Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

The state city of Southern Yanzhou is indeed much better than Liangxiang County, not only for its buildings, but also for its many people, and I don’t know if it’s because of its close distance from the Northern Wei Dynasty, you can often see people with Hu people’s clothes coming and going.

Xiao Zirong looked around curiously not long after walking on the street, and the way of buying and selling here is different from that in Liangxiang County. There is a market at a fixed time in Liangxiang County. Yanzhou City directly has a north-south street for transactions.

There are shops and small vendors. Xiao Zirong and the others went straight to this street. The street is not long, but it is also very lively, with people coming and going and selling everything.

Xiao Zirong saw the clothing store and some cooked food on both sides, so he knew that the economic situation of the state capital was still much better. After all, there were no such things in Liangxiang County.

What surprised Xiao Zirong the most is that there are still seafood sellers here, all of which are relatively small shellfish and sea fish, and some shrimps, which are very small shrimps. Shellfish and shrimps are not sold very well. The sea fish was okay after all because it had a lot of meat, while the other two had more shells and less meat. Xiao Zirong was very happy to see it, and after negotiating with the stall owner, he immediately wrapped up all the shellfish and fresh shrimp.

Bai Yan didn't say a word when he was buying it, and asked in a low voice after the purchase was over: "Mr., what are you buying this for? It's not delicious."

Xiao Zirong turned his head to look at Bai Yan, a little puzzled: "Why do you say it's not delicious?"

The seafood looks fresh and should taste good.

Bai Yan said: "It's too difficult to deal with, especially since the shrimp has nothing but shells."

Xiao Zirong said mysteriously, "But this shrimp shell is what I want."

This kind of shrimp is inconvenient to use for anything. The best thing is to fry it directly, but oil is very precious these days, and no one is willing to use it to fry something that can't fill your stomach at all.

And Xiao Zirong was not that extravagant, he didn't want to fry the shrimp because he wanted to use these shrimps to make shrimp skins.

Shrimp skin is much cheaper than shrimp, whether it is put in soup or cooking, it can enhance the freshness.

Xiao Zirong even thought about buying fishing nets and going back to catch shrimps, but he just thought about it. They don't have a boat now, and even if they build a boat, they may not be able to withstand the wind and waves at sea, so they have to think about it in the long run.

Because he bought seafood, Xiao Zirong went back to the post house without much shopping in the market, and then borrowed the kitchen from the post house. After paying the firewood, Xiao Zirong started frying shrimp skins.

In fact, the real procedure should be to add salt and then expose the shrimp to the sun to dry the water, but now they don't have that condition, so they can only fry it.

After frying, Bai Yan looked at the expression on Xiao Zirong's face when she took a bag of shrimp skins, as if she was saying that Xiao Zirong was a prodigal, but when she thought that her family had made salt by taking the initiative, she felt that it was nothing at all for the other party to be a prodigal relation.

After Xiao Zirong finished making the shrimp skins, he tried to make them into powder. I have to say that this job was too difficult in the age when there was no grinder, so he had to chop them up a little bit by himself, and then finally Grind with a small stone mill.

Thanks to Lu Liu here, Xiao Zirong has thin arms and legs and is delicate. After chopping for a while, he wanted to give up. It was Lu Liu who took over and turned most of the shrimp skin into powder.

That night, Xiao Zirong specially asked the boss to cook more soup. Of course it was called soup, but in fact it was just water with two vegetables.

After the soup was served, Xiao Zirong pinched some dried shrimp powder and threw it into the soup, then raised his chin to Bai Yan and Lu Liu and said, "Taste it."

Bai Yan filled a spoonful of soup and took a sip, her eyes widened immediately. The soup looked clear and watery, but it tasted salty and fresh. The taste was not worse than the shellfish I ate before, and it was even better because it contained enough salt.

Bai Yan put down the bowl and couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty has a way, simple things can be made so delicious."

Xiao Zirong raised his eyebrows and said proudly, "That's natural."

He also took a sip of the soup after he finished speaking. Frankly speaking, the taste of this soup may still be disgusted when he is still alive in later generations, but at this moment he drank it very comfortably, and he was used to clear soup with little water. Things with salt, as long as there is a little more flavor in the soup, it will be different.

On the second day, Bai Yan still went to look for her old acquaintance, while Xiao Zirong stayed in the post house and waited for her to come back. No matter whether it was successful or not, there should be a result this time. It is also very good that the two recipes sold.

And one of these two prescriptions is the soap I made earlier, and the other is the shrimp skin powder I just made recently.

Of course, he needs to study the shrimp skin powder to see if anyone has made it in advance. Ordinary people are reluctant to eat it these days, but the upper class is very particular about eating it. Maybe someone has researched this recipe, so he went rashly. Selling hair seems ignorant.

Xiao Zirong waited for a long time before Bai Yan came back, but this time it was not only Bai Yan who came back, but also another tall man.

When Bai Yan brought the person, Xiao Zirong knew that the person was extraordinary just by looking at the person's clothes.

But yes, if you don't have a family background, you can't afford to sell private salt.

After the visitor arrived, he looked Xiao Zirong up and down. He thought of many possibilities on the way here, but he never thought that the person who was about to make a deal with him was... a child.

It is true that a teenager is enough to start a family these days, but in the eyes of grown men, Xiao Zirong's small body does not seem to have grown up.

Xiao Zirong was quite calm, and he didn't have the ability to pretend to be mature. He is still what he is now, he stood up and saluted politely, "I'm Xiao Wen, I've seen this brother before."

Xiao Zirong decided to use a pseudonym on the spur of the moment. He hadn't told Bai Yan before, and he didn't know if Bai Yan had told the other party his name. If he had, then at worst, he would just say his name Zirong.

However, the other party's expression didn't change after hearing his name. It seemed that Bai Yan didn't say his name.

When the man saw his calmness that didn't match his age, there was some interest in his eyes, and he politely said, "I'm Xia Yuanjia."

Surnamed Yuan, Xiao Zirong raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand and said, "Please sit down, I don't know if your Excellency is from the royal family of the Wei Kingdom?"

Yuan Jia sat across from Xiao Zirong and asked with a smile: "Mr. Xiao Lang must also belong to the royal family of Qi."

Xiao Zirong quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, although my surname is Xiao, I can be considered to be of the same bloodline as the royal family, but the blood relationship is already far away, and I am no different from ordinary civilians."

Yuan Jia took a sip of honey water and said, "The common people may not get salt."

Xiao Zirong was very calm: "Although my family is not a royal family, it is also a branch of the family. Compared with other people, it naturally has some connections."

After hearing this, Yuan Jia didn't say much and went straight to the point: "I want to see the goods."

Xiao Zirong turned to look at Lu Liu: "Go to that bag of salt."

Yuan Jia was already ready to argue with Xiao Zirong, and he directly asked to see the goods in order to upset the other party's position.

He has traveled all over the world for many years, and he is very proficient in dealing with different people. He keenly judged that Xiao Zirong may not have much business experience at a young age. No matter how mature a child like this is, there is no limit to his performance. As long as he disrupts the opponent's position, It will be easier to talk then.

In the end, I didn't expect Xiao Zirong to be happier. He said he wanted to see it and actually showed it to him.

When the small sack containing salt was placed in front of Yuan Jia, Yuan Jia was momentarily numb, but he quickly adjusted, opened the sack, squeezed a pinch of salt and smelled it carefully.

Xiao Zirong knew that he was distinguishing the authenticity and did not urge him. The salt industry has made huge profits these days, so counterfeiting incidents are also emerging one after another. Although the technology is backward these years, the counterfeiting has always been advancing with the times.

Yuan Jia smelled it and found that there was no problem, so he tasted a little more, and was surprised to find that the quality of the salt was not bad.

You must know that there is a difference between salt and salt these days, and many of them have impurities. When Yuan Jia opened the sack just now, Yuan Jia suspected that it was fake when he saw the fine salt as white as snow, so he did it. After smelling and tasting, it turns out that this is really fine salt of excellent quality.

Yuan Jia was a little surprised and subconsciously asked, "Where did you get this salt?"

Xiao Zirong pursed his lips and smiled without answering, just asked: "Do you want it?"

Yuan Jia said decisively, "Yes!"

Selling ordinary salt to a commoner can indeed make a fortune, but it is completely inferior to the value of this clean and delicate salt. He can completely sell it at a high price, and there will always be rich people who will buy it.

After all, the coarse salt has some impurities, so the taste is not very good. It is okay to marinate things, but it is not easy to eat if it is cooked in soup. The quality of this fine salt is not ordinary. The most important thing is that the saltiness is still It's very high, and the same quantity can last longer. Yuan Jia even thought about the selling price at this moment. Of course, he needs to hear Xiao Zirong's quotation before that.

Xiao Zirong nodded and said, "Okay, let's make a price."

Yuan Jia:? ? ? ? ? ?

He looked at Xiao Zirong incredulously, and felt that today's scene was the only one he had seen in his life in all these years of doing business. He had never heard of letting the buyer bring his own price. Could it be that the buyer can offer any price?He even wondered if this kid would do business?

Seeing his expression, Xiao Zirong guessed what he was thinking, couldn't help but smiled shyly and said: "To tell you the truth, your Excellency was not here before, and I was worried that this matter would not work, so I talked with others again. They had already given me the price at that time, but I promised Bai Yan first, so I couldn't break the contract, so I had to wait for you to come. Now you give me a price, if it is higher than them, I will sell it to you, if it is lower... I'm sorry."

Yuan Jia almost laughed out of breath when he heard that: "Are you trying to shoot secretly?"

Xiao Zirong was a little surprised. He didn't expect that there was a concept of secret shooting these days. Sure enough, rich people can play it. Ordinary people will only be limited by poverty to limit their imagination.

Xiao Zirong blinked: "It's okay if you're not satisfied, there's no righteousness in business, I think your style of conversation is extraordinary, and it's good to make friends."

Yuan Jia: ...