Travel to ancient times and make a fortune

Chapter 106 Potato Flour

Potato seeds?Jiangnan Mansion?
No matter how stupid Ouyang Yu was, he could guess what the emperor was thinking when he heard these two keywords.

Seeing that he understood, the emperor continued: "In the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the capital, we will continue to plant what should be planted next year. In my few Zhuangzi, I will also let others plant some."

"Don't worry, the potatoes collected by the palace will be collected by the Ministry of Revenue at the purchase price when the time comes!" The emperor admitted that he was not a freeloader, let alone a family.

King Xiaoyao naturally does not make money just for the sake of making money. The emperor collects potatoes for the army. His second son is also a member of the military camp. To say that the palace privately subsidizes the food and grass for the military camp, it is quite a lot.

"What did the emperor say? Every year, [-]% of the potato seeds in Wangfu Village will be used as military rations. The price is half of the market purchase price!" Ouyang Yu will not be free of money, but he will not only care about money. .

The emperor was naturally happy, and with a wave of his hand, the five potatoes from Zhuangzi under his command were also handed over to Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion.

Xiaoyao Wang Ouyang Yu: ... Daqing is just waiting to make me a cow and a horse!

But what else could he say?Naturally, he accepted the order and left the imperial study with a bunch of rewards.

In mid-October, Ouyang Yiyun began to prepare for a store tour again.

On the other side, Dapo Village.Li Xiao is busy trying to make potato flour.

In her previous life, she had seen homemade potato flour when she was surfing a certain music channel, but she had never made it in her previous life. Now, she wanted to try it.

In fact, in early September, she had already tried to make a lot of potato starch. Now she has about fifty or sixty kilograms of potato starch at home, all of which are dried and sealed.

At the end of September, she made version 1.0 of potato flour using mashed potatoes and flour. It is like the chubby potato flour commonly used in Malatang in the previous life. It tastes pretty good, but this method is more suitable for fresh cooking and eating.

Then, she used potato starch to make version 2.0 of potato flour, which tasted more elastic and chewy. However, it cost more potatoes. After all, it only takes six or seven pounds of potatoes to produce one pound of potato starch.

Jixiang Restaurant in the town has begun selling potato flour in various flavors. It uses version 1.0 of potato flour. It is said that it has a good reputation and is very popular. Jixiang Restaurant in other places has also begun to slowly introduce potato flour.

Li Xiao’s family also likes to eat this potato noodles.

But Li Xiao always felt that something was missing. After pondering for a few days, he finally thought about the preservation of potato flour.

In the previous life, there were dried potato vermicelli on the market. The vermicelli was durable and tasted good, and there were many ways to make it.

But what gives Li Xiao a headache is that in this ancient world without equipment, how to make thin vermicelli has not yet guaranteed the quantity.

She doesn't have that much strength to rub them one by one, so please spare her.

When Li Qingzhu came home at the end of September, the two of them got together and discussed the "noodle press" for more than an hour, and then actually built one.

Li Xiao was not idle at home either, using a dough press and trying to make potato vermicelli.

There were not many fresh potatoes at home, and there were still a few left in the cellar. Li Xiao had no choice but to drink the potato starch.

Thicken the noodles, knead the noodles, use a dough press to press the noodles and then pour them into boiling water, then pour the vermicelli into cold water, and finally arrange and dry them.

Li Dashan took Li Dali and Li Cunliang to work in the fields, while Li Yuan helped his daughter at home.

When Li Dali came home in the evening, he was surprised to see the thin white vermicelli under the shed on one side of the yard.

"Have you done so much today? Is this done?" Li Dashan knew that his daughter was making potato vermicelli, saying that it was different from the potato vermicelli eaten at home before. Now he could see it.The long and thin white vermicelli is clean and translucent. After drying for an afternoon, it has basically dried and formed.

"Yeah," Li Xiao was very happy, "Tomorrow, daddy and Xiaoxiao will send some to Jixiang Restaurant."

Li Xiao now thinks about delivering good things to Jixiang Restaurant. She believes that even if Jixiang Restaurant "can't eat it", shopkeeper Liu will find a way to let brother Ouyang know and finally "eat it".

She doesn't plan to make the potato vermicelli herself, but plans to sell it.

This thing is laborious, and she has no plans to open a workshop, and the orchard at home is currently very profitable. This year's pepper harvest is also a bumper. The first year of production, the yield is not high, about [-] kilograms per mu. So her family is not short of money now. !
Well, that’s really awesome!
After finishing the potato vermicelli business, the second season of potatoes would soon have to be collected. Li Xiao urged Li Dashan to set off early the next day, taking the ten kilograms of potato vermicelli she had made, and went to the city to find shopkeeper Liu. .

Shopkeeper Liu liked Li Xiao very much. Every time they met, he would praise her for a while. When he heard that he had brought something new this time, he was even more happy. He called Li Xiao a fairy who came down to earth and sent gifts to the Goddess of Wealth. Li Xiao couldn't laugh or cry.

After several years of getting along, everyone is an acquaintance, and Li Xiao doesn't mince words and goes straight to the point.

Hearing that Li Xiao had brought potato vermicelli and planned to sell the recipe, shopkeeper Liu also took it seriously.

In business, naturally we need to carefully discuss how to bid.

Naturally, Li Xiao went to the kitchen first and went out with a big batch to prepare a table full of potato vermicelli of various flavors.

Spicy, sour, light, stewed with meat, stewed with tofu, stir-fried with meat, stir-fried with eggs, stir-fried with vegetables, and served cold...

In short, Shopkeeper Liu has opened his eyes again.

However, although there are many flavors, the amount of each item is not large. After all, we are eating, and we can't mess around.

Shopkeeper Liu started with the lighter ones and tasted them all. After eating, he was still a little unsatisfied.

"Xiao Xiao, come on, tell me what you think." Shopkeeper Liu is feeling comfortable now after eating delicious food.

Li Xiao took out bundles of tied bundles of dry potato flour and placed them on the table.

"Uncle Liu, look at these potato vermicelli, aren't they beautiful?"

"You also know that six or seven pounds of potato seeds can produce one pound of potato starch. This is made of potato starch. Look how beautiful it is!"

Shopkeeper Liu:...

"Of course that's not the point. The point is, these dried potato vermicelli are durable!"

"You see, no matter how much you keep the potatoes, if you want to eat them fresh, it only takes three months. If you keep them any longer, they may sprout."

"But potato vermicelli is different. When the potatoes are at their peak, they can be made into potato starch. The potato starch can be stored in a sealed container for one or two years! The potato vermicelli made into potato noodles can be stored for one to one and a half years if kept dry! "

"Regardless of whether it tastes good or not, the storage time alone is more valuable than the potatoes themselves, right?"

"It is durable in storage, easy to transport, and tastes good. Even if the place is not suitable for growing potato seeds, you can still eat potato seeds! Isn't this great?" After speaking, Li Xiaohai winked at shopkeeper Liu.

Shopkeeper Liu was stunned by what Li Xiao said. He once suspected that he had eaten so much just now that his brain was a little slow.

(End of this chapter)