[Pride and Prejudice] Lady Makes Money

Early the next morning, Manli asked the servants at home to pack up the things and send them to Alan.At the same time, she took with her the long letter that she spent most of the night, lighting a lamp and boiling wax.

After arranging these, she went to Newgrange with her father after having breakfast.

After almost two months, the infrastructure construction on the New Manor side has been almost done.

The house he lived in was originally renovated by the young master, and the people in the Bennet family were not so poor. After seeing it, everyone felt that they could just move here.

It is nothing more than remodeling the previous guest rooms and turning them into girls' bedrooms.

So it wasn't a big deal.

As long as the weather is warmer, you can move at any time.

And the focus of what Manli and her father are going to see today is naturally the farm.

Near the field, there was originally a row of more than a dozen empty houses.

In the past, the Spencer family used this place as a warehouse and directly put the harvested grain.

However, under Manli's suggestion, these houses were transformed into small two-storey buildings, thus nearly doubling the number of houses for nothing.

And most of them were used by her to open tofu, bean paste, and bath products processing workshops.

Father told Manli that soy sauce has been selling very well recently.

The spreading power of Mrs. Horst and her group of girlfriends is astonishing.

In the beginning, servants from one or two families came over and tentatively bought five or ten bottles of soy sauce.

According to Manli's previous confession, as long as she buys enough five bottles of soy sauce, she will be given a bottle of kimchi or small pickles along with the soy sauce.

At the same time, Manli will also send a simple version of the recipe that Manli wrote by hand and then printed by someone.

The above are all dishes made with soy sauce, soybean paste, and soy products.

It's been a long time, maybe those recipes have been recognized by the owner and spread widely. Now they not only accept those sporadic retail investors, but also start to accept some long-term orders from shops.

Now there is Mr. Gardiner's fast food restaurant again, so at this time, whether it is soy sauce or various small pickles, the supply is in short supply, and there is absolutely no one that cannot be sold.

Manli walked into the sauce workshop.

It was found that these rooms were cleaned according to her previous request, without a trace of dust.

The servants working inside were also put on uniform clothes, their hair was wrapped in cloth, and not a single strand of hair was allowed to be exposed.

At the same time, all of them were wearing masks, and their fingers were neatly trimmed, so that they were not allowed to hide dirt.

She couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.

In the workshop at this time, charcoal stoves were set up in every room, and water urns filled with water were placed in the corners.

This was a helpless move Manli came up with to maintain the temperature and humidity in the room.

After all, in the UK in winter, looking for a period of continuous sunny days that can expose the fermented beans to the sun is simply a dream.So she can only make a fuss about the temperature and humidity.

These, the servants do not understand.

They only know how to work here, no matter how cold it is outside, they don't have to suffer from the cold.

There are also clean clothes to wear, warm water to wash your hair, and wash your hands.

This kind of treatment is something they have never dreamed of even in their dreams of farming all the year round.

So everyone here cherishes the opportunity to work very much, and works harder than everyone else.

Man Li didn't look at the toiletries.

After getting up in the morning, she sat down with Elizabeth and had a deep talk.

After confirming that the second sister was not just a temporary interest, but really wanted to make a big difference in cosmetics, she simply handed over the business of Xihua to her.

In Manli's view, who is born to do business?

It is nothing more than stumbling and honing to grow.

If Elizabeth can do the cleansing, the money will definitely be limitless in the future.

Not to mention earning back the dowry money, ten times, dozens of times is not impossible.

At that time, even if her natal family is just a small farmer, but with such a large dowry, the second sister can stand up even if she is married, and she doesn't have to worry about waiting for her husband to give her "sewing money" every day. .

It doesn't matter if you can't earn it back!

With the formula in hand, as long as she can gain popularity early, Manli believes that even if Elizabeth has no experience at the beginning and pays a little, her family can't afford it.

Instead of letting her get married and go to someone else's house and worry about not being able to manage the family business, it is better to let her practice her own family's property when she is a girl.

The skills you have learned will benefit you endlessly throughout your life.

Thinking of this, Manli couldn't help but sighed, feeling that she was really a good sister who could never be found in the whole world.

After that she went to the tofu shop with Mr. Bennet.

This is the business that Manli cares most about.

After entering, she found that there were not too few people inside.

Although it is now the end of the morning market, the carriages that came to pull the tofu have not completely left, and there are still many people crowded in front of the workshop's door facing the main road.

Seeing their father and daughter, the manager hurriedly showed them the running water from this morning.

Manli casually flipped through a few sheets, feeling a little strange.

The flowing water was different from what she had imagined.

In Manli's expectation, the tofu shop must be the best seller of tofu.

After all, her price is not high, and you can buy a large piece for a penny.

But what she didn't expect was that the people from the nearby farms who came to buy goods bought the most processed soy products such as dried tofu and tofu skin, and the sales volume of serious tofu was less than one-third of those soy products. one.

Is it because of poor transportation?

she asked the steward.

"Not at all."

The manager touched his nose and argued: "Our protection measures are well done. Not only do we have special wooden boxes for tofu, but we also have wooden boxes outside each box. As long as you buy ten boards of tofu at a time, Wooden boxes and crates are rented for free, and even the straw in the middle for shock resistance is given away. If it is pulled out from our workshop, as long as it is not pulled as far as London, we can guarantee that it will not be shattered. "

"Then do you know the reason why the tofu is not easy to sell?" Manli asked without shame.

"because……"

The steward looked up at Manli, a little afraid of her unhappy laughter and muttered: "Because tofu is not good!"

Tofu is not good?

This answer was obviously beyond the expectation of Manli and Mr. Bennet. They looked at each other with shock in their eyes.

The steward saw that the master didn't mean to get angry, so he quickly explained: "Dried tofu is marinated, salty, and very tasty. Although it is a little expensive, you can buy it and eat it directly. Tofu has no taste at all. Boiled in salt water, it is not as delicious as dried tofu. Although we also know that we can fry it with soy sauce, but... we still have to buy soy sauce and oil. The combination is more expensive than buying dried tofu, and it is very troublesome. !"

Only then did Manli suddenly realize.

The method of making Manli tofu uses physalis, not the brine most commonly used by Hua people at this time.

And she first used lemons to make physalis instead of the various vinegars that people usually use here.

So the tofu she makes doesn't have a strong beany smell, and if you smell it carefully, it even has a faint fruity aroma.

It was for this reason that she had always firmly believed that the tofu she made would be a hit, but she ignored that many civilians had no real cooking methods at all.

So what if there is a recipe for making it with the tofu she gave as a gift?

In this era when everyone is used to cooking all vegetables in plain water, regardless of beans and vegetables, they can’t wait to boil them into puree. How many people do you expect to cook in oil pan when they go home?

They would rather buy rough processed tofu, tofu skin.

Although in Manli's eyes, these dishes still need to be cooked again before they can be eaten, but for ordinary people who are not spoiled by her delicacies, it is already delicious to eat them directly.

Therefore, people who know how to cook are not on the same channel at all. Man Li had completely misunderstood it before.

After thinking about it, she said to Mr. Bennet: "Dad, can you find someone to deliver a letter to my uncle for me, and it will be delivered today?"

"What are you going to do?" Mr. Bennet was a little strange.

My brother-in-law just left yesterday, but in a day's time, this girl is going to write him a letter?

Why didn't he know when the relationship between the nephew and uncle became so good?

The more he thought about it, the more sour Mr. Bennet felt.

You know, when this girl was in London, she couldn't write a letter to herself in a week!

Manli didn't know what her father was thinking at the moment.

She is still thinking about tofu.

"I want to buy some spices. There are too few varieties in the shop over there in Meryton, so I can only ask my uncle to help me. Also, Dad, you have to get someone to buy me some butter. Buy the best quality. At the latest Must buy it tomorrow."

Hearing that his daughter wanted to buy spices, Mr. Bennet felt relieved.

"Go to the warehouse first. I remember that when you came back the day before yesterday, there was a whole box of various seasonings behind the carriage. See if there is anything you want."

Spices in the back of the wagon?

Manli really didn't know!

But after hearing what her father said, she immediately understood that she must have been too obvious in the grocery store before, and her aunt specially prepared it for her in advance.

Thinking of this, she became excited again, and even stopped looking at the workshop, urging Mr. Bennet to rush home.

After returning home, Manli went straight to the kitchen and collected all the butter that could be found at home.

At this time, Mr. Bennet also asked for the huge box of seasonings to be sent over.

When she opened it, Manli's eyes lit up!

Aniseed, pepper, cloves, fragrant leaves... All kinds of different spices were separated by aunt in small jars, and each one was carefully written with its name.

It not only ensures that they do not share odors with each other, but also can be taken out and put into her treasure cabinet directly, without even needing to turn them over.

It's really considerate!

According to her memory, Manli found out all the spices she needed and spread them out on the chopping board.

Kitty, who rushed over after hearing the letter, picked up a fragrant leaf and sniffed it under her nose, then asked curiously: "Sister, what are you going to do again?"