Chapter 173 Five-fingered Peach Hoof Flower Soup (Part 1)
Holly readily agreed to Takuya's offer and signed a contract with her, partly out of trust in Takuya and partly out of the botanist's passion for unknown plants.
If the unknown sugar-producing plants that can withstand severe cold can be cultivated, it will be able to change the food structure of the entire Principality of Huntington and eliminate the sugar-loving people's obsession with sweets, which has been hindered by high sugar prices and has not been able to be appeased but has become increasingly distorted.
If this cultivation is successful, Holly will go down in history as the greatest botanist in the Principality of Huntington!
He didn't care that Jiang You would take three-tenths of the profit from him just for giving some advice and pointing out the direction. What he cared about was the fame he was about to gain!
The two like-minded partners hit it off immediately, each getting what they wanted, and quickly finalized the partnership agreement. However, this time, both parties felt that the contents of the agreement needed to be kept confidential, so Jiangyou only took out the photo crystal to record it.
If there is a dispute between the two in the future, this photo crystal can still serve as evidence recognized by the Duchy of Huntington.
After signing the contract, Takumi shared all her information on wild beets and several varieties used for hybridization, even creating images of them from memory in her contact book. The rest was up to Holly, the botanist, to worry about! Takumi just had to sit back and take the money.
Judging from Jiang You's current observations, this world and her world are probably some kind of parallel worlds. Although there are certain differences in the customs and cultures between the two, most plants and animals can be found in similar parallel existences... Of course, the specific characteristics need to be re-studied, but her knowledge can also speed up local research.
She bought three ginseng trees and a large pile of black beans and soybeans. She also found goji berries and galangal in Holly's greenhouse—galangal is actually used as a smoking spice here!—After finding all the ingredients, Jiangyou had Holly send a driver to follow her mule to deliver the goods, and then happily set off on the return journey.
——This business deal is a huge profit!
When she staggered back to the workshop, it was already past closing time, but she happened to run into Andrei who had just returned from the hunting ground. Andrei was accompanied by a man whom she had probably never seen before, whose face was unfamiliar but whose emotions and aura were unusually familiar.
——Oh, has Andre’s sworn brother changed his face again?
Jiangyou suddenly realized that after he turned into a lich, he would become the biggest bug in the world for those thieves and spies who often changed their faces and disguised themselves. After all, it was easy to change a fake face, and it was not difficult to disguise the voice, movements, and way of speaking, but no one could easily change the soul!
Of course, the Duchy of Huntington also has magical instruments to detect soul fluctuations.
However, the soul is a very special magical discipline. All magic related to the soul is classified as black magic. Whether it is a researcher or a user, holding a license is just the most basic requirement.
According to Huntington Duchy law, the aforementioned magical instruments for soul probing are only permitted for use by the Kingdom's Knights during investigations, and prior use requires a special warrant signed by His Majesty the King. Even then, they must only input the soul vibrations of a specific suspect into the instrument for targeted verification; they are not permitted to cast a wide net and compare the soul vibrations of all unrelated individuals.
Although Andre made a lot of noise when he first found the brewing workshop to investigate the case, he had all the necessary procedures. Jiang You had seen the first-hand materials and naturally knew about them.
Her failed lich was a massive bug, unchecked by any laws. After all, it was a racial trait of the lich, a biological instinct that couldn't be stopped.
"Hey, you're back just in time~" She clapped her bony claws happily, "Come and help me unload~"
Andrei glanced at the several 'trees' and large bags of black beans carried on the carriage behind him: "Black beans are fine...are these trees also food?"
"Their roots are really good!" Jiang You excitedly shouted to the shop, "Jericho, could you help me run to the butcher's in town and buy some pig's trotters?"
Jericho, who was cleaning the shop with Nasha, popped up when he heard this: "Okay, I took the money directly from the cash register, okay?"
"Okay, buy a few more! I'll make you five-fingered hair peach hoof soup tonight~"
No one present had heard of the name of this dish, but that didn't stop them from licking their lips in unison.
With the temptation of delicious food, everyone worked very hard: Jericho rushed out the door as if his feet were greased, and Andre and Winston picked up the potted plants and bags of black beans and walked to the back of the workshop, working hard without any complaints.
"What are these black beans for?" Andre asked. "To make more soy sauce?"
"Black bean soy sauce does taste better," Takumi said with a smile, "but this time I'm planning to make fermented black beans."
The preparation of fermented black beans is very similar to soy sauce, except that instead of adding water, white wine and spices such as star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves are added. Fermentation time for fermented black bean sauce is also short, about one to two months.
It is also a delicacy made from fermented beans. The essence of fermented black beans will still be retained in the beans, and can be further made into galangal and black bean sauce, which can be used for stir-frying, steaming fish, making black bean sauce spare ribs, and casserole fish belly.
Before, Jiangyou put the preparation of fermented black beans on hold because he couldn't make white wine. Now that all the ingredients are ready, he naturally has to start making this delicious sauce.
If she could make the galangal and black bean sauce tonight, she could bring it to use during her private cooking mission!
However, speaking of private chef tasks——
"Have you seen those dishes?" Jiang You took out the album he and Auntie Wolf had created and stuffed it into Andre's arms along with the letter from his employer. "Aunie Wolf and I designed the presentation of the dishes. You can also help me review and give me some ideas."
She raised her jaw towards Winston. "...You should be familiar with the preferences of the nobility, right?"
In fact, it’s not just about understanding the nobles’ preferences... If everything is as Andre guessed, then Winston and Vivian will be among those invited to the dinner.
Of course, it was too early to say this now, so Andrei simply flipped through the album and replied briefly, "I took a quick look at the menu on my way back, and there shouldn't be any problems. You can send this album to Ms. Ai Lin and ask her to prepare the ingredients first.
"As for the rest, we'll talk about it in detail after dinner."
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