Zhou Lizhong privately encouraged Wu Lang, "Uncle Wu, you are very familiar with these purchases in the capital. Why don't you try to take over the purchase of Huangzhuang? If you do well, you might be able to provide some vegetables, meat and eggs to the palace."
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Wu Lang scratched his head and said, "Actually, I have always had a question. Doesn't the Emperor himself have a pretty big palace? They don't raise chickens, ducks, or pigs in their farm? Why do they need to buy so many from outside?"
Zhou Lizhong also became confused. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said, "Because there are too many people in the palace and there is a lot to eat, so we can't provide enough food?"
"Impossible," Zhou Wulang said: "I seem to have heard Man Bao say that the emperor has two palaces in the capital, and there is a large area of land in Yongzhou. The Yongzhou area is also planned to be given to Princess Mingda.
I’m making a dowry.”
The uncle and nephew had no choice but to go to Bai Shan if they couldn't figure it out.
Bai Shan had never thought about this problem, and was startled when he was suddenly asked, and then said: "It must be because there is a shortage of supply. There seem to be few people raising these in the imperial village."
He paused and then said: "There are tenant farmers who work in the imperial manor, but most of them are the family members of criminal officials, and there are also prisoners who were punished as criminal slaves for other reasons. It is up to the steward to tell you what you sow and raise.
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"But it's not difficult for you to do the shopping for the palace," Bai Shan said: "In fact, some of the medicinal materials purchased by the Imperial Medical Office from outside are always supplied by Brother Zhou. Through Brother Zhou's relationship with
This time I have the opportunity to supply the Imperial Palace, so I can try to get in touch with the purchasing department at the Imperial Palace."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "You don't have to eat too much in one go. Just offer one or two things first, such as eggs and duck eggs. These things can be stored for a long time. Just be careful during transportation. When you are familiar with it, you can cook it with the palace."
Now that people are familiar with the rules of business, it will be much easier to take on purchasing business."
Zhou Wulang heard the implication of his words and asked: "Do you think it is not good to accept the palace's purchase?"
Bai Shan shook his head slowly and said: "It's not bad, it's just that you have to be extra careful and careful when taking over the palace's business."
"But there are advantages as well as disadvantages? You may not make much money from purchasing for the palace, but with this status? What business you do outside will be much smoother. Even if you do other things, others will mention it.
You have to be polite." Bai Shan said: "Except for cloth, tea and salt, the merchants who supply the palace rarely make money? All they make is money from outside."
Zhou Lizhong pondered, "Just like our family, do you know that the yam tablets and ligustrum lucidum grown by our family are supplied to the Imperial Medical Office? Many pharmacies outside have placed orders with our family. In the past, the medicinal materials we brought from home always had to go to several more stores.
How can a drug store sell it at a suitable price? But now, as soon as it arrives in the capital, people are rushing to get it, and they don’t care even if it’s a penny or two more expensive than others.”
Bai Shan nodded, "That's the truth."
He said: "What if the eggs in the village are supplied to the palace? From now on, you can make a penny more than others by selling them outside."
Wu Lang said: "So? Is it normal for them to buy an egg for five cents or six cents?"
Bai Shan: "...No? The reason why your eggs are worth that much is because you supply them to the palace? So it seems that those eggs are more noble than other eggs. But except for some people? Who would because of those eggs?
Did you buy them at a high price and eat them from the same litter that was supplied to the palace?"
He said: "I want you to buy them on the street. Are they all good eggs? Do you want to buy eggs that cost two cents each? Or should you spend three cents to buy an egg that is said to be eaten by the emperor?"
Uncle Lang and nephew said in unison on Friday: "Of course I bought it for two cents."
Only then did Zhou Wulang vaguely understand? "So you still can't raise the price with the palace, and you may not be able to raise the price even outside? But some people want to eat the eggs that the emperor has eaten, so they will pay a higher price to buy them. Even if this is not the case,
People, the same two cents? I shouted and said these are eggs that the emperor has eaten? They must be better sold than other people's eggs."
Bai Shan smiled and nodded, "This is the benefit of Huangshang."
Wu Lang felt proud and felt that this business could be done. When the time came, he would send some of the rice, noodles, chicken, duck, and fish produced in Zhuangzi to the palace. It didn't matter whether the emperor ate it or not. Anyway, he sent it to the palace.
If you drink it for the Chinese New Year, are you still worried that it won’t sell?
There are a lot of things in Zhuangzi, so although a lot of them can be sold, there are also a lot of things that cannot be sold, so in the end they are all taken back and eaten by themselves.
However, they have a large family and a restaurant, so they don't have to worry about it. But Manbao has been promoted again. Last year, she went to Xiazhou to treat smallpox. The field she was promoted to will be planted this year. After this autumn, she was promoted from the fourth rank to the editor.
Their job fields must also be allocated...
After Wu Lang calculated it, he turned to Zhou Lizhong and said: "If the palace is willing to take our things, you can plant them in the newly approved farmland and raise as many chickens and ducks as you like. If you can't sell them here in the capital, you can bring them to Yongzhou."
If we sell it to other places, as long as we say it is chicken and duck that the emperor has eaten, and our price is the same as other places, they will definitely be willing to buy it."
Bai Shan: ...In the future, the emperor outside will eat too much food, and I'm afraid it will bloom everywhere.
On Friday, uncle and nephew were gearing up and preparing for a big fight.
So the next day, after waiting for the fresh vegetables and eggs from Yongzhou, I personally delivered them to Huangzhuang, and had a good chat with the new steward from Huangzhuang.
A few days later, Wu Lang took over two more purchases from the manager. However, the ones in their village were not good enough, so he went to the market to buy them in person. Because of the large quantity, he lowered the price a little and sold them at the market price.
To Huangzhuang.
From this part, he basically earned a carriage fee, but he did get in touch with the palace's procurement through the steward.
Wu Lang was very happy, knowing that there was beef for sale in the market, and he also spent money to buy two large pieces of beef, one was sent to the Bai family, and the other was used for his family's celebration in the evening.
When Mrs. Liu saw this piece of beef, she smiled and said: "Let's make some steamed pork. It's still cold now. The steamed pork can be kept for a few days. It's also good to have steamed noodles every morning. Shanbao and Erlang have been talking about it.
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When Aunt Rong heard this, she immediately took the beef and went to see Xiao Qian's family. Only the Zhou family had pickled bamboo shoots, and the sauerkraut made by Xiao Qian's was indeed the best.
Xiao Qian was hesitating. When he saw her carrying meat and saying how to make sautee, she smiled and said: "I have a headache. I want to make beef slices, but I also want to make some sautee for the young master and Manbao. This one
Some are not enough.”
Yi Yi also smiled and said: "Our old lady said that the young men have also been talking about it recently. It's cold in spring. As soon as I get up to study in the morning, I want to eat something hot. I made some dumplings and put them away. I just give them a bowl of noodles every morning."
I can also send some to Miss Man so that she can eat well inside."