Chapter 045: Making a Fortune
July's voice was crisp, and the smiling little girl standing there made people feel good just by looking at her.
Nearby, someone stabbed a can of food with a toothpick and nodded repeatedly. Someone wanted to take another piece, but was immediately stopped by Eleven and Twelve: "Each person can only try one piece."
The man was passing by on a boat and was anxious when he heard this: "I'll buy it, okay? How much is a can?"
Qiyue replied with a smile: "This is canned sugar water. It is very valuable, six coins a can. But we are not selling these. We are giving them to everyone for free."
Someone said hurriedly: "What's free? I'll buy them all."
The girl ignored the money and continued smiling: "We are Miji Canned Food from Pingning County. We will start selling it in ten days. You can go to Pingning County to buy it then."
Some people left after hearing the message, thinking it was too expensive.
Although it tastes good, one can costs six coins of silver... Who can afford it?
The fact is, there are people who can afford it.
Many people wanted to ask for the highest price to buy the cans in front of July, but the little girl was not moved at all. She refused to sell them and just gave them to everyone to try for free.
Su Lianyi looked at him in amazement: "Ningning, where did you find such a clever little fellow?"
Although she knew that the method must have been Shen Ning's, not everyone had the calmness and adaptability of the little girl.
Shen Ning smiled and said, “I picked it up.”
Su Lianyi patted her: "You are not honest."
Shen Ning smiled and said nothing more.
After a short while, the cans were empty. Some people thought they were delicious but too expensive. Of course, there were also many people who couldn't wait to buy some to take home.
Especially those people on the passing ships, who were tempted by the food but couldn't buy it, were angry and helpless. After all, they couldn't wait here for more than ten days just to buy canned food.
I don’t know if this canned food will be sold to other places.
Just as Shen Ning and Su Lianyi were standing at the ferry and watching July and the others selling canned food, a figure was sitting by the window in a two-decker boat not far from the ferry.
Next to them, a golden eagle taller than a human stood there with its wings folded, its eyes fixed on the cans on the small table.
It took a stealthy step toward the can.
Very good, the master didn’t notice.
One more step...
When the golden eagle looked away but moved closer to the coffee table, Xiao Nanchen raised his hand and flicked it. The golden eagle retreated far away, looking left and right, trying to pretend that nothing had happened.
"Coo."
So embarrassing.
At this time, Chengying came in from outside: "Master, Madam Shen has boarded the ship and left."
When the golden eagle saw Chengying, it immediately moved over and pecked him. Chengying resisted the urge to slap it and did not move.
If the master hadn't been here, I would have fought this beast for three hundred rounds.
He must have been punished by his master again and only dared to take his anger out on him... flat-haired beast.
Xiao Nanchen hummed: "Let's go back."
Chengying bowed and left.
The golden eagle, having vented its anger, was no longer embarrassed and moved to Xiao Nanchen's side: "Gugu."
Xiao Nanchen had no expression on his face: "I just happened to be passing by and came to see if she was behaving herself."
Golden Eagle: "Gu~Gu."
hehe.
The strange tone made Xiao Nanchen frown. He turned his head and looked over: "Did you take the wrong medicine?"
The golden eagle pretended not to hear and turned back to comb its feathers as if nothing had happened: "Coo."
After Shen Ning and Su Lianyi returned to Pingning County and had another meal, the sun was about to set. Having accomplished something important, Shen Ning was in a good mood and took the three little ones home in a carriage.
Outside, Xiao Shiyi, who won the game of rock-paper-scissors, was driving the carriage. Looking through the curtain, the young boy had a straight posture and looked very decent.
July muttered to herself beside Shen Ning.
"Miss, eleven or twelve are too young. Let them stay at home from now on."
Twelve Youyou looked up at her.
Qiyue opened her eyes wide: "Look, Miss, he is still glaring at me. He is so immature. He should stay at home."
Shen Ning held her forehead with her hands in amusement, and wisely did not participate.
Two days later, the first batch of peaches from Yinlu Island arrived.
The peaches were delivered directly to the farm, and the workers who were already waiting in the farm began to work intensively according to the arrangements.
This was the first batch, and Shen Ning was very cautious, watching it from the beginning.
She didn't need to worry about processing the peaches, peeling, pitting, cutting, etc. The main thing was the process of making the sugar water and the ice cellar.
The canned syrup should be colorless and transparent, so white sugar is used, but the sugar ordered is brown sugar, so in the huge workshop dedicated to making syrup, Chen Ning is leading June, July, August and September.
The workers outside were only responsible for boiling brown sugar, and then sending it to the workshop inside... Shen Ning only let these four people see the method of using yellow mud soup to turn brown sugar into white sugar.
The four little guys opened their eyes wide in shock at the scene of turning decay into magic. Only then did they realize that expensive white sugar could be obtained so easily.
But the young lady did not avoid them... What kind of trust is this?
The four teenagers thought of what their elder brother Yuan Yue had told them, and immediately promised Chen Ning that they would never reveal the method of turning brown sugar into white sugar to anyone, even if they died.
Shen Ning smiled and patted the boy's head.
She couldn't accomplish this task by herself and needed help. Compared to finding someone on short notice, she trusted these children more.
She did not take the white sugar she made out directly, but turned it into sugar water before having people take it away. In this way, even if someone speculated, they would only be wondering how she turned the red sugar syrup into white sugar water, and the possibility of the intermediate process being exposed would be lower.
Now that we have the sugar water, we need to boil the canned food... This is not difficult. In fact, the key lies in the sugar water.
The boiled canned food is sealed in clean cans that have been prepared long ago, sealed with mud, and left to cool down... The last step is to put it into the ice cellar.
This ice cellar is very simple.
First, someone made a huge pool with sand and gravel in the ice cellar to store water, and then huge wooden barrels filled with water were placed in it.
All that needs to be done next is to add saltpeter into the water in the pool... The other workers have completed all the previous preparations, and only the step of adding saltpeter requires June and his team to do it in person to avoid leaking the method.
After the water in the wooden barrel turns into ice cubes, the workers are asked to come in and sort the ice cubes and move them to a thick layer of straw nearby.
The ice blocks formed several thick walls, and the cellar soon became an ice cellar. The canned goods were brought in and placed in the ice walls.
On the day of the sale, Shen Ning and Su Lianyi moved into the manor the night before and waited there early the next morning.
Looking at the guards patrolling around the manor, the two of them felt a little nervous, not knowing what would happen next.
But they soon felt relieved.
After the city gate opened, the waiters from the restaurants arrived one after another, driving their cars and even forming a long queue.
The day before, Shen Ning asked Su Lianyi to send a few cans of chilled canned food to several restaurants for tasting. According to the waiters, the chilled canned food was sold out immediately and a lot more were ordered.
After all, the weather was hot, and canned food was sweet and refreshing, and it was even cooler and more refreshing after being chilled... Shen Ning personally registered the order there, and the more she wrote, the better her mood became.
“Jufulou, three hundred jars;
Tongshengxiang, two hundred cans...
Lee family, fifty cans;
Weiyuan Escort Agency, eighty cans;"
The first batch of 10,000 kilograms of peaches, with two kilograms of flesh in each can, resulted in more than 4,500 cans being made. Chen Ning originally thought that they could be sold out in a few days, but unexpectedly, they were all sold out in just one morning.
Not only the restaurants and food stores in Pingning County, but also many wealthy families sent their servants to buy it, and there were even people from other places.
The sales promotion at Yinlu Island Wharf that day was very effective. Although many people could not stay, they sent their servants to come and buy.
I also heard that if you buy a lot of canned food from Mi Ji, you can get free ice cubes to keep it cold and fresh on the road. I originally wanted to buy 30 cans, but I ended up buying 50. I originally wanted to ship 50 cans, but I ordered 80.
In the second half of the day, some people still came after hearing the news, but all the canned food produced in the village had been sold out.
At the County Magistrate's Mansion, Magistrate Cao slowly ate the canned iced food that Chen Ning had specially sent over, nodding his head calmly.
“This Madam Shen is really good at doing business… and she’s also good at handling things.”
As a county magistrate, it was of course not easy for him to send people to buy it, but Mrs. Shen was very sensible and asked someone to send ten cans over.
While others were still waiting in line, he had already eaten... he felt very proud.
In just one day, Mi Ji's reputation became a big hit. In the evening, Shen Ning and Su Lianyi got together to settle the accounts. After the calculation, they both cheered.
All I can say is, I made a killing...
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