Before coming to Yiwu, in order to understand his hunger and his own needs, Zheng Guang carried a jar of stinky tofu made by himself, which is different from fried stinky tofu, after all, the price of food that can be made with a lot of oil in the Ming Dynasty is still very expensive, and it can only be counted as a consumer product for people above the middle class, and what the majority of people can accept is stinky tofu, not dried stinky tofu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Naturally, Zheng Guang's plan is to hand over the production method of stinky tofu and dried stinky tofu to Yiwu people, so that they can market it to different consumer classes.

This kind of thing has indeed been produced for a long time, but the birth of stinky tofu milk is a special delicacy in the early years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the taste is indeed stinky, but there is an inexplicable delicious taste to eat, and especially under the rice, for the majority of people who lack side dishes and can only eat food, it is a kind of gospel.

"How, is it delicious?" Zheng Guang took out the stinky tofu he brought, and the seven clan bosses each had a bowl of rice and a little stinky tofu, and they ate a little bit of stinky tofu, and when they opened the jar at the beginning, they all covered their noses and looked at themselves with a look of surprise, not understanding why they liked this kind of thing that tasted the same as, but under Zheng Guang's persuasion, they tasted the first bite, and they were out of control, and greatly praised the deliciousness of this stinky tofu.

A bowl of white rice can be eaten cleanly as long as two or three small pieces of tofu, and the raw materials are tofu and some relatively low-cost spices, which is indeed a good thing with good quality and low price, and ordinary families can also afford it, although it can't be expected to get rich overnight, but once this thing is famous, it must be a long stream.

"The selling point of this stinky tofu is that it smells stinky, fragrant, shelf-stable, it's okay to put it for a year or two, and it's very delicious, very fragrant, there are few side dishes at home for ordinary people, and it is generally to cook some mountain vegetables with salt, and once this stinky tofu starts to sell, let's lower the price a little, so that the people can afford it, and after buying the first can, they will be out of control." Zheng Guang smiled confidently.

Gao Erbo put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said with satisfaction: "That's right, it seems that this stinky tofu can already be determined to be valuable, let's try to make some of them when we go back, and then ask Zheng Shoubei to see if it is qualified, if there is no problem, everyone will start to prepare, you can go back and organize people to start making workshops, we have seven, each of them can do it." ”

The seven bigwigs kept nodding their heads in agreement, and Zheng Guang immediately added: "I like that you can mainly choose those families who don't have men in the family to do this, you run a family workshop, and let those women who don't have husbands do this, give them a bowl of rice to eat, which is more or less a care, and can also reduce some of their burdens, so that they can take care of their children, after all, they don't have men." ”

At this point, the bigwigs felt a lot better about Zheng Guang, and they all nodded in agreement, saying that the first choice after going back was the woman who lost her husband in the previous fight, of course, there is also a point that in order to take care of these women, the pressure in the clan is not small, and with this money-making livelihood, it also reduces the burden on the clan.

"Stinky tofu milk this thing let's go back and try it first, just do it, as for the ham thing, I suggest that you start to raise high-quality pigs on a large scale, I will try my best to mobilize my friends to promote the deliciousness of Yiwu ham for you, after making a reputation, the demand for Yiwu ham will not be less than stinky tofu, and it is more difficult to make, the cycle is longer, it is best to use the workshop-style production method, what do you think?" Zheng Guang continued to propose.

The bigwigs had no other opinions, and looked at Gao Erbo and Chen Dacheng one after another, the two of them looked at each other, smiled, nodded, and said to Zheng Guang in unison: "We all listen to you." ”

At this point, the big stone in Zheng Guang's heart finally landed, and after paying these prices, Zheng Guang finally gained the trust of these simple people.

When he went back to rest in the evening, Zheng Guang found Xu Wei and Zheng Yong, took out a letter and handed it to Zheng Yong, and instructed: "Ah Yong, you choose a reliable person, send this letter back to Suzhou, hand it to Futai, and say to Futai that I may have to stay in Yiwu for a while, but don't worry, when I go back, I will bring 3,000 well-trained Yiwu soldiers." ”

Zheng Yong took the letter and said suspiciously: "Brother, I always feel that things are ...... during the day This one...... Isn't it good for us to keep such a good thing for ourselves? Such a good thing, our family will definitely make a lot of money, we can open several more stores, and give it to these people for free, this ......"

Xu Wei also asked suspiciously: "Pingzhi, I think that if this is the case, you are too self-sacrificing." ”

Zheng Guang smiled, sat on the chair, took a sip of the tea bowl, and said: "The so-called want to take it first, you must give it first, from the perspective of public heart, the purpose of my coming here is to recruit soldiers, to recruit three thousand Yiwu soldiers to go to the battlefield with me, they want to die for me, three thousand lives, that is extremely precious, I can exchange a stinky tofu for three thousand warriors to fight for the country, do you still think this stinky tofu is not worth it?"

More importantly, have you noticed the Yiwu people's antipathy and unruliness towards the government? If you change a person to recruit troops here, I'm afraid it won't be at all, Yiwu people are brave and good at fighting, it is a rare high-quality soldier source in the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention the Japanese Kou, just say that in the future, if there is an opportunity to go north to deal with the Mongols, these Yiwu soldiers will become the backbone, such a high-quality source of soldiers, how can I only come once, only recruit three thousand?

Gaining their favor and trust, and establishing a relationship with the leaders among them, is very beneficial for the future, and, this time, I not only plan to leave after the recruitment is over, I don't know why, I always feel that I have some fate with Yiwu, very strange feeling, there must be a feeling that I can leave with peace of mind after straightening out here.

Besides, I discussed with them, when they make those ham and stinky tofu, I will also contribute some money to buy shares, the bigger they do, the more I can earn, and everyone can earn money together, so that it can last for a long time, Ah Yong, you also go back to Suzhou, go to the house and get some silver, take 10,000 taels of silver, I will be useful. ”

Zheng Yong nodded in agreement, and Xu Wei scolded in a low voice that he didn't know what to say, anyway, he must have felt envious, jealous and hated for Zheng's wealth.

"Wen Chang, tomorrow you go with me to Yiwu County Government and meet Yiwu County, no matter what, even if there is a summons from the Jinhua Prefect and the Imperial Court, we are also doing things on other people's territory, and it is not good not to say hello to others, but since this county is not a good person in the hearts of Yiwu people, then we also need to say hello to this county in advance, so as not to look good on everyone's face when we get it." Zheng Guang looked at Xu Wei and said slowly.

Xu Wei's heart moved, and he said unexpectedly: "You want to threaten Yiwu Zhixian?" ”

Zheng Yong was stunned for a moment, and then was shocked: "Brother, you are so powerful?" ”

Zheng Guang laughed out loud, waved his hand again and again, and said: "What are you kidding, I'm just a person, how can I have the courage to threaten Zhixian?" Just explain some things to him, but anyone who has some brains will make the right decision, otherwise, I don't want to be invited back by Yiwu people as soon as I leave, after all, once Yiwu people have money, everyone will be red-eyed, if there is no protection, it will not be good. ”

Xu Wei looked at Zheng Guang for a while, smiled, and said: "It seems that the growth of these **** is not small, I have learned to be far-sighted, and I have also learned this method of preventing problems before they happen, not bad, you have begun to learn how to be an official." ”

Zheng Guang was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and smiled, and didn't say anything more.

The next day, Zheng Guang and his party temporarily bid farewell to the Gao family compound, and then divided the troops into two ways, asking Zheng Yong to take the guards to Suzhou to get the money, and he and Xu Wei went to the county government to put a bumper on the hidden dangers that may occur in the future.

The leaders of the Yiwu people are vigorously carrying out stinky tofu manufacturing activities, according to the skills and secret recipes taught by Zheng Guang, the selection of materials is exquisite, Zheng Guang requires the tofu to be made with good soybeans, and the water used to grind the tofu should also be taken from the water in the sweet well, the old tofu is cut into small pieces, and the water is dried, it takes at least one day and one night, and then take a container that can be sealed, put on the straw, and evenly stack the drained tofu on it, put it in a place with the right temperature, and wait for about five days to ferment.

Chen Dacheng recovered from his illness, and was too excited yesterday, he fell asleep as soon as he went home, and after he got up, he looked half-dead, very ridiculous, Chen Yuer had to go into battle in person, and began to make stinky tofu with more than 400 women who had lost their husbands.