Chapter 27 The Birth of White Sugar

Chapter 27 The Birth of White Sugar

Chapter 27 The Birth of White Sugar

Under Zhu Zaigui's command, Meng Chong finally fixed the tile slide on the wooden frame of the large water tank with great effort. Zhu Zaigui looked at this crude device and stroked his chin, thinking about how to use it.

At this time, Meng Chong also tried hard to hold his breath, not letting himself gasp for air. He looked at Zhu Zaigui and asked in a low voice: "Prince, what are we going to do?"

Zhu Zaiqi hushed, "Don't disturb my thoughts. I am thinking about how to use this device to turn brown sugar into white sugar."

After hearing what Zhu Zaigui said, Meng Chong exclaimed in surprise, and looked at Zhu Zaigui and the clay pots and jars in front of him in disbelief, especially the jar of yellow mud soup. Can these things turn brown sugar into white sugar?

Meng Chong expressed great doubt. He felt that if these things could be used to turn brown sugar into white sugar, this method would be no less powerful than the method used by immortals to turn stones into gold.

You should know that the price of brown sugar in the market is more than ten times lower than that of white sugar.

If it is really possible to turn brown sugar into white sugar, it is simply unimaginable.

Meng Chong asked worriedly, "Will this work?"

Zhu Zaigui said affirmatively: "Of course it will work! When have I ever lied to you?"

Meng Chong looked at Zhu Zaigui aggrievedly, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to.

At this moment, a light bulb went off in Zhu Zaigui's head, as if he had thought of some important information.

Zhu Zaigui said, "Go find some hay to plug the leak under the tile."

Meng Chong sighed, then went out of the yard covered in mud to look for hay.

When Meng Chong was looking for hay in the palace, the servants and other young eunuchs in the palace saw that Meng Chong was covered in mud. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and they felt uncomfortable holding it back.

Finally, Meng Chong found some hay in the woodshed to start a fire. He went to Zhu Zaigui with the hay. Then, under Zhu Zaigui's instruction, he rolled the hay into a grass plug to block the leak where the tiles had fallen.

Looking at the leaking hole that had been blocked, Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Zhu Zaigui glanced at the yellow mud soup in another water jar and found that the yellow mud soup had become clearer at this moment and separated into two layers in the water jar, the upper layer was clear water and the lower layer was dark mud.

After seeing this phenomenon, Zhu Zaigui seemed to have realized something.

Zhu Zaigui said, "Go pick up the bag of brown sugar and pour it into the pot and press it down."

Meng Chong didn't waste any more questions at this time. Anyway, no matter how much he asked, it would not change the fate of having to do such physical work. It would be better to save his energy and do his work well.

Meng Chong poured a bag of brown sugar into the pot as Zhu Zaigui had instructed, and then pressed it down a little more.

Zhu Zaigui looked at the compacted brown sugar and waited for a moment, as if waiting for the brown sugar in the trough to be squeezed into a block so that it would not leak out when the grass plug below was pulled out.

Another quarter of an hour passed quietly, and Zhu Zaigui felt that the brown sugar in the vat should have adapted to the conditions in the vat and would not leak out as soon as the stopper was pulled out.

Zhu Zaigui then instructed Meng Chong, "Go and carefully pull out the straw plug under the tile trough. Be sure to do it gently and don't let the brown sugar inside leak out."

Following Zhu Zaigui's instructions, Meng Chong carefully pulled out the straw plug under the tile trough. Seeing that the brown sugar inside really did not leak out, Meng Chong looked at Zhu Zaigui in surprise.

When Zhu Zaiqi saw this, he also showed a smug smile on his face. Zhu Zaiqi knew why the brown sugar would not leak out of the trough. That was because the brown sugar itself was very sticky. After being squeezed in the trough for such a long time, the brown sugar naturally stuck together tightly and would not leak out once the plug under the trough was loosened.

Zhu Zaigui rubbed his hands excitedly, feeling that he was about to witness a miracle.

Zhu Zaigui then instructed Meng Chong, "Go find a water scoop and bring a high stool. I want you to perform a magic trick for me!"

Meng Chong didn't know what magic Zhu Zaigui was talking about. He only had one thought now, which was to be obedient and wait until Zhu Zaigui was tired of making trouble, then he would be free.

Soon Meng Chong came over with a high stool and a large watering can hanging around his waist.

Zhu Zaigui instructed Meng Chong to place a stool in front of the large water vat with a tile slide on it, and then he couldn't wait to step onto the high stool to look at the situation on the tile slide.

Seeing Zhu Zaigui suddenly climb higher, Meng Chong was also excited, "The prince is in danger!"

Zhu Zaigui just laughed, "What's so great about this height? I've flown to a height of 30,000 feet before, overlooking thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and across tens of thousands of miles of the Ming territory!"

Zhu Zaigui was not bragging. Before traveling through time, he had indeed taken a tourist flight from the mainland to a country in Southeast Asia, and the flight mileage was indeed tens of thousands of miles.

But Meng Chong didn't believe it at all when he heard this. He had watched Zhu Zaigui grow up. Ever since Zhu Zaigui moved out of the Forbidden City and lived alone in the palace, Zhu Zaigui had only left the palace a few times. The farthest place he had been to was probably the Chaotian Temple where he had visited two days ago.

Zhu Zaigui stood on a high stool, looked at Meng Chong and said, "Carefully scoop out a ladle of clean yellow mud water from the yellow mud vat and hand it to me."

When Meng Chong heard the order, he did not dare to delay. He hurriedly and carefully scooped a ladle of clear yellow mud water from the water jar filled with yellow mud soup and handed it to Zhu Zaigui.

After Zhu Zaigui caught the bucket of yellow mud water, he carefully poured the water on the tile bowl. He watched the yellow mud water seep into the brown sugar in the tile bowl, and saw the brown sugar that had sunk on the surface begin to lighten in color. Zhu Zaigui was so excited that he almost shouted out.

It turns out that the secret of turning brown sugar into white sugar lies here. It is to use the gelatinous properties of yellow mud water to remove the precipitated pigment in the brown sugar.

After figuring out this key trick, Zhu Zaigui felt extremely happy. At the same time, he was also amazed at how the person who discovered this method came up with such an unexpected method.

There is really nothing strange in this world!
After pouring a scoop of yellow mud water, Zhu Zaigui asked Meng Chong to continue scooping water and hand it up. After repeating this for countless times, the yellow mud water could no longer be scooped out, and Zhu Zaigui finally stopped.

Zhu Zaigui jumped down from the high stool, flicked his sleeves, raised his little face, and said in a cocky voice: "Go and pick up Wa Liu, then carefully find a clean drying mat to dry the sugar inside."

Meng Chong didn't know what had happened in Waliuli at this time, and just thought it was just another hard labor.

Meng Chong responded helplessly and stood on the high stool. When he was about to pick up Wa Liu, he felt as if his eyes were blurry.

I clearly poured brown sugar into the soup, how come it turned into white sugar now?
Meng Chong's mood suddenly became excited, and his previous helplessness and fatigue were swept away.

Meng Chong said excitedly: "Your Highness, white sugar! White sugar! It's really white sugar!"

Zhu Zaigui still looked up and said arrogantly, "I know, I know. It's just sugar. You can have as much as you want in the future. Hurry and bring it down."

Meng Chong was so excited that he regarded Zhu Zaigui as a god. Meng Chong said excitedly: "I obey your command."

(End of this chapter)