Hairpin Flower Courtyard.
The sun is shining, and the workshop in front is busy. Batch after batch of bacon is dried until it is qualified, then smoked, and finally piled up in the warehouse like a hill.
Just two Youranju, at the rate they purchase 300 to 500 kilograms every three months, can't finish all the supplies.
Fortunately, everyone in this world is moving around. Xu Mo on the bright side is busy with the Sun family's affairs, and Zheng Ruqian on the back is not idle either.
In addition to going to Anyang County to transport dried beans to Shopkeeper Hao, bringing in twenty-five taels in batches and selling fifty taels, he also brought bacon to Anyang County and won the welcome of several dry goods stores by giving it as a sample. Zheng Ruqian reached a cooperation with them and stored the bacon in the store, splitting the accounts between 20 and 80 cents.
The store got two and Zheng Ruqian got eight.
In addition, the demand for two restaurants, Fucheng Youranju and County Town Youranju, is just about the same as the output of the workshops.
If you want to sell more stores, you will have to expand your workshop and manpower, which is really not cost-effective.
For Zheng Ruqian, it is enough for such a small workshop to earn hundreds of taels of silver a year.
So when Xu Mo said that he could go back to Xieyang County, Zheng Laoer was the first to jump up and respond. He clucked his teeth and sorted out the two carts of dried beans that he wanted to bring to Shopkeeper Bai, and several boxes of Anyang County specialties that he wanted to give to Magistrate Pang.
Passing by Jiang Sheng, he didn't forget to ruffle her newly braided hair.
"Second Brother Stinky." Jiang Sheng was whispering to Third Brother. When he interrupted him, he immediately put his hands on his hips angrily, like a teapot, "What are you doing, what are you doing? I won't pay attention to Second Brother Stinky from now on."
Zheng Ruqian used to worry about his sister being angry, but now he doesn't worry about it anymore because he has his special skill - candied haws.
But before he could take out the sour fruit wrapped in syrup, Jiang San rushed in.
"Second Young Master, something happened, something happened."
Everyone in the courtyard was startled.
Sun Yu competed for the Anshui County Governor in order to help the Sun family deal with Fang Heng. Although the Wang family themselves had internal conflicts, they should have the same attitude towards killing Fang Heng.
Calculating this way, even if Sun Yu falls and the Sun family is in chaos, the Wang family will still target Fang Heng, and the Wang family will still cause trouble.
Xu Mo had even made various preparations to face the storm.
But they didn't expect that it would be Zheng Laoer who got into trouble this time.
"Me? What can happen to me?" Zheng Ruqian smiled, "I don't take the science test, and I don't go out alone, what will happen?"
Even when he went to Anyang County to transport dried beans, it was Jiang Si who went there.
Did something happen to Jiang Si?
Or the Pang Pangshan brothers from Yunshui County?
Thinking of this, Zheng Ruqian's attitude finally became serious, "Who was in trouble? Is the person still alive? If he is alive, send him to the hospital as soon as possible, and if he is dead, avenge him."
As he spoke, he clenched his fists, his back was lonely and desolate, giving him a sense of chivalry and heroism.
Jiang Sheng on the side was almost crying. It was the first time she found her second brother so generous. She decided not to blame him for messing up her braids. She wanted to comfort her second brother and ask him to express his condolences as soon as possible.
Seeing that the brother and sister were about to burst into tears, Jiang San was silent for a moment, "No one was hurt, and no one died. It was your business that was robbed."
"Oh, as long as no one gets into trouble." Zheng Ruqian patted his chest.
Jiang Sheng let out a deep breath and wiped out his nose with a handkerchief.
But in the next moment, Zheng Ruqian reacted and jumped up on the spot, shouting at the top of his lungs, "What, what? What kind of business was robbed? What kind of idiot robbed my business? Son of a turtle, I'm not done with him, not done." !”
Jiang Sheng turned his head in shock.
Xu Mo coughed and hinted to Zheng Lao Er that it was okay to lose his temper, but don't say nasty things, or you might offend your sister.
Fang Heng stepped forward directly and covered Jiang Sheng's ears to prevent her from listening.
“@#￥@#￥Uncle’s, @#￥#￥ turtle grandson#￥%@#￥……”
Zheng Ruqian finally finished outputting.
In the past two years, I have been doing business outside. I have not made much money, and I have learned a lot of nonsense.
Jiang San had a look of admiration on his face and almost raised his thumb.
"Who is it? Who is it?" Zheng Ruqian asked in a loud voice.
Jiang San hasn't spoken yet.
Zhang Qiquan from the workshop in front came over and said with a sad face, "My boss, it's bacon. The recipe for making it was leaked. Now there are many people selling bacon outside."
The person who stole the recipe probably didn't bother to make such lowly food and just spread the recipe around.
As a result, the people in Fucheng who have some cooking skills will be able to make bacon, and Youranju will no longer be able to sell bacon that costs several hundred yuan a plate, and their business with Youranju will naturally decline accordingly.
Originally, something like bacon, which is not a top-secret recipe, will always be leaked over time.
But according to Zhang Qiquan's calculation, it will take at least three or two years, and it is impossible to distribute the complete recipe. The taste will be more or less different.
In this way, although the workshop's business has deteriorated, it can still be maintained.
Unlike now, the complete recipe is leaked, and the taste of the workshop can be restored with a little trial.
"I have asked the workers to stop, but I have not let them leave." Zhang Qiquan's eyes flashed with a trace of cruelty, "They must have revealed the recipe. I will find out who it is."
But so what, the cooking method of bacon is not a secret, and the workshop's business is over.
Zheng Ruqian looked around numbly. He was not a very talented person in business. When he first started selling things, Xiao Jiang Sheng pulled him, encouraged him, and accompanied him.
Later, I became bolder, had desire, and tasted the benefits, and then I got to where I am now step by step.
But he has never suffered a loss, let alone such a big blow.
Xiao Jiang Sheng seemed to have walked up to him, and the little girl's voice suddenly sounded far away, "...Second brother, don't be sad, this workshop does not lose money... I was prepared at the beginning that you would lose money, but in fact It’s okay, you’re already great…”
Yeah, is he great.
If you are great, you should make a lot of money, buy a big house for your sister, and let her wear embroidered shoes with Dongzhu.
He is not great, he is not a good brother, he cannot take the imperial examination, he cannot be an official, he has no kung fu, and he has no medical skills. He is also a bit stupid.
If he can't make money, he is nothing. He is a person who can be discarded by everyone.
Like A Niang, she kicked him to leave.
Like the aunts in Yihongyuan, they laughed at him for not being a girl, and at him for not having exquisite features, and that he would only starve to death in the future.
Who else is coming? The overwhelming sarcasm, come on, come on, he is not afraid, he can bear it.
"Dick!"
"Second brother!"
Someone was roaring in his ears, someone was sobbing softly, someone was calling softly, someone was tugging at the corner of his clothes.
Oh, it’s the eldest brother, three younger brothers, and the most well-behaved and smart sister.
They were around him, calling out to his separated soul and his lost fighting spirit over and over again.
"Second brother, we are not only facing the Wang family, but also behemoths like the Fang family. Sooner or later, we will have to go to Fengjing. We will have to face more stumbling blocks and setbacks. Are you going to have your bacon recipe leaked? And tripped?"
It was the tone of the eldest brother Xu Mo, who hated iron for not being able to become steel.
"Second brother, the workshop has failed. We can still do other things. Next time we will be more rigorous in selecting people. We will never sign a short-term contract softly. We will sign a long-term contract and a death contract. We will definitely be able to make it again."
It's the third brother Fang Heng. He seems to be in a worse situation. He is also being hunted by the Fang and Wang families.
"Second brother, if you don't make money anymore, I will support you. We won't starve to death."
It was the fourth brother Wen Zhiyun. The once humble and cowardly little pitiful boy finally stood upright.
Zheng Ruqian's eyes gradually focused and his hearing returned to normal.
Xiaowu Changyan and his sister Jiang Sheng were holding his arms on the left and right, clinging to his side, like two small stoves in the still cold early spring, roasting his body without temperature.
"Why did the second brother suddenly stop talking? Is the second brother stupid?" Jiang Sheng sobbed softly, "Jiang Sheng doesn't want the second brother to become stupid. As long as the second brother is not stupid, it will be fine no matter how much he rubs Jiang Sheng's hair. "
Chang Yan pursed his lips and raised his head again and again, his eyes full of worry.
Hey, Zheng Laoer, you are really nothing, and you have made your family worry again.
