Chapter 486
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"Stir-fried chestnuts! Stir-fried chestnuts with sugar! Stir-fried chestnuts with sugar!"
While everyone was having breakfast, a group of teenagers ran to the East Market and set up a big iron pot to burn the charcoal.
They threw in the chestnuts and stones and stir-fried them with a spade.
When the chestnuts were almost done, they poured sugar water over them. Soon, the smell of caramel wafted out.
Song Xiaodong and his friends had finally learned how to make sugar-fried chestnuts. Today was their first time setting up a stall.
They needed to carry a lot of things, so they hired an ox cart from the county and slowly rushed to Chang 'an before dawn.
Next to the big pot, there were baskets made of grass and twigs. They discussed with someone to weave the baskets.
After negotiating the price, they would only have money to pay when they sold out.
The small baskets were used to store the chestnuts. The fringed paper couldn't wrap the chestnuts because they were steaming.
There was also a bamboo tube. They didn't weigh the chestnuts. Instead, they used the bamboo tube to store the chestnuts.
The people of the Tang dynasty had never eaten sugar-fried chestnuts. Before Li Yi started to cook a lot of dishes, the people of the Tang dynasty couldn't cook many dishes. The most classic dish was fried rice.
Looking at the oily chestnuts and smelling the smell of caramel.
"How much is it?" A passerby saw it and wanted to try it.
"Five coins for a bamboo tube. Look at this bamboo tube. It can hold a lot of chestnuts. I'll give you a pointed one." Song Xiaodong picked up the bamboo tube next to him.
"Five coins? Look at the bamboo tube … I can buy more chestnuts with five coins than you can buy three of them. "The person who asked the price thought it was expensive.
"Try one and buy it if you think it's delicious. We still have to cut it, stir-fry it, and put sugar in it. Everything costs money."
Song Xiaodong handed over a chestnut. He was not in a hurry.
Because Li Dongzhu said that three times the price was just right.
The person who asked the price took the chestnut, peeled off the skin, and took a small bite. He looked satisfied.
"Give me a tube. I don't have anything to put it in. Or put it in my clothes." He took out a five coins coupon.
"You can't put it on your clothes. We have prepared a small basket. Buy one tube and get one free."
The boy next to him took a straw basket. The basket was small and could hold a bamboo tube of chestnuts.
The straw was big and could hold two, three, or five tubes.
When the first batch was sold, the others were tempted.
It didn't take long for a queue to form in front of the stall.
The pot was sold out in one go. The others who wanted to eat could only wait for forty-five minutes.
"I'll give you the money first. I'll come back to get it later." Someone didn't want to wait any longer and gave the money to the person in front.
"Alright, go ahead. I remember what you look like. Take a small basket and leave."
The young man took the five-coin exchange coupons and handed the other party a basket.
In case he didn't remember clearly, the basket was proof.
Many people began to pay, and the youths accepted them one by one.
"Aren't you afraid that someone will buy the chestnuts, throw them out, and come back with a basket?"
Some bored people stood there and chatted with each other while waiting.
Song Xiaodong smiled. "We don't believe that there is such a person. Even if there is, there will be something on the chestnut basket that has been used to store the chestnuts. We can tell."
The person who had bought the chestnuts earlier took a look at the situation inside the basket. Sure enough, there was water and black stuff on the outside of the chestnuts.
While praising the youths for their intelligence, he inquired, "How did you guys think of using a big wok to stir-fry? We used to boil the chestnuts. "
"Li Dongzhu taught us. We practiced for several days before we could master it." The young man beside Song Xiaodong said loudly.
"Oh ~ ~" The crowd around them made a sound.
"No wonder it's so delicious. So it's Li Dongzhu who taught it."
"Looks like we have to wait for another wok. Bring two wok. There are so many of you. Take turns."
"Hurry up. When will it be ready? I want to try the chestnuts cooked using Li Dongzhu's method. "
The crowd started to talk about Li Dongzhu and felt relieved.
The youths took one wok after another. They hadn't eaten lunch and had planned to eat the chestnuts.
Now that the chestnuts were selling so well, they couldn't bear to eat them after two more wok.
They didn't want to spend money to buy something to eat. They had to bear with it for a while. Someone ran to fill a bamboo tube with water from the pressure well.
Just as they had planned, after two more wok, the chestnuts were gone.
They used water to cool the chestnuts down. When the chestnuts turned cold, they placed them in the wok and carried them to the cart.
They looked at each other and laughed foolishly. They had succeeded. They had made money.
It was better than picking chestnuts from the mountains and selling them directly. The money they earned was more than twice as much.
"When we go back today, we have to find more people to pick the chestnuts. Also, we have to borrow a big wok from Brother Guan. According to Li Dongzhu's method, we will pay double after a hundred days."
Song Xiaodong was full of expectations for the future. He told the other youths his plan.
The youths nodded vigorously and grinned. Some of them laughed for a while and then began to wipe their eyes with the back of their hands.
Someone couldn't hold it in any longer and started crying. Everyone started crying along with him.
"Let's go, let's go. Don't cry. Let's go back and eat." Song Xiaodong wiped his eyes and told the others to pack up and wash their hands.
They also bought some rice that they usually didn't want to eat and went back to cook. After that, they went to the Drunken Immortal Residence to drink free soup and eat free salted vegetables.
The next day, they hired two horse carts. The ox carts were too slow. Unless they were driven with all their might, the ox could run as fast as the horse.
This time, they pulled a lot of chestnuts. The youths carried two big wok and brought rice.
The people who came out of the palace to buy chestnuts found out. They directly wrapped a pot of freshly fried chestnuts and put them in big baskets.
They were supposed to be distributed to the harem, but they didn't forget to send a basket of them to the Political Affairs Hall.
"The skin of the chestnuts is easy to peel. There isn't much water and it tastes sweet." Zhang Shuo peeled one and ate it.
The small yellow door who delivered the food smiled and said, "Li Yi gave this idea to a group of youths in Lantian County who didn't have a good family life."
"Him again? Haha! "Lu Huaishen held a chestnut in his hand and smiled as he peeled it.
"If you want to teach, teach them all. Teach only a few people. The others will be anxious. Chestnuts aren't only available in Lantian County."
Yao Chong thought for a while and finally found a point to criticize Li Yi.
Zhang Shuo peeled another one. "After Long Ze went to the Li Family Zhuangzi, he bought a lot of red and blue pencils from Li Yi and sold them everywhere."
He was talking about Bi Goo. After Bi Goo sold out 100 sets of children's wanhua ruler, the Craftsmen's Alliance learned it.
They could imitate the wanhua ruler, but they couldn't make red and blue pencils.
Bi Goo sent his family to buy them from the Li Family Zhuangzi and then returned to the city to sell them in batches. They were all pen refills.
Holding a pen refill and wrapping it with paper, it was a pen.
Many children had new toys and didn't run around. They stayed at home and looked for newspapers to draw.
Some used the wanhua ruler to draw and then added a few strokes to draw something else.
"Why did he think of making money?" Lu Huaishen wasn't very clear.
Zhang Shuo knew. "He said he didn't know how to make money as the Minister of Revenue. How could he manage the accounts for the court?"
"We should collect business tax from him. As a Minister, how could he make such a small amount of money?"
Yao Chong thought of the business tax. Starting from Bi Goo, it was good.
"I heard that his family can make a coin a day. It's not a small amount." Zhang Shuo shook his head and threw half a chestnut into his mouth.
This time, Lu Huaishen and Yao Chong were shocked. A thousand coins a day?
At this rate, in a year, it would be more than their salary.
Bi Goo didn't have to do it himself. His family's servants would take it, sell it, and it would be done.
Zhang Shuo swallowed the chestnut. "I need to ask Her Majesty if Li Yi has any similar business. My family also needs money."
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