No war in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 62 The Gift of the Kitchen God

"I also need a piece of land to grow soybeans. Once I have these, I can make soy sauce."

After saying this, the God of Cooking took out a blueprint and handed it to Su Ze, saying:

"I can work part-time here in my spare time. As long as the Taoyuan owner prepares the materials, I can make it."

The blueprint that the God of Cooking gave to Su Ze was a purple building!
【Chef's Soy Sauce Shop】(Purple)

"Rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea."

Price: 20 points of cultural energy.

Function: A workshop capable of making soy sauce.

【Quick Soy Sauce Making】: The God of Cooking has mastered the secret recipe for quickly making flavored soy sauce. It takes less time than brewing ordinary soy sauce and only takes ten days to make delicious soy sauce.

Ordinary soy sauce has to go through a long period of fermentation and drying before it can be made. Su Ze remembers the magical advertising slogan "dried in the sun for a full 180 days" in later generations.

The Peach Blossom Spring means that crops mature faster than in the outside world, but there should be no way to speed up fermentation, right?

But no matter how hard you think about it, it's impossible for modern industrially produced soy sauce to be sun-dried for a full 180 days, right? That would be too inefficient.

I guess the chef’s secret recipe also requires some technology and hard work.

But it doesn’t matter. There is no food industry without technology. As long as it meets the food standards, it’s fine.

If he could make soy sauce in ten days, Su Ze would have another stable source of income. You know, Su Ze has been walking around the streets these days and has a direct understanding of the prices in the Song Dynasty. Soy sauce is very expensive.

Yes, soy sauce already exists in this era.

The Chinese have a very long history of making sauces, but before the Song Dynasty, sauces were relatively scarce and were a delicacy that only the upper class could enjoy.

This sauce is called 醢 and is used to worship ancestors and entertain guests.

This is because before the Song Dynasty, salt was still a relatively scarce resource, and the most important raw material for making various sauces was salt.

By the Song Dynasty, the commodity economy had developed, salt production had increased, and sauces gradually entered the homes of ordinary people.

But even so, the price of soy sauce is still not low.

Owning a building that can make soy sauce will produce soy sauce.

More importantly, the Chef God's technology can also be used in the real world, which can greatly increase the production of soy sauce.

You should know that soy sauce was not only popular in Bian Jing, but also a best-selling export commodity in the border markets where Song and Liao traded with each other. The demand for condiments on the grassland was even greater.

As for why not just sell salt?

Selling private salt is illegal, and the three departments are cracking down on private salt very severely. Su Ze doesn't want to take any risks in such matters.

It’s worthy of being called a purple building!

Su Ze accepted the blueprint with great satisfaction, unfolded the scroll and began to build.

The boy already has the mineral resources. All we need to do is build a salt well and bring back some salt.

Ten points of cultural energy were used to build the [Salt Well], and then another twenty points of cultural energy were used to build the [Chef's Soy Sauce Shop]. Together with the five points of cultural energy used to recruit the Mineral Boy, Su Ze only had fifteen points left of the fifty points of cultural energy he had accumulated.

He then ordered a farmer to grow soybeans instead, thus fulfilling the God of Cooking's request. The other party returned to his [Neighborhood Shop] with satisfaction.

We must speed up the process of collecting cultural essence.

The tabloid had to be launched as quickly as possible and make a splash in Bianjing City, so as to attract writers to contribute. Su Ze felt a headache again. There were so many things to do that he really couldn't handle them all.

Taohuayuan can solve the problem of typesetting and printing of tabloids, but whether it is publishing and selling, or processing submissions, it requires reliable manpower, and also a well-educated person.

Su Ze thought about it and soon came up with a candidate!
Zeng Gong!

Zeng Gong failed the exam this time, but he had just become a student of Ouyang Xiu and had to stay in Bianliang to study and prepare for the exam.

With such a large family like Zeng Gong, life in Bian Jing must be very stressful. As long as I offer him a suitable salary, Zeng Gong will definitely be willing to be the editor-in-chief of this tabloid.

With his ability as one of the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties and his status as a disciple of Ouyang Xiu, he is definitely qualified for this job.

I will visit him someday and invite Zeng Gong to be the editor-in-chief of the tabloid and set up the editorial department.

Su Ze picked up a pen and paper and wrote "Collect the spirit of cultural context". This is the basic currency of Taohuayuan, the capital for Su Ze to make a living, and the retreat in this turbulent world. He must speed up the collection.

"Making money" was also written on paper by Su Ze. To collect enough cultural energy, fame and money are indispensable.

Then Su Ze wrote down "Shop and House Affairs".

This was the first assignment he had received since he was appointed to office, and it was of great importance to his future official career.

The examination system for officials in the Song Dynasty was very strict. There was an examination every year, and the results of the examination were directly related to the speed of promotion.

An excellent political achievement can leave a reputation of being "proficient in administration" and can also speed up promotion.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the work ability of officials. These famous officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, whether it was Fan Zhongyan or Wang Anshi, scored very high in local governance. Han Qi and Fu Bi, who are now very prestigious in the court, also made good achievements in the local area.

Su Ze already has a comprehensive plan on how to revitalize the store and house business, but this plan also requires some start-up capital.

It’s back to “making money”.

Of course, this amount of money is not enough for Su Ze to earn through the output of Taohuayuan. The current output of Taohuayuan is only enough for Su Ze to improve his life. To revitalize the mess of store and house affairs, a huge sum of money of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of strings of cash is needed.

Of course, this money does not need to be taken out all at once. Su Ze is already prepared to conduct a pilot project within a certain scope according to his own ideas. As long as he can produce results, it will be much easier to ask for more money.

If you can achieve results and become famous, then the goal of "collecting the spirit of cultural context" will be easier to accomplish.

The key is to achieve some results in store and house affairs.

Su Ze sorted out his thoughts, and as for the start-up capital, Su Ze had also found his own venture capitalist.

Isn’t my future father-in-law an imperial merchant?
Isn't it natural to let him use his money to invest in his future son-in-law's career?

At the same time, at Zhang Daocheng's house.

Zhang Daocheng was talking to his beloved daughter Zhang Chulan:
"Nonsense! You're already engaged, but you're still meeting Su Ze in secret. If this gets out, will our Zhang family still have a good reputation?"

Zhang Chulan was already very experienced in dealing with her father, so she said coquettishly:
"Dad, just take your daughter there openly, then it won't be a secret meeting!"

Zhang Daocheng was so angry that he was about to retort, but suddenly he sneezed loudly.

Just as I wiped my nose, I saw my baby daughter put on a pitiful expression again. She shed tears and said:

"Ever since Aze was captured by the Imperial City Division, I haven't seen him again. Daddy, can you bear to see me worrying about him day and night?"

Seeing his daughter crying, Zhang Daocheng could only raise his hands in surrender and said:

"Forget it! Forget it! Tomorrow, disguise yourself as a servant and follow me to Lord Zhang's mansion!"

(End of this chapter)