Datang infinite pretense system

Civil and military officials couldn't even come up with a complete plan, but Li Chengqian had dozens of them!

This kind of forceful feeling made everyone present feel ashamed.

But no matter what, everyone is still very grateful for Li Chengqian's appearance.

This time, the effect of pretending to be forceful was surprisingly good. People's emotions suddenly soared. Each person directly contributed 7000 points, so more than [-] points were directly credited.

"Okay! Tomorrow morning, I hope you can come up with a plan! Retire!"

Li Shimin felt like he didn't want to stay here, he had too many troubles recently.

All internal and external troubles appeared.

If it weren't for Li Chengqian's reforms, the troubles he encountered would only be even greater.

After finishing, Li Shimin left directly.

And the rest of the ministers were quite conscientious, and took turns to thank Li Chengqian for saving them from danger.

Li Chengqian had no choice but to say: This is what this king should do!

The same feeling of being full of style made everyone feel that there was nothing wrong with it.

After finishing the work, Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace. There are still some matters concerning the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce in the past few days, and he needs to deal with them.

As for Lingnan, he really couldn't think of the best words, so he just gave Li Shimin one.

Chapter 558 I Have a Solution

Li Chengqian hurried back to the East Palace, in fact, there was already a person waiting in the East Palace.

When he arrived, Zou Fengchi met him.

During this period of time, he seldom asked about Feng Tang Company.

"Zou Fengchi, why are you looking for this king?"

He sat down straight and asked.

Zou Fengchi stepped forward and saluted:

"His Royal Highness, it will not be the Chinese New Year soon. Our Fengtang Commercial Bank is going to improve some integration with gray sugar, but it has been monopolized by the Cui family. They have raised the price very high, and our gray sugar refining yield is very low. At the same time , Some of our commercial houses have some demand for gray sugar, because there are still some products that need its cooperation, so the price of our products cannot be lowered, and the profit is very small, so...so..."

Gray sugar is the first sugar boiled from sugarcane. Although it has a sweet taste, it has a lot of dregs and has a bitter taste.However, this is the only sweet food that ordinary people can afford.

Sweets are basically something that every Tang person likes.

The zongzi eaten by the people of the Tang Dynasty used honey juice, that is, honey.

The stone honey from Tianzhu can be sold for [-] Wen per catty. Stone honey is also sucrose, only a little better than the gray sugar from Datang.

And when it comes to sweets, people in the Tang Dynasty love to eat sweets very much during the Chinese New Year: the more famous one is "Jiaoya 饧".Zong, roughly what is called "maltose" today, is a dessert made by the ancients from barley, wheat or glutinous rice.

It is sticky and soft, not as sweet as honey, and not as sweet as sucrose that is commonly used today.In the Tang Dynasty, the method of making sugar from sugar cane had just been introduced from abroad, and sucrose was still not popular, and ordinary people could not see it.Therefore, maltose is already considered a valuable and delicious food.

At this time, if white sugar can be extracted from gray sugar, it will definitely be a sensation for the whole Tang Dynasty.

It doesn't need much, as long as it is sold cheaper than maltose and has a good appearance, it must be enough to make money.

But Li Chengqian didn't think about making money, because he had to pay attention to the solution to Li Shimin's problem.

In modern times sugar has changed the world.

Before the technology of making sugar was introduced to Europe, this expensive thing, white sugar, was only sold in pharmacies, and it was believed to be able to cure eye diseases, chest diseases, lymphatic diseases and humoral diseases.In the UK, only the royal family and nobles can enjoy granulated sugar when they are sick, and sucrose has become a symbol of social status.

When sugar technology was introduced, it completely changed the living habits of Europeans and the development of the whole world.

Kawakita Minoru said in "The World History of Sugar": "Where there is sugar, there are slaves."

Before the 19th century, the "sweet business" of Europeans was based entirely on the blood and pain of black Africans.But in 1838, Britain abolished the slave system in the colonies, the black slaves in the sugar cane plantations were freed, and there was no labor force, what should we do?So they extended their evil black hands to other countries...

Li Chengqian thinks a lot, but if he makes good use of this sugar, maybe he can make the world a better place.Maybe it can solve the problem, maybe this is the best way

Li Chengqian didn't need to come forward for this kind of matter today.So Zou Fengchi seemed a little afraid to speak any more.

"So, you came to find me? Ask me to give you a solution?"

"Yes, yes... the villain is incompetent, there is no way."

Zou Fengchi said with some fear, because Li Chengqian gave him the management power, and let him solve the problem.

However, Li Chengqian never thought of blaming him.

In Li Chengqian's opinion, it is normal for the Cui family to control the people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty, and monopolies have existed for hundreds of years.

"Where does gray sugar come from?"

"Grey sugar is produced from sugar cane, and sugar cane is produced in many places in the south, and the sugar cane produced in the Lingnan area is the best."

"Then is there a way for us to collect sugar cane from Lingnan?"

Li Chengqian asked.

Unexpectedly, Zou Fengchi seemed a little embarrassed.

"His Royal Highness, you don't know. The Lingnan area is in great chaos at this time. How many caravans have arrived there, but some people have not returned and died there!"

Zou Fengchi said the same news as Li Shimin got.

It seems that the problems in Lingnan area are very obvious.Even everyone knows.

"Zou Fengchi, this king wants you to buy some carts of gray sugar!"

"How many cars? I'm afraid there aren't any. In the entire Tang Dynasty, there might not be much gray sugar! And the Cui family is not willing to sell it! Or it's very expensive!"

"You don't have to worry about this, anyway, you need a few cars, no matter how much it costs!"

Li Chengqian thought to himself, if the gray sugar is refined into white sugar and then sold, the money spent may be doubled back!

But Li Chengqian's heart is not limited to this white sugar, he has a more ambitious idea.The concept of making Datang long-term stability exists.

"His Royal Highness, that must be a very high price!"

Zou Fengchi asked.

"You don't have to worry about this, just go and collect it! This king is useful!"

Li Chengqian's determination made Zou Fengchi dare not say anything.