Yoshida Mii

Chapter 132
But when the cooks of other restaurants figure out the method of boiled fish, it will be enough time for Octagon House to make a lot of money.Dong Bao also believes that the level of cooks in this era has not yet reached such a perverted level.

"Five taels of silver, is the girl satisfied?" The middle-aged man said with a smile, as if he was waiting to see Dong Bao be surprised and overjoyed.

Dong Bao was indeed taken aback, but she wasn't overjoyed. She knew how popular boiled fish was. With this recipe, Octagon House could earn hundreds or even thousands of Wuliang.

Seeing Dong Bao's half-smile, the middle-aged man knew that he had lowered his offer, and the little country girl looked down on him, and when he thought of the little girl saying that he still had a few ways to cook, he regretted it just now. Keep the price down too low.

"I'm bothering the master too much today." Dong Bao said, "Let's consider this dish as a taster for the master." He got up.

When Dong Bao got up, the rest of the people stood up, and before Dong Bao could say anything, they all went out.Even the youngest Quanzi, influenced by Dongbao, felt that five taels of silver was very little. Although he grew up so big, he had never seen how much five taels of silver was.

The anxious middle-aged man immediately stood up, walked quickly to the door and stopped a few people, politely cupped his hands and said: "I was the one who was rude just now, please stay behind, ladies and gentlemen."

"Master." Lin Shi stood in front of Dong Bao, and said with a smile, "My sister never thought of selling the dishes that my sister conceived. It was a coincidence that I met the young master of your mansion today. Otherwise, we would sell them to you." The same goes for other houses."

Before the owner of the octagonal building could speak, a voice rang out from behind, "160 taels!" It was the young man in green who was lazily sitting on the chair who spoke.

"Hey, you kid!" The middle-aged man froze for a moment, staring at his son with a distressed expression.

The young man in green was a little impatient, "Father, it's only 160 taels, and I won't give them too much. Didn't they say that they have other recipes in their hands? This 160 taels is conditional. In the future, their recipes You are only allowed to provide it to us, and you are not allowed to sell it to others.”

"This big brother is still refreshing." Dong Bao said with a smile, instantly seeing this awkward and proud young man was much more pleasing to the eye, after all, he is young and has the courage to give money.When she heard 160 taels, she was overjoyed. She pinched her palms desperately to keep her expression from showing too much. This was the first huge sum of money she earned after coming here, and her palms were sweating with excitement. .

Now that the son said so, the middle-aged man didn't want to say much, so he asked the assistant to bring a pen and paper, and asked Dong Bao to write the recipe. He wrote the contract here, and asked the assistant to go to the accountant for 160 taels Silver come here.

Dong Bao thought that his brush writing was like a dog crawling, so the task of writing the prescription was handed over to Zhang Qian, who was the best writer among them. Dong Bao whispered the steps, and Zhang Qian wrote down the prescription neatly.

The contract on the middle-aged man's side has also been established, but there are both buyers and sellers, but the middleman is missing.Dong Bao and the others didn't know where they lived in Anzhou, and they didn't know anyone who could be the person in this contract. She was worried about asking the owner of the octagonal building to find a person.

"Then what should we do?" Quan Zi asked.

Dong Bao thought for a while, "Let's go find Mr. Zhou's relatives, he said that today he is visiting his uncle, and ask his uncle to be a middleman for us." When Zhou Pingshan was about to leave, he was afraid that they would come to him urgently. , and left the address of his uncle's house.

Lin Shi nodded, "That's also an idea. Let's buy some gifts and come to the door. If he doesn't want to, let's think of other ways."

Dong Bao told the owner of Bajiaolou what he thought. He originally thought that they could find Zhou Pingshan's uncle by themselves, but the boss had other ideas. He insisted that the children would not know their way in Anzhou, and they might not be able to find him. When he got to the place, he insisted on asking two buddies to lead the way for Dong Bao and the others.

In fact, he saw that Dong Bao and the others were not very moved when they heard 160 taels of silver, and thought they were not very satisfied with the price, and then saw a few people chatting together for a long time, afraid that they would run away with the excuse of finding a middleman, and the water The recipe for cooking fish fell into the hands of another restaurant, but it would be bad.

Dong Bao could probably guess what he was thinking, since she decided to sell this prescription, she never thought about selling another house, but since someone is willing to be a guide, she is also happy to be at leisure.

On the street, under the guidance of the clerk, Dongbao found a decent-looking pastry shop, weighed a hundred yuan pastry, and several people carried it to Zhou Pingshan's uncle's house.

Zhou Pingshan said that his uncle is a scholar, surnamed Wang, and his family has hundreds of acres of fertile land. In Anzhou City, there is a silk shop and a paper and pen shop. Worry-free, but also happy.

Master Wang's home is in a quiet alley in the west of Anzhou City, with a vermilion lacquered gate and two small stone lions at the gate. Quickly walked over from behind the screen wall.

"It's really you guys!" Zhou Pingshan was both surprised and delighted, "I was also taken aback when I heard what the concierge said."

Dong Bao smiled and said, "I didn't want to bother you and Master Wang, but we don't really know anyone in Anzhou." Then, he handed the dim sum bag in his hand to Zhou Pingshan, "This is for Master Wang's house. of."

"Hey, why are you being so polite!" Zhou Pingshan smiled. After thinking about it, he still took the dim sum. If Dong Bao was sent to the Zhou family, he would definitely not be able to accept it, but he was begging his uncle to do something. Looking at the dim sum wrapping paper, Zhou Pingshan smiled and said, "It's the dim sum from Zhenbaozhai, good stuff! Cousin and cousin like the dim sum from this shop the most."

Dong Bao heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "You're fine." She was also afraid that Mr. Wang's family was rich, and she would look down on the dim sum they bought at the roadside shop.

After all, several people were not familiar with Master Wang, and they did not enter Master Wang's house, they were waiting at the door. After Zhou Pingshan entered, after a while, he came out with a middle-aged fat man one after another.

The middle-aged fat man is about forty, with his hands behind his back, wearing a dark red cotton gown, a smiling face, a beer belly, white and fat like a steamed bun, he looks very festive, a well-fed Like a rich man.

"Are you Pingshan's friends?" Master Wang looked at Lin Shi and Zhang Qian with a smile and asked. Both boys look good, one is steady and kind and the other is handsome and gentle.

The two of them saluted Mr. Wang together, and after a few greetings, the staff led them to the Octagonal Tower.

However, after meeting the owner of the Octagonal Building, Master Wang and the owner both laughed, one called each other cousin, and the other called each other cousin.Zhou Pingshan was also at a loss. After Mr. Wang explained, he found out that the octagonal building is also the property of the Wang family. Mr. Wang is his cousin who has produced five clothes. However, Mr. Wang only found out after meeting, after all, the distance is too far , I just met once every year when the family sacrificed, and he looked familiar. He was studying and practicing calligraphy at home, and rarely paid attention to foreign affairs, so I only found out today.

"This Wang family... is that Wang family?" Dong Bao asked Zhou Pingshan quietly.

Zhou Pingshan nodded, "In the entire Anzhou, the Wang family is the largest family with more than 1000 children. Five or six out of ten properties in the city belong to the Wang family. Not only in Anzhou, but also in Jinzhou in the south and in the north. The provincial capital has all branches of the Wang family." Seeing Dong Bao's pensive look, Zhou Pingshan whispered again: "The Wang family you went to is the direct branch of the Wang family in Anzhou, and the young master is the head of the Wang family. Young master, ranked seventh."

Dong Bao wanted to frown when he thought of the young master who didn't learn well since he was a child. Fortunately, not all young masters of the Wang family have such virtues. Look at that young man in green clothes. .

Although Master Wang and Boss Wang are considered a family, they are too far apart. In terms of closeness, Master Wang must be on the side of Zhou Pingshan. Soon, the contract of sale and purchase was written. He wrote down his name as neatly as possible, and stamped his handprint with bright red inkpad.

Boss Wang next to him gave Dong Bao a copy of the contract in triplicate, and gave another copy to Mr. Wang, the man in the middle, and ordered the man to carry 160 taels of silver.

In Dasu, 16 taels is a catty, and Dong Bao thinks it is troublesome to switch, so she always uses 970 taels as a catty when she keeps accounts.At this moment, the silver brought up by the clerk in a box weighed ten catties in total, and one tael of silver was equivalent to a thousand copper coins. Two silver can only be exchanged for [-] copper coins.

After opening the box, Dong Bao asked Zhang Xiuyu and Zhang Qian to check the silver. She heard that many unscrupulous shops used silver mixed with lead and iron to pass off pure silver, or old and oxidized silver to pass off as good.Before Zhang's uncle passed away, the Zhang family lived a very good life. Zhang Xiuyu and Zhang Qian had also seen real money, so they had some judgment in this regard.

In fact, it didn't take two people to look at it specially, Dong Bao, a layman, could tell that the silver in the box was of good quality, presumably it was for the sake of Master Wang.

After checking the money, Boss Wang smiled and praised: "The little girl is really careful!"

Dong Bao smiled and asked, "Boss Wang, how much is a meal for ten people in your octagonal building?"

Boss Wang didn't know what she wanted to do, so he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "For a normal meal, ten dishes will not exceed two taels of silver."

Dong Bao took out a small piece of silver from the box, about two taels in weight, handed it to Boss Wang, and said with a smile: "Boss Wang, it's almost noon, we are here in the octagonal building to invite you and Master Wang Have a meal!"

(End of this chapter)