Chapter 1278: Chapter 1077: Gone Mad_1 Chapter 1278: Chapter 1077: Gone Mad_1 Qiao Xiaomai “…”
Wasn’t this Xie Family mber in too much of a hurry?
She had just received a letter from Shopkeeper Hong, and now soone had already arrived.
Seeing Qiao Xiaomai not speaking, Xie Shan couldn’t help but ask, “Is there any difficulty?”
“Um… Young Master Xie, this year I only grew ten thousand jin of waterlons, I sent a thousand jin to the Palace, four thousand jin to the Ultimate Flavor Residence, and now the Crown Prince resides here too, I need so for my own family to eat…” Qiao Xiaomai explained sowhat embarrassedly.
Upon hearing this, Xie Shan’s face imdiately showed disappointnt, but he still said, “Miss, I should be the first one to co here to inquire. There will be others following suit. Considering that I am the first, could you sell a few? I am willing to pay a high price.”
“This is my first ti handling a task for my father, and I do not want to disappoint him.”
Qiao Xiaomai, “…How about five, I can’t give any more.”
Such a small amount of waterlon was truly not enough.
If Yang Zheng was to really eat his fill, he could consu half of one in a single al.
And then there was Yang Ye. Calculating the ti, Yang Ye should have already returned to Capital City.
Yang Ye could eat even more than Yang Zheng; it’s hard to say whether the thousand jin of waterlons delivered to the Palace would last a month.
Five.
This number was far from what Xie Shan had originally hoped for.
But what Qiao Xiaomai said was also true, ten thousand jin, and many of those were waterlon rinds, indeed too little.
Nevertheless, five is better than none.
His face imdiately lit up with a smile, “Thank you, miss!”
“No need to thank .” Qiao Xiaomai waved her hand, signaling Xie Shan to dismount his carriage and enter the manor.
After Xie Shan entered the manor, he first went to pay respects to Yang Hao.
The Xie Family was considered a mid-to-upper Aristocratic Family, and he was familiar to Yang Hao.
Yang Hao was supervising Yang Zheng writing characters. Upon knowing that Xie Shan had requested to see him, he left the study to et him.
But when he found out Xie Shan had co to buy waterlons, and wanted as many as five, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself in his heart.
A waterlon weighed over ten jin, so five was almost a hundred jin.
Not enough!
Qiao Xiaomai had her workers transport the five waterlons to Xie Shan’s carriage, then went to find him in the Guest House.
Xie Shan gave her ten thousand taels of silver. Ultimate Flavor Residence sold half a jin for one hundred and eight taels—that only included the flesh, and these five waterlons were calculated with the weight of the rinds included, ten thousand taels was definitely too much.
After completing the transfer of silver notes, Xie Shan added, “My father wishes to sign an agreent with miss.”
“What agreent?” Qiao Xiaomai asked.
“You’re planning to grow more waterlons next year, aren’t you?”
“Of course.”
“My father says he’s willing to pre-purchase two acres at a price of a hundred thousand taels per acre, what do you think, miss?”
“No, that won’t do. My waterlons yield two thousand jin per acre.”
At a hundred thousand taels per acre, that breaks down to only fifty silver per jin.
Shopkeeper Hong sells half a jin of waterlon flesh for more than a hundred taels.
Too much of a loss.
“Two thousand jin per acre?” Xie Shan was surprised for a mont, then he complinted Qiao Xiaomai a few tis, and his face then showed an embarrassed expression. He had miscalculated.
A hundred thousand taels for one thousand jin, even by this year’s prices, it’s still a loss.
For a mont, he had a ntal lapse and miscalculated by so much.
He imdiately said, “Then, could my family pre-purchase the yield of an acre? Regardless of the price of waterlons next year, I hope my family can have two thousand jin.”
“One thousand jin.” Qiao Xiaomai halved the yield.
Next year’s waterlons would certainly not lack buyers, she had no need to sign any agreents with anyone.
The only reason she agreed now was for the sake of Fan Jia—Yang Ye had unearthed a bit of information, and she might need to interact with Fan Jia.
While the result was less than ideal for Xie Shan, he was able to accept it. Next year, no matter how popular and limited the supply of waterlons becos, his family would still get a thousand jin.
And as for this waterlon… it was so pricey, he didn’t dare estimate the value anymore, lest he make another mistake.
Two hundred thousand taels should be enough to pre-purchase an acre of waterlons, right?
But who knows what next year’s waterlon prices will be.
Better not to say it.
Who would have thought such small waterlons could fetch astronomical prices, it’s maddening.
Even as a mber of the Xie Family, he couldn’t bear the expense.
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