The imperial messenger team went out and told Xu Da that they needed to wait a little longer and would come back with the prince.
Zhu Yuanzhang's children also sent people to collect grasshoppers, cicada monkeys and cicada adults in their respective places.
Grasshoppers are eaten by few people, and they usually eat them after harvesting the ground. However, no one in the mountains, forests and grass is willing to catch them.
Just like eating mice, try to choose those from the fields.
There is a big difference in purchase price between grasshoppers and cicadas because people have been eating cicadas since ancient times.
As soon as they heard that grasshoppers and cicadas could be sold for money, the older children and elderly people in Yingtian Mansion started to take action.
At the same time, spiders are unlucky. Some cicadas are in trees and have wings. They need to be glued. Spider webs are the most convenient material.
Some people plan to go at night and pick up a small lantern, as the weather is still relatively cool.
Soak the ones collected today in well water and sell them in delicatessens tomorrow, wrap them and fry them, then add peppercorns and salt.
The harvest is ten cents per catty, and the same goes for the cicadas caught during the day.
It is sold for thirty cents per catty. People can buy it, and people in brothels and restaurants can also buy it.
Children and old people can earn forty or fifty cents a day by catching them, which is not a lot. They are very willing to make this extra money.
Some adults even ran to catch them when they saw such a price. A whole family of men, women and children ran out to look for them at the same time at night.
Those who catch cicadas and sell them are reluctant to eat them. In their eyes, this is just grain, oil and salt.
People who go to restaurants to eat don't care about the price of thirty cents per pound.
Some people who run small shops want to drink some wine, so they buy two taels, about sixteen or seven, and the food is not bad.
The key is that it is deep-fried and wrapped in flour, which contains egg white, salt and peppercorns. It feels inexpensive.
It costs ten cents per catty to make it at home according to the delicatessen method, and it’s not a lot of money! Breading and frying consumes oil.
"It seems that no one is willing to catch grasshoppers." In the afternoon, Zhu Ping came over to explain the situation.
His Qin Prince's Mansion and Prince's Mansion also joined in the fun, but all they received were cicadas.
"Grasshoppers cost only two cents per pound, and they can only be found in grass huts. If you catch them with your hands, they can jump and fly.
Those who are waiting for the grain harvest in autumn will find that there are no cicadas to catch by then, so everyone will go to the fields to catch grasshoppers.
Your Highness has received the information. Is anyone making false accounts? For example, lower the price and charge it at ten cents? "
The head of the village didn't care whether the people caught grasshoppers. He just wanted to know if anyone was seeking death.
"False accounts? All the people in Yingtian Mansion know the price of the receipt, which is ten cents per catty.
They need to pay for what they collect, and then hand it over to the delicatessen in Xiaqiu Village.
The deli has another account. Unless you help them fake it, where will they get the chance? "
Zhu Fang waved his hand and gave the ten cents to the delicatessen. The delicatessen would process it and sell it. After deducting the cost, everyone would share the money.
There is no chance to reach out in between. If you collect in the morning, give it to the deli before noon, if you collect it in the afternoon, give it to the deli in the evening, and if you collect it in the evening, give it to the deli before midnight.
Collecting in the middle of the night... No one sells in the middle of the night, everyone is out catching it!
"They can also be collected from nearby prefectures. They can survive for two or three days if soaked in well water. They are collected from Ningguo Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture. They can be soaked in well water the next morning and transported to Nanjing by ship. There is still time.
The prefectures downstream of Yingtian Mansion can also collect it. I believe there are people who are willing to catch and sell it for five cents per pound.
Someone was sent to Shijiu Lake to deliver the news, and the local people caught him and sent him all the way to Nanjing. "
"People in the palace contact outsiders, buy at low prices elsewhere, and then come here to give part of the money to the people who help, and they keep part of it themselves?"
After listening and analyzing, Zhu Fang finally shook his head: "Impossible, others just sold it for ten cents, why should we partner with them?
It’s not like there’s only one person doing it, and every child has someone sent out. Could it be that they all unite?
Let's ask our people. If they dare to do this, we will deal with them. They are working for us, and the money saved is also ours. "
After Zhu Xi finished speaking, he turned around and ran downstairs.
Those who purchase in the palace are not allowed to make a profit on the price difference. They can look for opportunities to buy cheap ones, but they must repay the account truthfully.
If the things you buy are cheap and good, you can give them rewards.
Zhu Ping ran away, and the headman suddenly became worried and said to Hanhan, who had been silent all this time: "Hanhan, if everyone upstream and downstream behaves like this, as long as everyone within two days of traveling comes to sell, we can still sell it." ?"
The head of the village was worried. As the quantity increased, could so many people in Nanjing eat it?
If it can't be sold, it's all in your hands. Money is a small issue, but the key is embarrassing! How can I lose money doing business in Xiaqiu Village?
Zhu Wentian looked at the queue of people outside: "We can make it into cans. Now is the time to have cicadas, and the price is relatively cheap.
When autumn comes, not to mention the cicada monkeys, not even the cicadas spreading their wings and calling out are nowhere to be found.
Just like drunken crab, if you take out the canned food in winter, it won’t cost 30 cents per pound.
As long as the palace has some profit from the transaction, we tell them to sell cans, and they are willing to wait.
In this way, they have small money in hand, and big money is waiting to be earned later.
If it weren't for their identity, we would just buy the canned cicadas based on the money we can get from collecting and selling them. "
"That won't work. They know we make more money selling cans, so they definitely feel they are losing money.
Yes, canned food can be used. Canned food can be stored for a long time.
This year we will collect crabs to make drunken crabs, and then we can make money by selling them.
oops! Hanhan, you said they would stay with us when they harvested the cicadas and grasshoppers, and when they harvested the crabs..."
The chief said that he discovered a problem. Once those princes and princesses tasted the benefits, they would definitely target Xiaqiu Village.
"When we cooperate with His Highness the King of Qin, we allocate it like this, and when we add other people, we allocate it the same way.
If they are willing to provide manpower, we will expand the scope of collecting crabs and send people out to various places where crabs are available.
When waiting to be sold, it is also sent to distant places, even if the price is slightly lower, the overall income increases. "
Zhu Wentian still didn't take it seriously. Now Zhu Yuanzhang's children are given things and money by the palace according to their share.
Everyone's status is different, and those who give birth to a boy are better than those who give birth to a girl, except for Concubine Sun.
Concubines who have just given birth to a daughter, where do their money come from? Now that they have more income, they can have more money.
After all the purchased stores are open for business, the money will be distributed to each child.
The head of the village thought about it and found that there was nothing wrong with it: "Yes, we don't need to make too much money. We have to clearly distinguish the business from now on, otherwise it will feel like raising children for His Majesty.
Every child holds our money. Does Your Majesty think we have too much power? By the time……"
"Break it down, set up a separate place, take us out ourselves, and let Queen Ma arrange for people to take care of it.
If something goes wrong, His Majesty can't find it on our head.
Especially those princesses who are getting married are important people, and it would be bad to have anything to do with them. "
Zhu Wentian is serious this time. He really cannot always rely on Xiaqiu Village to provide benefits.
No more today, thank you brothers and sisters for your support!
(End of chapter)
