Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

The layout of the private school facilities and the decoration of the dessert shop are progressing steadily.

In ancient times, having a reputation and fame means doing things well. Lin Ze does not need to worry about finding good bricklayers and carpenters at all.

It would be a fool not to take advantage of the advantages, and Lin Ze is not hypocritical. If he doesn't appreciate these small favors, others will feel panic and uneasy.

Therefore, the renovation and decoration of the house went much smoother than Lin Ze expected.

During this period, there was another good thing that made Lin Ze very happy, that is, He Xiangfeng's beet sugar factory finally produced qualified white sugar after countless experiments and improved methods!

This is a big surprise. In the current situation where sugar cane is the only raw material for white sugar, it is definitely a great discovery to make white sugar from sugar beets.

To put it bluntly, as long as you make good use of it, the craft of making sugar from beets will definitely be a golden mountain for the future generations of the Lin family.

Therefore, Lin Ze has always been watching the beet sugar production, and currently only he, Zhang Yu and He Xiangfeng know about it.

Zhang Liumei only knew that he was going to use beets to make food and help with the most basic cleaning process. The subsequent production process is currently being studied by Lin Ze and He Xiangfeng.

The sugar beet sugar production process is actually similar to that of sugar cane. The difficulty lies in the purification. Without the help of modern machines, it is very time-consuming and difficult to produce crystal white sugar by hand and simple tools.

And Lin Ze only knows the process, so it took so long to practice and improve the process countless times, and the success is really gratifying.

After receiving the news from He Xiangfeng, Lin Ze almost immediately put down what he was doing and rushed over.

"Brother He, I really have you, these days have been hard..."

Seeing the crystal-like and beautiful white sugar with his own eyes, Lin Ze praised it without hesitation.

Indeed, He Xiangfeng really worked very hard during this period. He practiced the process of improving beet sugar over and over again almost day and night, and his whole body was obviously thinner and darker.

But after tiredness, the result is gratifying, and the calm He Xiangfeng rarely showed the joy of being excited and losing his composure.

"If you can make it, you must have the recipe you provided. If you don't have a clue, who knows that this dish can also be made into sugar? But now the number of beets is too small, and the sugar yield is also low, so we can't make it in large quantities for the time being. We have to find a way to grow more, and it is best for everyone in the village to follow suit."

"A large amount of planting is certain, but for the time being, the villagers can't follow along with planting..."

Lin Ze nodded in agreement with the proposal to increase planting, but let the villagers follow along.

The matter of beet sugar production cannot be publicized in a short period of time. Once it is exposed, there is no way to keep this golden mountain with their background. At the least, they may be robbed of the prescription, and at the worst, they may be killed.

After all, one's own advantage is only a "well-informed" modern brain, without magical golden fingers, so one must be cautious.

"The matter of beet sugar production is kept secret for the time being, and I will talk about it when I gain a firm foothold in the town. Moreover, although the production process has been successfully researched, there are still many shortcomings. The success rate of production by different people is also different. We need a mature set. The complete production chain..."

"What do you mean by production chain?"

He Xiangfeng is used to the modern vocabulary that often pops up in Lin Ze's mouth, and he will not be embarrassed to ask directly every time he does not understand.

"To put it simply, it is the perfection of the production process. We must have a specific standard for the timing of each step, and we can't just rely on the feeling. So, Brother He, if you study carefully, the latter technique can only be mastered by the two of us. , the workers below use the assembly line, and I will tell you in detail when the time comes."

"Now let's buy the fields first and plant the amount of beets before we can continue with the rest..."

The yield of sugar production is not high. With modern mature and advanced technology, only 4 ton of white sugar can be produced from 1 tons of beets. The ancient technology and equipment are backward, and they can produce half of the modern sugar production. It is already very good.

The yield per mu of sugar beet is also a big problem. In ancient times, the agricultural yield was low, so the key is to buy a field first and expand the number of sugar beets on his mother-in-law's few mu.

He Xiangfeng nodded in agreement,

"Then how many fields will be bought? According to the current sugar output, it is not easy to open the sugar factory you mentioned..."

"It's okay, from planting to recruiting, and then training workers to build a factory can't be completed in a short time. First buy 50 mu of good land and plant it, and then we will talk about it next year. Come and see the matter of buying land, Brother He. I don't know much about land. familiar."

Lin Ze weighed his own purse, pondered solemnly, feeling helpless.

I'll talk about it later, the main issue is funding and background. If there is enough funding and background to back it up, who will worry about these issues?

NND, he has to pass the next township test, he needs to do acupuncture on his buttocks, and try his best to get a better grade in the test, otherwise he won't be able to do anything...

Lin Ze's helplessness, He Xiangfeng also knows that it is not so easy for poor and white ordinary people to climb out of the crowd.

Let’s talk about the latter issue later, and do a good job of short-term things now, at least for now, it is something worth celebrating to practice crystal clear and beautiful white sugar.

What is the village's method of celebrating happy events?Of course, besides eating or eating.

It just so happened that Lin Ze was also a foodie by nature, and he was very obsessed with food. He clapped his hands and decided to go home and show off at night to reward his partner.

He Xiangfeng knew Lin Ze's cooking skills, and was very happy, so he offered to propose,

"It's just right, go to my pond to catch some fish, the lotus root is ripe, and break off a few joints of lotus root. Brother Luo and Brother Yu liked to eat this the most when they were young..."

There are no vegetable sellers in the village, and all they eat are grown by themselves. Lin Ze's family has little time, so they only grow some commonly eaten vegetables in the yard, and they are tired of eating.

Hearing that his daughter-in-law loved to eat when she was a child, Lin Ze nodded immediately,

"Okay, let's go catch fish and touch lotus roots. And Brother He, what else did my Ah Yu like when he was a child? Tell me again..."

By the way, he took the opportunity to learn more about his daughter-in-law's likes. In the whole village, apart from the mother-in-law, probably only He Xiangfeng and Zheng Xiaoluo knew him best.

"No problem, tell me how to coax my little brother..."

He Xiangfeng nodded with a smile, and patted Lin Ze on the shoulder.

Two men who are "obsessed with beauty" went to He's pond, and exchanged the eternal question of how to please their daughter-in-law.

*****

The He family's pond is next to a willow forest. The pond was dug by itself. The purpose of the pond is to raise some fish and lotus root to improve the family's food, so the area is not too big.

When Lin Ze arrived with He Xiangfeng, there were still a few villagers fishing for fish and lotus roots by the He family pond.

This is also one of the reasons why the He family is very popular in the village. All the food in the village is produced by the family. The long-term food shortage requires occasional food to improve life. The fish raised in the He family’s pond is one of the options for improving life in the village. .

Although the fish made because of the reluctance to put oil and salt is not delicious, it cannot prevent the villagers from lacking oil, water and protein for a long time. Fish is meat anyway, and the price is cheap. After a long time, it will not taste fishy after eating once.

"Hey, Lin Ze also came to catch fish to eat? This fish is eaten by us rough people. Uncle just touched a lotus root here. You take it back. The lotus root is delicious and nourishing. You will be our boy's husband in the future. , Mister, please be more specific, otherwise, it will be humiliating to the gentleman..."

Seeing Lin Ze coming, several villagers by the pond greeted him warmly.

The villagers were uneducated and wanted to have a few words with him, but they were afraid that the words would be disgusting, so they tried their best to be polite, but in the end they made a fool of themselves.

Lin Ze was stunned at first because he didn't understand the connection between eating fish and lotus root and insulting the gentleman. After he realized that the villagers actually wanted him to say hello and get acquainted with him, he couldn't help laughing.

Not to mention, these elders in the village are rough and rough, but they are actually quite cute.

Lin Ze was quite happy to say hello to the villagers.

"It's okay, my family likes to eat fish. In fact, this fish is a good thing. It tastes better than pork when it is cooked. If you don't mind, let my aunt come to my house some other day. I will teach you how to cook fish. Delicious and not greasy..."

"Don't dislike it, it's a kindness, Mr. Lin is so benevolent."

Lin Ze's friendly attitude made the villagers feel good and flattered, so he called his master directly and praised Lin Ze again.

Although Lin Ze's attitude is actually the same as that of the villagers before, they are all kind, but now Lin Ze's identity is different.

Not only a scholar, but also a private school teacher, and more importantly, their children will go to Lin Ze's private school to listen to free lessons to learn calligraphy, and the distance between their identities is suddenly widened.

For teachers, parents instinctively respect and flatter them. Lin Ze was slightly kind, and the favor he got was dozens of times higher than before.

The villagers all liked and admired Lin Ze more and more.

Although Lin Ze didn't want to accept the villagers' hospitality, he couldn't stop the villagers from being too enthusiastic. Everyone volunteered to help him with the dirty work of fishing for fish and lotus root in the river.

Looking at the fish and lotus root piled up in front of him, Lin Ze said that sometimes it is not good for people to be too popular.

He really wants to say that he is not afraid of getting dirty, he just wants to go into the water and play in the mud... This is the longing for rural life as a person who grew up in the city.

"Lin Ze, you don't need to say thank you. In the future, you will work so hard to teach those stinky boys in our family how to read. Just call us for these dirty jobs. You really don't need to say thank you, really don't need..."

But obviously, the villagers couldn't hear Lin Ze's heart at all.

A few rough guys stood in a row with bright eyes, saying no thanks, rubbing their hands and looking at him expectantly, obviously wanting to be praised.

"Thank you, how can you be favored in vain for being a teacher, you are too polite."

Lin Ze tried his best to smile, feeling bitter inside.

"No need, no need, no need..."

A few rough guys in the village continued to pretend to be tactful, so excited that black faces could see red.