As soon as Aunt Fan called out, the shop owners from the shops nearby all came out.
"What kind of dish is this?"
"I've never seen anything green and flower-like."
"Aunt Fan, is this dish delicious?"
"… "
This street is full of shops, so there were a lot of people coming out to look around.
Aunt Fan used to manage the shop with Aunt Hong, but after Kun Zhang came, she stopped coming. But many people still knew her.
Aunt Fan said, "This is a new variety of vegetable grown in my wife's farm. The seeds of this vegetable were bought from traveling merchants. Everyone can come and taste it."
The broccoli fried with meat slices has the aroma of meat and sauce, which is different from the taste of cabbage and radish. The people here have never eaten broccoli and cannot describe the taste for a while.
Yang Haiyan knew the importance of marketing. She came out holding a large broccoli and said, "Fellow villagers, this is a new variety cultivated in my farm. It is very nutritious. More importantly, it was brought by merchants from other countries. It is a very good vegetable called broccoli. This broccoli is only three cents. It will be available tomorrow morning. If you want it, you can line up tomorrow. Because some of it has to be shipped to the county restaurant, the stock is limited. Oh, by the way, there will be a promotion tomorrow. Buy one broccoli and get one egg for free. It's only for one day."
"Mrs. Qin, if I buy this flower, can I get an egg for free?"
"Mrs. Qin, is this really nutritious?"
"Mrs. Qin..."
Yang Haiyan explained: "This is very nutritious. If you eat one meal a day, it is good for your body, especially for children." She is really not promoting it. The nutritional value of broccoli is indeed very good and it is very friendly to children. Broccoli can also help children strengthen their bones. It contains a lot of magnesium, zinc, phosphorus and other elements, which can promote the baby's growth and development and prevent the baby from having bone problems.
However, if you tell people here about the nutritional value, they don't understand. So Yang Haiyan simply introduced that it is good for children. As long as it is good for children, the elders in the family are willing to buy it. Besides, a broccoli weighs about two kilograms and costs three cents. Although it is more expensive than other vegetables, it is really not expensive for broccoli itself.
When Aunt Hong heard that it was good for the child, she was moved. Her son was shorter than his peers because before he met the lady, he had no nutrition and she had no milk, so his health was not good. After he came to the lady, the lady would have someone bring him a bowl of goat milk every day. He had been drinking it for almost a year. She could see the improvement in the child, so when she heard the lady say it was good for the child, she wanted to buy it. She knew it was not good, but she knew it was always right to follow the lady.
What's more, my wife has children at home, so she won't lie to us.
"Mrs. Qin, is it really good for the child?" the female shopkeeper of the shop next door asked uncertainly.
Yang Haiyan said: "Don't worry, shopkeeper. We are all neighbors. How can I cheat you? Besides, I eat it myself. I have children studying in private schools and they also eat it. I won't cheat you."
Yang Haiyan was a conscientious person who sold cakes at a low price, so people still trusted her. Moreover, she also gave away an egg, so some people were tempted.
One hour later
Kun Zhang, who went to the county town, is back.
"Madam." Kun Zhang entered the shop.
Yang Haiyan asked: “How is it?” Seeing that the plate in her hand was empty and the broccoli she had taken away was not brought back, she must have succeeded.
Kun Zhang said, "I went to find Shopkeeper Ping, who recommended me to the restaurant owner. I didn't tell him anything. He tried the broccoli and asked about the price. I said three cents each. He picked the big ones for him, and he said two cents each. When I disagreed, he said he wanted ten to try first."
Yang Haiyan said: "There is more than one restaurant in the county. Tomorrow you go to the county and give ten broccoli to the restaurant that has ordered it. Then go to other restaurants and ask. If other restaurants have ordered more than this one, choose another one and tell the restaurant that this broccoli is only available from us and no other place has it."
Kun Zhang: "Yes."
In the evening, the Qin family prepared two plates of broccoli fried with bacon. When the family of four was eating, Yang Haiyan said, "This is broccoli, grown from seeds bought from peddlers. Come and try it. I like it very much. It's good for your health."
Qin Fang took a bite and didn't taste anything special. He used to eat only two kinds of food: full, not full, or meat and vegetables. Now there are still two kinds of food: full, not full. Because he can eat meat every day, meat and vegetables are no longer his focus. However, as a good man who loves his wife, he will definitely not object to the food his wife likes to eat: "It's delicious." He has already developed the ability to lie with his eyes open.
Qin Shoucheng: "It's delicious." He was really praising, "The food of this peddler is different from ours."
Yang Haiyan said: "Because the world is so big, our Qi Kingdom only occupies a small part of it. We have cabbage, green vegetables, radish, etc., but other places have broccoli, tomatoes, cauliflower, etc. Different places have different vegetables."
Qin Shoucheng nodded, not quite understanding.
Yang Haiyan doesn't expect everyone to understand. Sometimes, when you have more experience, you will naturally understand some truths. Life is a process of constant experience. If you have not experienced something, no matter what others say, you may not understand it.
When she was sleeping at night, Yang Haiyan suddenly thought of a question. She asked Qin Fang, "Husband, where do you buy the food for the canteen in your barracks?"
Qin Fang heard this and said, "You don't want to sell the crops to the kitchen, do you?"
Yang Haiyan really had this idea. She felt that it would be better to sell these things to the military camp than to others, so that the soldiers could have a taste of them too.
Qin Fang looked at her like that and couldn't help laughing: "Don't even think about it. The food in the kitchen is purchased by the people in the Marquis' Mansion, who are the Marquis's confidants. Let's not think about that. Besides, the military pay in the barracks is tight. If you want to sell things to the barracks, you may have to delay the payment for a while. Are you willing?"
Of course Yang Haiyan was unwilling to do so, as no businessman would like others to buy on credit. Although she admired these soldiers, she had no obligation to support them.
the next day
Yang Haiyan got up early in the morning and had breakfast with Qin Fang. Then the two separated, Qin Fang went to the military camp and Yang Haiyan went to the snack shop.
Because it was so early, there was no one on the street at this time, but Aunt Hong and Mrs. Kun Zhang in the dim sum shop had been up for a while and were making dim sum.
After they made some snacks, they heard a knock on the door. It was Niu Da's family. Niu Da brought his two sons and two daughters-in-law, each carrying two baskets of broccoli. One hundred broccoli is equivalent to two hundred kilograms, so wouldn't it take two baskets
Niu Da and his family sat in the shop for a while, and then Yang Haiyan, Aunt Lian and Aunt Fan came.
"Meet the madam."
Yang Haiyan: "You're welcome." She looked at the fresh broccoli. Although the broccoli sold for only a few hundred coins, which was nothing compared to the handkerchief purse she embroidered, she was happy. "Aunt Fan, take out fifty broccoli and put them in the shop. Buy one broccoli and get an egg for free."
Aunt Fan: “Yes.”
Yang Haiyan: "Madam Lian, take out four broccoli heads, send two of them to General Ao's Mansion and two to Marquis Yonghe's Mansion, and inform the people in the General's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion that although the broccoli can be stored for a long time and it is fine to keep it for a few days, the green flowers will turn yellow after a long time and will not be fresh. So if the masters of the General's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion like it, they can send someone to get it here." The implication was that she was not sending two broccoli because she was stingy.
Yang Haiyan had no choice. It wasn't that she wanted to flatter him, but she had new dishes, and it would be impolite not to send them to General Ao's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion. Moreover, no matter what the Marquis' Mansion would be like in the future, at least it would not be in decline, and Qin Fang wanted to continue in this position, so as a wife, it was her duty to socialize with the women of his superiors' family.
Aunt Lian: “Yes.”
Yang Haiyan continued: "Aunt Fan, select another fifteen broccoli and give one to each of the centurion households and one to each of the five private guards."
Aunt Fan: “Yes.”
Yang Haiyan: "Captain Kun's family, you take thirty to the county town, ten to the restaurant, and the remaining twenty can be sold in other restaurants or at a stall."
Kun Zhang: "Yes."
Then, Nanny Lian and Kun Zhang took the thirty-four broccolis and went to the county town in a carriage, along with some snacks for Shopkeeper Ping.
Niu Da and his family delivered the goods and returned to the countryside with two empty baskets.
When the market was busy, the dim sum shop also became busy. Some people who knew about broccoli yesterday came to buy it. Some people didn't know about it, but when they came to buy dim sum today, they heard Yang Haiyan recommending it and bought it. It was only about two cents, and the regular customers of the dim sum shop didn't lack these two cents.
A piece of broccoli costs three cents, and an egg costs one cent, so it’s two cents each, right
county seat
Nanny Lian went to the Yonghe Marquis Mansion first, carrying two broccolis.
Nanny Lian was not afraid of such a family. She came to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion and said to the guard, "Young man, I am the Nanny of Mrs. Qin, the captain of Qin Fang. My wife has cultivated new vegetable varieties in her manor, and I brought them here specially for the noble of the Marquis' Mansion to taste. Please inform him."
When the guards of the Marquis' Mansion heard that it was someone from Qianfu's family, they hurried to report it. After a while, the guards came out with a maid next to them: "Greetings, Madam. My prince's wife wants to see you."
Aunt Lian: "Please lead the way."