"Hehe! That...my brother, please retire!"
Hearing the sarcasm from the imperial brother, the shy Zhu Cijiong immediately covered up his embarrassment with a silly smile, scratched the back of his head, and planned to run away, eat and drink enough, and go back to have a good sleep. This is a prince. daily life.
"These are extraordinary times, and there are undercurrents surging in the palace. You must stay in the palace and are not allowed to wander around. If something happens, you will never want to eat delicious food again!"
Nothing else could scare this guy, and he didn't have time to watch, so Yaoji had no choice but to give in to him.
"...Yes! I sincerely ask the Emperor to please be at ease. Don't dare to worry the Emperor!"
Zhu Cijiong's instructions to his brother basically went in one ear and out the other, but he was very concerned about eating. He would miss a meal if he didn't eat it, and he would feel uncomfortable if he couldn't eat meat.
After trying the beef ramen, I just want to comment - can I have another bowl for lunch or dinner? ? ?
The taste is so wonderful that I still want it after eating it. You can’t eat barbecue often, so you can always eat noodles.
As an adult, Sun Chuanting felt similar to the prince after the meal, that is, extremely comfortable.
This meal is really hearty. This kind of ramen has a rare and unique taste, which is really addictive.
"I have just hired three imperial chefs. Where are you from?"
Yaoji observed that one of the cooks' arms began to tremble slightly after he finished making noodles. Although the movement was not obvious, he still caught it.
"My hometown is Tianjin!"
"I'm from my hometown in Baoding!"
"I'm from my hometown in Taiyuan!"
The three cooks were a little uneasy when facing the prince's inquiry, fearing that the prince would not be satisfied with the ramen they made. However, Zhang Guoyuan winked and they had no choice but to reply to the prince.
Zhang Guoyuan would not speak for them. He knew that the prince was most afraid of others taking over his duties. You must say what you should say, and it will not work if you don't. If you say something you shouldn't say, you will be talking too much.
"That's right! How old are you? How many years have you been working in the Shangshan Supervisor?"
"I'm thirty-six this year, and I've been working in the Shangshan Supervisor for six years!"
"This little man is forty years old this year and has been serving as Supervisor of Shangri-La for almost nine years!"
"This little man is in his forties this year, and he has been working as a supervisor for more than ten years!"
Yao Ji saw that the exposed forearms of the three of them were all very thick. He thought they were the chefs who made pasta for the Hou Di all year round. They all had their own special skills, but compared to the beef ramen, those were not enough.
In terms of soup noodles, Yaoji believes that flat noodles, braised noodles, shaved noodles, and pot noodles are not as good as ramen in terms of taste. Therefore, cold noodles, small noodles, and hot dry noodles can take advantage of ramen with their respective advantages.
Especially in the twelfth lunar month of winter, when you are hungry and have a bowl of steaming ramen in front of you, you pick up the noodles with your chopsticks and take the first bite. That feeling is the most affordable happiness.
"Are they all noodle makers?"
Yao Ji turned to Zhang Guoyuan and asked him not to be misunderstood like beef soup. If he was brought in temporarily, it would be a mistake.
"His Highness said it was very good, but the noodles he made were not as good as the ramen that His Highness recommended!"
Zhang Guoyuan didn't know what the prince wanted, but he made many mistakes and flattery was always right, so it was better to take pictures first as a sign of respect.
"Are they chamberlains or real cooks?"
Judging from what these three people said, it is unlikely that the eunuch was a eunuch, or he might have been transferred from another place.
"Your Highness, these three people are all cooks, have wives, and their families are all in the inner city!"
The inner city is home to many officials and wealthy gentry, the legendary upper class.
But there are always exceptions, such as the imperial chef, who can also live in the inner city with this golden sign on his head.
Chamberlains can learn this craft at a young age, but in the final analysis, cooking still depends on talent, and no matter how hard you work, it will be useless.
The imperial chefs are all masters carefully selected from Minjian to serve the emperor and nobles in the palace.
If the cooks were killed by a click of a knife, then we would really have to rely on a group of eunuchs to cook.
But one thing is that as long as you become an imperial chef, you cannot make takeaways for people other than the royal family, let alone reveal the recipes and methods of royal meals. This is a sin of losing your head.
The lower ones can avoid being stabbed, but whether the upper ones can also avoid it depends on whether they can control their mouths. If they can't, it's better to be stabbed below. At least they can keep their food.
"Oh! By the way, just now you said your hometown is Taiyuan Prefecture?"
Yaoji asked the oldest cook that except for people who were in particularly good health, they would generally be unable to do this kind of physical work after a few more years.
"Go back to Your Highness, my hometown is indeed Taiyuan Mansion!"
"Do you want to retire and return home?"
"...Your Highness, have mercy!"
The old cook didn't realize it, and immediately fell to his knees. He didn't know what he had done wrong, but the prince clearly wanted to punish him by asking him, so he instinctively begged for mercy.
Yaoji was startled, licked his lips and said with a smile: "Don't misunderstand me, I miss you because you are old and have worked for the Empress for many years, so you can return to your hometown in glory. If you are willing to live in the capital, that's fine too!" "
I didn’t want to misunderstand, but I did. I’m not a natural-born murderer, okay?
You haven't poisoned me, so I won't spare even a cook.
If I really want to attack you, I will definitely do it with my colleagues.
After saying this, the old cook was relieved and no longer afraid. As long as he kept his head, everything else was easy to talk about.
Since these are all people in the industry, Yaoji revealed a little about his investment plan to them: "You must also know the taste of this beef ramen. If we open a hundred ramen shops in Daming, each shop will have one The annual net income of one thousand taels of silver, totaling one hundred thousand taels, must not be underestimated. So I planned to try a store in the capital first. The store manager can only be served by the imperial chef who knows the secret of ramen, which can be regarded as the best among you. I have served you for many years, and I will reward you with welfare measures."
A bowl of noodles is priced at 20 copper coins. It is aimed at the middle and upper class people in the capital. This price should be completely acceptable to them, and they can eat five bowls a day.
Each store selling a thousand bowls of ramen a day can earn 20,000 copper coins, which is equivalent to about 20 taels of silver. Even if it operates for 300 days a year, it will still be 6,000 taels. Even if the sales volume is halved, the final net profit will be 1,000 taels. Two are also appropriate.
If you open a store in the Jiangnan area, such as Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Songjiang and other places, the consumption power there is stronger, so you don't have to worry about the flow of customers at all. You are afraid that the market will be crowded and the supply will exceed the demand.
In the first year, ten stores were opened to test the waters. In the second year, the number was increased to fifty, and in the third year, the number was increased to 300. If each store can meet profit expectations, the Ramen Group alone will make a profit of 300,000. Two silver coins.
After doing this calculation, Yaoji was shocked. The scale effect of chain stores was indeed appalling. In the future, barbecue restaurants, hot pot restaurants, and spicy hotpot restaurants will all follow this route.
Add in some high-end restaurants and serve up some fairyland dishes to show off, and maybe just from the chain restaurant business, you can pocket millions of taels every year.
Min takes food as his first priority, so he should really take advantage of the situation and let those wealthy people take money out of their pockets willingly. If they don't drain their food budget, it will be considered a loss.
"The villain is willing to retire and return to his hometown!"
This is the prince's opening. If you don't agree, you will really suffer the prince's wrath.
"I'm not forcing you. I still hope that you will open a store in the capital first. I would like to learn about the operation of the first ramen shop nearby and find out what problems and shortcomings there are, so that I can get timely feedback and make adjustments. In the future, you will be able to open a store in the capital. The ramen shop will be built based on this shop, and the staff will be removed from the back house and the shop, so the position of the store manager is very important. I think that your conditions are not bad in all aspects, so I will plan accordingly, don’t misunderstand!"
Just talking about it has become like driving people away. If this spreads out, where will I put my young face?
This allows you to open a shop and make a lot of money, but you don't have the rules and regulations of the queen's house. Why don't you go to the execution ground?
If I don’t explain it carefully, I will have to take the blame early this morning and take the blame!
"The villain is willing, the villain will obey His Highness's arrangements!"
The fat old cook finally understood. It turned out to be a good thing. He really thought that the prince wanted to drive him back to his hometown.
"You don't need to worry about the storefront, furnishings, bowls and chopsticks needed to open a shop. I will send people to buy them. I will also write down the relevant operating rules in detail. You only need to make this ramen and stew it well. Beef, mix the soup, and teach the disciples how to pull the noodles. Also, don’t teach the recipe to anyone else. This noodle recipe is from the fairy world, and anyone who spreads it will be punished as deceiving the emperor."
Yao Ji asked him to go out and give a demonstration. Whether he can be competent as a store manager can only be determined by observing him for a period of time after taking up the job.
"The villain will definitely remember His Highness's teachings and never dare to forget them!"
This is a great good thing, a great good thing. Unexpectedly, it would happen to him, so the old fat cook's worries turned into joy.
The biggest fear in the back house is to offend someone, and you don't even know how you offended someone. If they hold a grudge, it's really hard to guard against it.
Of course it would be best if you can leave the palace and work on your own. If you open a shop for the prince like now, it seems to be good, at least you don't have to be hated by others.
"In the future, this store will be a demonstration store for the entire Ming Dynasty. Many people will come to learn. You must know what you should teach and what you should not teach."
I can't let this guy give his tree-climbing skills to a tiger and let you teach each other privately and open a shop as you please. What's the point?
"yes!"
The old fat cook also understands the principle of supporting his apprentice to death by starving his master. He has served the imperial family for many years, and he also knows that he must leave himself some room when doing things.
"The monthly salary is set at thirty taels of silver first. This is a fixed part, and the commission is calculated separately. The more ramen sold, the higher the commission will be. If you don't make a big mistake, you will get a bonus during the New Year."
This kind of treatment is outstanding among the imperial chefs. There is no other way. Without a high salary, it will be difficult to keep the store manager in check, and it requires a combination of soft and hard tactics. From time to time, someone is sent to remind him.
"This little man will definitely work hard for His Highness, even to the point of death!"
A monthly salary of thirty taels means earning one tael every day. This is a guaranteed income, and there is an additional commission reward, which is very tempting for the old fat cook.
"Remember, you are a cook, so you don't have to die unless you leak something you shouldn't!"
Yaoji is most annoyed by people who talk big. You can agree to whatever you can roughly do, but if you can't do it after that, aren't you treating me like a Sunday?
"Yes! The villain will keep it in mind and never dare to speak it out of hand!"
The old fat cook was very excited when he thought about earning more than three hundred taels of silver a year. He could agree to any conditions the prince said.
"You can study at Shangshan Supervisor for a few more months. When you think you have mastered the technique of beef ramen, you can then go out to open a store. Moreover, the location and decoration of the store will also take time and cannot be done overnight. During this time, you will also need to train the staff and process. It’s complicated, and it’s not as easy as it seems to diners entering the store. You will be asked to sign a guarantee before you go out, and if you violate it, you will be held accountable to the end.”
Red mouth and white teeth, whatever you say is what you say. This is the biggest taboo in doing business. Without black and white writing as proof, even if you are the prince, you can only admit the loss. At most, you can send someone to secretly take advantage of him.
All rules and procedures must be implemented according to the stores of later generations, and the training of clerks must keep up with the times. After accumulating experience in operating ramen restaurants, it will be much easier to open barbecue restaurants and hot pot restaurants.
The fight was in full swing outside, and the prince and the cook in the back house were studying how to open a shop...
I have to say, this is very obvious!
Don't you see, the Qing army has gone south, and the Nanming officials are still busy playing tricks!
"Now we will open one store in the inner city, and then another in the outer city. We will try to open stores in Tianjin, Baoding and other places around Jifu before the end of the year. We will open stores in Taiyuan, Xi'an, Luoyang and Jinan in the first half of next year, and in Jiangnan in the second half of the year. Opening stores everywhere, ramen shops will cover half of the Ming Dynasty within two years."
Maybe you can even earn franchise fees. The franchise fee for one store is 10,000 taels, and for 100 stores it is 1 million taels. This is the way to make money faster!
If hot pot restaurants and barbecue restaurants can do this, these three types of shops can earn at least two million taels of silver, and the military expenses for establishing Beichang will be secured.
There are no franchise stores in the entire Ming Dynasty with much fanfare. With its unique taste, Yaoji plans to cash out quickly. If it is too late, it will suffer a big loss.
Although this business can flow slowly, who knows how long it will last.
If you can't stand up to the big braids in a big confrontation, the ramen shop will just make wedding clothes for them.
If a rich man offers a price of one million taels of silver, Yaoji can immediately transfer the ramen recipe and never step into this road again, allowing the other party to exclusively enjoy this lucrative business.
Maybe in a few years, a certain prince will publish a famous book called "Ten Techniques of Defrauding Money in the Ming Empire"!
However, it seemed that everyone who could pay for it was copied by me. Suddenly, I had a strange feeling that I would hate the pig when it was about to be killed...
When all the "local pigs" are killed, send a team to kill the "foreign pigs"!
Fortunately, "Zhu Ming" never lacks "pig", so if you kill an extra pig, you will get one!
As long as you are determined enough, you can kill domestic pigs and wild boars!
"Well, okay, let's do this for now. No one is allowed to reveal anything about what I have said to you. Anyone who disobeys this order will be severely punished!"
When the chicken is full, the servants can have a meal, and the food they eat is ramen. You can't let everyone just smell it, that's too inhumane.
The first people who could sit down for dinner were Xi'er, Yang Jinchao, the eunuch of the East Palace, and Li Jizhou, the eunuch of the East Palace. Although Xi'er was a maid, the prince's intention was already obvious, and Yang Jinchao heard clearly from the side.
This maid might be the future crown princess. Even if she was not the main palace, she would be the side chamber at worst. In addition, she had been someone close to the queen before, so the two chambermaids in the East Palace treated Xi'er carefully and kindly.
