The box contained two items in glass bottles.
Both were white.
Refined salt.
Cane sugar.
Although salt had appeared as early as the Xia Dynasty, its production methods had never been particularly advanced. Even now, though the salt used by wealthy Ming Dynasty nobles was Fine Salt, it was still vastly inferior to the refined salt before Zhu Ying.
And there was this cane sugar.
Though cane sugar and white sugar truly originated during the Ming Dynasty, that was not during its early years, but toward its end.
In this era, cane sugar had yet to truly take shape.
"These three things are not bad."
"Pass on my order."
"Reward the craftsmen involved in developing these three processes with a hundred gold each, and grant them a hundred jars of fine wine." Zhu Ying immediately told Liu Lei.
"This subordinate accepts the order." Liu Lei promptly replied.
"Prince."
"Now that the processes have succeeded, should we bring them out and begin mass production?"
"Not to mention refined salt and this unprecedented cane sugar—even this glass alone can be called a rare treasure. We can definitely make a fortune from it." Liu Lei said excitedly.
"No rush."
"I will discuss this matter with His Majesty and the Crown Prince before beginning mass production." Zhu Ying said.
"This subordinate understands." Liu Lei nodded respectfully and said no more.
"Have the gunpowder craftsmen and the craftsmen working on the other projects speed up their research as well."
"Whoever thoroughly develops something suitable for mass production will receive a great reward from me."
"Their families will also receive my favor." Zhu Ying added.
"This subordinate understands." Liu Lei immediately nodded.
"Enough."
"Let that be settled."
"Tomorrow, mobilize a thousand Wang Wei to accompany me to the execution ground." Zhu Ying said again.
"Prince."
"Are