It was Wang Liu who opened the door. Li Mao quickly bowed and saluted. "Young man, we are from the local area. We met the headmaster last time at Wild Boar Ridge. She said she could trade mint for food in the village. I wonder if she still wants it?"
Wang Liu hadn't been to Wild Boar Ridge, so he didn't know about this. "Mint should be needed. Wait, I'll send someone to notify the boss."
After a while, Kang Yueran led people down the mountain. Seeing Li Mao, she was very happy, "It's Uncle Li, I wonder how much mint you brought?"
Kang Yueran's smile was quite affable, and Li Mao relaxed a bit. "We brought three carts, a total of 400 kilograms." He was afraid of damaging the mint leaves, so he didn't dare press them too hard. So while it looked like a lot, the actual weight was less.
"Four hundred kilograms is not a small amount. What do you want to exchange for it? Food, coarse cloth, or silver?"
Li Mao quickly replied, "Let's exchange for food, mixed noodles will do."
Kang Yueran instructed Dacheng, "Go tell the steward to send 400 kilograms of rice."
Then he said to Li Mao, "We don't have any flour. The beans are useful, so I'll give you rice. One pound of mint for one pound of rice."
Four hundred kilograms of rice greatly exceeded Li Mao's expectations. He was both excited and nervous. "Four hundred kilograms of rice! The whole village can eat for a while."
He grabbed Li Sangen's hand and said, "Hurry up and tell them to bring the mint over here."
Dacheng came back with rice and Li Sangen came back with mint at almost the same time.
Kang Yueran opened a bag at random and saw that the mint was very fresh. She nodded with satisfaction and said, "The mint is very good."
She opened another bag of rice and grabbed a handful to show Li Mao and others.
Li Sangen loaded the rice onto the cart. Li Mao said goodbye to Kang Yueran and asked her if she wanted mint before leaving.
Kang Yueran nodded heavily, "Yes! And eggs, ten eggs for a pound of rice."
Li Mao's face wrinkled with laughter, "Hey! I'll collect it when I get back to the village and send it to the boss."
"Okay! Be careful on your way back!"
Four hundred kilograms of rice were placed on a cart, and more than twenty people gathered around it. I didn’t expect that it would be so easy to exchange it for food. This trip was really worth it!
With this experience, everyone became much braver.
Some people discussed going to the neighboring village together to exchange eggs; some thought about going back to pick more mint; some thought about raising some chickens to lay eggs...
Everyone walked home briskly with smiles on their faces.
Xu Jiushi ordered someone to check the mint and told Kang Yueran that there were 416 kilograms of mint, and said that there were not enough porcelain bottles and olive oil.
In the evening, Kang Yueran went to deliver another batch of goods.
Now that the product is made, the next step is to sell it.
Kang Yueran asked Hu Dacheng to pick out some of each and went to Anzhou City with Niu Dayan.
She did not go to the He family, but chose to sell her products door to door.
The first choice was Wuweizhai Dim Sum Shop. He Jinsong's servant Daheng had recommended Wuweizhai to her, saying that the dim sum tasted good and that Manager Wan's was also good.
The most important thing is that Wan has a good relationship with a manager of the Xie family, a wealthy merchant family in Anzhou. The Xie family has many businesses, one of which is shipping.
In the back hall of Wuweizhai, Kang Yueran took out a food box, took out a few snacks and placed them in front of Shopkeeper Wan, "Shopkeeper, try them."
Shopkeeper Wan tasted each one and said, "We can make red bean cakes and mung bean cakes, so we don't need those. This golden cake is the first I've ever seen. It's fragrant and sweet."
This egg yolk pancake may look unassuming, but the egg yolk in the middle is dense and delicious, with just the right amount of saltiness. This pork jerky is the best; it's flavorful, chewy, easy to store, and doesn't take up much space. Excellent!
He just said it was good, but didn't say he wanted to buy it.
Kang Yueran said, "Manager Wan is right. Our cakes don't look very good, but they have one advantage: they won't go bad even if they are kept for a month."
She added food preservatives and originally wanted to add some spices, but she put too many food additives and was afraid that the counterfeiters would ask questions, and she was even more afraid that someone would misunderstand that she was poisoning the product.
"Bake the bread a little drier, and no one's bread will go bad."
"Shopkeeper Wan is right, but dried-out cakes are no longer snacks, they're just rocks. Elderly people with bad teeth might break their teeth. Our cakes won't spoil, they don't need to be air-dried."
Shopkeeper Wan was very curious and blurted out, "Why is that?"
"Because it contains the medicinal powder prepared by my master. However, Shopkeeper Wan, don't worry, the powder is harmless to the body. We are not in the business of eating dead bodies."
"Can you sell us some of that powder?"
Kang Yueran shook her head and said, "The powder is very troublesome to prepare. The herbs are easy to find, but it also requires flowers of the four seasons and water of the four seasons, which may not be available for three to five years.
I only put in a little each time, and I don't have much left. My master said it's not certain when we'll be able to prepare it next time." If you ask again, she will explain the recipe for Lengxiang Pills in detail.
Shopkeeper Wan muttered quietly, "What a hassle!" "Forget about the red bean cakes and mung bean cakes, but I could ask for more of the golden cakes, egg yolk cakes, and dried meat. How much are these three things?"
Hearing this, Kang Yueran smiled even more brightly, "Red bean cakes and mung bean cakes are 20 cents per pound. I'll give two pounds of each to Shopkeeper Wan first. You can keep them in the shop for a while and try them out.
Golden cakes are 40 wen per jin, egg yolk cakes are 50 wen per jin, and dried meat is 80 wen per jin. These are my prices. As for how much Manager Wan wants to sell it for, that's not my business."
This price is not high nowadays, after all, the price of rice has risen to 60 cents per catty.
Shopkeeper Wan was puzzled. She wouldn't make much money at that price. "I want 100 kilograms each of golden cakes and egg yolk cakes, and 300 kilograms of dried meat.
Miss Kang, let me be frank, the food you deliver must taste the same as what I ate today, otherwise I will not accept it."
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Wan. We want to do long-term business and will never pass off inferior goods as good ones. I'll deliver the goods to you the day after tomorrow, and you can pay upon arrival."
Shopkeeper Wan knew from experience that the golden cakes, egg yolk cakes, and dried meat would be hot sellers. He asked, "Where do you live? Leave me your address. I'll have someone come find you when they're sold out."
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