Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao was hung from the beam and beaten, and insisted that the pawn tickets and silver deeds were lost, Xia Yuan couldn't help but feel a little moved, this guy is a cruel person.

Moreover, his hand was extremely strong. He grabbed Xia Yuan by the collar and shook him desperately. He felt dizzy for a moment.

"Stop shaking it, stop shaking it, don't redeem it or redeem it, Your Highness, let's make a big business plan now."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly became quiet and took his hands back, while Xia Yuan adjusted his collar, held his head to relax for a while, and then put the two contract papers back into his arms, never mentioning the redemption price.

thing.

Then he talked about business matters, "I have considered before that if we buy land to build a workshop, it is best to be close to water transportation. This way, whether we are buying sugar cane or expanding the scale in the future, it will be convenient to transport our goods through water transportation."

, so we have to buy land next to the canal in Tong County."

"Tong County?"

Zhu Houzhao thought it made sense to be close to water transportation, but Tong County was dozens of miles away from the capital. "Isn't it a bit far?"

"Far? Then you can't buy it at Jishuitan. Although it's quite close, the land is so expensive, and there are so many boats on the river that it's blocked every day."

Since the North-South Canal was dredged in the Ming Dynasty, this Jishuitan has been the main wharf for the north-south water transport. However, the land in that place is very valuable, and it is where the wharf is located. Countless merchants gather on weekdays, and thousands of sailboats are moored. This makes the nearby river, which is not very wide, even more

To make matters worse, ships are blocked every day.

According to Xia Yuan's idea, the river must be wide, not only to facilitate the passage of merchant ships and transport goods to all parts of the world when the scale is expanded in the future.

Especially for now, you need to know that sugar cane used to make sugar cannot be grown in the north. This thing likes heat but cannot tolerate cold. Even in later generations, with more advanced cultivation technology, sugar cane can only be grown on both sides of the Huaihe River.

Not to mention that in today's Ming Dynasty, a dynasty in the Little Ice Age, sugar cane can only be grown in places like Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, but not in the two lakes.

Xia Yuan actually thought about using beets to make sugar. Beets can be grown in Liaodong. Beets were also available in the Ming Dynasty, and he even ate them.

However, the technology for making sugar from beets only came into being in modern times, whereas sugar cane is different. China has been using sugar cane to make sugar for two to three thousand years.

It can be said that the technology has been very mature, and beet is just a dish at this period.

When used to make sugar, the process is more complicated than that of sugar cane. Sugar factories with various modern equipment are not a reference.

In his previous life, Xia Yuan had seen an old lady at Xiao Po Station making sugar by hand from beets. It took ten kilograms of beets and it took ten days to make a small bowl.

He could recall the process clearly, but it was too wasteful.

So we’ll build it with sugar cane first, and we’ll talk about sugar beets later.

"But Tong County is indeed a bit far away, so send someone to go straight to Tonghui River and look for something suitable while walking, and then buy it."

"This is easy to handle, Liu Ban"

Zhu Houzhao instinctively wanted to call him Liu Banban, but as soon as he said the word "bangban", he swallowed the rest.

He remembered that his Liu Banban had been taken away and imprisoned, along with his Gu Banban and the coward Zhang Banban.

There are also several guards.

I was severely beaten by my father, and I don’t know what kind of torture these people will suffer.

He is not afraid of those few people betraying him. The reason is very simple and many people who work in the field understand it.

If you don't betray your elder brother, he may abandon you, and he may not try his best to rescue you.

But if you betray your elder brother, he will definitely abandon you and even find someone to kill you.

The eldest brother, Zhu Houzhao, had promised to protect them. He was a man who kept his word and kept his word.

Unfortunately.

Zhu Houzhao sighed somewhat desolately, and said in a faint tone, "I hope you, Liu Banban, will be lucky enough to survive until the day when I can earn enough money to redeem your things. I will definitely save you by then."

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Hearing this deep sigh, Xia Yuan's cheeks twitched. It was obvious that Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and the others had been angered by the emperor because of this matter, and they didn't know what kind of inhuman treatment they would suffer.

Following such a master would be a life of bad luck for eight lifetimes.

Pure crime.

From Xia Yuan's point of view, Liu Jin, an old eunuch, would die early and be born early, but Gu Da still managed to get along well with him using this dead eunuch.

It's just a done deal, not to mention that I don't know what will happen yet, so I don't have the time to care about the life and death of others.

So he comforted him and said: "Your Highness, if you think about it a little more, maybe their death would be a relief and a worthy death."

Xia Yuan's words were very sincere. It seems that Gu Dayong's death method was not mentioned in the history books, but Liu Jin was so late that he was cut into pieces like a piece of roast duck.

If I die now, it will really be a relief. I won't have to be tricked by this master in any way in the future.

Zhu Houzhao felt his sincerity and sighed: "This is the only way. If Liu Banban and others cannot survive, I will definitely send people to burn more paper for them."

After taking a few seconds to show some compassion, he quickly cheered up and shouted loudly outside the hall, "Ma Banban!"

Soon, a thirty-year-old eunuch bowed and ran in. It was the same eunuch who made Xia Yuan feel a little unfamiliar before.

As soon as Ma Yongcheng entered the dormitory, he threw himself on the ground and knelt down. His knees hit the ground with a solid muffled sound. He didn't seem to feel any pain. He asked solemnly: "What are your orders, Your Highness?"

"Master, if you have any requests, just tell him and let him find them. Ma Banban is the most serious person."

Xia Yuan was not polite and immediately ordered: "You just go eastward along the Tonghui River and find a wider river. The wider the better, at least twice as wide as the river near Jishuitan, and then

The surrounding area should be more open and the terrain should be flatter, that’s basically it.”

After he finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao asked, "Have you written it down?"

"My slave has taken note of it."

"Then why are you kneeling down? Let's go find him quickly."

"This slave obeys your order."

He kowtowed respectfully, and then his forehead hit the floor tiles with another muffled sound. Ma Yongcheng got up from the ground and walked out with his red and swollen forehead.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and stared at his back until he disappeared out of Ciqing Palace. Then he turned his head back and said: "Master, have you seen it? I would say that he is the most serious. Whether he is kneeling or kowtow, he is more serious than others."

The people around you have to work hard."

"Are you sure this is serious and not silly?"

". Stupidity may be a little silly, but there is also seriousness. When I succeed Datong and become the emperor, I will definitely let him be the eunuch of the East Factory. Such a serious and stupid person can not only do things with heart, but also

It’s also easy to control.”

"Haha." Xia Yuan grinned. The current factory manager is a dull gourd who can't knock out a fart with three sticks. The future factory manager will be even more powerful. He is suspected to be mentally retarded.

The Ming Dynasty is really a promising future.
Chapter completed!