Red apricots make spring

Chapter 151
Lu Ce wiped his mouth and hands, and finally put the handkerchief on his right hand, but he didn't give it back to Wen Rou. He lowered his head and thought for a while, "It doesn't matter how much you want to sell. Do you want rare goods to live in, or do you want to make small profits but sell them quickly?" ?”

As soon as he said this, Rourou had long forgotten about the handkerchief, and moved his head closer to ask with interest: "How can you sell rare goods? How can you sell them with small profits?"

"If you have rare goods to live in, put these June persimmons in several baskets, send some in the palace, and give some to each palace. Looking back, you can ask for a tael of silver for these June persimmons, but there are fewer people who can afford them. The amount sold is not much." Lu Ce pondered for a while and then said: "If the profit is small but the turnover is high, there is no need to bother, twenty or thirty can be packed into a basket, and people can take it to the fruit market and sell it for a tael of silver. A basket, after all, is a rare item, and it tastes good, if a rich family buys it back to try and put wine on it, I am afraid that no one will want it."

Her eyes lighted up when she heard Wen Rou, she was worried at first, if these June persimmons could not be sold at a high price, they would be ruined and she would have to pay for it, but after Lu Ce grew up in ancient times, he was also very concerned about the high-level persimmons. After analysis by professionals who are well-understood in the society, she suddenly felt that the future was bright, as if she saw that the red June persimmons had turned into white silver.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Wen Rou's eyes shining, staring at him with a dreamy expression, Lu Ce couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and shook his hand in front of her eyes: "How many June persimmons do you have?" Want to sell?"

"Five thousand catties." Rourou blurted out, and then saw that Lu Ce's eyes seemed to be widened, and he frowned slightly: "Five thousand catties?"

"That's right! This thing hasn't been around for a long time. If you don't sell it quickly, it will rot." Otherwise, she wouldn't have to worry about it like this.Originally, she thought about making these June persimmons into tomato sauce or tomato juice, but the technology is so backward these days, how to store them in a vacuum is a big problem, and her knowledge is not so profound, so she can't solve such a difficult problem. Had to give up.

Lu Ce had a big head, rubbed his brows with his fingertips and said, "Where did you buy it? How much did you spend?"

"I asked someone to grow it. It cost a total of ten taels of silver to grow it together with the pepper." Rourou thought that the cost seemed to be quite low, and smiled again.

"Spicy pepper?" Lu Ce frowned again, "You won't tell me that you bought five thousand catties of that thing, right?"

"That's right!" Gentle said with a smile: "But peppers can be dried for a long time. I don't plan to sell them for the time being. Even if I sell them, I'm afraid no one will dare to eat or buy them for a while."

"Why would you think of planting these poisonous things?" Lu Ce turned his head away, playing with the brush on the inkstone.

"This—" Lu Ce's question made her overwhelmed. If it was just planted for fun, it doesn't make sense to plant so many at once!If he said that he grew it to eat, then if he continued to ask, how do you know that these things are not poisonous to eat?She was about to be speechless again. After all, she was not a Shennong who tasted all kinds of herbs. It was impossible for her to take the risk of trying poison by herself, so she could only vaguely say: "I have eaten them before, and I know that these things are not poisonous. People who are poisonous must eat it wrong."

Lu Ce didn't ask any more questions, but nodded slowly.

Rou Rou thought for a while and said: "I think I'd better choose the method of small profits but high sales, or I will trouble you to deliver things everywhere, and I will sell these June persimmons at a high price later. It can be seen that this matter has nothing to do with you. Didn’t the Holy Majesty just make a decree that you are not allowed to do business again? Besides, if he eats the right appetite and wants to list these June persimmons as a tribute, it will be even worse. One more thing It's better to have one less thing, let me sell it myself."

"That's fine." Lu Ce turned his head and took a deep look at her and said, "If you need help, just tell Xizhu, and he will arrange it for you." Then, he picked up the brush and continued writing.

"Yeah." Wen Rou absent-mindedly nodded in response, lying on the table and watching the flickering candlelight, thinking flatteringly in her heart, it is said that the profit is small but the profit is not small!Put 1000 June persimmons in a basket, and it is estimated that it is only five catties. If it can be sold for one tael of silver, wouldn't it be possible to sell five thousand catties for [-] taels of silver?Wow, if she can sell all of them, she will have enough money to open a restaurant!But it's better not to think about such a wonderful thing, if it can't be sold, it will be disappointing.

Looking back and thinking about it, the cost of the ten taels of silver can definitely be earned back, but everyone loves to make money. Maybe someone will follow the wind to plant these things wantonly next year, and the selling price will drop sharply. There are a lot of money, and no one wants it!But no matter what, she has found half of the first pot of gold, so she can't be too greedy, and even if she can't get rich by selling June persimmons in the future, she can only think of it as her contribution to promoting new fruits and vegetables and enriching the people's table. Make a contribution.

Lu Ce was originally writing a document, but now he is gently lying on the desk next to him dreaming of getting rich, which somewhat distracted him, and he couldn't write more than a dozen words, so he turned his head and glanced at her, just like that He glanced back and forth, after more than a dozen glances, Gentle still didn't feel anything, just looking at the candlelight, his eyes became more and more dreamy, and finally he couldn't help it, coughed lightly, put down the pen, He stood up and said, "It's getting late, I'm going to bed."

After speaking, he caught a glimpse of the dirty handkerchief on the table, hesitated for a moment, finally picked it up, stuffed it into his sleeve pocket, and then walked out.

sleep?Wenrou heard this word, stood up in a daze, obediently followed behind Lu Ce, floated, floated, floated out of the study, and arrived at the bedroom.It wasn't until she sat down in front of the bed that she didn't fully come back to her senses. She was awakened when Lu Ce closed the door with a "squeak" and turned her head to look around, wondering how she returned to her room. up?After thinking about it for a while, I remembered that it was Lu Ce who said he was going to sleep, so she obediently followed her, and was immediately embarrassed. Lu Ce went to sleep if he wanted to, it's none of her business!Anyway, occasionally sleeping in separate rooms is not surprising to others.

She didn't know if it was the plan to make money that made her too excited, or if she ate two June persimmons before going to bed, her stomach was full and she tossed and turned gently, and she didn't close her eyes until midnight.While Xiang Meng was in deep sleep, she suddenly felt someone pushing her around, and a voice said: "Madam, it's dawn, get up quickly!"

"Let me sleep for a while." Rourou opened her eyes in a daze, and saw that the person pushing her was the maid Caiqin. After muttering something, she turned over and wanted to go back to sleep. Anyway, there was nothing to do all day, Idle is also idle, do not sleep for nothing.

"I can't sleep anymore, the old man is here!"

Caiqin's one sentence blows Wen Rou up from the bed, and her drowsiness disappears.She sat up, pulled the quilt nervously and said, "What did you say?"

"I said the old lady is coming!" Caiqin repeated, turned around and looked for clothes for her, took two sets of more festive colors and asked her: "Ma'am, which one do you want to wear?"

"That silver-red one." Rourou pointed casually, and hurriedly tossed off the quilt to get up and change clothes.

Anyway, the guests have come to the door, and her half master is still sleeping on the bed, which is a bit outrageous.Fortunately, it was Lu Ce's grandfather who came to the door, so men don't care too much about such things, right?If Lu Ce's mother came to the door, the neglect would be severe enough, she might be called disrespectful on the spot, and she might be fined to kneel, this is the tragic part of marrying into a wealthy family!

After washing up in a hurry, Genuan ordered Caiqin to let the cook hurry up to buy a large amount of pork and mutton. Beef is not easy to eat this year, so that's all.She hurried to the hall again, and just stepped into the door, she saw an old man with white beard in a gray robe, dark complexion, eyebrows slanted into his temples, and bright eyes sitting in the hall drinking Tea, while Lu Ce chatted with him.

She knew in her heart that this white-bearded old man must be Lu Ce's grandfather, the famous General Weiyuan back then, and now the Duke of Weiyuan, Lu Shenzhou. Xiaohu doesn't know the rules, if there is any impolite place, please ask Lu Chenzhou to teach me a lesson.

Lu Chenzhou and Lu Ce obviously have different personalities, but they are quite hearty people. They laugh before they hear a word, and the laughter is so loud and bright that it makes people's ears buzz.He stopped laughing, looked at Rou Rou's eyes, nodded and said: "Very good! Very good!"

Ruan knew that there was nothing particularly outstanding about his appearance, and the first time we met, he couldn't see the specialties of heart and nature. He really didn't know what he meant by "very good", but it was not a bad word, so he stood aside and laughed .

I saw Lu Chenzhou stroke his beard and said with a smile: "I heard from Ce'er that you have been thinking about cooking some special dishes for me for the past two days, and you often go to bed after the third watch at night. The old man would like to know, what is going on with you today?" What are you going to do to entertain this old man?"
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