East Market, Strange Interest Pavilion
After Li Zexuan left the workshop, he wanted to go to Strange Interest Pavilion to take a look.
When he arrived at the East Market, he could see a long line in front of Strange Interest Pavilion from afar. Everyone in the line was whispering to each other. It was very lively.
"Hey, Zhao Lao Er, why are you here today?"
"Why can't I be here? Wu Lao San, I say, you people are too unkind. You didn't even tell us that you had such a good plow. If I hadn't seen that kid Mei Jun plow yesterday, I would still be in the dark! "A scar-faced man scolded.
"Hey, you can't blame me for this. I also heard from the sister-in-law of the child's mother's cousin's eldest uncle yesterday afternoon. Our Liujia Village is so far away from your Plum Village. I can't possibly go over and inform you, right?"
"Sigh, actually the people from the Han Jia Village were the first to know about the curved plow. We all came too late."
"That's right. However, this curved plow was invented by their main family's young master. Sigh, I heard that their main family's young master was conferred the title of Baron yesterday. No one will dare to bully the Han Jia Village in the future. "
"I also heard about this. I just don't know where this lord's fief is. If it's in our Plum Village, then our Plum Village's villagers will have good days. I heard that this lord is very good to the villagers of the Han Jia Village. Not only did he pay them to help him brew fruit wine, he also provided them with free chicken seedlings to raise and reduced their rent. "
"Bah, you're dreaming. Why don't you say that the lord's fief is in our Liu Jia Village?" Wu Lao San shouted.
"Sigh, Zhao Lao Er, I heard from my uncle who works in the yamen that Lord Li's fief is in Plum Village. The yamen has already sent people to your village's Liu Jia Village to negotiate. They said that they want to take back the land and give it to Lord Li." A young man couldn't help but interrupt.
"Ah, Han Er Gou, are you telling the truth?"
Zhao Lao Er excitedly grabbed the young man's shoulder and shouted.
"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts. Second Uncle Zhao, let go of me first. Everything I said is true. It was my uncle who said it himself." The young man grimaced in pain and hurriedly promised.
Zhao Er's face turned red. He put down Dog Han's shoulder, turned his head, and laughed at Wu Laosan.
"Haha, Old Third Wu, it's my turn to be lucky this time. I'm going to be Lord Jue's family's farmer in the future. When that time comes, you'll definitely not be as rich as me. Haha, are you envious? Jealous? Are you f * cking going to bite me? "
His big face that was smiling like a chrysanthemum, coupled with the scar on his face, looked particularly terrifying and mocking.
Wu Laosan shouted angrily, "F * ck, Zhao Laosan, you f * cking bastard! You're asking for a beating!"
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Li Zexuan's hearing was very good. He could hear their conversation from afar. He shook his head with a smile and ignored them. He passed through the crowd and entered through the back door of Strange Interest Pavilion. There were very few people from the Han Family Manor in the crowd today, so no one recognized him.
"Oh, young master. Ah, no, it's Lord Jue. You're here?"
Sun Huaiyuan, who was busy at the front desk, heard the servant's report. He quickly put down his work and ran up to the second floor. He greeted Li Zexuan enthusiastically.
Li Zexuan nodded slightly and gestured for Sun Huaiyuan to sit down.
"Shopkeeper Sun, I'm sure you've heard that I've submitted the blueprint of the curved plow to the imperial court. From tomorrow onwards, half of the workshop will continue to manufacture the scooters. Shopkeeper Sun, when the time comes, you can set up another team to sell the scooters."
Sun Huaiyuan was pleasantly surprised. "That's great. Don't worry, Lord Jue. I'll arrange it well."
Although the curved plow was popular, Strange Interest Pavilion didn't make much money. In comparison, Sun Huaiyuan was more willing to sell the scooters. This was a good performance.
Li Zexuan continued.
"The workshop should be able to develop the second generation of scooters in the next two days. Compared to the first generation, the second generation scooter uses our workshop's exclusive technology. It's more flexible and faster. Shopkeeper Sun, you can have people copy some flyers tomorrow to encourage people to apply for a membership card. Later on, we'll introduce more comprehensive products. "
Sun Huaiyuan happily nodded. "Yes, Lord Jue. Don't worry. I guarantee that when the time comes, everyone in Chang 'an will know about our second generation scooters."
Li Zexuan nodded with satisfaction.
After chatting with Sun Huaiyuan for a while, Li Zexuan thought that he had told him everything he needed to tell him, so he left the Strange Interest Pavilion and went home.
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Duke Lu's Mansion.
"Master, the price of the chicken shoots in Chang 'an has risen to one hundred and fifteen coins. Should we continue to buy them?"
The old housekeeper of the Cheng Mansion worriedly reported to Cheng Yaojin.
"So expensive?"
Cheng Yaojin was also shocked. He secretly cursed the merchants in Chang 'an for being treacherous. Although he was a Duke, he wasn't as rich as Li Zexuan. The Duke Lu's Mansion didn't have any extra food.
Facing the high price of one hundred and fifteen coins, Cheng Yaojin was a bit hesitant. However, he couldn't help but think of Li Zexuan's meaningful words after yesterday's morning court.
"Uncle Cheng, when the time comes, you may find that the most precious part of your chickens isn't the meat. You may not be willing to sell your chickens."
Cheng Yaojin frowned. Now he understood that Li Zexuan raised so many chickens. It wasn't as simple as what he said in court. There must be more to it. Cheng Yaojin thought of Li Zexuan's god-like master. He clenched his teeth and made a decision.
"Buy, continue to buy. Housekeeper Liang, when the gate of the Eastern Market opens, you go there. Bring more people with you and act separately. Li Zexuan got a new piece of land yesterday. I think he will continue to raise chickens on his land. The price of the chicken shoots … will only get more and more expensive.
Try to be ahead of them and buy all the chicken shoots in the Eastern Market. Try to get thirty thousand chickens as soon as possible. Anyway, that kid's family doesn't lack money. Let them buy later. Haha! "
As Cheng Yaojin spoke, he burst into laughter. In his heart, he was silently praising himself for being quick-witted.
Housekeeper Liang also felt that Cheng Yaojin's words made sense. He quickly bowed and left.
…
It had to be said that Cheng Yaojin's speculation was very accurate. At this time, Li Zexuan was at home. He asked Housekeeper Wang to continue buying chicken shoots.
"Uncle Wang, how many more chickens do we need from the eighty thousand in the Han Village?"
Housekeeper Wang took out a small booklet and looked at it. He said, "Young Master, with the ones we bought today, we are less than ten thousand chickens. I think we can get them by tomorrow."
Li Zexuan said happily, "Not bad. We will have eighty thousand chickens by tomorrow. You can continue to buy. I will go to Plum Village tomorrow and see how many chickens the farmers can raise. Conservatively speaking, we need at least seventy thousand more."
Housekeeper Wang widened his eyes and said, "Young Master, the price of a chicken shoot in Chang 'an has risen to one hundred and fifteen copper coins. Do we still need to buy so many?"
So expensive? It was almost double the initial price of seventy copper coins. Li Zexuan pondered for a moment and asked,
"Uncle Wang, how much will it cost to gather all 80,000 chickens for the Han Family Village?"
Housekeeper Wang silently calculated for a moment and answered, "Young Master, it will cost about thirteen thousand strings of cash."
A string of cash in the Tang Dynasty was only eight hundred copper coins. Therefore, it was reasonable to ask for thirteen thousand strings of cash for eighty thousand chickens.
Li Zexuan nodded. It was still within the range he could afford. He said, "Uncle Wang, continue to buy. We can still afford it."
Although Housekeeper Wang did not understand, he still nodded.
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