Chapter 30: The Calm Before the Storm

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The tenth day of October, the ninth day of winter.

It was also the ninth day of Li Chu's arrival in the Great Song Dynasty!

Appropriate: travel, pray for blessings, open the market, trade, go to work, and get married

Next to the Junshui Inn, on the concrete floor behind the forty-five young and strong labor stations, lined up in three rows.

In order to unify the image, Li Chu ordered a batch of horse coats and welcome ribbons from the custom system, and asked Li Han to send them to people one by one, mainly because this group of people was too rough and not as cute as the young ladies in later generations.

Considering the taboo in color, the horse coats are all pale cyan, and a few words are printed on the back: Qingfeng Xulai Hotel.

The welcome ribbon is the red color of the later generations, and the words Qingfeng Xulai Hotel are printed on it in golden yellow.

The reason why the horse coat is customized is purely because it is easy to wear, and it can be worn by all body types.

It's not just them, Li Chu, Ah Xiu, Yang Cheng, and A Ning will all wear them today, except for Li Chu to cook, it is inconvenient to bring a welcome belt.

Forty-five men were divided into ten groups of four people.

Li Han is the captain of the team, and he brings another group, and the remaining nine people who have signed the bodyguard contract will each bring a group.

Three of the groups went to Xiangcheng County, one group to the East Gate, one group to the county seat, and one group to Rushui Ferry.

Then three groups went to Ye County, a group at the South Gate, a group in the county seat, and a group at Lishui Ferry.

There are four groups left, go to two groups to Jiangdian Town, block at both ends of the official road, and the remaining two groups are in Rufen Town, one group in the north, and one group at the water ferry.

As a result, the entire transportation arteries near Rufen Town were all guarded by Li Chu, and on the east and west sides, there were only three rivers, which were also distributed at the ferry.

If 50,000 tickets are distributed, each person will be issued with an average of more than 1,000 tickets.

After explaining some precautions to them, let them start to set off according to their own arrangements.

At this time, it was six quarters of the hour, that is, half past eight in the morning.

Hey!

Zhang Laocai, I don't know if you can withstand this wave of my offensive?

Li Chu considers himself to be a rule-abiding and law-abiding person.

……

In addition to the recruited group of men, there are also two cousins here who came to help.

The so-called cousin is from Ah Xiu's side, the two daughters-in-law of Ah Xiu's uncle's family. Knowing that Li Chu has set up a restaurant here, not only is the business booming, but the dishes are novel, and they are fragrant and fragrant.

Early this morning, my uncle came over with his two daughters-in-law, hoping that the two of them could learn a craft under Li Chu.

Li Chu agreed.

Because before Ah Xiu got married, it was this uncle who helped him many times, and even took out a sum of money to let Yang Kang enter the school.

Li Chu naturally felt his uncle's kindness, he just learned cooking, and compared with his uncle's previous funding in difficult matters, it was nothing.

In this regard, Li Chu customized two honeycomb coal stoves and a set of iron pots for stir-frying.

After that, there was only one custom coin left on Li Chu's body!

So fast.

Forty-five were obtained in the first two days, but now they are all consumed in a day or two.

What if it's gone?

After today, there will be more and more custom coins to come.

Among the two cousins, the eldest is twenty-three or four, and the one who is usually responsible for cooking for his uncle's family is the eldest cousin, named Wenru, whose appearance is no different from ordinary villagers.

The second cousin's name is Yue Feng, only two years younger than the eldest cousin, usually responsible for sewing and mending at home, has a pair of skillful hands, can use embroidery needles to show a lot of tricks, people are also beautiful, and they also like to dress up.

It's the cooking part, and it's the first time I've come here today. She was forced to come by her uncle, in the words of her uncle, the eldest and the second will have to split up sooner or later, you don't know how to cook a woman, who will be responsible for the family's meals in the future?

Taking advantage of the fact that there are not many people now, Li Chu explained to the two cousins some precautions for this stir-fry and the processing of some seasonings.

Start with the simplest, fried poached eggs.

Heat the oil in a pan over high heat, turn to medium-low heat, beat in the eggs, fry them slightly, remove them, and sprinkle a little salt on the egg whites.

The eldest cousin, Wen Ru, listened carefully to General Li Chu, watching and listening.

The second cousin, Yue Feng, was quite curious to come over to take a look, but when she saw the crackling and frying oil pot, she took a few steps back in fright and hid from a distance to watch.

After seeing that fried eggs were just like that, I didn't look this way anymore, but looked along the side of the street to see the scenery.

It can be seen that this second cousin is really not interested in cooking.

Li Chu had to mourn for his second cousin for a while, unless he became rich and wealthy in the future, he would have to accept it.

It's the eldest cousin Wen Ru, who is very humble in learning, anyway, it will be nothing, since the second cousin doesn't like this, Li Chu doesn't force it, so he explained it to the eldest cousin one by one.

Restaurants are Li Chu's biggest source of income at present, but Li Chu can't be a chef here for the rest of his life.

At first, it was because of the poverty of the family and the foreign debt.

If Li Chu doesn't cook, what should he do with this stir-fry?

After all, I need to find an apprentice, and the eldest cousin is a relative, relatively reliable, and at present, he seems to be humble and studious, and he wants to develop in this area.

Li Chu didn't plan to hide anything privately, and took advantage of the existing materials to teach a dish of braised eggplant.

After it was over, I was relieved to let my eldest cousin try to do it alone.

As for the second cousin Yue Feng, since she likes to wander around and see the scenery, Li Chu took out a horse coat and a welcome gift to bring to her, and when she has nothing to do, she can wander around the town at will, and when there are many people in the evening, she will come over to act as a waiter.

And Yang Cheng, after this kid got the horse coat and welcome belt, he took A-Ning and followed Li Han to the town to see and distribute leaflets.

……

Under the Ping'an Fang in the north of Rufen Town, this is the place where the town must pass through to enter the town.

Li Han took four people, according to Li Chujiao's method, on both sides of the road, two people stood on one side, each holding stacks of beautifully printed leaflets in their hands.

The content on the leaflet was already shown to them in advance when they came.

Touched the thick stack of leaflets in his hand, looked at the paper used, and then looked at the writing and painting on it, he was a crop man, where had he seen such a beautiful picture?

I only sigh that the owner has good skills, such exquisite things can be found, and this time the owner is right.

He was illiterate, and none of the people in this group were literate, so Li Han didn't know what was written on it, but he had eyes and could see, and he actually saw the restaurant of the owner on it, as well as the water inn next to it.

This is simply amazing, on this paper, no matter how you look at it, it feels like you are standing there and seeing it.

It's really, it's too real, and I don't know how the owner drew it, just this painting work, in the surrounding counties, who can paint better than this?

If Li Chu knew what Li Han was thinking, he would smile, just a photo!