23. Talk about stores and infrastructure

The more Qiao Erya thinks about it, the more feasible it is, the location of this store is really suitable for opening a barbecue and hot pot restaurant!

The boss wanted to get rid of the shop as soon as possible, but he didn't want to hurt people: "Little girl, how much do you want to follow in my footsteps, Qiongzhou is as its name suggests, poor!" ”

Qiao Erya looked unpersuaded: "Thank you for your kindness, I think the position you chose is very good, I really want to buy it." Qiongzhou is only poor now, and the future is uncertain. ”

The boss thinks that she is too young, she has been poor all these years, and she will only be poorer in the future.

Since persuasion failed, the boss repeatedly assured that it had nothing to do with him after the store was sold. If you don't want it, you can transfer it, and he is not responsible.

Jorya understands the boss's feelings. When you buy it, you can take advantage of the geographical advantages of the store and earn it a small goal first.

Just as she was about to pay, Joerya suddenly remembered that she had gone out without money.

"I don't have enough money on me, why don't you go to our house and get it?"

The shop was about 80 square meters in size, and the owner used to sell groceries, with a small yard and two warehouses in the back, as well as a well.

One of the storerooms was owned by himself, and the other had been cleaned up.

As soon as Qiao Erya's words fell, Fushou took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and handed it to the boss.

"Look, fifty taels of silver tickets."

Fushou looked at Miss Qiao again: "The prince personally explained before going out, and all the expenses of Miss Qiao were recorded in the prince's account." ”

Jorya's heart was sweet, and she didn't think he was quite good.

She calmly accepted Xiao Jinyou's kindness and returned it to him when she made money.

As soon as the boss heard that it was from the prince's mansion, he immediately said that he would give ten taels of silver cheaper.

Qiao Erya said no: "Charge whatever price you want, don't let yourself cause losses just because we are from King An's Mansion." ”

The boss has no impression of King An, how do he know what King An is like, but it is rumored everywhere that King An is not favored before he is demoted to Qiongzhou, and he has a fierce and evil image in his heart.

Today's transaction with this girl, when the people paid the money, they only mentioned King An's Mansion, unlike the son of the county government to put pressure on the people.

The balance in his heart is biased in favor of King An, and he doesn't have to bully the people with his status, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be? It is said that hearing is false, seeing is believing, and he thinks that King An is a good person.

Lao Wang had already packed his luggage and was ready to leave after handing over the shop with Qiao Erya.

Qiao Erya chatted with him: "Are you really willing to go back to farming?" "How can a person who has the courage to go out to do business be willing to go back home and continue farming.

Lao Wang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "At least I still have some money to spare, go back to my hometown to buy a few acres of land, and save some money for my son." "He's seen everything he should have seen at his age, and it's time to go back to his roots.

Qiao Erya really wanted to keep him, she felt that the other party had a good character, anyway, she opened a store as a shopkeeper before, and it was the same for her to be a shopkeeper.

But since people don't have ideas, she won't force people to stay.

"I'm going to pack up the shop and open it as soon as possible, if I have time, remember to come and take my children out to see the world."

The boss hugged his fists and smiled: "Cheng, if you have time, I will bring my dog to cheer you on." ”

On the way back, Joerya kept thinking about what this store would sell better?

Qiongzhou is an island, and the seafood here is particularly abundant, but the fishing industry is very backward.

If the fishing industry could keep up, it would be opened as a grilled fish shop, followed by barbecue and beer.

The biggest advantage of choosing this place is that the smell of grilled fish and barbecue wafts far away, and the location of the shop is close to the port.

Qiongzhou natives may not have much money, but the port is mixed, and the average income to work in the port is not low.

And they are at sea all year round, and they are all improvising in terms of food. A meal of grilled fish with barbecue and beer is just the right time to treat yourself.

The more Jorya thought about it, the more feasible she felt.

Back at the palace, she lifted her skirt and trotted all the way to the study.

Xiao Jinyou hadn't come back yet, the desk in the study was clean and tidy, and Qiao Erya's sharp eyes saw the brand-new notebook placed in the innermost part of the bookshelf.

She pulled another pen from the pen holder, biting the cap of the pen and thinking about the menu.

The two little eunuchs outside the door were not surprised, but the newly bought subordinates were cleaning the yard, and they had more and more respect for Miss Qiao in their hearts.

Being able to enter the prince's study casually shows that the prince has a lot of weight in his heart, and he can't offend her on weekdays.

Jorya combined the seafood specialties of the coastal city with some barbecue dishes, and asked the chef in the back kitchen to ask about it, and finally settled on the dishes of the grilled fish restaurant.

The chef told her that the last thing Qiongzhou natives like to eat is seafood. Unless there is nothing to eat, as long as the family can eat, they will not eat anything from the sea.

Because it's so fishy.

For example, oysters are everywhere on the seaside, and no one picks them up, and there are children in the village who are curious to pick them up and take them home and use them as stones.

Jorya was heartbroken when she heard this.

That's oysters!

Oysters are a man's fuel... Phew, how did she get led astray by the advertisement.

All in all, oysters are an indispensable part of barbecue.

Her family is not on the coast, and two roasted oysters can be sold for 25 yuan. It is said to be very large, but in fact, there is only one bite of meat inside, and it is lonely to eat.

Seafood freedom is almost her obsession.

However, after becoming a little rich woman, she has not yet achieved the freedom of seafood. There is no good seafood this season, and we have to wait for the crayfish to be on the market in two months.

Jorya swallowed, she threw down the menu and ran back to her bedroom, digging out a packet of spicy crayfish seasoning from her suitcase.

Her profession has nothing to do with being a chef, her cooking level is limited to being able to swallow. So in terms of opening a restaurant, of course, she has to use the crossing between the two worlds to buy ready-made seasoning packets.

It's best to find a factory to work with, so you don't have to go to the supermarket to buy goods.

This matter is not in a hurry for the time being, and the road and surrounding environment must be cleaned up before opening the store, and it will take at least half a month for the official opening.

The kitchen has been wafting out the aroma since the beginning of the stir-frying, and the people who help in the back kitchen are hungry.

What did you make today? The fragrance rushed into their noses, and their saliva couldn't be controlled at all.

It was already a unitary time when Xiao Jinyou brought people back, and the sunset of spring shrouded him, adding a divine halo to him.

Fu Lu looked around, but he didn't see his two apprentices.

He muttered to himself, "Why don't these two boys see anyone all day long?" ”

Xiao Jinyou bowed slightly: "I'll let them serve Miss Qiao, I don't need to leave too many people around me." ”

There aren't many people around you!

Although Fu Lu thought so, he didn't dare to say that the prince really spoiled Miss Qiao and had no bounds.

When he returned to the main courtyard, Fu Lu saw two simple apprentices, and he couldn't bear to look at them directly.

He's been teaching his apprentice for so long, and he's stupid like a dog cub at this moment.

Don't blame Fushou and Fuquan for laughing. They had been rewarded by Miss Qiao, who had given them a few glass orbs, and if they took them out, they could sell them for ten taels of silver!

They weren't happy for long before they were discovered by the master.

Fu Lu reported to the prince word for word, trying to get the prince to persuade Miss Qiao to take things back.

How valuable the glazed orbs were, how could his two apprentices, He De, receive a few at a time.

Xiao Jinyou told him not to make a fuss, just accept Miss Qiao's reward.

Fu Lu felt even more weird. As far as he knew, Miss Qiao was not from a big family, how could there be so many glass jewels? I also said that I would send it!

He became more and more curious about Miss Qiao's identity.

Today's dinner was also particularly weird, with a table of red seafood.

Fu Lu couldn't help frowning.

This seafood is caught by local farmers who can't eat and go to the beach, how can it appear on the table of the palace?

However, what made him fall through the glasses was this.

Miss Qiao warmly entertained the prince with chopsticks.

"You try it, this is the seasoning package we brought from our hometown, some barbecue is more delicious than this, but we don't have that craftsmanship, the seasoning package can also be secondary, lazy people must!"

Jorya's eyes sparkle when it comes to food.

She likes food very much, and she belongs to the physique of not eating fat. No matter how she eats and drinks, she is very slender, and the only thing that bothers her is that the plump place is also plump.

Siu Kam Yau is particularly fond of the moments when there is light in her eyes. It's dusk, but I feel like the whole world is bright.

He involuntarily dropped his chopsticks: "Okay, I'll taste it." ”

He doesn't eat very spicy food, but he likes spicy and fragrant food.

Seeing that he was moving slowly, Giorya couldn't help but put on transparent gloves to peel shrimp for him.

There are no crayfish in this season, but there are ordinary freshwater shrimp, which can be improvised.

After stir-frying with seasonings, the seafood removes its fishy smell, leaving only delicious taste.

Qiao Erya didn't care about eating herself, and waited for his feedback urgently: "How does it taste?" ”

Xiao Jinyou did not speak, but beckoned.

Fu Lu hurriedly brought tea.

Xiao Jinyou swallowed the tea before speaking: "The taste is a little spicy, but it is delicious." His mouth was occupied by the spicy fragrance, and he wanted to take the second bite after eating the first bite, even if he was speechless by the spicy one.

Qiao Erya smiled and her eyebrows crooked: "Since you think it's delicious, then it's no problem." "That's from the crown prince's assessment.

Xiao Jinyou suggested: "I think the spicinessness can be slightly reduced, it is not as good as the capital, and there are a few people who eat spicy food." ”

Qiao Erya supported her face with her hands and sighed: "What this thing wants is heavy mouth, heavy and spicy, this is a major feature." You can make it light, but it's not suitable for grilled fish restaurants. ”

She sandwiched another piece of grilled fish for him.

"You try grilled fish, this part has the fewest bones and the meat is very tender."

Fu Lu took the initiative to stretch out the silver chopsticks to help the prince remove the fish bones.

Xiao Jinyou motioned for him to step back: "You don't need to serve here." ”

Fu Lu was not sad about falling out of favor, he couldn't help but let out a handful of bitter tears, the prince finally knew how to be alone with the girl.

It should be like this, and the day when a new little master will be added to the palace is not far away.

Siu Kam Yau broke Fu Lu away because he was worried about revealing Miss Qiao's trade secrets.

It's not that he doesn't trust him, the fewer people who know the secret, the safer, not because he wants to be alone with Miss Qiao.

He picked out the fish bones and chewed slowly, tasting the grilled fish that Miss Qiao highly recommended.

This was the first time he had tasted it. There is not much fish in the palace, and even if there is fish, few people use chopsticks, and it is too convenient for fish bones to harm people.

He thinks the grilled fish is better than the spicy shrimp and seafood just now.

Siu Kam Yau did not hesitate to comment: "The fish is tender and delicious, slightly spicy, and it leaves a fragrant taste after eating, I would like to call it the most delicious dish today, and the fly in the ointment is that there are fish bones." ”

"Actually, there are a lot of fish without bones, but this kind of fish is because the meat is tender and people ignore the bones." When I open the store, I will consider choosing a few types of fish so that children can eat fish safely. ”

She originally wanted to mention street hygiene, but she was afraid of losing her appetite, so she hurriedly stuffed something into her mouth for fear of remembering what happened on the road.

After eating, Xiao Jinyou proposed to go out for a walk to eliminate food, and Qiao Erya readily agreed.

Just take this opportunity to let him hurry up the infrastructure construction, at least repair the road first, and build the road first if he wants to get rich.

"Let me tell you, in all the riches in our hometown, the first sentence is "if you want to get rich, you must first build roads", do you think that the environmental sanitation in the city is a little... Hard to put into words? ”

Jorya was very subtle in her wording.

If Siu had not seen the cement roads in the modern countryside, he might be able to bear it; But he has been to modern times, and even the roads in the countryside are spotless, and he also dislikes the environmental sanitation in Qiongzhou a little in his heart.

Except for the regular cleaning of the main road, the other streets all depend on the consciousness of the shopkeeper. If those shopkeepers don't clean the front of their stores, you can imagine how dirty and messy the streets are.

Qiao Erya grabbed his sleeve and shook it: "The store I fancy is not on the main road, and the money to buy the shop has already been paid, you won't let me lose money, right?" ”

What else can Xiao Jinyou do? Of course, road construction is on the agenda.

He didn't have the manpower to do anything else, so he could build roads and transfer people from the prefect.

"Tomorrow, I will send someone to ask the prefect of Qiongzhou to discuss the construction of the road, including the sanitation of the city, so that the prefect can pay attention to it. There are soldiers patrolling the capital, and there are scavengers cleaning every day, but even then the inner city is only slightly clean. ”

The outer city was a place where the common people gathered. The people entered the city either on ox carts or mule carts, and even if they did not defecate in the open, the smell of this poultry gathering was terrible.

Qiao Erya was a little worried: "What if the prefect doesn't cooperate with you?" Although you are the prince, the strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, what if he wants to eat and wait for death in the local area and doesn't want to make political achievements? ”

Xiao Jinyou reassured her: "Although Qiongzhou is remote, the island is rich in many characteristics. Today, I learned that the merchants who came to the island not only to deliver goods to Qiongzhou, but also to take away local pearls and coconut carvings, which are tributes in Beijing, and I can't imagine that Qiongzhou can buy them casually. ”

This was just the tip of the iceberg of what he knew, and maybe there were more to him that he didn't know.

He didn't know much, so he didn't tell Miss Qiao to arouse her curiosity.

Joerya was not surprised: "I knew there would be local specialties, but you definitely didn't know it when you first arrived!" Maybe some people rely on reselling the oil that is rich in local specialties. ”

In ancient times, transportation was not convenient, and communication was extremely slow. This huge gap in information is the most appropriate way to do business. The specialties wholesaled from the south were brought to the north as tribute.

Of course, there are pros and cons. In ancient times, it was not all smooth sailing to do business, and people made this money by their ability.

Let's just say that the bandit and bandit, but whoever doesn't have the ability to live on the road, not everyone has the ability to do this business.

Back to the point, Jorya thought that the local specialty might be sugar made from sugar cane. In ancient times, sugar cane was used to make sugar, and sugar beets were used to make sugar in the north.

I didn't expect it to be pearls and coconut carvings.

Coconut carving sounded like a handicraft, and she hadn't seen what it looked like yet.

Needless to say, pearls have been treasures since ancient times. In ancient times it was a tribute, and the better the quality of modern pearls, the more expensive they are.