Chapter 151 Garden Restaurant Opens
After all this operation, although it cost a lot of money to invest in building a factory, customizing various machines, and hiring manpower, the money earned was also considerable.
The semi-automated noodle factory boasts a massive output, with a flour-to-water ratio of approximately 3:1. Aside from manual kneading, everything else is done by magical machines, easily churning out hundreds of kilograms of dried noodles in a single day.
If you spread it out evenly, the cost of this semi-automatic industrial output is very low. The actual cost of a bag of noodles is only a few nickels, but you can get back a share of the profits of one copper coin, which is pure profit.
In this case, dry noodles do not need to be sold too expensively. They are necessities of life. There is no need to rush to make money in such a place. Small profits but quick turnover is the right way.
...Well, actually the profit is not that thin.
The nationwide popularity of dried noodles significantly improved the diet of the people of Huntington, especially those traveling, hunting, and exploring. Simply carrying a few packets of dried noodles, a can of noodle sauce, a small pot, and a pair of chopsticks, one could simply enjoy delicious food anywhere.
In addition to the fish sauce and noodle factories, Jiangyou also opened soy sauce, noodle sauce, and fermented black bean factories. Most of the veterans were assigned to work in these factories. Those with culinary and craft skills were placed by Jiangyou in gourmet food shops near the workshop.
As Alexi's craftsmanship improved, the output of the tofu workshop was greatly improved, and the variety also increased sharply. Jiangyou also used dragon crystal to build a fermentation room specifically for fermenting moldy tofu, making fermented tofu, stinky tofu and other fermented delicacies.
In addition, Jiangyou and Andre found a plot of land near the river and had a group of veterans raise ducks and geese there. The duck eggs were used to make salted and preserved eggs, and the ducks and geese were fattened up for meat, greatly enriching the variety of meat available.
After the busy days of Jiangyou and Andre building factories everywhere were over, the living standards of the people in Wilshire County had quietly improved significantly, and Jiangyou's new restaurant was finally built and opened.
"We can finally open." Jiang You put his hands on his pelvis, looked at his new restaurant, and slowly exhaled a breath of hot air.
To be honest, it didn't take much time to build the restaurant. It was just that Jiangyou wanted a beautiful garden greenhouse restaurant, so the various soft decorations and flower transplanting and arrangement after the restaurant was built were the highlights that took a lot of time and effort.
Fortunately, with the help of the Axe family, the final result was quite gratifying.
The Dragon Crystal greenhouse restaurant is planted in sections with various tropical plants that require care, sunlight, and high temperatures. Inside the restaurant, there are also entire sections of Dragon Crystal walls separating the planting area from the dining area where guests are seated.
In this way, guests can enjoy the beautiful garden scenery happily without worrying about insects such as bees flying out and affecting their mood for enjoying the food. They can also enjoy the cool temperature without being sweating in the greenhouse which is maintained at over 30 degrees Celsius on a daily basis.
With the dragon crystal partitions, Jiangyou can even grow more than a dozen delicate plants with different requirements for temperature, water, and sunlight in this greenhouse restaurant: pineapple, lychee, passion fruit, kiwi, basil, thyme, mint, rosemary, lemongrass, perilla, and rose...
In time, she will be self-sufficient in fruits, herbs, and vegetables!
There is also a huge dragon crystal seawater tank in the middle of the greenhouse, which houses the fresh seafood provided by Xiaolong that day. Whatever the guests want to eat is caught, killed and cooked immediately, with absolutely no cheating.
The stone restaurant next to it is also very grand: with a spacious foyer, dragon crystal doors and windows, and excellent lighting and ventilation.
There aren't many plants here, but the decor is still warm and beautiful. The furnishings are somewhat similar to the original brewery, with large and small dining tables placed in the front hall on the first floor, separated by a bar counter and cashier, and a spacious kitchen and storage room in the back.
A back door for receiving goods remained behind the kitchen. The staircase to the second floor was moved to the right side of the house, eliminating the need to pass through the first-floor dining room, effectively protecting the privacy of the nobles. The second and third floors housed private rooms, both large and small, perfect for nobles or wealthy merchants seeking confidential discussions.
Outside the new store is a whole well-maintained garden where less delicate plants are planted. Various juicy vegetables grow in the ground, looking very tempting and green.
After the restaurant was built, Jiangyou moved the freezer to the storage room, and the kitchen utensils, equipment, and signage from the original brewing workshop were also gradually moved in. When the restaurant opened, the original brewing workshop began a major renovation.
During this period, the troll engineering team had one job after another. However, the trolls had food and money to eat, and they were very happy to work.
Aside from Ferias, who was unreliable and only responsible for taking orders and settling accounts, the trolls' craftsmanship was truly excellent, their aesthetic taste was spot on, and they completed each project with integrity. Jiangyou and Andrei also paid them readily, making the cooperation a pleasant one.
The items left behind by Mi You and Mi Funa in the brewing workshop had been removed and sealed by Andrei and the Kingdom's knights for investigation. Mi Funa's magical tomes were so numerous, Andrei had several voracious and capable magicians and their assistants examine them. Although progress was slow, they did discover a number of issues.
In those magic books, all the parts about "Lich" and "Immortality" have been tampered with to some extent. Not only have the contents been changed, but the pages have also been sprinkled with hallucinogenic drugs, which can make people drowsy and confused, and are prone to various auditory and visual hallucinations.
"Mi You might have been tricked," Andrei analyzed. "But Mi Funa is a potion master, so it's impossible for her not to have noticed the potions. These potions must have been sprinkled after Mi Funa's death and before Mi You returned to the workshop.
“At that time, the workshop was vacant, and Aunt Wolf wasn’t at home all the time, so it was very easy to sneak into such an empty house.
"It seems that Mi You's poor mental state at the time was probably also affected by some of the potion."
But these still cannot help them find the motive of the mastermind behind the attack on Mi You, let alone determine the identity of the mastermind... they have to continue investigating.
Jiang You shrugged. She wasn't as good at investigating crimes as Andrei. All her knowledge came from playing games, reading novels, and watching TV in a past life. Unless the suspect stood in front of her and asked her to sniff and lick the soul fire... well, when it came to consuming soul fire to solve cases, she was an expert.
The brewing workshop was being renovated, so the two of them and Jericho had to find another place to stay. Fortunately, Jiangyou now had a lot of businesses, so they moved directly into the empty room upstairs of the tofu workshop.
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