Steel Dynasty - Chapter 63

[Chapter 63 Ground Pot Chicken and Business]

“Gudong.”

Another voice sounded, and Lu Luo, who was serving Xiao Ming, was drooling. This girl has always been a foodie. It would be strange not to be greedy for such fragrant ground pot chicken.

She had never tasted such fresh dishes even in the palace.

The dish of ground pot chicken is not available in Dayu. In fact, stir-fry has not been popular in Dayu for a long time, so the variety of dishes is naturally limited. At least his cook does not know this dish.

It was only through his personal guidance and teaching that Cook Ding managed to learn it.

And the most important thing is that the ingredients used in the ground pot chicken can basically be bought here. Onions, ginger, garlic are all available in Chongqing, and there is no shortage of soy sauce and vinegar. The only regret is that there is no chili, but it does have the spiciness of dogwood. The replacements are basically mixed.

Eating ground-pot chicken in a warm iron pot in the cold winter is undoubtedly a rare treat. Xiao Ming picked up a piece of noodles dipped in soup, and he could see the longing eyes of others.

“Your Highness, Ding Wanquan is outside the door asking for an audience.”

Just when Xiao Ming was about to taste the pancakes, Zi Yuan came over at this time, sniffed her nose as she spoke, and then looked at the ground pot chicken in front of Xiao Ming.

“Ding Wanquan?” Xiao Ming still remembers this man clearly. The first batch of transactions in the Chamber of Commerce were made by him.

Moreover, he is also the richest man in Jinling City. Xiao Ming is not interested in him, but he has always been interested in the richest man.

Seeing Xiao Ming eating, Zi Yuan said: “Your Highness, do you want to send him away? After all, Your Highness…”

“Let him come in, and prepare a pair of bowls and chopsticks.” Xiao Ming said.

Zi Yuan said yes, asked the servants to prepare the dishes, and went to lead Ding Wanquan in.

The place where Xiao Ming ate was in the room on the outside of his dormitory. After a while, he saw Zi Wan leading Ding Wanquan across the stone bridge to him.

“Ding Wanquan, I have met His Highness!” Ding Wanquan bowed and said.

“Excuse me. Mr. Ding is coming over now. Have you eaten yet?” Xiao Ming fiddled with the pot chicken, picked up a piece of meat and took a bite. The taste was delicious.

The pure natural grass-fed chicken that only eats insects is very delicious. This is far from the taste that modern chickens raised on feed can have. Not only is the meat fresh and tender, it is also very chewy and full of meaty flavor.

Ding Wanquan looked at the iron pot in front of Xiao Ming strangely, and thought that this King Qi was quite interesting, actually eating in the iron pot.

However, his face did not change and he still said very respectfully: “Go back to Your Highness, the common people haven’t eaten yet. It’s just because the common people have to go back to Jinling City today, but when they see His Highness’s ox force, the car overturns is only the work of heaven and man, so he returns to Jinling.” I came here specifically to pay a visit to His Highness.”

“Oh? Since Mr. Ding hasn’t eaten yet, how about sitting down and having dinner with me?” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Ding Wanquan declined and said: “A certain person of low status, how dare you sit at the same table with His Highness.”

Xiao Ming tried it once, but even Pang Yukun did not dare to sit at the same table with Xiao Ming to eat, so later he did not force himself and said: ” In that case, Luluo, please serve some to Ding. “

Luluo responded, picked up the spoon and scooped out some chicken, and brought some noodles to Ding Wanquan. “Please, Mr. Ding, please give me

some rice .”

It was an honor, and Ding Wanquan did not dare to refuse. He bowed and said, “Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward.”

After saying that, he started eating.

But after tasting it, he immediately put away his sarcastic mood. The essence of this ground pot chicken is the dough wrapped around the inside of the iron pot. The dough soaked in chicken juice is soft and full of flavor. Even though Ding Wanquan has never tasted it before, The delicacies from Shaoshan are also amazing.

Then he stopped worrying and started eating with the bowl in hand.

“What do you think? This king’s ground pot chicken tastes pretty good, right?” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Ding Wanquan smiled happily and said: “I have traveled all over the country in the north and south of Chongqing, and Ding has never tasted such delicious food. This time I really experienced it.”

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, which showed that the food is similar to ancient and modern times. He said: “Ding If you like it, you can always come to Qingzhou, and I can ask the chef to make a portion for you.”

Ding Wanquan was startled. He can earn tens of thousands of dollars, so he is certainly not a dull person. Xiao Ming is trying to win people’s hearts.

He said: “Thank you for your highness’s kindness, but this trip to Qingzhou requires Ding to go back and report to King Wei.”

Xiao Ming said “oh”, and Ding Wanquan reminded him that he was King Wei’s man, and he said: “Take me to say hello to Uncle Wei Wang when you get back.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Ding Wanquan responded, then seemed to hesitate to speak.

Xiao Ming saw it and said, “If you have anything to do with Mr. Ding, just tell me.” Ding Wanquan said, “Ding came here this time to ask if His Highness sells the iron ring on the Niuli rollover pole?”

“You can do it elsewhere

?”

No need? Have you learned it yet?”

“Yes, no…it’s not…” Ding Wanquan replied smoothly, but immediately understood that he had been tricked by Xiao Ming, and quickly denied it, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

After joining the Chamber of Commerce, he naturally knew the functions of the Patent Department. One of them was not to prevent the patents registered by the Patent Department without permission. This Niuli overturn had already been registered, and the Patent Department had posted a notice outside.

It’s just that he and many businessmen have the same idea. The Patent Department, a strange organization, can only govern matters within the territory of the King of Qi, but cannot control other matters.

Therefore, many businessmen and craftsmen secretly drew the Niu Li rollover and went back to imitate it.

But all the craftsmen thought they could build a bull-powered cart, but this strange iron ring craftsman was the only one who had no clue.

Xiao Ming sneered in his heart. When Ding Wanquan mentioned the overturning incident, he understood. He said: “This iron ring is called a rolling bearing. I can sell it to you, as long as the price is reasonable.”

Ding Wanquan breathed a sigh of relief. The wealthy merchants of the Chongqing Kingdom valued land most. Since they had countless fields, they were naturally very concerned about this kind of irrigation failure.

“I wonder how much these rolling bearings cost?”

“Three hundred taels of silver each.” Xiao Mingzi said loudly. The cost of a waterwheel is only three hundred taels of silver, and the price he is selling directly is the same as the waterwheel.

“This…” Ding Wanquan hesitated. He knew that King Qi must know that they only needed this rolling bearing, and they had to make the rest by themselves, so he deliberately raised the price.

Xiao Ming continued to eat his own food. He needed merchants to revitalize the fiefdom, but he also knew that merchants had the virtue of pursuing profit in everything, so he chose to be lenient when he should be lenient and be strict when he should be stern.

After struggling for a while, Ding Wanquan decided to buy it. He had an incredible amount of land under his name, and this bull-powered overturn would free up more manpower for him to cultivate more land.

Moreover, he has more than a dozen mines that also need this kind of overturning trucks to lift water. He said: “Your Highness, I need five hundred for the time being.”

“Well, I will make a note of it for you, and I will ask the Equipment Department to do it for you tomorrow. Forging.” Xiao Ming said, this rolling bearing won’t make a lot of money at once, but the profit is small but the profit is high. In the end, the overall profit is still considerable.

Moreover, the bearings have a service life. If they break, they will have to be purchased again. This is a long-term business.

After sending Ding Wanquan away, Xiao Ming was also full. He only ate half of a pot of pot chicken.

He said to Zi Wan: “Don’t swallow your saliva, Zi Wan, let’s share the rest of the ground pot chicken with everyone.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Everyone’s mouth watered again.

(End of chapter)