58, the price of gems
"Not all flowers can be eaten, only some varieties can be eaten. You need to marinate first, and then add sugar continuously after ten days. It takes about half a month to wait... The varieties that can be eaten are packed in a pot and sent to Kyoto."
This time I have to bring a potted plant, which is the best flower Lin Zhao and Baoer chose outside the city together.
From the previous letter, Zhao Yilin said that he gave Yun'an inkstone to the prince, and then the prince gave Ou Qiang, which made Yun'an inkstone popular? This action alone made the Lin family very grateful, and Mrs. Tang took the initiative to give Zhao Yilin the recipe for the newly made rose flower sauce.
Zhao Yilin received roses during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Lin Zhao specially chose roses with much flower buds. When he sent them here, the branches were clustered. When he was sent to the palace, Zhao Yilin specially placed the flowers in the study. Chen Lan also came to take a look and thought the roses were very beautiful and could be eaten, so he also planted roses in Changning Palace.
The rose flower sauce was immediately made. After nearly a month, the flower sauce was finally made and the rose cake was made.
The crispy and crispy crust and the flower sauce are fragrant with the fragrance of flowers. The two are perfectly combined, making people who already like sweets like this rose flower cake.
The person who likes to eat rose cakes the most is not someone else, but Chen Yu, who came back from overseas, "There were pineapples before, but this time there were rose cakes. In addition to making cakes, rose cakes can also be used to make other dishes."
Zhao Yilin said without thinking: "This is the recipe given to me by Miss Lin Er. It would be fine if you eat it at home, but it is not appropriate to sell it for money."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Didn't you give Yun'an inkstone to Lord Ou? I heard that Yun'an inkstone is selling very well now, and County Magistrate Lin's evaluation this year will be an excellent candidate."
"Yun'an inkstone is a good inkstone. Even without me, this inkstone will become famous. Inkstone and prescriptions cannot be confused." Zhao Yilin said, "The Lin family generously gave me the prescription of rose flower sauce, but I can't use prescriptions to make money."
"That's better." Chen Yu touched Zhao Yilin, and still admired his nephew's fair character. "Divid 10% of the profits for the Lin family, and you can keep the rest for yourself. After all, roses need to be planted, people need to make cakes, and they need to be sold. What do you think?"
Zhao Yilin remembers Lin Zhao mentioned that Mrs. Tang would have many such specialties, but it would be great if this was the case.
"Let's go." Chen Yu said with a smile, "Take you to see the good things I brought here."
After leaving the Shen family's house, we walked eastward and turned again, and then we arrived at a narrow alley, which was the courtyard of the foreign business. All the things coming from overseas were placed here. After sorting, we would load the goods in front.
Chen Yu just came back yesterday and slept for six hours. He yawned one after another during dinner today. He didn't wake up completely after tasting the rose cakes delivered by Zhao Yilin himself.
He pulled the copper ring under the mouth of the bronze beast and ran into the door. Soon someone came to open the door. When he saw Chen Yu, he called him the head of the family. He heard that it was Chen Yu's nephew and called him the young master.
When Zhao Yilin walked outside the palace, he claimed to be the young master of the Shen family.
When he entered the yard, Chen Yu said, "The things are still a little messy and are placed casually."
There are many square boxes in the yard, and now they are open. Many of them are placed in it to prevent collisions. The straw now emits a faint musty smell because of the large water vapor at sea.
The first box was a gem, which contained gems of various colors. The only one color missing was green.
"Uncle, you should have brought some emeralds back."
"That person doesn't like it, and it makes it difficult to sell emeralds. I didn't buy emeralds overseas this time." The person Chen Yu mentioned was Concubine Wang.
"But some people have been buying emeralds, and now the shop is probably no longer in stock." Zhao Yilin said, "If you bring it, you can sell it to the Qi family."
"Qi Family?"
Before Chen Yu left, he knew that the Qi family was buying emeralds. Now that he has returned, he has actually bought the emeralds in the shop in half?
Chen Yu touched his chin and couldn't figure out why the Qi family particularly favored emeralds. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out the answer. Chen Yu finally said, "Forget it, I'll show you again. This time I encountered a very special ore overseas. It would be great if the output was larger than that of glass."
Chen Yu took out a few plates, which made Zhao Yilin stunned because this one looked like a glass plate.
Glass is a by-product of the bronze casting process. Because of its diverse colors, there is another saying that it is "five-color stone". The texture of the glass in front of you looks similar to glass. The only difference is that the color of glass is more uniform, either green or red, rather than glass products. Usually there are more than two colors on one object. Occasionally, when you encounter colorless glass, the price is even more remarkable, almost as expensive as Dongzhu.
"This is made of ore sand, not as precious as glass. It is called glass by the locals. I bought a lot of it this time, and I also brought the ore sand back. It would be great if I could find this ore sand."
When Chen Yu thought of the people who had traveled around the world, his first reaction was to go to Yun'an County again to find the Zhou brothers to see if they had seen this kind of mineral sand, and Sun Zheng, maybe he had seen it or it was possible.
If you can find ore sand, make glassware, or even install glass windows in various schools, so that the reading room can be shiny.
Chen Yu took his nephew to look at boxes one after another. Boxes of gems; many boxes of glass products, from plates to cups, and various exquisite and small animal ornaments; various spices, and weird crop seeds.
After finishing the viewing, Chen Yu took Zhao Yilin from the courtyard to the shop.
As soon as he opened the curtain, Zhao Yilin and Chen Yu saw someone talking to the shopkeeper at a glance. The man was Qi Yunzhi's daughter, Qi Mingxuan.
Qi Mingxuan was still wearing the uniform clothes of the girls' courtyard. She was talking to the shopkeeper. When she saw Zhao Yilin and Chen Yu, she spoke, "Is that the owner of the store?"
The shopkeeper was relieved when he saw this, and asked Qi Mingxuan to wait for a while before coming over by himself.
Chen Yu spoke: "What's wrong?"
The shopkeeper said, "Ms. Qi has always been unbelievable that the merchant ship has returned and asked me repeatedly."
Qi Mingxuan was originally in the girls' academy, but suddenly someone sent a message saying that the ship of the foreign trade business came back yesterday. Qi Mingxuan immediately asked for leave and went to the foreign trade business. Now she actually saw the prince in the foreign trade business. Qi Mingxuan didn't remember who the real owner of the foreign trade business was, but she remembered one thing clearly. This family was the front bag of the Wang family, so it shouldn't be that the prince and the boss stood intimately together.
"Miss Qi." Chen Yu said with a smile, "I'll send you a cup of tea, but Miss Qi doesn't feel very comfortable."
Originally, Qi Mingxuan was anxious, and sweat had oozing from her forehead. After seeing Zhao Yilin clearly, her face suddenly turned pale and her body shook slightly.
After drinking tea, Qi Mingxuan's face calmed down a little, and then asked, since she was back from overseas this time, would there be anything new?
The person in front of me is not very old and has a lot of thoughts, but I still don’t believe that I have returned from overseas.
Chen Yu didn't like Qi Yunzhi, but he would not extend to Qi Mingxuan because of his disgust. Although the person in front of him was a little conscience, Chen Yu still said with a tolerant attitude: "The things are all placed in the backyard, Miss Qi can take a look at them casually. The Qi family bought a lot of emeralds before, but this time I didn't bring many emeralds."
"Please trouble Master Chen."
Qi Mingxuan followed him to the backyard, and it could be said that he felt a chill in his heart. The straw with a faint smell of mold and the smell of sea water. With these spices, the quality of many spices can be seen as new. This is definitely not long after getting off the boat.
Qi Mingxuan was in a mess. If it was impossible to find a scarred maid, then the change in the return of the trans-foreign merchant ship would be too big.
Although the foreign trade business is becoming less and less common, it has paid the Wang family and should not be like this.
After leaving the foreign trade business, Qi Mingxuan asked someone to inquire about the origin of the foreign trade business.
Qi Mingxuan had never noticed it before, but only now knew that it was given to the Shen family by the change of ownership by the Zhou family. If it were the Zhou family, it would be in line with what she remembered. The real master of the Zhou family was the master, and the second master was the master of the foreign trade business. A very important person died in this shipwreck. By the way, there were also servants of the Wang family. The eldest master of the Zhou family died a few years later.
Now that the Shen family has acquired the business, the servants of the Wang family have not gone to sea, she is careless.
Qi Mingxuan took a deep breath, "Why did the Zhou family suddenly sell the business?"
Qi Mingxuan inquired again and found out that it was related to a place called Yun'an County. The third master of the Zhou family dug a river embankment and broke the dam. The Zhou family needed to pay for the river embankment and stone arch bridge, so they simply sold the industry in Kyoto. The eldest master and the second master all returned to Yun'an County.
For some reason, when she heard this place name, her brows frowned deeply.
Thinking that this place is not in the way of dealing with her, she ruined her affairs. If nothing happened in Yun'an County, the foreign trade business is still the Zhou family's industry, her predictions will be accurate.
Qi Mingxuan thought that in the future, she could not rely entirely on the previous life she knew. She changed one thing, and other small things might happen, which would cause the big things she predicted to be hindered.
The most important thing now is that when people from the foreign trade business come back, will the price of emeralds still soar as her idea?
She had always been sure that the price of emeralds would rise before. After the price of emeralds was low, she bought a lot of them. Now Qi Mingxuan also asked someone to inquire about the specific information about why Concubine Wang doesn't like emeralds at this stage.
The result of inquiry made Qi Mingxuan desperate. Because the third prince hated green, Concubine Wang hated green the most now.
If Concubine Wang continues to dislike green, then the emeralds really can't be sold at a high price.
Chapter completed!