Li Fuquan waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't deserve it. Shaobao is really young. In terms of age, he is only a few years older than the third prince, right?"

This is to combine fantasy and history into one section. Su You had to explain patiently: "The legend is not believable. Su You is just an ordinary person. He doesn't have those supernatural powers..."

Li Fuquan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, you have to explain it like this on weekdays, right?"

Well, Li Weng, you really don't seem to be suitable for being an official, you are so superstitious...

The three prefectures are key areas for sugar production, and every county here has a sugar mill built by Sitong Company.

In addition to making white sugar and brown sugar, there are many by-products.

Mainly fiber utilization and molasses utilization.

Sugarcane fiber can be used to make paper and cartons;

Filter mud can be made into an excellent feed additive with a sweet taste, suitable for changing the taste of powder, and allowing powder to agglomerate and reduce dust;

Molasses is mainly used in the fermentation industry for cultivating yeast and various Aspergillus species, including distiller's yeast, red yeast rice, and penicillium...

Secondary products include mead, penicillin, red rice wine, cooking wine, formaldehyde, acetone, organic paint, konjac gum film...

In turn, these things have greatly promoted the upgrading of industries such as animal husbandry, packaging, alcoholic beverages, lacquerware, and catering.

In this era, the demand for sugar is greater than the demand for salt, so there is no need to worry about the sales of Sanshu Cane Sugar.

Cane sugar from the three states is mainly transported to Yunzhou for transshipment. Now, in Yunzhou City, there are basically sugar ships waiting to pick up the goods.

Although the war lasted for half a year, fortunately the sugarcane harvest period was relatively long, so it did not rot in the fields and affect sugar production.

The three prefectures use the best sugarcane seeds today, with an output of 4,000 kilograms of sugarcane per acre and 600 kilograms of sugar, which is incomparable to that of later generations.

However, although there are three crops per year here, the price of food is very low, which is one-third of that in the mainland. Therefore, in terms of economic benefits, it is still about two times.

It's different when it comes to sugar. A pound of sugar costs 200 pounds. If it's 600 pounds, the output value of an acre of land is 120 pounds!

Of course, this also includes felling, transportation, pressing, sugar refining, packaging, reprocessing... and a series of other things. People are involved in the entire process to share profits, and what sugarcane farmers can get is actually very

Not even one of them.

However, it is only less than one-tenth of the total, and it is already several times the output value of rice cultivation in the past. Needless to say, the farmers' mood is undeniable.

Of course, one hundred and twenty guan is not the final output value. Fruit candies, mints, soft candies, milk candies, rock sugar preserves, jams, canned sugar water... these highly processed products are the king of making money.

For example, canned lychee syrup and canned longan syrup, both of which were not very conducive to preservation, can now be supplied to the Bianjing market and can even be shipped to Shaanxi and Korea.

The selling price of a canned lychee in Xixia and Liao countries was astonishingly high. If there was a cup of lychee and white fungus soup on each banquet table of the dignitaries, it would be the highest standard of reception for the host.

The remaining candies, especially toffee and coffee toffee, became looted by Western businessmen.

The first batch of samples was robbed by Pu Shan at a big discount. Because of the fish sauce re-consignment, Pu Shan accumulated some savings. After the first batch of toffee came out, he held a keen interest in the bachelor's foodie attributes.

I trusted him absolutely and exchanged all my savings for toffee. I returned to my hometown for the first time and made a lot of money.

After inspecting the three states and presiding over the inauguration ceremony at the Bu Zheng Prefecture Anti-riot Monument, paying homage to the loyal souls of the dead martyrs headed by Huang Mu, and encouraging the people of the three states to put aside their hatred and work hard to produce, Su Youcai joined the officials in charge of the three states.

After saying goodbye, we headed towards Hengshan Pass.

Follow the ancient road all the way up the mountain, with green trees and chirping birds along the way.

Hengshan Pass is Dashi Pass, a natural barrier occupying the center of the city, isolating the north and the south.

This is also an important transportation hub. In addition to the military camp on the mountain, there is also a tax supervisor.

However, after the end of the separatist regime, sea trade flourished between Jiaozhou, Jiuzhou, and Xinzhou, and more than thirty Meishan-type schooners accompanied by the Song Dynasty envoys traveled frequently. Su You simply asked Liangbao and Gu Lun to return to Xinzhou to guard this place.

Only 700 sergeants were left to maintain the road.

The weather is getting hotter, but Hengshan Pass is a good place to escape the summer heat.

When they arrived at Deguan, Wang Zhen, the Jiedushi envoy of Jiuzhou, came to see him with his son Wang De.

In Su You's team, Ping Zhengsheng and Mu Yi were added.

Along with Wang Zhen were Chen Tian and Cheng Yue.

Su You quickly stepped forward to say hello to Chen Tian.

Chen Tian patted Su You on the shoulder and smiled so much that there were tears in his eyes: "The young master is really promising, where is Wei'er? Let Lao Jun take a look, we haven't seen each other for twenty years..."

Shi Wei stepped forward and knelt down: "Shi Wei pays homage to Chen Weng."

Chen Tian looked at Shi Wei and then at Su You: "Who would have thought of it! Who would have thought of it! Back then, the two children on the edge of Meishan City had done so many great things!"

"When Laojun sent Yunban to Tutu Temple, I heard Youwa ask about opening a restaurant. At that time, I thought to myself, this child will have a designated career in the future."

"Think about it, we sell bean curd rice in the morning, beef stew at noon, and some braised mixed vegetables at night. That's more than a dozen sticks a day. How big a harvest will it be after twenty years? Hahahaha..."

Speaking of these, there were many stories. Su You asked about the situation of the people in Sizhou, and Chen Tian also wanted to inquire about the situation of the folks in Meishan, and they were very cordial.

Only then did Wang Zhen realize that this old soldier was a great person. He was a senior figure to Su Shaobao. Fortunately, he had always treated him with courtesy and did not dare to neglect him. After the two chatted for a while, he came forward to see him.

In fact, Huang Yong had long been developed by Cao Nan into a backbone of the Ning Navy Intelligence Division. After occupying the city and returning it to the Song Dynasty, as he said, the Song Dynasty gave Wang Zhen the official position of Jiedushi. Wang Zhen couldn't help but feel sorry for this

My brother takes it even more seriously.

The Song Dynasty gave Huang Yong the position of magistrate of Jiuzhou. He was a scholar, and now he acted as the lubricant between Wang Zhen and Su You. That was just right.

Jiuzhou also has its own advantages. Even if its status as a major international transit port will be replaced by Xinzhou, the unique geographical and climatic advantages of Jiuzhou from high altitude to low altitude are self-evident.

The key industries set by Su You for the development of Jiuzhou are tea, coffee, pepper, and grapes.

There are also various spices and famous trees, as well as animal husbandry and seafood industry.

These few things alone are enough for the development of Jiuzhou.

In addition, Jiuzhou is also a hub for "short-distance" maritime transportation connecting Xinzhou, Jiaozhou, Yezhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou and other "short-distance" shipping transportation. It is also the supply base of Xinzhou. It is one short and one long with Xinzhou, so it can be regarded as having its own unique characteristics.

Some advantages.

There is also a navy in Jiuzhou. Although Wang Zhen's navy is a little underwhelming, it is enough to be responsible for the inland and coastal defense of the three counties.

After all, the pirates in the South China Sea have been eliminated and normal trade order has been established.

Hengshan Pass has a comfortable climate and many animals, so Su You spent a few days here to escape the summer heat, leaving Shi Weiping, Chen Tian and the other generals to go hunting.

Wang De also participated, because Su You brought his father and son a magical gun and a revolving gun, both of which were luxurious models decorated with gold and silver mother-of-pearl.

This is also the benefit of the first effect. Wang Zhen and his son were the first two "foreign" generals to receive the Song Dynasty's magical gun.

But if we really want to put it into perspective, Wang Zhen’s ancestor was actually a Fujianese.

There are too many game animals in the Changshan Mountains. It is said that "there are many tigers, bears, bison, elk, and leopards. The birds and beasts are docile and not afraid of bows; musk deer and muntjacs are all over the hills, roaring and roaring in the wild."

At least within the Song Dynasty, there was no such a good hunting ground, not even the remote Erlin tribe and Kuizhou were as good as here.

Shi Wei discovered that this place was also a treasure house of medicines, and her interest in collecting medicines was greater than hunting.

Wang Zhen and Su You had similar personalities. They were both lazy people. When others were out hunting and gathering herbs, the two of them would make tea, chat and eat fruit.

There are so many fruits in Jiuzhou, many of which I can’t even name.

There is a kind of fruit called laigu, which looks like a big plum. It tastes like a big plum and is very sweet when ripe.

There is another kind called Wulan, which is a kind of olive, but it is larger than ordinary olives and has better quality.
Chapter completed!