Ang Lee finally understood why the soybean milk was consumed so quickly. It turned out that with the extension of the opening time, more people suddenly poured in, especially the beggars who were freeloading on food and drink. These were the guys who usually didn't have enough to eat. Now that there was free soybean milk, they naturally wouldn't miss it. They drank as much as they could. After a short rest, they would come back to drink again. Because there were so many people, it was impossible to remember everyone's face. Therefore, it was obviously unrealistic to limit the amount of soybean milk that each person could drink. After a beggar finished drinking, he went out for a circle and came back. Who knew if he had drunk just now? It was really not easy to be sure. Therefore, they could only let them drink desperately. It was not difficult to make soy milk, and the cost was not high. Ang Lee could totally afford it.
However, the price of white sugar was not low. It didn't take long for a lot of white sugar to be consumed. This was not a small sum of money. Fortunately, there were more farmers who planted sugarcane here. There was no shortage of white sugar. The price was a little more expensive, but it was still affordable.
"Boil the soybean milk, continue to boil the soybean milk. Let's prepare as much as they can drink. Let's see if their stomachs are big enough or if we have enough soybean milk."
Ang Lee said straightforwardly.
The most important thing to make soybean milk was soybeans, and the demand for soybeans was not large. A pot of soybeans could at least boil a large jar of soybean milk. The main component of soybean milk was undoubtedly water. This Tianguang Port was close to the sea. Naturally, it was not a dry area. There was no shortage of water. The large number of soybeans stored was enough for everyone to come and drink.
"Assistant Minister Li, there is no shortage of soybeans. We just need to soak and grind more. But there is a shortage of white sugar. Do we really want to buy all the white sugar in the port? In this way, the price of white sugar will soar soon. Ordinary people may not be able to afford white sugar. "
One of the chefs kindly reminded him.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and said, "Alright, then we'll reduce the supply by half and add half of the white sugar. That should be enough. A little sweetness should be enough."
Although there were many merchants selling white sugar at the port, the merchants would not hoard too much. They hoarded white sugar according to the consumption of the people at the port. If they hoarded too much, they would lose money if the sugar went bad. Ang Lee had used a lot of white sugar this time, and the consumption was undoubtedly huge. If he really bought a lot of white sugar and bought more than half of the stock of the merchants at the port, it would inevitably change the price of white sugar at the port. This would cause the price of white sugar to skyrocket and affect the cost of living of the ordinary people. This was very inappropriate. Ang Lee naturally did not want to do this. Therefore, Ang Lee ordered the use of white sugar to be halved. This would reduce the consumption of white sugar to a certain extent and avoid affecting the normal price of white sugar at the port and the normal life of the ordinary people.
Reducing the consumption of white sugar by half would inevitably reduce the consumption of white sugar for the merchants at the port. However, the taste of the soybean milk would undoubtedly be affected to a certain extent. Maybe the soybean milk would not be so delicious. In this way, it might reduce the behavior of some people to freeload and reduce the pressure on the supply.
More beggars and ordinary people were still coming from afar. Even if they were far away, they were happy to come and get a bowl of soybean milk. It seemed that if they did not come to take advantage of this, they would suffer a great loss. People who were afraid of being poor were like this. They were particularly keen on taking advantage of others. As long as there was a good thing to take advantage of others, they would not miss it. Even if they had to pay a higher cost of time than taking advantage of others, they would be happy and excited for many days.
The more guests there were, the tighter the manpower would be. Ang Lee and Zhao Yefu rested for a while and began to work again. As usual, Ang Lee ground the soybean milk, while Zhao Yefu helped him by adding soybeans to Ang Lee so that the process of grinding the soybean milk would not be interrupted.
Ang Lee was so tired that he was sweating. Zhao Yefu took out a sweat towel to wipe the sweat for Ang Lee while adding soybeans. The two of them cooperated tacitly. They looked like an ordinary couple.
"You must be tired! Why don't we rest for a while and work again later? "
Zhao Yefu saw that there were sweat beads on Ang Lee's arm, so he quickly said.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "It's okay. We are short of manpower now. We have to work more. We are not nobles now. We are ordinary shopkeepers. Our business is so good. Naturally, we have to work harder. In this way, we can really experience the real life of an ordinary couple. Otherwise, we will have experienced it in vain."
Zhao Yefu nodded and said with a sigh, "The life of an ordinary couple is really hard! It's really tiring. "
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Of course. An ordinary couple has to work hard every day for three meals a day. In fact, a couple who can open a restaurant is not an ordinary person. They can be regarded as having a small achievement. The farmers at the bottom are the most miserable. They work in the fields every day and can't earn much in a year. It's very hard every day."
The hardest people in the world were the workers and farmers at the bottom. Before that, there were slaves. However, there were no slaves in the Tang Dynasty, so the workers and farmers became the people at the bottom. They had to work constantly every day, but the harvest was very little. The people who worked the most did not necessarily have the most harvest. Often, the harder they worked, the meager their income was. On the other hand, those who didn't work every day might have a very high income. The world was like this. It was so unfair. No one could change all this. People who wore gauze were not silkworm rearers. People who wore bright clothes would never be people who raised silkworms. It was good enough that silkworm rearers could fill their stomachs. How could they have spare money to do other things? They often wore coarse clothes.
For them, being able to support themselves was the greatest success. They had to spend a lot of time working every day to support themselves, so they had very little time for themselves. Tiredness was the norm in their lives. They were very tired every day, and every day was very hard. But for the sake of living, they didn't dare to complain. They could only silently endure this hard life. They didn't dare to have too many extravagant demands for the future. Being able to fill their stomachs was enough to make them happy.
The consumption of soy milk was still very high. Soon, 20 jars were consumed. However, although the number was very large, it was also within Ang Lee's expectations. There were too many beggars and poor people from afar. With so many people rushing to eat and drink, the consumption of soy milk was naturally great. Consuming 20 jars was naturally not a problem. Ang Lee could completely afford it, so he naturally did not have to worry about it.
"They have consumed 20 jars. This consumption is too great. They drank so much. Will their bodies be damaged?"
Zhao Yefu asked with some concern.
After all, according to the news from the kitchen, some beggars had drunk dozens of bowls of soy milk. Moreover, they kept drinking soy milk. If they drank like this, it would have a certain impact on their bodies. It was normal for Zhao Yefu to be worried.
Li An replied indifferently, "Don't worry too much. This soy milk is very nourishing. Even if they drink a little more, it won't be a big problem. It won't cause any harm to their bodies unless their stomachs burst. Then, there's no other way."
Ang Lee was naturally very clear about the nutrition of soy milk. Soy milk also contained iron, calcium and other minerals. Especially the calcium it contained, it was very suitable for various groups of people, including the elderly, adults, teenagers, children and so on.
Fresh soy milk could be drunk all year round. Drinking soy milk in spring and autumn nourished Yin and moistened dryness and harmonized Yin and Yang. Drinking soy milk in summer dissipated heat and prevented heatstroke. Drinking soy milk in winter dispelled cold and warmed the stomach, nourished the body. In fact, in addition to the traditional soy milk, there were many varieties of soy milk. Red dates, wolfberries, mung beans, lily and so on could be ingredients of soy milk.
As for the origin of soy milk, it naturally came from the Tang dynasty. It was invented during the Darkhan dynasty. It was said that it was invented by Liu An, the Duke of Huainan. It was said that Liu An was a filial son. When his mother was ill, Liu An ground soy milk with soaked soybeans for his mother to drink every day. His mother's illness was soon cured. Since then, soy milk gradually became popular among the people and became a delicacy that the people liked very much.
Soy milk could be drunk all year round. It didn't matter if one drank a large amount every day. It wouldn't cause any discomfort to the body. However, some people also said that soy milk couldn't be eaten with eggs. There was a certain amount of controversy. However, there were quite a lot of people who ate eggs and drank soy milk for breakfast, and no one was poisoned.
As for the reason why the two were incompatible, the most widely spread theory was that the digestion and absorption of protein in eggs required the help of trypsin. However, soy milk contained a trypsin inhibitor that could inhibit the activity of trypsin in the intestines, thereby affecting the digestion and absorption of protein in eggs and reducing its nutritional value.
This reason used some medical and nutritional terms. It sounded very reasonable and confusing, but in fact, this was a misunderstanding caused by a smattering of nutritional knowledge.
Soy did contain a trypsin inhibitor that could inhibit the activity of trypsin in the human body, thereby affecting the digestion and absorption of protein. However, the trypsin inhibitor was unstable when exposed to heat. In the process of processing into soy milk, most of it could be destroyed by boiling and heating. Although there was still a small amount of heat stabilized trypsin inhibitor, its activity was low enough to interfere with the digestion and absorption of egg protein.
What's more, even if the soy milk was not fully heated, the trypsin inhibitor in it would first affect the digestion of protein in the soy milk. Don't forget that soy milk was originally a protein-rich food. How could it be the turn of eggs?
Therefore, soy milk and eggs could be eaten together. The so-called incompatible was completely unreasonable. It just needed to be noted that in addition to the trypsin inhibitor, there were also anti-nutritional factors such as phytoerythrocyte agglutinin, lipoxygenase, etc. Whether it was paired with eggs or not, soy milk needed to be fully boiled. Otherwise, affecting the digestion and absorption of protein was a small matter. If it was serious, it might cause poisoning. There would be gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea. Raw soy milk was absolutely not to be drunk.
In fact, from the perspective of nutrition and health, soy milk could not only be eaten together with eggs, but it was also a good combination. In terms of nutrition, they could complement each other. Although soy milk protein was a high-quality protein, its shortcoming was that the methionine content was low, while the methionine content in eggs was high. If eaten together, the rich methionine in eggs could make up for the lack of methionine in soy, thereby increasing the nutritional value of the overall protein.
In addition, the high cholesterol in eggs had always been the most worrying thing. Consuming too much cholesterol would increase the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. Soy milk not only did not contain cholesterol, but also was rich in dietary fiber and phytosterols that could interfere with the absorption of cholesterol. Eating the two together, we could not only get the rich nutrition of eggs, but also reduce the harm of cholesterol. It was a good combination.
In short, soy milk and eggs could not only be eaten together, but also be a good combination. But it must be remembered that soy milk needed to be boiled thoroughly before it could be drunk. You must not drink soy milk that was not boiled. You would rather boil it for a while than drink soy milk that was not completely boiled.
The first soy milk was simply made by grinding and boiling the soybeans. It was a pure soy milk. However, later generations would add various other ingredients into the soy milk. For example, when grinding the soybeans, they would mix yellow rice, red beans, and other beans into the soybeans to improve the nutritional composition and taste of the soy milk. It would make the soy milk richer and taste better. Adding sugar was also a good way to make the soy milk.
Soy milk with peanuts was peanut soy milk, which was a very nutritious and delicious drink. After adding sesame seeds, the color of the soy milk would change. The soy milk produced was naturally sesame yellow soy milk, which was also very delicious.
Five-bean soy milk was also very good. The ingredients used included five kinds of soybeans, black beans, green beans, peas and peanuts. The nutritional cost was more sufficient. It could effectively reduce blood lipids, reduce blood pressure, strengthen muscles and spleen, protect people's cardiovascular system, and have a certain effect on preventing cardiovascular diseases.
The soy milk made with wolfberry was wolfberry soy milk, which had the effect of nourishing liver and kidney, enhancing immunity, and was also very good for people's eyes. If a little red date was added, it would be red date wolfberry soy milk, which had the important effects of replenishing qi, calming nerves and kidney, improving myocardial nutrition, etc.
Since drinking too much soy milk wouldn't have much effect on the body, Zhao Yefu was naturally relieved. However, she was still a little worried that these guys who liked to take advantage of others would drink too much and burst their bellies. That would be very bad. If a few people died from eating too much, the restaurant would be guilty.
"Husband, is our free soy milk only for today or for a few more days?"
Zhao Yefu looked at Ang Lee and asked with concern.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Naturally, it will be for three consecutive days. The opening ceremony must be celebrated for at least three days. In this way, we can gather more people and the business will be better in the future. Hahaha!"
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