Making money, taking exams and supporting the family

chapter 70: Success of the White Sugar

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

In ancient times, having a good reputation and official position made things easier. Lin Ze did not need to worry about finding good bricklayers and carpenters at all. Those wealthy outsiders who were eager for school enrollment opportunities were eager to help.

Taking advantage of cheap opportunities was not being foolish, and Lin Ze was not pretending. If he did not appreciate these small favors, others would feel uneasy.

So the renovation and decoration of the courtyard went much smoother than Lin Ze had expected.

During this period, there was also a piece of good news that delighted Lin Ze. That was, after numerous experiments and improvements, He Xiangfeng finally produced qualified white sugar from sugar beets!

This was a huge surprise. Currently, with only sugarcane as the raw material for white sugar, the use of sugar beets to produce white sugar was definitely a great discovery.

To put it bluntly, as long as it was well utilized, the craft of sugar beet sugar production would definitely be a gold mine for the future generations of the Lin family.

Therefore, Lin Ze had always been paying attention to the matter of sugar beet sugar production. Currently, only he, Zhang Xiu, and He Xiangfeng knew about it.

Zhang Liumei only knew that he wanted to use sugar beets for food and helped with the most basic cleaning procedures. The rest of the production process was currently being studied by Lin Ze and He Xiangfeng.

The process of sugar beet sugar production was actually similar to that of sugarcane, but the difficulty lay in the refining process. Without modern machinery, it was very time-consuming and difficult to produce clear white sugar using only manual labor and simple tools.

Lin Ze only knew the process, so He Xiangfeng had to spend a long time practicing and improving the process countless times, which was truly commendable.

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

“Brother He, you’re amazing. You’ve worked hard these days…”

Seeing the sparkling white sugar, Lin Ze praised generously.

Indeed, He Xiangfeng had been working very hard during this time, almost day and night, repeatedly practicing and improving the process of sugar beet sugar production. He had clearly lost weight and looked much darker.

But despite the exhaustion, the result was pleasing, and the usually steady He Xiangfeng could hardly contain his excitement.

“To be able to make it, you provided the recipe. Otherwise, who would have known that this vegetable could be turned into sugar? However, the quantity of sugar beets is currently too low, and the sugar yield is also low. We cannot produce in large quantities for now. We need to find a way to grow more varieties, preferably so that everyone in the village can grow them.”

“Growing them in large quantities is definitely necessary, but for now, we can’t let the villagers follow suit…”

Lin Ze agreed to the proposal to increase cultivation, but he did not want the villagers to get involved in planting.

The matter of sugar beet sugar production could not be publicized for the time being. Once exposed, with their background, there would be no way to protect this gold mine. It could lead to theft of the recipe at best and bring disaster at worst. After all, his only advantage was a modern brain with a broad range of knowledge, not a miraculous golden finger. He had to be careful.