On the tenth day of August, the palace finally enjoyed a few days of peace.
All the money that should be paid has been paid. If there is any secret resentment, that is indeed there, and some people have also directly asked for help from Concubine Jiang in the palace.
But Imperial Concubine Jiang had mixed feelings. She also wanted to deal with these people swiftly and decisively.
She made an attempt to release someone from the palace last May, but as we all know, it naturally failed. She profited from it, so it was the best of both worlds.
Xie Pei's work this year made her feel both admiration and jealous.
Why does he have such ability? Why not her son?
After looking at every single thing, Concubine Jiang wasn't even sure about the eldest prince becoming the crown prince.
Sometimes the gap is so big that it can make people despair.
But no matter what, the matter has been settled. Xie Pei dealt with the palace faster than the court. One reason was that he had experience, and the other was that he did not want to cause trouble and let the saint stop him.
So now the saint is restless day and night.
He was also wondering why, why whatever Xie Pei did, whatever the Ding family did, could succeed.
But looking at the treasury accounts sent by the Ministry of Revenue, he was reluctant to stop.
If we stop Xie Pei's actions, there will be no more money in the national treasury.
If he is not stopped, Xie Pei's power will inevitably grow.
When the saint hesitated, more silver was given to make him shut up.
Anyway, it's to fill up his treasury, so Xie Pei can do whatever he wants. The people sent by the saint only do one thing, and that is to keep an eye on the prince. If he embezzles money, he must be caught at the first opportunity.
Unfortunately, now that the matter is over, Xie Pei has never seen the silver, so the items confiscated were only the accounts, not his own hands.
We also ask the Grand Secretary of Zhongji Palace to supervise and ensure that the Ministry of Revenue will not embezzle any of the funds.
Everything is done openly and aboveboard, and there is no way to criticize it.
So when he wanted to deal with the people in the palace, the saint was unable to stop him at all.
There's no way, the previous work was done so beautifully.
The palace's handling of the matter also attracted attention. It was quick, clean and left no room for criticism. The performance of several female officials was particularly outstanding.
But no matter how much the female officials supervised, no one dared to do anything to them because they were from the Ministry of Rites, not from your inner and outer palaces.
They are also in charge of the meals of various departments. If you want to eat well in the future, it is better not to take it out on them.
Anyway, it's over.
The saint watched everything as if he had no power to stop it.
He was hoping that this incident would cause the court officials to become alienated from Xie Pei, but who could have thought that he would actually come up with the idea of "donating money".
By donating the embezzled money, they can be let off for the time being and not hate him, but they will still be afraid in their hearts, fearing that Xie Pei will bring up old scores at any time.
Xie Pei must have evidence in his hands. If he brings up old scores, their lives will be in the hands of the prince.
Therefore, these people have only one choice, and that is to be loyal to the prince. Only by being loyal to the prince from now on and becoming part of the prince's party can they have a chance of saving their lives.
I don't want to be rich or powerful, as long as I can maintain my dignity.
Anyone who can become an official in Beijing and has amassed countless wealth must have some skills and naturally has a strong ability to judge the situation.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see it.
Among the three princes of Tianxiang Kingdom, only Xie Pei can shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the future crown prince.
People all admire the strong, so they naturally feel different when facing such a future monarch.
The same thing.
Which minister doesn't want to meet his "previous emperor"?
So the matter was almost over, and the saint didn't want to mention it again, since he did benefit from it anyway.
Look at the full treasury. There is more money in the treasury than when his father was alive. This is already a lot better.
Didn’t you see how the ministers who came with him to Yuhua Palace praised him?
Anyway, he had a very comfortable time during this period.
Lady Qiang peeled a lychee and handed it to the Saint: "These lychees from Lingnan are indeed delicious. Please have another one."
The saint took the hand of the beautiful lady Qiang and ate one, praising her: "It tastes really good, but it's a pity that Lingnan is too far away. Even with all our efforts, we can only send more than ten."
Beautiful Lady Qiang looked at the southern fruits that she had never seen before with envy in her heart, but she was still smiling. If she had a slightly expressionless face, the alien features on her face would have been revealed.
"But I heard that the Crown Prince has hundreds of them, which he has distributed to many important officials in the capital, and even the palace maids have some." Lady Qiang said, "If he has such a good thing, why doesn't he give it to the Saint first?"
The saint was originally unhappy because of his involvement in the black market case, but he finally felt relieved after looking at the treasury accounts.
But when he heard what Miss Qiang said, he felt disgusted.
Every time I think Xie Pei is more pleasing to the eye, I come to do all these messy things.
Is he the emperor, or is Xie Pei the emperor?
Seeing this, Lady Qiang comforted him, "The Saint is the master of the world. What the Saint says is what it is. If we really get serious, no one is better than you, the Saint."
This sounds normal, but when I think about it carefully, I feel like something is not right.
Anyway, what I mean is that even the prince would have to listen to you, and he is definitely not as powerful as you.
The saint naturally thought so in his heart, but now Xie Pei had just finished an important task and no one could say anything, so he simply closed his eyes and rested.
When Lady Qiang saw this, she already knew what was going on.
After testing for a while, she had learned that Xie Pei was really not liked by the Emperor of Tianxiang.
As for the remaining two princes, the eldest prince is weak and useless, while the second prince is cunning but full of cleverness.
In the eyes of others, these were not two useful princes.
But in the eyes of Lady Qiang, Tianxiang Kingdom must have a prince like this as the crown prince.
The current Crown Prince of Tianxiang Kingdom is good in every way except that he is too smart.
Being too smart is a good thing for Tianxiang Kingdom, but it is not a good thing for other countries.
Although the atmosphere in the Mountain Resort is peaceful and harmonious, some dissatisfaction is gradually accumulating.
But it's normal to be dissatisfied here.
Whether it is Su Wan, Xie Pei, or even the people below, they must understand that the saint will be unhappy, but if he is unhappy, will he stop doing anything?
This is the road to power. If you are timid, you should not be in power.
For example, the issue of asking various departments in the palace to "open up new sources" was also brought up again.
Taking the lead this time is the Dessert Department of Shangshisi Zaliku.
The reason is simple. From the maids to the Ministry of Rites, everyone knows how much money can be earned by opening a small store in those 20 days.
These people are all shrewd people. You don't need to do the math to know that if this store is bigger and sells more things, no one will ignore the money it makes.
More importantly, it can also meet the prince's desire to simplify things.
Have fewer eunuchs and maids in the palace to reduce the financial burden.
Anyway, the people in the palace are not there to serve the officials, so the officials naturally have no objections.
The main reason is that the amount of silver confiscated this time is too much, and even if those who concealed the truth are excluded, there are still more than 30,000 silver coins in the inner and outer cities of the palace. When the saint and his men return from the palace, the number will exceed 35,000. Who wouldn't be shocked to hear that?
The Ministry of Revenue is eager to cut expenses and reduce employment right now.
But these were decided by the previous emperor, so how can they be reduced at will? Now Kongzhang Sheren's open-source method is the best way to accommodate these palace people.
Apart from other things, the Ministry of Revenue will be very happy if the money earned is enough to cover the expenses of its own office. But it cannot expect to make as much money as the Department of Confectionery.
According to Kongzhang Sheren, this is called bearing one's own profits and losses.
This word is wonderful.
But speaking of it, how come Kong Zhang Sheren is so smart? Every suggestion he makes is eye-opening.
Some people are also curious about who Kong Zhang Sheren is and why he has never appeared.
We can talk about these things later. At present, Sheren Kongzhang is discussing with the maids in the dessert department how to reopen the store.
The maids were naturally happy to hear that the business could reopen, but they soon thought of the problem.
Today is already the tenth day of August. We want to sell the snow skin mooncakes before the fifteenth day, but the time is too tight.
The maids said, "Making mooncakes is easy. The mooncakes that need to be sent out in and out of the palace are basically ready. The problem is what to do with the store."
“To open a large dessert shop, there are so many things that need to be done.”
Choosing a store and opening a store both take time.
There is no need to worry about the dessert making part. The maids in the dessert department have been making desserts all their lives and have experienced all kinds of situations. They are not afraid of these at all.
But opening a shop is not easy. They have spent half their lives in the palace and have no idea about the outside world.
Since Su Wan dared to come here, she must have been prepared.
In other words, she and Xie Pei were well prepared.
Some time ago, there was a buzz in the palace because of the issue of checking the number of people and checking the accounts.
The two guards from Lingtaisi were helping her with another task.
Zhou Zhao and Chai Huan followed Su Wan's instructions and went to the Kyoto Store and Housing Department to check. This department is in charge of public housing in Kyoto.
Most of these public housing came from two places. One was the private residences, houses and shops of confiscated criminals, and the other was the houses renovated by the government. Among them, the Salesian Hall mentioned earlier also belonged to the Shop and House Department, also known as the Shop and House Affairs Department.
The new Salesian Church built in the western suburbs was rebuilt and renovated after a temple run by fake monks was raided.
Originally, according to Xie Pei's idea, he could transfer his bodyguard Xiao Song or Zang Dongxin to Su Wan.
But this kind of thing was not something that could be done by the two of them, so in the end Zhou Zhao and Chai Huan were chosen. They had met them both at Bi Guang Mountain last time, so they were familiar with each other.
One of them is loyal, and the other is smart and careful. They are an excellent partner.
The purpose of asking them to work in shops and houses is to find suitable shops from the "public housing".
The shop must be large, grand, and have a good location.
Not only that, it would also be best if the decoration was beautiful and luxurious, so that it could have the style of a royal store.
Su Wan had a lot of requirements, but she didn't make them casually. It was very easy to find a good store now.
Firstly, it was wanted by the Imperial Palace’s Imperial Chefs, and secondly, she knew that many corrupt officials had just had their properties confiscated!
Confiscating a house does not just mean searching for gold, silver, and jewelry. All shops and farms must be nationalized.
Now go to the store and find a suitable and luxurious large shop, which is just right.
She just didn't believe that there was no luxurious large store for her to use.
Sure enough, under the banner of the palace, and with the recently popular Lingtaisi guards coming over, the store and house affairs became extremely enthusiastic.
At the beginning of August, a store had been found, and Su Wan didn't have to worry about the subsequent renovations.
Zhou Zhao and Chai Huan did it very well without anyone telling them to do so. The reason was obvious: this was Su Wan! A princeling!
And he obviously has a very good relationship with the prince.
The money used for the repairs was also recorded in the Ministry of Rites' accounts, and the Ministry of Rites was generous in paying it. After all, the Confectionery Department gave half of the revenue from the previous twenty days of business.
This time, the money for renovation is nothing for the reopening.
It has the gimmick of royal cuisine, the cooking skills of the palace maids, and the support of the prince.
It's hard for this luxurious dessert shop not to make money.
So once we talk about opening a store, the store can be opened.
When Su Wan took the dessert maids to the dessert shop, she was extremely surprised.
Is this a bit too luxurious?
Upon seeing this, Chai Huan immediately said, "It's not that we renovated it to be luxurious, it's that it was luxurious to begin with."
This is one of the places where corrupt officials drink tea and enjoy incense. The store is very large and is located in Dashiki Yongfang, east of the Imperial Street. Dashiki Yongfang has an excellent location, and it has the widest street in all of Kyoto. Apart from the Imperial Street, this market is the most impressive.
But even such a nice store was decorated with carved beams and painted buildings by corrupt officials and was only used to entertain guests.
This store seems to be extremely deserted all year round. No one knows how they make money. Anyway, the only people who come here are friends and high-ranking officials.
Opening a shop on such a nice street, which is only used for drinking tea among family members, is a clear act of showing off wealth.
After the house was confiscated, some people wanted to buy the store and house business and do business with it, but it was too expensive, so they gave up.
In the end, it was a good deal for Su Wan and her group. After all, it was the palace that rented the house and the Ministry of Rites paid for it, so they naturally didn't care about these things.
Look at this two-story store. The first floor is separated into front and back, and the back can be converted into a kitchen for making dim sum. The second floor is a private room, which is only slightly separated by a screen.
But according to Su Wan and the maids, the second floor is not open at all, and the seats on the first floor are just for everyone to queue up.
In other words, you can only take out, not dine in.
They had no intention of running a business in the store at all. Such a beautiful store was only used to sell snacks.
After all, buying and selling snacks and serving tea and hiring waiters are two different businesses.
Just set up a row of counters on the first floor, ask the palace maids and eunuchs to pack the snacks behind the counter, and the maids to make the snacks in the backyard. It's that simple.
Some people also say that it’s a pity to have such a grand store but not entertain customers.
I'm sorry, but this is how it is for us at Royal Palace Desserts. If you like it, come and buy it. If you don't like it, there's nothing we can do.
Having said that, one can only sigh that it is worthy of being a royal store and is different from others.
In fact, it is quite strange. If the Dessert Company did business like this, the officials in the court would have nothing to say, let alone say that selling things is shameful. They just think that it still has some dignity.
If I were to be polite and serve customers with a smile like an ordinary businessman, these people would despise me instead.
Su Wan smiled without saying anything, and sooner or later she would become a commoner.
Things like egg tarts, almond crisps, and snow skin mooncakes are made to be eaten by people. It's boring to be arrogant, as if if people are more arrogant, the things they give will also be more luxurious.
But doing this at the beginning can not only shut up the people, but also make the maids feel better.
The most important thing is that royal desserts must be a bit grand, so that customers can be convinced. After being made for a long time and getting stuck, it’s time to find a way out and a different business method.
After deciding, the first place the maids looked at was naturally the kitchen.
A kitchen for making dim sum is naturally different from an ordinary kitchen. With Zhou Zhao and Chai Huan here, it had been modified long ago, so there must be no problem now.
Everything from the beginning to the end was to the liking of the maids.
And everything is ready and can start at any time.
Seeing this, the head nanny couldn't help but ask, "Su Wan, did you arrange this a long time ago?"
Su Wan smiled: "I received the order before, but I didn't know when it could be used, so I prepared it early. I didn't expect it to be ready in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Zhou Zhao and Chai Huan looked at each other in bewilderment. If they remembered correctly, Miss Su Wan had said long ago that it had to be completed before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Why don't you tell the truth now?
If you think about it carefully, apart from them, no one else knows that Su Wan has such a good relationship with the prince, so they can calculate that the store can be opened before Mid-Autumn Festival.
If an ordinary person had the same connections as Su Wan, he would have been arrogant long ago. Only she looked like nothing had happened.
However, these words have brought everyone's thoughts to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Yes.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival when the moon is full, every household needs snacks, especially moon cakes.
The dessert shop opened by Shangshisi sells snow skin mooncakes!
When this news came out, except for those in the court who knew the inside story, other people found it incredible.
Isn’t it said that snow skin mooncakes are only available in the imperial palace?
Why is that store with just the word "sweet" on its sign also selling things?
"Are you stupid? This is a store in the palace."
"Remember the small dessert window at Nanxunfang? It was open for 20 days. The desserts there were really delicious. The only downside was that they were limited in quantity. If you didn't line up in advance, you wouldn't be able to buy any."
"What do you mean the only drawback is that it's limited edition? Expensive is also a drawback. You mean, they reopened a big store, and this is it?"
Because of the preparations made by the previous small window, the news that the dessert company was going to open a large store spread quickly.
The palace's dessert department is opening a dessert shop!
The store is much bigger than the last one!
And they also sell snow skin moon cakes!!!
Snow skin mooncake?!
This royal mooncake, which suddenly appeared two years ago, was highly praised when it came out, and was even praised by a saint.
But the people have never found the right method and simply don’t know how to do it.
Let alone doing it, most people have never seen it.
Therefore, only important officials of the court or nobles in the palace have tasted this mooncake.
Are there going to be shops selling mooncakes like this open among the public?
Many people find it unbelievable.
At the same time, I wondered why the ministers didn't stop it and say that it was a loss of royal dignity?
The reason is simple, they want to eat too!
The snow skin mooncakes distributed by the palace every year are never enough to eat, and it is not easy to buy them.
Now that there are shops outside, they can buy it!
Buy as much as you want!
Besides, who doesn’t want to eat egg tarts made by a dessert chef?
Who doesn’t want to eat butterfly cakes made by a dessert company?
For the sake of satisfying your own and your family's appetite, don't be so nosy. Open a store and give the old ladies more things to do. What's wrong with that?
I have to say that opening up the dessert department to the outside world is a great start.
There are people in this world, from saints to beggars.
Who doesn’t like to eat? Who doesn’t like to eat delicious food?
Who can resist delicious snacks?
Starting with delicious food may not seem like a big deal, but it is something that no one can refuse.
So basically, it doesn’t matter.
If it were replaced with the Baochaosi or the Ciqiku, people would probably start arguing about things like royal face, court dignity and so on.
When it comes to food, it’s not that complicated.
No one can resist delicious food!
And the foundation laid in those twenty days, anyone who understands knows what that means.
This means that if the Dessert Department is successful, other departments will be more confident when they come out to "open up new sources" in the future.
They have had enough of the days of an empty treasury!
Look at how it feels to be rich recently. Not only are the benefits distributed more frequently, but all departments are given every penny they deserve, and even the use of ice can be increased.
When the provinces wanted to build dams, we did not reject them outright and let them figure it out on their own, but instead gave them a plan for discussion.
These words made the ministers who were dedicated to getting things done almost shed tears.
So the dessert shop is attracting everyone's attention and expectations.
Ordinary people don't need to think so much, they just need to know that August 14th! The dessert shop will be open for trial operation!
You can pre-order snow skin mooncakes on this day. The deluxe ice cream snow skin mooncakes are 800 wen each, the ordinary snow skin mooncakes are 200 wen each, and the most common old-fashioned mooncakes have different prices.
At the same time, egg tarts were put back on the shelves, this time not only were there no quantity limits, but the price was also reduced from 500 wen to 50 wen.
Don’t ask why the price is so different, just buy it or not.
There is also the dessert company's signature butterfly cakes, and something called puffs. A box of butterfly cakes costs twenty taels, while a box of puffs only costs twenty cents.
These prices also made everyone look sideways.
I used to think that only rich people could afford it, but now I feel like ordinary people can also try it for a cheap price?
The dim sum menu and prices were what caught everyone's attention.
What the Dessert Department announced the next moment was even more shocking.
Especially those other dessert shops that look sad.
When it comes to the dessert shop opening, what is unhappy about it?
It must be a dessert shop of all sizes in Kyoto. It was fine that they used to sell their desserts at a high price due to limited quantities, but now not only are they no longer limited in quantity, they also have cheap desserts. Obviously, they will increase their product categories in the future, which is a dimensionality reduction attack on them.
Let’s talk about fame first.
That came from the palace!
Serving the saints and nobles!
Need I even mention this reputation? At the beginning, Su Wan's maid Jing Ju was so excited just by eating the snacks from the palace that Su Wan brought. You can imagine how excited others were.
Then comes the taste.
Please, it's from the palace! That's the same reason!
How could he stay in the palace for so long if he cooked something so bad? He should have been kicked out long ago. Not being beheaded is a sign of mercy from the saints.
So it is absolutely correct to say that the Dessert Department’s appearance is a dimensionality reduction attack.
Although they don't understand this word, it's roughly the same meaning.
Even in the palace, no one thought that the Confectionery Department would lose money. Since the Ministry of Rites was so willing to pay, they also thought that it would definitely make a profit, it was just a matter of how much.
There is no way, there are too many natural advantages, and Su Wan can make perfect use of them.
Therefore, other stores all felt that life was difficult. The more praise the outsiders gave to this dessert shop which had not yet opened, the more uncomfortable they felt.
This is normal.
It’s okay for a big shop, but a small shop has to bear the burden of supporting the entire family.
Even Mr. Su is a little worried, let alone others.
So Su Wan discussed it with the maids early on.
The dessert shop would stop business for three days during the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Festivals every year to teach pastry chefs and ordinary people from all over Tianxiang Country how to make a certain kind of dessert from the dessert shop.
Things like the Spring Festival are sacrificial activities held in spring, summer, autumn and winter every year. They have evolved from pure sacrificial activities in the beginning to activities like temple fairs.
It has less meaning of sacrificial offering and more of celebrating the harvest with fun.
Therefore, the dessert shop has to take out three days each year in each season to stop doing business and instead focus on teaching.
Teach the people of Tianxiang Kingdom how to make palace snacks.
This is something Su Wan had thought about a long time ago.
She had worked in the Imperial Kitchen for a long time, sorted out countless documents, and also wrote a booklet on Tianxiang Ice Drinks.
However, the iced drinks that were popular last year were only popular among dignitaries. The Tianxiang Ice Drink booklet had long been shelved. It was not that the Ministry of Rites did not attach importance to it. The Ministry of Rites also put the booklet among the vast number of books. Although it was not considered a heirloom, it was also included in the books.
But this book and this food should not be put on the shelf.
Books are bought to be read, food is bought to be eaten.
It is not for worship, but for treasure.
Then it loses its original meaning.
That jokey booklet on iced drinks is fine, but are the thousands of sweet and savory desserts in the dessert department also going to be buried in a pile of old papers?
It would be better to pull them out and let them come back to life.
If a food is delicious, it can be passed down from ancient times to the present because people often eat it and they like it, so it can be passed down from generation to generation.
Only in the imperial palace does it hinder their brilliance.
He also taught Kyoto shops how to make a few more kinds of snacks and imparted his skills to them, which helped to alleviate their business problems.
As soon as the dessert shop opened, it became famous, the food was delicious and there were many varieties.
So if others cannot compete, then they should slowly pass on the latter two. There will always be a store that can make delicious and inexpensive food, so that the high-end palace snacks can become something that everyone can taste.
Su Wan didn't explain much, she just said to the nanny: "With a store as big as ours and coming from the palace, it's inevitable that we will compete with the common people for profits."
"It's not easy for ordinary people to make a living, and it's even harder to make a living by relying on their own skills."
"Teaching them can not only stop people from accusing us of competing with the people for profits, but also help spread the word."
"We are the palace's dessert department. It would not be good if we only think about petty profits and lose the dignity of the palace."
This sounds complicated, but it actually means one thing: to elevate the people in the palace, we cannot really compete with the common people for profit. We are not here to do business, but to pass on skills.
Compared to the money earned from doing business, isn’t it better to pass on the craft of dim sum?
When Su Wan said this, some people were shut up.
They themselves said that they would not compete with the people for profit and would also teach palace skills. What else is there to say?
Is this making money? No, this is earning respectability.
Su Wan looked at the maids' expressions and knew that this rhetoric was effective.
Even the Porcelain Storehouse and the Treasury Bureau could use this rhetoric in the future, and instead stipulate that skills must be imparted selflessly while ensuring that the people's shops could survive and live well.
After all, this is a recipe from the palace. Many people can't afford the desserts from the dessert shop, so they can't afford the desserts from small shops.
Su Wan also thought about it and came up with this idea. Moreover, unlike the Li family, steaming dishes is a family tradition, so they will not teach it to others.
But the dessert recipes of the Dessert Department were all from the palace, so the maids didn’t feel bad about teaching them.
So when the Dessert Department released the news, those sad-looking pastry shop owners simply couldn't believe their ears.
Teach four palace desserts every year?
Did you hear that right?
If a store can have one kind of imperial pastry, it is enough to support the store for a lifetime, and can even be passed down to the next generation.
So once the palace snacks were spread out, everyone would be willing to spend all their money to learn it, but now they can be taught for free?
If they learn well, what about business?
No matter how big the dessert company is, or how many kinds of desserts it makes, can it handle all the business in Kyoto? Of course it's impossible.
This is to give them opportunities to improve their skills and make more money.
If business is not good in Kyoto, then go to other places to sell palace snacks. How can you not make money?
In a word, if you have the skills, everything will be easy.
As for what to teach in the coming winter?
After asking around, I found out that all the dessert shops and dessert chefs in Kyoto were going crazy.
The Dessert Department will advance the winter teaching to teach you how to make egg tarts between September 15th and September 18th!
Free teaching!
Just sign up in advance! Teach 200 people in one day, 600 people in three days!
This number of people is simply exaggerated, but their dessert shop is big enough to accommodate so many people!
And those who can learn it have some basic knowledge of desserts, so it’s easy to learn!
Anyway, when Mr. Su heard the news, he immediately signed up for the course. His boss at Qingfenglou also urged him to sign up. If he learned how to make egg tarts, he could increase his income!
The Dessert Department will definitely teach with all our heart. How well everyone learns and whether the food tastes good or not depends on each individual's ability.
At this point, before the dessert shop of Desserts Tsukasa even opened, it had become the most popular shop in Kyoto.
Customers want to eat there, and colleagues are waiting to learn the cooking skills.
Even the Censorate praised it for being a worthy office within the palace, saying it had foresight and magnanimity.
Those who tried to slander the Sweets Department as being money-minded were not able to say a word.
Sometimes making concessions does not mean you are at a disadvantage.
But Su Wan really wanted to make concessions now. To put it bluntly, she was the one who brought the egg tart recipe and she didn't mind, let alone others.
After opening this store, Su Wan did not take care of the kitchen affairs. Did she still need to take care of those maids?
She just needs to take care of these things so that everyone can devote themselves to their work.
Even the details were taken care of by Zhou Zhao and Chai Huan.
Wait until August 13, the eve of the store opening.
The people transferred to the Dessert Department to work were also in place. First, five maids and five palace maids were transferred from the Dessert Department.
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent over five eunuchs and five old palace maids.
The people from the Dessert Department were naturally responsible for making desserts. The head nanny was the manager of the dessert shop, and the people transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were there to help out, selling things and collecting money.
These five eunuchs and five old palace maids are all getting old, and they cannot be promoted, and they have no family if they leave the palace.
I was sent here while I was hesitant. If nothing unexpected happens, my monthly salary will be paid by the dessert shop, which will naturally be more than that in the palace.
When the Ministry of Revenue heard the news, it was so happy that it couldn't sleep.
This little palace maid Su Wan is so capable in her work.
Everything was arranged one by one, and word spread out slowly one thing at a time, so that everyone could hear the news they wanted to hear.
The prince really has a keen eye for talent.
Not only can you find a genius like Kong Zhang Sheren, but you can also get to know a young palace maid like Su Wan.
As the store develops slowly in the future, it will be able to accept more palace servants, without cutting staff, so the number of staff in the palace departments can return to "healthy".
After all, there are many departments waiting to follow the example of the Dessert Department.
Let the people in the palace come out one after another, and then reduce the number of people when selecting palace servants in the future.
With more expenditure and less income, within three to five years, as long as there is no trouble in the palace, the number of expenses can be reduced a lot.
On August 14, Xie Pei took Su Wan out of the palace early and went to the dessert shop.
The two thought they had arrived early enough, but when they saw the long line at the dessert shop, they took a few steps back.
"I remember the door opened at 9 o'clock?" Xie Pei asked.
Su Wan was mainly responsible for this matter, so Xie Pei confirmed it again.
Si time is nine o'clock in the morning.
"I also remember that the door opened at 9:00 p.m., but I'm not sure now." Su Wan said in surprise.
Is there at least a hundred people in the line in front of me?
That's too exaggerated.
The people queuing up included men, women, young and old, from servants to ordinary people buying snacks for their children, in short, there were all kinds of people.
The purpose is to queue up and buy palace snacks!
But after getting closer and listening to what the people in the queue said, I roughly understood what was going on.
"Palace desserts, if we have guests tomorrow, it would be very respectable to serve these desserts."
"Are you willing to entertain guests? My family will eat all by themselves. I had a bite of the egg tart last time, and I can only dream of how delicious it was."
"Is it really that delicious? My family runs a dim sum shop, and I plan to learn how to make it in September."
"Hurry up and learn! This store sells it at a high price. If you sell it at a low price, I will buy it from you."
"Okay, okay, my store is right over there on Liuli Street. I will definitely study hard. Remember to come."
"Then you won't buy snowy mooncakes?"
"No, it's too expensive, and snowy mooncakes need ice to preserve them."
"I'll buy it and eat it. I have to try what it tastes like."
"Butterfly cakes are delicious too. I ate them once at the Li family banquet. They were given by the palace. You can't get them outside."
When Su Wan and Xie Pei listened, they knew that this dessert shop would definitely have a big sale today.
The taste of palace snacks is indeed very guaranteed.
Su Wan didn't even plan to go in and take a look.
Inside, the old eunuchs, the old palace maids, the managing nanny, and the very experienced nannies who made snacks in the back, couldn't they handle this situation?
But you underestimate the people in the palace.
She just needs to grasp the general direction and leave the rest to them.
This is not blind trust, but they all have the ability to be trusted.
Su Wan looked at the people in line, and Xie Pei looked at Su Wan.
They both knew in their hearts that this was just the beginning, and that more good things would come out in the future and would change more people's lives.
The night of August 14th.
In the streets and alleys of Kyoto, in the inner and outer cities of the imperial palace, some people even rode horses at full speed to deliver the news to Yuhua Palace.
Everyone is talking about one thing: the sweets shop's royal desserts are selling like hot cakes! There are hundreds of people lining up!
Finally, the patrol battalion came to maintain order!
At the same time, more people have become loyal fans of the dessert shop. There’s nothing they can do about it, because the desserts here are so delicious!
How does the saying go, there is always a place in the stomach for dessert!
Who can resist a sweet but not greasy snack?
Since you can't refuse, let's eat!
It even became a laughing stock that the long queues at the dessert shop caused many surrounding shops to have better business than usual.
There were also funny incidents where two people bought a piece of snow skin mooncake together and almost fought over the last bite.
All of this shows that it is absolutely the right thing to do to allow the palace departments to "open up source".
As for what the saint couldn’t say before?
Sorry, I have forgotten.
They just want to have a few more bites of snacks!
August 15th.
The Mid-Autumn Festival in the 15th year of Tianze was particularly lively. Su Wan, the little palace maid who led the Dessert Department and coordinated the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue, also appeared in the ears of officials.
But the ones who care are the general managers of the various departments in the imperial palace.
The Dessert Department seemed easy to handle, but it was not that easy. After all, if it was not done well, it would be known as competing with the people for profits. If it was not done well, people would laugh at the Dessert Department in the palace. It was just like that.
However, Su Wan completely avoided these things and made her dessert shop the best in Kyoto.
After all, it is normal for a store that came out of the palace to become the best in the eyes of many people. If it does not do well enough, it will be laughed at immediately.
There's nothing we can do about it, it's because our expectations are different.
Fortunately, the dessert shop took on this responsibility and lived up to everyone's expectations.
This is true for the dessert department, and even more so for other departments.
For all the officials in the imperial palace who are eager to try to join the "open source" program, Su Wan's name is bound to be dazzling.
If we could ask her to help, wouldn't it be more efficient?
When Su Wan does things, she takes care of both the inside and the outside. They also want a little palace maid like her!
So on the fifteenth day of August, Su Wan was about to leave Chonghua Palace and return to the Shangshenjian.
Xie Pei was still thinking about how to keep her for dinner when Tong Xihong, the former treasurer and the general manager of the Imperial Household Department, came over.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs first saluted the prince, then smiled and said to Su Wan: "I suggest you stay in Chonghua Palace for a while, and it's best to go back in the evening."
???
What's this for? And this manager doesn't like to laugh, why is he laughing so strangely now?
Tong Xihong did not keep the secret and said directly: "All the managers are looking for you to give gifts."
??? Give her a gift?
Not really?
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