexpectedly something she had never heard of before, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that they were very reasonable.

Where did this nerd learn all this?

After reading the contract, Lu Xi took out a seal and stamped it.

Ling Chuan also signed his name, then dusted off the contract and extended his right hand to Lu Xi: "From today on, we are partners. Please take care of me in the future."

Lu Xi looked at Ling Chuan with a puzzled look.

"Ahaha, this is a courtesy gesture, both parties shook hands to express their pleasure in cooperating."

Seeing that Lu Xi was still confused, Ling Chuan simply stepped forward and held Lu Xi's hand.

But before he could swing it up and down, Lu Xi suddenly frowned, turned his elbow, and twisted Ling Chuan's arm behind his back.