“This is salted duck, a new dish that I came up with. You can eat it after steaming it in the cauldron and pouring some of the braising sauce on top.” The main purpose of Yu Xiaocao’s visit was to promote salted duck, so she naturally wouldn’t let go of this good chance.

“Salted duck? Xiaocao, you came up with a new recipe?” Zhou Zixu, who looked weary, came in from outside with the county magistrate’s son following behind him.

Yu Xiaocao smiled and greeted him, “Third Young Master, where did you go so early in the morning?”

Zhou Zixu replied, “Where else? Of course, I just came back from the construction site at the wharf. It’s a critical point for the construction for our factory right now. I have been personally supervising the site these past few days!”

“Thanks for your hard work!” Yu Xiaocao had a certain sense of respect for his young man, who would have been a middle school student in her previous life. Dragons gave birth to dragons, while phoenix gave birth to phoenixes [1]. The son of a mouse was capable of digging holes, while the son of an imperial merchant would be a workaholic when doing business!

Zhou Zixu grinned from ear to ear on his slightly childish face, “If our factory can be completed earlier, all the hard work would be worth...