Chapter 390: Making Cold Drinks
Fujin is "Tang Sui does not disgrace his mission" and successfully settles the problem of the source of milk. You don't have to worry about buying milk in the future.
The prince told Yun'er: "Why does the Queen Mother like to talk to Fu Jin, on the one hand, Fu Jin is knowledgeable, and her speech is measured and interesting, and she admires her strong character, don't look at the usual gentle and virtuous lady, but she is not ambiguous at critical moments." The Queen Mother knew about Dolgon's coercion of Xiu'er back then, and the blessings of our two brothers were within the scope of Dolgon's intentions, but the different attitudes of the two women were very different. It's not that the woman of Hauge's eldest brother is spineless, and it is needless to say what the result will be if she doesn't submit to Dolgon's obscenity, and as a result, the dignified prince Fujin has become Dolgon's side room. not only humiliated the eldest brother, but also humiliated himself. And Xiu'er is using her life to defend her dignity, what do you say the Queen Mother will think in her heart? Consider oneself inferior to another! She is very afraid that Xiu'er will underestimate her, it doesn't matter what others think, Xiu'er is her daughter-in-law, and it is very shameless to be looked down upon by her daughter-in-law. So once she asked Xiu'er directly, saying: 'Look at your usual gentleness and kindness, you are really unambiguous at critical moments!' Don't you think about the consequences? ’”
"What did Fu Jin say?" Yun'er admires Fujin too much.
"Xiu'er said unhurriedly: 'Queen Mother, it is very easy for a person to die, no matter how terrible and painful it is, it is only for a moment. However, it is very difficult to endure humiliation, and even pay a great price. ’”
The Queen Mother burst into tears at that time, and after that, she almost got up with Fu Jin, almost talking about everything, as if she regarded Fu Jin as a confidant, but Fu Jin didn't dare to treat her as a confidant, but it was not a posture of hiding. The queen mother is a woman with a deep scheming, and it is difficult for people to figure it out. It is a person with political acumen and various means, and the competition is not far behind. It's hard for her forbearance to be done by men. Back then, my father said that he wanted to make me the prince, but I refused, and the master did not agree, and also set up three chapters of the law, do you think the queen mother can not be angry? It's just that I maintain a peace with her on the surface, and I don't want to have any conflicts or holidays with her. The emperor obviously favored me, out of brotherhood and gratitude for saving my life, and the more this happened, the more the Queen Mother would be afraid. The Queen Mother's life is to live for her son's dragon chair. Although there are contradictions and frictions between mother and son, it is still for this. On the surface, this thing we are doing is too beneficial to the emperor, how many people have not given the benefits to the country throughout the ages? People will misunderstand that you have intentions and sell your reputation, and the so-called good things are difficult to become good people and difficult to do. In fact, the Queen Mother is happy on the surface, but secretly worried. The emperor still keeps saying that he wants to give up the throne to this king, do you think the queen mother can not be afraid?
Yun'er was frightened: "Lord Wang, what should we do?" How to avoid the Queen Mother's edge? ”
"Do what you have to do, it's useless to be afraid. Have you ever heard of the principle of 'mutual reciprocity and mutual restraint'? But whenever you want to do something, there will always be obstacles to follow. So, it is still necessary to do it, and it is impossible to escape. ”
"Lord Wang, you are amazing! Usually you rarely say anything, but what you said today suddenly made Yun'er understand a lot, and also knew a lot of things that she didn't know before, such as the Queen Mother's attitude towards you, Fujin's wisdom and cleverness, thank you! ”
"Childish! This king tells you that as long as we do what we do is worthy of our conscience. How? Still have questions? ”
"There is one. It is this popsicle and ice cream that are made, and how is its price determined? ”
"Didn't Master put you in charge?"
"But Yun'er hasn't sold anything specifically, shouldn't we convert the price of the exotic land with ours here, and then add a little more? Yun'er heard Xiaoli say that the profit from selling popsicle ice cream is not very large, and there is not much profit from making those sachets and purses, but loading silver into the treasury is not the number of three taels or five taels of silver, and thousands of taels are also the same as stuffing teeth in the emperor's eyes, Yun'er is worried......"
"What is there to worry about? Didn't you say it all, we've made a lot of money, and now we're making money by selling the goods brought back from the exotic land at the original price. According to the price of goods in the Qing Dynasty, some may have to lose a little, and some have to earn, for example, cloth is ironclad to earn, although it is not too much, it is also earned. There are also those glassware and materials that are not available in the Qing Dynasty, which can be earned. The solution is what people think, isn't it twenty or thirty years? No matter what, it can be sold almost well. We've all returned to our roots, that is, we will complete the task by tossing out the things in our hands. ”
"That's what you said, we don't have to be so calculating as others in business, and we don't have to worry about the lack of supply, let alone worry about the low social status of businessmen, okay, Yun'er has a meal ticket for your husband, which is a rice worm!"
"It's not so easy to be a rice worm, you know how many things we have in our hands. It's still Master Shengming, who took us to that place in a foreign land, sold the antiques for so much money, and some of the raw materials brought back can also make the girls in the house earn some manual fees. I just think the money in the foreign lands is too much. Just your two little boxes, they are all thin, and they can still be sold for so much money. There is another advantage of the girls in our house doing handicrafts, that is, the emperor and the queen mother will not be suspicious. They don't know what the raw materials we brought back are, but I admire Master from the bottom of my heart. We should also buy some similar fabrics on the market in the Qing Dynasty and mix them in, which is more like the real thing. ”
"It's the real thing, whether it's an exotic thing or a Qing thing, it's something that can be touched and seen, not a shadow."
"In addition to the cloth made by the girl in the house can be sold for money, there is also weaving, as well as the clothing designed by Fujin, you can also open a restaurant restaurant, as well as the planting, breeding, and gardening techniques that this king learned, as well as Liangzi's skills, your mother's ability to make snacks, and the current cold drink...... That's a lot to do. The prince was very happy, he rarely spoke at length, and he said a lot of things in one breath.
The milk of the Commander's Mansion was sent to the Rui Wang's Mansion the next day, and for the first time, six hundred pounds of white and mellow milk were sent into the Xiaoice Cellar of the Royal Mansion, all of which were packed in large wooden barrels. Each barrel of 100 catties is only a lot more, and in the future, 18 large barrels will be sent every day, how to digest this milk?
The prince said to Yun'er: "You can find a way to use all this milk, and you can't destroy the heavens." ”
Maybe the emperor and the queen mother won't ask the prince how they can make ice cream and popsicles in the summer, but it doesn't mean that they won't doubt it. The Queen Mother has always been suspicious, and she must inquire. When the time comes, the method of making saltpeter ice will be "contributed". Freeze in the refrigerator with absolute confidentiality.
When the prince came to rest, Yun'er told him his thoughts, and the prince said that the hero saw the same thing, and he was also like this. There is a way to prevaricate the queen mother and the emperor, so as not to let them be suspicious, and if they suspect together, they will be in trouble.
Yun'er told Wang Ye and Tian Liang that the master put the refrigerator under the wall inlaid with night pearls in the secret room, and Wang Ye and Tian Liang hurriedly went down to the secret room to see, and sure enough, there was a long and several long packaging, and they shone it with a flashlight: Haier refrigerator. Relying on the refrigerator is the generator and ancillary facilities, and Tian Liang is responsible for installing the refrigerator. It was the first time that Tian Liang came to the underground secret room that the master said, and it turned out to be at the feet of Master Yun. This chamber is the smallest of several chambers, but it doesn't have any concept of "small". It's about 200 meters to the south from the entrance, 150 meters to the east, and four meters high.
The goods are stacked in separate categories, and there are one-meter-wide passages between the stacks, otherwise it will be very difficult to find what you want to use. In this way, you can take some of the goods away, free up a little space, and install the refrigerator in situ. The place is very private, even if someone comes in, they will not find the refrigerator at once. Inside the refrigerator are four large freezers, which can freeze thousands of ice creams at a time if they are used at the same time. Mixed with saltpeter, no one can see what is famous. It's just a little troublesome, and you must not tell anyone about the existence of the secret room, even Nalan and Yu'er can't do it for the time being. The fish is absolutely credible, but she is now pregnant, and it is easy to miscarry the "baked" popsicle ice cream up and down, so it may not be possible for her to watch the master work without her hands. Nalan's loyalty will be tested. It's not for myself, it's for the lives of more than 400 people in the house!
So the prince intended to often take Nalan branch to do other errands, and Yun'er, Yu'er, and Shui'er were responsible for making ice cream and popsicles, and the original juice of ice cream, and they didn't need to be sent anywhere. Mama Lin and Mama Jiang from Yun'er's small kitchen were responsible for mixing the other part of the original solution for ice cream and popsicles, and Suo Qing and Nalan were responsible for freezing with saltpeter. The first batch of "Liangguo" was released, and 2,000 popsicles, ice cream, and ice cream were tasted by all the masters and subordinates in the house. No one said that it was not delicious, and the moon was first obtained near the water building, and the prince felt that everyone had a hard work, and they should also taste the fruits of their labor.
Just started making it, and didn't need so much milk, Yun'er thought of using milk to try to make cream and cheese to lay a foundation for making pastries. Don't look at the ice in the Xiaoice cellar is not much, Wang Ye is still very methodical, using saltpeter to make "white ice", anyway, it is either edible or refrigerated, and the quality is almost nothing. Not only popsicle ice cream and ice cream have to be introduced, but also cold drinks such as juice and iced tea. And there are a lot of varieties in each one. Seeing that the fruit is about to come down, it is best to make a fruity cold drink.
As a result, the content of experiments increased, and the chefs in the big kitchen began to boil cream, which is also a skill. In the future, you will need milk to make bread, cakes, milk tea, etc.!
Yun'er and Yu'er Shui'er have tried to make many kinds of ice cream, popsicles, and ice cream. The ice cream is served in small bowls. The ice content of the popsicle is relatively large, but there is also milk in it, so the shape is relatively simple. There are many types of ice cream. There are baby-shaped ice cream, ice cream cups, ice cream cones, or mung beans, red beans or juices, etc., although they are all colored; But there are no pigments and flavors, they are all made of pure ice, pure milk, pure white sugar and pure starch.
The prince vacated a few rooms in the courtyard used as an office for the house.
When you enter the ice cream workshop, you don't need to taste it, just the mellow flavor of the cool and sweet milk is mouth-watering.
Yun'er also tried several creamy ice creams, tricolor ice creams, and nut ice creams with milk and cream, as well as banana-flavored, grape-flavored, cantaloupe-flavored, and peach-flavored ice creams. There is a new kind of mung bean ice cream, which is pale green after being made, and has a sandy taste, elegant and fragrant taste, and melts in the mouth. Whatever is done according to the information, all the trial is successful!
Due to the abundance of milk, there are more dairy foods that can be processed, so the prince dispatched ten personal soldiers to serve as professional producers of cold drinks. For each successful attempt, Xuan'er and Rui'er serve as tasting masters. They represent children's tastes and crowds. Of course, I don't know how many people have tasted it before, and it is absolutely safe and non-toxic.
Also often participating in the tasting are the prince, Fu Jin, Mr. Chen, Mrs. Chen, and the girls and grandmothers who serve them closely.
During the production process, Yun'er let go of Mama Jiang, Mama Lin, Qing'er, and Ji'er to participate. She told Mama Lin about the most critical part of demoulding. It's not that she can't trust Mama Jiang, it's that Mama Jiang can't read, and it's even more difficult to accept Arabic numerals, so she can't read the thermometer. Mama Jiang's task is to boil cream, butter and cheese with Qing'er and Ji'er, and put them in the ice cellar to freeze when they are ready.
The unused milk was also put into the ice cellar for storage, and Yun'er and Yu'er Shui'er tried to make Chinese dim sum with milk, as well as cream popcorn that exotic children and girls love to eat. Western-style confectionery can only be made after the oven has been installed.
During this period, Prince An and Prince Xian came to visit the house, and the prince entertained them with newly made popsicles, ice cream and ice cream, and brought back some tastings to the masters and children of the house. The two princes saw the achievements of the prince with their own eyes, admired the prince's hard work, and pulled a lot of ice cubes from the ice cellar on their house to send to the palace of King Rui. These two people are brothers and nephews who get along well with the prince. They would never tell anyone about it. It's not time to unveil the pot yet, so it's not appropriate to publicize it.
As soon as he saw Prince An and Prince Xian's gluttonous appearance, the prince knew that these cold drinks would definitely be praised by the Queen Mother and the emperor, so he specially transferred the pro-soldier Guan Suo Qing to the cold drink workshop and served as the general person in charge. Suo Qing's character is very good, and he is very valued by the prince. But he came from a derogatory position, and he used to serve as a royal guard by the emperor's side. Inadvertently offended an important minister of the court, and the treasures in the palace were searched in his residence, and someone came forward to testify that he used his power to steal them from the side of the East Palace. In this way, he was forcibly put on a "thief's skin" and was about to be exiled to Ningguta.