Chapter 18 The Third Year of Zhenguan ()

The winter in northern Fujian was still very cold, especially in the Tang Dynasty. First, there was no greenhouse effect, and second, the buildings were not dense and tall enough, and they were all low buildings, which could not form the urban heat island effect. In general, the winter in November of the third year of Zhenguan was much colder than in later generations. Many trees had fallen leaves, but many trees were still lush.

Li Dadan, who went to find peppers, has not returned yet. It took about ten days to go from Jian'an to Lingnan, and take a boat to Mawei, Fuzhou to go to Lingnan by boat. It took about ten days. Li Dadan has been walking for almost a year and a half. Could it be that the peppers have not been passed into the Tang Dynasty? Or is there any accident on the way? Wang Kuang was a little nervous. In this winter, if there were peppers, they would make a pot of hot pot and everyone would sit around to eat.

Now Fulai Inn has firmly sits at the top of the first inn in Jiangnan. Not to mention anything else, just supplying fans to other inns and inns and restaurants in neighboring prefectures and counties has made a big profit. Since the use of fans was announced in September and the inns started to supply fans, the inn's income has doubled. However, it is a huge difference with the big restaurants in Yangzhou in Huainan Road, let alone Chang'an under the feet of the emperor. But that's true, Fulai Inn is now famous, and occasionally there are one or two diners from Su Yang.

The more famous Fulai Inn, the less Wang Kuang dared to launch any new food. If the goal is too big, it is not a good thing. It is necessary to think of ways to attract everyone's attention. Originally, Wang Kuang wanted to help Eyue and get something out, but in that way, those who are interested can guess that Wang Kuang was behind him. It was too obvious. He sat at the sheep stall of Eyue and he followed every day, and someone who is Fulai Inn can doubt him after thinking about it a little.

Sun Mingqian has also been worried recently. Over the past year, he found a few newly recruited escorts in the inn, and fortunately they all discovered that they had been driven out early. This was mainly due to Sun Er's contribution. Sun Er was smart and full of hope for the prospects, so he was more concerned about the inn confidentiality than Manager Sun. He found out that some of them were sent by two other inns in Jian'an City, and one actually came from Yangzhou. Afterwards, Sun Mingqian came to the inn to argue with the other two inns, and the owner of Tongqu Inn simply admitted it directly and apologized; while the other Hutchison Inn denied it, Sun Mingqian had no choice. However, Wang Kuang had an idea and implemented a limited supply of Hutchison when supplying fans with friends, which was considered a sigh of relief.

At the end of last year, Sun Mingqian bought 50 taels of silver for Wang Kuang, which was the profit of the inn. One tael is a thousand ounces, and fifty taels are already 50,000. In fact, after Wang Kuang went to the inn, the inn made less than fifty taels of money. Moreover, Wang Kuang and Wang Xian still ate and lived in the inn, and the inn paid for the money they used. But Sun Mingqian had a vision and knew that the new food brought by Wang Kuang and the fans who would be sold to the outside world were a long-term transaction, and the benefits he brought to him would be immeasurable, so he bought more. Wang Kuang did not refuse and accepted it. He now needs to save money to prepare for his future visit to Chang'an. He read time travel novels all year round in his later years, and the most reliable sentence he remembered was: It is not easy to live in Kyoto.

Now is not the time to go to Chang'an. First, he is young and cannot hold on; second, the rebellion of Prince Yin has not yet subsided. Last year, Wangcun was slaughtered, but someone in the village joined Prince Yin's rebels. If he arrived in Chang'an, there were powerful investigations from multiple parties, and it might be possible that Wang Kuang's family background would be leaked. He had to wait until the impact of Prince Yin's disaster disappeared; third, Wang Kuang planned to save 5,000 taels of silver before going to Chang'an. Or, if Sun Mingqian was willing to go to Chang'an, he could follow him in advance and continue to hide behind the scenes of Fulai Inn.

In general, Wang Kuang lived a very peaceful life this year. To outsiders, the little boss in Fulai Inn is just a playboy, he doesn't go to school, and he just strolls around all day long, either sitting in the inn or at the Hu people's sheep stall and listening to people bragging. I really don't know what the boss thinks? Why do you spoil this nephew so much? Fortunately, this playboy doesn't make trouble, and he behaves very much like an adult. I heard that the family has undergone drastic changes, maybe this is how he matures.

However, Wang Xian has been very diligent for more than a year. The old man often praised Wang Xian in secret. Although it is not a good resource for heaven and man, it is also smart. It is even more rare that he has studied very hard. It is thousands of times better than the two unworthy boys from the boss. Originally, the old man had lost his patience to teach the two bad boys and had already been preparing to quit home for retirement, but suddenly Wang Xian came. Seeing that he could cultivate a satisfactory disciple in his later years, he continued to teach him safely. Moreover, the food provided by Fulai Inn was nothing to say. If he returned to his hometown, he would not be able to eat.

Over the past year, Wang Kuang's kitchen in his yard has not been fired a few times, mainly because he doesn't want to do anything new, and the food made in the inn is good now, so there is no need to do it by himself. Although Sun Mingqian also wants to produce some new food, he also understands his current ability. If Wang Kuang is exposed, he cannot protect it, so he reluctantly explains Wang Kuang repeatedly. If he really wants to make new food, don't cook it in the inn kitchen. If he does make it himself, just eat it by himself, don't make it public. However, he also specifically explained that if there is new food, he must notify himself to eat it. However, Wang Kuang has not notified him once this year, which makes Sun Mingqian a little depressed.

However, there are a few things that King Kuang wanted to make before going to Chang'an. One was Jian'ou Guangcai, which was very famous in later generations, and the other was tofu pills, old tofu and osmanthus tea from Pucheng. He didn't want to make them again when he came to Chang'an. He still had to make things from his hometown in his hometown. But the time is not yet ripe, so let's bear it first.

In fact, although Wang Kuang seemed to be doing nothing this year, he was actually preparing and gradually had plans in his mind. First of all, he had to find a backer. The current status of merchants is low, and Sun Mingqian has no backer, so Wang Kuang could only find it slowly by himself. As for Wang Xian’s academic performance and the Jinshi exam, it will be at least a few years or ten years later. Before that, he still had to find outsiders. Moreover, it is unknown whether Wang Xian can pass the exam in the future. Even if he passes the exam, he can climb to a high enough position. Even if he can climb up, it will not be known how many years it will take.

As for Sun Mingqian's two sons, they are still naughty in school and are not easy to learn. They sneak out all day long to take bird eggs and catch field mice. The old man has a disciple like Wang Xian, so he turned a blind eye to them. Sun Jiahan is now twelve years old. He is interested in cooking and often comes to Wang Kuang. Wang Kuang dares not reveal it in front of him. It is not a good thing if a child is not venting his secrets. He just passed through Master Wang and

I prayed to teach Sun Jiahan some of the dishes I had previously introduced. If I wanted to study deeply, I had to wait for the future. It was Sun Jiaying who gave Sun Mingqian a headache. He was nine years old and was not good at literature, but he was good at martial arts. Fortunately, there was no phenomenon of valuing literature over martial arts in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Sun Mingqian had been searching for people with high-skilled martial arts skills to teach him this year, but he has not found it yet. He had to still tie these two kids to school. At least there is a place where someone would discipline him, right?

Wang Kuang had also met Sun Mingqian's wife Sun Han several times, a very ordinary woman. Because Sun Mingqian was concerned about Wang Kuang and Wang Kuang's mouth was sweet, Sun Han was also very good to Wang Kuang. He often spoke in a short voice, and complained that Sun Mingqian had left Wang Kuang's brothers in the inn and did not take them to live at home, but he didn't know that Wang Kuang stayed in the inn more for freedom. Although Sun Mingqian had advised Wang Kuang to move several times, he was politely declined by Wang Kuang. Just kidding, Wang Kuang, who came later, was not used to so many etiquettes. Although the Tang Dynasty was not as complicated as the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Wang Kuang was still not used to it. After calling him a few times, when he saw that Wang Kuang would not move, Sun Mingqian had to rely on him. For this, he was always complained by his wife.

On that day, Mrs. Sun sent a family manager to bring new bedding to Wang Kuang and his brothers. It is said that it was filled with a hundred-bells from Gaochang Kingdom. It was very warm and a bed cost nearly ten taels of silver. Now Sun Mingqian has also learned Wang Kuang's ability. He goes around to listen to people brag when he is idle. Before winter has begun, he heard that there are such bedding in Chang'an, so he sent someone to buy a few beds back. Mrs. Sun was concerned about the two brothers Wang Kuang and sent a bed here.

In the twelfth lunar month, Jian'an, which had been drizzling for a few days, had a heavy snowfall. The king was still getting up very late. When he opened the door, he saw that the yard was white. The snow on the ground and roof was about half a foot thick. When he left the yard, he came to the second floor of the inn and saw that the entire Jian'an city was covered with silver and white. There were poor families with thatch on the roof, which had been crushed. The adults were busy, and only children were fighting in the snow. There were no pedestrians on the street, and there was someone sweeping the snow in front of the inn. It seemed that they were the senior high school I just came last year.

How many years have you seen such heavy snow? Wang Kuang thought that he had only seen it in his later years when he was a child and later when he was in college in Changchun. He was a little missed. Just as he was thinking, Sun Er came up to the stairs and saw Wang Kuang getting up, he asked, "Dalang, do you need to sweep the snow in your yard? I'll go and sweep it for you."
Chapter completed!