Chapter 128 Purchase
At this moment, the lich, who was worshipped as a god, was counting his money with a mixture of pain and joy, while worrying about having nothing to sell tomorrow.
"Wow, you're worthy of being a magic college student. Your purchasing power is really strong!"
All day today, the snack bar sold at least five or six hundred chickens. They kept restocking when the stock ran out, buying out one chicken farm and moving on to another. Jiangyou and Xiaerli were working themselves to death, deboning, and battering the chickens. Dimitri and Andrei took turns pounding the meat. Finally, when the casings ran out, Dimitri and Andrei joined in the deboning, giving Jiangyou and the others a break.
During the trial operation, they were open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., only testing the process and proficiency. After selling the small amount of ingredients prepared for the day, they closed the store for a break. Then they spent half a day revising and rehearsing various problems found in the process.
Unfortunately, among the four people present, only Andre had studied in the magic academy. Moreover, Andre was a self-disciplined man who would get up at five in the morning to run, go to the library to study at eight o'clock, and had very healthy living habits. He did not notice the reversed day and night living habits of most magicians at all.
Dimitri and Charli opened the shop early at eight in the morning. By ten o'clock, when Jiangyou and Andrei finally arrived, the shop was only staffed by Ellie and the magician trio. The idle couple worried about whether they could sell the large batch of goods their daughter had taken.
But at eleven o'clock, the quiet town that was originally as quiet as if it was sleeping suddenly became lively. All the shops opened for business, and sleepy magicians with dark circles under their eyes began to appear on the streets, staggering like zombies, sniffing and looking for food.
One, two, dozens of takeout ravens came one after another, instantly filling up the takeout window of the snack bar and even filling the entire roof.
Then the hot sales scene got out of control.
The magicians who happened to arrive during the trial operation yesterday showed up today with more friends and family. The "zombie" magicians who stayed up late smelled the aroma of fried chicken, grilled sausages and egg waffles. They were in a state of hunger, waking up from sleep and craving food to replenish their energy. In less than a few minutes, a long line formed in front of the door.
Popularity attracts popularity. When people used to the bland food scene in their small town see a shop suddenly appear on the street, filled with fragrant aromas and with a long line outside the door, they will be drawn in by curiosity and greed to join the queue.
The Magic Academy had around 700 to 800 permanent students, plus the faculty, support staff, visiting scholars, passing merchants, and the general public, totaling around 3,000 to 4,000 people. Jiangyou had no doubt that a full third of the customers today were present, and if Raven takeout orders were included, the number would likely be even higher.
So a problem arises. The breeding industry, which is a bit backward in this era, seems unable to supply such a large quantity of goods.
Dozens of chicken farms dotted the outskirts of the capital, supplying chicken to the nobility, wealthy families, and restaurants throughout the capital. Because their customer base was limited and fixed, each farm could only slaughter forty to fifty chickens per day.
However, they hatch a batch of chicks every one or two days and sell adult chickens every day, focusing on a steady and long-term income. If there are any unsold adult chickens, they are mixed into the next batch and raised. Since no one wants them, they will not be killed and will roam freely in the mountains for a few more days.
——Then all these chickens were killed by Boss You.
The owners of the chicken farms were both happy and sad. Although it was great to have a big customer, they could not sell all the chickens to her family and offend other nobles. Expanding production also takes time. Even if they started hatching immediately, it would take several months to raise adult chickens.
——After all, in this era, broiler chickens that can be slaughtered quickly have not yet been bred.
"If we don't have enough chickens, pigs will do," Jiang You decided. "We can't just focus on one species. Let's do this: limit the fried chicken to fifty pieces a day, while stocks last. Then, order two more pigs a day. The ribs, tenderloin, and pork neck can all be fried. The pork belly can be made into fried pork chops, the legs can be made into sausage, the bones can be used to make soup, and the offal can be used to make pork porridge... I think those magicians who stay up all night 'cultivating immortality' also need some porridge to nourish their spleen and stomach and prevent sudden death."
Today, many customers also expressed their desire to eat some hot and salty soup dishes. Jiangyou felt that for the sake of a small amount of money, he could satisfy them.
"For pigs, we can order them directly from the processing workshop and have them slaughtered, cut up, cleaned, and sent over," Andre said. "The parts we don't need here can be sent to the brewing workshop to be made into braised meat. This way, neither side will be delayed."
The processing workshop is in a village between the West City of Eston and the Royal Capital, not far from the pig farm where they ordered pork. The village is next to the main road, and the processed pork can be conveniently sent along the main road, one to the north and the other to the south. It only takes half the distance to send it to the Royal Academy of Magic and the West City of Eston.
Moreover, this urgent delivery at full speed was completely different from the quick sightseeing trips Andre had taken Jiangyou on before, where they'd walked a few kilometers before setting up camp and enjoying the scenery. It only took a few hours to deliver. Many veterans were skilled in horseback riding and ice magic, so a full-scale magical cold transport wouldn't cost much more.
Jiang You thought this was a very good idea.
A pig weighs 200-300 kilograms, so most parts can be used. Snack shops have limited staff and space, so there's no need to make too many fancy items. Adding a few fried dishes and making a few buckets of porridge every day is enough to eat and sell.
The remaining unconsumable parts will be sent to the brewing workshop's head office, so they can order fewer whole pigs and sell Uncle Wolf's meat blind boxes when they have nothing to do, which can reduce costs.
So there was another flurry of activity. Andre went to contact and arrange the pork, while Jiangyou went to modify the new menu. He also had to teach Charles how to cook new dishes tomorrow.
Fortunately, today's income was very high. The net profit of dozens of gold coins was enough to support the operation of Andre's pig offal processing workshop, and there was even a lot of money left.
Jiang You immediately gave the couple who had been busy all day a bonus to stabilize their morale. With the money in their hands, the exhausted couple suddenly felt like they had been injected with chicken blood and felt that they could fight for another hundred years.
"Get some rest tonight. We'll open at ten tomorrow morning and start getting ready at eight."
The shop, which had been busy all day, finally turned off the lights. The veteran couple closed the shop and went to wash up and rest, while Jiangyou and Andre yawned on their way back to the hotel.
The Royal Academy of Magic was even more lively at night than in the morning. The lights on the street were bright and the starry sky above was brilliant. The two of them, holding hands, actually felt a wonderful sense of romance and sweetness.
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