Chapter 134 Harold: You ask about the side effects...
"Well, this is a project that concerns people's livelihood. In addition, the great sage has posted the same posters on bulletin boards in various places three months ago to promote Dun Dun Peach Sugar. The residents of our Xumi City should be very concerned about this matter."
Tinari looked up at the banner and said, "It's a bit hasty to display the research results of the college at the fair. It deserves a separate exhibition."
"...I heard that this is a project that took the entire academy twenty years of research to produce initial results. The Great Sage actually agreed to let us display the precious sugar and Dun Dun peach samples at the amusement park."
Elias took the rare opportunity to speak. He had seen this achievement on the bulletin board more than once, and every time he saw it he would think of his parents and sister who lived outside Xumi City. When he returned home and told them that the price of sugar might drop soon, they all showed surprised smiles on their faces, and soon told the news to other people in the village.
He was the first person to bring the news back to the village. As a messenger of good news, he received a lot of attention, which was rare. The villagers all wanted to get more information from him.
After Elias finished speaking, Jenaj held her forehead and thought, what do you believe in the announcement? The scholars of the Decree House all knew that in February this year, Harold submitted documents on changing the raw materials for industrial sugar production and received a research fund from the Great Sage.
Putting the two together, it is clear that Dun Dun Peach Sugarcane is the result of Harold's research alone. It is just that the Great Sage needed to use the improved industrial sugar production to win popularity for the House of the Lords, so he declared it to be a long-term project of Amyrido College.
But she didn't intend to explain anything to Elias. After all, they would have nothing to do with each other after the project at hand was completed.
"The ultimate goal has not been achieved yet, and the current publicity is already too much," said Harold.
"The ultimate goal is to reduce the price of refined sugar to one-tenth of the current level. According to the plan, we have now achieved half of this goal. Even if this is just a preliminary achievement, it can greatly improve the living standards of Xumi residents."
Jennaji said, and unconsciously, there was a hint of longing in her tone.
If only I could have the opportunity to join Harold's research group, but unfortunately I'm not very familiar with him or his friends. She looked at a small dish of refined sugar in the glass cabinet and sighed secretly.
Harold drank some water silently, turned his head and threw the remaining scones to the mouse.
By 6:10, pedestrians began to appear on the street, and soon someone noticed the difference in the Amirita College booth.
After seeing the words on the posters and banners, and taking a closer look at the instructions sealed in double glass in front of the glass display case, many people became interested and began to ask several scholars for details when they learned that Ami Lido College would provide twice as sweet Dun Dun peaches and refined sugar made from Dun Dun peaches in this amusement park.
"Scholar, when will this refined sugar be available on the market?"
Harold: "The year after next, or the year after that, after the Great Sage confirmed the initial success of this project, he arranged for the plantation owners to plant Dun Dun peaches, which are twice as sweet. A month ago, we successfully harvested the first batch of Dun Dun peaches.
But since we have so few tubers on hand, we estimate that it will take at least eight rounds of planting to get the twice-sweet Dun Dun peaches to a scale that can be used for large-scale sugar production.”
Although these questions were asked to everyone present, only Harold was involved in the project and knew the details to answer the residents' questions.
Tinari listened for a while and found that he had nothing to say, so he simply went to the side to look at his newly pressed bookmarks. Elias pulled the cart to carry water, and Jenaj checked the condition of all the exhibits while listening to the conversation between Harold and the residents.
"...We have to wait two years. I thought the price of sugar would drop by the end of this year."
The five people in front of the booth all looked slightly disappointed after hearing Harold's answer.
"However, the price of sugar should drop next year. Many merchants have heard the news and are starting to worry that they will not be able to sell their inventory - that's my guess," said Haroldt.
In fact, the price of sugar is more likely to take an S-shaped curve. After all, the output of Sumeru sweet flower is not high, and sugar is mainly imported. If merchants reduce the amount of imported sugar because the House of Representatives plans to adopt a new sugar-making process, or if merchants sell off their inventory at a low price a few months in advance, it may lead to a shortage of sugar.
"real?!"
"I hope it can be reduced a little next year, even if it can be reduced by a quarter. If it can be reduced by a quarter, I can make a cup of sugar water every day."
"Ma'am, if you want to make sugar water, I recommend this nectar." Haroldt took a jar of nectar and placed it in front of the young woman in the traditional linen Sumeru robe.
"Nectar from the fake flower? Is it really the nectar produced by the fake flower?" The woman widened her eyes slightly in surprise.
"Yes, according to my research, its nutritional value is higher than sugar, and its price is the same as the current refined sugar. It is just not on the market yet. I have already discussed the cooperation with the merchants.
After I artificially propagate the lily for several generations and reduce the risk of breeding the lily, she will hire employees to breed the lily on a large scale and sell the nectar. But that will be a few years later, and by then the price of sugar should have dropped to one-third of what it is now.
Whether you should choose cheap sugar water or cheap honey water depends on your financial situation."
"Will there be any problems if I eat something from a monster?"
"Nectar? Isn't that an alchemy material? Can it be eaten?"
Harold smiled and said, "Hmm? I think everyone here should have drunk the slime milk tea, so everyone is fine, right?
Monsters are edible. Ancient books dating back hundreds of years ago recorded that mushroom beasts, slimes and other monsters were used as emergency food. Now some residents in Xumi also like to eat this nectar. One of them even ate the nectar for fifty-four years without any abnormality in his body.
My research found that as long as you don't drink a whole bottle of nectar at once, it won't have any adverse effects on the human body. It should be said that not only does it have no adverse effects, it also has the effect of strengthening the body. You can see the details here." Harold pushed the sign in front of him forward.
Only then did a few people notice the long introduction next to the pile of bottles and jars, and they hurriedly read it carefully.
"real or fake?"
"Can long-term consumption reduce the number of illnesses? So good? I would buy it even if the price tripled, not to mention it's so cheap!"
"Will it work wonders when used in baking? I really like making wheat bread and I really want to try it right away. Can I only taste it and not try it out?"
"The tasting session will be at 8 o'clock, after the fun fair officially begins." Harold reminded from the side, and then continued, "Because the quantity is not much, you can't take it home."
"Eight o'clock? It's already past six o'clock. I might as well wait here until eight o'clock."
"There's still more than an hour left. I'll go back and get a stool."
"We are the first batch, can we try more? I want to try both the nectar and the dried nectar powder."
"Okay, but each person can only drink one small cup." Harold took out a paper cup and shook it in front of his eyes.
The paper cup is only as long as an index finger and can be easily picked up with two fingers. It was originally used by scholars from Amirita College to hold soil and test the soil quality.
"What a small cup!"
"Scholar, may I ask if this side effect means... er, if I understand correctly, can it make men more courageous?"
"That's what I mean, but that's because there's pollen in the nectar."
Hey, why are you focusing on something so strange?!
Harold pressed his forehead and answered calmly.
"Will the pollen of the lily of the valley also be put on the market along with the nectar?"
The interrogator lowered his voice slightly, but the others came closer. The only lady among them showed a somewhat shy expression, but also looked at Harold with expectation.
No, you are all interested? Can't you pick out one person who is not flawed among the group?
Harold curled his lips, resisted the urge to complain, and answered the question seriously:
"It's a bit difficult. If it is really put on the market, it will become a luxury product. After all, collecting pollen from the flower is not as simple as collecting ordinary pollen. It requires breeders to cut open the receptacle of the flower.
Although the Pian Pian flower can produce pollen every day, even if you cut open the receptacles of 100 Pian Pian flowers, you can only collect eight to ten grams of pollen. The labor cost of collecting pollen is too high, and it is impossible to produce on a large scale. "
"What about mixing it with some other pollen, and adding something else to make it into tablets?" the young lady in the linen dress asked anxiously.
After she finished speaking, everyone's eyes were all cast on her face. The woman then realized that she seemed to have acted a little too hastily, and a faint blush appeared on her face.
But she thought again, the man in front of her was a scholar from Amyrido College, proficient in medicine and biology, he must have come across many such cases, there was no problem in discussing such things with him. Besides, it wasn't like she was not good at that, she was just asking for her husband, why should she be ashamed.
Thinking of this, she quickly ignored the sympathetic or mocking looks from the people around her and continued to stare at Harold with eager eyes.
Harold appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was emitting a sharp explosion. Please, I am only fifteen years old in this body now, right? You are talking to a minor about this? Have you considered my physical and mental health?
I'm an Aggie! Please don't ask me to do that! I don't want to add a "I sell Viagra in Teyvat" chapter to my biography.
And ma'am, now everyone here knows that your husband has some problems in that area.