"The moon is round tonight." Li Yi stood at the door of the yard and looked up at the sun.

The eunuch Ziyu behind thought about it and agreed: "The proprietor is really awesome."

"Hubu's noodles are selling well? Have the people accepted them?" Li Yi thought of noodles.

"It's more cost-effective than people grinding their own flour and making noodles. The flour needs to be ground, and the price of buying noodles is not low."

Bihe spoke up from behind, commenting on the noodles.

"Even if you buy noodles, you still have to cook them. It's troublesome if you don't have a fire at home. Let's help the people who have trouble cooking noodles."

Li Yi finally saw him.

Before noon that day, the people in the village brought things to give to the children who were shining shoes.

A pottery bowl, a pair of chopsticks, a bamboo board, and instant noodles wrapped in raw paper.

When it was time to eat at noon, the children went to each house and asked if they had boiled water. If not, cold water would be fine.

With a farm so big, it’s impossible for every house to have boiling water.

They don't have it, even in temples.

People everywhere saw the shoeshine children washing the pottery bowls, bamboo boards and chopsticks first.

Then open the package of raw edge paper, take out a square made of noodles, and put the square into the bowl.

Pour hot water and cover it with bamboo board.

It didn't take long before the child picked up the bamboo board and the aroma wafted out of the bowl.

Smell it, it smells of chopped green onions and meat.

Use the chopsticks to flip the noodles a few times, lower your head to take a sip of the soup, then pick a few noodles and suck them into your mouth, taking small bites.

"What is this? Can the noodles be soaked in boiling water? Just soak them for a short time?"

Some of the onlookers who were curious came forward and asked for others.

"Lijiazhuangzi's instant noodles are cooked and can be soaked in cold water. If that doesn't work, just chew them dry."

The shoeshine boy said what the farmer told him when he gave away instant noodles.

"How much does this cost?" Sure enough, someone asked the price.

"It's twice as expensive as noodles, but you don't have to cook it yourself. It still has flavor, and the salt and other ingredients are all put in."

The shoe shiner said and took another sip of soup. Hot soup tastes better.

"How to make it? Put other things in the noodles, cook them and then dry them in the sun? No way."

"Bring it on, put it in the pot and bake it."

"Not to mention that it's fried, yes, it's deep-fried. Isn't it cooked after it's fried?"

"It's almost the same. Li Jia Zhuangzi is willing to use oil."

"It's expensive to blow it up yourself, but it's cheaper to do it more."

"Knead the dough first, then put other things in it to make noodles, put them in oil and fry them, that's it."

"Ask Lijiazhuangzi when it will be sold and buy one to try."

Word spread among people in Chang'an that Lijiazhuangzi had come up with a noodle that could be chewed dry or soaked in hot or cold water.

The key is that the price is cheap, twice as expensive as the noodles sold now.

Fried, with salt, chopped green onion and star anise powder inside.

Bring a piece with you, it's much more delicious than fried noodles and ganba pancakes.

So the Ministry of Household Affairs sold noodles and helped the people adopt the living habit of buying noodles.

Lijiazhuangzi's instant noodles were also accepted, and even better.

"I knew he didn't have good intentions." In the evening, a group of people were having dinner in the prime minister's box in the heaven and earth. Bi Gou was helpless.

Hube was promoting noodles a few days ago, but it took a lot of effort.

First, they were given to the officials' homes. Others went to the officials' homes and saw that they were good, so they also bought them.

Naturally, you can't ask for money if you give it to officials, it's cost-effective.

As a result, things just started to pick up and profits started to come in. Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs only distributed the money once.

Not only was he tired, but he also made other officials dissatisfied, and the impeachment papers from the Yushitai were sent to the top.

Lijiazhuangzi was smart and waited for ready-made instant noodles. People thought they were good as soon as they took out the instant noodles.

As a minister, you still can't see this?

"Eat, try this instant noodles." Yao Chong picked up the other upside-down bowl and looked at the noodles soaked in the bowl.

Sure enough, there was a fragrance wafting out, and it looked good.

Picking it up and taking a bite, Yao Chong nodded: "Okay, it is indeed convenient, instant noodles, a good name."

"Long Ze, don't worry about it. It's twice as expensive. After all, some people are reluctant to buy it." Lu Huaishen reassured Bi Gou.

Bi Gou shook his head: "How much money do rich people still have? They have discovered that there are better things to eat. Who would still eat noodles? It has no taste."

"Long Ze, the Ministry of Finance should also learn from this." Zhang said and gave the idea.

"I can't learn it. It's too troublesome. I have to buy a lot of ingredients and fry it. You see, the color of instant noodles is a little whiter than that of dried noodles."

Bi Gou pointed to the instant noodles and said that he knew that, but it would take a lot of effort.

Yao Chong recalled the color of Hubu noodles and admitted that there was a difference.

He took another sip of soup and said, "Ask him again if there are any other ways to make money. Let's start by taxing instant noodles."

He encouraged Bi Gou to charge taxes on the dried noodles in the Ministry of Revenue, and the price was half of the instant noodles.

This instant noodles is obviously very profitable, so I went to Li Yi to ask for money.

"If you don't go, he will only pay taxes if there is profit. What did I say in the past? I will only charge him, and he promised me that he would lose money selling instant noodles."

Don't be fooled by Bi Gou. One means you won't be able to collect taxes, and the other means you'll offend others.

I'm counting on Li Yi to give me some advice in the future. At worst, I'll sell the noodles farther away.

"Look, I'll just say yes. If he doesn't do something every few days, he's not Li Yi." Lu Huaishen is also superstitious now.

"It can be regarded as benefiting the people." Bi Gou felt that he was being tricked, but he still admitted that instant noodles are good to eat, and many people in Chang'an do not open the door.

Li Yi in Zhuangzi also eats instant noodles. He has eaten them several times.

To be honest, he doesn't like eating very much, and he feels awkward when he thinks of instant noodles.

The Chinese people at that time never regarded instant noodles as a main meal, they only ate them when they had no other choice.

Unlike peninsular countries, where even though they are very rich, eating instant noodles is just like eating something good. They have to cook it and put out a bunch of plates, which is very ritualistic.

In his opinion, if he had time, he might as well eat noodles and cook some vegetables.

"Only when more people like to eat noodles can the flour processing industry be promoted. A small hand-operated flour machine may not seem to have a large output, but it can also provide people with a job."

Li Yi told the palace maids and eunuchs his plans there.

He didn't want to trick Bi Gou, he just wanted to provide an assist for Flour, and by the way, he wanted to see if the porcelain crushing parts worked well.

If it is easy to use, you can even use old bamboo to make the outer shell of the hand mill. The middle grinding part is made of porcelain and the other parts are made of iron.

In the winter, when there was nothing else to do besides chipping ice, I would shake and shake at home alone.

Shaking out flour is always an income.

Nowadays, wheat is often used for cooking. Wheat rice is good once in a while, but it doesn't taste good after a long time.

Otherwise, why would Chinese people grind wheat into flour?

If the rice doesn't taste good, the rice is made into rice noodles.

"Proprietor, if that happens, the price of things will go up." Qingsong pondered.

Wheat is ground into flour, and the grinder makes money. The same wheat makes more money.

"Yes, prices will gradually increase and finally balance. This is the problem of currency depreciation in the process of social development. To solve this problem, we need better production technology to transform into productivity."
Chapter completed!