Seeing Zhou Zhong pour the so-called MSG into Sanmei Tofu, and then invite them to taste it, this made Zhu Youyi and Zi Youdao both hesitate a little, they were not worried about Zhou Chong's poisoning or anything, but they didn't know what the Ludao MSG was for, and they didn't know what the effect of the Ludao MSG would be when they put it in, so they didn't dare to put it in their mouths for a while.

At this time, Zhou Chong also saw the hesitation of the two, smiled slightly, picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of tofu in his mouth, and then tasted it carefully, although the monosodium glutamate was a little late, but it still added a lot of umami, and it was more delicious in the mouth than before, and even Zhou Chong couldn't help but eat a few more bites.

Seeing that Zhou Chong ate it first, Zhu Youyi and Ziyou Daochang had no choice but to pick up chopsticks and taste it, but as soon as the tofu was in their mouth, they immediately felt different, and the Sanmei tofu after adding monosodium glutamate was more delicious than before, and even this was the first time they had eaten such delicious Sanmei tofu, which made the two of them surprised and delighted, and couldn't help but eat a few more bites like Zhou Chong.

"Wenda, what the hell is going on, why did you just add a little MSG to it to make Sanmei tofu much more delicious?" Zhu Youyi asked excitedly at this time, the effect of this MSG really surprised him.

"Hehe, monosodium glutamate and monosodium glutamate, naturally like its name, as long as you add a little to the dish, you can greatly enhance the umami of the dish, and you will feel very delicious in your mouth!" Zhou Zhong played with the MSG porcelain bottle in his hand, and said with a mysterious smile, now that Zhu Youyi has seen the effect of MSG, it will be much easier to persuade him to monopolize this business with him.

"MSG? Monosodium glutamate! Sure enough, it's a good name! Zhu Youyi repeated the name of MSG twice, and couldn't help but praise it at the moment, after tasting the changes that MSG brought to the dishes. He also felt that the name MSG was extremely apt.

"Lord Zhou. I don't know where you got this MSG from. Where can I buy it, our Dai Temple often has to make some banquets to entertain the nobles who come to Mount Tai, so I also want to buy some monosodium glutamate for spare! At this time, Zi Youzhen also asked impatiently, although their Dai Temple has a big business, but the expenses are also very large, the most important source of wealth in the temple is the alms of nobles from all parties, if they can make a more delicious tofu feast, maybe they can attract more nobles to come. At that time, the temple will also receive more donations.

However, Zhou Zhong smiled when he heard Zi Youzhen's words and said: "I'm afraid this will disappoint the Dao Chief, this kind of MSG is actually what I found, and it can't be bought on the market at all, and the number of products made this year is not much, otherwise I can give it to the Dao Chief!" ”

Hearing that these MSG were actually developed by Zhou Chong himself, Zhu Youyi and Zi Youzhen were stunned, and then they both showed expressions of disbelief on their faces, after all, they all knew that Zhou Chong was a scholar, and he was also the author of Journey to the West, although it was rumored that he was also secretly in business. But it's not a big deal, after all, what official eunuch doesn't interfere in business now? It's just that now Zhou Zhong actually said that he also invented monosodium glutamate. This made them mistakenly think that Zhou Chong was still proficient in cooking, but as Zhou Chong's scholar, how could he put down his body and go to the kitchen to cook?

However, what Zhu Youyi and Zi Youzhen don't know is that Zhou Chong really knows how to cook good dishes, and he doesn't care about the identity of a scholar, of course, MSG was not invented because he knew how to cook, but the insight brought from later generations allowed Zhou Chong to find such a glittering financial road.

Regarding the disbelieving expressions on the faces of Zhu Youyi and Zi Youzhen, Zhou Chong didn't pay attention to it, but thought about it for a while and began to talk about today's business: "Lord Wang, you must have heard of Zhou before, Zhou had to put down his identity as a Xiucai to take over the family's chamber of commerce in order to make a living, the reason why Zhou stayed in Qingzhou this time was not only to get to know the prince, but also to discuss a lucrative business with the prince!" ”

Hearing that Zhou Chong suddenly wanted to talk to him about business, this made Zhu Youyi stunned again, but he was not stupid, seeing that Zhou Chong had made so many preparations for introducing MSG, which made him react immediately, and said with some excitement at the moment: "Wenda, could it be that you want to talk to me about MSG business?" ”

"Hehe, the prince is wise, in fact, I don't hide it from the prince, the production of this monosodium glutamate is actually very simple, but the most important thing is the raw material for making monosodium glutamate, which is a kind of organism that grows along the coast, and because of the limitation of climate and sea conditions, on the coastline of our Ming Dynasty, only the Jiaodong Peninsula has a certain production."

I saw that when Zhu Youyi heard this, he stood up suddenly, and now he finally understands why Zhou Zhong deliberately befriended him, it turns out that the most fundamental reason is that the raw materials for making monosodium glutamate are only available in his own fiefdom, and Zhou Zhong has the name of this raw material, so that the two have a basis for cooperation.

Thinking of this, I saw Zhu Youyi deliberately walking back and forth a few times, don't look at him as a vassal king, it seems to be very beautiful, but every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, for example, for him, his biggest problem is lack of money.

Zhu Youyi likes literature and calligraphy, and has a bit of literati temperament in his bones, although he can't serve the country as a vassal king, but he also disdains to exploit the people under his rule like other vassal kings, let alone forcibly occupy the people's land as they already have. But in this way, the income of Hengwangfu is not as good as other palaces, and he is the newly crowned vassal king, and he has no family background before, so the finances of Hengwangfu have always been very tight.

What's even worse is that Zhu Youyi is much stronger than his brother Emperor Xiaozong and his nephew Emperor Zhengde in terms of fertility, don't look at him is only in his thirties now, but he already has seven sons and ten daughters, and he is now in the prime of life, God knows how many sons and daughters he will have in the future?

Although it is a good thing to have more children, it also brings a lot of trouble, although the finances of the Hengwang Mansion are not good, it is naturally no problem to feed these children, but what Zhu Youyi is most worried about is what to do when the children grow up in the future? If his daughter wants to get married, he will accompany him to give a large amount of dowry, at least he can't lose the face of the Heng Palace, his son wants to get married and divide the prince, and he also has to prepare a family property for them, which adds up to a huge amount of property, whenever he thinks about it, Zhu Youyi will feel a little headache.

It is also the tight financial situation of the Hengwang Mansion, so when Zhu Youyi heard Zhou Zhong say that the raw materials for the production of monosodium glutamate are only produced on the Jiaodong Peninsula, that is, in his own fiefdom, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune, and he also understood that the reason why Zhou Chong told him about it was to cooperate with him in the MSG business.

Thinking of this, I saw that Zhu Youyi also stopped, turned around and sat down and said to Zhou Zhong with a smile: "Wenda, although you and I have only known each other for a few days, I feel like we have been friends for many years, so you might as well say some things directly, don't go around in circles!" ”

Zhou Zhong was waiting for Zhu Youyi's words, and he immediately said with a solemn face: "Lord, you must also know the use of this kind of monosodium glutamate, if it is sold in the future, it will definitely cause the madness of the rich and noble, making money is certain, the key is how we do this business?" ”

Zhou Chong paused when he said this, and then said: "MSG is invented, but the raw materials for the production of MSG are under the rule of the prince, if we cooperate, then we can definitely monopolize the production and sales of MSG, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hearing that Zhou Zhong finally said the cooperation in person, Zhu Youyi was also relieved, and thought about it for a moment and said: "To be able to cooperate with Wenda to do business, this king is naturally very willing, but I don't know what kind of cooperation method Lu Dao should have, and how should the profits be divided in the future?" ”

"Ha Luha, this is easy to do, the Jiaodong Peninsula belongs to the prince of your fiefdom, let people collect the raw materials for making MSG naturally arranged by you, as for the money required for the production of MSG, it is produced by the next, we will divide the MSG produced every year, as for the sales, it is simpler, the prince also knows that the chamber of commerce of Zhou mainly takes the sea route, so my fifty percent of MSG will not be sold in Daming China, but will be sold overseas, as for the country, it will be left to the prince!"

Zhou Zhong said with a smile, the reason why he gave up the domestic sales of Daming, mainly because he did not have any commercial foundation in the country, even if he wanted to sell in Daming, I am afraid that the most difficult will only be wholesale to others for consignment, it is better to ship directly to the country and North Korea, and the profits will be higher.

Hearing that Zhou Zhong actually gave up the entire Daming market to himself as a monopoly, this made Zhu Youyi also overjoyed, and then slapped the table and shouted: "Okay, Wenda is really a person who does great things, and doing business with you is also happy, this king has agreed to this matter, let's make a document!" ”

Seeing that Zhu Youyi was persuaded by himself so simply, Zhou Zhong was also overjoyed, and immediately asked Zi Youzhen to be the intermediary, and took the pen and ink to set up the document, and both of them printed their own seals on the document, and the business was completed.

Next, Zhu Youyi asked Zhou Zhong about the raw materials of MSG, after all, he also wanted to know what was in his fiefdom that could make such a magical condiment as MSG?

Zhou Zhong did not hide this, and talked about the sea intestine as a marine creature at the moment, and also told Zhu Youyi to prepare manpower before the year, because when the spring of next year is the active period of the sea intestine, the sea intestine can be caught at that time. Zhu Youyi and Zi Youzhen also heard of the sea intestine for the first time, and they were both amazed at the moment, and they were also amazed by Zhou Chong's erudition.

That night, Zhou Chong rested in the Dai Temple for a night, the next morning they visited the Dai Temple again, and returned to Qingzhou in the afternoon, and waited until the morning of the third day, Zhou Chong and they said goodbye to Zhu Youyi, the king of Heng, and once again embarked on the road to serve as the governor of the four seas. (To be continued......)