MTL - Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper-Chapter 40 recipe for making sugar

During the construction of the factory building, Aunt Yang and the others are in charge of the workers’ lunch. One vegetarian dish and one stewed stewed meat dish are served with special sauces, rice and steamed buns with whole grains. full.

Workers look forward to it the most every day at noon, and the best time to eat is at noon, and they all want to keep doing it.

afternoon.

Yun Chengfeng's carriage arrived outside Wei Cheng's house, but Wei Cheng didn't know that Yun Chengfeng was coming.

Yun Chengfeng got off the carriage and looked at the dilapidated house in front of him. He turned his head and stared at Yan Yi, astonished: "Yan Yi, you found the right door, right? This is Wei Cheng's home?"

Yan Yi: "This subordinate is right, this is Wei Cheng's family."

Yun Chengfeng: "..."

Both the master and the servant were full of disbelief. Wei Cheng lived in such a dilapidated house. It would be understandable if he had no silver taels. The recipes sold to Tai Fu Lou cost hundreds of taels. According to inquiries, Wei Cheng’s stall earns a monthly All the money on a restaurant.

With Wei Cheng's money in his hand, he can build a big house with bricks and tiles. They would not be surprised that it is so shabby and dilapidated.

"Knock."

Yan Yi took the order to knock on the door.

Wei Cheng bought a reclining chair, and the stall closed for business in the afternoon, and he was resting on the reclining chair in the yard with his eyes closed, when he heard a knock on the door, who would come at this hour?

As soon as the door opened, Wei Cheng's face was expressionless immediately, he saw the person at the door right, well, vertigo won't appear.

Welcome people into the door, and close the door after entering the door, so as to separate the visiting eyes from outside.

Wei Cheng's home is not located in the suburbs where houses are concentrated. His home is on the edge, and there are only a few scattered neighbors. Ever since his home's business started, there have always been people who intentionally or unintentionally come to make arrangements and inquire about it.

The neighbors are not familiar with Wei Cheng and have never dealt with Wei Cheng, and Wei Cheng's house will not open up, and those who want to inquire about Wei Cheng's family are not allowed to enter.

Now another young master from a rich family came, and the three aunts and six wives gathered at the door of the neighbor's house all exploded. Did Wei Cheng meet some rich and powerful people? They all regretted that Wei Cheng didn't get along well with people when he moved here.

The last regret was the family close to Wei Cheng's house, and the woman of that family even scolded Wei Cheng.

Wei Cheng looked at Yun Chengfeng, and said bluntly, "Why are you here?"

Yun Chengfeng: "..."

Is this tone of contempt?

He was disgusted by a countryman, he was willing to condescend to come to this dilapidated place, Wei Cheng should not be grateful, the first time he was disgusted by others, Yun Chengfeng even forgot to react.

Zhou Yuan came out of the house, and saw Yun Chengfeng, who was dressed in silk, brocade and jade belt, standing in the courtyard of his house, Zhou Yuan didn't know how to entertain guests.

This is the first time he has met such a noble person. Compared with the person he met at the banquet when he and his husband went to celebrate his grandfather's birthday last time, the gorgeously dressed person at the birthday banquet is rich and noble, but the person in front of him is noble. extraordinary.

Wei Cheng saw that his daughter-in-law was embarrassed, and stepped forward to hold his hand. Zhou Yuan calmed down under the gentle gaze of his husband.

Cheng softly comforted: "Just go to the kitchen and bring out two bowls of water. Don't be cautious, I'm here."

Wei Cheng didn't think there was anything wrong with entertaining people with two bowls of sugar water.

Yun Chengfeng, who was put down by Wei Cheng, didn't care, since he was suspected just now anyway. There was a set of tables in the yard with wide chairs and cushions on the back. Yun Chengfeng sat down directly, and Yan Yi stood behind him.

After Zhou Yuan entered the kitchen, Wei Cheng turned around and saw that the person sat down without being greeted by him, and he sat opposite the person.

Yun Chengfeng complained: "Wei Cheng, why is your house so dilapidated, I thought I was looking for the wrong door."

Wei Cheng reprimanded him: "My house is so dilapidated, it's like the houses of the country people, if you don't like it, come here!"

Although his house is dilapidated, his wife doesn't have to go to the stalls these days. He cleans the house and picks a lot of wild flowers to seed in the yard, which looks beautiful.

Yun Chengfeng was dissatisfied: "You receive guests like this."

If he knew that Wei Cheng's house was so dilapidated, he wouldn't feel bored staying in the restaurant and just go there and call people to the restaurant directly.

Since Wei Cheng cooperated with Yun Chengfeng, he has seen clearly the essence of this young master. This is the young master of an aristocratic family who is a little bit ambiguous and has a straightforward personality.

Ask Yan Yi to go to his stall for breakfast every day, and every time Yan Yi reminds him that there must be more fresh shrimp in rice rolls, Yan Yi is really serious and old-fashioned, he obeys his master's order every time, and has to remind him once.

If people are dissatisfied, Wei Cheng is not afraid that people will get angry at all.

Zhou Yuan came out with sugar water, Wei Cheng took the bowl from his daughter-in-law, helped him put the sugar water on the table, and was about to pull his wife to sit beside him, when he saw the color of the sugar water in the bowl, he immediately pursed his lips tightly to avoid laughing directly speak out.

Yun Chengfeng looked at the reddish-brown water in the bowl, dumbfounded: "What is this?"

Wei Cheng wouldn't let his husband entertain him with yellow muddy water.

"Brown sugar water." Zhou Yuan replied. When he was making sugar water in the kitchen, he felt that brown sugar was more expensive than white sugar, so he directly brewed two bowls of brown sugar water and brought it out.

Wei Cheng couldn't help laughing out loud.

His wife is so cute!

Yun Chengfeng was dumbfounded, Yan looked at his nose and mind, and was also dumbfounded in his heart, the first time he met the host serving guests with brown sugar water.

If there is no tea, use boiled water, or use sugar water, at least it won't be so strange.

Ordinary people would not find it strange to entertain others with brown sugar water, but it would seem abrupt and funny to entertain the owner of Taifulou with brown sugar water.

Zhou Yuan watched their reactions, how could he not know that he did something wrong, and was about to make amends and go to the kitchen to pour water again, when Wei Cheng stopped him and pulled him away.

Wei Cheng said to Yun Chengfeng: "Shaodong's family, my family just treats guests with sugar water and drinks water, so don't be polite to me."

If it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't hold back the smile at the corner of his mouth, Yun Chengfeng would have believed it.

Yun Chengfeng couldn't drink this cup of brown sugar water.

Wei Cheng didn't care whether people drank or not, he and his wife introduced Yun Chengfeng, and Zhou Yuan realized that the noble and handsome young master in front of him was the young boss of Taifulou, and the one who cooperated with his family was also his backstage.

Wei Cheng would never hide these things from his wife, and even taught him about interests and business matters. Zhou Yuan also knew the importance of having a 'backstage'.

Yun Chengfeng only responded to Wei Cheng's actions, and he didn't show any signs of looking down on his brother. This is the demeanor of a real big family.

Immediately after seeing Wei Cheng pulling his husband to sit next to him, his eyes softly whispering to his husband, Yun Chengfeng had a flash of surprise in his eyes, and quickly restrained himself.

Wei Cheng asked: "I don't know what advice the Young Master's family has for visiting the humble house?"

"I'm here to ask you about buying wasteland." Yun Chengfeng stopped beating around the bush.

Wei Cheng rolled his eyes and knew it was the matter.

"For building workshops."

"You bought so much wasteland to build workshops? It must be too much." Yun Chengfeng was surprised.

"Not much, the wasteland is to build many workshops to form an industrial workshop area."

"Industrial area?"

It was the first time Yun Chengfeng heard this word.

Wei Cheng wants to attract people to cooperate, so he revealed the bright plan.

"The industrial workshop area is a plurality of workshops, and the processing workshops are merged into one area to form a concentrated work area called the industrial workshop area. Shops can also be built around the industrial workshop area to display the products of the workshop and find suitable products for sale together."

"The wasteland is close to the official road of the county seat, and there are merchants and travelers coming and going. It is the best place to sell products made by your own workshop. You can not only trade your own products, but also cooperate with passing merchants.

"In the past, there were many merchants from the north and the south. The goods on hand of these merchants came from the north and the south. After the transaction was cooperated, there were sources of goods from the north and the south."

"With the north-south supply of goods, and then slowly expand, maybe there will be a shop area here in the future."

Yun Chengfeng frowned and thought, and asked the key point: "How can you be sure that the merchants you come and go will cooperate with you?"

With confident eyes in his eyes, Wei Cheng said, "As long as I have enough goods to attract merchants, no merchant can refuse to cooperate with my workshop."

Yun Chengfeng felt that Wei Cheng's words were too exaggerated. The most important commodities in the whole world are in the hands of powerful and aristocratic families. What kind of goods does Wei Cheng use to attract business and cooperation? Consider whether to continue working with people.

He wants to break the contract, and the loss of money is just a drop in the bucket.

Wei Cheng said slowly: "I dare to say this with full confidence. The products I provide are definitely rare in the market. As for where the products come from, after the workshop opens, the Young Master will know."

Yun Chengfeng looked at Wei Cheng, and he felt that as long as he talked about business, the people in front of him would become calmer regardless of whether they were inside or outside, and their calculations would be even more strategizing.

That steady aura and sharp eyes, I've seen it from his elder brother, the difference is that his elder brother has more status there, revealing an aura of ambition, and an inherently ruthless aura.

If it is as Wei Cheng said, he is really looking forward to it, maybe he will also buy a large piece of wasteland to build his industrial area and shops, as Wei Cheng said, this place will definitely be another creation in the future, provided that there are enough Benefits attract merchants to cooperate—

Yun Chengfeng thought about it, picked up the bowl to drink water, and he froze when the brown sugar water entered...

Yan Yi, unable to stop him: "..."

Wei Cheng laughed jokingly.

Wei Cheng would find it funny, he thinks brown sugar is what girls drink, and it's fun to drink it with his wife at home, if you let him drink it alone, thank you very much.

I just don't know why Yun Chengfeng rejects brown sugar water.

Yun Chengfeng thought that brown sugar water was something that a woman who gave birth to a brother drank during confinement. He didn't think before that it was his second sister who drank brown sugar water during her confinement. One day he just went to visit, and the maid handed him a bowl of brown sugar water. After he drank it, his second sister joked that the brown sugar water was Ordinary people drink it for confinement girls.

Since then, he has seriously rejected brown sugar water.

It's just that the sip of brown sugar water he drank just now seemed to have a sweet taste of sugar cane. Without the greasy taste of the brown sugar water he drank before, it was all the sweet and greasy taste of brown sugar.

Wei Cheng laughed and joked: "Young master, my brown sugar tastes good. If you think it tastes good, I will give you a few catties when I leave later. Don't dislike brown sugar as a simple thing, not as precious as delicacies from mountains and seas. In the countryside, brown sugar is very expensive. A rare item."

Yun Chengfeng: "..."

Yun Chengfeng had a toothache: "Thank you, thank you, no need—"

Wei Cheng had a regretful expression on his face and was about to say a few more words. Zhou Yuan could see that his husband was teasing him, and gently pulled the corner of his husband's clothes with his small hand to tell him not to add fuel to the scene.

Wei Cheng smiled at his daughter-in-law, and stopped teasing her.

The intimate behavior between the two, Wei Cheng seemed to stop teasing him because of his husband's slight gesture, all of which fell into Yun Chengfeng's eyes.

Yun Chengfeng came today to ask people about buying wasteland. After asking clearly, there was no tea to serve him while sitting, and there was still a bowl of brown sugar water in front of him. He thought about saying a few more words, so he left early, and his eyes swept to the corner. Sugar cane, casually asked: "Is that sugar cane, why does it look shriveled, can this thing be eaten?"

In his memory, the sugar cane was black in appearance and saturated with water, but the brown-yellow pile in front of him was woody and hard, and it hurt to bite his teeth.

"It's sugar cane from the wasteland, and the sugar cane water is squeezed out to make brown sugar." Wei Cheng gestured to the two bowls of brown sugar water on the table with his chin, "The brown sugar water I'm serving you is made from the water squeezed from that pile of sugar cane."

There are so many sugar cane piled up in his house, to make a batch of brown sugar, the cousin of his wife’s family asked his uncle to bring a message, asking if there is any extra brown sugar, a good sister of hers gave birth last month, The chair didn't sit properly, and I want his family to help buy a few catties. There is still a large piece of sugarcane in the wasteland, so I promised to make it myself and sell it to her.

Wei Cheng knew that the source of sugar production should be in the hands of the powerful. Yun Chengfeng is a son of the powerful and powerful, and he must not have run away. After building a workshop, he would also make brown sugar and sell it.

Yun Chengfeng and Yan Yi were so shocked that their jaws dropped.

"You can make candy—"

Wei Cheng glanced at Yun Chengfeng, did he have to be so shocked?

"able to do."

As soon as Wei Cheng's voice fell, Yun Chengfeng immediately asked excitedly, "Is the formula for sale?"

Wei Cheng: "..."

Wei Cheng's eyes flickered, or there was something he didn't understand, the information in ancient times was underdeveloped, and he was an ordinary countryman, his understanding of many things was superficial plus his own speculation.

Things like sugar and firewood, rice, oil and salt are daily necessities for people's livelihood, and many businesses should be able to make them.

Sugarcane for making sugar is not like rice grain, which requires suitable land and manpower to grow. Sugarcane wasteland can grow a piece of sugarcane, which is almost sugarcane.

The price of sugar in the market should not be due to the lack of raw materials for making sugar, but to the labor, process, and profits behind it. The price of sugar in the market is only high for the merchant to make a profit. This is also the method of the merchant.

It's like another time and space, where white sugar is cheap, but brown sugar is more than five times more expensive.

"Do you have the sugar recipe?"

Yun Chengfeng looked at Wei Cheng's expression, knowing that the other party must not know the importance of making sugar formula in his hand. Sugar and salt, rice grains are all important foods.

Salt belongs to the imperial court, and the imperial court controls it. Rice grain is in the hands of rice merchants and government merchants, and the method of sugar production is in the hands of the two aristocratic families. The high price of sugar is also the reason why the two aristocratic families control the price.

Under the supervision of the imperial court, white sugar and brown sugar are daily necessities, and the price will be controlled. In order to increase profits, those people set up various grades of white sugar and brown sugar, and the selling prices are different. The better grades are sold to the rich and powerful, and the prices are also high.

Under deliberate control, the quantity of brown sugar is even smaller and the price is higher.

In the whole world, the profits can be imagined.

Those two aristocratic families relied on the sugar-making formula to amass so much property, and there was a backer behind them. Even if they searched for the sugar-making formula under the strict control of the two aristocratic families, it was impossible to find out.

Does Wei Cheng know how important the sugar recipe in his hand is.

It even involves various forces, and one carelessness will lead to death.

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