Chapter 44: Happy Inn

Kangxi left in a negative mood, and Shuyun did not agree to his proposal in the end.

After Kangxi left, Shuyun and Chen Ce found that there were always some people peeping around Zhuangzi recently. So Shuyun asked Chen Ce and Bai Li to strengthen the vigilance around Zhuangzi.

Soon after, in August of the sixteenth year of Kangxi (1677 AD).

There was a piece of news - Kangxi canonized the daughter of the Minister of the Interior, Niu Hulu, as the queen, Tong Jia, the concubine, Hesheri, Li, An, Zhang, and Dong. The Minister in Charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent an edict to the 20 Cabinet Governors: A woman who should serve in the palace should go out when she enters the palace when she finishes her official business, and she is not allowed to sit idle for a long time, and she will spread the outside affairs inward, and eavesdrop on the palace affairs to the outside world.

Shuyun couldn't help but raise her eyebrows lightly when she heard this. This Lao Kang, are you demonstrating to yourself - you Qi Shuyun don't want to be my woman, and some people are waiting in line. And the people with the lowest rank are all concubines, which is self-evident.

It seems that these days, the people who peep at Zhuangzi are also sent by the relatives of those ladies in the palace. Otherwise, how could Lao Kang suddenly prohibit them from transmitting news inside and outside?

For these things, Shuyun just laughed it off. It doesn't matter if Lao Kang is demonstrating to himself, or defending himself. These are none of Shuyun's business, and the court has always been a place where Shuyun stays away. She just wants to live her life with peace of mind.

And Shuyun has been very busy lately, and she has not had the leisure to take care of these flies and dogs.

The candy store has been renovated and will open soon. The name of the shop should be chosen, the man should be hired, and a competent person from the Zhuangzi should be selected to be the shopkeeper, and these people should also be trained before opening the shop.

I also had to prepare enough candy, and the stock in the original space was almost sold in Vietnam. Shuyun has recently made some more, but the number is still not enough.

Shuyun planted two acres of sugarcane in the space, originally thinking that he wanted to make his own sugar, but after harvesting once, Shuyun used the existing materials in the space to make a small amount of some. But it was too much trouble. After the sugarcane is harvested, it is necessary to cut off impurities such as leaves, shoots and roots, and then carry out eight processes such as crushing and pressing, which can exhaust people to death. And with Shuyun's lame technique, the white sugar made is not as good as it was bought. In fact, the quality of white sugar now is very close to Shuyun's previous life, after all, China's sugar history has been more than 2,000 years, but there is not so much advanced equipment, so the output is relatively limited.

See this happens. Shuyun resolutely gave up the unrealistic idea of making her own sugar, and kept only a small amount of the harvested sugarcane in the storage space, and took it out as a snack to chew. The rest is used as feed for the horses. And he replanted those two acres with spices.

In the past two days, Shuyun first took the children to harvest all the ripe strawberries, blueberries and the few remaining cherries in the Zhuangzi. Then he took the women of the Zhuangzi to clean them all, and then used a slightly larger maifan stone mill to grind them. After the end, they are boiled one by one into jam.

The large amount of white sugar I bought was saccharified, and the impurities were filtered out with a homemade filter. Then start boiling, stirring, adding the jam prepared in advance, and stirring again. After that, it is poured into various shapes of molds customized by Shuyun in advance and waits for cooling.

After the candy is ready, it is packed into white porcelain jars according to the different tastes. Delivered to the store on the flyover. Shuyun also asked Chen Ce to customize a large number of different types of oiled paper and paper bags and cloth bags printed with exquisite candy patterns. If someone wants to buy candy, they weigh it, wrap it in waterproof oiled paper, and put it in different bags according to their weight and price.

In addition, Sook Yun made various flavors of toffee and chocolate. After waiting for a while, when there is a chance, Shuyun is ready to take out some of the various fruits in the space and make jam. The variety of sweets will increase.

In addition, Shuyun also took out seasonings such as peppercorns, spices, cumin, and various Shuyun's homemade fruit wines. Put it in the shop and sell it.

The shop is clean and tidy, with various Chinese knots and candy pendants wrapped in silk threads of various colors hanging on the walls. The middle is separated by a screen, and the candy and other miscellaneous goods are divided into two areas.

Shuyun named the store "Happy Inn".

The shopkeeper is Zhuang Ding Shuigen, a very shrewd person. The two young men were hired from outside, one was 14-year-old Baoqing and the other was 16-year-old Liansheng. Gu is a native of Beijing, and his home is not far away.

On the opening day, Shuyun and Chen Ce took Qian Afu and Bai Li to the store.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, Baoqing and Liansheng lit the firecrackers at the door. Chen Ce and Ding Shuigen removed the red cloth from the plaque. Happy Inn is officially opened.

The most important thing here in the capital is people who are curious to watch the excitement. Therefore, the entrance of the happy inn was full of people passing by. Among them were some children. Ding Shuigen had already set up a table at the door according to Shuyun's instructions, and placed a few porcelain jars with candy on it. Anyone who passes by can get a piece for free until all the candies in the jar are gone.

Not to mention these children and ordinary people, even those big people in Sijiu City have never seen these candies.

And Shuyun they sell it is not expensive, fruit candy is 1 yuan for 2 yuan, milk candy is 2 yuan for 3 yuan, ordinary chocolate is 5 yuan for a piece, 6 yuan with nuts, and the best Jinsha chocolate is 8 yuan. Of course, if you buy it by a catty, it won't be at this price, and it's much cheaper.

Most people can afford it, so everyone pays for two dollars to try it. Of course, those who buy 3 or 5 yuan are not bagged, but only wrapped in small pieces of oiled paper. Otherwise, Shuyun will have to pay for her death. Generally speaking, as long as they have tasted it, those who are more fond of sweets will pay more to buy more.

And the little ones with snotty noses, after getting free candy. I found it very delicious, and I ran to find my friends to get it. After a while, the free distribution point in front of the store was full of children.

That's why the popularity of the store is still very strong.

Sister-in-law Osmanthus and her daughter-in-law Hu Li also stood in the crowd, staring at Shuyun from a distance. In March, Hu Li added another daughter to Hu Qiu, and now she is also holding her in her arms. Because Bai Li followed, Shuyun didn't try to come forward to greet Sister-in-law Osmanthus and Hu Li. He just nodded slightly. Sister-in-law Osmanthus also understood what Shuyun meant.

At this time, a little baby with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was only five or six years old, was dragging a chubby aunt wearing a red silk dress in the distance, and walked towards this side. The two of them were still walking, and said, "You kid, what a good thing, you are hungry like this, you have to drag me here, there are still a lot of jobs at home, and I have to breastfeed your sister."

The child said impatiently, "Oh, mother, hurry up, it's late, there will be no more, many people line up to buy that, the sugar is delicious, and the little fat mother next door bought him a big bag." ”

"What kind of sugar, it's so fresh, you don't have enough snacks at home, and there are a lot of fruits and preserves, when did you lose it?"

"That's different"

At this time, the two women squeezed into the store, and the aunt complained, "Why are so many people unable to squeeze in." ”

Seeing the guests coming in, Lian Sheng hurriedly went over to greet him, "Madam, hello, is there anything I can help you with?" ”

Lian Sheng's words stunned the aunt, and said with a smile, "Hehe, this young man, his mouth is so sweet, not bad." No, the child said that the candy in your store is delicious, and you have to come to buy it, so you can weigh it for me. ”

Lian Sheng smiled and said, "Madam, there are many kinds of candy in our store, let me introduce it to you first, when you want to buy the kind, I am telling you, and our store is open on the first day today, as long as the total number of candies bought reaches one catty, there will be gifts, which is very cost-effective." ”

"Yo, I still give gifts, then I have to take a look, what to give?"

"There are many kinds of gifts, including some seasonings such as peppercorns, spices, star anise, etc., as well as various fruit wines, and various flavors of fruit candy, toffee, and chocolate, you can choose at will. Especially the chocolate, which came from far away, tastes good."

Today, there are many more such cases. Especially the aunts who are pulled by their children to buy candy like this. When they see the very pure flavoring seasonings and delicious fruit wine in the store. I am very happy and will buy as much as I want. Some will even buy some of everything, adding up to a large bag.

In fact, these spices have been introduced to China one after another since Zheng He went to the West in the Ming Dynasty, so the people in the capital are no strangers to them. It was only with the fall of the Ming Dynasty that the Qing Dynasty implemented a policy of closing the country to the outside world, and now the coastal areas in the south have just been pacified. Therefore, there are only some powerful families now, and there are still some stocks. Like ordinary people, it has been a long time since they have seen spices, and they are about to forget the taste.

When they saw these long-lost spices again, and even more complete than before, how could they buy more as long as conditions permitted.

At the end of this day, Ding Shuigen, the shopkeeper, and the two young men were busy. Even Shuyun and Chen Ce were not idle. They have been busy all day.

By the time it closed, it was already dark. A group of people were almost paralyzed from exhaustion.

The strong fighting spirit settles today's account. It was found that the gross profit on this day actually reached 558 taels of silver. Faced with this number, everyone was excited. Shuyun also gave a reward to everyone except Chen Ce.

"Today is because we have just opened, and everyone is fresh, so we have such a high turnover." Perhaps this momentum will continue for a few more days. But it's hard to say later. But it's certain that we've fired this shot, and everyone will continue to work hard in the future."

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