Legendary star: Signed to the Palace at the beginning

Chapter 169 Soy Sauce
Dugu Jialuo said: "We Dazhou, like Wei and Chen, are the spokespersons of the aristocratic families. Brother Jian can only get the support of the military if he can protect the interests of the nobles in Guanlong. Therefore, Jialuo hopes that Brother Jian will be patient. Take it slowly, don't rush it."

Yang Jian said: "Well, I know, I won't be in a hurry, I will take my time, relying on the aristocratic family first, and gradually weakening their power in the future, I will definitely break out of the encirclement of the aristocratic family and become a real emperor. .”

Dugu Jialuo said: "Brother Jian, I'm just worried that Yong'er will become the puppet of the Five Surnames Qiwang or Guanlong nobles in the future. In that case, what difference will there be between the foundation we have worked so hard to create and that of Wei and Zhou?"

Yang Jian said: "I will mention Yonger."

Dugu Jialuo changed the subject and said, "Brother Jian, I heard that Yonger's concubine elder brother beat Xiao Chuan a few days ago, and recently he cheated Chuaner twice."

Yang Jian said: "I also received a report. That time, Yun Shitai and some scribes went to drink and uttered arrogant words. Chuan'er quarreled with them in order to stand up for Ah Chen, and was hit on the back of the head by the jug. , comatose, and become stupid after recovering."

Two cold lights shot out of Dugu Jia Luofeng's eyes, and he said bitterly: "Chuan'er is the blood of my Dugu family, how can you allow the brother of the lowly servant to bully you."

Yang Jian said: "Although Yun Shitai is lowly, he is Yonger's disciple. If he is punished rashly, it will easily hurt Yonger's face. Yonger is virtuous and respectful, and is admired by scholars. It is easy to punish Yun Shitai and damage Yonger's virtuousness. The situation is serious."

Dugu Jialuo said: "Yonger is lenient and straightforward, treats people sincerely, and the people around him are inevitably mixed. Even with Ming Kerang, Yao Cha, Lu Kaiming and other literati and celebrities, there are also Yun Shitai who flatter him. I heard Yuanshi cry Ever since Yun Zhaoxun entered the house, Yong Er has become more and more fond of him, lingering in the flowers every day, not knowing how to restrain himself."

Yang Jian said: "Jia Luo, don't worry, Xiao Chuan is fine. He is hanging out with Ah Cheng and Li Yuan now. It is said that the three of them are going to open a Malatang restaurant together, but I don't know what Malatang is."

When Dugu Jialuo heard the words, his expression softened a little, and he said: "Although Ah Chen is young, he is talented, and what is even more rare is that he is respectful and friendly to people. I heard from the servant that no matter whether it is an official or a servant, go to Ah Chen. At that time, Ah Cheng sent them outside the door politely, quite like a courteous corporal."

Yang Jian said: "Now the finances are empty and the prime minister's house is poor. I don't have any extra money to reward the children. I can only rely on them to make troubles."

Dugu Jialuo said: "A Cheng has been filial and sensible since he was a child. He wears simple clothes, eats light food, treats people well, and is polite. He will be a good boy in the future."

In the days that followed, Xiao Chuan inspected restaurants, coal mines, canals, and greenhouses during the day, took time to catch up on sleep, and continued to dig ditches with a forklift at night.

Looking at Huang Chuanchuan's copper coins and the vain money coming into the account every day, Xiao Chuan felt that his life was reaching its peak, and he was very happy.

When Xiao Chuan came to the greenhouse, several old farmers were carefully tending the vegetables in the greenhouse. Not to mention, because the temperature was suitable and the old farmers worked hard, the vegetables grew well.

The peppers have grown to two inches long and are glowing red.

Xiao Chuan picked off a pepper, carefully took out the pepper, and put the pepper in his mouth.

"Ah! It's so spicy."

Xiao Chuan was so hot that his eyes watered with tears, but he felt nothing else.

"Well, it's comparable to the Sichuan peppers from the previous life."

Xiao Chuan ordered the farmers to dry the ripe peppers, collect the young peppers, grind the dried peppers into powder, and carefully put them into jars.

Two days later, Xiao Chuan brought a small can of chili powder to Chuanji Malatang, and quietly added it to the soup pot.

There is no way, the chili is too hot. People in Dazhou have never eaten chili before, so a little spiciness is enough.

After Yang Guang and Li Yuan finished eating Malatang, they couldn't help asking: "Why is today's Malatang hotter than yesterday's? It tastes better."

Xiao Chuan took out the chili jar from his arms, and said, "Ah Chan, because of today's Malatang, I put a secret weapon."

Yang Guang took the chili jar, opened it, looked at it and said, "What is this?"

Xiao Chuan said: "Ah Sheng, this is chili powder. A wandering monk gave it to me in the past. It tastes very spicy."

Yang Guangdao: "Isn't he a stranger? Why did he become a monk again?"

"That's all in sections."

"I'll try it."

Yang Guang dipped a little chili powder with his finger, put it in his mouth, and screamed, "Ah! It's so spicy!"

Li Yuan also tasted it, and his face was flushed from the hotness, so he drank a few mouthfuls of tea in a hurry.

Yang Guangdao: "This thing is really good. It's called chili pepper, right? Do you have any more?"

Xiao Chuan said: "Ah Chun, I only have a few catties in my hand now, but I planted them last night. It is estimated that in two or three months, we will have a large amount of peppers, and we can increase the project."

Yang Guangdao: "Okay, after two months we will be able to earn at least 60 guan, and we will open three more stores. By then, your peppers will be ripe, so it's time to do a big job."

Xiao Chuan said: "Ah Chen, we will replace wine with tea, I wish us success."

Yang Guang and Li Yuan held up their tea bowls and bumped into each other.

More than ten days later, the second batch of peppers finally sprouted shoots. The farmers took care of them carefully every day, and the peppers grew gratifyingly.

Chuanji Malatang has been in business for 20 days, and has already earned 20 yuan. The principal invested by Yang Guang and Li Yuan has already returned to the capital. Yang Guang immediately chose another store to open the first chain store, and the business is still booming.

Xiao Chuan can't directly take out the soy sauce in the space warehouse, so now he wants to study the method of making soy sauce.

In ancient China, there was soy sauce, which evolved from "sauce".

As early as 3000 years ago, there was a record of making sauce in the Zhou Dynasty.

The brewing of soy sauce was discovered purely by accident. Soy sauce originated from a condiment used by ancient Chinese emperors.

The earliest soy sauce was made by marinating fresh meat, which is similar to the current fish sauce manufacturing process. The oil produced by chopping meat into puree and then fermenting is called "醢" (meaning meat soy sauce).

There is also a version of the sauce that adds animal blood when making the sauce, which is called Jiaoji.

There is a sentence in "The Book of Songs Daya Xingxi": "醓醢 to recommend" is a description of soy sauce.

In ancient times, it was a problem for ordinary people to eat, not to mention eating meat, who would be willing to use fresh meat to brew soy sauce?
So soy sauce has always been a luxury accessory, and only the imperial palace is eligible to use it.

The large-scale use of soy sauce began in the Song Dynasty. People in the Song Dynasty discovered that soy sauce brewed from soybeans, wheat, and salt through oil refining and fermentation processes was similar in flavor to imperial soy sauce and cheap, so it was widely spread and eaten.

So Xiao Chuan chose the Song version of the soy sauce recipe. There is no way, the soy sauce recipe of the Song Dynasty is the cheapest, so he can use it.

On this day, the three brothers got together, and Yang Guang said, "Cousin Chuan, you said last time that you wanted to develop this area into a food street, can we open it now?"

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid of losing money?"

Yang Guangdao: "Don't be afraid, these two Mala Tangs can earn two or three pennies a day. Let's strike while the iron is hot. We should open other stores to make more money."

Xiao Chuan looked at Li Yuan and said, "Cousin Yuan, what's your opinion?"

(End of this chapter)