The Idea of Starting a Factory, Fructose!

"Darling, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, as long as you don't tell anyone, only the two of us in the world will know about the existence of this diamond," Josh explained with a smile in response to Margaret's questioning and concerns.

Of course, this gem was in the treasury of Daenerys, the dragon queen of another world, just ten minutes ago. How could anyone in this world have seen it?

The aluminum and finely cut diamond jewelry that Josh gave also showed Daenerys a steady stream of new wealth. In return, Daenerys provided him with many various types of jewelry, the most being rough diamonds.

Just like on Earth, diamonds in the Westeros continent were classified as jewelry, but they were not popular.

The reason is not that there are many of them but because, with ancient technology, polishing diamonds is a vast undertaking that cannot be mass-produced. On the other hand, using diamonds to cut metal is quite easy.

However, this pink diamond was not initially on the list of items Daenerys offered Josh in their trade. Because diamonds of this level, even with the difficulty of cutting and polishing, were still considered top-tier gems in Westeros. And the cute pink color was also greatly loved by Daenerys, who has stored it in her private collection.

It was just that when Daenerys was trading, being clueless, she said that Josh could choose one of her treasures from her collection.

Then, that was it.

She is probably hiding in some corner of her palace, drawing circles now.

"Are you sure?" Josh's words only added to Margaret's doubts.

This precious diamond is only known to the two of them.

"Did you just dig it up from outside?"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. Look, it matches you so well!" Josh didn't explain any further. He just placed the diamond on Margaret's ample chest and gestured to show how well it matched her.

But this comparison made Josh unable to look away.

Under the slightly dim light of the bedside lamp, the pink diamond emitted a brilliant pink light, illuminating Margaret's snow-white skin in front of her chest, forming an unparalleled beauty in the world.

Margaret, who was initially uneasy about the diamond, was startled by Josh's aggressive gaze when she lifted her head. She only had time to exclaim before being pushed down by Josh onto the bed.

Diamond? Fuck the diamond!

With the overloaded work of the mattress spring, the temporarily forgotten pink diamond was slowly pushed by the spring's reactive force and eventually fell with a clatter, landing on the ground.

Fortunately, the bedroom floor was wooden. If it was tiled, this precious diamond might have died within half an hour of arriving in this world.

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"Do you want to start a sugar factory, an aluminum alloy factory, and a handicraft company?" After a while of intense physical activity, Margaret leaned on Josh's arms and played with the diamond in her hand. "It's not difficult to start an aluminum alloy factory and a handicraft factory, but for a sugar factory, it's hard to get the raw materials now, right?"

Margaret didn't oppose Josh's idea of starting a factory. The scale of the factories Josh wanted to open was not large and wouldn't cost much money.

With a few hundred thousand dollars, they could start it up. It was like pocket change for Margaret, who received a large insurance compensation due to Tony Wendys' death.

Moreover, when it comes to her little man, she is willing to give him this amount of money and even more. Even if she loses everything, she won't feel heartbroken.

Especially with the diamond, Josh had just given her, even if it were cut into pieces and sold, its value would far exceed her current net worth.

But as she mentioned, starting an aluminum alloy and handicraft factory is easy.

Although it's wartime, aluminum, as this era's most important aviation material, is also a controlled material.

But unlike other raw materials that are restricted, the bauxite ore in the United States, the main source of aluminum, has not been affected by the war in terms of raw materials because the primary import source of bauxite in the United States at this time was Brazil. Therefore, there is no difficulty for Josh to start an aluminum alloy factory. The produced aluminum metal products will also be purchased by the military. Although the price will not be high, it is definitely not a loss.

As for the handicraft factory, according to Josh, it will mainly process some low-cost handicraft jewelry made of glass, defective diamonds, and other materials, which have little to do with the war.

But for a sugar factory, the problem is significant.

Because the sugar in this era is mainly cane sugar.

The main raw materials are sugar beets and sugarcane. Although fructose, which is cheap but harmful, has flooded in modern times, the production technology is not advanced, the yield is low in this era, and it's even more expensive than cane sugar.

Although the sugarcane and sugar beet production in the entire Americas is substantial, these crops are seasonal economic crops that require a growth cycle. Additionally, due to the Pacific War, the routes from the Asia-Pacific region are blocked, and the materials from Southeast Asia, another important sugar raw material producing area, cannot be imported.

This has led to a sugar shortage in the United States.

Raw materials can only be allocated to those large enterprises and factories. It is almost impossible for Josh to obtain enough raw materials unless he has enough connections.

However, Margaret didn't know that Josh never intended to obtain raw materials from this world but from the Game of Thrones world.

Why is Daenerys willing to buy sugar from Josh at a high price? Is it because there is no sugar in the Game of Thrones world?

Of course not!

The reason is that only refined sugar technology is missing in the Game of Thrones world.

Therefore, as long as Josh imports raw sugar from the Game of Thrones world and refines it, the sugar produced can be sold back to Daenerys or sold in this world, and it will be a huge profit!

Of course, this model is not without its drawbacks.

The downside is that it's easy to be discovered by the federal government.

After all, how could you produce so much sugar without raw materials?

The reason is simple, the fundamental purpose of Josh opening the sugar factory is not to produce cane sugar. But it's a type of sugar that hasn't appeared in this era; that is the extremely cheap high fructose corn syrup that exists in later times!

"Have you heard of fructose? If I tell you that I have a technique to refine sugar from corn starch that is sweeter and cheaper than cane sugar, what would you say?" Facing Margaret's doubts, Josh whispered.