Business (Part I)
"If your recipe can really bring me back to life, as long as it's not illegal, I'll agree to anything else you ask." Zhang Wei is not afraid that Liu Susu will not make a request, you must know that there is no free lunch in this world. If Liu Susu said that he would give him the recipe for nothing, then he might not dare to accept it. But Liu Susu said that there was a request, isn't this just like a heart?
Liu Susu chuckled and said, "What did Uncle Zhang say, what can I ask you to do as a little girl?" I'm just trying to save some money for myself. ”
Zhang Wei nodded, thinking to himself, she is a little country girl who really doesn't have any big things to ask for herself. If there is really something important to ask for my help, I am afraid that there is no hope.
"Even so, I can't listen to you just say a few words without evidence, and believe that you really have a recipe for me to save Qihuang Building." Zhang Wei's meaning is to let Liu Susu come up with a recipe first and try the authenticity.
"I'm afraid that one recipe won't be enough, this Huangliu Town is people from all over the world." Liu Susu didn't mind that Zhang Wei wanted to see her recipe first. After all, today was their first meeting. It is already a rare thing for a little girl Zhang Wei to talk to herself, so naturally she can't expect Zhang Wei to agree to her request before she has anything to offer.
"But it's understandable that Uncle Zhang wants to take a look first, so let's do it, anyway, there is no business in the restaurant at this time, why don't I write down a recipe and let the chef of your restaurant try to make it?" Liu Susu said.
Zhang Wei rubbed his hands and said, "If Su Yatou is willing to let Master Zhou give it a try, it will naturally be the best." Zhang Wei also nodded secretly in his heart, this girl is a businessman, and she knows how to let herself see her sincerity first.
Chef Zhou of the restaurant was naturally ecstatic when he heard the shopkeeper say that the shopkeeper had a new recipe, and he was naturally proud to be able to develop a new recipe as a chef. There are only a handful of recipes that I have developed in Qihuanglou for so many years, and I really have the trust of the shopkeeper.
"I wonder if there are any live ducks in Uncle Zhang's restaurant?" Liu Susu asked.
"Yes, there are a few in the backyard just in case. How many do you want? Zhang Wei asked.
"Two is enough, I've only made this dish once. But it's very good to ask, if the master of the restaurant comes to make the taste, it will naturally be better. ”
"Okay, I'll have two live ducks fetched." Zhang Wei said that he went out to find someone to catch ducks.
Liu Susu originally planned to take advantage of Zhang Wei's time to catch ducks to write down the dishes, but his calligraphy was really unsightly, and if he really wrote it, he was afraid that Zhang Wei would definitely have doubts.
Zhang Wei found a junior to catch ducks, and he returned to the room where he talked to Liu Susu. "Girl Su, can this recipe be written?" Zhang Wei went out to find someone to catch ducks just now, and he also planned to let Liu Susu write the recipe by himself, so that he could avoid suspicion.
Liu Susu shook his head, "No, I can't write." I still have to trouble Uncle Zhang, I'll dictate it, and you can write it. ”
Zhang Wei nodded, it's normal for a little girl in the countryside to not be able to write. Zhang Wei took a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and spread it out, "Please also talk about it." ”
"The dish I made is called Suzhou-style sauce duck, and the main ingredient is naturally duck. However, you also need other auxiliary materials, Uncle Zhang, please remember, salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, cinnamon, cumin, grass fruit, nutmeg, green onion, ginger, rock sugar, if you can boil some meat and bone broth is naturally the best. ”
Zhang Wei wrote down the materials needed one by one, and when he looked closely, he found that they were just ordinary objects. I don't know if the taste of this dish is really intriguing.
"As for the steps, it's also very simple, please listen to Uncle Zhang. Wash the duck first and dry it with water, then apply a thin layer of salt to the duck and let it air dry for an hour or two. Then spread the soy sauce on the surface of the duck and marinate the duck for half a day.
Wrap some spices such as cinnamon, cumin, grass fruit, and nutmeg into the tea bag. Put a cup of cooking wine in a small pot, then put the spice packet in, slowly boil over low heat until boiling, then turn off the heat and set aside.
After the duck is marinated, put it in the pot, put the cooking wine cooked in the previous step and the spice packet together, and also put in two slices of ginger and two green onions. Then pour in the boiled meat and bone broth as well. The soup should be spread over the duck in moderation.
Cook over medium heat for about an hour, and when the duck is ready to eat, extinguish the heat. Remove the duck. Then strain the boiled duck soup and pour it back into the pot. The duck is also put back in the pot and a bowl of rock sugar is added.
Then, start re-firing to reduce the juice. Collect the juice over medium-low heat, and at this time be sure to ask the master to remember to stand next to him and pour the juice on the duck with a spoon. In this way, it is possible to ensure that each part of the duck is the same bright jujube red, and at the same time, the duck has to turn over several times. If you feel that the color of the soup is light, you can also pour some more soy sauce. This process takes about half a column of incense, and when the duck's color is bright and red, and the soup is viscous, just accept the juice on high heat. Remove the duck and let it cool naturally before cutting into pieces.
Don't throw away the soup of the stewed duck in the pot, and remember to pour this soup on the duck meat when serving, so that the duck in Suzhou-style sauce is finished. Liu Susu carefully explained each process clearly.
Zhang Wei listened to Liu Susu's steps of Suzhou-style sauce duck and was secretly frightened, not to mention his own restaurant, but to say that the restaurant of the Great Qi Dynasty did not use duck to make soup, this Suzhou-style sauce duck is the first time I have heard of it, and when the time comes, as long as it is launched, are you afraid that no one will come? But I don't know what this girl's request is, but no matter how difficult it is, she has to take this dish.
"What does Uncle Zhang think of this dish?" In fact, Liu Susu knew that the other party was very satisfied with this dish when he looked at Zhang Wei's expression, but Liu Susu just wanted Zhang Wei to say it himself.
"This dish is indeed good, but I think there is more than one in your hand, Miss Su. Why don't you tell us about your requirements first? Zhang Wei finally hasn't been carried away by a dish.
Liu Susu's heart is also very satisfied, it seems that he has really found the right place to find this Qihuang Building. "Uncle Zhang, that's right, I do have more than one dish in my hands, but if Uncle Zhang just wants to rely on new dishes to win, it is far from a long-term solution."
"This, I would like to hear about it." Zhang Wei also wanted to hear what unique insights this little girl could have.
"Of course my plan is good, but I still have to say my own requirements first, and after I say my requirements, I will tell Uncle Zhang about my plan. It's good for you and me. Liu Susu said.
Zhang Wei nodded, Liu Susu's Suzhou-style sauce duck can be worth seventy or eighty taels of silver. If you really have a few more dishes, you may not be able to give this girl. "It's okay, you say your request first."
"My request is very simple, as long as Uncle Zhang gives me forty percent of Qihuanglou's dry shares." Liu Su Suyun said lightly. Forty percent This is also a decision that Liu Susu made after thinking about it for a long time.
Zhang Wei was frightened by Liu Susu's opening mouth is Qi Huanglou's forty percent dry stocks, what is the concept of forty percent dry stocks? It must be worth at least seven or eight hundred taels of silver. Zhang Wei was very displeased, this Liu Susu really dared to open his mouth. "Girl, what do you mean by that?"
Liu Susu smiled: "I knew that Uncle Zhang would be scared, so I said that I would first say my request, and then talk about my plan." When Uncle Zhang, you will naturally not say anything after listening to my plan, I am whimsical. ”
Zhang Wei sneered: "You said that you are not whimsical, then I will listen to your great plan." ”
"This strategy is not a big deal, but my strategy is also a means to ensure the business of Qihuanglou." Liu Susu knew that Zhang Wei was frightened by the forty percent dry shares he requested.
"Uncle Zhang, how many people do you think there are in our town? How much do you have in the family with assets? Liu Susu asked, this is also why Liu Susu doesn't know much about Huangliu Town now. If Liu Susu knew this, then Liu Susu's words would be even more convincing.