"Ping'er, you can taste it and you'll know what it is!" Lin Shuran smiled and asked Ping'er to taste it too, Ping'er didn't hesitate, Madame ate it herself, it must be something that can be eaten, so she also dipped some white particles and put it in her mouth, and then a sweet taste spread on the tip of her tongue.

Ping'er's eyes immediately widened and she said in surprise: "Madam, this is sweet!" ”

"It's sugar, it's naturally sweet!" Lin Shuran replied, and at the same time told everyone that Xu Minghan planned to open a sugar shop in a few days, and they would sell this kind of white sugar at that time.

"Madam, your sugar-making recipe has been seen by the slaves and maids, if you let others learn it, someone will rob the third young master's shop." The clever Ping'er deliberately glanced at the others in the kitchen, and then said out loud.

The fat aunt on the side immediately understood what she meant, and immediately expressed her loyalty to Lin Shuran on behalf of everyone: "Madame, rest assured, the slaves and maids are all domestic slaves who have passed the death contract at the beginning, if any of them have a black heart to do something against the master, without waiting for Mrs. to explain, the slaves and maids will first dispose of her and her family, and the slaves and maids know in their hearts that only when the general's mansion is good, the life of the slaves and maids can be better and better!" ”

Everyone else also followed behind the fat aunt to express their determination, saying that they would never leak out the method of making sugar, seeing their trembling appearances, Lin Shuran smiled instead, and said: "If I don't believe you, how can I make this white sugar in front of you, although we are the master and servant, we are also a family, and then I need you to help me make other sugar, from this month onwards, your monthly silver will be doubled." ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, not because of the extra moon silver, but because Lin Shuran, the housewife, trusted them, which made them very moved, in fact, since Lin Shuran married into the General's Mansion, whether it was Xu Mingchen's bloodless stepsons, or for them low-status minions, it was very good, and it was also their blessing to meet such a master.

After making white sugar, Lin Shuran next wanted to make toffee, fruit candy, lollipops and other candies, and when these candies were placed in ancient antique stores, they would definitely attract many people, and they would feel sweet when they thought about it.

In the next few days, Lin Shuran took the cooks and maids in the back kitchen of the Xu family to be busy making all kinds of candy, and let everyone taste it first when it was done, but the children of the Xu family who learned the news were not allowed to eat more, because Lin Shuran told them that if they ate too much sugar, their teeth would be broken, and they should eat sugar in a certain amount, but what child in the world can withstand the temptation of delicious candy.

"Mother, can you give me two more pieces of candy made today? I want to give it to Xiaohuzi and Wei Ying, so that they can also taste their mother's craftsmanship! The seventh Xu Minghao followed Lin Shuran to the kitchen, looked at her flatteringly and asked.

"Of course you can, if your third brother's shop opens in a few days, you still need to go out to advertise!" Lin Shuran not only plans to make some nut candy today, but also plans to make some glutinous rice paper, so that the candy can be stored for a relatively long time.

"Advertising? What is Advertising? Xu Minghao asked incomprehensibly.

"Advertising is to advertise widely, so that more people know what your third brother's shop sells and how things are, and the more people know about it, the more people will come to buy things." Lin Shuran explained.

Xu Minghao now understood what Lin Shuran meant, patted his chest and said that he would definitely let everyone in the capital know that the sugar shop opened by his third brother was the best.

And Xu Minghan has not been idle in the past few days, he asked Xiao Jin to redecorate the shop, and it only took two days to sign a cooperation document with a sugar merchant in Shudi, and bought a batch of brown sugar that he had just shipped to the capital.

Because the West Street shop that Lin Shuran bought is not particularly large, and it is just right to open a small sugar shop, Xu Minghan originally planned to sell some bulk brown sugar first to earn some price difference from the middle, but after returning to the house, he saw Lin Shuran and the white sugar and all kinds of sugar cubes that he had never seen and eaten made with the cooks, and his mind changed again.

"Mother, I'm going to find a special place to call some more people to make sugar and sugar cubes, I think our shop will definitely be very popular when it opens!" Xu Minghan is now more confident in opening a sugar shop, doing business is to seize the opportunity, and it must be novel enough, he dares to say that no one has ever heard of it whether it is white sugar or those sugar cubes made by Lin Shuran, let alone eaten in his mouth.

"The shop is handed over to you, you can do what you want!" Lin Shuran did not stop Xu Minghan, the reason why she has been busy these days is that she hopes that his sugar shop can be prosperous.

With Lin Shuran's support, Xu Minghan began to look for people, but it was not so easy to find some loyal and diligent and honest people, but he was not in a hurry, the people he wanted to use must find the ones who were at ease, otherwise even if the business opened in the shortest possible time, it was likely to suffer big losses due to improper employment.

As the so-called sleepy someone sends a pillow, on this day, Wu Bao, the steward of the Chengnan Grange, asked to see Lin Shuran, saying that he heard that the house was looking for someone to do things, and he had a few people who wanted to introduce him to Lin Shuran.

"Steward Wu, who are these people you are talking about? What did they do? Lin Shuran still has a deep impression of the one-eyed Wu Leopard, the steward, this person is honest and responsible, and he does not cheat and cheat, and the animals that Pei Shao gave to Xu Mingxuan are also very good, but he has never heard that he is close to anyone, so he wants to ask more.

Wu Bao still rubbed his hands a little restrainedly, yesterday Xu Minghao and Xu Mingxuan went to Zhuangzi in the south of the city, he overheard the two young masters say that the third young master in the house was looking for someone to do things, but either he was worried that the person he wanted to use was unreliable, or he was worried that he was not diligent and dishonest, he was a person who escaped death on the battlefield, he was homeless and childless, it was Xu Junze who gave him a place to live, and he knew that Xu Junze had secretly done a lot of things for these soldiers of them, and he had always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Xu Junze.

Now Xu Junze followed the mission to the Xia Kingdom, leaving behind a house of weak women and children, he can't help much, but it is still possible to find a few reliable and useful people.

So, Wu Bao said to Lin Shuran: "Mrs. Hui's words, these people are all from the battlefield, and they are all from poor people, these years the general has secretly helped our brothers, we are all grateful for his kindness, although the general has never said, but we know that every year those soldiers who are disabled on the battlefield or some of the families of soldiers who have lost their pillars will receive a sum of silver, although each family is not particularly much, but there will be every year, so that they will not be too sad. Everyone doesn't know how to repay the general, and now the third young master wants to use people, and other small ones dare not guarantee it, but they can protect the Xu family, and they are absolutely credible. ”

Hearing Wu Bao say this, Lin Shuran suddenly understood one thing, could it be that Xu Junze took a huge amount of silver from the mansion every year to subsidize the soldiers who became disabled on the battlefield and the families of those sacrificed soldiers?

(End of chapter)