The next day, Chen Nianguan took Zhang Erlang's handwriting to He Carpenter's house next door.

Now, when Carpenter He sees Chen Nianguan, he knows that work is coming, and he treats her with a friendly face and welcomes her extremely.

Since he built those tables and chairs for Chen Nianguan's Chenjia Pho restaurant, Carpenter He's reputation has gradually increased.

Chen Nianguan said the request again, and Carpenter He looked at the calligraphy, and after agreeing, he said, "Miss Chen Si, there is something I want to tell you."

"What's up?"

"Didn't I make a stall cart for you last year, built some cabinets, and the bunk beds?" Carpenter He said shyly, "I made a few pieces myself and sold them in the market.I didn’t expect many merchants to be interested in it. Now I have received a lot of orders, some for my own use, and some for my fellows. There is also a businessman who ordered ten bunk beds in one go and said that he would wait to go back.After the trial, if you are satisfied, you will come to me to do it further.”

Later, more and more people ordered, so Carpenter He decided to go his own way, opened his own carpentry shop, recruited many carpenters, and started his own business.

"Then congratulations to Uncle He." Chen Nianwan smiled slightly, "Uncle He is a capable person, and I think he will have no worries in the future."

"Where is there, if Miss Chen Si didn't believe me in the first place and asked me to make those furniture, I would not be able to figure out these furniture myself." Carpenter He was quite embarrassed when he thought of the fact that he secretly sent folding desks to the capital..

Now I have the experience of making furniture for Chen Nianguan, use this as a prototype, and improve it based on my many years of experience in carpentry to make it more refined and perfect. Only then can I find a signature product for my carpentry shop, and also gain the appreciation of customers.Recognition of one's own craft.

"Miss Chen Si wants to make any fresh wooden furniture in the future, just ask me, I will definitely make it for you at the lowest price."

In addition to engraving the brand name, Chen Nianguan really came to him for something.

Chen Nianguan told him that he would open a second shop in Chuzhou Prefecture in the near future, and asked him if he was interested in accepting the job.

Carpenter He readily agreed.

After the posters were posted in the store and on the wharf booth, many people came to the store to ask for details. When they heard that there was a franchise fee of fifty taels of silver, many of them backed down.

Chen Nianguan is not in a hurry. After all, fifty taels is not a small amount. Generally, a rural family can build a big house in the village. If it costs food and lodging, it can be used for five or six years. It is not a small fortune.People can't afford it.

And this threshold is also very good at screening out those who are not economically strong enough, and those who have heard that they will take such a large franchise fee and have not changed their minds and are willing to partner are all considered high-quality partners.

After all, as soon as the fifty taels of silver is paid, Chen Nianguan will be able to train them a capable cook, buy the method of making rice noodles, as well as the recipes of Chen's roast duck, sauce jerky and barbecued pork, as well as provenA feasible way to run a Chenjia Pho shop.

There is no one in this dynasty who is willing to openly pass on his own recipes and secret skills for making money so easily and openly to others. Chen Nianguan is considered to be the first.

The businessmen who are interested in starting a rice noodle shop, as well as the natives of Funing County who have witnessed the step-by-step development of the Chenjia rice noodle shop, are all far-sighted and thoughtful, so they have naturally considered the possibility of this business.Get up, fifty-two is not bad at all.

The first batch of franchisees consisted of six people.

In addition to Master Zeng, there is also a nephew introduced by the shopkeeper Zhang of Fuxing Building, and a native of Funing County.

The other three were all out-of-town merchants who were found by Chen Nianguan after looking for recruiters from the stall at the wharf.

A sun merchant is a regular customer since the mother and daughter of the Chen family were selling fish curd. Every time the merchant passed by the wharf, he would buy the fish curd from the Chen family. Later, he continued to buy river noodles and dried meat because he liked the food from the Chen family., so I want to open a pho shop in my hometown.

A wealthy businessman surnamed Li, who already had a few businesses on hand, also bought Chenjiajiang jerky. Seeing the popularity of Chenjia hor fun and siu mei, he thought it would be a way to make money, so he wanted to invest in this business.

The last partner is actually the two brothers of the Dou family. They used to be dart runners. After getting married, they didn’t want to do the bloody work. They have been planning to change their careers. Recently, they escorted the bidder to the pier and happened to see the sign posted on the Chen’s hor fun booth.Son, let's try it.

After confirming that the shops opened by the six partners were in different towns, Chen Nianguan explained the conditions of the contract to them one-on-one. In addition to the previous ones, he also specially added a few details:

All food production methods and cooking techniques learned by a partner from the Chenjia Pho Restaurant are only for the business and commercial use of the store filled in the partnership contract. Without the permission of Chen Nianguan, they are not allowed to teach others.For the three branches, it is necessary to obtain the consent of Chen Nianwan and sign a separate contract.

The second is that Chenjia sauces are not sold outside, and are only provided exclusively to partners. The sauces required by each branch can only be purchased from Chenjia Pho Shop in Funing County.

The third is that the main store in Funing County will conduct regular training as needed, and will teach each branch the production method of new products that continue to be put on the shelves.

Fourth, the net profit of each partner branch is shared with Chen Nianguan 82%.

Everyone expressed no objection to the method of sharing. They were a little disappointed to hear that the secret method of Chen's sauce would not be taught directly, but could only be purchased from Chen Nianguan.

Because it is obvious that the key to the delicious Chenjiasiu mei is the sauce. If you don’t learn it, it means that the lifeblood is actually in the hands of Chen Nianguan.

However, as a vendor, everyone can understand Chen Nianguan's motivation for not revealing the last card. In addition, Chen Nianguan promised that in addition to the current food, he can learn how to make new products in the future, and he is also very satisfied.

After all, rely on other people's fresh food to make a living, and the few recipes learned in a single round are worth it.

These days, the food they tasted in the Chenjia Pho restaurant is not only roasted duck, sauced pork jerky and barbecued pork, but also new products that are constantly introduced in the store: such as soy sauce chicken, such as dry roasted pork, such as various braised meat, etc. MarketA new food with great potential.

For the business of making food, the innovation of products is very important.

First, it can keep the interest of diners, and second, it can attract new customers and further open up the market.

Being able to develop new foods one after another represents the longevity and maintenance of the business, and the prospective partners are very satisfied.

After formally signing the agreement and paying the franchise fee, the chef training of each branch was put on the agenda.

Some relatives of the same family came to learn, and some slaves who signed the contract of sale came to learn.

Master Zeng and the wealthy businessman recommended the slaves in his family to learn art, the shopkeeper Zhang’s nephew came to learn by himself, and the younger brother who had cooked was in charge of the pair of brothers.

As for the main owners of the branches, after inspecting the storefront and kitchen of the Chenjia Pho shop, especially after getting the structure diagram and principle of the braised kiln drawn by Chen Nianguan, they first went to the town where they opened the shop to look for the shop to be remodeled.

Chen Nianwan was like a white wolf with empty gloves. In less than half a month, he got three hundred taels of silver, happily holding six big silver ingots and showing off to Liu Shi: "Aniang, Aniang, look, I am considered aI spent that money before, and now I can earn so much!"

Liu couldn't help laughing, there was nothing she could do with this daughter who had so many tricks.

"Am I amazing, Aunt?"

"Yes, yes, our family Wan Wan is the best!"

Chen Nianguan entrusted Liu to continue to find a partner, and handed over the work of training cooks to Liu Yun, Liu Chi, and Liu He, while he himself first implemented everything that a partner should provide when opening a branch as a brand owner’s supportequipment.

The nest baskets and iron pan shovels for making rice noodles, the special tooling of Chenjia rice noodles shop, etc., and the most important thing is the supply of oyster sauce.

After entrusting the matter of finding a store in Chuzhou Prefecture to Master Zeng—in any case, Master Zeng also asked his sons to look for shops in Chuzhou Prefecture. Mr. Zeng’s family is familiar with the location of Chuzhou Prefecture, and he is looking for one or two.I was also looking for it, and asked them to help me with this. Chen Nianguan was not polite, and it would not be too late for her to go to the Chuzhou government to confirm the address when she found a suitable shop.

Chen Nianguan went to a bamboo strip maker to find a blacksmith, went to a tailor shop, and finally returned to Liujia Village.

After making up her mind to find a partner to open a chain store, when her eldest cousin sent sauced pork jerky to Funing County, she mentioned to them that she would entrust them with the business of making oyster sauce and trading, and first designed the ceramics for containing oyster sauceCans and ceramic bottles, let the big cousin take the design drawings to find a porcelain kiln to fire a batch for trial, and also let them buy raw oysters and dried oysters as soon as possible, and two or three kinds of raw materials for making oyster sauce.

When Chen Nianguan brought Mr. Xu back to Liujia Village, the first batch of two containers for oyster sauce had been fired and sent to Uncle Liu's house, and Chen Nianguan was ready for inspection.

Porcelain jars are fat jars with a narrow top and wide bottom, and porcelain bottles are similar to modern glass bottles for oyster sauce. Considering transportation and airtightness, both containers use thick porcelain bodies, which are not easy to break and damage.

"Have you tried two kinds of containers to store oyster sauce and how does it work?" asked Chen Nianguan.

She told her eldest cousin that before putting oyster sauce on porcelain, it must be sterilized at high temperature, that is, after washing the container, put it in water to boil and heat it, then take it up and drain the water, keep the packaging environment clean, and then refrigeratesave.

The eldest aunt nodded. Now the manpower for cooking oyster sauce and blending oyster sauce is mainly the eldest aunt, fourth aunt and eldest cousin.

It is the busy farming season now, my uncle, my fourth uncle, my cousin and Liu Qing are mainly busy with the farm work in the fields, because my cousin/cousin all went to the county town to follow her to make a living, and I also found many farmers in the village to followFarmhands help.

"Both are fine," said the eldest aunt.

Porcelain jars have a large capacity, but they are not so convenient to use, and porcelain bottles have a small capacity, but they can be taken and used at any time.

Chen Nianguan also designed two kinds of containers in consideration of the storage problem. In terms of users, they need to use them: the partner’s business is good, and when the oyster sauce is expensive, you can buy oyster sauce in porcelain jars. If the business is average, there is not much demand for oyster sauce., you can choose oyster sauce in porcelain bottles.

After all, oyster sauce is not stored, once opened, the best taste is about half a month, and the taste of oyster sauce will be greatly reduced after one month.

Chen Nianguan expressed his satisfaction, and handed over the pen and ink of "Chen's Sauce" written by Zhang Erlang to his eldest cousin, and asked him to order a batch of containers, two hundred of each type, and then put the "Chen's Sauce"The words "sauce" and the marking symbols inside the container are printed on the porcelain body. As for how many containers will be needed in the future, let them depend on the output.

Then went to check the storage point of the refined oyster sauce.

Modern oyster sauce can be stored for two years in a sealed case, but this is also under refrigerated conditions.

Chen Nianguan suggested that Uncle Liu use the cellar at home to store ice. If the shelf life is less than two years, he must try his best to achieve a shelf life of one or half a year.

Fresh oysters on the market can only be renewed from September to April. From the beginning of May, oysters will gradually enter the breeding period. In the remaining months, oyster juice needs to be refined. Although dried oyster meat can also be used to make it, the flavorIt will taste worse than fresh oysters.

That's why she asked Uncle Liu's family to buy as many oysters as possible within this month. She also asked Liu Feng to buy a lot of oysters in Funing County, so that Liu Shi and Liu Yun also found time to start refining oyster sauce.

Since she chose to hold the oyster sauce refining method as her trump card, she must ensure that the supply of oyster sauce must keep up.

In the newly dug cellar of Uncle Liu's house, Chen Nianguan saw the jars of oyster sauce refrigerated inside, and expressed his satisfaction.

"There are quite a lot of storage places here. The cellar is not enough. Your uncle can ask someone to dig it at any time, just to keep it cold..." The aunt expressed embarrassment, "It's not too hot today.The temperature in the cellar is not bad, and when the weather gets hot, I’m afraid I’ll have to buy ice.”

That's right, if you want to store oyster sauce in cold storage, you have to consider keeping the cellar at a low temperature.

Chen Nianguan said that fortunately, the cellar in her home is used as an ice cellar, and there are enough ice cubes, so storing oyster sauce is not a problem at all.

But the most important thing is Uncle Liu's house, the largest oyster sauce refining base. Good storage conditions must be ensured, and a large amount of ice cubes must be supplied.

Even thinking about transporting the oyster sauce to her home in Yanlai Lane, Funing County, the two-hour transportation on the way also requires ice to cool it down.

After that, it was delivered to the partners, and some ice had to be prepared for them to ensure the quality of the oyster sauce on the way.

Farmers in Liujia Village do not have the habit of storing ice in winter.

Next year they can learn to store ice and store a large amount of existing or frozen ice in winter, but this year's ice storage problem remains to be solved.

You know, in summer, ice cubes are a luxury that only wealthy people are willing to use. A piece of ice costs one tael of silver, how can Uncle Liu's family afford it?

So, still have to use that trick, saltpeter to make ice?

Chen Nianguan smiled wryly.

When Uncle Liu and others came back from the field to rest and eat, Chen Nianguan had already made up his mind.

Now that things have happened, they can only find a way to buy saltpeter immediately.

Whether making ice with saltpeter or storing ice cubes, a sealed space is needed, so Chen Nianguan proposed an improved method for Uncle Liu’s cellar, and drew two wooden boxes specially used for storing ice cubes, and gave themFind a carpenter to build it, and then re-sign the contract specifically for 28% of oyster sauce sales.

Uncle Liu, as the speaker of the Liu family, decided to ask the fourth uncle to sign, stating that the oyster sauce business was mainly in charge of the fourth brother's family, and the fourth uncle took the lead in signing his name without any doubt.

"Hey, I said, Wan Wan, can I get help from other villages in the village to make this oyster sauce?" Uncle Liu asked.

Seeing that the Liu family has become rich, and now they are busy making a living making sauce and jerky. Someone from the village came to inquire about this business. Before, Uncle Liu was not good at making decisions because he only had one income. Now he is in a hurry to make oyster sauce, and the manpowerinsufficient.

Besides, the secret of oyster sauce is only in the last recipe process, and people only learn to extract oyster juice, which does not involve the most core secrets. Uncle Liu thought, just find a few trustworthy people to help cook oyster soup.Can refine more oyster sauce.

Chen Nianguan thought about it, there is only less than one and a half months left for the harvest of oysters. There is really not much time. He can hire someone to refine the oyster juice first and store it, and then slowly prepare the oyster sauce later, so he nodded: "This is a business.Uncle is doing it, you can do it as convenient as you like, just pay attention to the secret recipe and skills will not be leaked."

Since she intends to leave the oyster sauce business to Uncle Liu's family, she plans to let them do it herself. Although those who are capable work hard, it is easy to die from overwork.

"Don't worry, Wan Wan, I only find someone I can trust to do this." Uncle Liu assured with a pat on his chest.

So Chen Nianguan went back to Funing County to find someone to buy saltpeter with the newly signed contract of oyster sauce supplier cooperation.

Due to the difficulty in extracting saltpeter, limited mineral resources, and sensitive uses, the sale of saltpeter in this dynasty is actually very restricted. It is basically controlled by the government and cannot be accessed by ordinary people. The use of saltpeter in the private sector is limited to the pharmaceutical and ceramic industries.

Therefore, as a small family, Chen Nianguan can't buy it even if he has money. The only chance to get in touch with saltpeter is to go to the medical clinic.

But even if you go to the medical clinic and ask the doctor directly, they may not give it to you.

First of all, you have to ask someone to write a prescription containing saltpeter, but the doctor prescribes the right medicine. Do you have a disease that requires saltpeter to be used as medicine?

Even if you pretend to be, the saltpeter content in the prescription prescribed by others is very small, so a little bit of money can't make ice.

Could it be that she also said to the doctor: Hey, doctor, I think I can give me a little more saltpeter in the prescription, how about one or two?

The doctor must have thought she was crazy.

So she might have to go through a few medical clinics with different staff and prescribe a few more prescriptions. Maybe she can make up a whole number, but it's not enough.

Fortunately, now that we have six partners, when we are looking for something, we have more channels than to slander and catch the blind. When Chen Nianguan was about to use this stupid method, the businessman who was rich Li sent a chapter to learn the art.The cook said: "Master Chen is looking for saltpeter? Maybe our master can."

Chen Nian????? Wan's eyes lit up like lights.

There are many industries in Li Fu's family, one of which is porcelain trading.

He not only has a dedicated porcelain shop, but also has his own exclusive kiln, which is produced and sold by himself.

And saltpeter has an important use in the ceramic industry, which is one of the raw materials for preparing colored glaze pigments.

Rich businessman Li specializes in the business of powerful consumers. The porcelain is well-made, and complicated patterns and patterns are indispensable. Naturally, there is a demand for colors, so he can legally purchase a large amount of saltpeter raw materials.

Chen Nianguan immediately asked Li Fushang through Chef Zhang if he could send some saltpeter to Funing County, and she paid a lot of money to buy it.

For the sake of a business partner, the rich and powerful businessman Li readily agreed. He didn't come in person, so he called one of his shopkeepers to send over twenty catties of saltpeter twice in total to cover up people's eyes.Nian Wan thirty taels of silver.

Chen Nianguan just...

It hurts so much.

But there is no way, at least something is obtained.

What's more, saltpeter ice can be reused. Buy it yourself to deal with the current crisis. In the next winter, pay attention to storing ice in advance so that you don't have to spend such a waste of money.

No matter how bad it is, when she finds time in the future, she will go to the mountains outside to find caves to refine and collect saltpeter by herself.

Chen Nianguan has tried making ice with saltpeter in modern times. If she uses water directly, it is estimated that the ratio of one to one is not worthwhile, so she decided to use ice water to make ice, which is estimated to be able to reach a ratio of one to three, and then use the produced ice cubesContinue to freeze the cold water and make ice, and this cycle continues. As long as there is enough ice water and the ice making space is appropriate, enough ice will be stored soon.

When she returned to Liujia Village again, she dug two buckets of ice out of her cellar and covered them tightly with cotton cloth, so that even if the ice melted after arriving in Liujia Village, it happened to be ice water, which could be refilled immediately with saltpeter.Freezing up also saves a lot of raw material ice water.

The cellar for storing oyster sauce has been improved according to her suggestion last time. Nuo Da’s space has been improved and closed, and the inside is divided into two parts. A smaller space is built with bricks and mud on the inside to store ice cubes.Use wooden barrels to prepare frozen water, and the remaining large space is used to place shelves for jars and bottles.

As soon as Chen Nianguan arrived, he immediately greeted and moved the two large buckets of half-melted crushed ice into the cellar.

Uncle Liu knew the importance of keeping oyster sauce cold, so he bought a few chunks of ice from somewhere, probably spending a lot of money.

Chen Nianguan sent fifteen catties of saltpeter, explained it to Uncle Liu and Uncle Liu, and then entered the confined space where ice is stored in the cellar.The ice cubes were cooled to ice water state, and then the saltpeter was put in little by little by the water-repellent ice refining method, and waited.

After one bucket of ice water condenses, change another bucket of ice water and repeat.

By the time Chen Nianguan left Liujia Village the next day, there were already sixty catties of ice in the cellar.

Uncle Liu's family was full of joy, and Chen Nianguan asked them to continue making ice with this method, depending on how much they needed to refine and save.

Since the refrigerated conditions for storing oyster sauce at this end met the standard, Chen Nianguan didn't care about it, and took the time to visit Uncle Liu's kitchen that specializes in refining oyster sauce.

There were only three stoves in the past, but after Uncle Liu recruited people, five more stoves were opened, and the aunt was in charge, and the subsequent secret deployment was in charge of the fourth aunt and sister-in-law.

Uncle Liu introduced to Chen Nianguan that the new recruits are all well-informed, one is a female family member of the second grandfather's family, the other is a descendant of the eldest aunt's family, and the eldest cousin Zheng's familyThe two girls and the other four are sisters-in-law and aunts from acquaintances in Liujia Village, and they are all hardworking and capable.

Chen Nianguan didn't interfere too much because the personnel's identities were reliable and the division of labor was reasonable.

Before leaving, Uncle Liu asked them what they planned to plant on the 14 mu of land they bought at the beginning of the year.If there is no special idea, he will help the three of them make up their minds.

When Chen Nianguan wanted to hand over the production of oyster sauce to Uncle Liu's family, he had an idea.

How about planting spices in the fields you bought?

For example, pepper, fennel, cardamom, etc., but the problem is that the cultivation of these spices pays attention to the climate, environment and soil adaptability. Not every spice can be grown in any place. Even if it continues to be planted, the survival rate must also be considered.

Besides, in modern times, Liujia Village should belong to the area near the sea in the south of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the climate is milder than that in the north. It stands to reason that it is possible to consider planting some coriander and nutmeg, but few people in Liujia Village have tried it.They are all staple foods such as rice bran, and they have no experience.

If I really want to plant it successfully, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trial and error to plant it a few times, but the boss will have to work hard. The spice itself is expensive, and the seeds are naturally not cheap.

In addition, the seeds of spices are hard to find. If you really want to plant them, you have to go to the pier to ask the merchants and returning sea merchants to buy them.The best time for planting was lost, so Chen Nianwan gave up.

Just buy it when you need it!

After all, there are not many types of spices that I need to use now. If I really need to use it, the amount is not too large, and I can buy it. Except that pepper is too expensive, I have to weigh it when I buy it. The price of other spices is priceless.Gritting your teeth is still acceptable.

In addition, there is more and more silver on hand now, so don't bother to buy it if you can.

"Uncle, you are more experienced in farming, so naturally I will leave it to you."

As for the harvest of the field at that time, Chen Nianguan believes that the character of Uncle Liu's family will never let him suffer.

Uncle Liu happily agreed.

Uncle Liu watched his nephews earn money bit by bit after doing work with his niece.

Now the life of each house has improved, especially the money earned by the nephews, without any complaints or regrets, they still hand over 60% to the public, and the people in his long house are in charge.The family fortune of their Liu family grew thicker in no time.

His eldest son and fourth younger brother are actually envious of their nephews being able to work in the county town, but he can see it.

After the death of his parents, he is the head of the family. Liujia Village is the root of the nephews, and he, the talker, naturally has to be well guarded.

But seeing that the eldest son and fourth younger brother were dispirited because of the lack of money they earned, he came forward to help ask his niece if he could teach his son how to make a living in sauce and jerky.

Now the work of jerky sauce and oyster sauce is handed over to his eldest son and fourth brother respectively, which finally makes them less psychologically unbalanced.

As for himself?

He is a man from the mountains, and what he is best at is farming. The family bought so many fields at once, and the sister's family has more than ten acres.He found the joy of being a landlord.

Chen Nianguan will certainly make him experience double or even triple the happiness.

After all, she also wants to be a landlord and own hundreds of acres of fertile land!

So before returning to Funing County with a batch of oyster sauce, I left one hundred taels for Uncle Liu, and asked him to continue to check in Liujia Village to see if there are any farms for sale.Down.

Uncle Liu naturally readily agreed.

At this point, the supply of oyster sauce is considered secure.

Chen Nianguan was relieved to have solved the most important core link of opening a chain store.

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