Chapter 183: Purifying White Sugar!

"Heavens, it really is the Lightning Silver Fish! My lord, I am guilty! I almost struck the Lightning Silver Fish just now!" Knight Mi Gen was both shocked and delighted, yet also felt a chill of fear at his own recent actions.

"It is not that exaggerated; the Lightning Silver Fish would not be harmed or scared away by a single stone of yours!"

"They have already entered Silver Light Lake on a massive scale, which indicates they have accepted this habitat."

"Thus, as long as we ensure the environment of Silver Light Lake remains unchanged, they will return every year from now on!"

"Return every year?! My lord, does that mean you can, like the rumors say, cultivate over a hundred Title Knights in just four or five years?"

Knight Mi Gen finally felt at ease, but expectation also appeared on his face.

If their own lord could continue to push for the rank of Count, then they, his subordinates, would surely rise with the tide!

Recalling when they first followed their lord to the Death Lands, they initially felt there was no hope for the rest of their lives.

But now, their own lord has already become a Viscount, and there is even a chance to become a Count later!

"That depends on whether you work hard! If you work hard to cultivate, then having over a hundred Title Knights will surely not be difficult!"

"Then, if you work a bit harder and help me establish more merits, perhaps I can also be promoted to Count!" Gervas smiled.

Of course, Gervas felt it was impossible for him to produce one hundred Title Knights in four or five years...

Not because the number was too large.

But because it was too small!

With his intelligence system, if he did not produce three or five hundred Title Knights in four or five years, he would absolutely be letting down his Golden Finger.

"My lord, we will definitely work hard!"

Subsequently, the care of Silver Light Lake was handed over to Old John.

The Lightning Silver Fish have only just begun to spawn, and the entire process will last two or three days.

Thus, we must wait two or three days until the spawning Lightning Silver Fish will voluntarily approach the shore, waiting for other animals to feed.

Of course, such a good thing certainly cannot be given cheaply to other wild beasts and animals; otherwise, how could his subordinates become Title Knights?

Therefore, at that time, there will need to be specialized serfs stationed by the lake to collect and salvage the Lightning Silver Fish.

Additionally, news of the Lightning Silver Fish must be limited to Gervas and a few trusted knights.

To the outside world, it must be uniformly treated as ordinary silver river fish.

Otherwise, that Count who caused a sensation in the kingdom serves as a warning.

To be honest, if that person's Silver Fish habitat had not been sabotaged by others.

He would absolutely have been promoted to the rank of Hou Jue within his lifetime.

Although it was only a Hou Jue with the thinnest foundation, it was still a Hou Jue family.

For other nobles, such a promotion would require at least several generations, or even a dozen generations.

Of course, there is one extreme situation, which is joining the 'Startup' army.

But the Startup army is something one can encounter but not seek; it happens only once or twice every few hundred or thousand years.

"My lord, all the brown sugar produced over these past few months is here!"

"Additionally, the bamboo charcoal you ordered is also ready!"

"Then let us begin!"

Looking at the crates of brown sugar in the warehouse, Gervas could not help but wear a happy smile on his face.

In his eyes, this sugar had already turned into gleaming gold coins.

Over these past few months, Sugarcane Island has produced a total of over three thousand kilograms of brown sugar.

Calculated, that is a monthly output of about one thousand kilograms.

Of course, such an output is not considered high.

However, what limits brown sugar production is not the craft, but the supply of sugarcane raw materials.

Currently, as more than half of the sugarcane fields on the island have been cut down, brown sugar production has dropped to its lowest point.

Because among the remaining sugarcane, at least one-third must be kept for seeds to prepare for larger-scale planting next year.

The remaining two-thirds also need to be selectively cut and boiled into brown sugar depending on sales conditions.

And now, to sell this brown sugar at a higher price, Gervas prepares to purify it into white sugar.

White sugar is clean and transparent, with grains like crystal diamonds; whether in appearance or taste, it is more suitable for sale than brown sugar.

And the cost of purifying brown sugar into white sugar is also very low; it is simply to adsorb all the pigment from the brown sugar.

Brown sugar that has lost its color becomes the white sugar of his past life.

And there are two traditional purification methods: the yellow earth adsorption method and the activated carbon adsorption method.

Gervas directly chose the latter here.

First, re-dissolve the brown sugar in clean clear water, then add a large amount of bamboo charcoal to the clear water.

Stir and blend the two together and let them settle, allowing the bamboo charcoal to adsorb all the pigment of the brown sugar.

Then, filter the bamboo charcoal that has adsorbed the color clean with gauze multiple times, and boil the sugar water again in the pot.

Wait until the water is boiled dry, and the white sugar will appear.

"This, my lord, how has the brown sugar turned into crystal? However, this crystal has too many cracks and fragments; it seems not worth much, right?"

"I feel that brown sugar is still more valuable; if sold to other nobles, they will surely fight to buy it!"

Looking at the white sugar that appeared, Knight Mi Gen directly mistook it for crystal, and moreover, for shattered crystal.

Thus, having tasted the flavor of brown sugar, he naturally believed brown sugar was more valuable than shattered crystal.

Immediately, he lamented that so much brown sugar had been directly wasted.

Gervas smiled and said, "Knight Mi Gen, this is not crystal, but 'gold', 'gold' that is even more valuable than brown sugar!"

"This... how did it become Golden Carl again?"

"Enough, taste it and you'll understand!"

Seeing his subordinates look utterly baffled, Gervas stopped speaking in riddles.

He directly scooped out some white sugar and handed it to the crowd.

They took the white sugar amidst their confusion.

"Eat it."

Gulp!

"My lord, if I eat this crystal, won't my stomach get slashed open?" Mi Gen hesitated.

"Then will you eat it or not?" Gervas stared at him.

"If my lord orders me to eat it, then even if my stomach gets slashed open, I, Mi Gen, will still eat it!"

Mi Gen confirmed Gervas wasn't joking, so he hesitated no more, closed his eyes, and directly put the small pinch of white sugar in his hand into his mouth.

Seeing this, the other knights hesitated not either, and one by one followed Mi Gen's example.

"Er!"

"Ah!"

And very quickly, the group of knights finally discovered the anomaly.

After this 'crushed crystal' entered the mouth, an unprecedented sweet sensation spread through the body.

This sweetness, whether apples or any other fruit, could not compare.

Of course, no pain from being cut by crystal came to the mouth either.

Instead, with the secretion of saliva, the 'crushed crystal' actually became smaller and smaller.

"How does it feel?" Gervas asked with a smile.

"M-My lord, what is this thing? Why is it even tastier than brown sugar?" Mi Gen and the others were both shocked and ashamed.

"This is called white sugar, a sugar more precious than brown sugar!"

Although brown sugar is also very delicious, its original flavor is very strong.

It is suitable for making brown sugar egg custard or brown sugar steamed buns and so on.

But white sugar, besides being sweet, has no other original flavor.

So whether for cake making, or fine wine and beverages, it is also very suitable.

Because white sugar is only responsible for sweetness; other aromas are provided by the other materials themselves and will not be covered up.

"My lord, this... this really is gold! I almost thought it was crushed crystal!"

Where would Mi Gen dare to question anymore? At this moment, he finally understood what my lord meant by 'gold'.

This white sugar is sweeter and more miraculous than honey; won't the nobles rush to buy it!