Du Le practiced the Changchun Jue for a while, and it was not until dawn that he finished his work.

Du Le did not go to the front yard to greet Zhao Quan's family, but walked out of the back door directly.

As soon as the gates opened, Düle walked to his manor outside the city.

In the manor, Xiao Duocai and Yan Fu were there, and Du Le happened to ask them about the situation in the past two days.

Xiao Duocai first handed Du Le an account book, and then lowered his hand and said, "The accounts of Meiweixuan are here, and in the past two days, due to limited sales, Meiweixuan has only been open for half a day. Payouts are fixed every day. ”

Du Le opened the account book, only looked at it a few times, and he couldn't stand it. On the account books, whether it is expenditure or income, they are all drawn one by one, one by one. It's only been two days now, and there are not many discrepancies that need to be listed separately, so it's easier to understand. After a long time, there will definitely be some unclear accounts.

Du Le shook his head, asked Xiao Duocai to take a pen, and then drew a line vertically in the middle of the account book, and said: "In the future, the left side will record the income, the right side will record the expenditure, and make a summary every seven days, a big summary once a month, and a summary once a year." In this way, I can know the specific amount of money, whether Meimeixuan has lost or earned. ”

Xiao Duocai listened for a while, and suddenly realized, "Master, this method is indeed a lot simpler, and Duocai is taught." ”

"Also, how has Zhao Quan's performance been recently?" Du Le asked again.

"Shopkeeper Zhao worked diligently, worked very hard, and refused the government's reward for him." Xiao Duocai replied.

Du Le nodded, the last time he knocked Zhao Quan, it seemed that it still had some effect.

"Yan Fu, how is the restaurant you prepared? What's the difficulty? Du Le turned his gaze to Yan Fu.

"I have bought a restaurant in Jinyang City, which was sold by Zhao Quanzhao's shopkeeper. The staff inside is fully staffed, and I also kept two chefs and a pastry chef in the restaurant. I also bought some of the restaurant's special dishes and secret recipes. After Yan Fu finished speaking, he took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Du Le.

Du Le took a look, and the soups included Dragon and Tiger Spirit Soup, Fengyan Whitening Soup, Ten Perfect Tonic Soup, Liver Clearing and Eye-Clearing Soup, Stomach and Spleen Strengthening Soup, etc. Du Le counted it, and with the dishes, there were a total of twelve secret recipes.

Du Le nodded, looked at Yan Fu, and motioned for him to continue.

"It's easy to recruit people, but it's more difficult to get materials. Chu is now suffering from food shortages everywhere, not only can a lot of ingredients not be prepared, but the grain is sold in limited quantities, and the opening of the restaurant may not last too long. Yan Fu said.

Du Le asked, "Food shortage?" Is there a shortage of food in Jinyang City now? ”

"This is not necessarily, but most of the cultivated land in the north has fallen into war, and it is certain that the Chu State will no longer be able to harvest more grain. Treacherous grain merchants have raised prices one after another, taking advantage of the opportunity to hoard grain, and the price of grain has risen sharply, except for a few restaurants that are still struggling to open, and most of them are only vegetable soup. Yan Fu was worried about the current state of food in the state of Chu.

"You don't have to worry about food, at least our restaurant will have a sufficient supply of rice. What you need to do is to set a reasonable price and maintain a reasonable supply. The price of white rice can be set a little higher so that people with money can afford it. The price of porridge was set a little lower, so that most people could afford to buy and eat. In addition, the operation of the restaurant is largely up to you, and I will not interfere much. Du Le said.

Du Le flipped through the secret recipes in his hand again, wondering if these secret recipes could open a high-end restaurant in the city. After just watching it for a while, Du Le had to put this thought aside for a while. He hadn't even heard of the ingredients on these secret recipes, and it was estimated that they were local specialties of this world, and he didn't know if there were any on the earth.

However, in the process of flipping through them, Du Le found that these secret recipes have one thing in common, which is that they all contain an ingredient called five-leaf clover. …,

"Why are there five-leaf clovers in these recipes, and what is five-leaf clover?" Du Le couldn't help but ask.

Yan Fu was a little strange, he couldn't imagine that Du Le would not know this kind of grass, and replied softly: "Five-leaf clover, is a spice, not only fragrant, but also contains a unique fresh breath, when cooking and making soup, add a little five-leaf clover, can remove the smell of animals, improve the fragrance, and increase the taste of dishes." ”

"Oh?" Du Le was a little interested, "Is there any five-leaf clover in the manor, bring some and I'll take a look." ”

Yan Fu nodded, quickly went outside to find a large handful of five-leaf clover, and put it in a vegetable plate.

Du Le looked at the five-leaf clover, and asked Xiao Duocai to prepare boiling water and a large bowl.

After a while, a bowl of hot instant noodles was ready. Du Le added five-leaf clover to the noodle soup, and something happened to him.

The taste of this bowl of instant noodles seems to have improved a lot in an instant, just the fragrance wafting out is reverie, full of temptation, look at the reaction of Xiao Duocai and Yan Fu on the side, and look at the soup noodles in the bowl with glowing eyes, salivating.

Du Le took a bite of noodles and took a sip of soup.

It's so delicious! Du Le exclaimed. I didn't expect that a bowl of ordinary instant noodles would be so delicious, it's unbelievable. If he adds clover to his instant noodles, it's definitely a first-class delicacy!

Du Le asked a little impatiently, "Is there a lot of clover?" What is the price? ”

"It mainly grows on the mountainside, a penny of gold and a catty, and there are so many on the mountain that it is worthless, but it costs people to pick it." Yan Fu replied.

Du Le touched the remaining five-leaf clover on the plate and said, "Are these five-leaf clovers baked?" ”

"Baking? In order to preserve it for a long time, it is harvested and exposed to the sun. ”

"Well, Yan Fu, you did a good job, Xiao Duocai, you are also good, each reward is 500 yuan in gold coins." Du Le said to the door again, "The butler also comes in." ”

The housekeeper of the manor, who had been standing outside the door for a long time, also walked in.

"Xiao Duocai continued to stare at Meiweixuan, I will give you some pastries later, find a car, and you will be responsible for transporting them to Meiweixuan, tell Zhao Quan that you can increase the daily sales, and tell him that there are a few new flavors of noodle soup in it, which will slowly replace the existing flavors." Du Le plans to gradually replace the original instant noodles produced in his own factory and become the mainstream of Mei Mei Xuan.

"Yan Fu, you don't have to worry about the rice in the restaurant, it's ready to open, and I will provide you with rice in a day." There's one more thing you need to do. That is to help me buy the five-leaf clover that has been sun-dried, a penny of gold coins and a catty, a large number of purchases, and the maximum purchase price can not exceed three cents of gold coins. You can hang an acquisition notice at the entrance of the restaurant. Well, we can also ask the homeless people to help us pick it, and exchange 20 catties of fresh clover for a bowl of uncooked rice. The purchased five-leaf clover is first stored in the manor. ”

"Steward, I'll give you a sum of money later, and you can go to the neighborhood and buy a piece of mountain land overgrown with five-leaf clovers, and I'll grow five-leaf clovers specially. You hire some tenant farmers to help manage it, and the harvested clover is dried and brought to the estate. In addition, the manor can be expanded to build several storehouses dedicated to storing five-leaf clover. "The steward of the manor was an old man of nearly sixty years old, who was originally a slave in the manor, and after Du Le took over the manor, seeing that he was quite honest, he promoted him to the steward of the manor, responsible for managing the other servants of the manor and the general affairs of the manor.

"The three of you are allowed to hire your own men, and every month you will be rewarded with 2 to 10 per cent of the estate's net income according to your respective estates, depending on your performance. In this way, you will not have to worry about not having the money to redeem your deed of sale in the future. After encouraging Du Le, he warned, "It's nothing to be selfish, but you must not harm my interests, and anyone who embezzles a penny of gold must be mentally prepared for ten times the compensation, and will also be sent to the government for investigation and punishment." ”

"I'll understand! Never dare to live up to the expectations of the master, and do your best to serve the master! The three of them knelt on the ground and replied in unison.