HCB Chapter 276 The white sugar that is popular in the whole world
Chapter 276 The white sugar that is popular in the whole world
After tasting the white sugar, all the officials suddenly exclaimed.
They never thought that this snow-white thing was really sugar.
As Nestern said, if this kind of candy is sold, it will definitely fetch a sky-high price.
At this moment, all the officials in the Qilin Palace stared at Ying Yu with bright eyes.
Seeing this, the smile on Ying Yu's face deepened.
Geographically speaking, Lingnan County is closer to Tianzhu and Persia than Jiangnan County.
The reason why the seaport was finally chosen to be in the south of the Yangtze River was mainly limited by traffic conditions.
The Lingnan area is mountainous, and the roads are also winding and rugged. The concrete straight roads are not progressing quickly.
There is no comparison between Lingnan and Jiangnan, which is located in the plain of the river system and is about to open the Grand Canal.
However, as a traverser, Ying Yu is very aware of the potential of Lingnan Land.
Especially Guangdong, which is the most economically developed province in later generations.
And Ying Yu thought of using sugar as a weapon to develop Lingnan.
Lingnan County has a tradition of planting sugar cane for hundreds of years, and boiling cane sugar for a long time, but the price of cane sugar is too low, so the economic utility is not high.
But now Ying Yu has mastered the real sugar production process.
The price of white granulated sugar is absolutely different from that of sucrose.
It is bound to become a strong driving force for the economic development of Lingnan County and become a key product of Daqin trade and export.
When the economy is boosted, the port of Lingnan County will be relied on. After the land route is completely opened up, the advantages of Lingnan Port will be fully reflected.
"This white sugar is really good!"
"Prince, how about the production of white sugar?"
When Ying Zheng came to the Qilin Hall, he saw a group of officials circling Ying Yu, and immediately became puzzled.
When I came over to take a look, I realized that this kid had researched something good again.
After tasting it himself, Ying Zheng immediately became interested.
"Father, don't worry, the yield is not a problem. Ten catties of sucrose can basically be purified to produce eight or nine catties of white granulated sugar. The loss is not much, but the value has increased by tens or even hundreds of times!"
"Erchen has already sent people to Lingnan and other places to buy a large amount of cane sugar for a long time at the price of five yuan a catty, and plans to sign a purchase agreement with the farmers. No matter how much they plant, they will buy it at this price!"
Ying Zheng nodded steadily when he heard this.
Previously, Ying Yu promoted goat breeding in Nanhai and other counties and counties, which had achieved good results.
If the sugar trade can keep up, Lingnan County will really take off.
However, Ying Zheng understands that if he wants to become the main business force, he must not only have quality but also output.
The price of five yuan a catty is purchased, which has exceeded the price of ordinary chestnut rice.
I believe that as soon as the news comes out, people in Lingnan and other places will definitely plant sugarcane vigorously.
In this way, production can indeed be guaranteed.
A group of officials also showed excitement on their faces.
With the development of maritime trade, the footprints of the Daqin Caravan have spread all over the world.
The huge amount of export trade has directly brought huge profits to Daqin, and the monthly income of the newly established tariff is also rising steadily.
Now the appearance of this white granulated sugar will inevitably become a new bright spot in Daqin's economic growth.
Let Daqin's maritime trade, which was already in full swing, make another breakthrough.
Nesten has even considered whether to continue building a few more treasuries.
Otherwise, the gold and silver in the treasury may not be able to hold it again.
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Soon, the merchants of Daqin were pleasantly surprised to find a new product in the royal firm: white granulated sugar.
This is a condiment that is as white as snow, crystal clear, and much sweeter than honey.
To the surprise of the merchants, the price of the white granulated sugar was only [-] yuan a catty.
Many quick-witted businessmen discovered the business opportunities in an instant.
They gave up competing with other merchants for commodities such as silk, tea, and colored glaze, and instead focused on white sugar.
Although the price of [-] yuan a catty is not cheap, the prosperity of Daqin's business has greatly improved the consumption power.
The rich and powerful's demand for sweetness has always been endless.
And this is only within Daqin. If this white granulated sugar, which is called a work of art, can be transported to a foreign country, it will be easy to sell for thousands of dollars per catty.
This profit has surpassed silk and tea, and is about to catch up with the most profitable glass.
Merchants came to the Royal Firm one after another and began to snap up sugar.
Many dignitaries even approached Shen Wansan directly, asking if they could get the wholesale price directly, or invest in shares, build a sugar refinery or something.
Shen Wansan never refused anyone who came.
So countless businessmen and dignitaries came to Lingnan with a lot of money.
In just a short time, sugar refineries of different sizes were established.
The people of Lingnan County are also full of joy.
They never thought that sugarcane and sucrose, which were not valued before and were very cheap, have become sought-after goods now.
The price of sucrose at five cents a catty, and all the seeds and agricultural tools are provided free of charge by the government. For the common people, they are really satisfied and cannot be more satisfied.
Many people happily signed a sugarcane production and sales agreement with the government, and under the guidance of the farmers, they began to plant sugarcane on a large scale.
The faces of the common people all carry the color of infinite scenery.
Just entering the early autumn, they have already obtained the biggest harvest.
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"This white sugar is indeed another sharp weapon for business."
Looking at the transaction data compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ying Zheng sighed sincerely.
With the continuous improvement of Daqin's economy and trade, and the popularity of carrier pigeon communications, the Neishi Prefecture will now summarize the economic data of the previous ten days every ten days. Yingzheng and the officials will discuss it carefully and correct the shortcomings in time.
"What your majesty said is that in the whole of Qin Dynasty, everyone knows that the white sugar invented by His Royal Highness is a sharp weapon for making money.
Nowadays, countless dignitaries and wealthy businessmen are blocking the door of the minister's house, clamoring for sales shares, and the minister dare not go home! "
Nesten said with a wry smile.
The merchants did not dare to disturb Ying Yu, nor did they dare to offend Shen Wansan, the God of Wealth.
So they all ran to Neishi's mansion, and even Neishi's mansion was surrounded by three layers of inside and outside.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince's ability to make money, I am completely convinced!"
"This white granulated sugar is overseas. It is said that it has been fired to the point of [-] yuan a catty. At this price, the supply is still in short supply!"
A group of civil and military ministers expressed their emotions one after another.
Ying Yu smiled lightly, and sure enough, no matter who it is, no one can escape the true fragrance law of fame and fortune.
Driven by huge commercial interests, in today's Great Qin Dynasty, no one dares to say that doing business is a lowly way.
There are large caravans in the houses of important ministers of the ruling and opposition parties.
The reason why they touted white sugar so much was that besides the high profit of white sugar, they still wanted to curry favor with Ying Yu and try to get more sugar sales quota.