"Miss Jiang, our Mingyue Restaurant is considering buying out the two cooking recipes you possess. What are your thoughts?" Manager Bai asked tentatively.
"As for the price, Miss Jiang, please feel free to name your price."
“Manager Bai, I don’t do buyout business,” Jiang Hua said, taking a sip of tea.
"So, what does Miss Jiang want?" Manager Bai asked, puzzled.
"Let's split it up," Jiang Hua said, putting down her teacup. "If we're going to do it, let's do it big."
"What, a profit split?" Manager Bai didn't react for a moment, then frowned and looked at Jiang Hua.
“As everyone knows, Mingyue Tower is all over the Great Sheng Kingdom. If I were to buy it all outright, wouldn’t I be losing out?” Jiang Hua said casually.
Manager Bai's eyes suddenly turned cold. Jiang Hua was just a peasant girl, how could she know so much?
“Miss Jiang, your appetite is a bit too big. You only have two recipes, and you want to share them with all of Mingyue Tower.”
"Don't be in a hurry, Manager Bai. The reason I'm asking for this is naturally because there are more than just these two recipes."
"Does Miss Jiang have any other cooking recipes?" Manager Bai's expression finally softened.
"If we sign a profit-sharing agreement, then these two recipes for today will be my bonus for signing the contract with Mingyue Tower," Jiang Hua said leisurely.
“From now on, I will send two new recipes to Mingyuelou every month.”
"This..." Manager Bai hesitated.
Ever since the Ye family opened Guangfulou, they have been at odds with Mingyuelou, either by engaging in price wars or by using every means possible to dig into Mingyuelou's dishes.
Nowadays, Mingyuelou's business is not as good as before. Take Qingshi Town for example, the customers are mostly old diners.
"I can't make such a big decision on my own. I need to send a message to our boss," Manager Bai said after thinking for a moment.
“Okay, then we’ll wait for Manager Bai’s good news,” Jiang Hua said, standing up.
"Wait, Miss Jiang, what about these two recipes for wild boar meat today..."
Right now, it would take several days to send a message back and forth, so we can't just let that wild boar in the kitchen go to waste.
"Miss Jiang, could you sell me those two recipes first?" Manager Bai asked again.
"As we just discussed, we'll give them directly to Mingyue Tower. If the subsequent cooperation doesn't work out, we'll discuss the price of these two formulas then," Jiang Hua said.
"Perfect timing. Manager Bai can also send these two recipes to your employer first, and see if these two dishes are popular."
"Since Miss Jiang has said so, I can't refuse any longer. I'll have someone bring over some writing materials right away," Shopkeeper Bai nodded.
He got up again, walked to the door, and instructed the waiter to bring up the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Jiang Hua then sat down again, and the waiter quickly brought over the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
"Miss Jiang, would you like me to write this for you?" Manager Bai asked, remembering Jiang Hua's background.
"No need, I can do it myself."
Jiang Hua picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write with confidence. The characters in the Dasheng Kingdom were similar to those in modern times, but most of them were traditional characters.
She had seen Jiang Xingzhou teaching Jiang Jingyi to read at home before, and she had also watched for a few moments.
Looking at the words on the paper, Manager Bai couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Judging from Jiang Hua's beautiful handwriting and her conversation just now, he would never believe that she was an ordinary peasant girl.
He secretly decided to send someone to check later to see if the previous information was wrong.
Previously, when Jiang Hua was selling braised pork offal at the market, Manager Bai had already taken a liking to her braising liquid recipe.
However, since she was someone Jiang Xingzhou was protecting, they didn't have a deep conversation, but simply had someone investigate briefly.
"I've written down the recipes and seasonings for those two dishes," Jiang Hua said, handing the two recipes to Manager Bai.
"Miss Jiang, what's the deal with these spices, and what are these peppercorns?" Manager Bai asked, puzzled, after carefully examining them.
"These spices and peppercorns will be another order; this is my secret recipe," Jiang Hua said with a light laugh.
"You can't find it anywhere else, and even if you do, you won't know how to match it or use it."
"Alright." Manager Bai understood. "I will also tell our master about this."
"The spices and peppercorns I brought today are just enough for you to cook this whole wild boar. They're right here in the kitchen," Jiang Hua added.
"In that case, Miss Jiang, name your price for these spices, and our Mingyue Pavilion will buy them to use for now," said Manager Bai.
"Send the recipe to the master, and prepare some spices to take with you. I also hope Miss Jiang can prepare some. I'll have the waiter fetch them later."
“Sure.” Jiang Hua nodded.
Finally, the spices and peppercorns in the basket were sold for fifteen taels of silver.
Manager Bai also went to the kitchen and asked two cooks to learn how to make these two dishes from Jiang Hua.
It was an hour later when they came out of Mingyue Tower.
"Have you had lunch yet?" Jiang Hua asked the two of them.
She was so full from tasting all the flavors in the kitchen that she didn't think about the two people outside.
"Manager Bai has already made the arrangements," Jiang Xingzhou replied, then asked:
"How did the talks go?"
"Let's wait for their employer to make a decision and negotiate a profit-sharing arrangement," Jiang Hua replied.
Jiang Xinzhou glanced at Jiang Hua with some surprise, then composed himself: "Mingyue Tower is one of the top restaurants in the capital, so it's probably not easy to negotiate."
"We'll have to wait and see what the outcome will be. Given Mingyue Tower's current situation, we'll have to see what choice its owner makes."
"So confident in yourself?" Jiang Xingzhou rarely smiled.
"That's natural."
The three of them passed by the bookstore, and Jiang Jingyi stopped and pulled Jiang Xingzhou along.
"What's wrong?"
"Father, I want to buy books to read, I want to pass the imperial examinations," Jiang Jingyi said with a determined look in his eyes.
"I also want to take the imperial examination, then no one will bully my stepmother."
"Then let's go in and take a look," Jiang Hua said gently, ruffling his hair.
Jiang Xingzhou naturally had no objections. After entering the bookstore, he went upstairs, picked out a few books and a set of writing implements, and then prepared to pay.
"Jiang Hua, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Hua looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was Madam Xu who had brought Lin Shuyan and Xu Yaozu to buy books.
"Oh, it's such a waste to have so much spare money to buy so many books and such fine writing materials for an orphan child."
Xu looked at the set of writing implements in Jiang Hua's hand and said sourly.
"What did you say? Say it again!" Jiang Xingzhou looked at Xu Shi with a cold gaze.
"Mother, say less," Xu Yaozu said impatiently.
"Since you're here to buy books, why don't you buy them for me too?"
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