Chapter 14: Unexpected Joy ()

For a few days, Wang Kuang had nothing to do. Apart from going out for a walk every day and sitting in front of the sheep stall with Eyue, he almost stayed in his yard to think about what to do in the future. As for Wang Xian, the third girl had only been staying for one day, she was taken home by her uncle the next day, and she seemed a little disappointed. Wang Kuang saw it and smiled in his heart.

According to my words to others, I am only twelve years old now, and I still have four years to pass the age of sixteen. I have to find a way to pass these four years. It is unlikely that I have no literary advantages that the time traveler usually has. Let me start from scratch. Compared with those children who have been in touch with writing since I learned styling, I am behind the starting line. From the conversation with Manager Sun in the past few days, I learned that even his ten-year-old grandson has read a lot of books, and now he can recite poems and write articles in a decent manner. Although there are no good poems and essays yet, it is so high that they are more than 100,000 miles higher than my "semi-classical Chinese illiterate". Fortunately, ordinary people still speak vernacular language. If everyone is very literary, Wang Kuang may even have the heart to hang himself.

From the current point of view, I am not without advantages. First of all, I have been doing middle-level management for several years. The business philosophy of modern enterprises has been used in ancient times. That is a magic weapon that has been tried and tried by time travelers. Second, I have advantages in cooking skills. If I can make good use of these two points, at least I will not be able to escape the life of a rich man in the future. Thinking of the downs and outs of my future generations and the look of my parents' guilty eyes because I can't help him buy a house, Wang Kuang wondered if he had to think of a way. If possible, he would pass on some treasures to himself and his parents in the future.

However, Wang Xian is only five years old now. If he starts studying now, it will not be too late. It depends on whether he has this interest and understanding.

After thinking for a few days, Wang Xian had a preliminary plan in his mind, and Wang Xian was not opposed to studying. After asking Sun Mingqian, he learned that Sun Mingqian had hired a chair for his two sons and studied at home. Although it was not a material for studying, at least he could not just let the children play outside, right?

After knowing that Wang Kuang wanted Wang Xian to study, he happened to pay a lot of money to buy several houses in the neighboring inn at a high price in the past two days. Sun Mingqian decided to change one of them to a family school, send his two sons to accompany Wang Xian, and learn from Wang Kuang while studying.

Rich people do things quickly. In a few days, Fulai Inn expanded its scale and improved its family education. Wang Kuang and Wang Xian also easily settled the household registration of the two brothers Wang Xian. The clerk in the yamen heard that Sun Mingqian's distant nephew was going to settle down, but he didn't ask about his origin. He even made up his family background for Wang Kuang.

According to the advice provided by Wang Kuang, Fulai Inn has divided food and accommodation into two yards. With the original alley as the boundary, another alley is connected to the two yards on the side near the street. In this way, the guests staying in the hotel will be calm and as before, eating downstairs and living upstairs, the wooden floors are not soundproof at all. When they encounter a guest who came to the road overnight to sleep well, Manager Sun and several waiters are often complained about death. Now,

It turned out that the inn yard was occupied by guests. The newly built yard was specially used to entertain diners. The two sides did not interfere with each other. Those who wanted to eat walked through a closed alley from the inn and arrived at the place to eat, which was also convenient. The three yards where Wang Kuang was located were demolished, half of which was built into an alley, and the other half had changed into a utility room, and a door was built for the remaining two yards. In this way, the guests and diners who were not aware of such a yard.

In the past few days, more and more guests have come to Fulai Inn to eat. Almost all of them come for loach taro and braised food. The news in the small Jian'an City is very fast. But if you want to have a good business, you have to wait until the caravan spreads the news that Fulai Inn has excellent delicious food. Only in this way can people coming to Jian'an to do business in nearby counties come to the door, and merchants from other places choose Fulai Inn.

On that day, Wang Kuang had just returned from the sheep stall chatting with the Eyue, but saw a familiar guy who asked him to get a man carrying a bag in the door. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that this was another chef in the store, named Niu Wazi. After Wang Kuang finished the three dishes, he was sent to Yanping (now Nanping) by Manager Sun. It is said that a master there was a good food, but he quit his job because he didn't make friends with his boss. It seems that Niu Wazi invited him.

Originally, people didn't come, but I heard from Niu Wazi that their distant nephew's way of eating was very novel. He happened to have something from a merchant from Quanzhou. He just didn't know how to make it, but he also wanted to see how different the way of eating was made by the old man, so he came.

Niu Wazi was about to lead the person to Manager Sun, but when he turned around, he saw Wang Kuang staggeringly. The clogs under his feet walked back with a "click" sound. He hurriedly greeted him and said to the man: "This is Wang Dalang I mentioned to you."

The man was not old, about thirty years old, perhaps because he was always doing food, but he was quite fat. On his round face, a red rosacea was very conspicuous, not tall, about 1.6 meters tall, and the clogs on his feet were a little torn, but his clothes were new. I guess he had to go out and bought them for a while, but he thought no one was paying attention to them. But he could not hide the eyes of Wang Kuang from later generations. There was a saying in later generations that when looking at men's clothes, just look at their shoes, you can tell whether their situation is good. The reason is that most people who have money buy clothes first, and then small things such as shoes and belts. If the shoes are good shoes, it means that the money is relatively abundant.

Seeing Wang Kuang staring at his clogs, the man's face turned slightly red and he was a little embarrassed, but he quickly recovered. After hearing Niu Wazi's introduction, he took off the bag, untied it on the ground, took out something wrapped in cloth and handed it to Wang Kuang: "I heard that the little boss has a wide range of knowledge, so I will bring this thing to you. I wonder if the little boss can recognize such a thing?"

He is also a person who is obsessed with cooking. Wang Kuang thought to himself that he had met many experts who are obsessed with cooking in later generations. In the eyes of these people, everything is not as important as cooking. Therefore, when this person meets, he doesn’t even drink water or enters the house, and communicates with Wang Kuang on the spot.

After taking the cloth bag and before he opened it, Wang Kuang vaguely guessed what it was in terms of the shape and weight he felt from his hands. He couldn't help but feel happy that there were such things that many dishes could be made in the future.

Seeing that Wang Kuang had not opened the cloth bag, his face showed joy, and the man felt relieved: I was afraid that this little boss knew the origin of this thing, so this trip was probably not in vain.

What did you think of Wang Kuang? Since Wang Kuang came to the Tang Dynasty, he was worried about those things, both peppers, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, and cabbage. The others were not very important to Wang Kuang. Needless to say, chili peppers are indispensable seasonings in later generations. Sweet potatoes play a very big role in cooking. Processing sweet potatoes into starch is mountain powder. They are indispensable for tender meat. Wang Kuang’s favorite food is to shoot cucumbers, and he is not suitable for eating cucumbers without cucumbers. There are many things that can be made in cabbage, such as pickled cabbage, pickled vegetables, etc.

Opening the cloth bag, it was the sweet potatoes that Wang Kuang guessed. This was really a surprise. Wang Kuang remembered that sweet potatoes were cooking. As for what to promote and replace grain, Wang Kuang didn't think about it. This was simply not feasible. Even if the yield of sweet potatoes was high, if an adult would be full with half a kilogram of rice, he would have to eat at least three kilograms of sweet potatoes to be full. Therefore, simply speaking of the yield would not work. If it could replace grain, later generations would have changed to sweet potatoes nationwide. Although the grain yield in the Tang Dynasty was not high, only per mu

It was about 300 kilograms from later generations, but these 300 kilograms can be worth nearly 2,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes. What's more, the sweet potatoes with a yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu were obtained through many generations of training and improvements and meticulous cultivation. In the Tang Dynasty, the yield capacity of 2,000 kilograms per mu was blessed by God. Moreover, the soil requirements for sweet potatoes were also very strict, and they had to be yellow mud to grow well. However, it is precisely because of this place that is different from grain land, it can be used as a supplement to grain, and does not have to occupy arable land, but is planted in fields where grain was not allowed to grow.

Unexpectedly, he would see sweet potatoes here, and Wang Kuang almost jumped up with joy. He originally thought that he would send someone overseas to visit after he had the ability. Now with sweet potatoes, many plans can be realized in advance. In less than ten years, he could earn a big family business.

"What do you call uncle? Are you willing to transfer this sweet potato to me? The price will definitely satisfy you."

"I dare not, I dare not, I Yanping Kuang Zhong, the eldest in the family, the young master called me Kuang Da. It turns out that this thing is called sweet potatoes. I didn't know that it was obtained by a merchant from Quanzhou. It is said that it came from Lingnan. I only knew that it could be eaten raw and cooked. If the young master could name it, I must know other ways of making sweet potatoes. Can you tell me? As for the sweet potatoes, the young master's family is useful, so I took it away, and there were some in the family." This Kuang Da seemed to have known words and spoke more literately, otherwise he would not pay attention to the appearance and would go out to change into new clothes.

"The main ways to eat sweet potatoes are the two you mentioned. In addition, you can also be roasted and cooked porridge. The method is unrestrained. You can eat whatever you like. Some people can cook them for a while." Later generations of Wang Kuang would occasionally steam sweet potatoes and stir-fry peppers, which is also a unique flavor. Wang Kuang doesn't want to express his idea of ​​making mountain powder now. The most important thing now is to find a way to use this sweet potato to reproduce a large piece. Only with the yield can you make mountain powder.
Chapter completed!