"Potatoes and sweet potatoes are three cents per pound, corn is 18 cents at most, wheat and rice seeds are 15 cents per pound." Although the cloth shop owner was tempted, he was still a little hesitant. After all, they just met and didn't know each other well.

The price he offered was not high, so even if he was cheated, he wouldn't lose much money.

"Potatoes and sweet potatoes are five cents, corn is fifteen cents, and rice and wheat are thirty cents. We are trading seeds, you can't negotiate with me on the price of grain."

In the Shang Dynasty, potatoes and sweet potatoes were sold at 45 coins per dan (one dan was one hundred jin). Although they were not expensive, they were not eaten.

Her potatoes and sweet potatoes are seeds awarded by the tradition. They not only have high yields but also taste good.

"Rice and wheat prices are still too high, how about you lower them a little bit?"

"Not much. If you buy my cotton cloth together with it, I can give you the cost price of my cloth."

"Although your cotton cloth has many colors, they are all ordinary cotton cloth. I can only pay 800 wen per piece."

Liu Shuning pretended to think about it for a moment, then nodded. "Deal."

According to the purchasing power of one penny today, it is almost the same as one dollar in later generations.

Her cotton fabrics are all stock fabrics, some of which are still dusty. Although the price is not high, it is acceptable.

After the price was agreed upon, they began to weigh the goods. Three thousand pieces of cloth were sold for only 2,400 taels of silver. Add to that 1,000 jin of potatoes, 1,000 jin of sweet potatoes, 2,000 jin of corn, 500 jin of wheat, and 500 jin of rice, for a total of 2,470 taels of silver.

This business is quite unprofitable. Thousands of kilograms of grain and more than 3,000 pieces of cloth were sold for only this little money, not even enough for three hundred taels of gold.

(The conversion method of the Shang Dynasty was that one thousand copper coins could be exchanged for one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver could be exchanged for one tael of gold.)

Originally, Liu Shuning wanted to do soap business with the owner of the cloth shop, but seeing that he had a hard time handling several thousand taels of silver, he decided to give up.

This time when selling soap, she planned to find someone richer, such as the third prince of the Shang Dynasty.

The emperor of the Shang Dynasty had a total of six sons and one daughter. The eldest prince and the third prince were both born to the previous queen, the second prince and the eldest prince were born to Concubine Zhang, the fourth prince and the sixth prince were born to Concubine De, and the fifth prince was born to the current queen.

With more princes, there are more disputes. The eldest prince was made the crown prince earlier, and the third prince chose to do business in order to help his brother fight for the throne.

The Yuelai Restaurants and Yuelai Inns all over the country are the property of the Third Prince. If she wants to cooperate with the Third Prince, she can only go to the capital.

At noon the next day, Liu Shuning came to the capital by airplane.

The Third Prince's Palace

Liu Shuning put on an invisible cloak and walked leisurely on the path in the garden. The Third Prince's Mansion was truly the most beautiful mansion in the capital.

Look at the exquisite glass doors and windows, the peculiarly shaped lake stone rockery in the garden, and the precious flowers in the greenhouse, each of them is a rare commodity that is worth a fortune.

Before he knew it, Liu Shuning came to the study.

In the study, the third prince was discussing matters with the crown prince.

"Brother, the emperor has really gone too far this time. How can he scold you in front of all the civil and military officials?"

"Royal brother, be careful with your words. The emperor is the ruler of a country, how can we make irresponsible comments on him?"

Which prince doesn't want to ascend the throne as soon as possible? However, their emperor is still in poor health, so he can only keep hiding and wait for his chance.

"But, it's clearly not your fault today. Previously, the Ministry of Industry was always managed by your second brother, and now something went wrong and they ask you to take the blame." The third prince clenched his fists. He just felt that the emperor was partial to the second prince.

"Are you hating your second brother and thinking he is deliberately making trouble for you? Your Majesty, he is indeed partial, but he is not partial to your second brother."