That"s the end of the food/business chapters for a bit. Next up is newbie training. I left sakura* as it is because I couldn"t think of the better term but it"s basically people paid in the crowd to lead on everyone and make them thing it"s awesome, that sort of thing. Next chapter in 8~ hours.
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"100..No matter how you think about it isn"t that too few..."
"..Ral sure is extreme. Since it"s the first day, wouldn"t 200-300 be plenty?"
Ralpha is completely out of the question but Gwine"s estimates weren"t half bad I guess? Since this time is the first day we had planned for them to be producing around 300 of them to sell. Even if they don"t all sell today we"ll be smoking them as well, since we"re boiling them and then cooling them down right away, as long as they properly have ice on their side to leave them in then the quality should be no problem until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
The size of the sausages being produced are using the bowel"s of a pig as casings so a thickness of about 3-4 cm, frankfurt size and the length should be around 15 cm so I guess they should be around 100 grams each? Since there"s also other things mixed into them as well in order to make around 100 of them they should have stocked up on about 9 kg of pork. 27 kg for 300 of them. We were questioning putting in close to 10% in other mixed ingredients but while the flavor gets a bit lighter mixing in shaved ice gives it a smother taste and reduces the number of failures. It also reduces the number of rupturing accidents when boiling them. It"s to the point where it would even be fine to add a bit more.
When we arrived at the Boil Manor the brat ran up and gave us some complaints.
"Basutoral-sama, please do things like smoking outside of your room...If you"re going to do it then please use the roof."
Oh~ I guess that"s only obvious. It"s not like there"s ventilation so if you were to do something like smoking inside of your room it would overflow with smoke. If it"s just a bit then there"s no major problem with the window being open but when it comes to smoking sausages in the 100s the amount of smoke would be on a different level. It seems we"ve done something bad.
Everyone politely apologized to the brat and then proceeded towards Basutoral"s room. I wonder if John and Terry are properly working below Giberuti and Catherine?
No one was in the room. There was just the meat grinder and the table it was fixed to and everything else was cleanly put into order. On the side of the table there"s a bucket and what appears to be the leftover pig"s bowels using for casings was inside of it. It seems everyone is already on the rooftop. The rooftop is usually pretty empty with just the water tank for the shower and a pole for drying clothes. Certainly it might be just right for boiling, smoking, and airing out sausages.
Just as expected everyone was gathered on the rooftop in the middle of their work under Giberuti"s lead. They washed the completed sausages to get rid of any sc.r.a.ps and then starting from the ones that were wiped dry of moisture they"re smoking them. On the side of that they have a pot with boiling water and Catherine is maintaining the temperature of the fire so it doesn"t boil over while they boil the sausages that have finished smoking.
The smoker that Giberuti and Basutoral made wasn"t all that big at all. In terms of volume it"s about 4, 1 To(18 liters) cans worth. Even if you make good use of how you"re hanging them I think around 100 at a time is the limit. The pot they"re boiling the water in is the portable type size that adventurers use so it"s at best useful for making enough soup for 10 people. Since it"s around 3 liters it can probably only boil around 10 of them at a time.
On the side of that is a large pail with the remaining half-melted ice I made this morning, it seems around 20 frankfurts are floating in it after being smoked and boiled.
Wumu, no matter how I look it"s inefficient. Or, rather, putting aside the smoker, the stove and pot are small. With this it"s vague whether they might even be able to make them all by the evening. There"s no helping it if they spend this much time just making a mere 300 of them. After taking the change from Giberuti for stocking up, I added 1 gold Shu(250,000 Z) to the amount and handed it back while ordering "Go and buy a larger stove and pot".
The expenses for this time was around 8,000 Z for a total of rougly 27 kg of pork and various parts. In terms of casings Basutoral had already prepared around 15 of them at 4 meters or so each pickled in salt and those cost 1,000 Z each for a total of 15,000 Z. The spices and seasonings and such was at most around several hundred Z in total. If you include the wood chips for smoking and the magic stones for the stove then it probably won"t even reach 24,000 Z.
The cost of ingredients for one of them is around 80 Z huh? Expensive, that"s expensive.
Particularly the casings are expensive. Since there"s a demand for condoms in Baldukk, even if it"s before they"ve been processed the fact that they have a high price is the largest problem. Since it seems that if we could stock up in Rombertia let alone half price it seems they"re even 1/3rd the price so it might be best to think about stocking up in bulk there. With just that we should be able to drop the cost of ingredients by around 30 Z. If we can make one of them 50 Z then..if we sell them for around 200 Z then that will be decent I guess. No, if I think about the preservatives that we weren"t using this time then the cost of ingredients should go up even higher. It"s like water on a hot stone but it might be best to think about increasing the amount of shaved ice and lowering the cost price.
Suddenly I realized. I picked up one that was completed and whispered {Status Open} in a small voice.
【Pork】
【Manufacture Date: 7/9/7445】
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"Yeah, that one time we ate them, the ones that were just boiled. Those were delicious as well but I liked the ones we ate the other day more."
"I"ve never eaten something that delicious before!"
"Yeah, eat lots from here on out. It"s a child"s job to eat."
Gwine and Zenom were pleasantly talking to John and Terry.
Miduchi took two of those and after putting plenty of mustard on one she handed it to me.
Along with the snapping consistency of biting into it the sourness of the mustard on the surface and the fat from the pork mixes together in a nostalgic flavor.
After chewing even further the crunch in the consistency still feels good as the juices from the meat spread out in my mouth.
They"re pretty big so 300 Z isn"t half bad.
After she met eyes with me she made a teasing smile and started wrapping her long tongue around the frankfurt.
Please play with my frankfrut later.
"Oh, I was late. I went to buy these so the three of you should wear them. They match."
Toris bought three shirts that were dyed black. A uniform huh?
"Also, since Saji and Larry are in charge of the cooking. Make sure you properly put this around your head so no hairs fall out."
Additionally he handed a thin towel like white cloth to the two guys.
The frankfurts gradually keep frying up.
"Wamu..N! This, it"s even more delicious then that {obento} the other day!!"
Misu raises her voice in admiration. That"s only obvious since the ones we gave to them the other day weren"t even properly smoked after all. Of course these ones are more delicious.
"Oh! This flavor, I can"t stand it! It goes well with mustard."
Binsu was biting into it like a delicacy as well. The mustard is good too right. If it comes to this then I want to do something about ketchup as well. Though there"s nothing that can be done.
"They have a good consistency too right!"
Hisu has already eaten close to half of hers. It seems she intends to use mustard on the remaining part. It seems like Binsu can"t wait for her to finish putting it on.
"Master! If you put mustard on them they"re even more delicious right!"
One of Rodrick"s slaves, Denda, called out to Rodrick in admiration.
"Right!? I like {sausage} as well.."
"Yeah, in the past..However..this sure is good."
Rdorick replied while looking off a bit into the distance.
"Ah, I"ve already finished it..Give me one more!"
"Kevin you"re already on your second one too right? I saw it."
"Right..It has this fragrance after all so it seems like it would go well with beer. Hey~ how about trying to prepare some beer?"
"I guess that"s true..Give me one more!"
Everyone is already enjoying themselves as they please around this point.
"Delici~ous! Are they called Sausages~Hn? Baldoggie?"
On the side of that Giberuti was looking at the cooking while quietly putting skewers on them.
Now then...I guess I"ll have one more huh?
【Wood Skewer】
That"s only obvious. It"s hot but it can"t be helped.
【Baldoggie】
Hmn...
【Baldoggie】
【State: Good】
【Value: 30】
I see now. Though there"s a lot more that I don"t get but..really thank you for your work, indeed.
"Oh~ that sister, give me one as well~"
Our first customer has come and called out to Catherine who was acting as the salesperson. It"s a drunk old man. Judging from the blisters on his rough hands he"s probably an artisan who finished up work early to have a drink.
"Yes, here you go. That"ll be 300 Z. Please use as much mustard on it as you please."
"Here you go, 1, 2, 3, and 300. Is it fine if I put it on with this spoon?"
"Yeah, but for the first bite you should try it just like that. If you want to change the flavor then please try putting some mustard on it."
Catherine courteously deals with the sweaty and drunk old man. Umu. It seems she has talent for the night entertainment business. Ah, No, she was still a slave until just the other day wasn"t it. The one who said that she should deal with any customer as if they were her master was me.
"He~ Now then~oo!! This is delicious!"
Catherine smiled seeing the old man eating the Baldoggie deliciously.
"Then next is the mustard oo...ofu!! This is good too!"
The old man who was saying it"s good, it"s good while biting into it, disappeared in the twilight of the town of Baldukk.
Everyone was watching over the reaction of the old man. Before we noticed everyone was moving their heads to see off the old man.
It seems that all of us standing around the stall biting into Baldoggie acted as a good advertis.e.m.e.nt. Countless people were pa.s.sing by before we noticed a number of customers came along.
"Ah, that, give me one."
"300!? That"s a bit expensive..Well I guess it"s fine."
"Thank you very much~!"
"Welcome~!..Yes, here."
"What the, what is it!? A new stall is it? Hmph, for all of the {Slaughterers} to be gathered and eating. Oh~ sister, give me one as well!"
"Please make sure you eat all of it!"
"Thank you for your business."
It seems she can handle stupid customers as well. If it"s this then she should be fine. Including myself the sakura* all split up into small groups as we went to get a proper meal.
Around two hours after we were eating at Murowa and the three of them grouped up with us. It"s still only around 8 pm.
"That was fast."
After I said that and the three of them were a bit excited as they happily reported things to me. It seems they managed to sell one every 20-30 seconds or so. However...even though we didn"t even do any kind of advertis.e.m.e.nt momentum is quite amazing.
Including the sakura* there were sales of 90,000 Z huh? Fumu. If it"s this then it seems it will make it as a business. If we just keep it at selling around 300 of them from a stall and sell another 1,000 or so for a slightly cheaper price to a restaurant in wholesale then it could make it to around 150,000 Z a day. We"ll need to make sure they don"t setup stalls for them when we wholesale..I guess it doesn"t particularly matter though.
There"s no need to always continue to do the sales through a stall ourselves. Even at longest around six months to a year should be plenty. Ah, it might be good to do when mixing in beef, cheese, or other parks of pork as well when announcing them as new products. No, maybe I should have them start making those sorts of new products right away? I guess it doesn"t matter either way.
In any case, even if I estimate it on the low end the overall profit should be around 100,000 a day. a.s.suming 20 days in a month that"s 2,000,000. The labor costs including the fixed expenses are the wages for the two slave boys inn and food costs is around 200,000, the magic stones for the stove are..around 200,000 I guess? 1,000 for Catherine and 600,000 for me. Well, that should be plenty for the time being. After several months I"ll check up on the state of things and consider increasing the number of people, the amount produced, and it"s reputation in the town while deciding which direction to stretch out the business.
After I had thought that far while poking at some Ibodi and Keiswago fried fish together with Toris, I pushed things about the sausages back to a corner of my mind.