Chapter 44: The Code of Wealth
Lin Xiaoyue only knew a little about agriculture, so she could only try to grow the plants indoors and then transplant them outside. Whether they could survive depended on fate!
“Brother Liang, I can’t guarantee that I will succeed, but if you leave it to me, I will definitely try my best.”
Liang Jingyao still has confidence in Lin Xiaoyue. After all, there are not many people whom he can willingly call his master!
"Well, I'll send someone to Tianhe Country to bring back some grapes. Just do it boldly. I'm very relieved!"
The last sentence "I'm relieved" made Lin Xiaoyue a little upset. Liang Jingyao trusted her so much after just knowing her for a few days, and he rarely hid things when speaking. At least in her opinion, it was difficult to be honest with each other in such a short time.
She couldn't help but ask, "Brother Liang, why do you trust me so much? What if I mess up? How much manpower and financial resources will it take to transport the grapes from such a long distance? Is it really worth it just to make a grape rack?"
Liang Jingyao felt embarrassed when asked. He began to feel guilty for concealing his identity. Besides, he could be useful whether it was drying radishes, farming, or growing grapes. But now was the time to prepare for a rainy day, and he didn't want to drag the kind-hearted Lin Xiaoyue into the mess.
"Don't worry about whether it succeeds or not. If it doesn't, it's just a waste of money. Once it succeeds, we can eat grapes more often. Do you know how expensive grapes are in the capital?"
Lin Xiaoyue thought that if you add the cost, shipping fee, and the spoilage on the way, the price would be about three times as much!
"I don't know how much grapes sell for in Tianhe Country, but I think I can buy them at triple the price."
Liang Jingyao shook his head and said, "You're wrong. There's no demand for grapes even though they're worth the price! Most of the grapes rotted when they reached the capital, and the ones that remained were supplied to the royal family and nobles. Civil and military officials could only eat them if they were rewarded by Emperor Liang! So once you grow grapes, isn't that like growing a treasure trove? You can just ask for as much as you want. Haha, I'll take advantage of you then!"
Lin Xiaoyue had never imagined that grapes could be such a huge business opportunity! She would grow them even if she had to stop eating, drinking, sleeping, and even lose all her hair!
This is a treasure pot, the code to wealth!
She snapped her fingers happily, "Okay, leave it to me! I'll give you 30% of the profits when the time comes. After all, you were the one who found this place for me. When you drink the water, you should remember the person who dug the well. I, Lin Xiaoyue, don't like taking advantage of others for nothing!"
Liang Jingyao laughed, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll find someone to go to Tianhe Country tomorrow!"
Because Lin Xiaoyue had made a lot of big meat buns as snacks for building a house tomorrow, she just took a few big meat buns as the main course for dinner today, and also put some fresh bamboo shoots slices in the tomato egg drop soup.
Liang Jingyao had eaten tomato egg drop soup before, but this time it was extremely delicious!
Looking at the bamboo shoots floating in the soup, he couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought that a few slices of bamboo shoots could make a simple tomato egg drop soup so much more delicious! And this meat bun, with bamboo shoots in it, tastes refreshing and not greasy, even better than one with just meat!"
Lin Xiaoyue, inspired by the lucrative grape business, had a different opinion about the bamboo shoots Liang Jingyao praised. "Brother Liang, are there many bamboos in Dongsui Kingdom?"
Liang Jingyao shook his head and said, "I don't know. What? You want to make money with this? But it's different from grapes. I see that the bamboo shoots are covered with so many shells, so they won't be damaged much during transportation, unless they are shipped from very far away. But people in remote areas may not be able to pay a high price for them!"
Lin Xiaoyue knew this truth, but she could win with the ingredients and cooking. After all, she knew many ways to cook bamboo shoots. But it was not so easy for the people here to go from knowing nothing to cooking an amazing dish!
Moreover, Lin Xiaoyue already had a dish in mind: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. This was a famous dish handed down from generation to generation, and it would definitely shock everyone when it was brought out! However, she did not intend to tell Liang Jingyao, as people always have to keep a trump card in mind.
She already had the ingredients she'd taken from the imperial kitchen in her space, so making a Buddha Jumps Over the Wall dish was no problem. Liang Jingyao was going to dress up as a ghost to scare people tonight, and he wouldn't be back until after midnight. She'd taken this opportunity to approach Jueweilou in Beijing for a partnership. Jueweilou was the largest restaurant in the city, and its owner was powerful yet mysterious. Anyone who could afford to eat at Jueweilou was either wealthy or noble in the city!
Suddenly, countless white silver coins appeared in front of her eyes, waving to her. She could get them just by stretching out her hand!
Liang Jingyao, who was sitting opposite him, saw Lin Xiaoyue sitting there with a silly laugh, but she didn't answer his question. He couldn't help but raised his hand and waved it in front of Lin Xiaoyue, asking: "Master Lin, what are you laughing at? Did I say something wrong? Or is there something on my face?"
Lin Xiaoyue realized that she was actually grinning foolishly at a man. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and jump into it. She made up an excuse and said, "Nothing. Brother Liang mentioned grapes. I thought I could do it, so I was happy!"
Liang Jingyao nodded, stood up and said, "I'm going to go get ready. I'll trouble you to clean up today."
This was exactly what Lin Xiaoyue wanted. Making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall took time, and she couldn't wait for Liang Jingyao to leave!
"Okay, you can call me if you need my help." After clearing the dishes on the table, she walked happily to the kitchen.
This was the first time that Liang Jingyao dressed up as a ghost, and he lingered in the room for a long time before coming out. He saw Lin Xiaoyue still busy in the kitchen, and thought she was preparing for tomorrow, so Liang Jingyao did not go in to disturb her. He just shouted "I'm leaving!" outside, and then left.
At this time, Lin Xiaoyue was so busy that she could hardly lift her head. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she took out all the ingredients for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall from the space, including chicken, duck, pig's trotters, ribs, abalone, sea cucumber, scallops, king oyster mushrooms, quail eggs, etc. The kitchen table was full of them.
She was lucky. When she was cleaning the imperial kitchen, some of the work had already been soaked and her space could keep it fresh, so she could use it directly without wasting any time!
After lighting the earthen stove, she poured a lot of water into the big pot, then cut the washed chicken, duck, pig's trotters and ribs into pieces and poured them all into the big pot to make soup.
There was a beautifully crafted clay pot from the palace in the space, but because it was labeled "made by the Emperor", she put it back with regret and replaced it with an ordinary purple clay pot from the kitchen.
After cleaning the purple clay pot, she put the ingredients in layer by layer: winter bamboo shoots, ginger slices, quail eggs, abalone, sea cucumber... When the soup base was ready, she poured it into the purple clay pot and added some wine.
Next, she took out the small stove, took out the still burning firewood from the stove and put it into the small stove, then placed the purple clay pot on it and simmered it slowly.
After about two incense sticks of time, the aroma from the purple clay pot became stronger and stronger, which made Lin Xiaoyue swallow her saliva several times. Even without tasting it, she could guess how delicious this pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was!
When she arrives at Jueweilou, how should she sell it?
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