In Ajinomote, Fang Lu personally went around for a while.

Although this wine shop is nominally run by Fang Yiai and the Chu Wangfu, Fang Yiai has not separated from the family, and he doesn't know where he is now, so the matter of Ajinomoto is naturally in charge of her, the mother.

No way, who made this the main source of income for the house now.

"Madam, today all the sweet dishes in our restaurant have resumed normal supply, there is no limit to how many servings customers want, and the business has returned to its previous scale."

Ajinomoto's shopkeeper Fang just stood behind Fang Lu's and talked about Ajinomoto's situation in the past few days.

Since Na Xu Ang came back with two boatloads of frosting, and also let out the wind that there was frosting on the road behind, the sugar price in Chang'an City, which continued to record highs, immediately came to a cliff-like drop.

In just three days, the price of frosting has fallen by more than half, directly back to the level at the beginning of the year.

The point is that this price is still falling, and according to this trend, in a few days, the price of sugar will fall to half of last year's level.

This kind of violent fluctuation is also very rare.

"Whether it's frosting or sugar, just buy enough for a day or two, don't stock up too much at once, this price has to continue to fall, and there is a large amount of frosting on the road behind."

Fang Lu received a letter from Fang Zhen Tuo Xu Ang, and knew the latest progress of the Fang family, the Cheng family, and the Chu Wangfu in planting sugarcane in Guangzhou, so they naturally knew that the price of frosting could not be so high anymore.

Even if the Chu Wangfu can lower the price of white sugar, it is difficult to say whether there is a market for frosting.

"My subordinates understand that the price of this sugar is getting lower and lower day by day, and if I sell more at one time, I will lose a lot of money out of thin air, and I will definitely not do this kind of thing."

Fang Gang seems to have forgotten what he worried about every day for frosting some time ago, and he looks like he is not afraid of no frosting at all.

Indeed, it is not a big secret that Fang Fu planted 10,000 acres of sugarcane in Lingnan.

Before, everyone didn't pay too much attention to it, because they felt that these sugarcanes couldn't make a name for themselves in the end, at most they were addicted to the poor.

Who knows......

"You can arrange for people to develop more sweets, the price of sugar has come down, the demand for sweets will definitely continue to rise among the wealthy merchants and even ordinary people in Chang'an City, and you can't wait for the new dishes of the Chu Wangfu."

Fang Lu's words made Fang Gang feel ashamed.

To be honest, Ajinomoto can become one of the three major restaurants in Chang'an City, relying on the various dishes of the Chu Palace, Fang Gang is not conceited enough to think that he is capable, so Ajinomoto is prosperous.

"Madam, my subordinates understand that after the price of this sugar has come down, I have immediately arranged for someone to develop a few more dishes."

……

In the center of Wuhe, Pan Wei stood beside Pan Wang, who had an ugly face, with a little trepidation.

"The shopkeeper, Nagandy, has a very tough attitude, saying that our frosting has been sold for so long, there is no quality problem, and it will not be returned. He also sarcastically said that when the price of icing was rising, why didn't I return it? ”

"A few hundred catties of frosting are not used much, the price has fallen by half, look at this trend, and continue to fall, isn't it that we have spent thousands of dollars more unjustly? This breath is unbearable. ”

Pan Wang's mood at this time was very complicated.

On the one hand, as a big user of frosting, he definitely wants the price of frosting to be maintained at a low level.

If the price of the frosting hoarded by Wuheju had just run out and the price dropped, he would definitely be laughing out of his teeth when he slept.

Can ...... now

It's the other way around.

He couldn't laugh at watching the frosting in the warehouse depreciate at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"The main thing is that no one thought that the Chu Wangfu would be able to make sugar cane into frosting. I also inquired, and the sugarcane planting in Lingnan is not only planted this year, but there have been farmers planting it a long time ago, but no one has been able to successfully turn sugarcane into frosting, so the scale of sugarcane cultivation has been limited. That is, since the beginning of this year, the three families of Chu Wangfu, Fangfu and Chengfu have planted tens of thousands of acres of sugarcane in Guangzhou, and only then did they have the boatload of frosting at Weishui Wharf a while ago. ”

Although Pan Wei failed to return the frosting, he did not do nothing.

Figuring out the situation faced by the frosting and the future price trend can be regarded as an important way to redeem his impression in front of Pan Wang.

"The Chu Wangfu is actually able to make sugarcane into frosting, and next year it will definitely increase the scale of sugarcane planting, and other noble families will also send people to Lingnan to plant sugarcane, and the high price of frosting seems to be gone forever."

"Yes, many of the guests who have eaten in the building recently have talked about arranging for people to go to Lingnan to buy land and grow sugarcane. Some are even considering the possibility of growing sugarcane in Chang'an. I heard that several students from the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy even began to study the planting method of sugarcane, so they did not hesitate to set off for Lingnan. ”

"After we adjusted the price, are there still people in the building discussing this matter?"

Pan Wei talked about the guests in the building, and Pan Wang remembered the price increase of Wuheju's sweet dishes a while ago.

It's a bit difficult to make a decision about the price increase, but the impact on earnings is immediate.

Pan Wang is now struggling with whether to adjust the price back or leave it alone.

It's easy to reduce prices, but it's hard to increase prices.

It's hard to get everyone to accept the current price, and if no one has a big opinion, then there is no need to lower it back.

"Except for the first few days when everyone had a heated discussion, no one cares anymore. The shopkeeper, if you want me to say, this price doesn't need to be adjusted back, anyway, these customers are not short of that money, as long as our dishes are good enough, they will continue to come. ”

"I see, let's do it first. Now that the price of sugar has dropped dramatically, the kitchen can also make a few more sweet dishes to cater to the preferences of customers. ”

Although Pan Wang himself is not very fond of sweets, he knows that sweet foods are now very popular in Chang'an City.

……

In the city of Liangzhou, there is an endless stream of businessmen coming and going from the south to the north.

In Chang'an City, many nobles have arranged for people to do business in Liangzhou.

Coupled with Ma Zhou's constant arrangement of Da Fei and Tuoba Yong to capture the population among the nearby tribes, Liangzhou is now a big city with a permanent population of nearly 500,000.

Of course, housing prices and land prices in Liangzhou have also risen a lot.

As the pillar industry of Liangzhou City, wool and dairy products workshops are all over the place.

"Ma Changshi, how about you look at this butter? The craftsmen of the workshop have made it after many improvements on the basis of some Hu people's production techniques, and the color has been very pure, and the taste is much better. ”

The person who spoke was Zhang Kai, the shopkeeper of the newly built butter workshop in Northwest Trade, who was recommended by Mrs. Ma Zhou, the old man of the Zhang family, and his ability was very good.

As the agent of the Chu Wangfu in Liangzhou, Ma Zhou's status is not lower than that of Liangzhou Thorn History.

Otherwise, the Dunhuang Zhang family would not have taken the initiative to marry their daughter to Ma Zhou.

Don't look at the familiar people are all big families like five surnames and seven wangs, in fact, the Dunhuang Zhang family is in the northwest, and he is the real emperor of the soil, and his influence is very great.

Ma Zhou also agreed to such a marriage after seeing this.

Don't look at everyone's usual unhappiness in secret, but when they get married, whether it is the royal family or ordinary people, they try their best to marry with the big family.

Of course, the big clan in the eyes of the royal family is definitely different from the big clan in the eyes of ordinary people.

"Well, this butter is a bit like what the prince said, let's start large-scale production today, but you also have to continue to let the craftsman study it to see how long this butter can be stored in different environments, and don't have an accident after eating spoiled milk."

Ma Zhou's expectations for butter are still very high.

If the butter workshop can really make the kind of butter mentioned in Li Kuan's letter, then all kinds of milk and goat's milk around Liangzhou can be fully utilized.

After all, the audience of milk powder is still relatively small, although it has also solved a lot of problems, but after all, there are still many herdsmen's fresh milk produced by cattle and sheep that have not been used.

"I'm not sure what the final situation will be, but the butter that used to be in a closed porcelain couldn't be broken for a month or two, and now the butter looks better, and I think it can be stored for a long time."

As the shopkeeper of the scalper workshop, Zhang Kai has obviously worked hard.

Although there doesn't seem to be a particularly large market for this thing in Liangzhou, His Royal Highness the King of Chu specially arranged for everyone to make it, and it must be of great use in Chang'an City.

"The longer it can be stored, the better, otherwise it will be transported to Chang'an City, and it will quickly break down if it is not sold in a short time, which will make many shops give up selling butter."

Ma Zhou is also proficient in business now, and he has a thorough understanding of many business rules and principles.

After all, Northwest Trade is now the two largest commercial enterprises in Datang, along with the fishing industry in the East China Sea.

……

In the palace of the king of Chu, Li Kuan personally guided the cook to prepare food.

"Lord, just boil the milk and cool it, and then stir the egg whites and sugar evenly and pour it in, can you make the food you said?"

Wu Meiniang stood beside Li Kuan, watching him know the ingredients processed by the cook step by step, with a puzzled expression on her face.

Whether it is milk or goat's milk, it has a fishy smell, and it is not very popular in Chang'an City.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that these two things are not easy to preserve and cannot be sold to ordinary people.

Otherwise, as long as the price is favorable enough and the taste is fishy, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell.

"Whether it tastes good or not depends not on whether the production process is complicated or not, but on whether the final thing is delicious."

Li Kuan said while recalling the double-skin milk he had eaten in Shunde, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Although double skin milk is sold in many places in Guangdong, the most authentic one is still produced in Shunde.

In the past, Li Kuan didn't think much of this statement, thinking that as long as the process was right, not all the products produced by any store would be similar.

It wasn't until I went to Shunde in person under the leadership of a friend that I was late to the middle of the double skin milk that I knew that the taste of something with the same name could be so far worse.

"This pair of leather milk, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look as delicious as you said, but fried milk, I think it looks very delicious."

Watching the cook put the evenly mixed paste ingredients into the oil pan and fry them, Wu Meiniang couldn't help but feel a little more interested.

Obviously, the fried milk meal should be more recognized by everyone.

"Double crust milk, fried milk, doughnuts, cheesecake...... There's something for everyone. ”

In the palace of King Chu, whether it is Cheng Jingwen or Wu Meiniang, or Xiaomai, and Qing'er, they all have a soft spot for sweets.

Li Kuan simply made these classic desserts in one go, which can be regarded as enriching everyone's breakfast and afternoon tea.

……

In the Daming Palace, although the sun has set, Li Shimin is still diligently reviewing the folds in the Xuanzheng Palace.

As an emperor, there are bound to be countless things waiting for you to do as long as you want to work.

Li Shimin is a hard-working emperor, so he naturally has endless work in his hands.

"Aye, you can rest for a while, my son has brought you something delicious."

The son personally carried a food basket, and a palace maid followed behind him in fear, for fear that the princess, who was deeply favored by His Majesty, would fall.

"Oh, are you out of the palace again today?"

Li Shimin didn't even need to look up to know that his son must have brought something good back from Li Kuan.

Since Li Kuan returned to Beijing, the frequency of his son and Li Zhi running to the Chu Palace's mansion has obviously accelerated a lot.

"Hehe, the second brother asked the cook to make a lot of new sweets, Aye, you must not have eaten it, but it is delicious, and the stomach of the son is bulging."

The son placed the food basket next to Li Shimin's imperial table, and picked up a few things from it that were obviously elaborate.

"Aye, you must not have eaten fried milk, have you?"

"Fried milk? Can you still fry milk? ”

Li Shimin put down the busy quill in his hand, and watched with great interest as his son took out a few small food boxes from the food basket.

"Of course, not only can you fry it, but it's very delicious. Sweet, fragrant, Aya you will definitely like to eat it. ”

"Is this it?"

"Well, come, open your mouth, you can taste it."

In the Xuanzheng Palace, a rare warm scene appeared.

That is, when the son comes, there will be such a situation.

Even Li Zhi, who also stretched out his hand to pamper him, as he grew older, Li Shimin had slowly become strict with him.

Many times, Li Zhi didn't dare to sneak to the Xuanzheng Hall by himself.

"Huh? It's really good, and the flavor is very unique. ”

Li Shimin took a bite of fried milk, which was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the rich milky flavor made his eyes shine.

This Li Kuan, in terms of tossing ingredients, is really unparalleled in the world.