Take the mall to Datang

"I've thought about this a long time ago. Eggs are marinated eggs, and duck eggs are preserved eggs." Yuan Shan said.

"Steamed eggs, yes, why didn't Lan'er think that the stewed eggs that the Yuan family usually eats can be stored for many days, but what are preserved eggs? Why has Lan'er never eaten them before?" Lan Lan said.

"You snack, let's go and see how the lotus leaf soy sauce is doing," Yuan Shan said.

Then the two of them came to another seasoning workshop. In fact, the workshop was more like a kitchen. This is where the Yuan family produced wheat flour and gluten. Five-spice powder, thirteen spices and other seasonings, as well as soy sauce that is used more now.

Right now, I really saw He Ye leading people to wash the soybeans. This is the first step in making soy sauce. Seeing Yuan Shan bring Lan Lan over, He Ye came over immediately and said, "I have seen you, Master."

"Okay, how is our soy sauce brewing now?" Yuan Shan asked directly.

"Master, there are currently twelve barrels of ready-made soy sauce, and twenty barrels are being fermented. The second batch is currently being produced, and it is estimated to be twenty barrels." He Ye immediately introduced.

Chapter 388 Braised Eggs

"There are as many as twelve barrels of ready-made soy sauce. From now on, you need to increase the production of soy sauce from lotus leaf, and make all the eggs that cannot be digested into marinated eggs and sell them." Yuanshan said.

"Alright young master, I'll let Yunxi come over to help." He Ye said.

"Well, there are still duck eggs to make preserved eggs. You can prepare lime, jars, plant ash, tea powder, soda ash and salt in a while and listen to my instructions." Yuan Shan said.

Very soon, everyone took action. The barrels made by the condiment workshop to hold soy sauce are very large and shaped like wine barrels. If they are replaced by the usual big barrels, they will last for three to five months in the cafeteria. But to make marinated eggs, a total of Half of the ten large pots are used up in an instant, and at least 200 eggs can be placed in one large pot, and then cooked slowly.

Ten large pots can make nearly [-] braised eggs in one day, so a new business of the Yuan family started. So many braised eggs were used for centralized sales, and soon all the eggs were bought and sold in a shop in Hepingfang. In the cold drink shop on the first floor, there is also the gate of the department store.

And the types of eggs are not only marinated eggs, but also some tea eggs and a lot of raw eggs.

When the sale started, there was a big promotion, the price was not expensive, and soon the business of eggs began to improve, especially the salted eggs, because the salt in Datang was very expensive, and many people who were not rich used the salted eggs as salted eggs. , the price is cheaper than buying salt, so a buying frenzy has formed.

However, Yuan Shan couldn't stand the taste of making marinated eggs. No matter how delicious the food is, he would get tired of seeing and smelling it too much. In fact, this is not because Yuan Shan is too hypocritical. It can only be said that every day in any corner of the manor Everyone can smell the smell of stewed eggs, and no one can stand it, so the sales of the stewed eggs are still optimistic, Yuan Shan forcibly stopped, and put this business in Erlizhuang, which happens to be there The eggs produced can be directly used to make marinated eggs, which also saves some traveling expenses.

Erlizhuang Subdistrict did not know how to do this project. After the training by He Ye and others, these people understood, so Erlizhuang became a processing place for marinated eggs and preserved eggs. As a result, the family soon The production mode of the small workshop started. What the Yuan family needed to do was to provide some soy sauce raw materials and seasonings, and then collect the eggs uniformly within the specified time, and then directly transport them to Chang'an for supply to various restaurants.

After two weeks, the income of the villagers in Erlizhuang has increased a little, which makes Zhang Daquan of Yilizhuang see it. Although they do not have strong conditions for raising chickens, their scale of raising pigs is much larger than that of Erlizhuang.

So I started to organize the villagers to organize pig raising technology training at regular intervals according to the requirements. The "experts" in charge of the explanations were Tian Da and others who already had a lot of experience. Those who have received money may not have such an opportunity if the buddy does not do a good job.

As November approaches, the Yuan family’s convoy has already traveled to Chengdu three times, bringing back a total of about 300 million catties of corn, and the grains of various rich merchants have also been transported back and forth many times. There is no place to store them at home, so they have asked Yuan Shan to rent Warehouse matters, so Yuanjia's centralized warehouse is really open to not only store corn but also store and transport other goods, so in the past half month, he has been so busy that he has never touched the ground.

In the Xiande Hall of the East Palace, Prince Li Chengqian presented corn to Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin knew it in his heart, he was amazed when he heard the yield of corn, and now all the rich merchants in Chang'an City are transporting this kind of grain. The fact is eloquent. With enough food, his country can be stable, and the appearance of corn immediately solved Li Shimin's worries.

"Since the corn project is led by the crown prince, I will leave it to you to handle the court's grain collection," Li Shimin said.

"The child will live up to the entrustment." The prince promised.

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief. This corn project only needs to have food, and it will be completed after benefiting the court. Moreover, Chang'an City may also start planting corn on a large scale from next year.

I thought I was going to retreat after finishing this matter, but at this time Wei Zheng stood up again, and Li Chengqian was upset. He happened to be met by Wei Zheng when he went out of the palace to enjoy the first floor last time. To say something wrong with you, seeing Wei Zheng stand up and Li Chengqian's legs felt a little awkward, which is actually similar to his father's feeling.

"I have something to say." Wei Zheng said.

"Speak." Li Shimin said.

"Specially sent Lingnan Wai Sanqi servant Li Gong to report, and Feng An sent Zizhi Dai to the court. It should be here in two days." Wei Zheng said.

"Hahaha, it's really good news. Wei Zheng ordered me to send an envoy, and Lingbiao Suian won [-] troops. Wei Zheng will be rewarded with [-] pieces of cotton cloth if he does a good job." Li Shimin said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Wei Zheng said.

Five hundred pieces of cotton cloth equivalent to silver thread is about [-] guan, which is equivalent to an extra month's salary. It sounds like there were a lot of bluffs last time, but there were not many. Li Chengqian listened to him and let him relax. down.

The matter of letting Feng An enter the court is actually to come to the capital to be an official. Feng An let his son enter the court, which shows his position and recognizes the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. After several years of development, Feng An has at least [-] soldiers and horses. , If sending troops to fight, it would be a big loss to Datang, and this can be regarded as reassuring Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was in a good mood after we parted. He ate two more marinated eggs for lunch. The eunuch who was serving at the side said: "Your Majesty's marinated eggs are delicious but it is not easy to eat too much. It is enough to eat at most two per day."

Ma He waited by his side and said that there was a plaque on the stall selling marinated eggs in Yuanjia to introduce the marinated eggs, and there was also a recommended daily food intake.

"I know." Li Shimin said.

"It is said that the entire city of Chang'an is selling this kind of marinated eggs. This Yuanshan's ability to do business is really admirable." Li Shimin said.

"It is said that Yuanjia will launch a new egg food called preserved eggs recently. I heard that it is not only delicious but also relieves lung heat, sobers up alcohol, removes large intestine fire, and cures diarrhea." Ma He continued.

"Oh, this preserved egg has so many effects, I must try it when the time comes." Li Shimin said.

"It's Your Majesty, this servant has recorded it." Ma He replied.

Li Shimin's treatment of eunuchs has not been very good since he came to power. After Ma He offered the marinated eggs, he felt that Li Shimin's attitude towards him was much better.

In Yuanjia Manor, He Ye was reporting recent work to Yuan Shan, and He Ye said: "Master, the consumption of soy sauce has been huge recently, and the existing soy sauce is not enough for half a year's consumption if things go on like this."

"How is the sales of marinated eggs now?" Yuan Shan asked.

"The sales of marinated eggs are very good, and the amount of money settled with small profits but quick turnover is not too much." He Ye said.

"Well, let's reduce production first, the price of marinated eggs should increase." Yuan Shan said.

Chapter 389 Feng Zhidai

At the beginning of November in the first year of Zhenguan, a group of carriages rushed to Chang'an. The special envoy Li Gongzhe and Feng Zhidai, the eldest son of the Lingnan chief Feng An, were sitting on the carriage.

The regular servant of Sanqi outside the member, this official is a supplementary official position, not as high in grade as the servant of Sanqi, and belongs to the admonisher. To put it bluntly, he is the emperor's adviser secretary. It took a lot of hardships, the road was blocked, it took many days of travel, and this trip to Lingnan also took a lot of risk.

"Li Changshi, what is this road and how can it be so flat." Feng Zhidai asked curiously.

"Mr. Feng, this is called a cement road. As the name suggests, it is paved with something called cement. It is not only stable but also very hard. In addition to building roads, you can also build houses." Li Gong said.

"Oh, are all the concrete roads in Chang'an City like this?" Feng pointed to Dai and asked.

"Not all, the cement road is expensive. At present, there are only two major cement roads from Chang'an City to Luoyang, and from Chang'an to Lantian County." Li Gongzhe introduced.

"It turned out to be like this. It would be great if there was such a cement road in Lingnan." Feng Zhidai sighed.

Li Gongzhe thought of what he observed during his visit to Lingnan. The roads in Lingnan are really not as good as the ordinary dirt roads between the prefectures, and the lives of the people are also very difficult. But when it comes to cement roads, Li Gongzhe can't help but say more A few words: "How difficult is it to build a cement road? You can go to the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce in Lantian County to buy cement for road construction."

Feng Zhidai became interested, and asked again: "What kind of place is the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce?"

"This building materials chamber of commerce is a place where some merchants unite to do business. In addition to the building materials chamber of commerce, there is also a cotton chamber of commerce. One sells building materials and the other sells cotton and cotton cloth..." Li Gongjie then introduced it to Feng Zhidai Chamber of Commerce, these officials usually look down on businessmen, but in order to show it to Feng Zhidai, they mentioned this, especially the cotton cloth of the Cotton Chamber of Commerce has basically replaced silk in Chang'an.

Feng Zhidai was very surprised when he heard this. Silk in Lingnan is considered a relatively valuable thing, but the silk in Chang'an is almost no one wants it. The matter is also very concerned, because the cement is not the imperial court's thing but in the hands of the businessman. He suddenly realized the importance of this cement to Lingnan.

But there was a problem. Li Gong concealed that the cement road was expensive and the Lingnan area was not rich. This made him embarrassed and said that he would write to his father to inform his father of the situation as soon as possible after Chang'an.

At the gate of Chang'an City, Feng Zhidai saw the appearance of Chang'an City. For Lingnan, it might not be possible to build Chang'an City of such a scale.

Then Feng Zhidai was brought close to the palace...

Li Chengqian lay down well in the East Palace, and when the maids around him were comfortable, he saw Ma He come in.