Chapter 2068 Catering Brand
When Liu Xing was a child, he would go back to his hometown to play during the winter and summer vacations. At that time, birds such as sparrows were flying everywhere, and egrets and the like could be seen from time to time. Therefore, when Liu Xing learned the text "Egret", he I feel a little strange, because don’t there often be egrets flying over my hometown?
As we all know, because children 20 years ago did not have mobile phones, computers and tablets, their way of playing was relatively original. It was normal to go up trees to pick fruits, go down to rivers to fish, etc. Occasionally they would go hunting with slingshots. Of course It is said to be hunting, but the actual target is all kinds of birds flying in the sky, but the hit rate is very worrying. Many times I have been busy all afternoon, and the result is nothing.
So in the summer at that time, Liu Xing had come into contact with many sparrows and knew that they generally would not fly around under the sun. After all, the sun in the sky treated everyone equally, so Liu Xing and others were still waiting in the woods by the river. , in the end I caught a bunch of snails and took them home to fry.
Fortunately, there were no snails in those years, otherwise Liu Xing would have guessed that he would have been buried. After all, many children at that time were in a free-range state, so after collecting enough snails, he and his friends went home. Then fry it yourself. . .
So thinking of the snails, Liu Xing couldn't help but said: "By the way, Yin En, do we have snails here? It's really unreasonable not to have a plate of spicy fried snails in this summer!"
Yin En didn't expect Liu Xing to ask this, so he was stunned for a moment before he said: "Yes, there are, but not many, because the key point of snails and snails is the word "tian", so most of the snails are distributed in the fields, and The remaining ones will be in some creeks with relatively calm water flow, so there are snails in the river next to Tianshui Town, but very few; however, there are still several creeks near Tianshui Town, so there should be some in it. Field snails, but since Tianshui Town has not been seriously cultivated for decades, the total output of field snails may not be enough for us to eat a meal."
Liu Xing nodded, pointed at the sparrow on the table and said: "When I was not as tall as this table, I often went back to my hometown to catch snails with my friends. In addition to eating them, we also tried to use them as food. I used bait to catch sparrows, and it turned out to be successful several times, so now I want to catch a few more live sparrows to see if there is anything wrong with them, so that I can deduce why this sparrow suddenly fell from the sky. .”
"So Liu Xing, you want to make sure this sparrow is an exception?"
Yin En nodded, stood up and said, "Then I'm going to find a place to catch some snails now. If I want more, I have to go to other towns to catch them."
After Yin En left, Liu Xing went to find Meng Fugui and discussed with him matters related to catching snails.
That's right, Liu Xing is really planning to put spicy fried snails on the canteen's menu this time.
The reason is very simple. There is really no spicy stir-fried snail dish in this martial arts module, but some people still eat snails, but their evaluation of the snails is relatively low.
There is no way, the snail thing is actually about eating one word - flavor, so the requirements for seasoning are very high. For example, the snails in the real world are basically spicy stir-fried, and the seasonings are more harsh than the last ones, but that's not the case. It's really delicious.
In today's martial arts modules, the foundation of spicy fried snails is still very weak, because today's peppers are still considered an ornamental plant and have not been widely used in the kitchen.
However, after Gongziying came to Tianshui Town, Liu Xing and others discovered that he had brought several pots of ornamental peppers, so they decisively got these peppers from him, and then planted them in the ground to wait for them to bloom. result.
I don’t know if it’s due to the weather or soil, or if the peppers in the martial arts module have a genetic mutation this time. In short, the peppers originally needed two to three months to grow, but now they only take about ten days to reach maturity. Long-term, so players who have relevant experience in the real world believe that these peppers can be harvested for the first time in half a month.
So Liu Xing has already thought about it, that is, when these peppers are mature, he will call Gongzi Ying and Liang Wan'er over to eat spicy fried snails, and then by "coincidence" only prepare a bottle of iced rice wine, so that it should be It can increase their intimacy.
After all, spicy food is a kind of pain, not taste, so when a person wants to eat more when it is spicy, he will most likely have entered a state of Stockholm syndrome, so helping him at this time can be very effective. to shorten the distance between the two parties.
Anyway, Liu Xing felt that if he was in a state where he was so hot that he wanted to cry, then whoever could give him a bottle of iced fat house happy water at this time would be his good brother.
In addition to promoting the relationship between Gongzi Ying and Liang Waner, Liu Xing believes that new dishes such as spicy stir-fried escargot can also effectively improve the happiness of NPCs and players. . . There is no way, there is really no entertainment in this martial arts module, especially in such a remote and remote place, so food is the last and most useful method!
After all, it has been mentioned in many historical books that the big meal during the Chinese New Year may be the biggest motivation for a family to persist throughout the year.
So Meng Fugui also agreed with Liu Xing's opinion and decided to send people to other towns to collect some snails, and then bring them back and raise them in those abandoned fields. It can be regarded as waste recycling, and by the way, the soil of those fields can also be turned over. .
"According to your idea, leader, we may really be able to enter the catering industry, because we already have our own industries in many cities, so making some unique catering should attract the attention of many NPCs! And here In the martial arts module of this time, ordinary NPCs will not eat out without any trouble, especially late-night snacks like ours that are delicious but difficult to fill up, so the NPCs who can come to us for consumption should all have something. , this way we have one more qualified news channel!”
One thing to say is that Liu Xing really hasn't thought of this yet, but since Meng Fugui said so, Liu Xing still continued without changing his expression and heartbeat, "That's right, let's try to deduce it first. A few dishes, as well as matching drinks, etc., and then we only need to get praise from Gongziying, and we can launch these packages in other cities. If we can develop a cross-regional restaurant chain by then, then we will You can take a business path."
Before this, Liu Xing and others actually discussed which route players should take in this martial arts module to earn the most achievement points and rewards. It turned out that fighting and killing is not the right way, but doing business is the right way. Earn the most.
The reason is very simple. Nowadays, some people in the alliance are focusing on the business route. As a result, he found that the related achievement tasks are all kinds of, but in general, there is one sentence - the more you earn, the more achievement points you will get!
And as long as there are no big surprises, the guaranteed points that players who take this route can obtain are several times that of other players! After all, although the IQ level of the players may not be able to stabilize the NPCs, they are slightly better in terms of knowledge, especially those classic business routines that the NPCs need to learn for several years.
It’s just that the problem now is that players lack enough capital, so they can only play small things at the beginning. There is no way to start their own business empire in one step! Therefore, even today's alliances do not dare to invest casually, lest they lose everything!
It is worth noting that among various business achievements there is a very special item - losing all your money.
When this achievement is triggered, the player's achievement points will be directly halved!
This is also the only achievement in the achievement interface of the martial arts module that comes with a negative buff.
"Ciao Tu San Cao, our alliance can indeed establish a catering brand, and then gradually open the store to other princes' cities. In this way, even if we lose Tianshui Town, we can still have a starry sky, and all players will be transformed on the spot. The chef and the boy went to work in shops all over the place, which left a way out for themselves."
Looking at Meng Fugui with a serious look on his face, Liu Xing always felt as if he had done something extraordinary.
However, this does not prevent Liu Xing from putting on an expression of "it should be so" to prove that all this was expected.
Ever since, Liu Xing and Meng Fugui began to imagine how a food stall could take root in the Xinlong Empire and become a brand as famous as Youjian Inn and other well-known chain stores.
At this time, Yin En came back with a few sparrows.
"Sure enough, there was a problem. Before I could prepare the trap, I found many sparrows falling on the ground in the forest."
Yin En said with a serious face: "These sparrows all look the same. No injuries were found. Besides these sparrows, there are no other birds in the forest that are similar at all."
"Did something happen to just the sparrow?"
Liu Xing frowned and had no idea at all, because if all the birds had problems, then there was reason to suspect that there might be some kind of poisonous fruit or bugs in the woods, so the birds that ate them were Will die! But now only sparrows are in this situation, which seems a bit strange. After all, the diet of sparrows is not much different from that of other birds.
"So could someone do this deliberately? For example, the new Liang Wan'er might not like the chirping of sparrows, so she sent someone to kill these sparrows?" Meng Fugui put forward his own idea.
"It's possible, but it's not very likely."
Yin En shook his head and said: "Again, these sparrows don't seem to have any external injuries, just like they have died. So if someone really wants to get rid of these noisy sparrows, then he should have a more convenient and faster way, such as Just use a slingshot or something and shoot it into the soul. Not many people will like these sparrows anyway; and these sparrows do not live near the orchard, because there is the sound of human activities in the orchard, so they might as well live in the woods without people. There will be more food over there, and more importantly, Liang Waner has brought a few falcons."
"Ah? Is there such a thing?" Liu Xing said with some surprise.
"Yes, it's the Falcon!"
Yin En said seriously: "I just discovered it today, because when I went out, I saw my chickens and ducks running around. When I looked up, I saw an eagle with a foot. Ring, so I knew that the eagle was not wild; on the way to the canteen, I saw Liang Wan'er's maid releasing the falcon, so I went up and negotiated with her and asked her to fly the falcon elsewhere. , lest these falcons scare our poultry.”
"So there should be no wild birds near the orchard today. After all, falcons can be described as a dimension-reducing blow to them. Therefore, these sparrows cannot be what they are now because of Liang Waner! And I am picking them up. One thing we noticed when picking up these sparrows is that they still have body temperature and there are no ants or anything around them. This means that they must have fallen to the ground not long ago! And before that, the only thing we saw was strange. It’s that dark cloud that is flying and thundering at the same time, or it can be said to be a magical beast whose situation is unknown.”
"Um."
Liu Xing nodded and said: "I think so too, because just as that dark cloud passed by, the sparrows here fell from the sky inexplicably. No matter how you think about it, you will think that these two things are related! So this Warcraft So when it thunders, it may not be to make yourself float faster, but to release skills to affect some kind of creature below, such as a sparrow!"
"A skill specifically targeted at a certain animal? This monster is also a bit interesting."
Meng Fugui rubbed the back of his head and said with a puzzled face: "This kind of monster that specifically targets sparrows seems a bit baffling no matter how you look at it! Although there are indeed a lot of sparrows here, as a creature in the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, He was angry with the trash, it was even more embarrassing than the Void Ghost and the Man-Faced Rat! So how could the Cthulhu Run Game Hall design such a weird monster? Moreover, these sparrows did not fall down immediately, but even flew away. It took a while before it fell off.”
"Unfortunately, the illustrated book of this monster has not been activated yet, so we still don't know what the ability of this monster is."
Liu Xing sighed, shook his head and said: "I suspect that the ability of this monster may be related to the soul, so when it thunders, it can absorb souls within a certain range. Of course, the owners of these souls must be weaker, otherwise they will be affected. A big obstacle, just like when you are drinking milk tea and encounter a big pearl! So we were not affected at all, but these sparrows couldn't stand it."