Chapter 43: Tianzeju (middle)
Tianxiang didn't make much noise in the country, first, Li Chongrun came too early, and he came and went in a hurry, and he didn't let people see it at all.
The operating cost of Guose Tianxiang is very low, the shop is bought directly, and the soap comes from the workshop of Lehefang, except for the salary, there is almost no other expenditure.
"Let me change the portrait on the curtain to attract customers, what do you think?" Li Chongrun asked General Zuowei.
"I don't look! Who has nothing to do with staring at the curtain all day? Unless you hang my portrait! "General Zuo Wei thinks that kind of painting, he should be able to be much more handsome.
"It's so ordinary, why are you confident!"
When you enter the vegetable market, it is full of people.
"Your Highness is here!" There are three layers inside and three layers outside, and Li Chongrun is surrounded by people.
"I'm afraid to be ashamed of the love for these people." Li Chongrun sighed in his heart.
Since ancient times, the feelings of the poor are the most sincere, if you are good to them, they are doubly good to you, they can give not much to give, but they are willing to take the food they are reluctant to eat and drink to Li Chongrun.
"You have to work harder, maybe you can help more people."
On the bright side, he was full of confidence, and after greeting the people in the vegetable market, Li Chongrun went to the workshop.
"Master!"
"Your Highness!"
Lao Fang Shi and his disciples had a clear division of labor, and Huang'an, Coke and soap were mass-produced like an assembly line.
No one made bubble water, and it gradually couldn't be sold.
You Shou excitedly came to Li Chongrun to report the movements of Tianle and Fang, which was quite calm.
"By the way, Your Highness, there are gentlemen who have come to the vegetable market many times and want to buy some soap, I think their purpose is not pure, and they may have ideas about the emperor's elixir, so they drove people away." You Shou is very vigilant and doesn't believe in these people who dance nonsense.
"Well, next time they come back, they will bring it to me, they can't make sulfonamides yet, you can sell them a little at a high price." Li Chongrun is ready to torture these strangers with hunger marketing.
What kind of international friends, world peace, it also depends on the era, now, giving things is the enemy.
"Let's not talk about that, I want to build a kiln and burn something, I don't know if it's feasible in Shenjing." Li Chongrun asked everyone.
"If you build a kiln in Shenjing, will Your Highness want to burn porcelain or pottery?" You Shou asked.
"It's neither, it's glass, and now it seems to be called glass." Li Chongrun said.
Glass? A few people were confused, the thing came in a variety of colors and was expensive.
"Your Highness, the glass is also burned?" Previously, it was believed that the glaze was mined like jade, and You Shouqi said.
"Glass can be burned with sand, and this thing is even a hundred times easier than making sulfonamides, but everything is difficult at the beginning, and it may take many batches to burn first." Li Chongrun said.
"The kiln in Shenjing is not impossible, I remember that there is a big kiln in the workshop, and I can't remember it for a while......," the old man recalled.
General Zuo Wei: "What kind of big kiln and small kiln, I know two kilns...... kiln"
"Then you're amazing!" Lee Chong-run didn't care about this.
The kiln is much lower than the Qinglou, and that kind of place is very chaotic, and Wu Zetian has sent people to check it more than once.
Qinglou is okay to say, Shenjing set up a Qinglou, listen to the music, it's not too much, you make a kiln, what are you mocking?
However, it stands to reason that General Zuo Wei should be the first person to seal up this kind of kiln, how could he condone its existence?
I went to see the cook again, but I became proficient.
Before these cooks learned their crafts, they all signed a contract with the restaurant, and violating the contract is not a matter of losing money, but will go to prison.
Li Chongrun treats them well, and he can already ensure that the family has no worries about food and clothing, and there is also a high salary.
If you really want to run to help others open a restaurant, you are really a white-eyed wolf, and there is no need to show mercy.
"His Royal Highness King Shao!" The chefs looked at Lee Chong-run with respect.
"It's good that you're busy!" Li Chongrun didn't disturb their work, and when he walked by, he saw inappropriate places to point out, and some of them were really hard to see, so he personally demonstrated.
Where is there the slightest bit of a prince's appearance, if the Chinese courtiers of the court know about this, it will inevitably be criticized.
The recipes given by Li Chongrun, from pork skin to water, there is nothing wasted.
After a busy morning, a little sleepy, to take a nap in the carriage, Li Chongrun rubbed his temples.
The general of the left guard took some food and drink stuffed by the vegetable market people, and feasted on the carriage.
"I'm going to open in the afternoon, you eat less, and then you can go to various restaurants to try the taste......" Li Chongrun pulled the curtain, and General Zuo Wei was swept away, and a bunch of food disappeared in an instant.
He even hiccuped.
"Selling Coke also has a profit share, His Royal Highness has guaranteed everyone's income, and he doesn't charge anything, I'm afraid that everyone doesn't want to go, and there are also worries and concerns about His Highness these days, His Highness doesn't accept me...... "General Zuo Wei is actually not used to eating these things given by others."
When Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang, in order to reflect his kindness, he recruited some refugees to live in Luoyang to show his grace, and some people's lives were improved, and the rest of those people were the people of the vegetable market.
Li Chongrun also asked You Shou about these things after getting the management of Lehefang.
But no one resented Wu Zetian, they were almost starving to death, and although they were poor in Shenjing, they more or less picked up a bowl of things that could fill their stomachs.
"Hum Yang Yang ......" Xia Cicada finally chirped, babbling, and the noise was very annoying.
A few children picked up the cloth bags and prepared to grab a few to fry and eat.
"Your Highness, it's almost noon, why haven't you eaten yet?" You Shou also had a headache after knowing what the people in the vegetable market stuffed into General Zuowei.
If you like to eat those things, Your Highness may not be able to swallow them.
Hometown specialties from all over the world, some of them are not used to eating in their hometowns.
Just seeing that the carriage was empty, You Shou felt a little moved in his heart - even if it was used by General Zuo Wei to fill his stomach, it could be regarded as a kind of kindness.
Li Chongrun, who has gained the hearts of the people again, looked at his blessing.
Oh, strictly speaking, this is the blessing of his grandmother Wu Zetian, just to protect herself temporarily.
Originally, the general of the left guard was leaving, and Xiu Mu had been in those days, as soon as Li Chongrun fell ill, Wu Zetian didn't even say a word about withdrawing Xiu Mu, and continued to order the general of the left guard to guard Li Chongrun.
"Don't talk about me, I've been confused lately, where are you going?" Li Chongrun looked at You Shou and hugged the jar.
"I'm going to cut some fat meat to refine some meat oil to eat, thanks to His Royal Highness, the people in the vegetable market switched from vegetable oil to eat meat oil, I'm a bachelor, I smell it twice, and I'm not ready to deal with two mouthfuls casually." You Shou smiled awkwardly.
"The workshop makes soap, and there is no shortage of lard, so don't you go there and cut some?" Lee Chong-run is very generous on this point.
You Shou Zhengse: "Your Highness, you must not start this head, if everyone goes to the workshop to cut fat and refine meat oil, the meat oil is there, and the workshop will not be able to open, and it has already received a lot of kindness from His Highness, where is the face to drink His Highness's blood here?" ”
"It's all good, there should be a lot of water left after the workshop makes lard, and the meat is frozen in the cellar with ice cubes, and the cooks will handle it when it goes into the water, and you can take it and share it." Ice cubes keep the pig offal, which is a bit of a luxury, Li Chongrun wants to divide the pig offal and satisfy everyone's cravings, after all, it is also considered meaty, and the umami of the pig offal is very good.
You Shou still shook his head, "Your Highness, although the vegetable market has just improved a little, and everyone doesn't have much money in their hands, everyone is happy, although there is no money now, but there will definitely be one in the future, so Your Highness doesn't need to take special care of the people in the vegetable market, we have hands and feet, and we won't embarrass Your Highness!" Even if they share the food, they won't take it for nothing, this is the rule I set for them. ”
You Shou is a mellow person, and this "confession" does add a lot of points to Li Chongrun's heart.