Chapter 55: Discovery of Energy Stone

  After settling with Master Qi, Du Le didn't rush him and didn't mean for him to go sell boxed lunches right away.

  Running a canteen in the factory is different from opening a restaurant. As long as it's not open to the outside and has a health permit, it should be fine. So before the canteen opens to the outside, Du Le must let the canteen handle a business license and a tax permit, separate from the factory.

  In addition, fresh vegetables and meat are needed for business with outsiders, it is impossible to go shopping again today.

  Besides, necessary advertisements still need to be done, otherwise who would know that your cafeteria is open for business?

  There's a lot going on and Du Le is busy by himself.

  Du Le came out of Qi Shifu's place and went to find Liao Bingkun, telling him about the decision to reform the cafeteria and asking him to find someone to handle the business license. Then, he found the factory's financial department and allocated 200,000 yuan as start-up capital for the cafeteria.

  As for the selection of ingredients, Du Le entrusted it to Qi Shifu. Moreover, Du Le asked Qi Shifu to quickly come up with two menus, one for take-out and one for the restaurant's dishes. Only after Du Le reviewed them could they be used.

  Just a thought, an idea, and Du Le is busy again. Fortunately, this is for his own work, with a goal in mind, it's worth the tiredness.

  After everything was initially settled, Du Le's mental burden was greatly reduced.

  Thinking of the dishes he was about to prepare, Du Le suddenly thought that using only five-leaf grass as a seasoning was a bit too monotonous. For this reason, Du Le specially transmitted himself into Jinyang City, went to a wine house to find Yan Fu, and prepared to ask the chef from another world to collect local culinary characteristics, especially wanting to find out if there were any seasonings that didn't exist on Earth.

  The transmission coordinates are still in the mansion's bedroom in Jinyang City, and Du Le has not found a new energy stone to set up a new coordinate, let alone cancel this permanent transmission coordinate. Fortunately, Du Le's last coordinate was in this bedroom, after all, this coordinate is much safer than the original one in the small alley.

  Du Le hastily rushed to the wine building in the city, without noticing the situation on the streets of Jinyang City.

  It was unexpected that the situation of the wine house made Du Le feel very surprised. Since the wine house raised its prices, not only did it not lose customers, but it became even more lively and bustling.

  Looking at the wine house, the sound of people was deafening, and the shopkeeper came back and forth. Du Le couldn't help but be stunned. Are all the people in Chu State so rich and foolish? The more expensive, the better it sells?

  Du Le hurriedly found Yan Fu to ask about the recent situation in Jinyang City and this strange phenomenon at the wine house.

  It turned out that since Du Le ordered the counterattack, the grain market was no longer suppressed by Du Le, and the grain price in Jinyang City suddenly soared. In addition, the noodle shops were closed, the wine houses raised prices and no longer accepted wuye grass, and the refugees in Jinyang City were in a state of panic, with all sorts of disturbances occurring from time to time both inside and outside the city.

  Jinyang City Governor Li Guangyao ordered the city guards and soldiers to expel all vagrants who lingered on the streets without a place to live, letting them fend for themselves outside the city walls one night.

  Because the wine shop has always had Du Le's secret support, rice has never been in short supply. So the price went up, but it was never stopped from doing business and maintaining supplies. In addition, other wine shops in Jinyang City were closed due to food shortages. Moreover, Jinyang City is the capital of Chu State after all, and there are always rich people. Therefore, Yan Fu's wine shop became more and more prosperous, making a fortune every day.

  After learning the situation from Yan Fu, Du Le felt that he had overestimated the official's conscience. To drive out the refugees from the city, this Jin Yang City Governor was really good at thinking. Having lost the hearts of the people, it won't be far from great chaos.

  Du Le asked Yan Fu about the seasoning first before getting down to business.

  Yan Fu told Du Le that apart from the five-leaf grass, there were several special seasonings in the kitchen of a general wine house. For example, Chi Yang fruit, Xue Lan fruit, Hu pepper fruit, sweet flower leaves and so on.

  Red sun fruit, somewhat like the chili of the earth, can be made into powder for seasoning. However, red sun fruit is only generally spicy, apart from this, it also has obvious aphrodisiac effect, and is the main ingredient of dragon and tiger spirit soup.

  Yulan fruit is the main ingredient of Fengyan whitening soup, which has the effect of whitening and moisturizing skin. It can be ground into powder and used as a seasoning.

  Sichuan pepper fruit, ground into a powder, has a flavor similar to that of common pepper.

  Sweet flower leaf, a kind of flower leaves, sweet in taste, dried and ground into powder, can be used as seasoning, has the effect of nourishing stomach and spleen.

  These seasonings, unlike the five-leaf clover, are relatively scarce and expensive, not as good as those on Earth. However, if those secret soups really work, it's worth Du Le investing time and money in them.

  The situation in Chu State is no longer optimistic, and with the darkness of the government office, Du Le is still worried about his industry.

  Du Le took some of each seasoning from the wine tower, preparing to take them back and give them to Qi Shifu to study a few dishes. Time was pressing, so Du Le left the wine tower quickly. Before returning to Fuyong City, Du Le suddenly remembered that he should go somewhere.

  Fortunately, Jinyang City was on high alert every day, driving away refugees, but it didn't mean to close the city gate tightly. Du Le easily left the city.

  Du Le Xian returned to his own manor and coincidentally met the old steward at the entrance of the manor, who was accompanied by several horse-drawn carriages, preparing to leave.

  Du Le hurriedly stopped the old steward and asked them where they were going.

  The old steward saw his master coming and hurriedly bowed to greet him.

  The old steward told Du Le that he and a dozen or so servants were preparing to go to the newly built manor.

  Du Le heard the words and thought for a moment, it was just right that he himself had not been to his new manor, so he went to take a look. So he proceeded with the butler. Along the way, Du Le asked the butler about the situation of the new manor.

  Under the stimulation of Du Le's food and gold coins, the process of recruiting refugees in the manor went very smoothly. The new manor was built with two residential areas inside and outside, recruiting more than 2,000 households of refugees, with more than 800 able-bodied men, who would become Du Le's guards.

  The planting of clover was very smooth. Because Dou Le's investment is large, plus the production cycle of clover is originally short, so as long as the weather is ideal, harvesting four or five tons per season is completely no problem. Moreover, there are many fruit trees on the mountain where the manor is located, which are all private property of Dou Le.

  The horse trotted for more than three hours before finally arriving at the destination. Having enjoyed the smooth roads of a technological society, Du Le was walking on such bumpy roads for the first time. The bumps of the horse cart along the way almost made Du Le want to vomit. If it weren't for the foundation of Changchun Jue, which constantly ran to calm the body's discomfort, Du Le would have been unbearable.

  For the first time, he arrived at his own private villa. Standing at the foot of the mountain, Du Le raised his eyes and saw a fairly large mountain villa, surrounded by walls that were at least three people high, with people coming and going outside the walls from time to time.

  "Master, at this time, most of the strong men are practicing martial arts in the training ground behind the mountain. The tenant farmers in the manor have been arranged to plant not only five-leaf grass on the south side but also some grains and vegetables for self-sufficiency; there are some wild fruit trees on the west side; a river runs through the north side, and there is also a spring on the mountain that can guarantee irrigation." The old steward followed behind Du Le, explaining as they walked up the mountain stairs.

  Du Le nodded, the butler had chosen a good location, and this villa was obviously better than he had imagined. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there was no shortage of water on the mountain. As long as they could guarantee food for a long time, even if they stayed on the mountain for a few years, it wouldn't be a big deal.

  Du Le walked around and looked, very satisfied with the results of the housekeeper's work. It seems that he got a talent in management. Seeing the villa being managed by the housekeeper in an orderly manner, it is clear that handing over the villa to him for management can be reassuring.

  "Energy crystal ore discovered, energy content unknown, scanning..."

  "Energy crystal ore discovered, energy crystal content unknown, further testing required..."

  "The energy crystal mine is out of detection range. If further detection is required, please provide external detection equipment."

  As Du Le and his group walked up to the mountain villa's gate, he suddenly heard that long-familiar voice.

  Du Le followed the sound and disappeared, staring at a black boulder half as tall as a person beside the mountain villa's gate, pointing and asking: "Where did this boulder come from?"

  The butler was also astonished that Du Le actually cared about this insignificant black stone, but he knew his place and wouldn't ask for the reason since Du Le didn't say anything.

  "Master, there are stones like this all over the mountain." The steward replied briefly to Du Le's inquiry.

  Du Le smiled happily and said: "Good! Butler, find a few people to come and smash it open for me."