Chapter 234

She had tasted the shortbread cakes, and although they tasted good, they were very tired. [No pop-ups. Even if it's one, she can't finish it. So she thought about making some other flavors and styles, and making some small moon cakes, which could be more elegant and good-looking.

"You steam the glutinous rice noodles as if they were making a delicate cake, and then add the filling of the flower mud, and then put it into the grinding tool to emboss it and try it. We don't ask for more, but we want exquisite and unique taste. "After discussing the method of puff pastry mooncakes, Lin Baozhu mentioned the crust mooncakes again." You can add a little sticky rice flour and flour to make the ice skin look clearer and less likely to crack."

Several of the women were the best at developing food in the workshop, and they were also full of joy when they heard that the lady had proposed a new way of eating. Sure enough, after going back and trying several times, a lot of miàn pí and glutinous rice flour were wasted, and finally made into a mooncake with excellent taste and mellowness.

It is soft and smooth, and it tastes a little elastic, and the skin is clear and clean like snow. Not to mention eating, just looking at it, I feel delicate and precious. In addition, according to what Lin Baozhu said, each piece of snowy skin mooncake is placed in a special packaging box, and the specifications are instantly much stronger than the one next to it.

"Baozhu, how did you come up with it, you can figure out this way of eating?" Zhang Xiuniang pinched the moon cakes and looked left and right, just full of rarity, and she was a little reluctant to eat.

Looking at Zhang Xiuniang's cautious appearance, Lin Baozhu couldn't help laughing, and quipped: "Sister-in-law, hurry up and try it, Zhao Di and the eldest girl will come back in a while, and it is estimated that we will not be able to taste it well." ”

During this time, the eldest girl and Zhao Di always ran to the river beach, first, because Lin Baozhu was bold, and directly gave the business over there to the two daughters. Second, because of the dogs, they figured out the transparent glass, which can shelter from the wind and rain, but it will not cover the sun, which is very beautiful. I heard that a few people had nothing to do in the past two days, so they got together and muttered, as if they wanted to make lampshades for candlesticks.

Lin Baozhu doesn't care about them, the business is on the right track, and the side is just for a few small jokes. It is also because Zhang Ji is not short of money now, naturally Lin Baozhu pondered the idea of opening a branch directly in the capital, and the last time he talked with the clerk, he happened to meet the prince of the Qi Palace, and then he knew that the man standing behind the Wen family's caravan was that master.

Originally, the prince of Qi really didn't look down on Zhang Ji's business, and he didn't make much use of it. But I don't want a morning moon to intervene, plus the emperor is happy because of the victory in Mobei, and he personally gave Zhang Ji a tea shop for white rooster comb tribute tea. This is unprecedented, no matter how high his vision is, he will have a Tao in his heart. Moreover, there is also the favor of Mr. Zhao, even if the prince of Qi Wangfu mutters in his heart, he always believes in Mr. Zhao's vision.

What's more, he is now secretly standing in line to support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Rui, and Mr. was also valued by His Royal Highness, but in the end, Mr. went to Peachtree Bay, and he also had a deep friendship with Lin Baozhu, and there must be something he didn't understand. However, this did not prevent him from being keenly aware of it, I am afraid that the prince's cousin values more than just a protector

Therefore, the prince of Qi intends to cooperate with the three parties, he is powerful, the Wen family has financial resources, and Zhang Ji has goods that others do not have. If you really open a shop in the capital, you will definitely be able to make a sign.

However, because Lin Baozhu's body became more and more bulky, he was unable to enter Beijing again, so it was delayed. Later, she also asked Shi Dayong if it was feasible for Zhang Ji to form a caravan at home.

"Yes, yes, it's just too risky, and it will take a lot of manpower, material resources and time, and I'm afraid that the caravan won't be able to make its debut without three or five years." Shi Dayong frowned, "But if there is a name for the hoarding brothers, plus the hiring of some coachmen with good foot strength and a nursing home with bold skills, this thing may not be impossible." ”

In the end, a few people discussed, and finally decided to let Liu Tiezhu and Liu Jianshan, the eldest son of Mrs. Lu's family, also his father, support the formation of a caravan. And the nursing home who came to find a way to live and the people who had walked through the dart had to go through a few tricks in the hands of the guards brought back by Lin Baozhu, and finally the guards chose the advantages and disadvantages.

Not to mention, in the end, it is real kung fu, and the selected caravan guards look inconspicuous, but they are all people with foundations.

Since the beginning of Zhang Luo's caravan, Zhang Ji's silver has been smashed into it, from the clothes he wears, to the carriage and horse fares, and the dots along the way. It's almost cumbersome, and it's a headache to watch, and it's also thanks to Liu Tiezhu's careful learning with Liu Jianshan, and I'm afraid of losing the trust of my wife, so I didn't dare to be sloppy along the way.

At first, Zhang Ji's caravan did not dare to go far, but only shuttled between several state cities, and would come back after being away from home for half a month at most. In the end, Lin Baozhu not only let the two of them only manage the caravan, but even asked the two of them to write it down and discuss it if they met a suitable shop.

Not to mention Zhang Ji's caravan that has just been formed and is a little stronger than the merchant's team, just say that the current snowy mooncakes have been directly looted as soon as they entered Zhang Ji's shop.

Thinking of several nobles in the capital, as well as Princess Chenyue, Lin Baozhu specially asked people to prepare more than a dozen boxes of sealed and intact snowy skin mooncakes and entrusted the Wen family caravan to bring them all the way to the capital. Thanks to the reliable clerical language, several operations, it can be regarded as giving away everything.

And got a rare object, Sensei said that it was Princess Chenyue, and even the queen was very interested. Further down is the crown princess of the East Palace of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who also got a box, which looks exquisite and lovely, and the taste of the entrance is also very peculiar, although it is not as good as the imperial kitchen skills of the imperial dining room, but it is also better than the ingenuity of the mind.

It's good, and it's unique, at the moon viewing banquet on August 15, it made Princess Chenyue stand out for a few people. Naturally, Lin Baozhu and Zhang Ji, the first wife of the merchant female protector of the Princess's Mansion, also fell into the eyes of the nobles again a few months later.

Seeing that the dog had a few leftovers and made a glass cup, and even really planted it into a colorful pepper, it shocked Lin Baozhu's jaw. Looking at the exquisitely clear lampshade, covered with dim candlelight, and faintly with some rainbow halos, Lin Baozhu seemed to have returned to his previous life.

At this time, the whole Zhang Ji was busy again, and even Shi Dayong, who was in charge, was busy going to the state city to open shops in Yanjing all day long to discuss business. Originally, he could still come back every once in a while, but since the colorful peppers and glass cups were snapped up by big households everywhere, he couldn't spare a day of rest.

The new shop has to be busy, business has to be discussed, and some wives from high-ranking families come here, and he has to entertain them hobbyly, for fear of offending people. There is also the foil of the shopkeeper Xu of the former Anping Tea Shop, who is becoming more and more prosperous, but he didn't cause any trouble.

At the beginning, it was not obvious, but seeing that it was going to be September, Zhang Xiuniang began to feel uneasy, and she was absent-minded about doing needlework every day. It's really that she heard some rumors a few days ago, saying that her own man was befriending a woman outside, and she didn't care about it at the time, until she heard that the woman was still with a half-eldest son, and then she became alert.

Although she and Shi Dayong are also a couple in distress, they did not have a son in the end. In the past hard days, I didn't think about it, I was afraid that life would be better, Shi Dayong regretted it in his heart, and wanted a son to inherit the family business.

Lin Baozhu also saw the difference between her and comforted her, but in the end, she muttered to herself. How could Shi Dayong always find an excuse to shirk when it was time to come back, but just sent the account office back to report the account? And where did Shi Dayong's salary of dozens of taels of silver go in those months? As far as she knew, she didn't come back with the bookkeeper.

It's just that seeing that she is about to give birth, it is inconvenient to meddle in many things, and looking at the bulging belly like the bottom of the pot, Lin Baozhu really can't think much about the affairs of the Shi family.

It's October, and it's time to start, but the child just hasn't moved. The partial birth was invited to the doctor and midwife at home, checked the pulse or touched it, and they all said that the child was very good, and it was not yet the time when the melon was ripe.

Anyway, no matter what he said, even if he was a little anxious, when he heard that the child was safe and sound, Lin Baozhu was relieved.

Every day, it's time to harvest lotus roots. Thinking that the weather was getting colder, Lin Baozhu found someone to boil two large pots of ginger soup on the side of the river beach. When he saw that there was still an aunt and aunt who were eager to go down to help, Lin Baozhu hurriedly sent someone to persuade him to come back.

Digging lotus root looks simple, but it is really individual work. Even the old men have to work hard, not to mention the women they haven't done much rough work in a long time.

At this time, although there are still scattered lotus flowers, most of them are wilted. The lotus leaves are also a little wilted, and most of them are dry. Wang Dakui and the dog left most of the water in the lotus pond, cut off the river water flowing downstream, and then began to dig lotus roots.

And the rest of the aunts on the side, no one carried the barrel, and began to catch the big fish that were exposed. This year is the first year that the fish and lotus root are produced, and the big guys are rare, fresh and elated, and everyone is very busy.

After three or five days, the lotus root of the lotus pond was dug up, of course, during the period of the lotus root just dug out every day, the rest of the Zhang Ji food workshop to make a small food, not waiting to be sent to the town and the county seat, was bought by the restaurant that heard the news.

And those fish were also bought a lot because of Lin Baozhu's all-fish feast. It's just that there are many small fish fry in the lotus pond, so after digging the lotus root every day, they have to put it back into the water, which is a little troublesome, but Wang Dakui is smiling all day long, full of energy.

Seeing the big guys one by one full of interest, and helping to wash the lotus root sections and load them out of the car, Lin Baozhu's heart was also hot. simply clapped the board, beckoned Qiu Niang to help cook, and let the big guys eat a few tables of noodles in the courtyard of Zhang's house. Of course, today's banquet is made of lotus root that farmers are reluctant to eat and don't eat much.