Ye Jiayao got busy as soon as she arrived at Tianshangju. Today she will conduct experiments on extracting agar and butter.
Zhong Xiang bought all the Eucheuma, Gelidium, and Gracilaria from the market, which was enough for a large cart.
Manager Qian was shocked, but later he heard that Li Yao wanted to use it, so he left it alone.
Everyone worked together to wash all the vegetables, then add alkali to soak them. The yard in front of the kitchen was filled with big pots.
Ye Jiayao and Zhong Xiang extracted the cream on the stove, and Deng Haichuan was responsible for lighting the fire. After the milk was hot, a layer of fat floated on it. Ye Jiayao carefully fished it out with a fine gauze bag, and then solidified it before fishing it out.
Zhong Xiang looked on and frowned: "The cost of extracting these two things seems a bit high. Can the things made again be worth the price?"
Ye Jiayao said: "Don't worry, it's definitely worth it, and it's guaranteed to make a lot of money."
These days, who has eaten ice cream mooncakes or seen crystal mooncakes? They are so fresh. There are many rich families in Jinling City, but they only worry that they cannot buy good things with money.
She was not worried about this issue at all.
"By the way, is there an ice cellar in the city?"
Zhong Xiang said: "Yes, there are sixteen ice cellars. Twelve of them are government-run and are specially used for the palace and princes and ministers. Four are private-run and are used by wealthy people."
"Then, is the government-owned ice for sale?"
Ye Jiayao knows that the quality of ice in government-run ice cellars and private ice cellars is different. Government-run ice cellars mostly use brick kilns, and the ice stored in them is relatively pure. Private ones generally use earthen kilns, so the quality of the ice is difficult to guarantee. They are basically satisfied with preventing heatstroke. Cooling effect, or freezing food.
"Of course government-run ones also sell them, but ordinary people are not qualified to buy them. Even if the government buys ice, there is a certain amount. However, some wealthy families have small ice cellars in their houses to store ice exclusively for their own use. There are just a few." Zhong Xiang knows quite a lot.
"Then how do you sell privately owned ice cubes?"
"It depends on the weather. If it's particularly hot, a hundred pounds of ice can be sold for ten taels of silver. Usually it's about five taels of silver. Why, ice is needed to make this thing?" Zhong Xiang clicked his tongue. Then it's hard to make this thing. How valuable it is.
Ye Jiayao said: "It's just used to preserve food. Find someone to buy a hundred pounds of ice. It should be enough."
For the time being, I will use private ice stores, and when new products are developed later, I will buy ice from government-run ice stores.
From the four buckets of milk that Deng Haichuan brought, only a small basin of cream was extracted.
Deng Haichuan asked: "What should we do with the milk?"
"Don't worry, it won't be wasted." Ye Jiayao said, "Go and tell shopkeeper Qian that we will add some drinks to the menu today, including iced double milk, iced pink beauty, and iced peach milk."
"Cui Dongpeng, go buy twenty kilograms of bananas and come back with seven or eight large watermelons."
"Brother Xiang, please help mix the glutinous rice flour with tomato juice, green vegetable juice, and purple cabbage juice to make a glutinous rice ball smaller than a fingernail."
"Tell Xiao Lu and Axing to recommend these drinks today."
Ye Jiayao gave instructions in an orderly manner. That's the best thing about being a chef. She has the final say in the kitchen.
Shopkeeper Li heard that there were a few drinks added to the menu today, all of which were iced. He couldn't help but smile. On such a hot day, it would be very refreshing to have an iced drink. I didn't know that Li Yao had introduced these drinks. How it tastes, especially this pink beauty, really makes people think about it and look forward to it.
So shopkeeper Li came to the kitchen to find out.
I saw Wang Mingde and Cui Dongpeng making things there. When I looked over, one was making mashed bananas, the other was making watermelon juice, and Zhong Xiang was kneading small glutinous rice balls of different colors.
"Li Yao, where is the pink beauty?" Shopkeeper Li couldn't help but asked curiously.
Ye Jiayao pointed at Cui Dongpeng: "Well, isn't that what we are doing now?"
Shopkeeper Li was sweating. He is such a young man and is always good at pulling off stunts. He chose such a fragrant name. The result is a cup of watermelon milk. Will the customers rebel? No matter what, just make the money.
Not surprisingly, all the guests who came at noon today ordered drinks. Very few restaurants offer drinks. Even if they do, the most common ones are iced sour plum juice or iced Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup. They are both boring to eat. , the names of these drinks are very novel, especially the pink beauty, which I am looking forward to.
Soon, the waiter brought drinks.
The Shuangshuang Milk is served in a fine Longquan celadon bowl, the Pink Lady is served in a precious crystal bowl, and the Xiantao Milk is served in an exquisite white pastel bowl.
At first glance, it looks very refined and high-end.
Looking at the appearance, the double-slip milk is slightly yellow in color, with a strong fragrance of milk and a hint of banana. The pink beauty is as pink as peach petals, which is very attractive. The fairy peach milk is pure white milk. There are yellow peaches cut into small cubes, yellow and white, which are also refreshing.
When I scooped it up with a small silver spoon, I discovered that there was something hidden underneath, a small crystal glutinous rice dumpling of different colors.
Savor it carefully, the double-smooth milk is silky smooth in the mouth, the combination of the two flavors has a mellow taste, and it is chilled, making it particularly refreshing.
As for the Pink Lady, the fusion of milk and watermelon juice is as refreshing as that of the twenty-eight-year-old beauty.
And the glutinous rice dumplings look cute and pleasing, but are pliable and chewy when eaten.
One tael of silver for a small bowl, absolutely worth the money.
The entire Tianshangju people, from shopkeeper Li to the waiters, were all anxiously waiting for the reaction of the first group of guests who ordered drinks.
Only Ye Jiayao didn't seem to care and started cooking with concentration.
After a while, Ah Xing came out of the private room with a smile.
Shopkeeper Li greeted him: "How is it?"
Axing gave a thumbs up: "A few guests want another serving."
Shopkeeper Li breathed a long sigh of relief and said happily: "Go quickly."
The news spread to the kitchen, and everyone cheered. Brother Yao had more ideas, and he solved the remaining milk and made a lot of money. The admiration for Li Yao is simply endless.
Ye Jiayao curled her lips, this is still the simplest drink. When I make ice cream, you will be craving for it. How much will it cost to sell it for at that time? Argendas is so expensive, but people still eat it. This thing must be high-end and classy. To become a fashion and a status symbol, it must be affordable to ordinary people, so everyone will flock to it.
During one lunch, sixty-nine bowls of drinks were sold. By the afternoon, customers came to the store one after another, specifically for the drinks, and more than twenty bowls were sold. This shows that the news spread quickly.
Shopkeeper Li's eyes were almost invisible when he smiled.
Ye Jiayao said: "Shopkeeper Li, the remaining ingredients should be enough to make seventy or eighty bowls. However, I bought the milk and fruits with my own money."
Shopkeeper Li smiled and said: "How much did you use to report to the restaurant? I'll start tomorrow. What materials do you need to buy? All expenses will be incurred by the restaurant."
Ye Jiayao calculated: "There are three buckets of milk, six taels of silver per bucket, plus the transportation fee, it's twenty taels, the fruit cost 5 taels, the ice cubes cost 5 taels, and the cost of eucheuma and other things." Eight taels, plus the fare for the car..."
"Come on, forget it, go to the accountant and pay fifty taels of silver." Shopkeeper Li said generously. Li Yao thought of a good way for him to make money and increase his reputation. For fifty taels of silver, he can turn over Three times as much, is there any more cost-effective business than this
Ye Jiayao didn't expect the shopkeeper to be so cheerful and give her several more taels of silver. However, the shopkeeper was the one who made the biggest profit, so she happily accepted it and could buy more clothes.
"Li Yao, prepare more materials tomorrow, I think more people will come." Shopkeeper Li specially warned.
The people in Jinling City love to catch up with fresh food. There is no good food. Everyone's nose and ears are very sharp.
I'm afraid three or four hundred bowls will be sold tomorrow.
"Brother Yao, Prince Jing is looking for you." Ah Xing came to report.
Ye Jiayao said hello to shopkeeper Li: "I know, but it's best not to sell too much, two hundred bowls a day, and there won't be any when it's finished. In this way, everyone will feel that this food is precious and cannot be eaten casually. The more you eat, If you don't get it, you'll get more, and then you'll come here every day. Not only do you have drinks, but you also have to eat. Don't you agree, shopkeeper? I'll go down first."
Shopkeeper Li was stunned, thinking about these words. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Li Yao said was very reasonable. Human nature is like this. Don't cherish what is easy, and precious if it is rare. Darling, this kid is more experienced in business than he is.
In fact, Ye Jiayao still has a lot of business experience, and she can't teach it all to others. She also wants to open a restaurant herself!
"Little prince, why are you here?" In front of outsiders, Ye Jiayao still obeyed the rules and called her what she should.
He Lianjing's eyes flickered: "I have something to do with you."
He had to sneak out with great difficulty, and he couldn't stay long. He had been very depressed recently, and he felt like a thief just by sneaking out. It was great before, you could come whenever you wanted and stay as long as you wanted.
Ye Jiayao said to Ah Xing: "Ask Brother Xiang to make a bowl of double milk and charge it to my account."
The two went to Fuyu Pavilion to talk.
He Lianjing spent almost the whole day thinking about how to ask. He hated himself for being so suspicious and like a resentful woman in the closet. It was really annoying, but he just couldn't convince himself that Zhao Qixuan's analysis was sound. After all, in Zhao Qixuan has a better say in this regard.
"Da Yaoyao, I was in such a hurry yesterday that I didn't have time to ask, how have you been these days?" He Lianjing asked hesitantly.
"I'm fine. I'll let you try my newly developed double-slippery milk later." Ye Jiayao said with a squinted smile, muttering to herself that something seemed wrong with little Jingjing!
Helianjing hesitated and asked, "You fell into the water the day before yesterday. Are you really okay?"
Ye Jiayao spread her hands: "Don't you think I'm doing well?"
"Then...who saved you? I must thank him."
Ye Jiayao curled her lips: "It's the Crown Prince of Jingan, he just happened to be passing by."
It was the stupid donkey who saved her. Although she couldn't remember what happened, she believed that if it weren't for him, she wouldn't have fallen into the river.
He Lianjing said in a daze: "Oh, it turns out to be Brother Chunyu! What a coincidence."
Ye Jiayao said coquettishly: "Yes, it's quite a coincidence."
"No wonder Zhao Qixuan said he saw your brother Chunyu swimming in the Qinhuai River at night last night. I thought he was talking nonsense!" He Lianjing carefully observed Dayao Yao's expression.
(End of chapter)