The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 199 There are laws to follow
Huang Han also instructed a group of women headed by Li Sanniang and Gu Zhenshi to learn how to fry potato chips.

This technique is not worth mentioning. After listening to Huang Han explaining how to make it, they basically mastered the trick after trying to fry it three or five times.

Potatoes can be quickly sliced ​​with a plane similar to those used by carpenters.

Put it in the oil pan and fry it until crispy, then remove it and drain the vegetable oil, and then sprinkle the ingredients made up of cumin powder, dogwood powder, pepper powder, pepper powder, etc. It tastes great.

Since the raw materials are all natural food, it is even more delicious than the potato chips of later generations.

Since potatoes and sweet potatoes will be harvested on a large scale, it will take one and a half months, and women's roasted sweet potatoes and fried potato chips will be sold on a large scale at that time, which is now in the experimental stage.

Huang Han took Mrs. Li San, Mrs. Gu Zhen and more than forty women to Yongping Fucheng to try to sell.

Now the population of Fucheng has recovered a lot, with more than 10 households approaching [-] people.

Twenty roasted sweet potato trucks started their business in the bustling streets of Yongping City. The selling price of roasted sweet potatoes is four Wen a catty.

As expected, there was an endless stream of ordinary people who came to buy a catty to try something new. The two women in each car were extremely busy, and they sold an average of [-] catties in a day.

This means that their turnover has reached 120 renminbi, which is the official price of [-] renminbi, and they can get [-] renminbi. If they can sell so well every day, wouldn’t they be able to earn money in a month? One or two eight coins?
Huang Han is not sure whether he can have such a good business every day, but he can be sure that the roasted sweet potatoes for four Wen a catty can be accepted and affordable by ordinary people.

Because food is very expensive, the price of cooking cakes and miscellaneous grain cakes has skyrocketed.

Mrs. Li San sells roasted sweet potatoes. The current price of food on the day is not low. The price of a two taels of cooking cake is as high as two yuan. You must know that in this era, a catty is 16 taels. Based on this, the price of a catty of white flour cooking cakes is calculated. It's sixteen characters.

The price of a catty of roasted sweet potatoes is only a quarter of that of white flour rice cakes. This food is sweet and delicious, and it is more hungry after eating. It should be more cost-effective for Shengdou Xiaomin to choose roasted sweet potatoes to satisfy his hunger.

People with better living conditions will also buy some as snacks for their children, so the sales prospects of roasted sweet potatoes should be bright.

That night, Huang Han went to visit the prospective father-in-law. At this time, the old lady of the Zheng family had gone to the mansion in the capital with her daughter Xiu'e. Only Zheng Guochang and an old servant were still in the original residence of the inspector.

With the arrival of officials at all levels in Yongping Mansion, Zheng Guochang will leave Yongping Mansion and return to the capital soon if there is no accident. His official office is actually in the capital.

Zheng Guochang valued the prospective son-in-law very much, because Huang Han surprised him again, originally thought that the prospective son-in-law was a martial artist, but he was mistaken.

Huang Han can not only recite poems and compose Fu, sing a song, but also understand profound knowledge books such as "Principles of Geometry".

Under Huang Han's care, none of the hundreds of thousands of refugees died of starvation. Not only that, each of them lived a nourishing life. Even Xu Guangqi, a Qingliu official, wished he could praise this young man who was capable of both literature and martial arts.

Seeing his son-in-law coming to visit, Zheng Guochang happily asked the old servant to arrange a few side dishes for him to have a drink with.

Huang Han also brought two kinds of food, one is baked potato chips that can be used as an appetizer, and the other is baked sweet potatoes that can be used as a staple food.

Zheng Guochang had never eaten these two things before. After tasting a few mouthfuls, he was overwhelmed and exclaimed: "Son-in-law, are these two delicious things that this old man eats made of sweet potatoes and potatoes?"

"Of course! There are many ways to make sweet potatoes and potatoes, and there will be many new tricks coming out in the future."

"It's so good. The yield of new crops is high and they are so delicious. Mr. Xu deserves a lot of credit. He is really a role model for my generation."

"That's right, my teacher is dedicated to serving the people, and devoted himself to researching farming. My disciple will always make his old man's research results popular in the world, so that I can be worthy of my teacher's decades of hard work."

"From my point of view, Master Xu has you as an apprentice, and it's not too long before his new crops are recognized by the world!"

Weng and his son-in-law were chatting while drinking. Zheng Guochang was very interested in planting new crops, and he was also curious about what Huang Han would do next after purchasing a large number of potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Huang Han explained the benefits and multiple uses of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and then revealed the sales plan, and asked Zheng Guochang to make it clear that the two novel foods, roasted sweet potatoes and fried potato chips, were originals of the "Red Banner Army".

In the name of the Northern Zhili Chengxuan Political Commissioner, it is solemnly declared that the formula and production method have been registered in Yongping Prefecture, and that students who steal will be punished as the crime of stealing military property.

This method is actually very clever. The original formula and production method do not belong to the individual, but to the collective "Red Banner Army". In doing so, it will put on a coat of positive energy, and the censor and the matter cannot be accused of using power for personal gain.

Zheng Guochang wanted to give convenience to the "Red Banner Army" to protect Huang Han, and with the excuse of raising military pay, he could open the door to Huang Han openly and not be criticized by the officials.

Huang Han made it clear that the main purpose of this move is to help the common people sell the sweet potatoes and potatoes grown, and the secondary purpose is to raise military salaries for the "Red Banner Army". buy and sell.

In this era, there is no protection of intellectual property rights. What can you do if others follow suit?
Zheng Guochang is sophisticated and said with a smile: "My son-in-law, you have a good idea, but even if I write in the name of Chief Secretary in Beizhili that these two novel foods are the exclusive secret skills of the 'Red Banner Army', so what? If you are willing to meddle in these nosy matters, it will only be a dead letter."

Huang Han said with a smile: "Yue Zhang, what my son-in-law wants is a good name, why do you really need the third class of government officials to go to the street to arrest people? The 'Red Banner Army' doesn't bully people, and it won't be their turn to be bullied!"

Zheng Guochang was at a loss for words for a while, and then he realized that Huang Han came to him to write the paper in order to have laws to follow and rules to follow, and he was not prepared to rely on the power of the government to enforce the law. His "Red Banner Army" would handle things by itself.

Zheng Guochang said: "It's okay to write for you, but you have to stop in moderation, and you must not kill people for mere roasted sweet potatoes."

Huang Han smiled and said: "How can I! My son-in-law has long thought about how to deal with those who steal the roasted sweet potato technology. The 'Red Banner Army' will arrest them and confiscate their equipment. They will not kill these people nor will they They would beat them, but send them to brick kilns for half a year of labor reform."

Huang Han's method was really good. He confiscated the stoves and cars of his competitors, and let these people work in brick kilns for half a year for free. The labor these people paid was worth four or five taels of silver, which was equivalent to paying a fine.

(End of this chapter)