"Alright then! Uncle won't be polite with you. I want to send all the watermelons, cantaloupe, and your wine to the capital, to be presented to His Majesty. If His Majesty likes it, he will definitely buy it, right? So, I'll ask you the price first."
Cheng Kang said bluntly.
Cheng Yue was stunned.
In her mind, if the emperor wants to eat something, shouldn’t people deliver it to him?
Still charging money?
Her uncle is also good!
"What? Do you think His Majesty doesn't pay for food? A few years ago, His Majesty even went on incognito visits, and he had to pay money for that."
Cheng Kang guessed what Cheng Yue was thinking as soon as he saw her expression and said with a smile.
The emperor reigned for more than twenty years and made several incognito visits, most of which were to Taizhou and Jiangnan, and he never came to the southwest.
He always accompanies me.
"Well, if that's the case, I'll send a batch to His Majesty first. Without him, how could our Great Qi be so peaceful and prosperous?"
Cheng Yue came back to his senses and said.
"Hahaha, girl, you really know how to talk. I must tell His Majesty this!"
Cheng Kang laughed.
"Shao Lan and I haven't decided on the price for this wine yet. We won't sell it right away. We'll have to wait until I get married and my brother-in-law's bottles are ready. If His Majesty really likes this wine, I'll definitely give him a discount. If I sell it to others for two taels of silver, I'll definitely only sell it to him for one tael and eight!"
Cheng Yue smiled.
"Okay then. You just said you've already bottled over a thousand of each of the three types of wine, so keep a hundred bottles of each. As for the watermelons, a hundred! I'll have them sent back tomorrow. By the time we get word from the Emperor, and you've started selling your wine, the cantaloupe and muskmelon should be ripe."
Cheng Kang thought about it and gave a number.
"Okay! Uncle, call the people you brought back to the melon field tomorrow. Dashuan and Xiaoshuan will help you pick the melons. I estimate that we can only pick about a hundred. Uncle, I'm curious. I heard a scholar who ate in my restaurant say that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. But I don't think you have such an opinion. You have a good relationship with the emperor!"
Cheng Yue asked curiously.
Cheng Kang's entourage and the people he brought with him all lived in the county government office, not in the village, but they would come to the village once a day.
"Why would I have such thoughts? I don't hold an official position. I'm just an earl and don't deal with court affairs. Those words were meant for those high-ranking officials. I usually just eat and chat with His Majesty. If he wants to leave the palace, I accompany him. It's that simple. So, girl, don't be afraid. Nothing will happen to you if you go to the capital with me."
Cheng Kang mentioned the matter of going to Beijing.
He has mentioned this matter to his three nephews, nieces and two great-nephews many times in the past few days.
The result was just as he imagined, his niece simply ignored him.
"I see! Uncle is really awesome! Oh, uncle, I'm a little sleepy, I'm going to bed, you should get some rest too!"
Cheng Yue pretended to yawn, waved her hand, turned around and slipped away.
“This girl…”
Cheng Kang shook his head helplessly.
Well, he suddenly felt that Shunzi’s three children were more fun than his own children!
The three children of Shunzi's family, even the brain-burned Awen, seem to be more energetic than the children in the uncle's house.
Why is this?
well……
Cheng Kang couldn't figure it out, so he shook his head and went back to the house with his hands behind his back.
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