North and South groceries

In Lishi County, the Ma and Wang families are one of the best merchants. In terms of connections in Chang'an City, the Wang family is not as good as the Ma family, but in terms of financial resources, the Wang family is currently better than the Ma family.

Luo Yong's biggest creditor now is the Wang family. Leaving aside the initial conflict, they got along fairly well in the past two years.

When the road was built in Xipo Village, the Wang family also pledged to donate a long section of the road. Later, something happened in Chang'an City. Local merchants and wealthy households in Lishi County all supported Luo Sanlang, whether it was in financial resources or not. It still gave Luo Yong a lot of support in public opinion.

Although relatively speaking, Luo Yong is still closer to the Ma family, but this time for the canned food business, considering that the Ma family's market is mainly in Chang'an City, and the south side is still under development, Luo Yong decided to First went to the Wang family.

I heard that the Ma family plans to develop the southern market this time, and they also want to cooperate with the Wang family.

The last time Nama Silang went south with Wang Jinhuai and others from the Wang family to buy the seeds of Du Zhongshu, but they were trapped in the mountains. During that period of time, the group supported each other to overcome difficulties, talked about life and ideals, and said many heartfelt words. After coming back once, the relationship between Ma Wang's family is also rapidly warming up.

When Luo Yong went to the Wang family that day, the head of the Wang family was very hospitable and considerate to the guests, but he never gave a good word about the production of cans, because this guy did not believe that there is really a way to store fruit It will not rot or spoil for several months.

A few days later, Wang Jinhuai came back from the south, and when he heard what his uncle said, he immediately paid great attention to it, because at that time, their Wang family and Na Luo Sanlang were always separated by one floor, and everything fell behind the Ma family. Nowadays, it is rare for Luo Sanlang to come to his door by himself, even if it is a loss-making business, their Wang family has no reason to retreat.

Besides, Luo Sanlang would really trade at a loss?

Wang Jinhuai twitched the corners of his mouth. Among the five cans, there must be one of Luo Sanlang's. He is not afraid. What are they afraid of at the Wang family?

"It's rare to encounter such an opportunity. Why does my uncle push it out? It's just a small canning business. Even if it is a loss, our Wang family can't afford it?" Wang Jinhuai said to his uncle.

Although Wang Jinhuai is only the nephew of the current head of the family, he is also the most capable young man in their generation. According to the intentions of the other uncles in the family, there is a faint intention to train him to become the next head of the family, but his uncle still wants his own The son inherited the position of head of the family. In the past two years, the contradictions within the Wang family have become increasingly fierce.

While the conflicts were intensifying, the Wang family's business in Jiangnan was developing very well. Wang Jinhuai and his team had already opened up their own place in Jiangnan, that is, in Lishi's hometown, they were still everywhere. You have to listen to his uncle, the head of the family, and act.

"Where did you learn etiquette? In the south of the Yangtze River, that's how nephews talk to uncles?" The Wang family accused Wang Jinhuai of not respecting him enough.

"It's just that I was impatient for a while, and I hope uncle won't take offense." Wang Jinhuai was also resilient, and immediately bowed his hands and apologized.

"Since I was in a hurry, how could I blame you." Wang Dangjia waved his hand and said, "I didn't just say that I didn't want to do this business, no, Luo Sanlang also left a few jars, let us check it out a priori Is this jar really that effective?"

After hearing what he said, Wang Jinhuai felt even more dissatisfied. When it comes to business, timing is the most important thing. Not to mention that there is still a Ma family watching over him, just talking about the canned fruit business. Once the season is delayed, they will still do it this year. What kind of canned food will have to wait another year for no reason.

"Uncle, if you feel that this matter is not safe enough, why don't you let me do it first? In the past two years, we have bought silk cloth in several small villages in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are fruits." Said.

"Well, young people are impatient, and they can't even wait for these few days." His uncle sighed, and said, "Forget it, just do what you want, and it will be a credit to our Wang family if you do it well."

If it is not done well, then Wang Jinhuai's approval rate at home will naturally drop.

Wang Jinhuai went out of the hall and asked his servants to prepare his horse. When he got on the horse, he turned his head and glanced at the Wang family compound behind him, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips.

How could he not know the calculations in his uncle's mind, the calculations and calculations are not all for his son's family wealth and status.

What he didn't know was that with Wang Jinhuai and his son's operations in the Jiangnan area in recent years, even if they left the Wang family compound, they could still continue to do their own business in the south.

Now it is no longer that Wang Jinhuai and others need to be attached to the Wang family compound, but this family needs their capable young people to support and develop together.

It's ridiculous that his cousin hasn't understood this truth until now, his mind is full of eyes, and he can only see the Wang family compound in front of him.

Wang Jinhuai came to Xipo Village on horseback, and Luo Yong received him. The two had a pleasant talk, and then the legendary villain and Coffin Baner decided to start a canning business together.

As a price for Luo Yong to provide them with Eucommia gum, the Wang family will send one can to Luo Yong for every five cans of fruit they make.

But this is only the first year. In the second and third years, the Wang family will also produce eucommia gum themselves, and they have planted a lot of eucommia gum seeds in their manor.

Besides, they don't have to wait until their own eucommia saplings grow up, they may have already found other sources of eucommia glue, no matter how much the emperor controls them, there will always be some fish that slip through the net.

So in the second and third years after that, they will have another plan, that is, Luo will use his own money to buy canned fruit from Wang Huaijin. Of course, the price must be lower than the market price.

The two parties signed a contract, specifying how many cans Wang Huaijin would supply to Luo Yong each year, the weight of each can, and the price.

This kind of cooperation is very similar to when Luo Yong bought cashmere from Zhao Chen and the others. At that time, Luo Yong taught Zhao Chen the skill of making sauce, and then asked the other party to trade cashmere for fermented bean curd with him for two more years. In the case of soaring cashmere prices, the Zhao family still sticks to their original promise.

I hope that this time, the Wang family can also keep this agreement between them.

In the next few days, Wang Jinhuai stayed in Xipo Village to learn how to make canned fruits.

In Lishi County, there are no fruits in this season. Except for some wild fruits, the most common one is sour apricot. The sour apricot is really sour. If it is eaten directly without steaming, most people can't bear it.Luo Yong speculates that people in this era like to eat fruits after steaming, which is probably related to the fact that fruits in this era are generally relatively sour and bitter.

Compared with the 21st century, fruit at this time is very scarce, and the varieties are generally not very good.

But if it is only used for canning, the quality requirements of the fruit are not too high, because the acidic substances in the fruit will be destroyed during the cooking process, so it will not taste too sour.

In order to increase the sweetness of canned sour apricots, they also tried to put sweet dates in the cans, and the effect was quite good.

If it is in a place where sugar cane is produced in the south, you can directly squeeze some sugar cane juice and cook it together. The taste will definitely be better than adding sweet dates.

Wang Jinhuai learned this method of making canned food, took away all the eucommia glue that Luo Yong had on hand, and then went to Xueji Pottery Workshop to find Xue Weng, borrowed a descendant of the Xue family from him, and then He ran to the south non-stop, preparing to do a big job.

On the other side, Dr. Chen and the others hurried to Chang'an City within the time required by the school.

The first thing these people do when they go back is to send souvenirs to their classmates and colleagues.

"I wrote to you earlier that the Dongpo pork in Xipo Village is delicious. Didn't you say I was bragging? Well, I ask you to try it this time."

"What, it's been broken for so long? Why don't you open it first and see for yourself."

"Can't open it, right? It's okay, I'll help you open it."

"How, have you never seen this way of eating before?"

Soon, these canned food from Xipo Village caused quite a stir in Chang'an City.

Many students and teachers are proud to have eaten this kind of canned food. It is something from Xipo Village. It has been stored in the can for several days in this hot day. Not only is it not bad at all, but the taste is not bad , compared to those famous restaurants and restaurants in Chang'an City, it also has a special flavor.

"The price is so affordable. Have you heard that a large portion of stewed mutton costs only a few pennies at their place?"

"The taste is really good."

"Their slots are better!"

"I heard that the cold salad is delicious, and you can buy a big plate for two or three renminbi." The focus of everyone's attention is nothing more than cheap and delicious.

On this day, His Majesty the Emperor invited several ministers under him to visit the garden and enjoy the scenery and chat with each other.

After swimming for a while, everyone sat in a small stone pavilion, and a maid came up with tea and fruit snacks. Everyone chatted while eating snacks. During the dinner, someone mentioned the matter of canned meat.

"The canned food from Xipo Village is really that delicious?" someone asked.

"It's not bad. My son has always been friends with a student who went to Lishi County. This time he also got a can. I tasted it a few times and it tastes really good." The person next to him replied.

"What kind of can your son is holding?" Someone immediately asked.

"It's the Dongpo meat." The other party replied.

"I only heard its name, but I don't know its taste." One person said regretfully.

"I was lucky enough to taste that canned food two days ago, but it wasn't Dongpo meat." Another person present spoke.

"Then what kind of meat did you eat?"

"Is it tasty?"

"Wow, old man, you have a lot of friends."

"My friends didn't have any sincerity, and they never thought of taking me with them when they ate meat."

"My old friend is really good. If he can't get a whole can, he can get me a half can."

"Wow! You are a real friend!"

When talking about this canned meat, the atmosphere in Shiting was filled with excitement, and everyone felt proud of eating it but envious of it. In addition, everyone was very curious about the preservation method of the canned meat.

"Your Majesty has tasted that canned meat." Finally, someone remembered that His Majesty the Emperor was there at this time.

"No." The emperor said: "I wondered when you people would send me a can to taste, but I haven't waited until now."

Ministers:  …

"That Doctor of Imperial Science is called Chen Mian?" His Majesty the Emperor asked again.

Ministers:  …

"Ah!" Dr. Chen outside the palace wall suddenly sneezed.

"What, did you catch a cold?" asked the friend sitting opposite him.

"It's all right." Dr. Chen picked up the wine cup and took a sip of sake: "If you catch a cold, just drink a few sips of sake to drive away the cold."

"The stewed meat in Xipo Village is really delicious." It's rare that they don't have to go to work today, and the two friends get together to drink and eat meat, so it's very comfortable.

"You open it and eat it." Dr. Chen proudly said, "I still have a few cans hidden there."