Fight the Giants

  Chapter 262 The way to cure him

  Huo Xi It wasn't until the day Huo Wuniang left, that Yang made brown sugar water for Huo Wuniang and asked Huo Erhuai to take it to the medical clinic. Then she had a flash of inspiration and had a cure for Wu Youcai.

  She doesn't trade raw silk, she trades sugar with Wu Youcai!

  Sucrose is more than 30 yuan a catty, Wu Youcai may receive even less. But one hundred stones of flame nitrate can be exchanged for fifty stones of sucrose at most, and if they are sold in the market, they will not make much money from the difference.

  But Huo Xi remembered that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, someone refined white sugar from sucrose.

   Until the late Ming Dynasty, white sugar, which was already the price of cabbage, was still being scrambled by foreign countries at the price of luxury goods, and shipped back to China for thousands of miles.

  The method of practicing white sugar is actually very simple, that is, the "yellow mud water drenching sugar method", which is introduced in "Tiangong Kaiwu".

  It is to put the boiled sucrose into the tile funnel to agglomerate, and then pour the yellow mud water into the funnel to make it react, so that white sugar can be obtained.

   This operation first appeared in Fujian, which is also a large sugarcane-producing area. Afterwards, it became popular all over the Ming Dynasty and became a milestone in the history of world sugar production.

  Low-cost and simple technology, supplemented by new sugar-making equipment such as the "cane cart" of the Ming Dynasty, white sugar, which was once expensive and scarce, was quickly produced in this way.

  Even in the late Ming Dynasty, white sugar became popular in the Ming Dynasty and was already the price of cabbage, but it was still sold as a luxury product in Europe, the East, the West, and Southeast Asia. Every year, tens of thousands of stones are sent to the country of Wa.

  Huo Xi's heart was beating violently.

  Thinking about the possibility of fooling Wu Youcai with flame nitrate and exchanging him for sucrose.

   Thinking about how to operate so as to avoid Wu Youcai's eyes and ears without exposing himself. And it's probably not enough to just fire one kind of goods.

  Huo Xi carefully considered the operability of this. After rehearsing several times on paper, I clapped my hands and decided to do it.

   When I told Shen Qianzhong and Yang Fu about this plan, they were so shocked that their jaws almost hit the ground.

  Yang Fu accepted it well, and soon came back to his senses, firmly standing behind Huo Xi. But Shen Qianzhong, a merchant, heard that he was going to fool the officials of the Shibo Department, so his legs were weak.

   Civil Fighting Officer? Is it too bold? Thin arms want to twist the thighs? Can it be twisted?

   And, why?

"I have a grudge against Wu Youcai, the kind that must be reported. If shopkeeper Shen is afraid, just pretend not to know. I will inform you in advance, because I am afraid that I will take the flame nitrate from the warehouse and you will ask where it is. "

  Huo Xi didn't want to explain too much. She had thought about this, and she had to do it.

   "But what's the benefit of this? Just to get a few hundred taels of silver?" Moreover, it will take a long time to sell the cane sugar for dozens of stones.

   It is quite easy for Guangfengshui to earn a few hundred taels these days, so is there any need to take risks?

   "One is for revenge, the other is to get rid of the flame nitrate in the warehouse, and the third is, of course, to make money. But I can't tell you yet, everything has to wait for the experiment."

   A few hundred taels of silver is not worth the risk for her. If it is recorded by Wu Youcai, she will not be able to appear in the capital. The loss outweighs the gain.

  Shen Qianzhong was full of doubts, there were a thousand reasons, but he could only follow the decision made by the boss.

   Next, Huo Xi asked him to buy a few Japanese knives from the market at a high price.

  The Japanese knives at this time, because the quality of the workmanship of the Japanese country is extremely good, were shipped to the Wei Dynasty and were sought after by the nobles of various families. Very popular. If you can’t buy it in the market, you can only charge a handful or two from others at a high price.

   There are Japanese fans. It's easy to buy.

Huo Xi also only bought a few as models, bought various materials for making Japanese fans, and sent them to Qionghua Lane in person, and found a dozen reliable and tight-lipped women who had cooperated with her family for a long time, so that They imitated making Japanese fans.

  High imitation, no one knows what to do. To deal with Wu Youcai, just use a high imitation.

   After making two hundred Japanese fans, shopkeeper Shen received two Japanese swords at a high price of fifty taels. With everything ready, Huo Xi planned to act.

  Go to Wanxiang Tower in person, find Shake Qin to pass the message on her behalf, and meet Pingniang. Ask Pingniang to help make an appointment with Wu Youcai, saying that there is a businessman from Japan who wants to negotiate a business with him.

   Then he found the Zhuji sent to him by his uncle a few days ago.

  Zhu Ji was originally in charge of the general affairs of his grandfather's family, and he was away all the year round. There are probably not many people in the capital who know him. He is loyal to his grandfather.

   This time when his uncle found him, Huo Xi only asked him to go outside with the boat to receive the goods, but they hadn't put them in the shop yet, so he was a good candidate to pretend to be a Japanese merchant.

  Huo Xi told him how powerful he was, and when he heard that he wanted to fool Wu Youcai, he was very willing.

  Why does his lady suffer so much that she doesn’t even have a bone and blood left behind, but your concubine sister finally picked the peaches?

cannot. For the sake of his young lady, I have to vent my anger.

  Huo Xi had a lively discussion with him, which evolved for several days.

  Finally, when Pingniang arrived, she was notified of the meeting time.

  Huo Xi dressed up Zhu Ji, properly dressed as a Japanese businessman. There is not much difference in appearance between the Japanese merchants and the people of the Wei Dynasty. It is not difficult to dress up because of the difference in clothing.

   Fortunately, not all men in the Wa country shave their heads, otherwise Zhu Ji would shave the middle part of his head, and he might want to die.

  Huo Xi can speak English fluently, but she can't speak Japanese language. Only a few simple sentences were taught to Zhuji.

   I didn't expect Zhuoji to be gifted in languages. She spoke a few simple sentences in Japanese and English to a higher standard than her, which made her impressed.

  Everything was ready, the two went to Wanxiang Building with a bunch of gifts.

  In the elegant room, Pingniang prepared all the drinks, cakes, melons and fruits, and the room was quiet and elegant.

  Huo Xi followed behind Zhu Ji, holding several boxes. Seeing Wu Youcai, Zhu Ji greeted him in Japanese. Wu Youcai smiled and nodded, looking him up and down.

  Huo Xi introduced his role. He only said that he was in the thirty-six line, helping to build a bridge between the two sides.

  The thirty-six coastal lines, also known as the tooth line in the sea trade, take the lead. It is the middleman. Helping to match domestic and foreign businessmen, promote their transactions, and draw commissions from them.

  These thirty-six lines are said to have imperial background and have been approved by the imperial court.

  That's why Wu Youcai looked at Huo Xi, wondering why he sent out a boy with no hair yet, Huo Xi calmed him down with his fluent Mandarin.

  Great, this kid has something in his stomach.

  Not only Wu Youcai was stunned, but Pingniang stopped pouring the tea, and the tea almost spilled on the table.

   "These are given to you by my lord."

  Huo Xi gave Pingniang two Japanese fans and a set of jewelry from the Wei Dynasty, and gave Wu Youcai two boxes: "This is a small gift prepared by your lord for Master Wu."

   are two exquisite Japanese swords and several Japanese fans.

  Wu Youcai had just joined the Shipbuilding Department, and he had received a lot of gifts from domestic merchants, but this was the first time he had received gifts from foreign merchants. He picked up the Japanese sword and Japanese fan with great interest to play with.

  Wu Youcai was very satisfied, put down his things, glanced at Huo Xi, and looked at Zhu Ji: "Where's your survey?"

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