Lin Qingliang saw that everyone was appreciating their faces, and he was already smiling, and while instructing the shop guys to serve tea quickly, he politely invited everyone to a spacious and bright private room, and after wiping the tables and chairs with his own hands, he invited Li Yi and them to take a seat.

As soon as he sat down, Qian Shitang looked around at the exquisite furnishings of the private room, and said jokingly: "Boss Lin, your business is getting bigger and bigger!" ”

"It's only been a few months, and you're already one of the richest people in Ningzhou, why aren't you still satisfied, and what kind of pastries are not in the flow, but it seems that business here is good?"

Lin Qingliang stroked his palms and laughed when he heard this: "Hehe! Don't hide it from you, I'm not greedy for any money, opening this small shop is purely Lin someone's personal preference. ”

"A few days ago, the government strongly supported and encouraged us to plant wheat, in fact! Last year, I had already learned to plant more than two acres of land, and even my eldest nephew didn't know about it. ”

"I wondered what this wheat noodle was so expensive, it had to be used for something. This Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and every year I drink and admire the moon or something, which is really not interesting. Originally, when I was in Linjiabao, I often made some pastries and other things, and my family loved to eat them. ”

"I wondered if I could make some pastries from these wheat noodles by baking them, and I didn't know how they tasted. This year, I tried to bake some of them, and my family was satisfied with the taste. ”

"Haha! I was thinking of opening a pastry shop so that the big guys could try my handiwork. If I can still make do with it, I will continue to drive it, not only to make a little money, but also to serve the people? Hehe! ”

While everyone was amazed, they were about to make some more jokes, and the shopkeeper had already brought up several plates of pastries of different patterns and colors.

Lin Qingliang hurriedly stood up, pointed to these colorful pastries, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to taste it for free today, don't take the sheep by the hand when you eat well, and serve my little shop, hehe!" Be careful with your tongues! ”

Everyone laughed loudly, and between words and laughter, they all unceremoniously picked up the pastry and sent it to their mouths.

It seems that Lin Qingliang's advertisement is really tempting, mobilizing everyone's appetite, and everyone is a little impatient.

Li Yi took a piece of diamond-shaped pastry, smelled the aroma of freshly baked wheat, and took a small bite gently, and the fluffy pastry crumbs flew into several pieces.

Then I chewed it slightly, and the sweet flavor moistened the tip of my tongue, and I couldn't help but praise it repeatedly.

This Lin Qingliang is indeed not covered, the things made by his hands are extraordinary, the taste of this pastry is too regular, and the baked ones in later generations are nothing more than that, even the imperial chef may not be better than him.

The ghee on the outside is thin, the yellow and clear are soft and crispy and easy to bite, and the filling inside is fragrant, soft and delicious, which is much stronger than the moon cakes of later generations.

After tasting several flavors of pastries in turn, everyone stretched out their thumbs and praised them without words.

While eating, Qian Shitang asked for a long time: "Boss Lin, the taste of this pastry is really good, I don't know how you made it?" ”

Lin Qingliang smiled proudly when he heard this, and said in high spirits: "Hey! Although this is a secret that I will not pass on, it is okay to tell you. It's actually very simple, but it's just a matter of mixing the ground wheat noodles with water and baking them with some fillings. ”

"Of course, having a suitable oven is the most important thing, and I tinkered with it for months before I made one myself, and after a dozen trial bakings, this amazing pastry was made."

"Don't say it, both adults and children like my pastries very much, so I make different flavors of fillings and bake them."

"If you eat some while tasting wine and admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, I don't know how pleasant it is!"

Jian Zheng smiled happily: "This pastry tastes so good, if people all over Yunnan have tasted it, won't the threshold of your 'Guanxiangyuan' be trampled on by the common people?" Hehe! Hehe! ”

Lin Qingliang snorted and said with a smile: "That's not it, because this wheat noodles are scarce and the price is high, and ordinary people can't afford to eat it." These days, the people who come here are rich people, and as long as they think it is delicious, they will come to buy it in large quantities, and they don't care how much money is spent. ”

"And ordinary people are very satisfied with the full food they can eat, who is willing to spend hard-earned money to eat this high fever and improper food. Speaking of which, wheat is too scarce here, and it is inevitable that the price will be high if you grow less. ”

Li Yi nodded thoughtfully, turned to Lin Yi and said, "How many acres of wheat and cotton are planted now, and I don't know how the effect of promotion is?" ”

Lin Yi shook his head helplessly and said, "Alas! We have done a lot of hard work, but the people don't approve of it at all. ”

"The biggest obstacle is that our people in Yunnan are used to planting rice, and they dare not easily accept strange things. Another is that wheat crops can not be sown until about October, and they can be harvested in April and May next year, and the interval between growth and harvest is too long, and the common people think that it is not suitable for accounting. ”

"In addition, there is the planting of cotton, at this time, cotton sowing has missed the season, and it will not be able to go to the ground until April or May next year, and it will not be harvested until the winter, which can only be considered next year."

"Besides, cotton likes sunlight and is not resistant to waterlogging, and most of our paddy fields in Yunnan are not used to it. Therefore, the promotion of cotton and rice is really difficult! ”

'Hmmm! Li Yi pondered for a while and said, "I think there are still a lot of official fields in Yunnan?" ”

"Since the people can't accept it immediately, why don't we use the official field as a demonstration, if the income is good and there is money to be made, don't the people compete to follow suit? What do you think? ”

Lin Yi nodded and said, "I think this idea is okay." However, the official fields have already been divided according to the will of the marshal, and the confiscated fields of Sun Thief and his comrades at that time have about 7,000 acres of fertile land, most of which have been given to the landless people and some of the victims from southern Sichuan, and now there are only 900 acres that He million used to atone for his sins. ”

"When the rice harvest is completed, I plan to plant a lot of wheat and set aside some of the fields to try to grow cotton. At that time, once the profit exceeds that of rice, the enthusiasm of the common people to grow wheat may be raised. ”

Li Yi nodded, turned to Lin Qingliang and said, "Mr. Lin probably has some experience in growing wheat, and when the time comes, I will ask you to bother to give me more advice!" ”