Zhou Lizhong encouraged Wu Wulang in private, "Uncle Wu, you are very familiar with these purchases in the capital, why don't you try to take over the purchases from Huangzhuang, if you do well, maybe you can provide some vegetables, meat and eggs to the palace. .”
Wu Wulang scratched his head, "Actually, I have always had a question. Doesn't the old man have a big Huangzhuang? They don't raise chickens, ducks or pigs in their village? Why do they need to buy so much from outside?"
Zhou Lizhong also became puzzled. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said, "Because there are too many people in the palace and too much food, so we can't offer it?"
"Impossible," Wu Wulang said, "I seem to have heard from Man Bao that the emperor has two Huangzhuang in the capital, and there is even a large piece of land in Yongzhou, and the land in Yongzhou is going to be given to Princess Mingda. Dowry."
Uncles and nephews can only go to Bai Shan for things they can't figure out.
Bai Shan didn't think about this question either, he was taken aback when he was asked suddenly, and then said: "It should be that there is not enough supply, and there seem to be few people raising these in Huangzhuang."
He paused and then said: "There are tenant farmers who work in Huangzhuang, but more of them are the family members of criminal officials, and prisoners who were punished as slaves for other reasons, and they have to be ordered by the manager to raise what to grow. "
"However, it's not difficult for you to purchase in the palace," Bai Shandao: "Actually, some of the medicinal materials purchased by the Imperial Medical Office have been provided by Brother Zhou all the time. Thanks to Brother Zhou's relationship and Given the opportunity to supply Huangzhuang this time, you can try to get in touch with the purchasers at the palace."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "You don't have to eat too much at once, just offer one or two first, such as eggs and duck eggs, these things can be stored for a long time, just be careful during the transportation, and cook them in the palace after you are familiar with them." People are familiar with the rules of business, and it will be much easier to accept buying business when the time comes.”
Wu Wulang heard what he meant, and asked, "Do you think it's not good to buy from the palace?"
Bai Shan shook his head slowly, and said: "It's not bad, it's just that you have to be very careful when taking over the business from the palace, and you have to be very careful."
"But there are disadvantages and there are advantages. You may not make a lot of money for the palace's purchases, but with this reputation, your business outside will be much smoother. Just do other things, others mentioned You should also be polite." Bai Shan said: "Except for cloth, tea and salt, the merchants who supply the palace rarely make money, and what they make is money from outsiders."
Zhou Lizhong pondered, "Just like our family, we know that the yam slices and privet seeds grown by our family are supplied to the Imperial Medical Office, and many pharmacies outside place orders with our family. In the past, we always had to go to several more places for the medicinal materials we brought from home. Only pharmacies can sell it at a reasonable price, but now people rush to buy it as soon as they arrive in the capital, even if it is a penny or two more expensive than others, they don't care."
Bai Shan nodded, "That's the truth."
He said: "If the eggs in the Zhuangzi are supplied to the palace, you will be able to sell them outside for a penny more than others in the future."
Wu Wulang said: "In this way, it is normal for them to buy an egg for five Wen and six Wen?"
Bai Shan: "... No, the reason why your eggs are worth more than that penny is because you supply the palace, so it seems that the eggs are more noble than other eggs. The ones from the same litter that were supplied to the palace were bought at a high price to eat?"
He said: "If you want to go to the street to buy eggs, they are all good eggs. Do you buy eggs for two renminbi each, or spend three renminbi for an egg that is said to be eaten by the emperor?"
On Friday, Uncle Lang and his nephew said in unison: "Of course they bought it for two cents."
Only then did Zhou Wulang vaguely understand, "So we still can't raise the price with the palace, even if we go outside, we may not be able to raise the price, but some people want to eat eggs that the emperor has eaten, so they will pay a higher price to buy them. Even if it doesn't For the same two pennies, I yelled and said that this is an egg that the emperor's father has eaten, and it must be better than other people's eggs."
Bai Shan nodded with a smile, "This is the benefit of the Imperial Merchant."
Wu Wulang felt a sense of pride in his heart, thinking that this business can be done, and when the time comes, he will send some of the rice noodles, chicken, duck and fish produced in the village to the palace, whether the emperor eats it or not, anyway, he will send it to the palace. Looking back for a New Year's drink, are you afraid that it won't be sold
There are a lot of things in Zhuangzi, so although a lot can be sold, there are also many things that cannot be sold, and finally they are taken back to eat by themselves.
However, they have a large family and a restaurant, so they don’t have to worry about it, but Man Bao has been promoted again. The job field she was promoted to last year because she went to Xiazhou to treat smallpox will be planted this year. My job field will also be set aside...
Zhou Wu Lang made a calculation, turned his head and said to Zhou Li: "If the palace is willing to take our things, you can plant the newly approved jobs in the future, and raise as many chickens and ducks as you like. If you can't sell them here in the capital, you can also bring them to Yongzhou. Sell it to other places, as long as it is the chicken and duck eaten by the emperor, our price is the same as that of others, and they will definitely be willing to buy it.”
Bai Shan: ...then the emperor outside will eat too much in the future, I'm afraid it will bloom everywhere.
On Friday, Uncle Lang and his nephew were gearing up for a big fight.
So the next day, when Yongzhou delivered fresh vegetables and eggs, he delivered them to Huangzhuang himself, and had a good chat with the new steward of Huangzhuang.
After a few days, Wu Wulang took over two more purchases from the manager, but the ones in their farm were not good enough, so he went to the market to buy them himself, and because of the large quantity, the price was lowered a little, and then sold at the market price. To Huangzhuang.
In this part, he basically earned a carriage fee, but he did get in touch with the purchase through the steward and the palace.
Zhou Wulang was overjoyed, knowing that there was beef for sale in the market, he also spent money to buy two large strips of beef, one for the Bai family, and one for his family's evening celebration.
When Mrs. Liu saw this piece of beef, she smiled and said, "Let's make glutinous rice. It's still cold now. The glutinous rice can be stored for a few days. It's not bad to eat glutinous rice noodles every morning. Didn't Shanbao and Erlang always talk about wanting to eat it?" ?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Rong immediately took the beef and went to find Xiaoqian. Only pickled bamboo shoots are available at the Zhou family, and Xiaoqian's simmered dumplings are indeed the best.
Xiaoqian was hesitating, and when she saw her bring the meat over and said that she was going to make saozi, she smiled and said, "I'm having a headache, I want to make beef slices, but I also want to make some saozi for the young master and Manbao, this one Some are not enough."
Yi also smiled and said: "Our old lady said that the young masters have been talking about it recently. It's cold in spring. I want to eat something warm when I wake up and study in the morning. I made simmered dumplings and left it. I will give them a bowl of noodles every morning. I can also send some to Miss Man so that she can eat better inside."