I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

First of all, the first kind is something that looks a bit like noodles, but it is obviously not the off-white or light yellow of rough noodles or fine noodles, but a slightly transparent brown.

No one can understand this kind of thing alone, let alone the ones in other dustpans, the reddish ones are like tree roots, the golden yellow flakes are as fragrant as gold leaves...

As long as the customers who come in, even if they don't know what is sold here, they don't need a cup of tea to understand that this place is full of food.

After all, the aroma that fills the nostrils, the faint but unique taste of food that makes people spit out, can't deceive people no matter what.

There are many nobles in Chang'an city, so those who are rich will naturally grab a lot. Zhang Nuo's shop has always sold good things, and now the newly opened shop still sells food, so naturally many people are willing to spend Money to taste.

After all, everyone now knows that His Royal Highness the King of Qin was the first to "invent" the miraculous skill of cooking in Chang'an City, which abruptly raised the original level of food in the Tang Dynasty to a higher level. The restaurant at home is a must-go place for foodies in Chang'an City. If you haven't eaten all the dishes in those two restaurants, you will be ashamed to call yourself a foodie.

Now His Royal Highness Qin Wang didn't make any new dishes, let alone any new tricks, but he made a lot of things that looked like snacks, but with Zhang Nuo's reputation, some people were willing to come up and try them out.

As a result, there was a problem with this attempt.

In the past, snacks were only liked by women and young children. Even if the elders were hungry, they would just order some appetizers and a glass of high-quality wine from Zhang's Winery.

But now they found that the new food His Royal Highness King Qin made seemed to be liked not only by children, but also by themselves, it was really delicious.

Different from the tooth-sweet stuff like preserved fruit and candied fruit in the past, these snacks made by Zhang Nuo have a relatively light taste, which seems to be the taste of the food itself.

But they all have several characteristics. One is that they are not expensive, and they are so cheap compared to candied fruit.

The other is that although the taste is light, it is very fragrant.

And it's not the aroma produced by the seasoning, but the aroma of the food itself, which makes people very interested.

The most important thing is that the snacks in the past were used to make tooth offerings or to add some flavor to the mouth, but the food made by Zhang Nuo, His Highness the King of Qin, not only tastes good, but also seems to be quite filling.

According to the news that these noble children inquired from the shopkeeper, these things are all made of grain, and it is the new grain obtained by His Royal Highness King Qin, which has only been reprocessed.

It is also because they are all made of grain, so it is not surprising that they can fill the stomach.

The price is not expensive, it can fill the stomach, and the taste is good. With these points, it didn't take a few days for these snacks to become popular from the princes and nobles to the common people.

So when Zhang Nuo received the news that the warehouse of the newly opened snack shop was in a hurry, he was completely dumbfounded.

Fuck, this thing is so easy to sell?

Zhang Nuo had thought that these would sell well. After all, the big foodie empire, as long as the stuff they stuffed into their mouths was of good quality and cheap, the sales would generally not be too bad.

But he never expected that sales would be so good.

But when he turned his head, he had a headache. The stock was almost gone and it was not easy to deal with it for a while, because this thing was produced in Pyongyang City.

That’s right, dried sweet potatoes, sweet potato chips, vermicelli, and a series of foods are all produced by the food factory in Pyongyang after the food research team in Pyongyang City developed the technology according to what Zhang Nuo said, and then transported by land and sea. Came to Chang'an city.

This is just one small point in Zhang Nuo's draw in Pyongyang.

In his opinion, the entire Koryo Peninsula is most suitable to become an industrial and agricultural base. After all, the Great Northern Wilderness of later generations is already under his jurisdiction at this time.

Although under his arrangement, those landlords had planted various kinds of grain, and Zhang Nuo also promised to underwrite the sale.

However, if the grain is directly transported to the customs for sale, one earns too little and is too low-level, and there is no added value of the product at all. It is just a hard-earned money by buying low and selling high.

The other reason is that transporting raw materials is undoubtedly the most wasteful behavior in today's situation of tight transportation capacity and long distances.

Therefore, Zhang Nuo decisively established a food factory in Pyongyang City, processed most of the products into finished or semi-finished products, and then packaged them to Lantian City for secondary processing or subcontracted sales.

Judging from the current situation, Zhang Nuo's investment is undoubtedly very successful, and it has successfully led to a new round of food trends in Chang'an City, making countless officials who seem to be serious and serious go home habitually. After that, put a piece of dry sweet potato in your mouth to chew.

But this transportation problem is also a headache to think about, and Pyongyang City has to increase production efforts!

Chapter 641 The Work-for-Relief Project Begins

Ever since Li Shimin got to know Zhang Nuo, he didn't know that he hadn't grown up in other places, but in terms of eating alone, it was definitely an evolution that broke through the dimensional wall.

Therefore, when the palace bought this new type of snack and delivered it to him, he heard that it was Zhang Nuo's business. It came out delicious.

But on the other hand, he was very, very satisfied with Zhang Nuo's vigorous production of food and food products in Pyongyang. He never thought that that poor place in Pyongyang could produce so much food and produce such delicious food at the same time. .

As for the emperor Li Shimin, he wished that there would be a bumper harvest everywhere in the world, and that the world would be full of grain, because that would mean that the common people would basically have enough to eat, and no one would rebel if they were full. .

However, since ancient times, it may be due to the limitation of knowledge. Except for the farm family blooming once when a hundred schools of thought contended, agriculture has always been the most important thing in the mouths of emperors, ministers and even scholars.

But the strange thing is that very few people are able to put their minds to serious research on how to increase food production and where to find new crops and other issues. In this regard, Zhang Nuo can be said to be the real No.1.

This point, with the promotion of several new crops, almost everyone in the world has to give a thumbs up to admit it.

Judging from the food at hand, the potential of these new types of crops is probably far from being developed. At least for now, everyone seems to only know the advantages of high yield, low labor consumption, and good taste.

But Zhang Nuo here is to let everyone understand that new crops can not only be cooked directly to fill the stomach, but also have many ways to play.

Moreover, according to Zhang Nuo's way of playing, Li Shimin knew almost without asking, that there must be a steady stream of other foods to be made out in the future, and the threshold of these two shops may have to be stepped on by then.

Li Shimin really did not blame Zhang Nuo for this point. Anyway, Liaodong Road and Pyongyang Road under his command are sparsely populated and rich in products. Not to mention the shareholders who participated in the Koryo campaign project with him, just the immigrants from the pass. As well as the soldiers under Zhang Nuo's command, the land reclaimed and the grain harvested this year are really not a small amount.

Although Zhang Nuo was able to purchase all of them, thereby stabilizing the price of grain, so that everyone would not be in a situation where cheap grain hurts farmers, he is not a professional grain merchant himself.

Besides, once the grain harvest in the pass is bumper, how much can you sell just for grain sales?

So not only has he already set up these factories for dried sweet potatoes, but he has also arranged for people to build a bean product workshop a long time ago.

Speaking of soy products, it is simply a strange thing. I am afraid most people can't imagine why there are so many strange things developed under tofu.

From soy milk, bean foam to tofu nao, from ordinary homemade tofu to stinky tofu, fried tofu and fermented bean curd, from tofu skin, thousand sheets to yuba, spicy strips, these messy things are all soy products.

At this time, Zhang Nuo's factory in Pyongyang City was studying how to mass-produce spicy strips and other soy products. In this era, even refined salt has just changed from a high-end luxury item to a daily necessities.

Believe in the extremely rich flavor of spicy strips, you have to conquer countless people with that taste alone, and eventually people will unconsciously take out the money in their pockets.

Even the production of spicy strips is on the mind, let alone corn products. As long as the northerners are familiar with cornmeal, it will become even more ever-changing after that.

So Zhang Nuo is sure that as long as there is the gradually expanding food industrial park in Pyongyang, Zhang Nuo can continuously digest the food from all over Pyongyang, and then sell it to various places in Datang.

Li Shimin naturally recognized this situation very much, especially when he was in Pyongyang City, he forgot to go to this unremarkable place to see it. Now that he returned to Chang'an, he saw the real thing itself, which is also interesting to think about.

But at this time Li Shimin didn't have time to find Zhang Nuo to make fun of, anyway, Zhang Nuo can't run away, and he can slip past whenever he has time, especially now that Li Shimin not only knows how to drive, but even the head of the guards around him can drive. He can comfortably slip to Lantian City in a car at any time.

What he wants to pay attention to at this time is the work-for-relief project that has been discussed before. This is the project that can calm the hearts of the people in the disaster-stricken area the most. As long as people have food, work, and money, the big things that day can be calmed down .

But now the first work-for-relief project has started in the disaster area, which doesn't allow him to pay attention to it. After all, no matter how well he thought before, it is not as good as it is actually implemented now.

So this time, Lao Li simply dragged someone to sit in the conference room next to the telegraph room, discussing things while waiting for the local report.

This was also his nod, otherwise, it would be impossible for local officials to use the telegraph line to report to the court. Even if it wasn't for Li Shimin's nod, they might not even be qualified to know about it.

Now that Li Shimin let go of this hole, on the one hand, it is indeed for the rapid flow of information, and at the same time, it is also a deterrent, so that those who are used to being local uncles will know that I can receive local information anytime, anywhere.

Even in the future, there will be situations where local officials make trouble in the local area that day, and the reprimand telegram from Li Shimin or the court has already arrived on the desk the next day.

There is such a kind of deterrence, even if it is not stated clearly, those gangsters will understand the meaning.

For the first work-for-relief project, Li Shimin carefully chose Longyou, which is not only the most severely affected place this time, but also the place where the most serious entanglement of local wealthy forces.

Choosing this place to carry out the work-for-relief project, on the one hand, is naturally for disaster relief and relief for the victims, but there is another meaning behind it, that is, to show the strength of the court and the royal family in the place where the influence of the local powerful family is the greatest.

For the people at the bottom, there is nothing that can reflect their strength more than real food and money, so as long as the food is in hand and the publicity is in place.

Then, there is no need to say anything bad about the local clans, they will gradually understand how powerful Datang is.

Only Datang, and only Datang under Li Shimin's rule, can provide food and money in this year of constant natural disasters, and turn the disaster area into a blue sky again.

Chapter 642 The Current Situation of the Disaster Area in Longyou

This place in Longyou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times!

It is also because of this reason that the folk customs here are a bit tough. Bandits, horse bandits, and rogues keep coming and going, but they still can't crush the backbone of the men here.

What they believe in is that the sky will fall as a quilt, rather than relying on the sky and the earth, it is better to rely on their own hands to fight.

Therefore, the government actually doesn't have much prestige in the local area, because people here always feel that the government is useless, and it seems that they can't do anything other than pull people into corvee and collect taxes.

Rather than trusting the white-faced scholars in the government, it is better to trust the few big families in the local area. After all, the folks in the village have known each other for generations, so there is no need to worry about people changing suddenly.

As for the government, it used to be the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty, but now it is the Li family of the Tang Dynasty. Who knows when it will be changed again?

And here is not far from the border, and from time to time there are Turkic dead dogs coming to fight the autumn wind, so there are too many precautions.

However, unknowingly, since last year, it seems that the government is a bit different in the eyes of the locals.

Especially this year, first of all, chicken and duck cubs were sent to every household, and then it was clearly stated that this thing was given to you by His Royal Highness King Qin. Can sell for a fortune.

At the same time, although the people from the government had a bad attitude, they still told them in a low voice. His Highness the King of Qin said that this year there will be not only a drought but also a plague of locusts. Put the chickens and ducks in the ground to eat some insect eggs or something, and then they will feel better.

For people in such a small place, the emperor, prince, etc., is just a code name that is illusory, lofty like a god and Buddha, only knowing its name but not its person.

Although the folk stories about Zhang Nuo, His Highness the King of Qin, are no different from gods and Buddhas, when it comes to their own practical matters, they are still more willing to trust the elders in their own village or follow in the footsteps of the local rich. .

I don’t know if the rich people here are going to fight against Zhang Nuo or what, Mingming Chaotang has already explained it, but here they sneered, thinking that the food supply at this time is the time when the food is scarce and the price of food is the highest. Storing grain, I’m afraid I’m going to sell grain to make money. If I don’t buy it, I have food to eat now, so I won’t starve to death.

Well, as soon as this attitude came out, the local people immediately felt that I am afraid this is the truth. Now that the family still has some rations, they can barely survive. I'm afraid it will be for nothing this year.

So, everyone took the chickens and ducks with their mouths curled up, but the vast majority of people put aside the matter of stockpiling grain, and instead looked cheerfully at the occasional few in the village who were really brave enough to stockpile grain People, just wait to see the joke.

But after waiting, I realized something was wrong. This year’s rain seems to be a little less. At this time, some people were a little bit impatient, and rushed to the local big family’s house to inquire about it.

But the answer to come is still what to do.

But as the weather is getting hotter, everyone can't sit still. This Nima is obviously the most typical drought. There is no need to count on this year's harvest.

But these families have been shut down, and they are really not working every day. The big families who originally welcomed everyone to come to drink bowls of water have closed their doors at this time, and they are afraid of other people. People used to borrow food.

After all, the landlord's family doesn't have any surplus food. If the hole is opened, who knows if the big guys will flock to it, and I'm afraid there will be troubles at that time.

And as the drought became more and more serious, many people also slapped themselves at home. People in the government said before that His Royal Highness King Qin had expected a severe drought this year, so he made preparations early, but he was stupid I can't believe it, it's all right now, even if I have money, I can't buy food.

But people, it's better to live than to die. I have a cheap life, but the mother-in-law and baby at home can't just starve to death.

There is no other way, so run away.

This is also a helpless method that has been circulated for many years, that is, to beg for food, and the family will go on the road together, and they will go all the way. Anyway, some big families in every place will come out to set up a porridge shop or something during the famine year. For porridge, if you beg for food all the way, you might be able to survive.

The whole of Longyou seemed lifeless this summer, except for the increasingly annoying chirping of cicadas, everyone was disheartened.

But at this time, people from the government came to the door, and what they said was unbelievable but had to be believed.

It's still the same attitude that there is nothing good to say about it before, even worse than before, with an attitude that you believe it or not, I will leave after I finish speaking.

"You bastards, please listen to me. His Majesty has arranged for people to arrange food from Chang'an and Luoyang. His Royal Highness King Qin has also donated money. I just don't want you bastards to starve to death!"

"But the food and money are not taken for nothing. I give them to work. The elderly and children in the family also have a ration, but for your own rations, you take your own wives to earn them. Anyway, the rules set by His Royal Highness King Qin are to work. Get more and get more!"

"As long as you bastards work hard, not only will you be able to survive this year's calamity, but you may even earn a fortune for the New Year! Can you hear me clearly!"

Everyone quietly watched the arrester who came out of the yamen, but they didn't say a word!

It's not that they don't believe it, but they can't believe it. During these famine years, they are not the only ones affected by disasters. How can they still provide food and money when disasters are everywhere?

Moreover, His Royal Highness King Qin actually donated money, so how rich must his old man be, he probably has a mountain of gold in his family.

As soon as this question was raised, the policeman laughed a few times in disdain,

"You bastards are really ignorant, saying that other I don't know, but His Royal Highness, I do know a little bit. My eldest brother is also a hero in the army. Needless to say, he is skilled in martial arts. He offended people in the early years. You can't get mixed up in the army anymore."

"But His Royal Highness King Qin greeted me, and my eldest brother followed His Royal Highness King Qin and beat down the entire Goryeo. In the Sui Dynasty, millions of people died, but nothing happened. As for His Highness King Qin, 20 people beat up Goryeo. Completely!"

"Furthermore, my eldest brother sent back dozens of coins, all of which were given by His Royal Highness King Qin. Do you think His Highness King Qin has any money?"

Chapter 643 New Atmosphere in the Disaster Area

This person, that's it, I still feel that the things in front of my eyes are the most real. I said before that His Majesty and the King of Qin are too far away, but if you say that the big brother who is fast has fought with His Highness King Qin and earned dozens of money, then the place People will know, oh, it is true that His Royal Highness Qin Wang has a golden mountain in his home, and there is more than one golden mountain.

This is the most simple value of the people. Even the big soldiers who followed the war can earn tens of thousands of money, so the old man Qin Wang is probably really rich.

Especially when I heard a lot of people who knew the details of the arrester quietly talking about how his elder brother's house was not satisfactory before, but now he lives in a big house and takes his parents over to take care of him. of.

With such a living example in front of them, these people finally feel a little more confident. After all, if there is a way, who is willing to go out to beg for food.

You must know that in the past years, there were not times when there were no disasters. Basically, at least half of those who went out to flee the famine died outside, and eventually buried their bones in other places and became lonely ghosts.

Now it's all right, if you have this kind of work done by the government, let's not talk about whether the salary is not paid, at least the family will not have to starve to death, but now it depends on when it starts.

Therefore, everyone in Longyou was looking forward to when this project under the banner of the emperor and King Qin would start.

I have to say, this person, after having hope, his energy and spirit are different. The originally decadent and listless men are now waiting for the government's notice eagerly.

As a result, within two or three days, Li Zheng banged the gong and shouted in the village, saying that the government recruited people and disaster relief people came.

Upon hearing the news, the old and young men in the village who can still stay at home will rush out.

As a result, when I arrived at the village, I saw that the thief was so real. It was just a carload of food parked directly at the entrance of the village, and then it was the previous unsightly policeman, accompanied by a few officials who were not locals at first glance. whisper something.