Lu Chuan looked up at the sky. It was already noon.
"I'll go do some preparations today first, buy little sticks, sugar, and the other necessary materials, then make them in the morning and sell them at noon and in the afternoon."
Lu Chuan pondered and said, "The little sticks won't cost much, but this sugar..."
This world already had sugar.
Only, it was called maltose—the maltose from "sweet as maltose."
According to legend, the method of making this sugar had been passed down to the mortal world by the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens, the teacher of the ancient Human King Xuanyuan.
In addition, many seeds for fruits, vegetables, and certain common necessities for food and clothing had also been brought down from the heavens to the mortal world by the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens and some immortals and gods who often descended to the lower realm, then scattered across all parts of the human world.
However, although sugar existed, the process of making it was complicated, so the price was rather high.
For the sake of experimenting, Lu Chuan had not bought much, only a small palm-sized pouch, but that tiny bit of sugar had cost him a full hundred copper coins.
A hundred copper coins!
Thinking of this, Lu Chuan could not help feeling some heartache. That was his monthly wage.
Aside from the relationship of master and disciple, he and Shen Gongbao had recently gained another layer to their relationship.
That was the relationship between boss and worker.
Actually, when it came to this matter, Lu Chuan was utterly speechless.
Because he was a mortal, he had to eat and drink, but when he had left home, he had not had a single coin on him, so he could only freeload food, drink,