First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 377 Caidiexuan in Beijing

Li Cheng also became a close friend of Wei Ling and his wife regardless of their age difference.

Li Cheng was also a soldier, but he got this position when he was old and injured. He could only have one son, Li Ye, in his life, so Wei Ling and his wife saved Li Ye, which was equivalent to saving him.

Li Cheng's Shangluo County has a large port. Wei Ling brought Su Jixiang here to see this port. He was still thinking about how to reach an agreement with Li Cheng's Shangluo County to allow Caidiexuan's merchant ships to dock at the wharf of Shangluo County.

You should know that merchant ships cannot just come to the docks at will. They need permission from the local authorities. In addition, there are many people who live off the land on the docks. As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. If the county magistrate does not agree, those local snakes are very discerning. Not only will the goods not be sold, but they will also cause a lot of trouble.

Wei Ling and his wife saved Li Ye, the only son of the Li family, so the matter of the port was settled.

Moreover, Li Cheng promised Wei Ling that no matter what Caidiexuan’s merchant ship was transporting, his people would not board the ship to inspect!

He simply treated Wei Ling and Su Jixiang as his own people!

You should know that the location of this port in Shangluo County is crucial. It not only connects the north and the south, but also allows direct access to the capital and the two sides of the Yangtze River that confront the Prince of Chenliu. And from Shangluo, looking east, you can directly enter the sea. This shows the importance of Shangluo County.

Wei Ling and Su Jixiang's trip was worthwhile as they unexpectedly achieved something, and they really opened up the road to Shangluo County.

After Miaoshou Pavilion became famous in the northwest region, it quietly opened stores in Beijing.

Su Jixiang and Wei Ling discussed it and decided to send Wei Zhong to the capital to look after the shops there.

Wei Zhong is an elder of the Wei family and was the former leader of the Wei family's secret guards, so he is the most trustworthy.

Moreover, for all these years, Wei Zhong had never appeared in front of people in the capital because of his status, so it was most appropriate for him to go.

Su Jixiang not only opened Miaoshou Pavilion in the capital, but also directly opened the Caidiexuan pastry shop.

She selected two reliable widows and sent them to the capital. Their children stayed at home, so Su Jixiang had something to control them.

Their shop in the capital had only been open for a few days, but the dim sum became famous instantly because of its novel designs, fresh flavors, and sweet but not greasy taste.

This made Su Jixiang sigh. It was true that food was the most important thing for people. Miaoshou Pavilion was obviously a place to save lives, but it was too difficult to make a name for oneself in the capital where there were many famous doctors' shops. But it was a different story with food.

The price of dim sum sold at Caidiexuan in Beijing is three times that in Mangcheng, but it is still always crowded with people lining up to buy as soon as the store opens.

It’s just that the capital city is different from Mangcheng.

Once such a pastry shop opened, there would definitely be people who were jealous. Less than half a month later, Caidiexuan in the capital encountered trouble. Someone came to cause trouble and said that he had eaten the pastries of Caidiexuan and got sick. He wanted to sue Caidiexuan to the government. If he wanted to calm down the incident, he had to tell them the recipe.

This is Mingli coming to blackmail.

Su Jixiang had warned Wei Zhong before that this kind of thing would definitely happen when the shop opened in the capital. As long as someone came to cause trouble, it was just for the recipe of making cakes, so just give it to them directly. If they didn't mix the ingredients well, they wouldn't be able to make the same taste.

So Wei Zhong listened to Su Jixiang's words, not only gave out the recipe, but also posted the recipe directly on the sign at the door of Caidiexuan, so that people who came to buy pastries every day could copy it away.

He also installed a large piece of glass in front of the door of the production room facing the street. Before the time came, Su Jixiang asked him to cover it with wooden boards temporarily. If someone came to make trouble in the future, he would remove the wooden boards so that people outside could directly see how people inside were operating!

This is something very new.

Such a large piece of glass was quietly transported into the capital and quietly installed without leaking out. Moreover, although the people in the capital knew what glass was, they had never seen such a large piece of glass.

This time, Caidiexuan became completely popular!

It takes a lot of talent to get such a large piece of glass and install it on the street, so those scoundrels with evil intentions have to consider whether they can go against such a wealthy person. Other nobles in the capital have never seen such a large piece of glass, which is enough to cover a wall. If there was not a half-person-high wooden fence in front of the glass, the onlookers would probably break the glass... So the nobles in the capital are also asking who opened this Colorful Butterfly Pavilion!

Only Zhou Chengjun knew that Caidiexuan was the work of Wei Ling and Su Jixiang. He really didn't expect that Su Jixiang would open Caidiexuan in the capital so soon.

At this time, he was already the head of the Zhou family.

He used the booklet Zhou Ziqi gave him to win over a group of people and secretly fight against another group of Zhou family members. He then used the money Zhou Ziqi gave him to smooth the relationship, making everyone in the Zhou family feel that Zhou Chengjun was a patient person who was willing to make real plans for the Zhou family.

In just less than two years, he has become the most prominent person in the Zhou family, and is basically gradually undermining the status of the current head of the Zhou family.

The head of the Zhou family was also unlucky. He fell down while out relaxing and suffered a stroke. Now he is bedridden and can't speak coherently. He drools when he speaks. So now Zhou Chengjun is basically the head of the Zhou family. Once the old head dies, he can legitimately inherit the Zhou family.

Of course, it is worth pondering how the old patriarch of the Zhou family fell and how he suffered a stroke!

Although Caidiexuan announces the recipes of its new dim sum every day, its business has not declined but is getting better and better.

In less than half a year, he made a fortune. Following Su Jixiang's instructions, Wei Zhong opened a second branch in Beijing.

The one who went to make snacks was still the widow of the Black Tiger Army sent from Mangcheng.

These girls are now full of energy. Su Jixiang has given them some shares of the Beijing shop, which means they will have a share of every penny earned. Now they are really working hard. No one will be careless or foolish in terms of ingredients or production techniques. They are all doing it seriously and steadily.

At the same time, Su Jixiang sent Xu Mo to the capital and asked him to be responsible for selling canned fruits and other things made by Caidiexuan, such as soap, moisturizer, glass mirrors and other products.

She asked Xu Mo to open another business, which was not named Caidiexuan, but Wanzhen Pavilion.