Fast forward almost a year, and a lot has happened in that year! First of all, Zhang Shunping found a backer again, who is one of the four bureaus of Ouchi, the eunuch in charge of the wine vinegar noodle bureau! The reason for this is very wonderful, that is, because the women in the harem love Snow Candy, which greatly affects the status of this eunuch in charge!

Ever since Snow Candy, which was made into various shapes, was sent to the harem, the women of the harem have almost gone crazy! Not only did they increase the consumption of snow sugar to a new level, but they were also full of affection for this eunuch who added a new highlight to their boring life!

In the case that many concubines took the initiative to help him say good things, the status of this eunuch in charge has been greatly consolidated! Although he has not yet challenged the strength of other eunuchs, he has also formed a small group in the harem! Now he is ready to accumulate further strength and want to challenge for the next position!

So he admired Zhang Shunping very much for bringing all these changes, and made an exception instead of forcing Zhang Shunping to hand over the secret recipe, but gave him shelter! At the same time, Zhang Shunping also reciprocated by supporting his relatives outside the palace.

Now those eunuch relatives in the countryside already have four shops, which is rare in the capital city, where every inch of land is valuable! And all the people who can read at home have been sent to the school! So the two sides formed a strong alliance!

It's a pity that what this eunuch doesn't know is that the emperor he serves won't live long! After he died, the new emperor was young, and the concubines in the palace would be vacant for a long time. At that time, he will no longer be able to challenge the status of other eunuchs, and his dream of going further may end in vain!

With the help of the power of the palace, Snow Candy has officially spread out in the capital! And after the ingenious operation of Liu Haojia and Zhang Shunping, the entire sugar market in Jingshi was successfully annexed, and it did not cause too strong a backlash!

The main reason for this is that Zhang Shunping purchased the brown sugar and white sugar of those merchants as the raw materials for snow sugar as much as possible, without touching the interests of the people behind those big merchants too much. So although they coveted the huge profits of Snow Candy, they didn't rush into action!

As for when they knew that Zhang Shunping had taken the road in the palace, they basically gave up the idea of swallowing snow candy. However, they still squeezed out some benefits from Zhang Shunping, which is reflected in the fact that they have raised the price of sugar by a part! But this part of the loss Zhang Shunping simply passed it on to all the big families who bought snow sugar, and he didn't have any loss!

What's more, after a year of teaching, the first batch of children who bought it has begun to be diverted! During this year, they learned basic writing and simple arithmetic, and then Liu Haojia began to train them separately according to their wishes and strengths.

However, he still did not give up on educating them. Except for a few full-time students who are preparing to take the route of officialdom, everyone else has entered a state of part-time work and study. Moreover, Liu Haojia also selected a few potential students for full-time training, and they will become full-time teachers and scientific researchers in the future.

In this process, Liu Haojia has to sigh at the great potential of people! He thinks back to the process of receiving his primary education as a child, and he feels that it was so easy at that time!

Except for a few children who really have no talent, the rest of the children have a strong desire to learn! Because Liu Haojia told them that if they want to change their fate, they can only do it through study, otherwise the main family will definitely not be polite to them! Therefore, their learning progress in one year is almost equivalent to four years of education in a modern primary school!

After another year of part-time work and study, they definitely have the standard of a complete modern primary education! This is enough for this time period in the Ming Dynasty! As for the few children who specialize in research, there is also Liu Haojia's guidance, which will naturally come in handy!

The last thing is that after discussing with Liu's father, Liu Haojia used all his savings to buy a restaurant and expand it, and today is the day when the restaurant is officially open!

According to common sense, Father Liu must be present on this kind of happy day. But he is the identity of a nobleman! If he appeared at the opening ceremony of a restaurant, it would be a great humiliation for the entire noble class! So he could only regretfully sit on the third floor of the restaurant with seven or eight people, looking down from the window.

In this year, Father Liu was not idle! With the money in hand, he naturally wants to make friends, especially to open a passage into the circle among the nobles and re-enter the noble class.

As the saying goes, money makes the devil grind! This truth can be said to be true for all ages! A large amount of silver was sprinkled and there was a response soon, and some relatively active noble families had already preliminarily accepted Gu Ningbo's Mansion! Sitting next to Father Liu today is a representative of the earl family!

After all, Gu Ningbo's background is also relatively low, and it will take time to climb to a higher level of honor. However, with these dozen nobles as friends, then through a certain exchange of interests, Gu Ningbo's Mansion does not say that he is walking sideways in Beijing, but he is definitely safe and worry-free! This is also the reason why Liu Haojia chose to open the restaurant at this time, at least no one will come to grab the secret recipe!

Before the restaurant was renovated, it was a three-story structure, which was retained by Liu Haojia. After the renovation, it still conforms to the traditional architectural method from the outside. However, in the exterior design, Liu Haojia used a lot of red as the keynote, so it is quite eye-catching in the surrounding buildings! So many people simply call this restaurant the Red Mansion!

At this time, a small high platform was set up on the left side of the main entrance downstairs, and Liu Haonian, Liu Haojia and Zhang Shunping were whispering something on the stage. The four cooks behind them had just stood.

Liu Haojia wanted to invest independently in this restaurant, but Zhang Shunping insisted on stuffing 20% of the shares in! And he couldn't refuse! Because in this year, Gu Ningbo's expenses were very large, and Xuetang's income was far from being able to cover it, so he could only pinch his nose and let Zhang Shunping invest 20% of the share in the restaurant.

However, Liu Haojia didn't plan to expose his secrets, so when filling out the contract, the conditions he gave were quite harsh! is Zhang Shunping's Zhang Ji, although he can participate in dividends and management, but he can't get involved in the secret recipe!

Because the secret recipe is owned by Gu Ningbo's Mansion, it is only authorized for the use of the restaurant. Therefore, once Gu Ningbo's Mansion no longer provides secret recipes, it is doomed to the decline of the restaurant! In this case, the representative sent by Zhang Ji will definitely work hard to maintain the business of the restaurant and the cooperative relationship between Gu Ningbo Mansion.