boyutpedia Chapter 42 Patents
Chapter 42 Patents
"Oh? What idea is it? Tell me!" Jiang Shichang couldn't help but laugh heartily, his goodwill towards this young girl continuing to rise.
Zisu: "It is said that the invention of tofu is of epoch-making significance to the food industry. In order to prevent anyone from stealing the secret recipe for making tofu, I suggest that Good Days Restaurant apply for a patent from the government to protect the rights and interests of Good Days Restaurant!"
"Patent?" Jiang Shichang asked, puzzled.
"A patent is..." Zisu explained as best she could the knowledge she had learned from Shangguan Zhihua in her previous life. She then said to Jiang Shichang, "I heard that my cousin Shangguan Zhihua is also researching how to make tofu, preparing to present it to Shili Xiang in order to win Xiao Fan's favor and try to become his concubine. Maybe she'll figure it out someday, so you need to speed things up!"
"Oh, I see!" Jiang Shichang suddenly understood and nodded. "Alright, I understand. I will request an audience with the Princess today and ask her to come to the palace to persuade His Majesty to promulgate new laws!"
Zisu: "That's excellent. This way, the interests of honest and law-abiding merchants can be protected to the greatest extent. In the future, there will be fewer disputes in the business world!"
After reviewing the recipes and pastry instructions, Jiang Shichang readily gave Zisu over 50,000 taels of silver and said sincerely, "Thank you for your great help, Miss Shangguan. If you have any new recipes or pastry recipes in the future, please feel free to sell them to Good Days Restaurant!"
"Of course, of course! Certainly, certainly!" Zisu laughed happily, then took her leave.
After leaving the Good Days Restaurant, she went to the镖局 (escort agency) and asked them to deliver 20,000 taels of silver to Yi County. She deposited the rest of the silver in Maoyuan Money Exchange, using the same method as before. Then, she went to the human market, bought ten orphans, and brought them back to Wuliping.
Also returning was Aunt Yao from the escort agency. Zisu had spent two thousand taels of silver to hire Aunt Yao from the agency for a year, with food, drink, clothing, and lodging provided.
These ten orphans were all between seven and ten years old, five boys and five girls.
Grandma disapproved and scolded, "Zisu, why did you buy children? If you're going to buy children, you should buy some young and strong people, so they can be used for farming!"
Zisu: "These ten orphans were bought with the intention of teaching them martial arts so they can guard the house in the future. As for farming, we can just hire strong laborers from the village!"
"Oh? I see. That's good!" Grandma nodded and smiled with satisfaction.
Before Zisu went to the capital, she had already arranged for a row of five houses and a spacious indoor martial arts training ground to be built in Xiaoshitan. The ten orphans had a place to stay readily available, so they didn't have to worry about anything.
Yes, this child is decisive and shrewd, so it seems she really doesn't need to worry about her too much.
Grandma nodded in satisfaction and went for a walk with her hands behind her back.
Aunt Yao started teaching the orphan martial arts, training him for five hours every day – it was intensive training. Every day, she would also set aside an hour to continue teaching Zisu, Xiangli, Dingxiang, Haitang, and Yingtao, helping them to improve further.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.
On this day, Shangguan Zhihua finally succeeded in making tofu. She immediately took the secret recipe and went to Shili Xiang excitedly.