Great Sage Palace.
Imperial study.
The two items brought by Eunuch Hai were placed on the table, one plate of cold cucumbers and the other plate of washed cucumbers.
"A strange thing, it's really wonderful."
A woman stared at the cucumber, a strange color flashed in her eyes, and a slight blush appeared on her beautiful face.
She was wearing a long white floral dress that trailed on the ground.
Her face is as beautiful as a flower, her eyes are like a pool of clear water, and when she looks around, she has an elegant and noble temperament.
"Your Majesty, may I have a taste of this cucumber?"
The woman turned her head to look at the empress who was reviewing memorials and spoke in a clear voice.
The empress put down what she was holding, looked up, stood up and walked over.
"National Master, aren't you afraid it might be poisonous?"
The empress had a blank expression on her face, but her cold and arrogant agility was quite enchanting, which made people unable to help but be fascinated by her.
"Your Majesty, your words will hurt the Fourth Prince's filial piety." The Imperial Master smiled sweetly.
Both of them have peerless beauty. Standing together, the Imperial Master looks like a foil, while the Empress is so beautiful that she doesn't look like an ordinary woman. She is like a fairy who has descended to earth.
"Some people are ready to make trouble now. I shouldn't have been so merciful and let them go."
The empress said coldly, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of cold cucumber and put it into her mouth.
"He even said it was poisonous and ate it himself."
The Imperial Master curled his lips, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of cucumber.
"Yes, this tastes great. When will the Great Sage have this kind of agricultural product?"
The empress nodded slightly, a hint of color flashed in her cold eyes, and she ate a few more pieces of cucumber.
"This is the first time I've seen this thing. It's probably not the Great Sage's. I don't know where it is exactly. I'll have to ask the Fourth Prince."
The Imperial Master ate a few pieces of cucumber with a smile, then suddenly remembered something and said, "Your Majesty, guess how much a pound of cucumber costs."
"As far as I know, agricultural products and vegetables in Kyoto cost one to two cents per pound, and this cucumber costs three to four cents at most."
The Empress was referring to the price in the vegetable market. If the vendors charged it, it would definitely not be that expensive. They could buy several kilograms of vegetables for one penny.
"Your Majesty, you guessed wrong. The Fourth Prince sells cucumbers to merchants at ten cents per pound." The Imperial Master said with a smile.
"Ten cents?!"
The Empress' expression shifted slightly, a little unbelievable. "This is almost the same price as meat. Why is he selling it so expensive? Is anyone willing to buy it?"
"I heard that he had people put cucumbers on display in the market for three days for free sampling, so that everyone in Kyoto would know about the existence of cucumbers. On the first day, he sold hundreds of kilograms of cucumbers at one ounce of silver per kilogram."
"This price attracted quite a few people, including dozens of merchants, who went to Xiuhe Village to negotiate the price. In the end, it was sold for 10 coins per pound."
"I have to say, the Fourth Prince has a good business sense. He's using free cucumbers to attract merchants, creating a false sense of security. If you don't buy, someone else will."
"After all, this thing is rare and valuable."
The Imperial Master smiled and said, as if he knew the worms in Situ Xiu's stomach very well.
The empress nodded slightly and said thoughtfully, "Do you know how much cucumber production there is and how much land he has planted?"
"I heard from Eunuch Hai that there are 200 mu of land, and the yield per mu is jin, so we can probably make 300,000 taels of silver."
The Imperial Master smiled, picked up a cucumber, put it in his mouth, sucked it for a while, and then took a bite.
"300,000 taels?!" The empress was stunned for a moment, and a look of surprise appeared on her expressionless face.
"Yes," the Imperial Master's eyes turned, and he smiled maliciously, "I suggest increasing his taxes."
300,000 taels and a harvest of 200 acres of land, this was almost impossible in ancient times. No one could make such a high profit from farming.
"Wait, you just said that cucumbers are one jin per mu, the yield is that high."
The empress's eyes fixed, Great Sage, over the years, no one has ever grown high-yield crops.
"Well, I heard that the Fourth Prince also planted other crops. I suggest that the entire country plant high-yield cucumbers."
After eating a cucumber, the Imperial Master wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and picked up another cucumber to eat.
The empress put her hands behind her back, paced back and forth for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Let's talk about this after that matter is over. We have more important things to do now."
"Your Majesty, they are just a few jumping clowns, how can they turn the world upside down?" The national teacher chuckled.
The empress said nothing, but turned her head to look at the plate. The imperial preceptor smiled awkwardly, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. How about I give you this one in my hand?"
The empress had no expression on her face and turned to walk towards the dragon throne.
"Your Majesty, you won't be disgusted by my saliva, will you? I am testing poison for you, really..."
.......
In Kyoto, cucumbers began to sell like hot cakes. People kept buying cucumbers at fifteen cents per pound. Compared with the previous price of one or two ounces of silver per pound, people at this time felt that they had gotten a great bargain.
"Other people bought cucumbers for one ounce of silver, but I made a profit by buying them for fifteen coins."
This is a kind of psychological marketing, which makes people feel that they are not at a loss, at least others have eaten there and it is more expensive than mine.
Cucumbers are selling well, so naturally some people want to raise the price. However, the cucumbers are not sold by one company, but by multiple companies that purchase and sell them together. So these people discussed and decided to raise the price by one or two cents.
Unexpectedly, even with the price increase, it is still selling well.
The reason is that after eating the same food for decades, of course you want to change your taste when new dishes appear.
The whole of Kyoto started eating cucumbers, and there were all kinds of delicious cucumber dishes, especially pickled cucumbers, which were very popular.
Cucumbers are also very popular in several towns near Kyoto.
Situ Xiu made a grand slam, and the businessmen also reaped the benefits.
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