"Um."
Situ Xiu nodded. Scarcity makes things valuable. These people must understand this truth.
Next, he handed the matter over to Eunuch Hai, who took the merchants to check the fields.
It is definitely impossible to sell all of it in one day. One mu of land can produce 15,000 kilograms, and it will take at least ten days or half a month to sell all of 200 mu of land.
There is also coriander, which has a yield of 3,000 kilograms per acre. Even with 200 acres, it still takes a lot of time to harvest.
afternoon.
Eunuch Hai came back with the good news that 150 acres of cucumbers had been reserved and 50 acres of coriander had been reserved, and deposits had been paid for both.
"Your Highness, this is the deposit, fifty thousand taels of silver."
"Keep it for yourself. You need money to manage the farm."
Situ Xiu didn't care about money at all. Fifty thousand taels was nothing. If he was a little more ruthless, he could sell these 200 acres of cucumbers for 3 million taels of silver.
It will surely cause a sensation in the Great Saint Kingdom.
The fourth prince was not planting land, but gold.
"Your Highness, they have also inquired about other crops and would like to place an order, but they don't know the price."
"These are all trivial matters. Prepare some cucumbers and coriander and send them to the palace for the Empress."
"Yes, I'll do it right away."
The whole of Kyoto knew about the cucumber. If he didn't present it to the empress at this time, his throne would be reduced by one.
If the empress is happy, she might reward him with some gold, silver and jewelry, and add one to his imperial throne. If she is too happy, she might pass the throne to him.
"Hey, the emperor's position!!"
Situ Xiu smiled happily.
With his current status as the group leader, he doesn't care about the emperor at all, but what he has gained through strength can be summed up in one word.
fragrant!!!
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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, you will hurt the Fourth Prince's filial piety by saying this." 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 from heaven.
"Some people are ready to make trouble now. I shouldn't have let them off the hook back then."
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. You should 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."
"Kyoto agricultural products and vegetables are 1 to 2 coins per pound, and this cucumber is 3 to 4 coins 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?"
"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."
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