Infrastructure masters in the red building

In Rongguo Mansion, four brothers and sisters are gathering in Jia Zheng’s courtyard—the per capita usable area here is relatively large, so Jia Min chose this place to show her brothers the most fashionable food in Beijing: rice rolls.

According to Jia Min, it is best to grind and eat rice rolls freshly, so her cook even brought an exquisite stone mill.

A maidservant in Jia Zheng's room rolled up one sleeve at this time, holding on to the handle of the stone mill, helping to grind it in an elegant posture, and the bracelets on her round and white wrists were clanging against each other , making a pleasant sound.

Jia Zheng looked at the wrist and gradually became dumbfounded.

Jia Amnesty shrugged softly, motioning everyone to keep quiet, and let Jia Zheng just stare blankly.

However, Jia Min felt that the two elder brothers were too boring, so she rolled her eyes and talked to Jia Fang on her own - she now only thinks that Jia Fang is well-informed, humorous and humorous, and put together with Jia , I can hear a lot of things that I have never heard of.Jia Min and Jia Fang are the closest to each other in grades, so they are the closest to each other.

"I also made a special inquiry, asking why this delicious noodle is named 'changfen'?" Jia Min showed Jia Fang the homework she had done in advance.

"Why?" Jia Fang looked studious.

"This is because this kind of food was first made by a small worker who ran a dock in the south of the Yangtze River. He thought that the appearance of this rice noodle was a bit similar to that of a pig's intestine, so he named it..."

"Pig intestines? That's impossible..." Jia Zheng next to him had just recovered from the beauty's jade-like wrist when he heard such a terrifying food. Put on a look of "don't eat meat that is not upright".

Jia Min gave Jia Zheng a white look, continued to speak, and said: "Not long ago, a cook who lived by the pier saw this kind of food. After tasting it, she found that although the appearance was not very elegant, the taste was delicious and varied. So I personally improved this kind of food, making this powder both beautiful and delicious."

"I heard that the cook is a chaste woman, but relying on this kind of food to support her two young sons to study, one won the number one prize, and the other won the Tanhua. So many people in Jiangnan also call this 'number one scholar powder'."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone stared at Jia Zheng together.

"'Number One Scholar Powder'!" Jia Zheng immediately said that his acceptance of this was hundreds of times higher, and he immediately expressed his willingness to taste this delicacy from the south of the Yangtze River.

Jia put aside and smiled secretly.

The origin of this "intestine powder" is entirely the result of discussions between him, Lin Ruhai, and Shui Xian. The reason why "intestine powder" was named is because it looks a bit like pig intestines - Jia Fang was worried that the name was too vulgar and would not be well accepted by the big households in the capital.

But Shui Xian said that this is completely fine - the more vulgar and special the name, the easier it is for people to remember, as long as it is an auspicious alias.

As for the cook, the festival wife, the number one scholar, etc., they are the stories "made up" by Jia Fang and Lin Ruhai with their concerted efforts.But it seems to be working out well, and with this story behind it, it seems that all walks of life are interested in this food.

Over there, the rice milk was continuously ground out from the stone mill, and the cook Jia Min invited made rice rolls for everyone on the spot, and it was still rice rolls.In Jia Fang's impression, the braised sausage powder was quite technical, but the cook did it in a decent way - it seems that Wan Qinglou has also done a very good job in training.

"I invited this cook from the Wanqing Building, and she can only stay in our mansion for two days. We tried it today and thought it was good, and tomorrow I will invite my mother and the uncle from the East mansion to taste it together." Jia Min said.

The others were too busy talking, so they didn't have time to answer Jia Min.

In front of Jia Fang was a serving of fresh shrimp rice rolls. Inside the crystal clear and soft noodles were large and tender river prawns and chives, and the surface was drizzled with delicious soy sauce.He seems to have returned to his own time and space, enjoying Cantonese morning tea comfortably.

To be honest, the wisdom of the broad masses of the people is boundless when it comes to cooking.Jia Fang is not a chef either, he can only roughly describe the production process and taste of rice rolls.

But after he explained it to the master chef of Wanqinglou, the other party made it in just a few days, and also trained many "apprentices" in order to further make this kind of food popular in every household .

The key is that the rice rolls made by this imitation are exactly the same as the classic taste that people in later generations are familiar with.It can be seen that classics are classics in any time and space.

"It's not bad!" After Jia Min tasted it, she pressed her lips lightly with a handkerchief, and sighed, "The filling is indeed fresh, but what's even more rare is that the texture of the powder skin——"

"Sweet enough, tender enough, and smooth enough." Jia She summarized the taste of rice rolls for his sister, and won everyone's unanimous agreement.

"Sister, I want to ask you for favors on behalf of your sister-in-law and your nephew. This cook, why don't you borrow our courtyard for a while?" Jia She begged Jia Min with a shy face.

Jia Min has a bright and cheerful personality, but he is very thoughtful and meticulous.She smiled and said: "I've thought about it a long time ago. Not only that, my younger sister also sent someone to the medical clinic to ask if there was any collision between the food and my sister-in-law's body. The doctor said that there was no collision, after all, this powder skin is made of rice. It’s made, but the stuffing inside can’t be used with cold stuff, and my younger sister even compiled a menu for the cook to take to my sister-in-law to have a look, and the sister-in-law just picks what she likes, and just teach the cook to cook it.”

This is really thoughtful - even Jia Fang couldn't help but praise Jia Min.There is such a little sister in the family, and the three of them are older brothers, and they dote on them desperately.

Jia Amnesty hurriedly put his hands together and raised them above his head: "Thank you, my lord!"

Jia Min pursed her lips and smiled happily.

The pedantic Jia Zheng next to him asked suspiciously, "Is this made of rice?"

Even the girl in his room couldn't stand the words: "Second Master, look, isn't the rice that is poured into the stone mill just ordinary rice?"

Emotional Jia Zheng didn't even realize what kind of rice milk was used to grind it, it was all about his wrists.

"Speaking of this rice, there is really an interesting thing." When the topic came up with this rice, Jia Min started talking again.

"Speaking of which, rice rolls were introduced into Beijing because a large grain merchant in the south of the Yangtze River sent a batch of 'gold and silver rice' to Beijing—"

Jia Fang really couldn't help laughing: This big grain merchant in the south of the Yangtze River is your future husband.

"It's strange to say that it is said that if you hold this gold and silver rice in your hand, it is really half golden and half silver."

Jia Fang lowered his head to hide the smile on the corner of his mouth: That's right, it's half new rice and half old rice, so the colors are naturally different.They were able to come up with the name "Jinyindao" at the beginning, and they couldn't help being proud.

"It is said that the grain merchant sent 140 shi of gold and silver rice to the capital that day, and sold it to Yu Qinghang, the largest grain store in the city, at a price of [-] renminbi a bucket."

Jia Zheng had no idea about this number, but Jia Amnesty knew the price of grain in the market, and jumped up in surprise: "140 renminbi a bucket is still the purchase price, this Yu Qingxing... so much money to burn?"

"What's more...Yu Qingxing bought 140 shi of gold and silver rice for [-] renminbi a bucket. Before spending the night in the warehouse, he taught Wan Qinglou to buy it immediately."

Jia Min didn't know where the source came from, and he found out the news clearly—although Shui Xian and Jia Fang had arranged for it early in the morning, Jia Fang still felt very shocked when he heard it from his sister. : Girls in this era don't go out of the door, but they can know the world.

"Wanqinglou didn't disclose the purchase price, but people are guessing that Yu Qingxing sold it for at least 180 yuan a bucket." Jia Min said while looking at the cook who was making bratwurst. He nodded silently.

Jia Zheng, who was the only one who didn't understand general affairs, was completely stunned: "Twenty thousand shi, and you can earn forty wen as soon as you change hands. This is... 8000 taels!"

Even without food overnight, he made a net profit of 8000 taels of silver. This is simply a windfall that fell from the sky.It can be seen that Yu Qingxing's shopkeeper has a really poisonous look.

Even though Jia Zheng didn't understand these things, he was really shocked.

So Jia Zheng asked: "How much did our family buy these?"

Jia Min replied: "Two hundred Wen a bucket..."

Jia Zheng didn't understand the price of food, but Jia Fang knew about it a long time ago. Jia Amnesty was taken aback, jumped on the chair, squatted on his seat, and stared at Jia Min: "What? Two hundred Wen A Dou? You children, you really don’t know how expensive Chai Mi is…”

Jia Min: "...I sent a bucket to my sister-in-law."

Jia Amnesty got off the chair immediately: "Pretend I didn't say anything."

Jia Min continued to explain: "But even at this price, there is a price and no market - because the gold and silver rice that the big grain merchant brought in from the south of the Yangtze River was all sold to Wan Qinglou by Yu Qingxing, and he didn't keep it in his hands. How much. But who would have thought that this gold and silver rice would be so popular in the capital."

"For example, tonight, a stone mill with a height of one person was erected in front of Qinglou. Animal and manpower worked together, day and night, to grind the gold and silver rice into rice milk. Wanqinglou made its own champion powder and sold it to the outside world. Vegetables, there are also vegetarian noodles. Everyone tasted it and said it was good. Naturally, the Wanqing Building will make a lot of money every day."

"There are also people who use other rice flour and try to make the Zhuangyuan powder, but the effect is not good, not smooth enough and not elastic enough. It seems that the Zhuangyuan powder must use the gold and silver rice from the south of the Yangtze River. .” Jia Min explained from the side.

Jia Zheng sighed: "After all, there is a golden house in the book!"

This is the number one fan, it must be related to "gold and silver".

After Jia Min made rice noodle rolls once in Jia's mansion, he never made them again.Firstly, it was difficult to invite the cook in Qinglou that night, and secondly, Mrs. Shi confiscated the remaining "gold and silver rice" in Jia Min's hand, put it in a box, and made favors with people who knew her well-this object In the city, it can be regarded as Jingui. In the eyes of big families, Jingui only has this mysterious rice shipped from the south, and there is no sign that the price of other grains in Beijing has slightly loosened.

The major grain companies in Beijing are trying their best to contact their counterparts in the south of the Yangtze River and find ways to purchase this precious rice.

But to their disappointment, Jiangnan quickly gave a reply. There is only one grain store in Jiangnan that handles this kind of precious rice-it is said that this grain store has also been approved by a famous family. "Gold and silver rice" was sold to the capital.

"The name of the famous family in the south of the Yangtze River can scare people to death. They have five generations of lords, and they are also scholars. In a few generations, there have been countless scholars. So this is also called 'Zhuangyuan powder' That."

"Why? Don't you say that it was used by the chaste wife and cook to support her son to study?"

"Oh, it's all rumors in the market, what's the truth?"

"In short, this gold and silver rice is rare."

Naturally, Yu Qinghang is the most envious of every grain store—this grain store made a profit of 8000 taels once it changed hands.

But Wanqinglou's approach is also very commendable.Many food companies thought that Yu Qingxing’s 180 renminbi a bucket was sold cheaply to Wanqinglou.If shopkeeper Shao of Yu Qinghang kept it in his hands for a few more days, the price of the gold and silver rice would go up even further.

Calculated in this way, Wan Qinglou can be regarded as very discerning and seized the opportunity.

During this period of time, "gold and silver rice" has become the hottest topic in the capital. Although it has a high price of two hundred coins and a bucket, it is absolutely priceless and there is no market for it, and there is no place to buy it if you have money.

The huge stone mill in front of Wanqing Building ground these "gold and silver rice" into rice milk day and night, and the rice milk was quickly turned into exquisite "Zhuangyuan powder" for the consumption of diners.Not long after, Wanqinglou spread the word that there are grain shops that can receive "gold and silver rice" from the south of the Yangtze River, even if they sell it to Wanqinglou, they will receive as much as they can.

[-] stones of gold and silver rice, in just a few days, Wan Qinglou felt that it was not enough - it can be seen that the sales volume of this "No. [-] Scholar Powder" is really amazing.

In order to compete for the "No. [-] Fan" food, some competitors of Wan Qing Building also contacted the food companies they are familiar with.Right now, all grain companies are struggling to find grain sources.

"Shopkeeper, if there is another 'gold and silver rice' coming to Beijing, shall we follow?" Another big grain store in Beijing, Yufeng Bank, a clerk asked their shopkeeper for advice.

"What the boss means is that you can take as much as you can. Now you are not afraid that if you take it, it will be thrown in your hands. I am afraid that we will not catch up with this opportunity to make money." The shopkeeper explained to his subordinates, "From today, In addition to paying attention to the movement of the few grain companies based in the south, you should also send a few more people to guard the road to Beijing. When you see someone transporting grain to Beijing, go up and ask directly. Yindao', even people and goods are brought directly to the grain store."

The guys responded one after another.But the accountant in the grain bank had a question: "Boss shopkeeper, the position in the account is not too much now, so there will be no problem if you collect the grain as soon as you see it?"

The situation of Yufeng Bank was similar to that of several large grain stores in the capital. Everyone joined forces to raise the price of grain.I originally thought that buying food is just needed, even if the price is high, I still have to buy it.But in the recent period, I haven't heard of any new policies in the official warehouse, and the number of people who come to buy high-priced grain has gradually decreased.

There are fewer people buying grain, and the daily turnover is also decreasing. The positions bet on grain will not be recovered, and the book will naturally be tight.The accountant does have this obligation to remind the shopkeeper.

But the shopkeeper didn't think it was a problem: "It's not enough on the books, so go to the bank you know and tell me, adjust the position a little bit, and take the highest profit."

The cashier has always been cautious, but after answering, he asked the shopkeeper cautiously: "I mean, is there any problem with the 'gold and silver rice'?"

He added: "I also got some 'gold and silver rice' before my wife. She doesn't know how to make those noodles, so she just cooks them in the usual way-I taste the rice, and I don't know how to eat it." How about it, there seems to be some other smell... like the musty smell of old rice."

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of Yufenghang couldn't listen to his words at all, and waved his hand: "Your wife is too wasteful, gold and silver rice should be used to make champion powder, champion powder can only be made of gold and silver rice, the other No rice."

The shopkeeper thought for a while and then said: "Yu Qingxing saw 'Baiguchang' personally, and said it was a famous Jiangnan product. He said it was the first time he saw it in Beijing. 'Baiguchang' nodded, so it must be true. question."

"However," the shopkeeper of Yufenghang thought for a while, changed his mind a little, and said, "If the position really cannot be turned over, then reduce the price of the ordinary rice, wheat and millet you stocked earlier, and release some Go out, and vacate a few barns by the way... But I have to discuss this with the owner first."

"You also know that it's useless for us to talk about the price of food. The owner has the final say."

In the Beijing Palace, Shui Xian, Jia Fang and Lin Ruhai gathered to discuss.

"It seems that the big grain stores in Beijing intend to lower the price of ordinary grain, so as to open up their barns and positions to accept our 'gold and silver rice'." Shui Xian laughed.

Lin Ruhai patted his chest: "The [-] 'gold and silver rice' will go to Beijing soon." After today's gathering, Lin Ruhai will escort another batch of grain to Beijing.

Jia Fang also laughed: "Let's just take the big food business into the ditch little by little, and the people in the capital and the East Road will all be saved."

Shui Xian was confident: "Let's see how much they can lower the price of ordinary grain this time. If they have good intentions and are willing to let the people live, then I can still give the gold and silver rice this time." They leave a good result."

As he spoke, Shui Xian raised his slender eyebrows, and continued, "Otherwise, I'm sorry. It's not impossible for someone who runs a commercial firm to go bankrupt and die."

Lin Ruhai and Jia Fang had never experienced such a battle, and now they heard what Shui Xian said, they couldn't help looking at each other.

Unexpectedly, Shui Xian said: "The major commercial houses in Beijing have already started to mobilize positions through the bank, and are planning to purchase gold and silver rice in a big way. As long as their own positions are exhausted, they want to take the money that the gold and silver rice brings them. High profits, then I’m sorry, they have already fallen into my trap, whether they live or die, it’s all up to me.”

Speaking of this, Shui Xian showed a trace of complacency on his face: "The biggest weakness of people in business is profit-seeking. This time, the gold and silver rice will give them [-] to [-]% of the profit. Originally, [-]% [-]% profit has already reached the extreme, how could they not seize this opportunity?"

"The rest is to see if the profit-seeking person has a 'conscience'."