Chapter 972 Flowers are expensive and food is cheap (for book friends like drinking water
Wu Lang carried a box into the house, opened it and showed it to Man Bao, and said cheerfully: "Four hundred taels, how about it, isn't it awesome?"
Man Bao touched a large ingot of silver and asked, "Fifth brother, I counted it. The total amount of silver in the room is six hundred and twenty-five taels, which is more than I expected."
"Isn't that what you said, just charge a high price and let them lower the price?" Zhou Wulang said: "I negotiated the price several times with the steward of the palace, and I bought the pot of chrysanthemums for 245 yuan.
Two, Chang'e flew to the moon and sold three hundred and eighty taels. But as I said, that flower is very rare, and there is only that one pot in the entire Jin Dynasty."
"The pot of ancient roses I took out in the afternoon was golden yellow. When they saw it, their eyes lit up. When I saw it, I offered a higher price, and finally the price was reduced to 400 taels."
Man Bao was speechless, "Three pots of flowers are more valuable than the food our family produces in a year."
Bai Shandao: "It's best not to spread this kind of thing, otherwise there will be more people planting flowers and fewer people farming land. However, if you spend too much, it will be worthless."
Bai Erlang looked up from his snack and said vaguely: "Who is so stupid as to use the land that grows food to grow flowers?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "Wealth is very attractive. A pot of flowers can be sold for 400 taels. At the current price of food, 400 taels can buy 40,000 dou of grain. In other words, a pot of flowers can be exchanged for 40,000 dou of grain. You
Are they willing to grow flowers or food?"
Bai Erlang: "How is this the same? Not just any pot of flowers can be sold for four hundred taels. It's like the ancient roses that Man Bao brought back. This is the first time I've seen it and heard of it for the first time in my life."
Bai Shan: "You know, but ordinary people don't know. They only know that someone sells flowers and sells four hundred taels per pot."
Mr. Zhuang nodded, and just as he was about to express his agreement, Man Bao already said, "Hey, stop arguing. It's not just now that rare flowers are sold expensively. They have been around since ancient times."
"Orchids and peonies are available in cheap ones of one or two taels, and expensive ones can be sold for thousands of taels. The annual flower fair is a lively event, and I have never seen anyone use the land used to grow food to plant flowers. In this world
How many people can pay high prices to buy these flowers? They are either wealthy businessmen, tycoons, or powerful families." Man Bao said: "You can only do this kind of flower business once or twice. The same kind of flower, you can sell it twice.
Three times, customers will come to your door."
Mr. Zhuang stopped talking.
Bai Erlang said: "You sold twenty pots of white peonies before."
"That's because I only sell twenty taels. If I sell more than two hundred taels, do you think I will buy a second pot for takeout?" Manbao pointed to the flower arrangement on the porch outside: "Look, I will buy
None of the pots of flowers that come back are exactly the same. They may be of different types or colors, but they are just different.”
Everyone looked outside and found that it was true. They were all silent for a while.
"So the problem of flower planting encroaching on food growing land will not happen in the homes of ordinary people, but will only happen among flower farmers."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but nodded slightly.
Wu Lang didn't understand this. He only cared a little bit, "Where are you going to keep so much money? Is it safe to keep it in the house?"
"It's very safe. Didn't I get you the money from the house before?"
Wu Lang thought about it, picked up the box and said, "Okay, I'll take it to your house for you."
Man Bao happily returned to the house with Wu Lang.
Man Bao opened the cash box before, picked out the scattered twenty-five taels and handed it to Wu Lang, and said generously: "Fifth brother, this is your hard work fee."
Wu Lang took the money and said, "Isn't it a bit much? Did you spend enough to buy the flowers? How much did you spend on the flowers?"
"It cost a lot, but I also made money, and a lot. Would I do a business that doesn't make money?"
Wu Lang thought the same thing, after all, the lowest price they set was there, so he accepted it with peace of mind.
"Then I'll go back to the restaurant first."
"Are you going back? Won't you stay and have dinner with us?"
Friday Lang said: "The restaurant is busiest in the evening, I have to go back and help them."
Man Bao then sent him out and asked, "How is the business of the restaurant these days?"
"It's a bit lighter, but with regular customers, the income is not bad. Anyway, it looks better than several nearby restaurants now."
Man Bao nodded, "Take your time and it will be better as time goes by."
Wu Lang asked in a low voice, "How many years do you think our family can last?"
Man Bao was still very confident that they would overturn the verdict, so he said: "I want to do it for as many years as I want."
Wu Lang laughed, patted Yaomei on the shoulder, drove his mule cart out, said hello to Liu Gui and others, and left.
Man Bao watched the fifth brother go away and then skipped back to her room. She touched the silver ingots in the box, felt their texture and weight, and happily received them in the system space.
Because the next day was the first day of the new year and the three of them had a rest, Manbao rarely stayed in bed for a while.
She waited until the sun was high before she got up, ate her breakfast slowly, and then wandered to the small garden to find Bai Shan.
Bai Shan got up a little earlier than her and was standing under a tree with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and endorsing.
Man Bao quietly moved from behind him and then walked behind him. Just as he was about to scare him, Bai Shan suddenly turned around and shouted "Wow--" and Man Bao also yelled "Ah--"
When they got up, neither of them were frightened.
Bai Shandao: "You are so childish, you are still playing this at such an old age."
"You didn't pay attention to your endorsement."
"You don't even look at where the sun is shining from. I saw your shadow as soon as you came behind me."
Man Bao lowered her head and saw that it was true. She looked around and asked, "Where is Bai Er?"
"I haven't gotten up yet."
"I didn't see Mr. just now."
"The teacher said that there was a poetry meeting in the Hanmo Studio on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and a new collection of poems would be sold, so he went to take a look and went out early in the morning."
Man Bao found a piece of grass that had been dried by the sun and sat down on the dewy grass, and asked: "Then where do you want to play today?"
"I also want to go shopping. Didn't you say you wanted to find a book last time? It just so happens that I want to buy a painting album. Let's go shopping in a bookstore later?"
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Gui quickly came in from the outside, bowed and said: "Miss Man, someone from Jishi Hall is here, saying that the patient you are waiting for has arrived."
Man Bao asked lazily, "Who is it? The bastard who was tricked by me the day before yesterday?"
"No, it's the young master of the Yin family."
Manbao's eyes lit up, he jumped up and ran, "Let him wait, I'll get the backpack right away."
Before he could say anything, the man had already run away. Bai Shan collected the book and said to Daji, "Let's go hitch the car."