However, under Murong Tao's explanation, Bayard began to use all the tomatoes used by the old captain to decorate the tavern to make the raw materials for the sauce, at first the old captain and Marcus were a little puzzled, but after tasting the fish and chips dipped in tomato juice that Bayard took out, the two of them just kept giving a thumbs up, and then kept stuffing the food dipped in tomato juice into their mouths, looking as funny as they were. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Bayard, why did you come down? There is already a long queue outside the door, and if you don't come down, it is estimated that those people can tear down the tavern! Marcus glared at Bayard, who was slowly walking downstairs, and complained, "What about that kid?" Are you still sleeping? He can't do that! ”

"I... I didn't know, I didn't see him when I woke up. Bayard shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile, "We talked for a long time last night, talked a lot of things, and also made me understand that there are still many things I don't know in the field of food, and he can be said to be my mentor and friend." By the way, Marcus, you can take some people to the market to see if there are any tomato seeds for sale, and how many can be sold! ”

"How do you talk about seeds? Are you going to use tomato seeds for a new food? Marcus quipped, he and Bayard have been old friends for many years, and it has become common to joke with each other, but he found that Bayard had a serious expression today, so he restrained himself, "Okay, okay, don't look at me like that!" Do you want tomato seeds? It's not easy to get it, this tomato was only recently brought here through Portuguese and Spanish merchants, at first we thought it was beautiful and bought a few pots to decorate the tavern, but we didn't expect that overnight there were only empty pots left. ”

Bayard was also very embarrassed, when he heard Murong Tao say that he could make sauce with tomatoes, his expression was similar to Marcus at this moment, who would have thought that this kind of ornamental plant, which was just good-looking, could actually make such a delicious sauce?

"Is that kid planning to grow his own tomatoes in the backyard?" Marcus suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "This tomato is not easy to cultivate without special guidance, although tomatoes are not easy to obtain in large quantities in Cherbourg Harbor, but the merchant ships that come and go often bring some in, there is no need to work thanklessly to cultivate them yourself, right?" ”

Before Marcus's words fell, he heard a noisy sound from the backyard, and several people looked at each other a few times, and then they ran over, only to see that in the backyard, Murong Tao was taking a few young attendants to dig the soil in the backyard, and they planed the soil into rows according to Murong Tao's requirements, and Murong Tao was sowing seeds on the soil that had been planed from time to time in the back.

"You, go and see if there is any duck droppings in those duck pens raised by Bayard, and if so, get me some of it!" Murong Tao originally planned to get some human manure from the latrine to fertilize, but if he really did this, it would be a bit unbelievable, and it would not be good if it was the opposite. He had heard from the attendants that the farmers here had the experience of fertilizing with the manure of their livestock, so he chose duck manure or chicken manure to fertilize the land and add vitality to the land.

The named young waiter was stunned for a moment, then nodded and ran to the duck pen on the side, and was about to start collecting duck droppings, when he saw Bayard and others who came to him, he threw away the collection tools in a panic and retreated to the side, in his opinion, Bayard must have been attracted by the ducks that he harassed him.

"Big... Chef, I was just ordered to collect some duck droppings, and I didn't mean to hurt them. The young waiter wiped the fine sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, he was really frightened, but fortunately Bayard did not have any weapons in his hands, otherwise he might have been scared out of his urine on the spot.

"Well, keep busy!" Bayard replied and continued to run towards the center of the backyard, "I said that you kid didn't sleep all night, and you are here to make troubles with farming?" What are the seeds you sowed? ”

"Tomato!" Murong Tao said casually, "How did I know that you uncles had to sleep until three poles before getting up?" This kind of thing should be sooner rather than later, if the raw materials are out of stock one day, I see how you cry! ”

"So, where did you get these seeds?" Marcus thought it was funny after asking, this kind of child was obviously bought, could it have fallen from the sky?

"Oh, and if you ask about these seeds, you're thankful to the fishmongers queuing at the back door, one of whom happens to have a small bag of seeds on him, supposedly bought from the English Isles, and planning to grow some tomatoes at home in his spare time." Murong Tao then pointed to the middle-aged man at the door of the backyard who was smiling and waving his hand at a few people, Marcus was well-informed, and recognized this person at a glance that he knew Fat Willy, and stepped forward to say a few words, which made that person look grateful to Dade, and even the cost of the seeds was written off.

"It seems that our sailor is not weak in this negotiation!" Bayard smashed, smashed, smacked, mouthed.

"What level of negotiation is required?" The old captain Nunu said, "It's nothing more than a promise to consider him first when you buy fish in the future." ”

A few people suddenly realized.

In the next work, with Murong Tao's teacher, those young attendants left a few people to start sowing seeds and fertilizing in the backyard, these people were originally born in farmers' families, and they were no strangers to doing farm work.

"Sauce?!" Almost everyone present was shocked by Murong Tao's words, and Marcus was the most surprised, "You mean, what we really want to monopolize is not fish and chips, but sauces, right?" ”

"That's right, in the current environment where many people are still only treating tomatoes as ornamental plants, several of us have to keep it secret, the recipe is only known to me and Bayard, as for the raw materials, Marcus, you have to check it!" Murong Tao quickly divided the work among several people, "As for the captain's grandfather, what you need to do is to introduce me to some characters with heads and faces, our fish and chips need to make a brand, it is not only for the nobles to eat, but also for the commoners, and for the poor, of course, there will be some differences in the packaging." ”

"Packaging?!" For people in the early 17th century, the word "packaging" was only a superficial meaning, that is, to wrap items with other materials, and it was obvious that Murong Tao's "packaging" had other meanings.

"Yes, it's the packaging." Murong Tao explained, "We have to decide on a brand first, and at the same time, we have to let those nobles and parishes know that except for our fish and chips, the rest is not delicious!" ”

Seeing that a few people still couldn't react, Murong Tao continued, "It's like our fish and chips, as long as you know how to cook them, it's not difficult for fried fish and fried potato pieces, many people are easy to imitate, but the sauce is different, the recipe for this sauce is only we have, as long as we don't say it ourselves, they will spend a long time researching, and by that time, we have made a lot of money." ”

"But if we buy tomatoes in large quantities, sooner or later people will notice and think in this direction." Marcus questioned.

"That's why you have to grow tomatoes yourself, as long as we have a piece of land where we can produce tomatoes, people won't pay attention to tomatoes, they will just think that we are here to grow and decorate the tavern, just like the fishmerchant." Bayard slapped his thigh hard and laughed.

"However, I heard that your secret sauce is still mixed with a small amount of honey, and the frequency of ordinary families eating honey is very low, will this make people with a heart divert their attention?" Marcus raised his own question again, and it can be seen that once Marcus gets serious, he can still help a lot.

"When it comes to honey, there are a lot of alternatives, such as extracting sugar from some fruits, or extracting it from some sweet vegetables, which is not difficult for Bayard." Murong Tao quickly told Marcus of his understanding.

Bayard nodded hurriedly and said yes, this simple refining is not difficult for ordinary chefs, and he has indeed refined some fructose from some sweet fruits, but it is not as good as honey.

"You can see you've tried to extract sugar from some sweet fruits and vegetables, but it doesn't taste as good as honey, doesn't it?" Murong Tao directly pointed out the key to the problem, causing Bayard to nod uncontrollably, "This problem is not something that needs to be solved at present, until we accumulate a certain amount of funds and go to some tropical areas, maybe we can meet a fruit called sugar cane, and the sugar extracted from this fruit can be as sweet as honey, and the cost will be much lower." ”

"Are you talking about the long, stick-like species of sugarcane, where you remove the outer skin and chew a piece with your teeth, and a lot of sweet water flows into your throat?" The old captain, who had been listening to the side, suddenly asked out loud, Murong Tao nodded violently, it seems that Jiang is still old and spicy, obviously the old captain has seen sugar cane before.

"This so-called sugar cane has been seen in the port of Cherbourg before, but many people do not know what it is really for, so few merchants enter Cherbourg with this commodity." "It is said that these come from the New World, like tomatoes, and that other interesting species have been brought to various parts of Europe. ”

"Then the captain's grandfather will stay in Cherbourg, and if any of the merchants who come and go sell this sugar cane or seeds, buy some of them appropriately." Murong Tao said.