Chapter 375 The Deliciousness of Ugly Fruit
The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you for your support, father-in-law."
"This coal stove costs five taels of silver, and each coal ball costs twenty cents."
"Thank you, a total of nine taels of silver."
"You are the first customer of our store, so I will give you ten more coal briquettes..."
"If you pay more than ten taels of silver, our shop will provide delivery services within the city and provide door-to-door guidance. You see, you already have nine taels of silver..."
The old man in gray nodded immediately: "Then give me another fifty coal balls."
It cost exactly ten taels of silver, and it can be delivered to your door, with instructions on how to use it.
Some people couldn't stand it anymore and advised the old man: "You are really stupid, you want ten taels of silver for such a small thing..."
"Why would you need ten taels of silver to burn firewood for a year?"
Even though prices in the capital were high, five or six taels of silver were enough for firewood for an ordinary small family in a year.
The old man in gray nodded at the other party, did not refute, but just explained.
"My old wife is ill, and the little maid I bought is sleepy and playful. She always dozes off while boiling medicine, and the fire goes out soon..."
"The medicine is not effective enough. My wife's illness will never get better."
"The doctor said that we should still watch the fire carefully..."
"I take care of my wife at night and try to stay awake to make medicine during the day... I can't take it anymore."
"This coal stove can save me from worrying too much, which is equivalent to saving my life and my wife's life. How can it be compared with a few taels of silver?"
After hearing this, everyone understood and felt a sense of mutual respect.
"Yes, the more expensive medicines cost several taels per dose!"
"If I can make the medicine without watching the fire, I can recover sooner, even if I spend more money on charcoal and silver, it's worth it..."
"Besides, you don't have to use this every day. You can use it when you boil medicine..."
"Hey, doesn't your old lady often need to make medicine? I think you should make one too..."
“Yes, yes, yes…”
Then a few more people came forward to buy.
As soon as the scene opened, everyone reached the first consensus: this thing does not require watching the fire, and is particularly suitable for boiling medicine.
At this time, a woman came forward and said, "My master often eats stewed bird's nest, which is always kept hot on the stove..."
"This is more practical than charcoal. I'll buy one and make a tonic for my master..."
The master might even reward you!
Everyone thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.
Some supplements that need to be stewed for a long time will definitely be more stable using this fire.
At this time, people from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue arrived.
Coming with them were the assistant ministers and heads of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue.
This is a deal that is closely related to his bonus. Once the boss has spoken, leaders of relevant departments must come out to support it on the first day.
This time, they were all managers. As soon as they came up, they waved their hands and said, "We need five stoves and one thousand coal briquettes!"
"My family wants fifteen, and the briquettes cost one thousand five hundred yuan."
"I have a small family, so I only need one coal stove and two hundred coal briquettes." The voice was obviously much smaller.
…
As everyone was watching, only a little over a thousand taels of silver were sold in the morning.
Normally this is a lot, but they couldn't help comparing their coal briquette shop with the state-owned shop next door.
Fruit shops, tea shops, cosmetics shops... they can easily earn tens of thousands of taels a day!
Especially during the opening days, every day was packed with people.
So a gap appeared, some people mocked, while others despised.
"Just look at this. The imperial court keeps opening shops, selling things that no one has ever seen before. If they open too many shops, can they all be good?"
"That's right. If you ask me, it won't work after a while..."
All kinds of strange words, along with the coal briquette shop's daily report, were sent to the desk of the Minister of Revenue, and everyone was worried.
Compared to other shops, this amount is too little...
Will I get scolded?
Is this project a failure?
Minister of Revenue Cui Chaoyong glanced at the coal ball, but didn't care: "It's okay, everyone should do what they should do, I will report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
He hurried away with the report, and as soon as he left, the Minister of Works Qiu Zhishan arrived.
Qiu Zhishan looked at the unhappy-looking employees of the Ministry of Revenue and asked, "Where are your masters?"
"Replying to Lord Qiu, our Lord has entered the palace to report to His Highness on the situation of the coal briquette shop today..."
The person in charge explained it. Qiu Zhishan had also received the news a long time ago. He smiled and said, "It's okay. Your master told me about it earlier..."
It's summer now, so it's normal that the coal briquette business is not doing well.
All their Ministry of Industry needs to do is make coal briquettes, make coal briquettes, and make coal briquettes...stock up on them, and it will be easy to deal with them when winter comes.
There is one good thing about Qiu Zhishan: when he doesn't understand something, he is willing to listen to professionals.
When it comes to buying and selling, ten Qiu Zhishans cannot catch up with one Cui Chaoyong.
He believed in Cui Chaoyong.
So Qiu Zhishan sat in the Ministry of Revenue and did not go home for dinner, waiting for Cui Chaoyong to come back.
When Cui Chaoyong took the report in, he was also feeling uneasy.
It’s one thing for him to say “it’s okay”, but whether it’s really okay depends on the reaction of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today.
Fortunately, Fu Chenan really felt that “it’s okay”.
He also comforted Cui Chaoyong: "It's normal that business is not good because it's hot now."
"You just need to spend the next six months to let everyone know that there is an alternative to coal briquettes, and then slowly let people know how useful this thing is."
"When winter comes, you'll see how many briquettes you store, and they'll want them."
Cui Chaoyong's heart was put back in his stomach: "Yes!"
As soon as he left, Fu Chenan went to Wolong Villa to find Xiao Yingchun.
Xiao Yingchun was held in Fu Chenan's arms and legs. Fu Chenan lowered his head and stroked her belly, and kissed her from time to time.
After listening to what Fu Chenan said, Xiao Yingchun became curious about another thing.
"At the beginning of the year, I gave you a lot of fruit seedlings. Now it's summer. Are the seedlings alive? How are they doing now?"
In order to make the fruit seedlings easier to grow, we selected the best quality varieties.
When Fu Chenan heard this, he stopped touching his belly and said, "I'll go back and ask. Wait for me for a while."
Fu Chenan ran to the back door, as if he was going to the study to get a file.
Xiao Yingchun waited calmly and even put a strawberry in his mouth, eating it with relish.
Not long after, Fu Chenan came back with a basket in his hand, which contained fruits that were obviously small in size.
He had a helpless smile on his face: "In fact, some fruits have been grown, but they think they are too ugly and completely different from what we sell in the fruit shop, so they dare not report it..."
Xiao Yingchun picked up a strawberry and took a closer look. Hey, it was half the size of the one he had just eaten!
She bent her head and smelled it, but was surprised: "This seems to be very fragrant, you go wash it and I will try it."
Fu Chenan had also watched the video and heard Xiao Yingchun talk about the idea of "Chouchou Fruit Shop".
He immediately went to wash the fruits, and soon, a large basin of various fruits was brought over.
Xiao Yingchun immediately put a small strawberry into her mouth.
The next second, her eyes suddenly widened, "Hmm..." It's so delicious!
This strawberry may not look good, but it is actually very sweet!
It is not only sweet, but also has a very rich strawberry fragrance.
The unique sweetness of strawberries made Xiao Yingchun feel that "I have never eaten such delicious strawberries before."
She nodded frantically and pointed at the strawberries and recommended Fu Chenan to try them.
Upon hearing this, Fu Chenan also took one and opened his eyes wide: It is indeed better than the strawberries that Xiao Yingchun often buys...
Xiao Yingchun swallowed the strawberry and reached for the cherry.
The cherries are not big, they are small and bright red...
The rich sweet cherry aroma made Xiao Yingchun squint her eyes comfortably.
After eating the cherries, she generously pushed away all the fruits that her aunt-in-law had picked.
"I won't eat this anymore. I want to eat what you grow!"
"This, I'll sell to the noble families of your Tianwu Dynasty!"
(End of this chapter)
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