Chapter 35: Salt Crystals

Jia Yi held half of the black and white bread in his hand and hurried back home. I talked too much with Yao Lao, and I didn't eat well. Jia Yi usually eats with Yao Lao, or if he doesn't send food to Yao Lao, if he stands by and watches him eat, both of them are uncomfortable.

When he met his parents, he told them what his teacher had said, and Gary thought it was a good way to calculate the cost and how much the bread should be sold for. It's just that Erica still has concerns, and couldn't help but ask Jiayi: "Jiayi, Yao Lao said that this is easy for others to learn, and if others learn it, will they still come to buy what we do?"

When Jia Yi heard this, he said to his mother: "It's okay, Mom, it takes a lot of time for others to learn, and it takes time to learn to do well." Moreover, there is a knack for finding good bread, and our bread must be better than other people's. ”

"Let's make some and sell them in the town first, this bread is so delicious, it can't be unsold. Gary made up his mind and decided to go to the town to sell bread.

For the next few days, Kaichi spent teaching Erica how to make bread, while leaving the old noodles as a source of yeast for her next bread cooking. At the same time, the ratio of various bread recipes and the fermentation time are also tested.

These days I eat bread all the time, white bread, black bread, all of which are the product of Erica learning to make bread. Because there is no milk, no sugar, and no eggs, the taste of the bread is just like that. When I first ate it, I thought it was delicious, but after a long time, it was a little boring, of course, but Jiayi himself felt that everyone else thought it was a rare delicacy.

In fact, eggs can still be obtained, and there are a few chickens at home, and the eggs are all stored. It's just that bread hasn't been tested in the market yet, and the cost of adding eggs is too high, so let's wait until you make money.

This bread tastes similar to the grilled steamed buns at the barbecue stand, but is a little drier. However, they are milky steamed buns, and this is the original steamed buns. Jiayi originally tried to make some steamed buns, meat cabbage and bean paste buns, but he was afraid of trouble and lacked materials, so he didn't continue, or wait to make money, and do whatever he wanted.

The dawn of making money has appeared, and it is waiting to be realized. On this day, Erica and Jia Yi made more than 30 loaves of bread, one-third of which were black bread and the rest were white bread. White bread tastes better and should be more popular for a new product, giving a stronger sense of shock.

A pound of flour makes about six loaves of bread, each slightly smaller than a pineapple, and more fully fermented, although it looks not small, but not heavy. They felt that the price of each white bread was 8 coppers and 4 black breads, which was much more expensive than the ones on the market, and the price of the same size of old-fashioned ordinary bread was only about half, and it was only the same size, not the same weight.

If you eat once in a while, most people can afford to eat, but if you eat every day, it is not something that ordinary people can afford. As long as you sell 30 a day, according to the ratio of black and white bread to two, there is an income of about 200 coppers, excluding the cost, at least one and a half silver horns gross profit, 4 and a half silver coins a month, at least 5 gold coins a year, of course, much smaller than other businesses, but it is much better than ordinary people.

Of course, he only calculated the cost of materials, but did not calculate the labor or anything, if he worked overtime, he had to light the lamp, and there was a fuel cost or something.

In the earth, it may just be out of food and clothing, and in this world at least it is well-off. And that's just selling 30 loaves of bread a day, selling more, earning more. It's just that the market in the town is so big after all, if there are no foreign merchants, it is estimated that the sales volume is limited, especially when everyone else has learned it later, so they can only reduce the price.

Preparing the bread to be sold the next day, Jia Yi went to Yao's house with dinner, gave Yaolao to deliver food, said that he would go to the market to sell bread tomorrow, and asked Yaolao if he wanted to go with him. Although it hasn't been long since I came back from the last rush.

Jia Yi found Yao Lao and said to him, "Teacher, we are ready to sell bread, and we will go to the town to sell it tomorrow." Teacher, are you going to come along?"

Yao Lao listened, thought about it, and refused: "Forget it, I won't go." You can go to the tavern to sell bread and tell the tavern owner that you are my student. Last time I went to eat at his place, he probably knew you. If you have something, go to Maca, who is the only medicinal herb merchant in the town, and everyone usually gives him face. ”

"Teacher, I see. I'm not going to eat with you today, I'll go home and eat to see if I'm well prepared. ”

"Okay, you can go back first. Yao Lao waved his hand, said to Jia Yi, suddenly remembered something, and stopped Jia Yi: "Wait a minute, Jia Yi, the salt you made last time was dried in the yard, and it is almost dry, you can go and take a look." ”

"Gee, I almost forgot, I've been busy making bread lately. When Jia Yi heard Yao Lao's words, he remembered that he had made salt to sell for money, and he was busy making bread after the bread came out, and he left it behind.

"Yes, you've been making bread and haven't even attended class for days. ”

"Teacher, I know, I taught my mother how to make bread, and after I came back from the market, I studied hard and taught my mother how to make bread. Jia Yi heard the dissatisfaction in the old saying of medicine, and hurriedly said to him.

Yao Lao didn't say anything when he heard this, and waved his hand.

When Jia Yi came to the courtyard, he saw that the basin where he made salt crystals was already only a thin layer of water, and the weather was still very powerful. In this almost 7 days, a basin of water evaporated.

He brought a clean basin and fished out all the salt crystals inside, almost two pounds of 800g, according to the last salt merchant, it was almost worth two silver horns.

Even if the price is lower for selling to a salt merchant, this is much purer than the salt merchant's snow salt.

He brought the salt crystals to Yao Lao and said, "Teacher, look at this. As he spoke, he brought the basin to the medicine elder.

When Yao Lao saw it, this salt was completely different from what he usually saw, the pieces were crystal clear, and there were several pieces of salt crystals in the middle that were the size of a child's fist. He took a piece of salt the size of rock sugar, added it, and it was indeed salt.

Jia Yi took the opportunity to ask, "Teacher, if I say that this is from a cave in the mountains, will others believe it?"

Yao Lao took the salt crystal and pondered for a while, and said, "This is indeed very similar, pretending to be natural salt can indeed say the past. There have been people who have collected salt in the cave before, but the amount is not large, which is very similar to this one. This kind of salt is different from the salt mines outside, it is not poisonous, and it can be sold. It's hard for others to think that they made it themselves. ”

Seeing Jia Yi's excited appearance, Yao Lao struck again: "It's just that if you sell too much, whether it is others who think that you have found a cave that contains a lot of non-toxic salt, or who suspect that you have some way to make pure salt, it will bring trouble, and you are almost powerless to stop it." ”

"You have to learn to be cautious, Kaichi!"

Jia Yi thought about it, it is indeed the case, and now he can sell bread, although he can't be rich and expensive, but he can still maintain a well-off life. Later, I will think of other ways to make money, after all, I am still young, so I don't need to be in a hurry. lest you get the balls that haven't developed yet.

"Teacher, I'll make it after I sell this, and I'll only make a little bit to eat by myself, and I won't sell it out again. After thinking about it, he still couldn't help but sell this bit of salt, not to make money, but to think that there would be a beginning and an end to this matter, and there would be a reasonable result, and by the way, he would test the reaction of the market.