Chapter 18 Cash cow
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"cucumber?"
Zhang Bapi snorted coldly at first, then changed his tone, "Hey, this cucumber is a bit unusual."
The little overlord said proudly, "Dad, this is not an ordinary cucumber. It is called Jade Green. It is said to be cultivated by Zhang Xianren from Qiyunguan, Yangzhou. It can also be cultivated in winter and does not need a greenhouse. Especially when you look at this cucumber, it is long and tender, one is better than several ordinary ones. Especially in this color, it is green and green, like jade, and it tastes very delicious. I heard that women can also use thin slices on their faces to beautify and nourish their skin."
"So what? Isn't it just a cucumber? Can it still be worth hundreds of years old ginseng?" Zhang Bapi looked carefully and made another disdainful voice. His eyes looked at things different from his son's starting point. This cucumber is rare, but it is just a cucumber. Speaking of flowers, it is still a cucumber.
"Dad, how could you say such things? This is a good thing. Do you know how much I bought it? Two thousand dollars." Zhang Chao proudly raised two fingers.
As a result, when Zhang Bapi heard this, he became angry and kicked him directly, "You are a prodigal son to death. You spend two thousand cents of a cucumber. Do you know what you can do for two thousand cents of money? You can buy two old ginseng and several acres of mountain land. I will beat you a prodigal son to death. I only know the things about prodigal son to death."
Little skin and run around.
"Dad, it's not just one cucumber, two thousand dollars, one hundred dollars. I bought one hundred dollars for two thousand dollars!"
"One hundred?"
Zhang Bapi stopped and panted, "Where do you get so many cucumbers?"
"There is a vendor from Jiangnan. He was originally entrusted by Qi Yunguan to send this batch of cucumbers to Beijing. As a result, when something happened to the person who received the goods in Beijing, he sold the cucumbers. I happened to buy my son with the vision. Twenty cents per piece, it's really not expensive."
“It’s really not expensive.”
Zhang Bapi sat back on the bed and reached out to twist his beard.
"The same goes for those cucumbers?"
"It's all like this. Almost every one has an arm length, about one pound, it's very well-proportioned and very tender. I've tried one, and it's also very delicious, fresh and crispy, sweet and delicious."
"You've done it again."
Zhang Bapi heard that there were a hundred pieces, so he took out the one in the box and took a look and started eating. After taking a few bites, he couldn't stop.
In the middle of winter, this cucumber is actually better than many fruits. It is difficult to preserve fresh fruits in winter, especially in Guanzhong. You can eat a few fresh fruits. But this cucumber is not the taste that you usually eat in summer, it is so delicious.
"Dad, my son thinks this way. Let's customize a batch of gift boxes, and make them more elegant. Use sandalwood as a box, and then put silk as a lining. We will use this cucumber packaging to give gifts. We will say that this is the fairy fruit jasper green of Zhang Daxian in Qiyunguan, Yangzhou, Jiangnan, which is better than ginseng...
The Zhang family has been doing business like lending, and they can still live a very comfortable life in Lanxi. Firstly, it is not illegal to lend money to the usury these days. Secondly, it is because the Zhang family has always focused on managing the government, such as clerks in the yamen, even the aides of the county magistrate's chief clerk, and even the local village chief Baozheng. They all know how to deal with the matters of their family, so they naturally become more accommodating and even cooperate with their family.
The Zhang family knows better than anyone else that the relationship network they have worked hard to run is their protective umbrella. No matter when, this relationship network cannot be messed up.
Giving some gifts to the person above is certainly indispensable.
This cucumber is so novel, and it is a bit unique to the above, and it is indeed not bad compared to ordinary gifts. Especially for those with higher identities, they often don’t like ordinary yellow and white things.
"Yes, I know I've started thinking about things with my brain." Zhang Bapi praised his son.
"Where is the cucumber seller, I want to meet him."
"Dad, they're gone."
"Leaving?" Zhang Bapi frowned again, "Since they can bring a hundred cucumbers, they can bring more. Haven't you ever thought of seizing this opportunity? Idiot?"
"Dad, my son has thought of it for a long time, but they do have only one hundred cucumbers in their hands. But my son has told that as long as he can help get more cucumbers for us, I will pay this price. And I told him that if he can get us the seeds of cucumbers, or even the method of cultivation, I will give a lot of money to repay."
"You are still too young. How could you let go of such an important thing in just a few words? If it were me, I would send people to follow these people, no matter whether they really go back to Yangzhou or wherever they go, or wherever they go. In any case, we must find where the cucumbers are produced. As long as we find the place and people to grow cucumbers, there will always be a way to get more cucumbers, or even how to grow them."
He sighed, his eyes showing greed.
"Son, this cucumber is really extraordinary. If we can master this method of cucumber cultivation, it will be that we have dug up a money tree."
"Dad, then I'll arrange for someone to go to Yangzhou now. Didn't he say that it was cultivated and planted by Zhang Xianren in Qiyunguan, Yangzhou? Can the monks run away and the temple run away?"
"You don't have to worry about this matter anymore. I will send someone to inquire. However, it is not certain whether this matter is as said by that person."
Zhang Papi sighed repeatedly, always feeling that he missed a money tree.
"You can get me fifty cucumbers tomorrow."
"Dad, why do you want so much?"
Zhang Bapi glared at Zhang Chao, "What are your father going to do? Is he going to ask you for instructions?"
"Don't dare, don't dare."
"The important thing about giving gifts is not whether the thing is worth it, but whether you have the intention. Although this cucumber is good, it is not suitable for everyone. For example, if you give money to the books and recorders in the official yamen, it is not suitable for you to give cucumbers. You have to give money, and you have to give money directly, a heavy string of copper coins, or even a silver cake, is more effective than anything else."
"But if you are giving gifts to the county magistrate or magistrate, you can't give these vulgar things anymore. You have to give some antique calligraphy and paintings, some lonely books, and some high-quality paper and pen. For example, if you give some jade green that sounds fairy and tastes good, you can also like them, do you understand?"
"Dad said it."
"Our restaurant has never been able to make Fuchun Restaurant. I plan to get some jade green to the restaurant, use it as a gimmick, and hype it up and promote it well, attract some attention and gain popularity."
"Dad, our Fugui Restaurant has never been able to make Fuchun Restaurant. Can it work with a few cucumbers?"
"What's wrong with it, the key depends on how you do it. Let's promote this Jade Green well, and then the restaurant only sells one plate every day to let customers bid for it. The higher the price can only be eaten by the person with the highest bid. No matter how rich the rest are, they can only wait for the next day to bid for it."
"What you want is this gimmick. Biyuqing can use it to make this gimmick." Zhang Papi smiled and taught his son his business methods.
Chapter completed!