Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 22 MSG
  The big gun and the treasured bow are introduced in the weapon of "Yan Gong Bing Shu 4". The big gun is not just a wooden pole with a gun head. It is not a big gun for generals to use.

Given the strength of the general who has practiced the art of general body training, a large spear with a wooden pole may be broken by force in his hand, let alone used in battle.

There are detailed records of the production of big guns in "Yan Gong Bing Shu 4". The guns used by generals need to be made of high-quality tough wood trunks. After that, they must be processed with a unique secret recipe. After processing, they are dried to allow the tough wood to fully absorb. Secret recipe. After the tough wood dries, special tools are used to separate it into strips of the same size, and special glue is used to stick them together.

After the bamboo strips are completely bonded, soak them in oil. Wait until the bamboo strips have completely absorbed the oil and then take them out to dry. Repeat until the oil can no longer deform and crack the bamboo strips. This step takes one year. .

After a year, glue all the strips into a relatively thick gun barrel, and tie them together with hemp rope on the outside. After the oil on the gun barrel dries completely, apply raw paint to the outside of the gun barrel. After the raw paint dries, , then wrap it in Gebu, and apply it layer by layer, repeating 49 times.

When you cut the handle of such a big gun with a knife, you can hear a crisp metal collision sound, and the handle will not break.

It takes a gunsmith several years to make a large gun, and the precious materials of the large gun make it even more valuable.

If Jia Qiang were still in the Jia Mansion, it would not be difficult for a noble family like the Jia Mansion to find a qualified gun. No one would care about it anyway if it was placed in the warehouse.

But it is not easy for him to get a qualified big gun now. Even if he finds a big gun, the price requires him to use the silver in his inventory.

Not to mention the treasure bow, which is more expensive than the big gun.

He thought of a way to make money that he had done a long time ago. To be honest, as a time traveler with a strong memory, it is very easy to make some money in this era.

But the problem is that he is still unable to do many things to make a fortune because he is currently weak.

Once he really wants to make some particularly profitable business, he will not be able to hold on to it, and it is very likely that even he will be plotted.

The suitable way he thought of to make money was to make MSG.

In his past life memory, there was a method to use chemical means to make MSG. The entire operation process was all in his brain. As long as he experiments according to the process, I believe it won't take long to make MSG.

According to the information he heard from Qingfenglou and the Wentian family, every cook has his own method of making fresh food. These are secret methods of cooks and will not be passed on to others.

And if he makes MSG, the world will only think that he has mastered some secret method of improving flavor.

The most important thing is that even if someone wants to learn how to make MSG, it will be difficult to copy it even if they watch the production process beside them.

Some of these chemical methods are not understandable to people of this era.

He can do it if he wants to. There is still some time before he enters school. Before he enters school, he plans to tinker with MSG.

The production process of MSG is not complicated, from starch raw materials to sugar production, glutamic acid fermentation, neutralization, extraction and refining, and finally MSG is obtained.

Jia Qiang had someone buy soybeans, and after many failed attempts, he got the first batch of MSG more than ten days later.

During this period, in addition to making MSG, he continued to study and practice martial arts.

Without war horses, big guns and precious bows, he first practiced foot combat and used substitutes as weapons.

After getting the first batch of MSG, he found Wentian.

"Mr. Wentian, take a small spoonful and put it in when cooking today. This is what I made to enhance the freshness!" Jia Qiang handed a small bottle of flavor to Wentian and ordered.

"Yes, sir!" Mr. Wentian was startled and then responded.

She didn't know how Jia Qiang, as a scholar, could master the skills of a cook. These methods of improving freshness were the secrets of every cook.

Just before the dish was ready to be served, she took out a small spoonful of MSG and put it into the dish.

Then when she was serving the food, she took a small bowl and divided some food out of curiosity.

"How come it's so fresh!" Wen Tian, ​​who has a heritage as a cook, couldn't help but exclaimed.

If this dish could only be regarded as ordinary originally, after adding this freshness-enhancing ingredient, its taste has been strengthened by several points, making the taste of the dish beyond imagination. Even the top chefs cannot achieve this level of umami taste.

Afterwards, everyone in the house tasted the MSG-added dishes, and everyone praised Wen Tian's craftsmanship.

After Jia Qiang finished her meal, she invited Wen Tian over.

"Master!" Mr. Wentian bowed respectfully to Jia Qiang. She and her daughter Wen Qin have already signed a physical contract, and the physical contract is in Jia Qiang's hands. She and her daughter's wealth are all handed over to Jia Qiang, and even life and death are in Jia Qiang's hands.

However, Jia Qiang did not treat her and her daughter Wen Qin badly. Not only did they give them enough wages, but they also treated them with courtesy.

The most important thing is that if Wen Qin keeps following Jia Qiang, she will most likely become Jia Qiang's concubine, and their relationship will become closer.

Jia Qiang was also looking at the Wentian family. It was because of the constraints of the body contract, and because he saved the lives of Wentian's mother and daughter, that he could safely leave some matters in the Wentian family's hands.

"Have you tried the fresh food? How did it go?" Jia Qiang asked lightly.

"Master, that fresh food is really amazing. I have never tasted such a delicious taste!" Mrs. Wentian praised with a look of amazement on her face.

She looked at Jia Qiang with eyes full of admiration.

Perhaps in her simple understanding, only scholars can easily create such magical objects that are beyond the reach of cooks.

"I am going to give this fresh food to you, and you will deliver it to Qingfeng Tower regularly. It will be said to the outside world that it is your family's secret method!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

Wen Tian thought for a moment and understood what Jia Qiang meant.

This is normal. Scholars do not do business. Even if they have industries, they are all run by the shopkeepers.

If a scholar is allowed to directly intervene in business, he will definitely be accused of not doing his job properly and being uncivilized.

This requires an agent, and this agent must be the most trusted person.

"Thank you for your trust, sir. I think this freshness-enhancing thing is special. It is better to dissolve it into water. The water that is made from the freshness-enhancing things that are regularly delivered to Qingfeng Tower is safer!" Mr. Wentian, who has used MSG, expressed his opinion on how to protect the secret method. There is a better way.

"Okay, just do as you say, and you will get an extra salary from now on!" Jia Qiang said happily.

That is to say, Wen Tian is a woman, otherwise he would have thought of letting Wen Tian be the chef of Qingfeng Tower, but there are no female chefs in this society, at least not in normal restaurants.

Although the quantity of the first batch of extracted MSG is not large, it is still five kilograms.

Wen Tian had experienced great disasters and knew that life was not easy, so he paid special attention to what Jia Qiang explained.

Early the next morning, she took Lao Shuntou's carriage to Qingfeng Tower.

Qingfenglou got the news. Although the chef didn't pay attention to the so-called secret recipe, it was the owner's order, so he waited with the shopkeeper.

When he saw Mr. Wen Tian, ​​the chef's eyes flashed with disdain. Since ancient times, good cooks have always been men.

Wen Tian was not angry. She had a very similar attitude to the chef before she tasted the dishes with fresh ingredients.

To be on the safe side, the shopkeeper chose to test the dishes first. He could not just serve them directly to the customers without trying them.

When Wentian poured a little secret liquid into the pot before the dish was served, he directed the chef to stir it a few times and signaled that it was ready to be served.

The shopkeeper and the chef came together to taste the dishes. After the dishes came into the mouth, the shopkeeper's face showed a look of shock, while the chef looked at the pot with the secret recipe in Wentian's hand and flashed with heat.

"I will stay in Qingfeng Building for the next few days to supervise the use of the secret recipe!" Wentian made her request in a deep voice.

The chef didn't say anything at this time. The chef's profession is based on ability. The secret recipe mastered by Wen Tian made Wen Tian gain the respect of the chef.

The shopkeeper specially arranged chairs in the kitchen. With Wentian's secret recipe, Qingfeng Restaurant will be even more prosperous.

You must know that after Qingfeng Tower was given to Jia Qiang by Jia's mother, the shopkeeper has been worried. He learned that Jia Qiang left Jia's house. The Qingfeng Tower became Jia Qiang's private property and lost the protection of Jia's house.

In the past, due to the care of the Jia family, we were able to increase business to some extent.

Now it's good, the secret recipe makes the whole Qingfeng Building feel excited. The business of Qingfeng Building is good, and it's good for everyone from the shopkeeper to the clerk.

(End of this chapter)