Zhang Hulan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is not what I meant.
I just think that too much silver is useless, as long as it is enough for the family, it is enough. "
"Is there anyone who thinks the silver is too much?" Emperor Yongxing looked at Zhang Hulan strangely. Why is this woman's brain different from others?
Others were trying every possible way to make money, but she just thought the money was too much.
Emperor Yongxing asked, "Is your family rich?"
Zhang Hulan replied: "Not much at the moment, only a few tens of thousands of taels."
"So you think the money is too much?"
Zhang Hulan said, "Your Majesty, I brewed this wine with lotus root instead of grain, so the cost is lower."
"Is it made from lotus roots? Lotus roots can be used to make wine?"
"Yes. Last year, I planted several hundred mu of lotus roots and harvested more than 2,000 kilograms per mu.
Five or six pounds of lotus roots can make one pound of wine. Six pounds of lotus roots only cost three cents. I can sell the wine for one ounce of silver per pound.
Including labor and other costs, the profit is at least a hundred times.
If all the lotus roots I planted last year were brewed into wine, they could be sold for more than 100,000 taels of silver."
Emperor Yongxing was shocked. The profit is so high?
Zhang Hulan continued, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask Your Majesty to issue an order to allow the whole country to grow dry lotus roots.
The yield of dry lotus root is very high. It can not only be used to make wine, but also to make vermicelli.
When I returned home after the Chinese New Year, I went back to teach the villagers how to make vermicelli.
Let the people reclaim a few acres of wasteland and plant lotus roots, and they can earn three to five taels of silver per acre.
Moreover, brewing wine can reduce grain consumption in the future, which is also a good thing for the court.”
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