Tian's little cook

Chapter 482 Announcing the Formula
In the afternoon, he went up to the church on time.

Zhang Langzhong was still sitting in his old seat from yesterday, with Sun Ranjiu standing behind him.

The county magistrate Guo issued an order, ordering the yamen servants to bring Lin Zhen'er and the four of them up.

It's just that they stayed in the prison for one night, except for Wang Shun, the other three looked very bad.

As soon as he entered the lobby, shopkeeper Zeng immediately knelt down, shouted for injustice, and asked the county magistrate Guo to spare his life.

County magistrate Guo patted the gavel: "Zeng Yongda, the matter was found out in the hall yesterday, why did you say you were wronged?"

Shopkeeper Zeng immediately shut up when he yelled at him.

Then, County Magistrate Guo summoned Lin Zhimo to come forward: "Lin Zhimo, I asked you to go back yesterday to calculate the value of the stolen items by Li Liangcai and Lin Zhener, and you must report the total price."

Upon hearing this, Lin Guo and Li Ran immediately held their breath.

Lin Zhimo replied respectfully: "Report to County Magistrate Guo that the brine block that Lin Zhen'er and Li Liangcai took from my bedroom is worth no more than one tael of silver."

Everyone was shocked!

Sun Ranjiu, who was standing behind Zhang Langzhong, said "ah" in a low voice, but Zhang Langzhong's expression did not change at all.

Judging from Lin Zhimo's attitude towards Lin Guo yesterday, he had already guessed that Lin Zhimo would definitely use this incident to win something for himself.

Shopkeeper Zeng said yesterday that he spent 80 taels of silver to buy these brine blocks from Li Liangcai. Why did Lin Zhimo give such a low price?
The county magistrate Guo obviously didn't expect her to say that, so he couldn't help asking: "Lin Zhimo, it's in the courtroom now, and there is no room for trifling. I will ask you again, how much are these brine blocks worth?"

"My lord, the total price is indeed not more than one tael of silver."

"Why is it so different from what you said yesterday?" County Magistrate Guo continued to ask.

"Return to County Magistrate Guo, these brine blocks are actually made from the brine we bought in Xicheng."

Lin Zhimo had planned it long ago. If Lin Zhener was to be rescued, she had to tell the essence of the brine.

Lin Zhimo mentioned this matter to Lin Jiao when he was keeping accounts last night. After all, marinated cubes are now their unique secret recipe. After the word is out, the price of marinated cubes will drop a lot, and more and more people who can make bean curd many.

Lin Jiao didn't have the slightest objection, as long as Lin Zhimo wanted to do it, he would support it all, and he also mentioned that they didn't have too many brines on hand.

The letter he wrote to shopkeeper Qin has never been answered. Instead of waiting for the brine to run out, it is better to tell the secret of the brine, so that more people will look for it.

The common people watching have never heard of brine, but some people know about brine.

"It turns out that the brine block is made of brine. I thought it was some secret material?"

Another person said: "My cousin works in a salt factory in Xicheng. He once mentioned to me that these brines are not wanted by anyone, and now they are sold for sky-high prices."

"I can only blame you for being inflexible. The same thing has different value in different hands." Another person laughed.

The discussion outside was too loud, and the county magistrate Guo patted the gavel again to keep everyone quiet.

"Lin Zhimo, is what you said true?" Magistrate Guo confirmed with her again.

What was thought to be a few hundred taels suddenly became less than one tael.

"Magistrate Guo, what I said is absolutely not false." Lin Zhimo nodded, "The secret recipe of making tofu with brine is left by my mother. The most important thing is brine."

Lin Zhimo said, and turned to face the people at the door: "I believe everyone knows that brine itself is poisonous, but when making tofu, as long as the amount used is controlled within a certain range, it will not produce any toxicity."

(End of this chapter)