Selling a large amount of white sugar would lower the price, but there was nothing he could do about it. However, if Suhlen sold a limited amount every month, the price of white sugar would not fluctuate too much.
After all, according to the consumption rate of the nobles, there were over a hundred nobles in Calt, so they would consume a few hundred kilograms of white sugar. In the past, the nobles only used white sugar when they entertained guests. Most of the time, they used brown sugar and honey instead. If they had white sugar, they would not use brown sugar anymore.
In the entire Northern Lands, there were over a dozen big cities and over a hundred small cities. There were also hundreds of towns. Suhlen did not know how many nobles lived in those towns. However, the production of his sugar workshop was not enough to satisfy the market in the Northern Lands.
If the white sugar trade developed, Suhlen's fief would definitely reap huge profits. When that time came, there would be many people who would want a share of the profits. Fortunately, his fief was located in the wilderness. The nearest city was at least three hundred miles away. This made it impossible for the nobles to use many of their methods.
Of course, it would be difficult to make them give up unless Suhlen's fief was powerful enough. For example, he had a powerful army. Only a powerful force could deter those with ulterior motives. Although Suhlen was powerful, he was not invincible.
With the completion of the sugar workshop, the sugar production began. Suhlen selected twenty of his serfs and had them work in the sugar workshop.
Carts of beet roots were transported here after being cleaned. Then, they were cut into small pieces and poured into the juicer. With the operation of the workers, the purplish-red beet juice was squeezed out and flowed into the wooden barrel through a special pipe.
Soon, a bucket of beet juice was filled. Then, the beet juice was sent to another room for processing. When the processing was completed, the purplish-red beet juice became transparent. Seeing the workshop work in an orderly manner, it did not take long for the white sugar to be produced.
The quality of the white sugar produced this time was very good. The grains of white sugar looked crystal clear. The quality was even better than the previous batch. Suhlen understood that this was a special effect of the workshop. After weighing the white sugar, the yield was also higher.
After seeing that the sugar refinery was operating normally, Suhlen breathed a sigh of relief.
In addition to the production of white sugar, the sugar refinery also produced a lot of waste products. Most of them were beet dregs. These were the leftovers after the beets were squeezed out. After processing, these beet dregs could be used to make fodder. Coincidentally, the territory also had a lot of livestock. These beet dregs were just right to be used as fodder.
As for the leftover waste honey, Suhlen was going to use it to make wine. The price of wine was not cheap. If it was successfully used to make wine, it would be a stable income for Suhlen's territory.
However, there was no one in the territory who knew how to make wine, so Suhlen had no choice but to store the waste honey first. The next time he went to Calt City, he would ask Zeon to buy a few slaves who knew how to make wine.
After all, the beets were not artificially grown. After a period of excavation, the wild beets began to decrease significantly. Suhlen drew out three hundred mu of land for the beets. It was not that he did not want to plant them on a large scale. It was just that the beet seeds were limited. Even if he wanted to expand the planting area, he would need enough seeds.
Therefore, he could only wait until the first batch of beets was harvested in the territory. After obtaining more beet seeds, he could plant them on a large scale.
In the following time, Suhlen did not only patrol the territory, but also look for beets. It didn't take long for most of the beets around the territory to be collected. If he wanted to collect more beets, he would need to go outside the territory.
Su Lun needed to lead a team to explore the outside of the territory. With the strategic map provided by the system, it could automatically record the places he had been to. So as long as he walked through the area once, a corresponding map would be generated on his strategic map.
Suhlen led a team of Barbarian warriors to search the wilderness. This place was close to the Sierra de Lotas. Not long ago, they found a small patch of beets on a nearby slope. After digging up the beets, Suhlen and the others continued to move forward.
After approaching the mountains, Suhlen planned to investigate the area a bit more before leaving. After all, this place was very close to the Cryopterus. After passing through a forest, a hidden valley suddenly appeared in front of them.
The valley was not big. It was surrounded by lush trees and looked very green. A stream flowed out of the valley. The noon sun was still very hot. The metal armor on the Barbarians was a bit hot. Suhlen planned to take them to the valley to avoid the sun.
Following the stream towards the valley, the group quickly arrived at the center of the valley. With the two peaks blocking the way, the valley was much dimmer. The group came to the stream to freshen up. The barbarian warriors took off their armor and jumped into the stream to wash themselves.
Suhlen came to the upper reaches of the stream and used both hands to wash the water. The water from the melting snow on the mountain was cold and immediately chased away the heat in his body. After washing up, he filled his water bag with water. Only then did Suhlen start to look around the valley.
At this moment, his eyes suddenly paused. He saw a stone statue on the greenish-gray rock wall at the bottom of the valley. The surface of the statue had been eroded by the wind and rain for many years. From the outside, this statue was at least a few hundred years old.
Suhlen was not a historian and could not distinguish the style of this statue. However, since there was a statue here, there must have been people living here. Looking up at the valley, Suhlen found that there was only one exit. The exit was narrow, but the space in the valley was very large.
As long as the entrance was guarded, the valley would be very safe. The land in the valley was flat and the soil was good. It was very suitable for farming. Suhlen did a rough calculation. The entire valley could be cultivated for at least five thousand mu of land. Together with the stream inside, it would not be a problem to feed a few thousand people.
Suhlen came near the stone statue to see if there were any other clues. Soon, he found a door covered by vines on the rock wall behind the statue.
The door was made of metal and looked very heavy. However, it was rusty. Suhlen knocked on it with his hand. There was no hollow sound. It was obvious that the metal door was very thick.
Such a heavy door should be controlled by a mechanism. Otherwise, not many people would be able to move it. Suhlen called the Barbarians over to search. He was very curious about what was behind the metal door.
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