When Wang Xiao came to Duke Lu's mansion with gifts, he saw celebrities from all walks of life in Pei County crowded at the door chattering, all saying that they were coming to visit Duke Lu.

Lu Gongming's name is Shuping, and he is a well-known wealthy man in Shanxian County.

This time, it was because he wanted to hide from the enemy in his hometown, so he fled to Pei County.

As for why he avoided Laipei County, it was because the county magistrate of Pei County was a friend of Lu Gong.

It is naturally safe to have a friend who is a hundred miles to take care of.

As for these people who came to visit, they naturally came because of Lu Gong's reputation.

Rich people will be welcomed wherever they go.

Wang Xiao stepped forward with a gift and pushed everyone to the door.

"This son, my master is inconvenient to meet guests now." The guards at the gate regarded him as a local and wanted to come to visit Lu Gong.

Wang Xiao raised his hand and put it on his chin to make a mustache, and said funny, "You don't remember me?" ”

The servant looked at Wang Xiao carefully, and his face changed, "You are... Which one? Hurry up and go, my master is not a guest. ”

Looking at the door that was slammed shut in front of him, Wang Xiao subconsciously wanted to draw his sword.

What's the deal, Lao Tzu crisscrosses all worlds, you don't want to live as a gatekeeper.

His target was Lu Gong's daughter, so he drew his sword and killed it, and it is estimated that Lu Su will really have no good feelings in the future.

For the time being, he returned to Wang Xiao, who had newly bought a house, found the altar of soil wine, sat on the ground and drank the wine and thought about his next action.

Now that we've met the wisher, the next step is to make her wish come true.

But the current situation is completely different from the plot, the sisters of the Lu family did not meet a thief, and Wang Xiao did not have a hero to save the beauty. Naturally, there is no need to admire him.

If it was just like this, it would be okay, but when they met for the first time, his image and surrounding environment deeply frightened the Lu family sisters. I guess it's a completely negative impression score over there right now.

"Forget it, there's no hurry. Let's get the money first. ”

Coupled with the bounty and the spoils of the sale of the bandits, Wang Xiao still had tens of thousands of dollars in his hand after buying the house.

This is a lot of money, and he is considered a rich man here in Pei County.

But in Wang Xiao's opinion, this is far from enough. He needs more money.

If he wanted to make money, Wang Xiao's first thought was to find another bandit for support.

However, I have been looking for that gang of bandits for more than two months before, and it is a bit difficult to find another target near Pei County to do a vote.

As for doing transportation business or something, Wang Xiao is not familiar with life, and he has no connections at all, so he can't play at all.

And Wang Xiaohui's skills, needless to say, painting, don't even have paper these days.

Don't mention dancing or anything, he's not a beauty.

Medical skills are indeed useful, but it is too slow to make money as a miracle doctor.

If you think about it, you can only start from the aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Determined to dry the local wine in the wine jar, Wang Xiao got up and went to discuss business with the rich and handsome people in the county.

In this era, the rich and handsome people in the city, except for the doctor, are blacksmiths.

People really rely on their skills to eat, even when the city is broken and slaughtered, they are all existence technicians who are not killed.

Wang Xiao found a blacksmith and spent money to arrange for the blacksmith to make iron pots, shovels, kitchen knives and other tools according to his requirements.

That's right, Wang Xiao's plan is to open a restaurant.

There is no way, the people live on food. Opening a restaurant will never go out of style.

After agreeing with the rich and handsome blacksmith to pick up the goods in two days, Wang Xiao went to the carpenter shop to find a carpenter and spent money to build a batch of steamers made of bamboo.

Although Pei County is prosperous, it is very difficult to make a lot of money by relying on stir-frying. After all, there are not as many people who can afford to eat as expected.

So Wang Xiao finally used for the first time the ability to make cooking cakes given to him by the famous Wu Dalang in Yanggu County.

The steamer was only invented in the Han Dynasty, and the people of the Qin Dynasty never ate steamed food.

There are more than 10,000 people in this Pei County, and there are even more in the surrounding villages and towns. If the cooking cake business is really started, then it is really profitable.

Wu Dalang's cooking cakes can be said to be baked cakes, but they can also be said to be steamed buns or something.

During the Song Dynasty, culture was prosperous and science and technology were developed. The abundance of folk life is the era of the explosion of cuisine. Therefore, cooking cakes are not a single reference, but a general term.

The tools are there, and the technology is remembered. What is missing now is the storefront.

"Uncle Fan, I'm here."

In the Fan family's dog meat wine shop, Fan Hao's father, who was packing up his things, heard this familiar voice, and was so frightened that he even threw the pottery bowl in his hand on the ground.

Looking up at the big man in front of him who had been eating and drinking for nothing in his house for two months, Fan Xu's father was really a little trembling in his legs.

He couldn't help but be afraid, because Liu Bang and his group, who were known as the tyrants of Pei County, were like quails in front of this guy. Not to mention domineering, even the atmosphere does not dare to come out.

Some time ago, Xiahou Ying wanted to repair Wang Xiao, who had been eating and drinking all day long, but he didn't expect Wang Xiao to say anything, and slapped it directly on the table in front of Xiahou Ying.

The case was almost half a palm thick, and it could directly smash someone's head and bleed when picked up.

But in front of Wang Xiao, a slap was slapped into two ends.

Xiahou Ying, who was carrying the wine jar in his hand, knelt down on the spot, and said brother, I will give you a jar of wine. Then he poured a whole jar himself.

Since then, the group of people known as the top tyrants in Pei County didn't dare to say much when they saw Wang Xiao.

"Don't be nervous, I'm here to settle the account." Wang Xiao took out the Qin Banliang in the bag with a smile on his face, counted them one by one, and said how much he had eaten here, ensuring that no money would be less.

Be kind, Wang Xiao will pay as much as he has eaten here. There will definitely be no less money from the shops that people have worked hard for, and of course they will not give more.

After settling the previous arrears, Wang Xiao turned to the topic.

"Uncle Fan, your business here is not very good. Have you ever thought about turning the shop, making a lot of money and then going to the mountains and rivers? ”

Fan Xu's father shook his head again and again, "This is the family business handed down from the ancestors, how can it be handed over to others." ”

"Hey, don't say that." Wang Xiao patiently enlightened him, "What is the purpose of opening a shop, of course, it is to make money." If you can't make money and lose money, then what else is there to open. That's pit yourself, pit your own offspring. It's better to take a sum of money and do something else. ”

Fan Xu's father was a little confused, but he was always gritting his teeth and unwilling to sell the store.

"So be it." Wang Xiao put forward another suggestion: "I will contribute money and technology to shares, and you will invest in this store and your family." Let's do business in partnership, how about sharing the accounts after making money. ”

Fan Xu's father looked at the little golden cake in Wang Xiao's baggage, and his eyes were glowing with gold, "How do you do business in partnership?" ”

Xiao He in the yamen was called over to write a document and go through the process. Wang Xiao contributed money and technology, occupying eighty percent of the new shop. Fan Xu's father went out of the store, and he and his son Fan Xu worked as laborers, accounting for 20%.

When the dust settled, Fan Hao, who was blinded by gold, came back to his senses, why did he arrange the store with himself and his son?

On Mangdang Mountain, Fan Xu, who was digging a rabbit hole, sneezed a few times, "What's the matter, I panicked as if I was going to be unlucky." ”

When all kinds of tools and materials were delivered, Wang Xiao and Fan Hao and his father were busy preparing together.

"Our friendship naturally didn't say. But friendship is friendship, and business is business. Fan Hao didn't come, and he had to deduct his wages these days when he was away. ”

The main food here in Daqin is corn, that is, millet.

Wheat is also one of the five grains, but the yield is not high. And the most important thing is that the price is high, not to mention, shelling is also very troublesome.

Therefore, Wang Xiao uses millet to make cakes, that is, millet, one of the five grains, commonly known as yellow rice, which is larger than millet.

Because this millet is easy to feed, it is planted a lot, and the yield is not small. It is easier to hull than wheat.

Of course, if you want to make bread and steamed buns, you still need some wheat.

If you want to make a good pastry, it is very important to make dough.

In order to avoid the loss of technology, Wang Xiao chose to use scientific and technological means to produce.

He went to the pharmacy and bought a batch of alkali stone.

Trona stone is not uncommon, and in this era, most of them are used for medicine or alchemy.

However, Wang Xiao knows how to process caustic soda from trona, and the easiest way is to dissolve and add lime powder for treatment.

With caustic soda, soda ash can be refined, and with soda ash baking soda can be made.

Baking soda is the soda used for dough.

In this era, Wang Xiao's refining method is definitely high-tech. Others can't learn if they want to.

"Sure enough, people have to go to school. The knowledge in school, he is still useful. ”

The tired and dizzy Fan Hao and his father have been shelling and grinding noodles all the time.

He swore that he would break his dog's leg when Fan Xu returned. This bastard son ran to the mountains and rivers by himself, and threw him here to be tortured by Wang Xiao.

He didn't dare to find Wang Xiao for this breath, so he could only vent it on Fan Xu's body.

"Ahh On Mangdang Mountain, Fan Xu, who was happily squatting by the stream to clean up the rabbit, sneezed heavily again, "Why do you always feel as if something unlucky is going to happen." ”

Mix the millet flour with wheat flour, stir with water, add baking soda and mix the noodles.

Wang Xiao tried the feel, and said in the tone of Wuda, "It's still a little hard, and then continue to make peace." ”

Fan Hao and his father sighed and stepped forward, continuing to be busy with the affairs of the face.

When Wang Xiao was finally satisfied, he covered it with a damp cloth and waited for fermentation.

"Okay, Uncle Fan go and rest. This noodle will be available tomorrow morning, let's make a fire and prepare steamed buns. ”

Wang Xiao is very satisfied with the results of his work.

Sure enough, there is no useless skill, the difference is only when you use it.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Wang Xiao came to the dog meat shop early, woke up Fan Xu's father and started working.

Daqin has noodle food, and the famous soup cake is already available at this time.

Soup cakes are noodles, but this is not something that everyone can eat, and usually only the aristocracy.

So pasta is not common in Daqin.

Wang Xiao stretched out his hand and pinched the fermented dough, and nodded with satisfaction, "It's really soft." I like the feel. ”

The next thing is simple, directly knead the dough and shape it into a dough before putting it on the steamer.

Wait until the sky is bright and there are pedestrians on the street. The dog butcher shop has been lined with frames of steamed buns.