68, Chapter 68

The only mistress of the Marquis's Mansion in Yongzhou is the Crown Prince's wife, and the others are all in the capital, so when Nanny Lian came, she naturally reported to her. She was very curious when she heard that Yang Haiyan sent someone to deliver new dishes.

Nanny Lian was brought to the Crown Prince's wife and saluted respectfully and properly: "I greet the Crown Prince's wife. My wife asked me to send you the newly cultivated vegetables in her manor. The seeds of this vegetable were bought from the peddlers. According to the peddlers, the people in that place eat this kind of vegetable all year round and find that this vegetable is very good for the health of the body, especially for children. The benefits are particularly great. The wife has ordered people to cook the vegetables that were just harvested yesterday and rewarded the people in the courtyard. Everyone likes it very much." The implication is that although this is a new variety of vegetables, everyone has eaten it before, and the safety issue can be guaranteed.

The wife of the prince said, "Your wife is really thoughtful. I received a few rolls of cloth sent from the capital the other day. They are all new patterns in the capital. I was preparing to send two rolls to your wife, thinking that she is also from the capital and will definitely like it. Since you are here, please bring it to me."

Madame Lian: "Yes."

The wife of the prince looked at the broccoli in her basket again: "What kind of vegetable is this? It's green and looks a bit like a flower."

Madame Lian said, "This vegetable is called broccoli. It was named by the peddlers. Madam said that this thing is green and juicy. It's also quite appropriate to call it green cauliflower. By the way, although this broccoli is durable, the green center of the flower will turn yellow after three days, and the taste will be bad. Madam said, if you like it, just send someone to our house to tell us, and this vegetable will be fine for two months. "

The wife of the prince smiled and said, "Mrs. Qin has always been cautious in doing things, and she is really thoughtful. Green cauliflower, don't say it, it's really appropriate. Green, flower-like vegetables, broccoli... People outside have ulterior motives when naming dishes. "

Madame Lian smiled along.

After a while, Madam Lian came out with two pieces of cloth. She went to the shop of Manager Ping, where the Qin family's carriage was waiting. She put the cloth on the carriage and went to General Ao's house again.

The wife of the prince looked at the broccoli and said to the nanny beside her: "Nanny, this Madam Qin is quite thoughtful."

Nanny said: "After all, she comes from a wealthy family, so she does things differently. But Madam Qin is really interesting. There are many peddlers here, and I don't usually see any madam buying seeds from peddlers to cultivate new varieties of vegetables."

The wife of the prince said: "Even if she bought and cultivated them, we might not know."

Nanny: "That's right."

The wife of the prince: "Cook this... broccoli at noon, according to the recipe written on the paper by Madam Qin."

Nanny: "Yes, I'll go and say hello to the kitchen."

General Ao's Mansion

Speaking of which, Ao Jiang hadn't seen Yang Haiyan since she met her in the Marquis' Mansion on the third day of the first lunar month. After all, feelings are formed when people get along with each other. Because they haven't seen each other, she gradually forgot about Yang Haiyan, but she didn't expect that she would send her vegetables today.

Ao Jiang received the vegetables, greeted Yang Haiyan with Nanny Lian for a few words, and asked Nanny Tian beside her to send Nanny Lian away. Nanny Tian and Nanny Lian had met once. Yang Haiyan brought Nanny Lian to the general's mansion for a banquet that day, and it was Nanny Tian who received Yang Haiyan at the door, so the two had met.

When she came out of the yard, Nanny Lian paused and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

Seeing her stop, Nanny Tian asked, "What's wrong?"

Nanny Lian smiled and said, "I just saw an acquaintance, who seemed to have worked in the pawnshop with me." At this point, she explained, "Before being bought by the madam, I worked in the pawnshop in this county for a while."

Since pawnshops exist, and since buying and selling servants also exist, there is nothing shameful about being born in a pawnshop.

Nanny Tian said, "You are talking about this Zhou Po. My wife found her from the pawnshop a few years ago. It is said that she came from the palace and has good manners, so my wife hired her to teach the boys and girls in the mansion the manners." General Ao was born in a poor family, and Ao Jiang was also from the countryside, so naturally they didn't know any manners. But now General Ao has become a fifth-rank guerrilla general, and the children in his family are considered to have a good family background, so they naturally have to keep up with the manners and etiquette, so Ao Jiang went to the pawnshop to find someone and found this Zhou Po.

Nanny Lian didn't ask much: "So that's it."

Nanny Lian came out of General Ao's mansion and went to find Kun Zhang. Kun Zhang sent a bunch of broccoli to the restaurant, and Manager Ping bought two more. There were still eight broccoli, which she sold to another restaurant. The reason for the sale was very clear. This was the first batch of broccoli this year, and both the Marquis' Mansion and the General's Mansion were eating it. Even if it was to follow the trend, if the Marquis' Mansion was eating it, how could the restaurant not eat it?

When Nanny Lian and Kun Zhang returned to the snack shop, the broccoli there had been sold out. It was funny to say that most of them were bought by people from the family housing.

People from the family housing now admire the things in Yang Haiyan's shop.

A broccoli costs three copper coins, which can make two meals. It is only half a cent more expensive than ordinary vegetables, but compared with cabbage and radish that cost two cents per pound in winter, it is still cheap. And it is a fresh variety. Who doesn't want to try it? It's also face-saving to tell others about it.

People from the family housing will compare.

Seeing Nanny Lian and Kun Zhang coming, Yang Haiyan asked, "How is it?"

Madame Lian brought two pieces of cloth: "This is sent by the prince's wife, saying it is a new style in the capital." She told everything about the Marquis' Mansion and the General's Mansion, "By the way, Madam, I met an acquaintance in the General's Mansion."

Yang Haiyan was curious: "Is it someone from your previous master's family?"

Madame Lian said hurriedly: "No, it was an acquaintance that Madam met when she bought me in the pawnshop that day. It was the old woman from the palace, do you remember it?"

How could Yang Haiyan forget that person, but she was puzzled: "Is that old woman in General Ao's Mansion?"

Madame Lian said: "Yes, Madam Tian said that it was the general's wife who came from the pawnshop to teach the girls and boys the rules a few years ago."

Yang Haiyan felt that this was probably God's will. In the novel, the old woman entered the Han family, but it was also indirectly related to General Ao's Mansion. After all, General Ao in the novel would also be the prince's person. And now, the prince has entered General Ao's Mansion. Although it seems to have nothing to do with Han Zhen and Yang Dahua, who knows what will happen next?

Yang Haiyan had heard about it, but she didn't dwell on it. It was good to have a bottom line in her heart. Then, she asked Kun Zhang about the broccoli. After hearing what she said, Yang Haiyan felt that Kun Zhang was also very smart, and would borrow the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion and the General's Mansion. However, "Try not to borrow the power of the Marquis' Mansion and the General's Mansion in the future." Otherwise, if it gets to the other party's ears, they will feel like they owe them a favor.

Kun Zhang: "Yes."

Today, a total of 80 broccoli were sold, and 240 were collected. 800 broccoli plants, each with two or three, also have more than 2,000, can earn 6 taels of silver, not bad.

In the afternoon, when Yang Haiyan was resting at home, Kun Zhang came with a strange man who looked like a servant.

Kun Zhang said, "Madam, this is from the restaurant in the county. He is the nephew of the owner of the Harvest Restaurant. He is here to order broccoli."

The servant said, "I have seen you. Today, the broccoli in your house has been well received by the guests, so I am here to talk to you about the broccoli business."

Yang Haiyan said, "I see. Please sit down, little shopkeeper. Madam, serve tea."

The servant said hurriedly, "I dare not." However, the title of little shopkeeper is quite respectful to him.

Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "You are welcome, little shopkeeper. By the way, there are other varieties in my manor, all of which are cultivated with seeds from traveling merchants. I think it will be harvested next month. I wonder if your restaurant is interested in other varieties."

The servant said, "Of course there are. If you have new dishes, just send them to me." If a restaurant does not have fresh food, its business will decline. The broccoli fried with pork slices launched at noon today is a fresh food. The main reason is that people have never eaten broccoli before and find it strange, and the price is affordable. The restaurant doesn't have much food, they can cook five plates of one broccoli, the profit is high.

Moreover, there are many rich people in the county, for them, what they eat is fresh, as for what it is, vegetables or not, it doesn't matter at all.

Yang Haiyan said: "Okay, wait until next month, when fresh vegetables come up, I will ask Zhang to send them."

The servant said: "Thank you, madam, then starting from tomorrow, please provide us with two broccoli every day."

Yang Haiyan said: "Okay. I will send it to you as soon as I pick it every morning." Anyway, Kun Zhang has to send snacks to Ping every day, and sending broccoli is really convenient. "Young shopkeeper, does your restaurant buy chicken and duck eggs? I also raise a lot of chickens and ducks in my farm."

The servant said, "There are farmers who specialize in buying eggs in the restaurant. I have to ask my uncle about this."

Yang Haiyan said, "Then I'll trouble you, young shopkeeper."

The servant said, "You're welcome. Madam Qin, my uncle also hopes that the only restaurant in the county that can sell broccoli is ours."

Yang Haiyan pondered for a while and said, "If only your restaurant sells broccoli, what should I do if the broccoli that can't be sold in my farm goes bad?" In fact, it won't be a problem for broccoli to grow in the field for a few more days, but since the restaurant wants to monopolize it, the price will be different.

The servant asked, "What does Madam Qin have in mind?" The servant had met many people with his uncle, the shopkeeper, so he was not as timid as other servants.

Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "I also want to do long-term business with your restaurant. Since broccoli is not provided to other restaurants, I will charge you four yuan for each broccoli in the future."

When the servant came, he got the order from his uncle, so the price was within expectations, but it was one yuan more than usual. So the deal was settled.

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