Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Zhao Sheng obtained the management authority of Weizhou, and now he needs to recruit people to work here.

For the initial construction work, he could go back to Zhao County and Luancheng to recruit temporary personnel. He could even ask the prefectures and counties to send their own soldiers. As long as they were paid, it wouldn't be impossible for these soldiers to work here for a month or two.

It was the end of the year now, so he left Zhao Long in Weizhou and took Chen Da and a group of personal guards back to Luancheng to celebrate the New Year and make his own plans.

"Master, go back and have someone take a letter to my father, telling him that I am stationed in Weizhou and cannot return home to fulfill my filial duties."

Zhao Sheng knew that Zhao Long said this because he missed home and wanted to report the good news to his family. After all, he was now a high-ranking military official in a state.

More than two months passed like this, and the one who felt the most grief was Zhao Zhen. Although her parents were in Shigang Village, she was still concerned about Zhao Sheng's safety.

Li Shuya also noticed Zhao Zhen's worry. Before Zhao Sheng left, he told her to pay more attention to this girl.

The New Year's Eve in Dingzhou was the same as in previous years and was not affected by the southward advance of the Huns.

Luancheng, as a new city, seems a bit deserted.

The workshop has been closed for holiday, and we will be celebrating the festival at home for fifteen days.

Most of the skilled workers here are elderly people from the Princess's Mansion, and some are from Zhaojiazhuang and Shigang Village in Zhao County.

These people who went to Luancheng Workshop to work all guaranteed each other. General positions required two people to guarantee them, and core positions required at least three people, unless there was a designated person on the job.

The workshop's safety work has always been the responsibility of Zhao Yongsheng from Zhaonan Village. Chen Er lived with his mother near the canteen and became a permanent gatekeeper.

Zhao Zhen was not used to living in the Princess's Mansion, so she always lived in the management area of ​​the workshop, very close to Chen Er's mother. With Wanqiu and Wantong by her side, she would take care of Chen's mother from time to time.

"Miss, if you hadn't cooked for my family, I'm afraid my mother and I would starve again!"

The workshop was on holiday and most of the chefs in the canteen went home. The only one left was from Nanzhao Village. His actual name was Zhao Liang, a name given to him by his boss when he was a waiter.

He stayed in the cafeteria, firstly because it was close to home, and secondly because his wife also worked here. He stayed to do shopping and some odd jobs, and he could also have two free meals here.

As for cooking, Zhao Liang's skills are not up to the standard of a chef. Fortunately, he has been working here for a year. Although his skills are not very good, he has learned to a certain extent.

Zhao Liang was reluctantly responsible for the meals for Zhao Zhen and the personnel who stayed on duty.

Every time Chen Er saw his mother and Zhao Zhen having dinner together, he would smile foolishly and say words like thank you.

"Brother Chen, don't be so polite. You all know how my brother treats people. He treats his own people like family."

Zhao Zhen didn't know how to speak any profound truths. For now, she still addressed Zhao Sheng as brother.

"Oh, I say that Prince Zhao and you are both good people. God will bless you."

Chen Er's old mother agreed casually.

Since she moved into the workshop, she has been eating well every day, her health has recovered well, and she occasionally helps the canteen pick vegetables.

But there are standards for picking vegetables in the canteen, and the old lady was reluctant to remove many parts, which made the people working there laugh and cry, but they could only let her do it and then do it again.

Zhao Zhen smiled knowingly at the old man's words. She didn't believe in God, she only believed in her brother.

Zhao Sheng arrived in Luancheng just in time for dinner, so everyone went directly to the workshop's cafeteria. It was definitely too late to cook, so everyone ordered a bowl of noodles with toppings.

When Chen Da saw his mother having dinner with Zhao Zhen and a few others, he did not go up to disturb them, but reported the matter to Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Liang in the kitchen is extremely busy right now.

During the Great Zhou era, there was wheat and flour, but they were limited to making cakes and buns, and the buns of this era were just cakes with fillings.

As for noodles, they were made by making the pancake bigger and then cutting it into strips. They were called water pancakes in that era.

Zhao Liang had never made water pancakes before. He just thought about feeding so many people, and it was a huge workload to knead the dough, make the pancakes, and cut them into shreds.

"Master Zhao, you add water and salt to the dough, knead it into a certain elasticity, and then..."

What Zhao Sheng taught was somewhat similar to the knife-cut noodles of later generations. A large pot of water was used to cut the dough into thin long slices with an iron sheet or a knife.

However, the job of cutting noodles is done by whoever eats it.

The flour of this era could be ground into powder, but it was too rough and it was difficult to make the dough chewy, so Zhao Sheng had to ask Zhao Liang to add eggs to the flour.

With the addition of eggs, the noodles become sticky due to the egg white, making them elastic when cooked.

As for the topping, it is just egg white, meat, bean sprouts and a little shredded meat. Stir-fry them in a large pot with oil and salt. Use these vegetables to place the bottom of a ladle, then scoop up the noodles and put them in.

When eating, put the water ladle into the bowl and the vegetables below will roll up. The sauce and vegetables will wrap around the noodles, which will definitely taste better than clear soup noodles.

After explaining all this, Zhao Sheng saw Chen Da looking for him, and he looked like a big boy who had done something bad.

"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Zhao Sheng asked.

"Sir, will you go and see the young lady when you come back?" Chen Da said.

When Zhao Sheng heard Chen Da speak strangely, he thought something had happened to Zhao Zhen and his face suddenly became gloomy.

"What happened to Zhen'er? Where is she? Tell me!"

It was the first time that Chen Da saw his master so anxious, and he thought that he might have misunderstood something.

"Master, don't worry. I just want you to go see the young lady. She's in the cafeteria, and nothing will happen..."

Before Chen Da finished speaking, Zhao Sheng had already started walking towards the private restaurant.

There were many more people in the cafeteria, and Zhao Zhen felt it. She even felt that Zhao Sheng had returned.

Out of politeness, she did not rush to leave the cafeteria, but quietly accompanied Chen's mother and others.

There is always something in the world that is hard to explain, which makes people feel that something is going to happen. Zhao Zhen finally couldn't help it and stood up and walked towards the door of the private restaurant.

The impact of the Weizhou incident has not yet expanded, but the large-scale industrial workshops in Luancheng have already attracted attention from the outside world.

The five major companies participated in the production of ready-to-eat foods and successfully copied the production methods, and they also developed them in their own territories.

Because the salt from the Great Zhou Dynasty contained a bitter taste, the seasoning packet provided by Zhao Sheng had to include salt.

At first, this matter was not a big deal for the five big families. After all, the seasoning packages provided by Zhao Sheng were cheap, and the food they made, after deducting the transportation costs, could actually double their profits.

Things are unpredictable. After the Wei family learned about this, they discovered that the five major families did not even let him play when making food. So after a secret investigation, they found out that this kind of food is actually simple to make and the only seasoning needed comes from Luancheng.

That winter, Zhao Sheng led his army to the border. Later, many people in Luancheng were instigated to rebel, and a conspiracy to steal the seasoning formula was staged in the Luancheng Industrial Zone.