Chapter five hundred and thirty one is really cheap
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 was not no one behind them.
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"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 and try 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 a 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. When the fish on the plate was eaten up, the cook behind brought another plate and also let the people take it.
After eating four or five pieces in a row, the people couldn't help but satisfy their greed. On the contrary, they felt ashamed and embarrassed to do anything again. After all, the people at this time were still very simple, and everyone wanted to lose face.
Well, it’s not like I can’t afford to eat fish. Shopkeeper Yu asked me to taste it, so I just want to taste it myself. I can’t eat it 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 gritted his teeth and savored the taste of the fish.
Apart from anything else, the 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 either. 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 everyone was stunned immediately.
"Are you sure you are right?" The member of staff looked at Yu Shaodong in disbelief. It was not because the price was too expensive, but because it was too cheap.
Ordinary river fish, take carp for example, it costs twenty cents per catty. Don't think this price is very expensive. You must know that in this era, eating meat is quite a luxury, even if it is fish.
Many times people think that ancient scholar-bureaucrats did not eat pork, and only poor people ate pork. In fact, poor people could not even afford pork, because a pound of pork costs about 40 yuan. From this we can see that Fan Jin’s
His father-in-law is quite nice to him. After all, he often brings a pair of fat sausages to Fan Jin, doesn't he? A pair of fat sausages weighs eight or nine kilograms. If he were a really mean person, he might not be willing to give it to his son-in-law all the time.
Of course, mutton is even more expensive, costing nearly 100 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 10 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 moved by the price. A pound was only ten cents, and ordinary people could earn forty or fifty cents for a day's work. In other words, if they worked hard for a day, they could still earn it.
I can afford to buy four or five kilograms of fish.
Instead of talking about four or five kilograms, reduce it by half and buy two kilograms. Two kilograms of fish is enough for the family to hold a tooth ceremony and have some meat dishes.
And 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 the price can all the people who were not prepared to buy fish be sold.
Just attract them to buy fish.
After selling out more than 300,000 kilograms of fish at ten cents per catty, excluding losses and additional expenses, there will probably be an income of three thousand guan. Three thousand guan may not seem like much, but Han Du can spend 100,000 guan on the palace in a month.
Compared with the gift of 100,000 yuan, it seems a bit fussy.
But these three thousand guan are just the result of three warships going out to sea for fishing once. What if there are more fishing ships in the future, for example, thirty? Maybe we should set a small goal, three hundred?
Moreover, he did not go to sea more than once a day. Han Du went 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. What if he became proficient?
Is it possible to go back and forth once every two hours, or three or four times a day?
In this way, the profit 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 came with him. Han Du was naturally very happy about these ships. With these ships, he could catch more fish.
But Han Du was very puzzled by Lao Zhu's decree. Originally, Han Du meant that recruiting villagers was just a small matter, and Lao Zhu should have agreed. But he did not expect that the recruitment of villagers in the imperial decree would
He was rejected by Lao Zhu and scolded himself not to look for trouble. Fortunately, Lao Zhu still had a conscience. Although he did not agree to recruit villagers by himself, he mobilized corvees from eight surrounding counties for him to drive. It was even included in the imperial edict.
He said that if it is not enough, Handu can still increase the corvee.
On the contrary, Han Du thought that there was little hope for opening fields to dry salt, but Lao Zhu approved it. He only added a requirement that he could only use it and could not buy or sell it.
Han Du naturally never thought about selling salt, or even that Lao Zhu would agree to dry the salt himself. This request had no impact on Han Du at all.
It's really strange. Why did Lao Zhu refuse to recruit villagers and 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 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 ask for something less difficult after being rejected,
Then you will most likely be able to settle the matter.
Because if someone rejects you once, they will rarely reject you a second time unless they want to fall out with you.