But not here, in this era.
These stall owners will use any means at their disposal, whether honorable or dishonest, to force you to give up your territory and make you give back what you've taken in.
To deal with these people, you have to fight fire with fire and be tougher than them. After all, the market is a cutthroat competition where it's a matter of life and death. So why not let them die?
The carriage traveled smoothly, with the pots, pans, tables, and chairs inside swaying gently.
Da Meng and the others were inside counting money.
"Lian'er, we've earned a little over eleven taels in total," Qiao Yunni's joyful voice came from inside.
Qiao Lian'er probably estimated it to be around that number.
Besides chili peppers and sweet potatoes, each ingredient was sold in batches: 50 jin in the morning, 70 jin around noon, and another 30 jin in the afternoon, totaling 150 jin of each.
There are four ears of corn per pound, and a total of six hundred ears. Each ear costs five coins, so that's three thousand coins, which is equivalent to three taels of silver.
One hundred and fifty catties of peanuts were used. Half of them were boiled and the other half were shelled and fried. They were sold for 100 grams each. The boiled peanuts were divided into 375 portions, each costing five coins, for a total of 1,875 coins.
As for the peanuts used for frying, after shelling one pound of peanuts, seven ounces are obtained, which means there are still 52.5 pounds left, totaling 262.5 portions. Each portion costs ten coins, which is 2,625 coins.
One hundred and fifty catties of potatoes, one hundred and twenty catties are used for frying, and thirty catties are used for roasting. Frying costs five portions per catty, and each portion costs five coins, which adds up to three thousand coins.
Potatoes cost three per pound, and each roasted potato costs five coins. Ninety potatoes multiplied by five equals four hundred and fifty coins.
Fifty catties of sweet potatoes were taken out, with two sweet potatoes per catty, and each sweet potato cost eight coins, which came to eight hundred coins.
The total came to 11,745 cash, or 11 taels and 7 mace. After deducting the food consumed, the wages paid to the little beggars, and the losses incurred during the process of peeling potatoes, it came to just over 11 taels.
If you can earn this money every day, or even more, and do one or two more escort missions, you can start preparing to build a house in less than a month.
Holding the heavy bamboo basket filled with money, Qiao Yunni was happy but also worried.
"It's the stall owners who are in a difficult position. Will we be able to set up our stalls smoothly tomorrow?"
"Mother, don't worry, it's not us who will be leaving Changqing Street," Qiao Lian'er said confidently.
“Yes, Auntie, Lian’er must have come up with a plan,” Qiao Zhizhi said.
Qiao Yunni nodded: "I trust Lian'er, and I just hope that business will go smoothly in the future."
There were also some boiled glutinous corn, roasted sweet potatoes, several portions of fried potatoes, and fried peanuts left on the carriage, to be taken to the family to eat.
After all, everyone is waiting at home to try it.
I packed up early and got home before it got dark.
In the kitchen, Mrs. Wan was preparing the last two dishes.
The people in the carriage then realized that they had only eaten from the food stalls all day, and once they were full, they hadn't bothered to eat anything else.
The smell of home-cooked food gives me a strange sense of comfort.
Seeing Da Meng carrying one bamboo basket and Xiao Meng carrying another, both filled with copper coins that were almost overflowing, the Qiao family was overjoyed.
It seems like today was quite fruitful.
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