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Chapter 1006 is a major oversight; it's not good to keep tormenting Old Deng.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, more and more people in the capital are making mooncakes.

At this time, the mooncakes were more like the Suzhou-style flaky mooncakes of later generations, with fillings of pine nuts, walnuts, watermelon seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc., and dyed orange peel as candied fruit, making them the ancestor of the five-nut mooncake.

In addition, there are nut mooncakes filled with dried fruit, but they are more expensive due to fruit production issues.

Mooncakes with a diameter of over 60 centimeters have also appeared.

Many nobles in the capital even had the custom of exchanging mooncakes.

Then, Yang Shaofeng thought of Old Deng and Little Deng.

Old Deng openly and secretly demanded students from Dengzhou University, Ningyang Youth, and Ningyang County.

Xiao Deng was even more outrageous than Lao Deng, openly and brazenly negotiating terms, clearly wanting the students of Ningyang County School.

People will definitely be given.

For this small number of people, Old Deng and Young Deng have completely abandoned all pretense of decency; it would be unreasonable not to give them some.

Moreover, starting this year, a considerable number of students at Denzhou University have completed their studies and met the graduation requirements.

The reason for delaying the report to Lao Deng was partly because they planned to divert a portion of the funds to Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture, and partly because "things are valued for their scarcity".

At the very least, we need to see what price Old Deng is asking for.

Of course, while giving gifts is important, the four-color gift set is also essential.

The prices of tea leaves and white sugar remain constant over a short period of time.

Even ordinary families would try their best to buy some tea and white sugar as two of the most important gifts in the four-color gift set.

As for the other two items, the differences between them are quite significant.

Those with slightly better means might give canned fish or fruit from Dengzhou Prefecture as a gift, or local specialties like luncheon meat or smoked chicken from Ningyang County.

Those with slightly less means might give fried dough sticks or steamed buns as a gift, or they might give eggs, chicken, fish, or meat as a gift.

Mooncakes will be charged separately.

Each company decides based on its own circumstances.

Because Yang Shaofeng married two princesses at the same time, he had to prepare double the amount of four-color gifts and double the amount of mooncakes when he returned to his parents' home on the 14th of August.

"Besides tea and white sugar, we can also give you noodles from Ningyang County as a gift, and pear juice from Laiyang in Dengzhou Prefecture as another gift."

Yang Shaofeng kept thinking, "As for mooncakes, I'd better get some salted egg yolks in the next couple of days and ask the kitchen how to use them as filling."

"And durian, that stuff should also be made into filling."

"Get them all, whether it's red bean paste or lotus seed paste."

"Let's also change the mooncake crust. I vaguely remember something. It seems like you mix glutinous rice flour with starch, mung bean flour, and other things, steam it, and then put the filling in. That way, you can make a mooncake crust that is as white as ice."

"Have the kitchen hurry up and try it out, and come up with a variety of new fillings."

"Anyway, we have to send four kinds of gifts and mooncakes. If these things can be recognized as tribute items, we can teach the people of Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture how to make them. That would be another way to make money."

"By the way, if you mix and match several different flavors in a gift box, calculate the cost, and then add a zero to the end to get the selling price."

"Even if we can't get the title of tribute goods, at least we can use them to fool those barbarians at the border market."

"..."

Jin'er smiled and poured tea for Yang Shaofeng, saying, "What about the crabs from Ningyang County?"

Yang Shaofeng was taken aback and asked, "What is that? A crab?"

Jin'er nodded and said, "That's right, it's a crab."

“We can raise not only fish in Daming Lake in Ningyang County, but also crabs.”

"A few days ago, I had someone go to Ningyang County to wait for us, and they will bring some crabs when the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching."

"If it is full of yellow and creamy substance, then Yu'er and I will send it to the palace."

"This is yet another new name for tribute."

Yang Shaofeng was somewhat bewildered.

There is no doubt that Jin'er and Yu'er are very filial.

The only question is, is Shandong really suitable for raising crabs?

If it is suitable, why did Shandong not have any famous crabs in later generations, with only Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs and Panjin rice paddy crabs being relatively famous?

Seeing the expression on Yang Shaofeng's face, Jin'er couldn't help but laugh, "Is my husband afraid that the crabs from Daming Lake can't compare to the crabs from Jiangnan?"

Yang Shaofeng nodded, but Jin'er smiled and said, "I didn't really expect the crabs from Daming Lake to be that good. I was just taking a shot anyway."

"Besides, the water in Daming Lake in Ningyang is clear and sweet, so why can't we raise good crabs?"

"At most, it just takes a little longer to ripen."

"But even if it's slow, it's only a matter of a few days until the Mid-Autumn Festival."

That seems to be the case, doesn't it?

After all, if Panjin can raise rice paddy crabs, there's no reason why Ningyang County, which is further south, can't raise crabs.

Yang Shaofeng smacked his lips and said with some regret, "It's a pity that Daming Lake was dug a little too small. If it were bigger, it wouldn't just be a matter of crabs."

Jin'er smiled again and said softly, "Although Daming Lake is small, our Ningyang County has plenty of smaller lakes."

"They're all from lakes in Ningyang County, so naturally the crabs raised there are all the same."

"It's nothing more than Daming Lake gaining another title as a tribute item."

"I've thought about it. If we can really give the crabs of Daming Lake the title of tribute, we can dig a few more lakes to raise crabs. Once they're almost full, we can put them in Daming Lake to raise for a few more days."

"The price will definitely not be low, and ordinary people will be able to earn more."

Yang Shaofeng hummed in agreement, but in his heart he was wondering whether he should create another gimmick involving the Daming Lake bighead carp.

If we could figure this out, just the chopped chili fish head... damn it, we don't have chili peppers right now, so we can't make chopped chili fish head at all. We can only use braised fish head in soy sauce as a substitute.

While braised fish head is delicious, its appearance isn't particularly appealing, so it's not really suitable to use to fool Lao Deng.

Thinking about this, Yang Shaofeng's thoughts gradually began to veer off course again.

Is there anything in Dengzhou Prefecture that could be used to fool the old man of Dengzhou?

If Dengzhou Prefecture doesn't have it either, is there anything in Liaodong that could be used to fool Lao Deng?

Chicken stew with mushrooms is out of the question; Old Deng has already had that.

Things like deer antlers, deer blood, and bear paws are nothing special.

Otherwise, how about having Hu Weiyong bring over a silly roe deer?

This thing really suits Old Deng's image!

Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but shake his head, trying to shake the image of the silly roe deer version of Lao Deng out of his mind.

Let's just leave it at that. It's a holiday, and it's not good to keep pushing Old Deng too hard.

It would be better to think of a way to mess with Lao Deng, Xiao Deng, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Xu Da, and Chang Yuchun.

This also saves them from constantly worrying about the limited manpower in Ningyang County.