Nearly a year passed quickly, and a lot of things happened during this year! First of all, Zhang Shunping found a backer again, which was the eunuch in charge of the wine-vinegar noodle game, one of the four big bureaus!
It is very strange that the love of Xuetang among the women in the harem has greatly affected the status of the eunuch in charge!
Since the snow candy made into various shapes was sent to the harem, the women in the harem almost went crazy! Not only did they increase the consumption of snow candy to a new level, but they also added new highlights to their boring lives.
The eunuch is full of good feelings!
With many concubines taking the initiative to speak good words for him, the status of this eunuch in charge has been greatly consolidated! Although he has not yet challenged the strength of other eunuchs, a small group has been formed in the harem!
Now he is ready to further accumulate strength and want to challenge for the next position!
Therefore, he admired Zhang Shunping very much for bringing about all these changes. He actually made an exception and did not force Zhang Shunping to hand over the secret recipe, but instead gave him shelter! At the same time, Zhang Shunping also reciprocated and supported his relatives outside the palace.
Now those eunuch relatives who came from the countryside have four shops nearby, which is rare in the capital city where every inch of land is precious! And all the people at home who can study have been sent to school! So the two sides have formed a strong alliance.
relation!
Unfortunately, what this eunuch didn't know was that the emperor he served would not live long! After his death, the new emperor would be young, and the concubines in the palace would be vacant for a long time. By then, he would be unable to challenge the status of other eunuchs.
, his dream of going further may come to an end!
With the help of the power of the palace, snow sugar has been officially launched in the capital! And through the clever operation of Liu Haojia and Zhang Shunping, it has successfully annexed the entire sugar market in the capital without causing too strong a backlash!
The main reason for this is that Zhang Shunping tried his best to purchase brown sugar and white sugar from those merchants as raw materials for snow sugar, and did not touch the interests of the people behind the big merchants too much. Therefore, although they were greedy for the huge profits of snow sugar, they did not
Take action in a hurry!
As for when they knew that Zhang Shunping had taken the road of the palace, they basically gave up the idea of swallowing the snow candy. However, they still squeezed some benefits from Zhang Shunping, which was reflected in their raising the price of the candy.
Part! But this part of the loss Zhang Shunping simply passed it on to all the big families who bought snow candy. He didn’t lose much!
What’s more, after a year of teaching, the first batch of children who were bought have begun to be separated! During this year, they learned basic writing and simple arithmetic, and then Liu Haojia began to separate them according to their wishes and expertise.
nourish.
However, he still did not give up educating them. Except for a few students who were preparing to take the official route full-time, the others had entered a work-study status. Moreover, Liu Haojia also selected a few potential students among them for full-time training.
In the future they will become full-time teachers and scientific researchers.
During this process, Liu Haojia couldn't help but sigh at the great potential of people! When he recalled the process of receiving primary education when he was a child, he felt that it was so easy for him at that time!
Except for a few of the children he bought who really had no talent, the rest of them all had a strong desire to learn! Because Liu Haojia told them that if they want to change their destiny, they can only do so through learning, otherwise the master will
You will never be polite to them! So their one-year learning progress is almost equivalent to four years of modern primary school education!
After another year of work-study, they definitely have a complete modern primary school education! This was enough for this period of time in the Ming Dynasty! As for the few children who specialize in research, they also have the guidance of Liu Haojia, so naturally
Will be of great use!
The last thing was that after discussing with Liu's father, Liu Haojia used all his savings to buy a restaurant and expand it. Today is the day when the restaurant officially opens!
According to common sense, Father Liu must be present on such a happy day. But he happens to be a noble! If he appears at the opening ceremony of a restaurant, this will be a big surprise to the entire noble class.
A huge humiliation! So he could only regretfully sit on the third floor of the restaurant with seven or eight people, looking down from the window.
Father Liu has not been idle during this year! He has money on hand and naturally wants to make friends, especially to open a channel to enter the circle among the nobles and re-enter the noble class.
As the saying goes, money can make the world go round! This truth can be said to be true for all generations! If you scatter a lot of money, there will be a response soon. Some relatively active noble families have initially accepted Gu Ningbo's mansion!
The people sitting next to Father Liu today are all representatives of the earl family!
After all, Gu Ningbo's family background is relatively low, and it will take time to climb to a higher level of nobles. However, with these dozen nobles as friends, through a certain exchange of interests, Gu Ningbo's family, not to mention in Beijing
He walked sideways, but he was definitely safe! This is why Liu Haojia chose to open the restaurant at this time, at least no one would come to snatch the secret recipe!
Before the restaurant was renovated, it had a three-story structure, which was preserved by Liu Haojia. After the renovation, the appearance still conforms to the traditional architectural method. However, during the exterior design, Liu Haojia used a lot of red as the main tone.
Therefore, it is quite eye-catching among the surrounding buildings! So many people simply call this restaurant the Red Mansion!
At this time, a small high platform was set up on the left side of the main entrance downstairs. Liu Haonian, Liu Haojia and Zhang Shunping were whispering something on the platform. Four chefs behind them had just stood up.
Liu Haojia wanted to invest independently in this restaurant, but Zhang Shunping insisted on putting in 20% of the shares! But he couldn't refuse! Because during this year, Gu Ningbo's house had a lot of expenses, and Xuetang's income far exceeded it.
He couldn't, so he could only pinch his nose and let Zhang Shunping invest 20% of the share in the restaurant.
However, Liu Haojia didn't intend to reveal his secrets, so when filling out the contract, he gave very harsh conditions! Even though Zhang Shunping's office, Zhang Ji, could participate in dividends and management, he could not get involved in the secret recipe!
Because the secret recipe belongs to Gu Ningbo's Mansion and is only authorized for use by the restaurant. Therefore, once Gu Ningbo's Mansion no longer provides the secret recipe, the restaurant is destined to decline! In this case, the representatives sent by Zhang Ji will definitely work hard to maintain the restaurant.
business and the cooperative relationship with Gu Ningbo Mansion.