Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 116 Chapter 115

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen did not regret marrying Yingchun to Shi Zhongkui. After all, the backer in the palace was seriously ill and needed foreign aid even more.

After what happened in Jia Yu Village last time, the Jia family always misunderstood that it was the news delivered by Shi Zhongkui's master.

So at this time, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen really cared about Shi Zhongkui's teacher.

But these two guys actually wanted to do something, spend some money, and let Shi Zhongkui enter the Ministry of Industry as an eighth-rank petty official as a juren.

Then look for Gao Yongming of the Tuntian Division, and he will preside over the Tuntian affairs of the Tuntian Division under him.

From what I heard, it seemed that it was for Shi Zhongkui's benefit.

Moreover, recruiting a person to be an official in the Sixth Ministry is equivalent to a college student directly entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a section chief.Although he is a small official, his kindness is not small.

But when you think about it carefully, your mind is a little vicious.

Not to mention that even if Shi Zhongkui did not pass the exam, it is impossible for him to give up the Jinshi exam at the age of 21.

If you really listen to Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen's words, you will go to the Ministry of Industry as a small official, preside over farming, and promote fish farming in rice fields.

If it is done, the credit is indeed there, and it is no problem to upgrade from the seventh rank.

This is actually a good way out.

But the Jia family has benefited even more.

Not to mention the merit of the recommendation, the emperor and the Supreme Emperor would also be more tolerant of the Jia family because they would be scruples about the rare talent.

After all, in agriculture-based dynasties, food is the foundation of everything.

But Shi Zhongkui's upper limit in the future will be at the fifth rank at most.

In other words, to put it bluntly, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen only used Shi Zhongkui as a tool.

"Okay," Jia's mother interrupted Jia She and Jia Zhen, "The tribute list hasn't been released yet, so everything is still unknown.

Moreover, my grandson-in-law is Duke Xie Yuan of the current department. Judging from his academic ability and previous examples, even if he is not Huiyuan, he still has a great chance of going to the palace examination.

What's the use of guessing wildly here?

Even if the grandson-in-law fails the exam, is he really willing to listen to you and serve in the Ministry of Industry as a juror? "

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen's expressions changed.

As for Jia Zheng, when he heard those words just now, he had thought in his heart that he could also take the opportunity to get some credit.

But when Jia's mother said this, Jia Zheng's expression also changed.

For a while, the room fell silent.
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At this time, Yuanyang, the close maid, knocked on the door and came in, and whispered something in Jiamu's ear, and Jiamu was overjoyed after hearing this.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng soon found out that this was an old relative, and they didn't know how they got it. The palace intended to find an auspicious person to come out to congratulate Old Concubine Zhen.

And this auspiciousness is nothing greater than Liuyuan Jidi.

If Shi Zhongkui was here, he must have understood at the first glance that someone deliberately dragged Jia's house into the water.

Otherwise, how could such a thing be said casually?
wrong.

Perhaps this was someone who deliberately picked up the words of the Jia family and Shi Zhongkui and told the emperor.

The reason is very simple. The former king of Anle County was demoted to General Feng En, and he was bitten by rats, so he was really useless.

Later, the old concubine Zhen and Zhen Yingjia were both seriously ill.

This means looking for a relationship and leaning on the emperor.

But these people were afraid that the Empress Dowager Qiu would settle accounts, so they encouraged the Jia family to take the lead.

It's a pity that those people forgot that none of the men in Jia's family is a responsible master.

For the Jia family to take the lead, the men of the Jia family must be willing to stand up.

In other words, after hearing this, all the men in the Jia family only wanted to sit back and enjoy their success.

Jia Amnesty's expression immediately relaxed, and even pretended to stroke his beard, picked up the tea bowl with a smile, and drank slowly.

And the one who changed the face the fastest was Jia Zhen, who laughed and said, "The old lady can see clearly and see far, the old saying is true, a family is like a treasure.

The old lady is the pillar of our family. "

Mother Jia laughed crookedly at the words.

Looking at the four children and grandchildren, he said, "This matter has to be kept secret, so as not to affect the good things of the grandson-in-law."

The four hurriedly got up and saluted, "Yes, old lady."
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As soon as Jia Lian left Jiamu's house, she ran to Shi Zhongkui without thinking about it, but didn't mention auspicious things.

Instead, he hinted repeatedly how Jia Mu and Jia Zheng liked him.

The meaning inside and outside the words is that no matter how Shi Zhongkui does in the exam, the Jia family will definitely not regret Yingchun's marriage.

After hearing this, Shi Zhongkui thought that the Jia family was keeping their promise, and was very moved at first.

Thank you again and again with a moved face.

Then he politely sent Jia Lian away without saying anything, but also brought a lot of good things for Jia Lian to take back.

But after a while, he suddenly reacted.

Jia Lian talked about the past without mentioning Jia Zhen, but Jia Amnesty was his prospective father-in-law.

It doesn't make sense that uncle Jia Zheng is full of good things, even if Jia Amnesty tries to make sense of his father-in-law's identity, he shouldn't say nothing.

Whether it is scolding yourself for not living up to expectations, or a few words of comfort, this is definitely the easiest time to gain gratitude.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui immediately sensed that there might be some trouble.

The Chinchilla was brought in, and the little mouse ran back one night and said that Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen didn't hear anything useful.

But Jia Lian probably brought something home and got compliments, and when he drank wine at night, he couldn't tell the truth.

And at this time, the relationship between Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng is actually pretty good.

In Jia Mu's room today, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen actually thought about spending money to operate Shi Zhongkui as a juror and said that he entered the Ministry of Industry.

However, Jia Lian is not really out of his mind.

He didn't say anything about the joy.

Shi Zhongkui was immediately amused.

Of course, thinking about it carefully, it is understandable that the Jia family wanted to find a way out when Old Concubine Zhen was seriously ill.

But you can't justify using the future of your prospective son-in-law for your own benefit.

Since you Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen don't take the future of your son-in-law and cousin-in-law seriously.

It seems that I don't have to worry so much.

Thinking about it, I am really short of money recently, and going to Wenchang Emperor Temple to restore it in the future will inevitably cost a lot of money.

Not counting Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen, there is no way to get out of this tone.

After thinking about it for half the night, I set up an oven the next day.

According to the video I watched in my memory, I made cream and asked people to buy butter.

Butter was originally invented by the Huns. Some merchants in the grasslands and the Western Regions of the Great Zhou Dynasty have always had the habit of using butter.

Cream is simpler, just keep stirring egg whites and milk.

After several experiments, egg tarts and pineapple buns appeared in Dazhou.

Immediately afterwards, he asked Yu Shun to buy saltpeter. He thought that making ice with saltpeter could make money, but he didn't expect this thing to appear long ago.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, I never thought about making money by selling ice cubes.

Now that there is cream, creamy ice cream is not too difficult to make.

The only trouble is that constant stirring is very labor-intensive.

But under the reward of 50 copper coins, a large box with ice cream appeared in front of him.

After tasting it, it feels pretty good.

Then I made ice cream cake.

With the materials for setting up a bureau, let Shun'er call Jia Lian and Xue Pan over.

Although the two like egg tarts and pineapple buns, they have never eaten pastries. The egg tarts are novel, but the pineapple buns are not.

If it weren't for the honey raisin ice cream and ice cream cake, Shi Zhongkui's thoughts would have been in vain.

Then without Shi Zhongkui mentioning it, Jia Lian rolled his eyes.

He took the initiative to say, "My dear brother, I don't know, although everyone knows that saltpeter can make ice, but this method is more expensive than storing ice cubes in winter.

Therefore, except that the ice cubes stored in the home are used up, I will make some to escape the heat.

But even in major restaurants, no one thought of making this kind of food like Brother Xian.

If it's a hot summer day, a bowl sells for 1 Wen, and some young masters are willing to buy it. "

Xue Pan laughed mockingly, "Brother, when I was in Jinling, I went to a restaurant to eat a bowl of honey ice cold melon juice, and I got two taels of silver.

How do you say this food should be one or two, right? "

A cold melon is a watermelon, but ancient watermelons are not the same as the sweet, red watermelons of today.

If half of the melon sac is red, it is already a good melon.

As for sweetness, don't expect too much.

Jia Lian didn't refute either, and wanted to say that we should open a pastry shop together.

But then I thought, it's just a pastry shop, why should Shi Zhongkui partner with himself?
It doesn't even need to cooperate with Xue's big head.

Since you want to cooperate, of course you have to have an advantage.

Then I thought of my own dishes, which are by no means inferior to those made by restaurants outside.

Smiling, he said to Shi Zhongkui, "Brother, why don't you join forces with the three of us and buy a restaurant.

Specially use this kind of food and new pastries to attract customers, okay? "

Xue Pan's eyes lit up when he heard it.

He stood up, walked to Shi Zhongkui, bent over and said with a smile, "Even though my brother is not short of money, who would dislike having a lot of money.

Besides, although opening a restaurant is not considered a respectable business, the management of the business can not only be handed over to the younger brother and the second brother Lian.

There is no need to worry about not being able to hire experienced shopkeepers and cooks with high cooking skills. "

After hearing this, Jia Lian also stood up.

Walking to the other side of Shi Zhongkui, he bent down and said, "It's a pity that my brother has not been to Rongguo Mansion, otherwise you must know the level of cooks in the mansion.

Although I dare not say that it is better than Ouchi's imperial chef, but the cook that my grandfather invited back then was not inferior to the imperial chef at all.

When receiving the Supreme Emperor, the sage praised my family's food to be more delicious than Ouchi's.

It has been passed down through generations of family servants, and it has both the characteristics of the north and the south. It is definitely no worse than the big restaurants outside. "

As soon as Shi Zhongkui heard it, he understood that it was no worse than outsiders, but he had no ability to guarantee money.

Otherwise, why didn't the Jia family open their own restaurant?

wrong.

A state-owned family like the Jia family would not let the eldest son and grandson run a business like a wine shop.

But if Xue Panding was in front, everything would be fine.

Shi Zhongkui was willing in his heart, but he said, "If you want to make these three kinds of sweets, let someone come over and learn, and just open a restaurant by yourself.

I'm not short of money, and I'm taking the imperial examination to be an official, so I can't afford to be a merchant. "

If he only told Jia Lian this, he would agree to it without hesitation.

But after hearing this, Xue Pan was as unhappy as Shi Zhongkui expected.

"Brother, are you looking down on merchants?"

Shi Zhongkui hurriedly pretended to have reacted, stood up and cupped his hands at Xue Pan, "Brother, forgive me, it's my brother who made a slip of the tongue."

Xue Pan was probably really angry this time, after all, his family has been an imperial merchant for generations.

Shi Zhongkui rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Brother Pan, don't be angry, brother is engaged to your sister, since we are a family, why should we divide them up?"

With these words, Xue Pan laughed.

But he wanted Shi Zhongkui to take a stake in the restaurant no matter what.

And Xue Pan is actually not stupid, if he only partners with Jia Lian, maybe Jia Lian will be the big one in the future.

Even in case Jia Amnesty got into his mind, the restaurant could be said to be sold, at worst.

But the practice of these pastries is definitely not guaranteed.

Then Jia Lian suggested that there is a three-story restaurant in Xicheng, which is only two streets away from the imperial palace and at a crossroads, and the price is about 5 silver.

Definitely worth buying.

If Xue Pan said this, Shi Zhongkui would still doubt it.

But the words of someone like Jia Lian who spends even the money in the frying pan are quite credible.

On the pretext that he wanted to think about it, he asked Chinchilla to investigate, and soon learned that this restaurant was probably related to Uncle Zhen's family.

Needless to say, this is a rainy day.

Obviously it was an excuse that the house at home was burned and needed a lot of money to repair it, so some properties were sold for money.

Secretly, the money was prepared early, so that the emperor would not let go of the money owed by the household department.

The Zhen family has cash in their hands, so they can pay back part of it first, so as not to be convicted directly.

The matter of the restaurant was quickly settled, and even the pastry became the main product, used to attract popularity and attract customers.

Xue Pan worried that Shi Zhongkui didn't have enough money, so he pulled him aside and asked.

Shi Zhongkui smiled and waved his hands, he was indeed short of silver, but he still had 7 taels of gold and several thousand taels of silver in his hand.

Moreover, since it is difficult to keep the recipe of the pastry secret, it can be regarded as money, and there is no need to worry about this or that in the future.

In the future, when using restaurants as rafts to plot against Jia She and Jia Zhen, there is no need to bargain because of the secret recipe.

If there is still a shortage of silver, let Chinchilla and Willow go out and look for it, and they will surely find some gold and silver buried in the ground and in the canals.

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui was not short of money, Xue Pan deliberately glanced at Jia Lian.

He smiled and said, "I wanted to tell my brother that my sister has already saved 2 taels of silver, but I didn't expect my brother to have money in his hand."

Shi Zhongkui wished he could slap Xue Pan.

When the bastard said this, it was obvious that he wanted to take over Baochai's housekeeper and overwhelm Jia Lian.

But if Jia Lian went back and whispered to Jia's family, wouldn't it be nothing to do.

瞪着薛蟠道，“我出1万两加糕点的秘方，占一半股。蟠哥儿出3万两占3成。琏二哥出1万5000两加厨子占2成。”

"Why?"

I thought Xue Pan was dissatisfied with Shi Zhongkui, but he didn't expect that he didn't care how much Shi Zhongkui paid.

Looking at Jia Lian with dissatisfaction, "Second brother will tell his younger brother if he has no money, but there is no reason for you to get half a class."

Jia Lian wanted to refute, but let alone 1 taels, the private money hidden all these years didn't even have 5000 taels.

And this is because he accompanied Lin Daiyu to Yangzhou before and only made more than 1 taels of silver, but a person like him will definitely go out to spend time and wine if he has money.

After a year and a half, there are only more than 7 taels left.

As for the rest of the Lin family's money, of course it went into the private treasury of the Rongguo Mansion.

Mrs. Qian Xing didn't even know about it. Although Mrs. Wang knew about it, she didn't see Yin Zi.

Otherwise, Mrs. Wang will definitely have a better attitude towards Lin Daiyu if she gets more than 100 million taels of silver.

After all, even if Xue Baochai gets married, Aunt Xue and Xue Pan are both there, and the Xue family can at most support the Jia family.

Let Xue Pan give all his wealth to Mrs. Wang, his aunt, how is that possible.

(End of this chapter)