Naturally, he couldn't leave Beijing so soon. The emperor summoned Shen Fengming back because he had a difficult case to handle.
After hearing this, Yang Sheng immediately wilted.
But soon, he asked again, "Can we leave Beijing after we finish this case?" In fact, he didn't want to stay in Beijing anymore. The girls at home were all very good, but getting together with them gave him a headache.
And his mother...
The main thing is that he ate all the sausages in one meal yesterday, and he didn't even have a few bites. When will he be able to eat those delicious meals again and live a happy life
"Probably." Shen Fengming replied uncertainly. Logically speaking, even if the case was completed, they would not leave Beijing so quickly.
"Let's do it quickly!" Yang Sheng was determined that he could leave after finishing this case, so he stood up and rubbed his hands ready to go.
After a few days, Jiang Yunzhu's takeout business stabilized and she could now earn about five cents a day, which was almost enough for Jiang Cheng's monthly salary.
Yesterday, she had discussed with Jiang Cheng that he would resign from the mine today, and then he could follow Xu Qingshan to familiarize himself with the road conditions in Wuling County. After a few days, when he had saved some money, she would buy him a donkey cart and let him pull the rickshaw.
Jiang Cheng felt like he was dreaming; he didn't expect that he would have his own donkey cart so soon.
The tall man looked at Jiang Yunzhu, not knowing what to say. Words of gratitude? We are all family, so there is no need.
In the end, he just told her to go to bed early and he would come if there was anything in the future!
Jiang Yunzhu smiled and nodded.
A few days ago, Jiang Yunzhu started to try to let Jiang Yunxue do the bookkeeping. Jiang Yunxue was indeed talented. She remembered most of the words these days. It didn't matter if she didn't remember some of them. She was just a novice after all. Jiang Yunzhu could know what the word was even if she missed one word.
Jiang Yunxue also likes to do this job. He holds paper and pen like a scholar.
Today, Jiang Yunxue went to the market alone to take orders for the first time. Chen was worried and asked Jiang Lin to go with her.
Jiang Yunzhu thought it was a big deal. Everything has a first time. It doesn’t matter if you make a mistake. You can just correct it next time.
She slept in comfortably.
Birds chirped outside the window, and she got up. She didn't have to go to the market, and the ingredients for today's cooking were prepared yesterday, so she had a rare moment of leisure.
She remembered that she had always wanted to eat something but had no chance to make it the past two days, but today she had nothing to do, so she could do it.
She busied herself in the kitchen.
Grind mung beans and millet into powder using a small grinder, add white flour in proportion, and then add water to stir into a thick batter.
Here, use an egg to knead a small piece of dough, roll it into thin slices, fry it in a pan until it is golden and crispy, and set it aside.
Then comes the last step. Brush a little oil in the pan, spread a thin layer of batter in the pan, then beat an egg, wait until the egg is almost solidified, turn the whole dough over, brush it with sauce, put the crispy fried pancake on it, sprinkle some chopped green onion and coriander, then stack them together and serve.
That’s right, Jiang Yunzhu made pancakes.
Although the process is very different from modern pancakes, for example, the pan she uses is not a frying pan, and the crispy cake she makes is not thin enough, but overall, it is still a pancake, enough to ease her longing.
Jiang Yunzhu handed the first pancake to Mr. Chen, the second one to Jiang Wu, and the last one was hers.
The Jiang family made a lot of money these days, and their living standard has risen sharply. Although Chen is still thinking about saving money and not letting everyone spend money indiscriminately, there is still no problem with eating.
The pancakes just out of the pan have a soft and glutinous crust but are not sticky, and have a scent of egg. Paired with crispy pancakes and sauces, they are really delicious.
"It's delicious, but it's too troublesome." Mr. Chen sighed while holding the pancake.
Jiang Yunzhu worked all morning just for these three pancakes
In his opinion, for breakfast, just some soup and some pancakes would be enough.
Jiang Wu was busy eating and had no time to talk.
Jiang Yunzhu smiled, not just for the last bite, but also for the process of making it. Just like nowadays, many people still make cold noodles by themselves, which is troublesome and easy to fail, but it is also enjoyable.
If you make it yourself, you will feel more accomplished.
Besides, she just wanted to eat pancakes, and then she ate them. Isn’t that a kind of happiness
"It seems that you really like cooking." This is all Mr. Chen could say.
Do you like it? Jiang Yunzhu bit into the pancake and recalled that when she was young, her mother asked her to help her and let her learn to cook. She refused at that time.
She thought, why should I learn to cook, to cook for others? Why don't others learn and cook for themselves
Later, when she grew up, she realized that it is better to rely on yourself than to ask others for help, and it is safest to do it yourself.
Just like now, she has mastered this skill, so she can eat it wherever she is and whenever she wants, instead of just drooling over it.
Jiang Yunzhu was eating pancakes happily. At this time, Chen walked in with an ugly look on her face, followed by Jiang Yunxue and Jiang Lin.
"Mom, eat pancakes. I'll make them for you." Jiang Yunzhu put the last bite of pancake into her mouth and stood up and said.
Chen was in no mood to eat pancakes at that moment. Even if she was given dragon liver and phoenix marrow, she couldn't swallow it.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Yunzhu asked.
Chen gritted her teeth and said, "There are two more rice sellers at the market today. They order rice just like us, and they also sell braised pork rice, chicken rice, and braised lion's head rice." After a pause, she looked at Jiang Yunzhu and said, "And they sell it cheaper than us."
After she finished speaking, her hands were shaking slightly, not knowing whether she was angry or panicked.
The Jiang family suddenly had such a profitable business. Chen felt as if she was holding a gold ingot every day. If anyone looked at her for a second longer, she would feel that person was trying to snatch it from her.
Now there were suddenly two more people trying to steal her business. She was shocked, angry, and a little at a loss.
Jiang Yunzhu was not surprised. For takeaway food, if the first person makes it, the second person will learn it. Besides, stewed pork rice is very popular. There are so many people in the mine, it is impossible for them to monopolize it.
The only thing we can do is to ensure the quality of the dishes and keep innovating.
Thinking of this, she remembered that it had been several days since she made her special lunch box. Shouldn’t it be time to make it
"Yunzhu, what should we do?" Chen asked. They sell cheap food, and the number of people ordering food from them today has obviously decreased by 30%.
"I'll go to the town and take a look." Jiang Yunzhu said.
"Do you need me to go with you? So I can help you." Chen asked.
"Mom, you haven't eaten yet, eat first."
Chen couldn't eat, but she was afraid of affecting Jiang Yunzhu, so she reluctantly said, "Okay."
Jiang Yunzhu went to the town to find Wang De.
But when I got to where Wang De was setting up his stall, there was no one there.
Didn't he come to set up his stall today? Jiang Yunzhu wondered. She knew Wang De's name and was hesitant about whether to ask someone and go to his house to look for him.
At this moment, Wang De came over from the other side, "Girl, I was looking for you! I have cooked what you want for you."
Jiang Yunzhu's eyes lit up, "Can I take a look?"
"Of course. You come with me."
Jiang Yunzhu followed Wang De to a household in the west of the town. This household had three tiled houses with a vermilion door and walls that were somewhat mottled. It looked pretty good alone, but the houses and walls of the households on both sides seemed to have been newly renovated, and were obviously taller than theirs. Their house was sandwiched in the middle, and looked very cramped.
Wang De knew his own situation, smiled awkwardly, and asked Jiang Yunzhu to come in.
After opening the door, a woman came out. She was dressed in coarse cloth. When she heard that Jiang Yunzhu was here to pick up the lunch boxes she had ordered, she greeted her and went in.
Although the Wang family made some money from making this batch of lunch boxes, she had finally persuaded Wang De to go to the mine, but it was delayed. It would take a lot of effort to persuade him next time, so the woman was not so enthusiastic about Jiang Yunzhu.
"She is like that. Don't take it personally." Wang De was afraid that Jiang Yunzhu would be angry, so he quickly explained.
Jiang Yunzhu didn't care, she just wanted to look at her lunch box.
Wang De went to the backyard, took out a lunch box and handed it to her.
Jiang Yunzhu's eyes lit up. Great, this is made of a lunch box.
"The boss's craftsmanship is really good," she praised. This lunch box was even better than she thought.
Wang De smiled naively. Nothing could make him happier than knowing that other people liked what he made.
Immediately, Jiang Yunzhu paid the money and hired a donkey cart to take the lunch boxes back home.
When she went to town to buy groceries again in the afternoon, she adjusted the menu.
The next day, Jiang Yunzhu went to the market in person to set up a stall and take orders.
"Boss, I want a bowl of braised pork rice." said a regular customer.
"Sorry, we don't sell braised pork rice today, we sell set meals." Jiang Yunzhu said with a smile, and then without waiting for the customer to ask, she began to explain, "A set meal is a serving of rice and a few dishes of your choice." As she spoke, she took out a white porcelain lunch box from under the table, opened it, and saw that there were two layers inside. The top layer was divided into four compartments, while the bottom one was not divided.
She pointed to the lunch box and explained, "Put rice here at the bottom and vegetables on top. Today's dishes include boiled pork, braised pork, spicy chicken, fried meatballs..." There were a total of ten kinds of meat and vegetable dishes.
"Ten options to choose from. If you choose all vegetarian dishes, it's 10 cents per serving. If you choose one meat dish and three vegetarian dishes, it's 12 cents per serving. If you choose two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes, it's 14 cents per serving. If you choose three meat dishes and one vegetarian dish, it's 16 cents per serving. If you choose all meat dishes, it's 18 cents per serving."
Everyone found it curious when they saw her take out the lunch box. It was a snow-white round lunch box with two pieces of rosy red braised pork painted on the lid, with soup dripping down. It was exactly like Jiang Yunzhu's secret braised pork, and it made people drool just by looking at it.
Next to the braised pork are the words "Jiang Ji".
When they heard about her method of ordering rice, everyone immediately became interested. They were tired of the braised pork rice and chicken rice, so they wanted to order stir-fried dishes from Jiang Yunzhu. Stir-fried dishes were expensive after all. Now they could get four different dishes by just ordering one rice dish
There was actually boiled pork. They had heard a long time ago that Jiang Yunzhu's boiled pork was excellent, but they had never had the chance to taste it.
It's better now.
"Boss, give me one portion. I want four meat dishes: boiled meat, fried meatballs, braised liver, and sweet and sour pork tenderloin."
"Boss, I want one too."
"I want one too."
Many people wanted to place orders at once.
Jiang Yunzhu added, "There is one more thing I want to tell you in advance. If you order this meal, you must first pay a deposit of seven cents, which is the money for the lunch box. Don't worry, when you bring the lunch box back in the evening or at some other time, we will immediately return the deposit to you."
Still need a deposit? But everyone understands when they see the exquisite lunch box. With such a beautiful lunch box, who knows, someone might not return it after eating, so the girl would lose out.
Thinking of this, everyone suddenly felt that this lunch box was really good. It would be much more convenient if they used it to carry lunch in the future.
"Okay, this is the deposit, and this is the meal money, boss, the set meal I just ordered..." Soon, everyone accepted the deposit and continued to order meals from Jiang Yunzhu.
Jiang Yunzhu took the money and gave him two slips of paper. One was a deposit slip with numbers on it. He was told that he could get the deposit back by bringing the lunch box and the slip. The other was a meal order slip with numbers also written on it, along with four other numbers. They were the numbers of the dishes he ordered.
This is the idea that Jiang Yunzhu came up with, replacing the dishes with numbers so that it is easier to write.
"I'll order one too."
"Order one for me, too."
The ten dishes that Jiang Yunzhu chose today were the most frequently appearing dishes in the stir-fry, which meant they were also everyone's favorite dishes. When everyone heard the names of the dishes, those who had heard that other places were cheaper and wanted to order food elsewhere immediately chose to stay here and continue to order food from Jiang Yunzhu.
There was a surge of people at once.
In the end, even Deputy General Zhao and others chose to order the set meal. After all, ordering a set meal allows them to eat four kinds of dishes at once, which is quite novel.
At noon, Jiang Yunzhu closed her stall. Today's business was extremely good.
"Yunzhu." Chen looked at her and didn't know what to say. It was true that there was no problem that Jiang Yunzhu couldn't solve. The business was not good yesterday, but it was better today.
Jiang Yunzhu smiled. Cooking today was simpler than yesterday. After all, she only needed to cook ten kinds of dishes. So, it was really appropriate to make a set meal under the mine.
Of course, the most important thing is to ensure the taste and quality. Also, when you get the lunch box back, you must wash it clean and boil it in hot water before using it again to ensure the hygiene of the food.
At noon, Jiang Yunzhu's set meal received unanimous praise from everyone.
In the evening, Jiang Yunzhu changed the menu and more people ordered set meals.
By changing the dishes every day to keep them fresh, her business is booming.
But after two days, she discovered a problem, "Mom, are our lunch boxes getting fewer and fewer?" They were almost not enough.
"I was just about to tell you about this," Chen said.
"Sister, I know about this." Jiang Yunxue said softly.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yunzhu asked.
"They said that our lunch boxes are convenient for buying and carrying meals. Many people directly gave me the deposit slips, saying that they bought the lunch boxes." Jiang Yunxue was in charge of ordering meals and keeping accounts again these two days, so she knew.
Jiang Yunzhu didn't expect this to happen, and for a moment she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Why, you bought a lunch box with your meal
At seven cents a lunch box, she did make a small profit, but she wasn't selling lunch boxes!
It seems that I have to go to town as soon as possible to order another batch of lunch boxes.
If you want to do it, just do it. Jiang Yunzhu went to the town immediately. When she didn't find Wang De at the stall, she went to his house to find him.
At this time, at Wang De's home, Wang De was arguing with his wife Cui, but it was not about going to the mine.
It turned out that many people had asked him about that special lunch box in the past two days. When Cui heard about it, he immediately asked him to make a batch and sell it.
Wang De felt that it was Jiang Yunzhu's idea, so how could he burn it and sell it.
He refused to do it, and Cui scolded him for being stubborn. If he didn't sell it, wouldn't others sell it? He didn't make money, just wanted her to suffer with him.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
"Go open the door." Cui said angrily.
Wang De went to open the door, only to see Jiang Yunzhu.
"You..." Wang De was stunned. How come that person came
"I want to order another batch of lunch boxes." Jiang Yunzhu explained her purpose.
"Okay." Wang De agreed.
At this time, Cui hurried out of the house, "Miss Jiang, you must be thirsty after all the journey. Come in and drink some water." She pulled Jiang Yunzhu, her face smiling like a sunflower.
Her excessive enthusiasm was very different from her first performance.
Jiang Yunzhu calmly pulled her arm out of her hand and said, "I'm not thirsty. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Cui was a little embarrassed and winked at Wang De, asking him to speak.
Wang De pretended not to see it. He was too embarrassed to say anything.
Cui gritted her teeth. It seemed that she had to be the bad guy. She sighed first, and then said to Jiang Yunzhu, "Then I'll tell you the truth. Many people want to buy the lunch box you customized. I asked him to bake a batch and sell it, but he refused.
I know I was wrong about this..."
Jiang Yunzhu understood that lunch boxes actually don't require much technical skills. As long as the porcelain is made, one can tell how it is made at a glance. It's just a matter of craftsmanship.
"So what are you going to do?" she threw the question to the other party.
Cui was embarrassed to say it.
Wang De's face turned red with embarrassment. Suddenly, he said, "If you agree, I can give you silver, and then I will make lunch boxes and sell them. If you don't agree, I won't make them!" After saying that, he squatted there, not caring how Cui kicked him, and didn't even look up.
Jiang Yunzhu thought he was a really good person, in this world where there is no copyright protection.
In fact, she also knew that even if Wang De didn't burn it, someone else would.
It just so happened that she was short of money to buy a donkey.
Thinking of this, she smiled.
After talking with Wang De for a while, the two agreed that if Wang De gave Jiang Yunzhu three taels of silver, he could make the lunch box and sell it. Of course, he couldn't make Jiang Yunzhu's pattern for others.
Wang De was very happy that he could finally continue firing porcelain. He immediately went into the house and took out three taels of silver for Jiang Yunzhu.
Cui was watching from the side, feeling anxious and angry. How long would it take to earn back three taels of silver? And she just gave it to someone else like that
After Jiang Yunzhu got the money, she decided to help Wang De more. If he didn't occupy the lunch box market, others would, so it was better to let him occupy it.
"You can cook more than just this kind of lunch box. You can also cook boxes with three grids, two grids, or no grids. You can also cook square or long ones. Oh, and you can add a circle in the middle of the grid to put side dishes or something.
If you bake lunch boxes into a series, customers will have all kinds of them. Even if someone else also bakes lunch boxes to compete with you for business, they won't be able to beat you.
Also, you can tell others that Jiang Ji only recognizes your family and only cooks this kind of lunch box at your house." Jiang Yunzhu's last sentence was very important.
Now everyone wants to buy lunch boxes because of the lunch box she uses. Her words are equivalent to authenticating Wang De's identity. So if everyone wants to buy a lunch box, of course they have to find Wang De.
It’s just like celebrity endorsements and agency certifications nowadays.
Wang De was stunned when he heard this, and even Cui Shi was stunned.
After a while, Wang De said excitedly, "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!" He had a premonition that no one else could snatch this business away. There were many miners in Wuling County, and many of them would definitely buy his lunch boxes.
Maybe it can be sold to other counties.
This business will definitely make money.
At this time, Cui also felt that the three taels of silver were not wasted, and she said to Jiang Yunzhu shyly, "Thank you, Miss Jiang." Jiang Yunzhu didn't need to say the following words, but she said them, which shows her character.
"Miss Jiang, please stay at my house for dinner tonight." This time she sincerely invited Jiang Yunzhu.
Jiang Yunzhu shook her head, she had something else to do.
"I really don't know how to thank you." Wang De rubbed his hands.
"We will have opportunities to cooperate in the future," said Jiang Yunzhu.
Wang De nodded heavily and decided that he would complete all of Jiang Yunzhu's orders in the future.
Jiang Yunzhu agreed with him on the delivery time of the lunch boxes before leaving. She did not tell Wang De that she also had a seal like "Jiang Ji" on the lunch boxes because other porcelains made by Wang De all had his seal on the bottom.
It seems that the Wang family's ancestors were indeed prosperous in making porcelain.
I ordered another 100 lunch boxes, which would have cost me 650 coins, but I didn't spend any money and I even made a profit. The key point is that with this money, I can buy a donkey.
Jiang Yunzhu returned home with ease.
In the Beijing Town Pacification Office, Shen Fengming returned from the palace. When Yang Sheng heard the news, he immediately jumped out of the room with two panda eyes.
"The case has been handled. Can we leave Beijing now?" he asked anxiously. In the past few days, he has been working day and night, and can be called the most hardworking official in Daxia.
Shen Fengming looked at him quietly.
Yang Sheng also looked at him.
After a while, Yang Sheng seemed to lose his energy.
One of them is the commander of the Qilin Guard, and the other is the deputy commander. Can they leave the capital whenever they want? At least they should report to the emperor, so that he won't be able to find them when he wants to do something.
Tell the emperor that there must be a reasonable and legitimate reason.
The two men entered the Pacification Office in silence.
Neither of them liked to go home, so they ate lunch in the cafeteria of the Pacification Department. The cafeteria manager was afraid that once Shen Fengming came, no one would dare to eat, so he gave them a single room in the cafeteria.
Today, the two walked in as usual.
The cafeteria was bustling. Nie Xin was talking to his companions about how delicious the fish head tofu made by the stall at the foot of Wuling Mine was. Unfortunately, they didn't have the chance to try it. Then, for evidence, he took out a few jars of something.
"Try it and you'll know if we've deceived you," he said.
At this time, Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng came in from outside. When everyone saw them from afar, no one spoke immediately and the cafeteria became quiet.
Shen Fengming and the other person were used to it and continued walking inside.
Just halfway through the walk, Yang Sheng raised his nose and wondered what smelled so good.
I turned my head and saw a few cans of something on the table next to me. The smell was fragrant and seemed a little familiar.
He looked at Nie Xin and squinted his eyes. "You're back from Luzhou?"
"I'm back, reporting to the deputy commander." Nie Xin said quickly.
Yang Sheng looked at the cans.
Nie Xin quickly said, "Deputy Commander, would you like to try what we brought back?" As he said that, he handed a jar to Yang Sheng.
Yang Sheng picked up the call, didn't say anything or leave, just looked at him.
Nie Xin was stunned for a moment, then an idea came to him, and he picked up two more jars and handed them to Yang Sheng.
Yang Sheng then smiled, took the jar and went into the inner room with Shen Fengming.
After they left, everyone gathered around the three remaining jars and started eating the contents of the jars impatiently, taking a spoon or a chopstick.
The rabbit eaten cold is crispy, chewy, spicy and fragrant. The beef shreds are so thin and transparent that they taste spicy, fresh and crispy when you take a bite.
There was also a jar of spicy beef sauce, which was originally meant to be eaten with rice, but it was snatched up by everyone in no time.
After eating, they all looked at Nie Xin and the others at the same time. "Anything else? Don't wait for everyone to search. Take it all out!"
Nie Xin and the other two shuddered, it was really gone. They had brought back quite a lot, but it was so delicious that they almost finished it on the way. These were the only few cans they had left for them, otherwise they would have finished it long ago.
In the cafeteria, Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming’s lips were red from eating. The three cans of stuff were originally spicy, and Jiang Yunzhu added more chili peppers to make it last for two more days. They both enjoyed the meal very much!
After finishing the meal, Yang Sheng felt relaxed and refreshed, as if he had regained his strength. He looked at the half-empty jar, slapped the table and said to Shen Fengming, "I just don't believe that in such a big Luzhou, there is not even a case for us to handle.
I asked them to send all the cases in Luzhou to me so that I can look at them one by one."
Shen Fengming looked at him and said nothing.
Silence means consent, Yang Sheng smiled.
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