Yun Su and Ying Feichen each rode a fast horse and rushed to Ruizhou City. They arrived at the town just as they left, and then they arrived at the town.
Dongqing learned that it was already two hours later when Ying Feichen and Yun Su left.
"Why didn't you call me when the young master left?" Dongqing regretted a little.
I was so absorbed in reading the storybook that I lost track of time.
Yun Ya glanced at him and said, "Yun Su specifically refused to let me call you. Fuwang Tower still needs your help, and the seafood has arrived. Why don't you go out now?"
"Then I'll finish my business at Fuwang Tower and then go after the young master." Dongqing said as she left Xianyun Pavilion and went directly to Fuwang Tower.
Shopkeeper Fu stood at the door of Fuwang Building, smiling from ear to ear as he looked at the carriage with no end in sight.
"Hurry up and help move all these seafood in. Be careful not to damage them."
"Shopkeeper Fu." Dongqing caught up just in time, "How's it going?"
Shopkeeper Fu heard someone calling him, turned around and saw it was Dongqing, and the smile on his face became even brighter, "It's Dongqing, you came just in time, how are you going to put these seafood, tell me, this is my first time"
Seeing so many seafood, I can put the fish directly into the water, but I don’t know how to place these weird-shaped seafood.”
"Shopkeeper Fu, don't be anxious. Isn't that why I stayed here? You have to let people put the fish in first. The other seafood won't last long. Chef Yang and the others in the back kitchen are all here now. Today
Is there a large number of reservations?”
Dongqing asked three questions in a row, which confused Shopkeeper Fu.
"Wait a minute, aren't we talking about raising seafood? Why are you cooking it now?"
"We are moving it around to greet the guests at the same time. There is no conflict. The seafood has just arrived and is fresh, right?" Dongqing raised her eyebrows.
Shopkeeper Fu looked around. Many people were gathered around to watch the excitement, "Although you have to eat fresh food, what if you don't keep it well and this seafood dies?"
"Don't worry, our wife has promised you that Fuwanglou will be able to do this business for a long time, so she keeps her word. Go find two boys and go to the street to shout. These rickshaw drivers know better than you.
How to move sea goods.”
Shopkeeper Fu had already made preparations, but he didn't expect to be caught off guard and in a hurry.
"I'm going to go and watch it personally," Shopkeeper Fu immediately turned around and entered the restaurant. Dongqing took his place and began to direct people to move in. There were more than a hundred cars, containing almost a kilogram of seafood.
The small fish pond that Shopkeeper Fu has is just big enough. If more is brought in next time, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it.
This is really a problem. He thinks that Yun Miaomiao means that this is just the beginning. In the future, overseas cargo will be shipped continuously. The space of Fuwang Tower is limited, and it can only hold up to the sky. It only has a kilogram, and it is useless to have more.
Looking back to see Yun Miaomiao, Dongqing thought that she should have a good talk with her wife and think of other ways. After all, before leaving Qin Lanhe, Yun Miaomiao had already handed over the matter of driving to the sea to Jiang Lizheng.
After returning, Qin Lanhe will definitely have some seafood. If they don't want it, Jiang Lizheng and the others may not want to see them anymore.
Chef Yang was preparing side dishes in the back kitchen when he heard the commotion outside. However, he couldn't let go of the work at hand and couldn't go out to watch the fun, so he put aside his thoughts of going to watch the fun and quietly prepared for the work at hand.
Chef Yang was able to work calmly, but others were not necessarily able to do so. One or two of them were talking in low voices and looked outside anxiously.
"Chef Yang, is Chef Yang here?" Shopkeeper Fu walked in a hurry, panting and opening the curtain and walked in.
When Chef Yang heard the call to him, he raised his head from the chopping board and looked at him, "What's wrong, Shopkeeper Fu? Did something happen outside?"
"Something happened."
"ah?"
Shopkeeper Fu took a breath and said, "It's a good thing. The overseas seafood business is coming. Xiaoyun has brought a hundred and twenty carts. In addition to marine fish, there are also other weird seafood, such as shrimps and crabs.
In short, there are all kinds of seafood, and there are too many. Today we will start making seafood. You are already familiar with the menu. Go out and buy everything you need. Dongqing said once and move the seafood inside. We are doing it while letting people know.
The freshness of seafood is the best sign, so we must make it today."
He finished all the words in one breath, and the cook on the side handed him a bowl of water. After drinking it, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Chef Yang didn't expect the accident to happen so quickly, "It's so noisy outside, are they moving overseas goods? But I haven't done this before, and Miss Yun isn't here either. I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid!" Dongqing walked in with the leader, followed by several people carrying basket after basket of seafood, "Our lady has already expected this day, so why don't you let me come?"
.”
"You?" Chef Yang and Shopkeeper Fu looked at each other.
Dongqing pointed to the chopping board, "Put all the overseas goods here. You have worked hard today. There will be a good job waiting for you when you go back tomorrow. This is your money this time. After the delivery to the capital is finished,
There are more, so go find a place to rest."
The coachman looked at the heavy amount of money and was very happy, "Come on, don't worry, we will definitely do a good job in such an easy and easy-to-make money job, don't worry."
The coachman took the money and happily went out to distribute the money.
Chef Yang immediately put down the kitchen knife in his hand and walked over, "Dongqing, tell me quickly, does your wife have anything else to explain?"
Seeing that he was so anxious, Dongqing smiled and nodded, "Actually, it's nothing. Madam gave you the recipe before. Whether the recipe you made is authentic or not, I'm here. When I was in Qin Lanhe, I helped Madam.
I have done a lot of tricks, and I am already familiar with those recipes, not to mention that you are the chef of Fuwang House, cooking is your best thing, are you still afraid of Chef Yang?"
"You can do that too?" Chef Yang asked sheepishly.
Dongqing shook his head, "I don't know how, but I can eat it. You follow your recipe, but before that, I have to teach you how to recognize seafood. These seafood are basically all ready. I
I’ll tell you one by one, so remember it.”
"Okay, okay, I'll listen." Chef Yang was excited.
Holly pointed to the basket of fish closest to him. The fish had been fished out of the sea and was no longer moving.
"These seafood all have the same common problem, that is, they will die if they leave the sea water. What you see now is the fish just picked up from the car. The one I am holding in my hand is a pomfret. This one is
The one that is still moving is also a sea fish, but it is more durable. It is a grouper. The meat of the grouper is delicate and delicious. The most important thing is that it has very few bones. This red one is also a type of grouper. It is called the Eastern Star Grouper and its taste is better than that of the grouper.
The grouper fish is a hundred times more delicious, and this one..."
When Dongqing finished talking about the basket of fish, everyone present, including Shopkeeper Fu, had a look of surprise on their faces. It turns out that there are so many kinds of fish in the world.
This was still fished out. If it hadn't been fished out, I don't know how many there were.
"There are so many fish alone, so what are these spider-like ones and all these things jumping around?" Chef Yang remembered, pointing to the next basket and asked.
Dongqing cleared her throat, "The small ones are called swimming crabs, cream crabs...and so on. The biggest ones are called king crabs. In short, these types are collectively called crabs. The one with the best meat is undoubtedly the king crab. As for the others,
You will know after eating it."
He paused and looked at another basket, "As for the ones jumping around, they are collectively called shrimps. The big ones are called lobsters, nine-jointed shrimps, and there are Rosch shrimps, red shrimps... In short, there are many types, all of them
It’s something edible, just remember it.”
Chef Yang had a hard time remembering so many fish at first, but now there is a basket of crabs and a basket of shrimps. How can he still remember so many?
"Are these the crabs and shrimps mentioned in the recipe?"
Chef Yang had studied the recipes and had always been curious about what the ingredients looked like. Now she saw their true colors. There were so many varieties that she was dazzled and couldn't even take a look at them.
"Yes, Chef Yang, it's getting late, we have to start preparations, please be careful."
Dongqing picked up a kitchen knife from the side, then grabbed the king crab and put it on the chopping board. With her hands and feet, she chopped off the crab legs, cut off the crab gills and internal organs, and put the chopped crab meat into the water.
After the blood was washed away, the snow-white crab meat appeared in everyone's sight.
"Crabs and shrimps are not troublesome to deal with, as long as the internal organs are removed." Holly took the lobster and repeated the action again.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, "Is this good?"
A cook looked at the crab meat and shrimp meat on the plate and said, "It's not difficult. It's much easier to kill than fish. Fish also like to run around."
Another cook couldn't help but joked, "Now that the fish can't move, it's easy to kill them."
"Hey, you..." the cook at the beginning couldn't help but get angry, "Just remove the handle of my table. This crab meat and shrimp meat look like they have so many shells, and I don't know if they taste good or not."
"As long as you like to eat it, didn't Holly just say it, the taste is the most delicious."
Dongqing didn't say anything, but looked at Chef Yang who was standing aside, "Everything is ready, why don't Chef Yang try to cook a dish for everyone to try?"
Chef Yang looked at Shopkeeper Fu. This seafood was not cheap. If he wasted it, the restaurant would probably lose a lot of money.
Shopkeeper Fu saw through his eyes at a glance and stood up immediately, "It doesn't matter, I didn't spend a penny on this seafood. Chef Yang, you are the chef of our restaurant, and you don't usually research new dishes.
I see you are nervous, how can you not handle this mere overseas product?"
Chef Yang shook his head, "Of course not, I'll try it."
Dong Qing looked at Chef Yang with a smile on her face. He seemed to have read something from Shopkeeper Fu's words.
His eyes fell on Chef Yang's hands, and he thought to himself, Chef Yang is indeed a highly skilled chef, and every movement is exceptionally smooth and delicate.
I saw him take out a plate of king crab, gently wash off the salt on the surface, then pick up a sharp knife and carefully cut it.
He skillfully put the king crab into the pot and added some onions, ginger, garlic, a little soy sauce, cooking wine and spices.
Chef Yang lit the fire and began to stew the dish. After a while, the aroma of the crab meat was overflowing, making people salivate.
Immediately afterwards, Chef Yang brought a plate of shrimps, spread vermicelli underneath, poured garlic sauce on top, and put it in the basket.
Dongqing looked at this scene with satisfaction. She was worthy of being a chef, and her skillful movements were almost exactly the same as Yun Miaomiao.
After about a while, the stewed crab meat was taken out, and the shrimp meat in the basket was also drizzled with hot oil. The delicious fragrance immediately filled the entire kitchen.
Shopkeeper Fu nodded with satisfaction and looked at everyone in the kitchen, "Come on, let's all try Chef Yang's cooking skills."
Everyone picked up their chopsticks and tasted the delicious crab meat and shrimp meat.
The taste is fresh and tender, the aroma is fragrant, and it melts in your mouth, leaving you with endless aftertaste.
"Here, it turns out that seafood tastes like this~"
"This is so delicious. I have never eaten such delicious food in my life."
"This is seafood, not food. It's really delicious."
Everyone praised the delicious seafood, and also recognized Chef Yang's excellent cooking skills.
Even Dongqing, who came with picky intentions, showed a satisfied smile.
"It tastes very good. You are worthy of being the chef of Fuwang House. Your cooking skills are just different." Dongqing nodded in approval.
When Chef Yang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as the taste is okay."
After successfully handing over the fresh seafood, Dongqing's hanging heart was half relieved.
"In addition to these seafood, our wife brought back dry goods this time, because it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to bring back these fresh seafood. My wife didn't want to bring back fresh seafood and dried seafood at first.
I have also made a lot of dried fish, dried shrimps, mussels, kelp, seaweed, and scallops. After these things are dried, there is no moisture and it is easy to transport them back. But don’t be naive.
After looking at these seafood, these are also extremely delicious dishes."
The other two baskets are filled with the seafood that Dongqing mentioned, big and big, with lots of stuff.
"Just soak these things in water, just like putting dried fish into the rice when cooking. The salty flavor will ensure that you can eat a bowl of rice with just one piece of salted fish."
Chef Yang simply didn’t know what to say. With so many seafood, he didn’t even know where to start.
Shopkeeper Fu thought there were only fresh seafood, but he didn't expect there were so many things.
It seems that Yun Miaomiao was not joking when he said that these seafood can replace food.
"So many things have been sent here. Didn't Xiaoyun say that they will be transported to the capital?" Shopkeeper Fu looked at Dongqing, "Do you still have any leftovers?"
Dongqing smiled, "Shopkeeper Fu, don't worry. The seafood that our wife sent to Fuwang Tower was sent here alive, and the rest was generally sent to the capital. As for the dried seafood, our wife
This time, a total of four ships were sent out to catch the sea. When they came back, they were afraid that too much seafood would be uneconomical, so they only loaded one ship's fresh seafood, and the rest were filled with dry goods, and some were shipped to sea.
As for the frozen seafood, these can be stored for a long time, so they were all sent to the capital by my wife. Fuwang Tower is close to Ruizhou, so the living people naturally have to stick to Fuwang Tower first."
"That's it." Shopkeeper Fu nodded clearly.
Then I heard Dongqing's voice again, "Besides, after you sell out all the live seafood, I guess the next time the seafood comes in, it will be picked up, and these dried seafood will be mixed with grain from now on."
It can be found everywhere and everyone can afford it. The dishes made by Fu Wang Lou are good, but not everyone will go to Fu Wang Lou for a meal as well as fresh seafood. If you have the money, it is better to keep it.
Buying seafood and cooking it yourself, don’t you think so?”
What Yun Miaomiao said is that business is the business of rich people. Although the dry goods business will be the best, it will not make much money. Besides, the original purpose is to feed everyone, which is different from live seafood.
Purpose.
Shopkeeper Fu found out the secrets and stopped thinking about getting a lot of dry goods just now.
"Xiaoyun is still thoughtful."
Chef Yang also nodded, "Miss Yun is indeed a beautiful and intelligent woman, a strange woman!"
Holly smiled but said nothing, who said she wasn't?
That night, Fuwang Tower was completely surrounded. Even Yunya was called for help by Shopkeeper Fu. The crowd was so crowded that there was no place to stay. Shopkeeper Fu finally squeezed out and quickly asked someone to close the door.
"Close the door, quickly, close the door for me." Shopkeeper Fu shouted with difficulty.
Crazy, everyone is crazy.
He could predict that the seafood business would be good, but he didn't expect it to be so good.
Seafood is actually not expensive to buy. The biggest and best fish, shrimps and crabs only cost three taels of silver per plate. Others cost only one tael of silver or even five hundred cents for a plate of fish. But I have never seen or eaten seafood.
People are curious about what it smells like, and more people are curious about it.
What's more, people selling grain and rice on the market now charge a hundred cents for a pound of grain, and some even sell it for a hundred and fifty cents. For this rare seafood, it's really not worth it.
expensive.
There was a huge crowd of people outside and came in. At first, people came to share a table. Later, people even ate standing up with the dishes on their plates. Some even brought their own bowls and chopsticks. Chef Yang in the back kitchen was very busy.
It's about to burst into flames.
Dongqing immediately became the second-in-command in the back kitchen of Fuwanglou. She stood next to Chef Yang and started cooking vegetables and stewing meat.
The two of them stood on the stove in a daze and never got off. The shovels were almost smoldering in their hands.
"How many people are there outside?" Dongqing's cheeks turned red from the smoke, "Don't Shopkeeper Fu know that the kitchen is short of manpower?"
A boy sweating profusely squeezed in, "Shopkeeper Fu was squeezed at the door and couldn't get in. Outside, the entire Fuwang Building was surrounded by people who wanted to come in and have a bite of seafood. Now the hall is even
There's no place to stay, and I can't go upstairs, what should I do, Brother Dongqing?"
"So many people!" Dongqing almost bit off her tongue, "Everyone from this town is here?"
"Not only that, everyone from the next village has come." The boy was about to cry.