The business of the braised meat shop is very good, and the fame of Li Ji braised meat has gradually opened up in the city of Tokyo, and many people even rush from the east of the city to the west of the city, in order to taste their braised meat, plus the demand for those restaurants is also increasing, and now the braised meat is in short supply, so Li Zhang has long planned to rent a yard and hire a few people to increase production.

However, Li Zhang is a little worried now, because after knowing that Mrs. Liu is Liu E, and the other party also said that there will be arrangements for him soon, which makes Li Zhang also a little worried, because he is likely to be the future emperor's eldest cousin, in case Liu E throws him directly to other places, can the business in Tokyo City be done?

Seeing that Li Zhang was a little hesitant, the brother Meng spoke again: "Little Brother Li, if you don't want to, forget it, if you really can't do it, I'll ask the others again." ”

"Brother Meng misunderstood, I rent your yard, but I don't know how much the rent is?" Li Zhang finally made a decision at this time, because he thought that even if he was not in Tokyo City, he could let Douzi and them continue to operate.

Seeing Li Zhang's promise, Brother Meng also showed a happy expression, but he really didn't know how much rent to ask, after all, he hadn't paid attention to this aspect before, so he thought for a moment and asked again: "How much rent do you think is appropriate?" ”

Seeing that this Brother Meng is a person who has never done business, fortunately the first person he came to find was Li Zhang, otherwise if he was another person, he might be ruthlessly pitted by him.

"Brother Meng, although we are neighbors, I have never been to you, why don't you take me to have a look, understand the situation and then discuss the price?" Li Zhang proposed with a smile at this time.

Brother Meng immediately agreed when he heard this, and it was almost dark at this time, Li Zhang followed Brother Meng out of the store, and then came to the shop next to him, but as soon as he entered, he saw Brother Meng's wife cooking, and he was also a little surprised when he saw Li Zhang, Brother Meng hurriedly stepped forward to explain, which made the other party bow to Li Zhang quite restrainedly.

Li Zhang also felt a little embarrassed, after all, during this time, he was also woken up by the "fight" sound of Brother Meng's young couple, but this Mrs. Meng has always lived in a simple house, and Li Zhang has never seen each other, and now he found out that the other party is indeed quite handsome, no wonder Brother Meng dared to fall out with his parents for her.

Li Zhang walked around the shop and found that Brother Meng's shop was about the same size as his current shop, and then came to the backyard, which was really much larger than his yard, especially the yard with two wings, which were now full of sundries, but they could also live in it if they cleaned up.

"Brother Li, what do you think?" After looking at the courtyard, Brother Meng asked again at this time.

"Brother Meng's yard here is indeed larger than mine, and there are two more wings, which is better than mine, but our shop is about the same size, and you also know that renting this kind of yard facing the street is mainly based on the shop, so the rent of your yard will be a little more expensive than mine, but it is also very limited." Li Zhang said honestly, renting a yard facing the street is mainly for business, so the most valuable thing is not the yard, but the shop in front.

"I know this, how much do you think the price is appropriate?" Brother Meng asked again, he was in a hurry to move out, and he didn't have the time to come here again in the future, so he wanted to rent out this courtyard as soon as possible.

"Brother Meng, you also know that my yard turned out to be a murderous house, so the landlord gave me a discount, and only collected me ten times a year, if it is placed in normal times, a yard like yours is generally between twenty and twenty-five yuan, this rent is transparent, you can go to other shops to inquire." Li Zhang once again told the truth, he was unwilling to take advantage of the other party, Wuqi Street is relatively crowded, so the shops here are more expensive than other places.

"I believe in Brother Li, then take a middle number, how about we run twenty-three times a year?" Brother Meng is also a cheerful person, and he said directly at the moment, in fact, for him, he doesn't care at all whether it is more or less.

"Okay, that's it, I'll write an essay now, and I'll settle this matter today!" Li Zhang also immediately clapped his head and said, the rent of 23 guan is still very reasonable, and with this big yard, the production of braised meat can also be increased.

At that moment, Li Zhang took Brother Meng back to the braised meat shop again, and then wrote the paperwork and signed it on both sides, and then kept a copy of each, Li Zhang also immediately asked the ugly lady to take money for Brother Meng, and asked the wild dog to help the other party send it home, starting tomorrow, the yard next door will be used by him.

The next morning, Brother Meng and his wife hired a carriage and went home to raise their fetuse, and when they handed over the key to Li Zhang, they told him that the furniture left in the yard was for them to use, as long as the house was not demolished.

After sending off the Meng couple, except for a few people who stayed to watch the store, everyone else followed him to the next door to look at the newly rented yard, and Douzi They showed even more excited expressions, because they have been laying on the floor during this time, although it is better than living in the shack before, but they have always wanted to have a bed of their own, but the place at home is too small, and now with this yard, they don't have to make it anymore.

Not only are Douzi happy, but the ugly girls are also happy, after all, they are also growing up day by day, and the girls are more precocious, and it always feels inconvenient to live on the second floor with Douzi and their boys, but now it's okay, with two yards, men and women can live separately.

Li Zhang gathered everyone after inspecting the courtyard, and then cleared his throat and said: "We have rented this courtyard, braised meat is in short supply now, and we are short of manpower, now that there is a place, the problem of manpower has not been solved, what do you think?" ”

"Big brother, I think you can ask Uncle Zhou about recruitment, he is familiar with him, maybe he can give some advice." As soon as Li Zhang's words fell, the ugly lady opened her mouth to suggest.

"Okay, I'll go to Uncle Zhou and ask later!" Li Zhang also agreed very much when he heard this, but he had another thing, so he spoke again, "The other is the shop in front of this yard, our braised meat shop doesn't need two shops, and now this shop is too wasteful if it is idle, so I want to do some other business!" ”

"Big brother, you have a lot of ideas, we will do whatever you say!" Douzi was the first to speak at this time, they had long been accustomed to looking at Li Zhang's horse, and they really didn't have any ideas about doing business.

Douzi's words were also approved by other people, and Li Zhang also knew that this matter needed to be decided by himself, so he had made plans last night, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will say, I am going to make an early shop for this shop!" ”

"Shop early?" They were also stunned when they heard Li Zhang's words, they knew that the stall that sold breakfast, but it was very hard to do breakfast, not only did they have to get up early and touch the dark, but also the profit was small, and they might not be able to make much money by opening such a shop, and they might not even have enough rent.

"Hehe, I know what you're worried about, but our early shop is different from others, and you'll know when the time comes!" Li Zhang smiled mysteriously at this time.

The diet of the Great Song Dynasty was still relatively monotonous, and many later generations of delicacies did not appear, such as early, soup dumplings, spicy soup, fritters, etc., so he planned to open a mid-to-high-end route of the morning shop, specializing in making some breakfast that Tokyo City did not have, after all, the most important thing in Tokyo City is the rich people, as long as they can make a reputation, the future business will definitely not be worse than the braised meat shop.

Douzi They all have unconditional trust in Li Zhang, so seeing that he is so confident, they are all relieved, and then Li Zhang began to leave a few people to tidy up this yard, especially the two wings must be cleaned out, and he will go to buy a bed in the afternoon, after all, he has long wanted to have a bed of his own.

After Li Zhang discussed with Zhou Laoshi, the other party quickly recruited a few middle-aged women in their thirties and forties from nearby, these women are from poor families, so they want to come out and find something to do, and there is no heavy work in the braised meat shop, mainly cleaning raw materials or lighting fires, which they often do at home, which is suitable for them.

The manpower was recruited, and the newly rented yard was also built, and soon the output of braised meat also increased a lot, at least temporarily to meet the current demand, and Li Zhang also began to focus on the early shop that was about to open, first of all, the front shop Li Zhang spent money to redecorate, not too exquisite, but clean and tidy, the whole shop is not very big, only seven or eight tables can be placed, but it is enough.

However, the most important thing in the early shop is the early style, which can only rely on Li Zhang, he has eaten a variety of early styles in later generations, and some of them also know the practice, but they have never done it, so he needs to transform the theory into practice now, and he is studying the early practice every day.

In Li Zhang's plan, the soup dumplings will be used as the main signature of the morning shop, this is because the soup dumplings originally originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the 72 main stores in Tokyo Wang Lou, their signature dish is called the cave plum blossom buns, which is the predecessor of the soup dumplings, Li Zhang once asked the beans to buy some and bring them back for everyone to try, but it turned out that although this kind of buns are delicious, there is also soup in them, but the taste is still not as good as the improved soup dumplings in later generations.

The reason why there is soup in the soup bag is not to pour the soup into it, but to put the broth at a low temperature to make skin jelly, and then wrap it in the bun with the bun filling, and wait until the steamed bun melts into soup, and it becomes a soup dumpling, this method is simple to say, but if you don't break it, I'm afraid ordinary people can't think of it.

However, just when Li Zhang was in high spirits to prepare for the early shop, Lu Wu suddenly broke into the shop that day, and before Li Zhang could react, he pulled Li Zhang and rushed out, which made Li Zhang also startled, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Wu, what are you doing here?" ”

"Take you on a blind date!" Lu Wu said without looking back.