People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

Chapter 78 078: Developing Tofu (Please subscribe! Please vote!)

Just as Cai Xiaolan thought, with the harvest of four wild beans, the price of beans in the market has dropped.Without the 5000 million catties of grain that Jing Guangli bought from the Chuzhou government, the price of soybeans would definitely hit a new high.

But the price of corn is under the control of the government and is very stable.Therefore, the price of beans, whose supply has soared, fell rapidly.Even three coins per bucket.

"You're kidding, my eldest brother just came to sell it yesterday, and the purchase price was still five yuan. Why did it become four yuan today?" The strong man grabbed the clerk's lapel.

Upon seeing this, the other clerks at the Yumiliang Store immediately dropped what they were doing and pulled away from the two of them.

"If you have something to say, don't do it!"

"A bucket of soybeans is only four dollars, how many buckets can there be in an acre of land!" The strong man was about to cry.

Originally, the price of soybeans was not high, and you could not make much money at all. Now the demand remains unchanged, but the supply has increased.The price is naturally lower.

"What's going on?" The steward came out of the inner room.

The buddy immediately reported to him what happened just now.

The official sneered, "According to the information I got, there are only five grain shops in the city that still accept soybeans."

"Today it's four cents, and tomorrow it's three cents! If you like it, sell it or not!" The steward's lips moved, and a huge black mole on it was particularly ugly.

The same is true for Shengshi Lianghang on the other side.When the steward posted the price of soybeans today, the hearts of farmers were broken.

"Managers, you can't bully the people like this!" People outside shouted.

"The price of grain is set by all the grain stores in Yangzhou Prefecture, and everyone must abide by it!" No one believed the manager's evasive words.

"Hey, what a natural and man-made disaster!" The old man who was first in line sighed.

Sure enough, the next day, there were three less grain stores harvesting soybeans.Only Yumi Liang Store and Shengshi Liang Store are still closed.The price at the Fish, Rice and Food Store dropped to three yuan.

"Dad, let's go to Shengshi Grain Store and have a look!" The strong man looked at the prices and shook his head, then turned around and persuaded the father in the awning boat to switch to another store.

"The crows in the world are as black, they are all the same!" Dad sighed, unwilling to give up the last hope, "Let's go, let's go to the Shengshi Grain Store. I heard that they bought the grain this time!"

The brawny man pushed the boat and arrived at the Shengshi Grain Store in a while, but he saw a sea of ​​people here.

"Dad, there are many people here, so the price should be high!"

The old man also heard the sounds outside, and his cold heart became warm.

The two squeezed into the crowd, only to hear the people inside shout, "Today's bean price, five dollars!"

As soon as the price came out, there was a lot of jubilation.

"Sure enough, it's Shengshi Food Store. Five dollars is two dollars more than Yumi's house!"

Outside the crowd, Jing Guangli looked at the bustling crowd, "It doesn't matter what Xiaolan said is true or not, just because of her popularity, the high market price is two dollars, it's worth it!"

What is Cai Xiaolan doing?

She is testing the secret recipe of tofu in the shop at the west gate.

"Xiaolan, can we really succeed this time?" Xu Yinlian was lighting a fire under the stove, and Cai Xiaolan was stirring frantically on it, for fear that the soybean milk would burn.

"Don't worry, I'm right!" Cai Xiaolan felt that the consistency of her hands was almost thick, and immediately scooped them into the big bucket next to her.

"Sister Xu, come and help me keep stirring!" Cai Xiaolan greeted, put down the big spoon, picked up the bowl next to her, and scooped out the liquid inside.

The clear and silky soy milk suddenly contained a lot of crumbs. Cai Xiaolan took another spoon and fished it up from the bottom of her pocket, but there was more residue at the bottom.

"It's almost done, bring the tofu box over here."

Xu Yinlian responded and went to fetch the wooden box.

Cai Xiaolan assembled the box, put a layer of coarse silk cloth on top, scooped the contents of the pot into the wooden box, waited until it was full, and tied it up with the silk cloth.Then he placed the bamboo board with the word "wealth" carved on it on top, and finally closed the lid of the wooden box.

"Bring in the big rock and put it on it."

At this point, the tofu is almost done.

Cai Xiaolan recorded the amount of beans used in the process, the cooking time, the amount of brine used and other information in the notebook.

"Xiaolan, it's been an hour now, do you want to open the package?" Xu Yinlian asked this question many times in an hour.

"Okay, let's go!"

Cai Xiaolan moved the big stone, opened the cover of the tofu box, took off the bamboo pieces, and slowly opened the coarse silk cloth.

One piece is white and tender, one piece is smooth, one piece is soft...

"It looks so good this time!" Xu Yinlian was surprised, this time the tofu was particularly successful.

"Let's eat and see!"

Cai Xiaolan took a bite and chewed carefully. The taste was much better than the previous few times, but it still didn't meet her expectations.

"Not bad, it tastes so good!" Xu Yinlian's evaluation was different from Cai Xiaolan's. She only thought that rough beans could make such delicate food, which was already the ultimate.

Cai Xiaolan continued to write in the book: "The taste is ordinary, the texture is slightly hard, and the water content is too little!"

"Sister Xu, our second test of No. 30 was barely successful, but it has not yet reached the most delicious point. We still need to continue testing!" Cai Xiaolan scratched her head. Her hair has been falling out recently.

"Listen to you!"

Under the dim oil lamp, the two people were busy again.

……

I don’t know how many times this happened, but I saw that the notebook in my hand was densely filled with words.

"Well, this is too delicious!" Xu Yinlian dug a spoonful of freshly made tofu and put it in her mouth, her complexion suddenly brightened.

"Real or fake? Let me try it!" Cai Xiaolan took a spoonful and put it in her mouth. There were only four words in her heart, it was refreshing and smooth.

"Haha, it's finally done!" Tears filled her eyes.

The reason why Cai Xiaolan was so eager to find the best way to make tofu was to increase the price of soybeans.Secondly, it is to broaden everyone’s recipes.

Since the floods, food prices have been stable, but meat prices have soared.The people simply couldn't afford it.Without protein supplements, people's bodies are getting worse day by day.

"Okay, we can expand production!" Cai Xiaolan touched the last one hundred yuan on her body, knowing that with this money, it is almost like a dream to hire people to produce tofu.As for Cui Lu's side, they should all be given to Cui Boyan.

"What should I do?" There are still countless publicity plans in her mind that have not been implemented, and they all need money.

Seeing Cai Xiaolan's sad face, Xu Yinlian couldn't help being curious, "Why are you unhappy? Isn't it already finished?"

"Sigh, sister Xu, I have already spent too much money, and the money for publicity and employment is gone!" Cai Xiaolan couldn't help regretting that she knew that the money was not enough, so she didn't buy so many soybeans all at once.

Xu Yinlian was even more surprised after hearing what she said, "The apprentices are good at learning skills, how can they still need money? There is also publicity, so let's ask people from Liujiazhuang to do it. It's winter, and those little ladies in the village , I have nothing to do, I have nothing to do! It doesn’t cost any money, just give them some tofu when the time comes.”

Cai Xiaolan's mind opened up and she almost forgot about the evil apprenticeship system.

(End of this chapter)