Chapter 801 Brown sugar turns into white sugar?

A few days later, Hou Shikai and several people from the Su family went to Shuobei with a large amount of silver notes.

This time, the Su family paid a total of 1.4 million taels of silver.

Among them, 1.2 million taels of silver belonged to the partnership with Hou Shikai to buy sugar, and the other 200,000 taels of silver were lent by Su to Hou Shikai.

The Su family had strong opinions on the extra two hundred thousand taels of silver.

But Hou Shikai refused to let go.

In Hou Shikai's words, he spent a lot of money in order to have a good relationship with Pang Lushan.

His relationship with Pang Lushan was worth two hundred thousand taels of silver.

In the end, with Yang Huizhou's mediation, the Su family agreed to pay an extra two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Although the Su family is extremely wealthy, they really don't have much cash in hand.

In order to make up for the 1.4 million taels of silver, the Su family also borrowed 300,000 taels of silver from elsewhere.

The group of people passed Beilu Pass and headed straight for Mayi, but they did not enter the city. They just settled down in a small dilapidated courtyard about ten miles away from Mayi.

They waited in the small courtyard for a day before Pang Lushan came secretly.

"What are you doing? Why are there so many people here? Are you afraid that no one will find you?"

As soon as he saw Hou Shikai and six or seven people from the Su family, Pang Lushan immediately got angry and turned to leave.

"Brother Lu Shan, stay!"

Hou Shikai hurriedly stepped forward to hold Pang Lushan, and said with an apologetic smile: "These are my guards. This time I am carrying two million taels of silver notes. I dare not be careless. Please forgive me, brother Lu Shan."

With that said, Hou Shikai quickly winked at Su Huaimin and others, signaling them not to reveal their identities.

A few people understood but said nothing.

Ok?

Two million taels of silver notes?

Pang Lushan stopped suddenly and said in shock: "Did you really get two million taels of silver?"

"That's for sure!"

Hou Shikai laughed and said, "Brother Lu Shan has already spoken. I must find a way to get enough money! Brother Lu Shan, I brought you all the brown sugar. Do you think you can teach me on the spot?"

With that said, Hou Shikai winked at Su Huaimin again.

Su Huaimin understood and immediately took out a package containing seven or eight pieces of brown sugar.

Pang Lushan glanced at the brown sugar and said lightly: "Brown sugar alone is not enough."

"I see!"

Hou Shikai chuckled, walked to the window, took a cautious look outside, and then took out the small wooden box hidden in a very hidden corner, "Brother Lu Shan, the banknotes are all here, you count them!"

Pang Lushan's eyes lit up and he immediately started counting the banknotes.

While he was counting the banknotes, Hou Shikai kept staring outside for him.

The two men looked like thieves, which convinced Su Huaimin and others.

Pang Lushan wasted the boss's efforts and then counted the banknotes.

"Okay, you're awesome!"

The anger on Pang Lushan's face disappeared instantly, but he said seriously: "Remember, after you learn this method of making sugar, you must not sell sugar in Fuzhou and Shuobei. It is best not to even sell sugar around Fuzhou. Sell!"

"You know who Yunzheng is!"

"If Yunzheng knew that I sold this method to you, I wouldn't be able to survive, and neither would you!"

"We are all grasshoppers on a rope. We are all seeking money. Don't take your own life seriously!"

Pang Lushan spoke extremely seriously, and Hou Shikai nodded repeatedly.

"Brother Lu Shan, don't worry. I'm just asking for money. I will definitely bear in mind Brother Lu Shan's advice."

Hou Shikai made a solemn promise.

Pang Lushan nodded and said: "You guys have a night's rest first. I will go back and prepare the things for making sugar. Tomorrow at noon, I will teach you how to make sugar! In addition, you should prepare some things separately and don't attract others. Doubt!"

After giving them a few simple instructions, Pang Lushan left in a hurry.

At noon the next day, Pang Lushan appeared in the ruined courtyard on time, carrying a package on his back.

"Is everything ready?"

Pang Lushan asked as soon as he came in.

"Everything is ready!"

Hou Shikai pointed to the small iron pot and other items next to him.

Pang Lushan walked over to check, and immediately told Hou Shikai: "Take someone to stay and help, and the rest will guard outside. If anyone comes, alert us immediately!"

"This……"

Hou Shikai hesitated for a moment and then said to Su Huaimin: "You stay, and the rest of the people go outside and guard!"

Others in the Su family were somewhat reluctant.

They also wanted to stay and see how Pang Lushan used brown sugar to make white sugar.

But seeing Hou Shikai winking at them crazily, they agreed.

That's it!

Anyway, the Su family has one person inside, so they are not afraid of Hou Shikai monopolizing the secret method!

With this in mind, a few people reluctantly walked out.

After everyone had gone out, Pang Lushan immediately called them to help.

Those who set up the stove set up the stove, and those who washed the pots washed the pots.

After everything was ready, Pang Lushan took a piece of brown sugar that weighed about half a kilogram and whispered: "I can't leave alone for too long, so I will give you a demonstration. You just need to know the method!"

"well!"

Hou Shikai and Su Huaimin nodded quickly.

After they agreed, Pang Lushan handed the brown sugar in his hand to Su Huaimin and asked him to crush it.

After breaking it into pieces, Pang Lu found a small piece of white cloth and wrapped the brown sugar.

"Why do you need to wrap it up?"

Hou Shikai asked puzzledly.

"You'll find out later!"

Pang Lushan smiled mysteriously and took out two water bags from his body and handed them to the two of them.

In the doubtful eyes of the two people, Pang Lushan pointed to his nose and whispered: "Smell it!"

The two of them reacted and quickly smelled it.

"Is this... rice vinegar?"

Hou Shikai was the first to react.

Rice vinegar?

Su Huaimin was stunned and quickly took out the rice vinegar in the water bag to smell it.

While he was smelling the rice vinegar, Pang Lushan quickly unwrapped the brown sugar wrapped in cloth.

Based on the principle of caution, Su Huaimin also tried to take a sip.

“It’s really rice vinegar!”

Su Huaimin was surprised, "What's in this wine bag?"

"This is rice water."

Pang Lushan chuckled, "This is the secret of making white sugar! However, there is something special about how to add it!"

As he spoke, Pang Lushan threw the cloth bag wrapped with sugar into the water, poured in a dozen drops of rice vinegar, and added some rice washing water. While adding it, he said matter-of-factly: "You can add more at the beginning, and it will boil. I’ll add it again in the future!”

After saying that, Pang Lushan asked Su Huaimin to light firewood.

After a while, the water in the pot boiled. Pang Lushan opened the lid of the wooden pot, added a little rice vinegar and rice washing water, and continued to simmer.

When he opened the lid of the pot again, about half of the water in the pot had boiled down, and the brown sugar should have completely melted, but there was no color at all in the pot of sugar water.

This result made Su Huaimin and Hou Shikai widen their eyes.

“When you add it for the third time, just make it a little more precise!”

Pang Lushan added a little white vinegar again, picked up two small wooden sticks, fished out the cloth bag from the pot, and opened the cloth bag in front of the two of them.

There is no brown sugar in the cloth bag, only some impurities.

"Now you know why I wrapped it up, right?"

Pang Lushan looked at Hou Shikai with a smile, and then continued: "We are making a small amount, so we can do it like this. If you make a lot, you have to filter the sugar water in the pot with silk twice more, and then add more according to the method I just made. Use rice vinegar twice so that the white sugar will be whiter..."

Pang Lushan patiently "taught" them how to make sugar, and the two of them listened very carefully, nodding from time to time...