In the afternoon, Zhao Ran returned to his room and pulled out a menu. Based on the estimate of two meals for more than 160 people in the Taoist temple, the value of the goods was about three taels of silver. The accountant's daily meal allowance was six taels.
The silver and the price difference in the middle are naturally the oil and water of the laymen who work in the kitchen.
According to what he eavesdropped on the conversation between Zhang Ze and Gou Er at night, Zhao Ran knew that out of the difference of three taels of silver, one tael would be given to each of Li Fantou and Guo Caitou, and the remaining one tael would be left to the chef himself.
With a simple calculation in his pocket, he estimated the extra income for everyone in the second room.
In terms of food, Li Fantou and Guo Caitou each have more than 300 taels of silver in their pockets every year. Zhonghuoju earns money according to the number of days he is a chef, and he can probably make more than 50 taels of income every year.
Far more than the monthly silver issued by the Taoist Academy - Zhao Ran's own monthly silver is one tael.
Although Zhao Ran no longer cares about this "little money", sometimes he can't help but sigh when he thinks about his days in Zhaozhuang. At that time, the whole family worked hard and could not earn more than five yuan a year.
Guan, only six taels of silver! By steaming rice and cooking vegetables in this courtyard, you can earn more than ten times as much as before.
Zhao Ran was carrying the money he had taken back from the counting house and was about to go out to buy something at the small market at the foot of the mountain. He heard someone knocking on the door. When he opened the door, he saw that it was a merchant hawker wearing a triangular helmet.
The merchant and hawker squeezed into the door with a smile and apologized to Zhao Ran: "Taoist Zhao, my surname is Yu. I sell grain and vegetables. I also have a butcher shop at home. In this small business, I mainly rely on the food from the Taoist priests."
Eat. I heard that Daochang Zhao will be the chef tomorrow, so I rushed over to listen to your orders."
The Huo Gong layman was not an official Taoist priest, but for ordinary people, it was difficult to tell them apart. They were all called Taoist priests, and Zhao Ran accepted the title of each other.
Zhao Ranxin said that this guy was quite smart, he knew that he should take the initiative, but he also saved himself the trouble of running errands. He said, "Boss Yu is quite well informed." As he spoke, he let the other person into the room.
Zhao Ran handed the other party the purchase list he had written and said, "Boss Yu, let's settle the accounts."
Boss Yu took it and read it quickly. He took out a piece of yellow paper from his arms and handed it to Zhao Ran: "Dao Zhang, this is the list I made in advance. I have almost all the ingredients you need on my list, except this one."
The blood sausage is out of stock, but it doesn't matter, the little one will go down the mountain immediately and let the shop pour it out overnight, and it will definitely be delivered early tomorrow morning."
Zhao Ran looked at the list handed over by the other party. There were more than ten dish names crookedly written on it, followed by the quantity and price. After reading it, he couldn't help but frowned and thought to himself, this guy named Yu is bullying me.
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Zhao Ran is not a playboy. Before he entered Wujiyuan, his family was a farmer. He had to live his life bit by bit, so he naturally knew the market prices. According to Boss Yu's list, the prices of vegetables and rice are much higher.
As for the market price, it doesn't matter if it's a little higher. Who makes the Taoist Temple a big sheep? But if it's too high, it won't work. If you settle at this price, you can't buy it with three taels of silver. You have to go up to four taels at least.
Although Zhao Ran had six taels of silver, he could only use four taels, one of which was his own "kickback", and of course he could not settle the payment accordingly.
He endured it without getting angry, and patiently negotiated: "Boss Yu, sixty cents for a bucket of rice. This is the market price of fine white rice at Fenghui Rice Shop in the county. The Taoist temple purchases it all year round, and even purchases it in bulk. The price is as low as fifty cents."
There's no problem with the money. How come the price of your rice is as high as 90 yuan? And this shoulder meat, 20 kilograms costs a thousand yuan? Boss Yu, isn't it too expensive?"
Boss Yu smiled: "Taoist Master Zhao, the Taoist Academy is not short of this money, but it's just a matter of raising your hand. Besides, I also need to hire someone to send it to the mountain, right?"
Zhao Ran shook his head and refused: "Definitely not. Our business can last for a long time, but your price must be fair. Besides, there are no hens in my menu. Let's talk about these six hens next time."
Boss Yu laughed and said: "You can't say that... This price should be considered fair. The price for the small one was discussed with Daoist Zhang and Daoist Gou. Both of them said it was fair. How could Daoist Zhao say it was unfair?"
What about this old hen? As for the old hen, Director Zhang had ordered it a long time ago. He said he wanted to drink chicken soup. I brought it to you today, but Director Zhao didn’t want it. I didn’t know how to reply. "
When Zhao Ran heard this, his face turned cold: "Boss Yu, please come back. I will find someone to buy the ingredients for the Taoist Temple tomorrow."
Boss Yu's expression also changed, he sneered several times and walked away.
Zhao Ran shook his head, stood up, closed the door, and walked to the market at the foot of the mountain. After wandering in the market for a while, Zhao Ran bought white rice at a Jinji rice shop, and asked the shopkeeper to help him purchase vegetables and fish. It cost a lot of money in total.
After three liang, the shopkeeper agreed, and then sent it to the mountain gate, and Zhao Ran returned to Wujiyuan.
After dinner, Zhao Ran waited for a long time for the shopkeeper to deliver the ingredients, so he lost his temper and wanted to go down the mountain to urge him. When he reached the halfway point of the mountain, he saw the shopkeeper running up the stone steps in a panic. He was grabbed by Zhao Ran.
Stopped: "Shopkeeper Jin, what happened? Where is the thing I want?"
Shopkeeper Jin said with a sad face: "Director Zhao, what's wrong, the ingredients you asked for were all prepared, but as soon as the guys arrived at the foot of the mountain, a bunch of rogues came from nowhere... The guys got a good beating, stuff.
It was also ruined..."
When Zhao Ran heard this, he immediately thought of Boss Yu who came to sell goods in the afternoon. As for who gave Yu the courage to do so, no need to ask, it must be Jin Ze and Gou Er.
After more than a month of silence, these two guys finally couldn't help but take action!
Zhao Ran suppressed his anger and said to shopkeeper Jin: "Don't worry, Lao Jin, some of the guys are injured, go to the pharmacy man to see the injury, and I will pay for the decoction and medicine. It doesn't matter if the things are gone, I will give them to you at the original price. If you don't give them away,
You bear this loss. You must have noticed that I am encountering some difficulties here, and someone is deliberately making things difficult for me. Let me ask you, are you still willing to take this business?"
Shopkeeper Jin hesitated and said: "This villain is a cheap businessman, I'm afraid he won't be able to help the Taoist priest."
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "I know what you can and cannot do, and I won't deliberately make things difficult for you. However, there are indeed some risks involved. If you are afraid, just go back and we will pretend that we have never interacted with each other; if
If you are willing to come forward, from now on Wujiyuan’s ingredients will be handled by you."
Shopkeeper Jin's face changed several times, but he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Daozhang Zhao, since you said that, I, Lao Jin, will boldly take it. Whatever happens next, I will obey Daozhang Zhao's instructions."
Zhao Ran patted Shopkeeper Jin on the shoulder, praised him for being so brave, and took him into Wujiyuan and went directly to the clean room to find Guan Er.
Guan Er was enjoying the cool in the small courtyard, picking his feet and bragging with Zhou Huai and others. When he saw Zhao Ran coming over, he stood up immediately and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, you came just in time. We will have a rest in two days. We are thinking about going there."
Shiquan County is playing tricks. You said you had something to do a few times before, but you must not shirk it this time!"
Zhao Ran nodded: "Okay, this time Xiu Mu will go with everyone, and all the expenses will be borne by me!"
Everyone in the clean room and private room immediately cheered.
Zhao Ran took Guan Er aside and explained the matter from beginning to end. Guan Er immediately became anxious, yelled a few curses, and threatened to call everyone to copy him.
"Brother Zhao, please be at ease. These two things are really mean. I wanted to beat them last time, but you stopped me. Today I have to make them kneel on the ground and kowtow to beg for mercy!"
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Ran grabbed the furious Guan Er, "That's not how things work. It's obvious who is causing trouble, but sometimes things that are obvious can't be picked out clearly and done!
Who are those gangsters? We all know that it was the guy named Yu who found them. The guy named Yu must have been under the instructions of Zhang Ze and Gou Er, but you know that we didn’t take advantage of them. You are so
If you bring a group of people to knock on the door, the matter will become a big deal and they will deny it. Who are you going to ask for explanation? Instead, it will become our fault."
Guan Er heard this and said angrily: "Then what do you think we should do? Can't we let them go?"
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "It's easy to handle! Treat others in their own way. If someone gets angry, let's just copy the cat and imitate the tiger and learn from it!"