"Why are there still rabbits with this kind of fur?"
The Marquis turned around and asked Ye Luoxin.
It's not like he's never seen a rabbit before.
I have seen him leading troops in the wilderness before.
Later I went hunting with the emperor and saw him.
I have never seen such a pure white rabbit.
"I specially trained them." Ye Luoxin pointed out the other rabbits in the rabbit hutch to the Marquis.
"These rabbits are originally mixed colors, but from generation to generation, we will select rabbits that are closest to solid colors for breeding. Slowly, we will be able to raise rabbits with pure coat colors."
There happened to be a worker there, and Ye Luoxin asked him to grab a little rabbit that was just half a month old.
The rabbit is all white and looks fluffy.
However, the rabbit has a piece of black hair on the tip of its ears and where its eyes are, which looks unique and beautiful.
"Luo Xin." Mr. Hou put the rabbit in his hand and looked at it, and suddenly said: "How much can you sell a rabbit?"
"The price when sold to others is not high. However, if you process the braised rabbit yourself and add a purse made of rabbit skin, you can sell it for more than ten taels of silver or even more." Ye Luoxin was a little proud.
The Marquis shook his head when he heard this.
"Grandpa doesn't believe it?" Ye Luoxin asked.
"Although this rabbit is not a valuable thing, if you use it well, it can still be quite profitable."
The Marquis shook his head again.
"Son, it's not that I don't believe you, but I think the price is too low!"
"Too low?" Ye Luoxin was surprised.
"Maybe the prices in Beijing are different from those here, but in Qinghe County, the price of this thing is indeed not low!"
"I'm not talking about the pouches and braised rabbits you made." Mr. Hou said, "You may not know that some ladies or young masters from wealthy families in Beijing like to raise small things. I think this rabbit is very good.
It's clean, beautiful, and won't hurt anyone. If they buy it and keep it, how much do you think they can sell it for? "
"How much?" Ye Luoxin looked at Mr. Hou and saw him holding out two fingers.
"Two, twenty taels?"
"No, at least two hundred taels?"
"At least, two hundred taels?" Ye Luoxin thought this price was a bit outrageous.
These young ladies from wealthy families are really willing to give up.
"Yes." Mr. Hou raised the rabbit in his hand to look at it again.
"Rabbits with this kind of appearance are rare. I once saw Princess An Ning raising a rabbit. It was not as good-looking as this one, but she still spent 500 taels of silver on it."
"500 taels?" Ye Luoxin was already so surprised that she didn't want to be surprised anymore.
"Yes, but not everyone will be as willing as she is, so I think the price of 200 taels is quite reasonable."
"Then...how do I sell it to them?" Ye Luoxin asked.
Although the price mentioned by the Marquis was frighteningly high, Ye Luoxin also knew that in fact, the only thing he could earn from doing business was the information gap.
What you think is worthless may be worth thousands of dollars in the eyes of others.
Just like a rabbit, in the eyes of the villagers, its greatest use is for eating meat, so no matter what it looks like, the price will not be more than 2 taels of silver.
But those wealthy people are definitely not pursuing eating meat, but reaching another level, such as fur, character, wisdom...
The more features it has, the easier it is to sell it at a higher price.
But the most difficult thing is how to break this information gap.
Ye Luoxin had never thought about bringing the braised rabbit business to the capital, but she had never thought about bringing the rabbit business directly to the homes of princes and nobles.
This is an information gap that she cannot break for the time being.
"Silly boy, since your grandfather has brought it up, if you want to sell it, naturally go to him!" the old lady said.
"I'm not good at these things. When it comes to these things, your grandmother is better at them."
It was rare for the two of them to become polite.
"Humph, what are you saying you're not good at? I think you just don't want to help your granddaughter!" Mr. Hou said angrily.
"I'm fine with those princes and young masters, but can I also talk to those ladies and ladies in the back houses?"
The Marquis looked at the old lady and said, "If I really go, why don't you even say anything to me?"
"My granddaughter feels bad for bothering you two with this kind of thing. Otherwise, please wait and see again."
Ye Luoxin is not a person who is blind to money. She also knows that a prince would go out to solicit business for her.
At this time, the old lady said: "Actually, we don't need to worry about these things. As long as your uncle comes forward, nothing can't be done."
Ye Luoxin's uncle, the eldest son of the Hou Mansion, was the best business person in the entire Daliang.
So there is nothing wrong with what the old lady said.
"Uncle, are you interested in our small business?" Ye Luoxin asked.
"How dare he look down on him!" The old lady suddenly raised her voice.
"Yes, as long as you ask, how dare Mingyu refuse to agree."
The Marquis took the opportunity to say.
"Hmph, I'll tell him when I get back, how can such a good rabbit bred by my granddaughter be buried like this in this small county!"
"Yes, I think so too!" Mr. Hou struck while the iron was hot: "So I said, if you come back to Beijing with me as soon as possible, the matter of your granddaughter can also be put on the agenda as soon as possible."
"Go back! I'll go back with you in a few days!" the old lady said.
The Marquis was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately said to Chunhua behind him: "Hurry up and pack up all the old lady's things tonight. We will set off back to Beijing tomorrow!"
"Go back tomorrow?"
The old lady suddenly realized something was wrong.
She looked at Mr. Hou, looked him up and down, and then said: "I finally understand. What you just said just now, are you just trying to persuade me to return to Beijing?"
The Marquis looked upright: "No! Didn't I say that you can live here as long as you like? Didn't we just talk about your granddaughter making money? In order to help your granddaughter, you should go back, and you have to go back!"
Although she felt that she had been tricked, the old lady also knew that what the Marquis said was reasonable.
Not only when she went back to give orders to her son, but also when it came to matters related to the back house, it was more reassuring for her to come forward in person.
Anyway, the money she makes goes into her pocket. The more she makes, the better.
"Huh! Just go back! I'll come back when the business is done!"
No matter how quick Ye Luoxin reacted, she never expected that the topic of this old couple would change so quickly. Look at the rabbit, are they going back to Beijing now?
However, from the interaction between the two, she could also tell that although Mr. Hou was a little scheming, he still doted on the old lady.
The three of them were still talking, but Xu Zhengxiang had already come over to call: "Luo Xin, Mr. Marquis and Madam, come back for dinner!"
