At noon that day, all guests who came to the restaurant for dinner received a small plate of cold noodles for free.
This idea was of course suggested by Xue Huan. If the waiter recommended it directly to the customer, the customer would not have any idea about cold noodles and might not order much. But once they have tasted the delicious cold noodles, then... hehe, the customer would probably beg to order it.
Things turned out just as Xue Huan had guessed, and many customers were amazed by the taste of the cold noodles.
In the hot summer, a bowl of spicy and refreshing cold noodles is the best!
"Master Ding, three bowls of cold noodles!"
“Five bowls of cold noodles!”
"Ten bowls of cold noodles!"
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The sales of Liangpi have been rising, and Ding Er's technique of making Liangpi has become more and more proficient. At the same time, many portions of Liangpi's derivative - gluten - have also been sold.
Unfortunately, Master Ding was alone, and kneading the dough and washing the gluten was a time-consuming and laborious task, so the pot of cold noodles that had been prepared was quickly sold out.
The customers who successfully got the cold noodles first were still not satisfied, while the customers who didn’t get any later were sighing.
The shopkeeper could only come out to appease them, "Don't worry, everyone. We at Yingxianlou will definitely have plenty of cold noodles ready tomorrow so that everyone can have their fill!"
The production process of cold skin can actually be divided into five steps: kneading the dough, washing the dough, letting it settle, steaming the batter, cutting the cold skin into strips, and adding ingredients.
There is actually no need to assign someone to do the intermediate step of letting it sit and settle. Just let it sit overnight.
The remaining four steps can be assigned to different people to complete.
Ding Er just needs to stand by and watch over it.
In this way, the production efficiency of Liangpi is greatly improved, and waves of people come to eat Liangpi every day.
Some people also pack it up and take it home for the women and children at home to try.
It was a small bowl of cold noodles, served in a custom crystal bowl, with side dishes like shredded cucumber, shredded radish, fried peanuts, chili sauce, vinegar, etc., filling more than a dozen small plates.
The kitchen does not prepare the meal directly for the guests, but instead brings out a series of side dishes for the guests to add according to their preferences.
The overall look is very refined and high-end.
Such a portion would cost a full ten taels of silver.
A lot of expensive ones.
In fact, apart from the chili sauce, the cost of the rest may be less than fifty cents. It's so shady.
But who says Liangpi is the only one in Fengchi and even Daqi?
What we eat is novelty and face.
What's more, the cold noodles themselves taste so good.
Why would those rich people care about a mere ten taels of silver?
As a result, within just a few days, Yingxianlou's cold noodles became popular throughout Fengchi County.
Although Yingxianlou has done a good job of keeping secrets, there are always smart people in this world.
In addition to diners, there are also many colleagues who come to Yingxianlou to eat cold noodles and want to learn from them.
Colleagues all want to crack the secret of Liangpi so that they can make a fortune.
Among them, the Imperial Kitchen is the most urgent.
The Imperial Kitchen, which could once compete with the Yingxianlou, has now completely become a smaller brother, and its business is not even one-tenth of that of the Yingxianlou.
After buying the cold noodles from Yingxianlou, Master Gao pondered over it day and night, but he just couldn't figure out the key.
Since imitation didn't work, Yushanlou naturally came up with some crooked tricks, such as bribing the chefs and waiters of Yingxianlou.
Trying to find out the secret of making Liangpi.
How could Ye Diao not be on guard against this? He had already signed a confidentiality agreement with those chefs.
Unfortunately, money makes the world go round. Under the financial offensive of the Imperial Kitchen, an apprentice in the kitchen couldn't hold on and became an undercover agent for the Imperial Kitchen.
However, this apprentice was helping in the big kitchen, while the cold noodles were made in the small kitchen, so he couldn't find out much information. He only knew that the restaurant had recently purchased a large amount of flour.
From this we can infer that Liangpi is made of flour, but knowing this alone is of no use.
Before the apprentice could find out more information, he was discovered.
"Master, I had no choice but to do this. My father broke his leg last year, and my mother is sick again. I have two younger brothers and sisters at home. My salary is not even enough to buy medicine for my mother... Master, please let me go. I won't dare to do this again..."
The apprentice lay on the ground, crying breathlessly, and even the shopkeeper, who was originally very angry, couldn't help but sigh.
Ye Diao played with the white jade fan pendant, "Uncle Sheng, how do you think we should handle this?"
"this……"
The apprentice rushed to the shopkeeper and grabbed his clothes. "Uncle Sheng, I've never been lazy and I work very hard. Please, for the sake of our past friendship, put in a good word for me to the young master... If I'm kicked out, my parents and my younger siblings will definitely not be able to survive..."
Ye Diao suddenly chuckled: "Uncle Sheng, give him thirty taels of silver from the account."
The apprentice was overjoyed and kept kowtowing to him, "Thank you very much, sir, thank you very much, sir!"
"No need to thank me, just take the money and leave. Yingxianlou won't dare hire you anymore. With these thirty taels of silver, I think your family will be able to survive for a while, and your parents and siblings won't have to worry about dying. I believe that someone as filial, hardworking, and clever as you will be able to find a good job even if you leave Yingxianlou."
After saying this, Ye Diao opened his fan, turned around and left.
The apprentice kneeling on the ground was dumbfounded. Even the joy of getting a sum of money for free was gone. After leaving Yingxian Tower like this, who would dare to employ him in the future?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel regretful.
Why couldn't I resist the temptation at that time!
But it's too late to regret now.
The shopkeeper handed the money to the apprentice and patted him on the shoulder. "Our young master has done his utmost for you. You should take care of yourself from now on."
After that, the shopkeeper did a better job of keeping the kitchen confidential and was determined not to allow any possibility of the dishes being leaked.
But prevention alone is not enough. Only when the interests of the restaurant are linked to their own interests will the chefs be more vigilant.
So Ye Diao simply gave some shares to Ding Er and two other experienced chefs. The shares were not much, but this move was unprecedented. It not only made the three chefs more loyal to Yingxianlou, but also gave other chefs hope.
They have all seen how prosperous Yingxianlou's business has been recently. It is no exaggeration to say that it is making a fortune every day.
If they could also get shares, they could make money without doing anything!
Motivated by shares, the chefs in the kitchen work harder.
The reputation of Yingxianlou's cold noodles spread throughout Fengchi, and Feng Xian naturally heard of it as well.
Ever since he ate the meal that Ye Diao sent him last time, he has been thinking about it every day.
However, since he returned to Fengchi, every day he received visiting cards from one family after another. In just a few days, he had received a thick stack of visiting cards.
Now he is just an old man who has retired from the court and does not want to be involved in any struggle again.
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