From the gate of heaven

Chapter 43 [Send Chicken Essence, Dissuade from the Magistrate]

As night fell, Lin Ze, the magistrate Li He, and the chief secretary Gao Fei sat as guests and hosts in the spacious dining room.

The chef led the healthy women to serve up the cooked dishes one after another.

In name, this banquet tonight is to celebrate Lin Ze's relocation in Fengping County.

At first, the three of them didn't talk about business.

Just casual chatting and eating.

"Zi Yi, although the dishes in your house are not unusual, they taste much more delicious."

After eating for a while, Li He spoke in admiration.

Lin Ze treats guests to dinner tonight, and the ingredients used are also very precious, with a full range of delicacies from mountains and seas.

However, Li He, the old magistrate, is also used to eating these things, and he doesn't care much about how precious the ingredients are, but at this moment, he is amazed by the meals at Lin Ze's house.

On the side, Gao Fei also agreed: "Everything Mr. Li said makes sense."

His status is not as high as Li He's, but his family has been a powerful family in Fengping County for many years, and his quality of life has been good since he was a child. Gao Fei's food and experience are even better than Li He's.

"I'm just kidding, it's just some secret seasonings handed down from the family."

Lin Ze spoke modestly.

It's chicken essence, I added chicken essence!
When he opened the door back to the main world before, Lin Ze took a bag of chicken essence and poured it into a glass bottle because he was going to entertain guests at night.

Most of the delicious taste in food comes from an ingredient called monosodium glutamate.

Ancient chefs boiled big bones to make chicken soup. Monosodium glutamate could only be produced with great effort. You can buy a large bag of it for a few dollars in the main world.

The royal banquet recipes in the main world are restored by the descendants of the royal chefs. After eating, everyone finds that the taste is just the same, which is far inferior to modern improved cooking techniques and seasonings.

Even the enjoyment of the top dignitaries in terms of taste is limited by technology, and the chicken essence is even more amazing to the two county-level officials.

"Is it convenient to buy some?"

Li He has fallen in love with this incomparably delicious taste, so he directly asks for a purchase.

Ask my wife to put some on when I'm going home to cook.

"Brother Lin Xian, I want to buy some too."

Aside, Gao Fei echoed.

"How about buying it, but this item is precious and difficult to make, and I don't have much left, so I can give one or two as a gift, please don't blame me."

Lin Ze said.

The chicken essence he brought over was only two or three taels, some of which were used for cooking, and the leftovers were not easy to give away, so he had to take out two taels to give away.

"It's too heavy to say. The deliciousness of this product is rare in the world. If it is listed for sale, it may attract people to rush to buy it."

Li He smiled and admired.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that the gift from Lin Ze was very precious, and he was not dissatisfied because of the small amount.

One tael of the secret seasoning would cost at least 100 taels of silver.

Gao Fei also thanked again and again, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became more and more harmonious.

"It seems that selling seasoning is also a good way to make money."

Seeing this scene, Lin Ze was thoughtful.

The only regret is that the market for this area should be very small.

After all, those who have the consumption capacity in the farming society, that is, the small group of rich and powerful, the overall consumption is very small.

The unit price is expensive and you can't make too much money.
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After the meal, the servants brought tea.

A group of three entered the study and began to discuss business.

"Master Li, Lord Gao, I plan to buy a piece of land."

Lin Ze cut to the chase, took out a rough map of the county, and pointed to the barren land in Fenglin Township, which covers an area of ​​about ten square kilometers.

"That's it?"

Li He and Gao Fei looked at each other, and they both saw some surprise in each other's eyes.

Lin Ze invited them to a big meal and gave them secret seasonings, but he spent a lot of money, and ordinary housewarming celebrations would not be so extravagant.

At the moment, they are solemnly invited into the quiet study room to discuss matters. I thought it was some serious matter.

Judging from Lin Ze's actions of buying a house and land in the past two days, they thought that Lin Ze had taken a fancy to someone's land and planned to do something to annex the land, so they communicated with them in advance.

As Lin Ze's first-class master, it is reasonable to annex a little land on a small scale, as long as it doesn't cause anger and resentment.

The result is to buy a piece of wasteland that no one cares about?

"This is a trivial matter. Tengyue can handle it as the owner. Since it is a barren mountain, although the area is larger, it is probably enough to give 200 taels of silver."

"But since Zi Yi is so serious about it, it shouldn't be just to buy this piece of wasteland, right?"

Li He took a sip of tea and replied.

Lin Ze bought a piece of wasteland, there must be some reason he doesn't know, which will determine whether he really agrees to sell this piece of wasteland to Lin Ze.

Gao Fei listened quietly, without opening his mouth.

Now is the time to talk about business, and the atmosphere is more serious. Of course, it all depends on Li and the county magistrate's performance.

"The two adults should also know that the younger generation has just arrived and wants to buy more acres to settle down. Unfortunately, all the acres in the county have owners, and they only bought a few hundred acres of land in a busy day."

"So I thought about finding another property as a family business to settle down."

"There are coal deposits under this barren mountain, which is the coal recorded in ancient books. If it is mined and sold to thousands of households, then even if I have many descendants in the future, with the support of this family business, I will enjoy endless wealth."

Lin Ze smiled and said what he had already thought about.

"The charcoal is poisonous, and the common people have long been used to burning firewood. Ziyi, even if your coal is mined, no one cares about it."

Li He frowned after hearing Lin Ze's thoughts.

Fearing that Lin Ze, a young man, would not listen to his persuasion, he gave an example: "I used to be the county magistrate of Songmao County in Xiaxian County. The land here is poor and the population is sparse. There were landlords who tried to mine coal and sell it to make money, but in the end they lost all their money. The remaining coal has not been burned for five years."

Li He was born in a poor family, and his path to becoming an official was not smooth, so he traveled through many counties before finally settling down in Fengping County, a large county.

After talking with Lin Ze before, he intends to befriend Lin Ze.

Therefore, at this moment, I spoke lightly and deeply and spoke from the bottom of my heart.

"Master Li is right. In fact, it is not a secret that there is coal buried in the wasteland in Fenglin Township. It is precisely because there is a high probability of losing money when mining coal, which is why no one cares about this wasteland."

On the other hand, Gao Fei also spoke to persuade Lin Ze.

Lin Ze was not surprised by the persuasion of the two.

According to the living habits of the current Dazhou society, there is a high probability that a lot of money will be spent digging coal but it will not be sold.

But he has already figured out how to promote coal with the help of the experience of the main world, so naturally he doesn't worry about this issue.

Because of this, he smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, you two. If you want to open this coal mine, you will naturally have to think about how to sell the coal."

(End of this chapter)