Chapter 332 Barbecue Main Force
Chapter 332 Barbecue Main Force
Xu Wanli despised his family, but in Su He's eyes, this guy was not much better. He could finish a fried chicken leg in one bite, and a whole fried chicken was not enough to fill his teeth.
"Sister Lotus, this is called barbecue and it's delicious. What's on top? It smells so good."
"That's spice, Wenyuan. You like cumin flavor. I know you like spicy food, so I'll have someone sprinkle some chili powder on you."
Su He enthusiastically introduced Xu Wenyuan to the little fat boy. Xu Wenyuan was obviously more popular than his biological father.
"Thank you, Sister Lotus. My grandma also likes spicy food, so let's bake some for her. By the way, this rice wine is delicious, Sister Lotus, let's order another portion, and this lemon juice, I want it sweeter."
Su He agreed with a smile.
Xu Wanli looked at his own son with resentment. This damn boy had forgotten him.
"Dad, the food will be served soon, pick what you like. Sister Lotus doesn't like you, so you'd better not order anything. The barbecue is limited, let's eat it quickly, or it will be gone soon."
Xu Wanli felt very embarrassed by what his son said, but he couldn't just leave. The glutton in his stomach was growling.
Xu Wenyuan knew about the limit because Mu Tou said so. The person in charge of the barbecue is an old man. As it is hot today, he has to take a break after grilling for half an hour, so the barbecue is limited.
This old man is Li Si, the one who found Su He and said that his family only knew how to farm and had no other skills.
This time, after Su He demonstrated how to grill to everyone, it turned out that Li Si was the most talented. He learned it after watching it once. The grilled meat was very tender, and coupled with Su He's seasoning, it was simply invincible.
Li Si only regretted that he could not be ten years younger, so that he would not have to rest and could bake from morning to night. The commission alone would be enough to cover his family's expenses for a year.
As soon as this barbecue was launched on the market, it was immediately well received by the general public. The tea stall was so busy that it could not even cope with the business from several nearby villages.
If Su He was in the village, she would definitely go to help. She made four sets of barbecue equipment, but now she usually uses two sets. When Su He was not around, Li Si was in charge of both sides alone. Now that Su He is here, he is much more relaxed. The two of them barbecue at the same time, and only then is there enough for Xu Wenyuan's family to eat.
After baking this batch, there are still five more waiting in line.
Many of them are regular customers. When a waiter came to Shuangguan Village, he skillfully picked up a wooden basin to select skewers. After making a choice and paying the money, he went to other stalls to buy food. These skewers were new and were always sold out before dinner time. Now, the wealthy small landlords in Shuangguan Village changed their afternoon tea to skewers and iced rice wine.
Sure enough, half an hour later, all the skewers in the bowl were gone.
Soho directly put up a sold out sign.
Xu Wanli was stunned. If one doesn't make money, he must be a fool.
At this moment, a servant came running over from a distance, saw the word "Sold Out" and collapsed.
"How come it's gone so quickly today? In the past, there was still some left an hour later."
Su He glanced at the three people from the Xu family and spoke politely to the visitor.
"Today's customers have ordered all their lunch orders. You can wait until the evening. There will be another batch at Youzheng. First come, first served."
The servant was so happy that he was afraid that he would not be able to buy it in the evening, so he wanted to pay a deposit first, but Su He refused.
"Come and queue up early."
This is what happens when supply exceeds demand, and sellers have to be more arrogant.
The servant obviously knew that the owner of the tea stall had the support of the county magistrate and was not easy to deal with, so he could only go back and report dejectedly.
After Xu Wenyuan had eaten and drunk his fill, he went to Su He and asked about the whereabouts of the wood.
"Sister Hehua, where is Ah Che? Isn't he having lunch at the tea stall?
"He is at the Hezhuang. He is studying there during the summer. If you are willing, you can go there too."
Xu Wenyuan was very understanding and immediately gave out 100 taels of silver.
"Sister Lotus, this is the food and accommodation expenses for the three of us. We will stay for about ten days. Do you think this is enough?"
Su He thought about it and decided that there would be no problem in protecting his capital.
"Okay, I'll find someone to take you there."
Su He called Li Da, who was helping his father, over, and she herself helped skewer the meat.
The skewers for lunch have been sold out, and they are now preparing for the evening batch. There is no refrigerator here, and the meat is freshly slaughtered, cut and skewered every day, including chicken, lamb, pork, intestines, chicken feet, chicken hearts, and various seasonal vegetables.
There are only so many varieties at the moment, mainly because Li Si is the only one who does the barbecue and he is too busy. However, Su He is here these days, so he can increase the quantity.
Nowadays, meat is bought in wholesale, and the kebab shop owner only needs to skewer some vegetables. It was not so good in ancient times. Making kebabs manually from start to finish was quite time-consuming, and precious seasonings were used, so it was not cheap.
Su He ordered a set meal directly, with 5 skewers for 89 wen, 50 skewers for one person for 800 wen, and 200 skewers for three people for three taels of silver.
For example, Xu Wenyuan's family of three ordered a three-person meal set.
So Su He charged them one hundred taels, which was really not too much.
These three people can eat up 10 taels of rice in days.
Not to mention how happy Xu Wenyuan's family is in Hezhuang, Wang Bin and the other two have been staying in Su'an for half a month.
As soon as they arrived in Su'an, they learned that County Magistrate Qi had called a group of people to the border disguised as merchants a month ago.
30 people went there, but only 10 came back, the rest were dead.
Now everyone in Nanxun was furious and no one was willing to take the risk again.
Finally, after discussion, the border guards sent troops to wait in Huangye Town, which meant that the grain transport team only needed to travel half the distance and their treatment would remain unchanged.
The grain transport team finally agreed. They had no choice but to agree, as this was an imperial decree, and they were already very lucky to have achieved this result.
The next day, when they were about to set off, Guangyuan and Nanxun had a conflict again. No one wanted to lead the way, and Nanxun should have been the leader. But Nanxun was unreasonable, and the matter came to a standstill.
The leader on the Guangyuan side was none other than Wang Cheng, the middle-aged constable who scored full marks in the interview and proposed that chickens should not be raised in the city.
He was also very angry at the moment. Guangyuan gave in everywhere, and Nanxun was too shameless.
"Brother Cheng, just go find Magistrate Qi. It's not that we don't want to, but the people of Nanxun are too much. If the general blames us, it won't be our business."
Wang Bin didn't want to delay any longer. He had been out for more than a month and had long wanted to go home.
"If it really doesn't work, we will transport our food and they will transport theirs. We will go back and tell the adults, and they will make the decision for us."
Wang Bin had 40 people, plus 80 drivers that County Magistrate Qi had found. It was enough to transport % of the grain.
In addition, he hired 10 people for protection, and these people helped drive the car, which saved a lot of effort.
Wang Cheng hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
So after obtaining the consent of County Magistrate Qi, the two of them set off with their men.
This time they shamelessly asked Magistrate Qi to borrow ten horses, five of which were used to carry food and water for everyone, and the other five were for the detectives to ride on patrol.
The rest of the food was pulled by mules, but Wang Cheng followed Wang Bin's advice and used two mules to one cart.
As long as we control the mule, the entire advance speed can be much faster.
Everyone spent twelve days on the journey smoothly, and Guangyuan's grain transport team arrived at Huangye Town.
The person stationed here was General Jin from the border defense department. When the two sides met, after Wang Cheng explained the whole story, General Jin sent people to randomly check three bags of rice from each vehicle. The result was of course very satisfactory.
The rice sent by County Magistrate Ge was all new rice that had been harvested last year. It was fresh, white and tender, and had a fragrance when you smelled it carefully. It was obviously good rice at first glance.
General Jin was extremely satisfied. He had heard that Guangyuan always sent good quality rice, and now he saw that it was true.
Wang Bin thought of the Nanxun team following behind, and walked forward to teach General Jin how to recognize the bag.
"General, the rice bags we have in Guangyuan are different from those in Nanxun. Look, there are marks here, and the ones delivered this year also have a delivery time. Every sack is unique."
It was Su He who proposed the change to the bags this year. At that time, he was worried that the quality of grain provided by each place would be different and difficult to distinguish.
They were also afraid that the people of Nanxun were immoral, so they used old rice to deal with the matter.
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