Seeing that the fireworks experiment had made great progress, Zhang Yang said helplessly: "I'm in a good mood today. I'll go to the store to treat you to braised pork. There just happens to be a new dish that King Wei can distribute."
Li Tai's eyes lit up, "Seriously?"
Zhang Yang sneered, "Let's go or not."
The little fat man grinned and called to his guards loudly: "Let's go eat meat!"
All the way to the store, Zhang Yang and Ding Liu were discussing how to make cakes. The small street cakes of later generations were not difficult to make.
Li Tai and a group of guards were devouring food.
Especially Li Tai, a little fat guy, started crying while eating.
"My surname is Zhang! I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I recognize you as my brother."
Li Tai cried while eating.
It looks like the more you eat, the more tragic it becomes.
Zhang Yang said: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, think twice."
Li Tai's mouth was full, and he didn't know what he said.
It is not a good thing to be brothers with the prince. Zhang Yang would rather be his business partner. After all, being a brother is too risky. Being a business partner can break up if you disagree.
I think of the stories told by storytellers in later generations, about the officials who took refuge with Li Tai in order to let Li Tai fight against Li Chengqian and for their own prosperity and wealth.
Those officials transformed themselves into assistants and provided various assists. They wanted to chase Li Tai and milk him hard.
But now Li Tai is still a little fat boy, only ten years old, and he is relatively simple and does not have so much scheming.
Empress Changsun is still alive.
Li Yuan has not passed away yet.
At least Li Tai and Li Chengqian are still at an innocent age.
If it really happened, the courtiers and officials would divide into two groups.
Before that time, we still have to cut ties with Li Tai as soon as possible.
Why bother to watch this scene? A group of people were eating, looking particularly wild. He muttered in a low voice: "It's been a long time since these people have eaten."
Ding Liu nodded and said, "It's not that good."
Zhang Yang led the two of them to the kitchen stove, cracking eggs and said: "You guys have to watch the secret recipe I'm going to make next."
To make small cakes, you only need to use batter. Apart from wasting eggs, it is quite easy.
Brush a layer of oil, pour the batter into an iron cup, and bake it on the fire.
After a while, the lid of the cup was turned upside down, and a small cake came out of the cup.
The fragrance comes out immediately.
"It smells so good."
Zhang Yang cut a small piece and tasted it not as sweet as the later cakes because there was not much sugar, but the taste was very good.
He cut another half piece and gave it to them.
Zhang Yang said to the two of them: "The secret recipe is the batter I just made. When the time comes, all you have to do is sell the batter to King Wei and let the people in King Wei's palace sell it."
"Understood."
"Try it for yourself when you have time in the next two days, and remember the texture and taste."
We have cooperated with Cheng Chumo before, and the distribution model is very trouble-free, and you can also make some money.
It can be regarded as adding more income to the store.
Ding Liu looked solemn, and Brother Zhang could easily make a delicious pastry, showing off his skills, but he still had many skills that he had yet to show off.
Zhang Yang brought the remaining cake to Li Tai and said, "Your Highness, King Wei, this is the dessert after the meal."
Li Tai picked up the small cake and ate it in one bite. The small cake was very soft and had a runny texture inside.
Seeing that he was eating sweetly, Zhang Yang said again: "It's not that your Prince Wei's palace has no money. From now on, you can ask people in your palace to sell this cake, just like selling braised pork."
Li Tai nodded as he ate, as if pounding garlic.
Zhang Yang took another piece of wood and drew a drawing with many honeycomb-shaped holes on it.
Li Tai looked curious.
Zhang Yang explained: "This is a mold for making small cakes. It is made of iron. After it is made, you can light up the stove and start selling cakes. It is quick to get started and the method is simple."
After Li Tai finished the cake, he said, "As long as I can make money, I'll do whatever you want."
Zhang Yang then said: "You can eat this little cake casually on weekdays. At least it won't starve you to death in the Wei Palace. The price for selling it doesn't need to be too high. It just needs to be at a price that ordinary people can afford. Also, sell it."
The profit from the cake should be repaid to me first, and then King Wei’s own profit."
It is not very realistic to expect Li Tai to repay the money.
Just having IOUs and no money is not enough.
The two of them made a contract, one in two copies, one for each person.
After the meal, the two sat opposite each other, using stones as chess pieces, black and white stones, and played backgammon.
The rules of backgammon are simple and you can learn them as soon as you tell them.
While playing chess, Zhang Yang told him some business tips and marketing methods.
Cultivate Li Tai, a cash cow, and let him ride the waves in Datang's shopping malls from now on.
And I prefer to stand behind and count money until my hands cramp.
Zhang Yang didn't like the classification of scholars, farmers, industry and merchants. Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty was now more liberal and did not suppress merchants.
I talked about a lot of marketing tactics, but I don’t know how much this guy listened to it.
Seeing that Zhang Yang had five pieces in a row, Li Tai cleaned up the chessboard and said, "Let's play another game!"
On the chessboard, you block my company, and you block my company.
After struggling on the chessboard for a while, Zhang Yang said: "Oh, I won again."
Blocking one end, the other side is in a row.
Unable to prevent the other party from building a plank road to cross Chencang secretly, he secretly launched a five-piece contingency plan.
People who are not good at playing chess often do not play well at chess either.
Li Tai's face turned blue after losing. He was so angry that he turned over the table and said: "Who made this backgammon by a despicable villain? It should be spurned by a gentleman. It is not the way of a gentleman."
After speaking, Li Tai took the contract and drawings and left with others.
Ding Liu watched the people leave and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei hasn't paid yet."
Zhang Yang cleaned up the store and said, "Put it in the account."
"Here."
In the evening, Zhang Yang returned home, where Li Yue, Aunt Wang and Aunt Yang were making Kongming lanterns.
Li Yue never gave up on hot air balloons.
After making a Kongming lantern half as tall as a man, Li Yue looked up and watched it slowly rise into the sky.
She took Zhang Yang's arm and said, "You said it would be a beautiful scene if we sat in the basket of the Kongming Lantern and overlooked the entire Chang'an City together."
"It's quite romantic."
"Then I have to speed up the progress. We want to fly to Chang'an City together."
Li Yue said with expectation.
Zhang Yang looked troubled.
Seeing his expression, Li Yue asked doubtfully: "Isn't this bad?"
Zhang Yang said melancholy: "He will be shot down."
"..."
Li Yue's expression froze.
It was quiet for a long time, as if a crack appeared in that romantic scene in my mind, and then the crack became bigger and bigger, slowly breaking until it was broken into pieces.
Li Yue clenched her hands, raised her fists and hit Zhang Yang repeatedly, then stomped her feet angrily and returned to her room.
Aunt Wang and Aunt Yang also smiled and returned to their own courtyards.
No matter what you do, safety first is the most important thing.