Chapter 104: Free Tasting
The two chatted for a while, each ordered a bowl of the same dessert, then sat down and continued to chat, waiting for the dessert to be delivered.
After a while, two bowls of sago were brought up and carefully placed in front of the two women.
"What is this? It's so beautiful!" When Ao Baozhu saw the crystal clear pearl-like small particles, floating in the milky white liquid in the bowl, and there were some golden decorations on it, the curiosity and surprise in his heart suddenly overflowed.
"This is sago dew, a special dessert from the Hall of Curiosities, and we sincerely invite the two ladies to taste it!" the young man said with a well-trained smile and a brief introduction, and then stepped aside thoughtfully, not hindering the young lady from tasting the dessert.
"Similu?" Ao Baozhu whispered the crystal clear name as she picked up the spoon, carefully scooped it up, and put it in her mouth.
In the mouth, there was a sweet but not greasy delicacy, an indescribable sense of pleasure.
"This sweetness! It's so sweet!" After eating excellent food, Ao Baozhu's mood was even more comfortable. She even changed her young lady's illness, put down her arrogant posture, and greeted the guy who was standing not far away, waiting to serve the customer: "Please come over for a while, can you tell me how these desserts are made?"
Hearing Ao Baozhu's straightforward question, the guy smiled and didn't answer directly, only turned around and went to the counter to get something. It seems that because this is a trade secret, it is difficult to answer.
Miss Ziying, who was at the same table as Ao Baozhu, was even more understanding, thinking that the guy was in trouble, so she smiled and pretended to stop Ao Baozhu's recklessness, and said: "Baozhu, don't embarrass other people's shopkeepers, this is their survival skill, how can it be spread." ”
But what the two never expected was that when the shopkeeper turned back again, he actually handed a booklet to Ao Baozhu and Miss Ziying with a smile, and said something that shocked the two young ladies: "Two young ladies, this is the recipe for dessert making in our store." ”
"What do you say? This is ...... Recipe?!" Ziying didn't think that her concerns turned out to be mediocre people, so she took the booklet and quickly flipped through it, and sure enough, it was indeed a recipe for dessert making. Ziying was taken aback for a moment, "You are willing to give away such a precious thing, what is your purpose?"
Whether it is in the Great Xia Kingdom, the Eastern Departure Kingdom, or even the Hundred Countries of the Western Regions, recipes are extremely important secrets for the chef profession, and spending thousands of dollars may not be able to buy a good cookbook. Because, just as a restaurant is the key to success, for chefs, recipes are the key to their strength. Therefore, whether it is Ziying or Ao Baozhu, they are a little incredulous that what they are holding in their hands is indeed a recipe for making desserts.
The most valuable thing is that this dessert booklet is also accompanied by pictures, which is obviously very precious. That's why Ziying has this to say.
The shopkeeper smiled, "This is a gift from our store, and the purpose is to sell sugar, an important ingredient for making desserts." ”
Ao Baozhu was stunned, picked up the booklet and flipped through it, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, each of the desserts on this requires a material, and that is sugar!"
"Miss is very smart!" replied the shopkeeper.
"Wow, there are a total of twelve desserts on it, do you have them in the store now? Then hurry up and pick them all up, I want to try them all!" Ao Baozhu looked eager to try, and couldn't hold back, and didn't think about it at all, the twelve desserts, whether the two of them could eat them all, just because after tasting the deliciousness of sago, they had a great interest in several other desserts.
Moreover, with the recipe for making these desserts in her hands, Ao Baozhu became more interested in each dessert, thinking about which one was delicious, and she had to learn which one to make.
But I didn't think about it, but the guy in the store looked embarrassed and said, "Please understand, our store only serves three desserts a day." The first dessert is a free tasting for guests of the Hall of Curiosities. There are also two kinds of desserts, and only VIP guests of Zhenpintang can taste them at our store. ”
Ao Baozhu doesn't pay attention to the way the dessert shop operates, she focuses on desserts. When I heard the guy in the store introduce that only three desserts were served every day, the little face suddenly collapsed a little, and seemed to complain: "Why is it a limited supply......
Then after thinking about it, he felt that there were still two more to taste, so Ao Baozhu immediately said: "Then bring the remaining two desserts to you, let's give them a try." ”
"Okay, wait a minute. "The shopkeeper said, go to the back kitchen.
After a while, two shopkeepers came over with two plates, each with two small bowls.
"It's a doughnut! Pancakes are cooked with sugar. ”
"This is eight kinds of rice! Eight different grains and sugar are specially made. ”
"Please use it slowly, two young ladies!"
The shopkeeper served the dessert and stepped aside, so as not to affect Ao Baozhu's taste of the dessert.
"Ahh
"I'm going to try all the desserts on this!"
Although Mu En never appeared, he was actually secretly watching everything that happened in the dessert shop.
When he saw the city lord's daughter leaving with two catties of sugar, Mu En laughed.
The promotion of white sugar was very successful, and the ladies and ladies of the thirty-five noble landlord families in Xilin City all praised the desserts in the dessert shop, and they all bought some white sugar to go back.
Desserts in the dessert shop, one gold coin and two bowls of desserts. As for the price of white sugar, Mu En is priced at one gold coin and one pound of white sugar, a real aristocratic white sugar.
Yi Xingchen and the others walked around Xilin City, went to the Treasure Hall, walked into the Treasure Hall, and learned the price of white sugar from Mu En's mouth, and he was also greatly startled.
The purchasing power of a gold coin is not small! An ordinary peasant may not be able to earn a single gold coin a year.
Of course, Yi Xingchen didn't blame Mu En, he was not a philanthropist, and the money Mu En made was the money of Xinghua Kingdom, the more the better.
Yi Xingchen discussed what he saw and heard, as well as his own thoughts, with Mu En, and asked for Mu En's opinion.
Yi Xingchen wanted to buy the idea of leaving the country to break down and settle down, and Mu En agreed. These dilapidated settlements can be stored to a limited extent in Xinghuaguo. Mu En also suggested that the purchase of slaves should focus on the purchase of talents who have knowledge of agriculture and have a skill.
Yi Xingchen and Mu En reached a consensus. Muen then selects an apprentice merchant from among the official members of the merchant group to be responsible for the purchase of slaves. Yi Xingchen is the king, and of course he doesn't need to go out in person to buy slaves.
After arranging things, Yi Xingchen observed in the Treasure Hall for a while, and there was a burst of emotion in his heart.
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