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"Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing?"

After talking to Zhao Wuxian, a crack appeared in Zigong's life philosophy in the previous twenty years. As a merchant who bought and sold goods, Zigong had a wide range of knowledge and had more contact with the middle and lower classes of society, so he naturally knew the importance of warehouses and food and clothing.

Because of his profession, Zigong very much agrees with Zhao Wuxian's statement, corn wheat and hemp, these are the foundation of etiquette. But the education he received when he was in Qufu and the worship of his master made Zigong feel that the master was right.

Upward and downward effects, with etiquette and music as the criterion, is the real way of governance!

Before he had time to think deeply, he was taken by Zhao Wuxian to the next area of the craftsman's workshop.

The rammed earth building in front of you is a large mill built by the township temple on credit and the efforts of the people. After walking in, Zigong found that there were several animal power stone instruments rotating inside, and the degree of sophistication could be compared to that of the keel waterwheel.

Zhao Wuxian said that this is a stone mill, which can replace manual pounding, and the business he and Zigong said is here.

In fact, this was not Zhao Wuxian's original intention. But he was helpless, the original plan was to sell high-quality porcelain, but the first firing failed, and the treasury was empty and uneasy, so he had to make up his mind on this first. Compared with the original hand-pushed stone mill, it has become much more advanced, and the volume has become much larger, but it is a pity that Chengxiang stonemasons are scarce and slow to make.

When Zigong entered the mill, he saw that the large bags of hulled wheat grains were carried by strong men, poured into the stone mill, and under the pull of pack horses and mules, they were ground into wheat flour of different thicknesses and colors.

He was amazed: "There are so many delicate things in the gentleman's territory, I am afraid it will take several days to change it to a concubine, and this wheat flour is ......."

Zigong stretched out his hand in the burlap bag under the funnel, picked up a little wheat flour in his hand, and slowly rubbed his fingers, only to feel as fine as river sand, and he couldn't taste rough in his mouth.

"It's so fine, and I don't know how it tastes?"

Zhao Wuxian laughed, and led him to the noodle making hut next to the mill.

Zigong saw that it was steaming here, with all the cooking utensils such as knives and stoves and kettles, and a chubby young man dressed in a short dozen was rubbing a ball of white things vigorously on the wooden figurine.

Zhao Wuxian asked Zigong to sit opposite him in front of the case, and he didn't bother the young man to do things, so he waited patiently.

Zigong's eyes were all on the young man's craft, and he saw that he first sifted the noodles with fine silk, adjusted the broth juice to taste, and after it cooled, used it to mix the noodles.

Then the fermented noodles are kneaded into chopsticks-like thickness, one foot at a time, and soaked in water in a clay plate. Finally, he rubbed the noodles on the edge of the copper kettle with his hands to make them as thin as leek leaves, heated the soup and boiled, with the boiling water undulating, like a white eel in the water.

After a while, two large bowls of steaming "leek leaf water cake" were made, and then leek leaves, onions and garlic, sesame peppers, meat and bean sauce were put into the table.

The chubby young man, naturally Zhao Guangde, who is extremely passionate about the art of cooking, since the wheat harvest grinds flour, he has studied all kinds of fresh methods here with great energy, I don't know, I think he is a new Yongren!

Zhao Guangde also understood what his cousin said before, the reason why tofu is just an appetizer, because these noodles can be eaten as the staple food of the court! After Zhao Guangde tasted it once, he completely abandoned the millet rice, and felt that the wheat rice he had eaten before was a complete waste of good things.

Holding the chopsticks, Zigong tasted it, and only felt that the muscles in the mouth were flexible and fragrant and delicious. He didn't care about the reserve of a bandit gentleman, and he killed a bowl of three times and divided five by two, and he was still unsatisfied.

This is not over, and then, there are baked white flour cakes, brown and black whole wheat "steamed buns", etc., which are served one by one, and Zigong can't close his mouth.

After he couldn't hold it anymore, he wiped his mouth with a silk cloth and said with a sigh: "Ci is also a person who has traveled to other countries, and has eaten a lot of delicacies from Weidi, corn and rice from Ludi, and sea fish from Qidi, but this is the first time I have tasted such delicious and unique food. ”

Zigong's reaction, Zhao Wuxian had already expected.

After returning to the Spring and Autumn Period, he found that the staple food of the Chinese people at this time was mainly grain food, that is, the five grains were steamed or boiled.

Even when the people of the Central Plains described the nomadic Beidi, they said that they "have people who do not eat grains".

But rice, millet, etc., only wheat rice because of the hard seed coat, the flour contained in it is sticky, steaming is not easy to digest and absorb, only by grinding into flour, can its strengths be promoted and its weaknesses avoided.

"Don't get tired of eating" is not just talking. These fine flours can make food patterns and textures, which are beyond the reach of the original monotonous wheat rice, and even millet and beam, and as a staple food, you will never get tired of eating.

In the original history, pasta gradually swept the whole of northern China, and only the rice in the south was able to survive its offensive, and Zhao Wuxian only gently accelerated this historical process with a push of his hand.

However, in his previous life, his hometown was in the Ganshan area, where he played the noodle making craft to the extreme. So for this primitive rolling dough, I still don't think it's tasteful enough, but it's a pity that he can only eat it and can't make it.

After closing the door a few days ago, recalling the posture of the ramen master in his previous life, he secretly demonstrated it to Zhao Guangde, but it turned out to be the dough that shook the little fat man's face, so he had to give up.

Now that Zigong has inspected the goods, then next, you can talk about business.

"Zigong, if you give this wheat flour to you to sell, is it feasible?"

The reason why Zigong was so young was that he was able to withstand the competitive pressure of Qi and Zheng Jujia and make a small profit on the trade route between Jin and Luwei. The main reason is that he "makes a lot of mistakes", and his estimation of the market is extremely accurate, and he has a detailed account in mind about what can sell big and what will lose money.

Hearing what Zhao Wuxian said, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes! Gentleman, although there are wheat kernel crumbs made from wheat in various places, there is no one who can make them so finely like wheat flour in the township! If this item can be sold in the kitchen of a scholar, it must have a price but no market! ”

He groaned again: "I just don't know, how much is this thing worth?" ”

Zigong had already silently planned it in his heart.

"In the manor of the Weidi Duanmu Clan, Mai Shidou produced nine and two half buckets of wheat core chips!"

One stone of the Jin Kingdom, that is, sixty kilograms in later generations, ten buckets is one stone, and one bucket is about six kilograms.

Keeping in mind the grain prices and grain production ratios in various places, Zigong's true character as a merchant is undoubtedly revealed.

Zhao Wuxian nodded and said, "Indeed, according to the different flour yield, the price is also different, the finer the wheat flour, the more valuable and rare." ”

"Today, I will make this detailed account clear to Zigong that ten buckets of husked wheat, depending on the time spent and the bran removed, can be ground into nine buckets of whole wheat flour, and the steamed bread can be made; Eight buckets of yellow wheat noodles can also be grinded, and the scones are made from this; When ground to the finest, seven buckets of white wheat noodles can be produced, and the water cake that has just been eaten is made from this. ”

Zigong recalled it slightly, indeed, these three foods have very different tastes.

"Therefore, I have to ask Zigong to help guess its value." Zhao Wuxian's eyes were scorching, and this was also an opportunity to examine Zigong's business talents.

Zigong habitually tapped the table with his knuckles, and when he hit the tenth blow, he already had a plan in his heart, so he smiled and said, "Can the gentleman tell Ci how much you originally wanted to sell?"

Zhao Wuxian replied: "I plan it this way, the coarser whole wheat noodles are not sold, because the scholars have people in the family to pound them every night, and they can also get them." ”

"For the more delicate yellow wheat noodles, one bucket for corn and one stone (ten buckets)...... The finest white wheat noodles, one bucket for two stones of corn (twenty buckets)! Do you think it's feasible? ”

Zigong closed his eyes and shook his head with a smile: "No." ”

Zhao Wuxian frowned, did Zigong think it was too expensive? This is his bottom line, if it is cheaper, it will not make much money.

Who knows, Zigong opened his eyes, and his eyes flashed with light.

"I mean, the price is too low!"

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Ask for collections, ask for recommendations, ask for Sanjiang tickets......

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