It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 241

Since Jiang Yan found the trick to sell things in wealthy areas, his products have been selling more smoothly.

She was originally worried that after this winter, the rich people in Rongcheng County would have been plundered and would not be able to afford even two taels of silver, but she didn't expect that it was her own limitations.

If you want to harvest more leeks in the field, how can you just dig up the roots without caring about them? The Rongcheng County government has plenty of experience and lessons on this key point.

This time, Jiang Yan didn't bring much stuff, but it was new, unique and fresh, and sold out even faster than before.

The new product was cliff fruit lamp oil. Jiang Yan took out a small ceramic bottle, walked around the streets and alleys, and quickly spotted the purchasing manager with a hemp tie around his waist, then went up to him and tried hard to sell it.

From the bright lights and fresh smell to the rare smoke and durability, the manager was praised so much that he almost thought he was selling something for the royal family. She was really like a country girl who dared to brag about everything.

But thinking about the old lady's deceased body being kept at home, and how the masters, big and small, in the mansion were keeping vigil and their eyes were red and tears were flowing from the smoke of the lights, the steward began to have an idea.

He found a wick, dipped it slightly in lamp oil, and lit it. He watched the flickering flame go out after a few breaths. He licked the remaining residue with his hand, and after a moment's contemplation, he asked, "How much is this bottle?"

Jiang Yan looked at the manager with some admiration. He could actually discover the uniqueness of cliff fruit oil with just a wick.

"This bottle contains five ounces of oil and costs two hundred and ten copper coins."

"Two hundred and one?" The steward's voice rose slightly.

"Yes, yes, what's wrong with that?" Jiang Yan smiled sincerely. "I only found out after coming to the city that the price of lamp oil, which used to be thirty copper coins per ounce, has risen to thirty-two."

"My lamp oil burns long-lastingly, so a 10% price increase is worth it. It smells good and isn't pungent, so it's worth the 10% price increase. It also produces less black smoke and doesn't irritate my eyes, so it's even more worth the 10% price increase."

"So the price of lamp oil must be no less than forty-two copper coins. I'll take a loss and sell it for forty-two. Five taels is two hundred and one."

Jiang Yan explained briefly, then smiled even more gently. She hadn't intended to sell it so expensively, but given the price, he couldn't possibly pay less than 160.

Just now, when she went to the grocery store to ask for prices, the shopkeeper somehow found out that she wanted to sell oil. He also took a fancy to her cliff fruit oil and even tried to buy it at a loss at the ultra-low price of 120 copper coins. What a wishful thinking.

Of course, the manager couldn't afford to spend more than forty copper coins to buy a small bottle of lamp oil. He bargained with Jiang Yan for several rounds and finally made the deal at a price of one hundred and eighty copper coins.

Afterwards, the steward asked, "Do you have enough lamp oil?"

Jiang Yan sighed regretfully, "I got this by accident, and now there's only enough left for two more times."

After the snow melted, she went into the mountains to search, but the clover seeds she found were either about to sprout or rotted inside, and there was no hope of a new crop before autumn. Actually, there was more left at home than before, but not by much. She had to save that for herself.

The steward whispered, "Alright."

What's so good about this? Jiang Yan was puzzled, but then she struck while the iron was hot and started selling the remaining two items to the manager.

Soy milk powder is a unique ingredient, not because it's rare, but because it's eaten in a novel way. Just add hot water and a little sugar, and the manager quickly figured out a use for it.

He smoothed his nonexistent wide sleeves, and for the first time, a smile appeared on his serious face: "Anything else?"

"Are there any wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots?" Jiang Yan currently enjoys the back mountain alone, and he only picks the fresh and tender ones for these two things. Even if the manager doesn't want them, he won't have trouble selling them.

The steward glanced through it briefly, then turned and told the servant behind him, "Carry these back too."

……

Jiang Yan hummed a little tune and skipped all the way back to Dongshan Village.

After the manager bought all the goods, he also promised her a letter of intent, saying that if she had any more cliff fruit oil in the future, he would buy it at the same price. The transaction condition was to quote her a price of 230.

Hey~

This person who thinks 210 yuan is too expensive~