Everyone looked at Gu Fei eagerly, as this price was related to their harvest.
Gu Fei thought about it, about 7 or 8 pound of fresh peppers need to dry one pound of dried peppers. Since dried peppers sell for 200 copper coins, it would be just right to buy fresh peppers for 30 copper coins.
Gu Fei said, “It’s 30 copper coins.”
Mrs. Chen’s eyes widened. “30 copper coins? Is it too expensive?”
“We only picked four acres of land, and there are so many. How much will it sell for?”
Gu Fei calculated, 4,000 kilograms here would be 120 taels of silver.
Mrs. Chen was speechless when she heard this number: “No way, how can farming make so much silver?”
In previous years, when planting corn and wheat at home, the annual output of one acre of land was only about 2 or 3 taels of silver.
This acre of land has produced 30 taels of silver, and that’s not all. Mrs. Chen estimated that the harvested land still has flowers and unripe ones, and it can harvest about the same amount.
Then, wouldn’t one mu of land produce fifty or sixty taels of silver?
Her family planted peppers on all the twenty mu of land, so wouldn’t they be able to earn one thousand taels of silver?
Mrs. Chen shook her head: “No, you must have calculated it wrong.”
The younger uncle also said, “How can there be so much? If there were so much, I would have made a fortune!”
He was the only laborer in his family, and he planted three mu of peppers. He stayed in the fields every day, fearing that he would not take good care of them.
The eldest aunt had a large family and planted seven mu of land.
The eldest uncle also knew how to calculate, but he kept silent and calculated in his mind.
Gu Fei also suspected that she had calculated it wrong, so she took a pen and paper to calculate it again. It was right, it was 120 taels of silver.
Gu Zhang also took an abacus and placed it next to him.
In the end, several people concluded that it was right!
Gu Zhang hesitated and said, “Xiao Fei, is this price too high?”
Gu Fei chuckled, “Dad, we are an exclusive business, and this is still a conscience price.”
“Besides, even though it is expensive this year, if more people grow it next year, it will not be this price. It is estimated that it can only be sold for a few copper coins per pound.”
“Wait a few years, when pepper seeds are everywhere, maybe people will think 1 copper coin per pound it is too expensive.”
“Think about it, pepper is just a vegetable. How much does cabbage sell for per pound?”
Mrs. Chen thought about it, and it was right, isn’t cabbage just one penny per pound?
Gu Zhang nodded, “That is to say, we can only make a lot of money this year, and we can’t expect so much in the future.”
Gu Fei nodded vigorously.
The younger uncle looked at the elder uncle, “Brother-in-law, pinch me for me to see if I’m dreaming.”
The elder uncle followed suit and pinched the younger uncle without hesitation. The younger uncle shouted, “Ah,” and jumped up, “I’m not dreaming, I’m not dreaming, I can earn more than 100 taels of silver from these three acres of land!”
“My goodness, I never thought I could earn so much money in my life!”
Gu Fei smiled and pursed her lips: “Uncle, don’t worry. We don’t need so many fresh peppers right now. When all the peppers are red, pick them and dry them, and we will sell the dried ones.”
My uncle couldn’t help but say: “Didn’t Young Master Zhu say that he would take as many peppers as we have?”
Gu Fei nodded and said, “We can’t give him all of them. We have to keep enough dried peppers for a year.”
Gu Fei turned to look at Gu Zhang, “Dad, I have an idea. Although my aunt’s family, my uncle’s family, and our family are not worried about money now, the village head’s family and other uncles are still in trouble. Every household is in debt.”
“I plan to teach everyone to make a snack and sell it in Ping’an City. If I do well, I estimate that I can make one and a half taels of silver a day.”
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