After all, this is the royal family's property, not Yu Shaodong's alone.
Therefore, Mr. Dong and Mr. Dong were a little concerned, but they were not too worried. After all, there is no one behind them.
...
"Shopkeeper Yu, I don't know what you mean?" Someone stood in front of him and gestured to the cook who was busy.
Yu Shaodong cupped his hands towards this person and explained loudly: "So that the elders will know that we will naturally sell fish today. But I was worried that the elders would not know how to clean it up, so I showed it to you in front of the public. Everyone can enjoy it, taste it first before buying it, how about it?”
"Okay!!!" When they heard that there was free fish to eat, how could any of the people be unhappy and start making noises?
"Shopkeeper Yu Renyi!"
At this time, the fish was also ready. It was chopped into small pieces and placed on the plate for the people to grab and taste.
"good......"
"tasty......"
"It smells so good..."
Some people ate one piece and wanted to get the second piece.
The people in the Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry didn’t care and let them take it. After all the fish on the plate was eaten, the cook at the back brought another plate, again allowing the people to take it.
After eating four or five pieces in a row, the people couldn't help but satisfy their greed, but instead made them feel ashamed and embarrassed to do anything again. After all, the people at this time were still very simple, and everyone wanted to be proud.
Well, it’s not like I can’t afford fish. Shopkeeper Yu asked me to taste it, so it’s okay to taste it myself. It’s impossible to eat endlessly.
"Dong Yu, I've seen this and eaten the fish. You have to sell your fish, so let's negotiate a price." A wealthy member of the staff bared his teeth and savored the taste of the fish.
Apart from anything else, this fish tastes really good. It doesn't have the earthy smell of river fish, but has a fat and sweet taste. If the price is not expensive, he is ready to buy it and try it.
Yu Shaodong was not polite. After all, there was so much preparation ahead. Wasn't it all prepared to sell fish?
He held out a finger and said, "One pound, ten coins!"
Not only the members but also everyone was stunned.
"Are you sure you're right?" The member of staff looked at Yu Shaodong in disbelief. Not because the price is too expensive, but because it is too cheap.
Ordinary river fish, such as carp, cost twenty cents per catty. Don't think that the price is very expensive. You must know that in this era, eating meat is quite a luxury, even if it is fish.
Many people think that ancient scholar-bureaucrats did not eat pork, and only poor people ate pork. In fact, poor people can't even afford pork, because a pound of pork costs about 40 yuan. It can be seen from this that Fan Jin's father-in-law treats him well. After all, he often brings a pair of fat sausages to Fan Jin, doesn't he? With a fat intestine of eight or nine pounds, if he were a truly mean person, he might not be willing to give it to his son-in-law very often.
Of course, mutton is even more expensive, costing nearly a hundred yuan per pound.
As for beef, don't even think about it. Killing cattle without permission is illegal.
Therefore, people were so surprised when Yu Shaodong said the price of ten cents per catty. This price is half cheaper than the cheapest river fish.
From Yuanwai's point of view, even if such a fish sells for 20 cents, or even a little more expensive, he can accept it. But now it only sells for ten cents a pound, so what else is there to say?
Just buy it!
In an instant, the market was bustling with people clamoring to buy fish.
Even the people watching the excitement couldn't help but be tempted by the price. A kilogram only costs ten cents, and ordinary people can earn forty or fifty cents after working for a day. In other words, even if they work hard for a day, they can afford to buy four to five kilograms of fish.
Let’s not say four or five kilograms. If we reduce it by half, just buy two kilograms, right? Two kilograms of fish is enough for the family to hold a tooth ceremony and have some meat dishes.
Yu Shaodong is also very satisfied with the current situation. If he wants to sell all the more than 300,000 kilograms of fish in a short period of time, he has no other choice but to lower the price. Only by lowering prices can we attract all the people who were not prepared to buy fish to come and buy fish.
More than 300,000 catties of fish, priced at ten cents per catty, were sold out. Excluding losses and additional expenses, there will be an income of about three thousand guan. Three thousand guan doesn't seem like much, but compared with the 100,000 guan sent by Han Du to the palace in a month, it seems a bit fussy.
But these three thousand strings were only the result of three warships going out to sea for fishing once. What if there are more fishing boats in the future, say thirty? Maybe set a small goal, three hundred ships?
Moreover, I don’t go to sea more than once a day. Han Du went out to sea for the first time and wasted a lot of time going back and forth. Even so, it took him less than three hours in total to fish back. If you become proficient, can you go back and forth in two hours, or three or four times a day?
In this way, the income from fishing in the sea for a day is very considerable.
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Han Du received Lao Zhu's order and a total of twenty warships. Han Du was naturally very happy about these ships. With these boats, you can catch more fish yourself.
But Han Du was very confused about Lao Zhu's will. Originally, Han Du meant that recruiting villagers was just a small matter, and Lao Zhu should agree. But he didn't expect that Lao Zhu flatly rejected the imperial edict's proposal to recruit villagers and scolded himself not to make trouble. Fortunately, Lao Zhu still had a conscience. Although he did not agree to recruit villagers, he mobilized corvees from the eight surrounding counties for his own control. It even said in the imperial edict that if it was not enough, Han Du could still increase the number of corvees.
On the contrary, Han Du thought there was little hope for opening fields to dry salt, but Lao Zhu made the decision. Just added a requirement, it can only be used, not bought or sold.
Han Du naturally never thought about selling salt, and he never even thought about Lao Zhu agreeing to dry salt by himself. This request has no impact at all on Han Du.
It's really strange. Why did Lao Zhu refuse to recruit villagers, but instead agreed to dry the salt? There was no explanation in the imperial edict. He was far away from the capital now and had no news. He had no idea what was going on.
But who cares, being able to allow myself to dry out the salt is an unexpected blessing.
This is like asking someone to do something. If you only make one request, then you probably won't be able to do it because others will reject you. But if you propose something less difficult after being rejected, then your matter will probably be settled.
Because if someone rejects you once, they will rarely reject you a second time unless they want to fall out with you.
