Chapter 72: Winemaking
Gu Feixue smiled and said:
"Thank you for the compliment, Shopkeeper Bao, but we don't plan to share profits from today's cream cakes like we did with the recipes we sold before."
Bao Hongcai was surprised when he heard this. He looked at the cream cake on the table, then at the three people from the Gu family, and said with a little pain:
"Well, that's fine! I, Old Bao, am not that stubborn. For such a delicacy, why not let the Gu family profit a percentage?"
However, Bao Hongcai discovered that even with a 46% dividend, the Gu family members remained expressionless.
Still think it’s too low?
Gritting his teeth, Bao Hongcai said with pain, "37! It can't be any less. I have to earn money to support my servants at Zuixianlou!"
In fact, even Gu Feixue was tempted by this dividend, a 70% profit!
If Zuixianlou sells a cream cake for one or two taels of silver, then they will have seven hundred coins!
But thinking of the hidden dangers that would arise if the recipe was sold, Gu Feixue could only say helplessly:
"Shopkeeper Bao, you misunderstood. Xue'er meant that we don't sell the recipe for this cake. We can provide the finished product. For a cake like this, you only need to give us half a tael of silver to buy it. The Gu family will not participate in the subsequent dividends."
Bao Hongcai was stunned. Not participating in the dividends? Selling one for half an ounce of silver?
"Are you serious?"
Could the Gu family be stupid? A cream cake gets 50% of the profit, and Zuixianlou sells it for two taels of silver, which is double the profit!
But they want to buy out the price. Could it be that the Gu family is worried that the recipe will go wrong like before?
Before Bao Hongcai could ask further questions, Gu Feixue told him the prepared statement:
"To be honest, this cream cake was obtained by our Gu family from the descendants of the Shennong tribe. Selling the recipe is not appropriate."
When Bao Hongcai heard the famous Shennong tribe, he became a little solemn.
"If that's the case, then it's really not a good idea to sell the recipe given by the miracle doctor."
The relationship between the miracle doctor and the Gu family was already mentioned to Bao Hongcai by Governor Liang when they met before, so Bao Hongcai had no suspicion.
"Okay, since you're willing to sell this cream cake to me, Old Bao, then whether it's half a tael of silver or a full tael of silver, I'll take whatever you can get!"
Bao Hongcai is not a fool. Even if he sells such food for three or five taels of silver, people will still come to patronize him.
The Gu family only wanted half a tael of silver, so he naturally wouldn't think it was expensive.
Although the Gu family was happy about Bao Hongcai's agreement, Gu Feixue had to remind them:
"Boss Bao, there's one more thing. Lately, whenever dairy cows appear in Chema Market, they've been bought up in droves. The Gu family only has one cow, so I'm afraid we can't make many cream cakes with it."
How could Bao Hongcai not notice it?
Zuixianlou purchases milk from the Gu family, and it is troublesome to send someone to pick it up every day, so he sent someone to Chema Market to buy dairy cows a long time ago.
But they were always bought by others first. The servants heard that those cows must have been bought by Qian Youliang's family.
"I know about this, but it's almost the end of the year, so I guess it's going to be hard to buy it."
Speaking of this, Bao Hongcai also regretted his decision. If he had bought a dairy cow earlier, his milk supply would not have been cut off.
"How about this, I'll take whatever the Gu family produces. Once we have cows, I'll deliver more milk every day. As for the milk, I, Old Bao, won't charge for it."
After getting the accurate information, the Gu family felt relieved. They then signed a contract with Bao Hongcai for half a tael of silver for an ordinary cream cake, and a stable supply of two ordinary cream cakes every day.
If more milk is needed, Zuixianlou will provide it. It was also mentioned that Gujia will introduce more varieties of milk and increase prices accordingly.
So a few days later, Liangcheng suddenly became popular for cream cakes.
Even many towns around Liangcheng were filled with diners who came here after hearing the news.
If you want to have a bite of cream cake at Zuixianlou, you must make a reservation a few days in advance, otherwise you won’t be able to eat it at all.
There are also those wealthy businessmen and officials. If their children hold a full moon birthday party, they will hold the banquet at Zuixianlou and give them a cream cake. They can brag about this for several days.
Of course, the idea of giving away cream cakes at banquets was also suggested by Gu Feixue to Bao Hongcai. It was the same routine as holding high-end banquets in modern hotels.
While Zuixianlou was bustling with customers every day and became well-known throughout Liangcheng, Qian Youliang's restaurant business was becoming increasingly sluggish.
In particular, the Qian family restaurant not only did not introduce new dishes, but the old dishes also became worse and worse. Naturally, gradually, no diners came to patronize it.
Gu Feixue was not too surprised after learning this, but she also felt that the Qian's Restaurant would not let it go so easily.
Qian's Restaurant.
"Master, the restaurant's revenue has been declining day by day. Do you think you should report this to the Grandmaster?"
Hearing this, Qian Youliang flinched, and his pretentious words also seemed a little guilty:
"There's no need to bother Grandmaster with such trivial matters!"
Wang Mazi felt contempt in his heart. He thought Qian Youliang was such a coward that he didn't even use such a good opportunity.
If he were Wang Mazi, he would have taken the opportunity to get in touch with Zong Hao long ago. After all, he has taken poison now, and the other party has no reason not to trust him.
At this moment, a sneaky man dressed in waiter's clothes suddenly stuck his head in from outside Qian's Restaurant.
Wang Mazi's eyes flashed when he saw this: "Master, Zhang Erdan from Zuixianlou is here."
"Why is he here?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Youliang looked towards the door and saw that the person coming was indeed Zhang Erdan.
The other party looked at the Qian's Restaurant and saw that there was no one there, then hurried towards the two of them.
When the three of them arrived at a secluded place, Zhang Erdan explained his purpose.
"Master Qian, I have heard some news from Zuixianlou. I wonder if you are interested?"
Qian Youliang glanced at Wang Mazi, and Wang Mazi stepped forward and gave Zhang Erdan half an ounce of silver.
Zhang Erdan weighed the silver coins and his face instantly turned into a chrysanthemum smile:
"I recently heard from someone close to Shopkeeper Bao that the Gu family has a connection with that legendary doctor, and that the recipe for the cream cake was told to the Gu family by the doctor."
Upon hearing this, Qian Youliang and Wang Mazi exchanged a look of shock. Then Wang Mazi confirmed in a calm voice:
"Are you serious? Are you sure you heard correctly? Is that miracle doctor a descendant of the Shennong tribe?"
Zhang Erdan nodded seriously when he heard this:
"Really! I heard it myself, and Shopkeeper Bao knows about it too."
After sending Zhang Erdan away, Qian Youliang went to the Zong residence without Wang Mazi's reminder and reported the matter to Zong Hao.
The matter of the miracle doctor is no ordinary one. If Qian Youliang knows about it but doesn't report it and is discovered by Zong Hao, he is afraid that he will be blamed and his antidote will be gone.
Gu family.
Prepare the butter to be used tomorrow and place it on a wooden barrel to drain the water.
Gu Feixue, who couldn't sit still, looked at the grapes and glutinous rice she bought in the city a few days ago, and thought about making some wine. It would be good to drink it at home or sell it outside.
The method of making wine is relatively simple, similar to the method of making vinegar, except that the fermentation raw materials are slightly different.
As for white wine, it is more complicated and requires fermentation, brewing and distillation.
Fortunately, Gu Feixue was not afraid of trouble, so she mobilized the people in the Gu family to collect grapes and glutinous rice to make wine.
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