Chapter 91: Sky High Price ( 3 )

Chapter 91: Sky High Price ( 3 ) Zhou Boming had more experience and knew that as long as he could let those wealthy families try the sauces, they would definitely buy them. The main point was not the earnings, but building connections with them.

What’s more, he had a good relationship with the owner of a restaurant in Luo City. He believed that with these two sauces, his friend would be able to expand his business and become their regular customer.

After thinking for a while, he finally asked, "Miss Yao, besides these sauces, do you have other sauces?"

Yao Zhi nodded and replied, "I have other secret recipes, but I need to wait until my plants mature."

Hearing this, Zhou Boming glanced at the garden and smiled. "Miss Yao, how many sauces can you provide monthly?"

"For now, I have two hundred jin of soy sauce and one hundred jin of fish sauce. But I can’t guarantee that I will be able to provide the same amount every month."

Hearing this, Zhou Boming frowned and asked, "How do you want to sell them?"

Yao Zhi thought for a moment and said, "These sauces take a long time to process, so the price can’t be too low. For soy sauce, it will be one tael of silver per jin. As for fish sauce, it will be three taels of silver per jin."

"So expensive?" Zhou Ziyuan couldn’t help but exclaim.

Hearing this, Yao Zhi replied with a smile, "Brother Zhou, soy sauce is a product made from soybeans. It’s similar to soybean paste, but the process is more complicated, and it takes at least six months before it’s ready for consumption."

"What’s more, soybean paste costs 18 wen per tael, which is equal to 450 wen per jin. With this comparison, the price of my soy sauce is not high at all."

"Then what about the fish sauce?" Zhou Ziyuan asked.

"Brother Zhou, the main ingredient of fish sauce is fish. Not to mention other ingredients such as salt and seasonings, the price of the fish alone is very high."

"Also, the process of making fish sauce is more complicated than that of soy sauce. Not only are the main ingredients very expensive, but it’s also not even guaranteed that I will be able to buy them next time, even if I have money," Yao Zhi replied with a sigh.

They were living on the border near the desert. For them, marine products were more expensive than gold. Considering these points, the price of three taels of silver per jin was actually low.

Before Zhou Ziyuan could say anything else, Zhou Boming said, "Miss Yao, I can cooperate with you, but I have a small request."

"Uncle Zhou, feel free to tell me."

"You can only sell your goods in my store. As for how to sell or distribute them, I will have full authority."

Yao Zhi considered his request for a while before she nodded. "Okay. But the account will be settled every month, and I want to check the account book."

"No problem."

After they reached an agreement, Yao Zhi went to her room to write the contract. She made two copies and returned with a cinnabar inkpad, a brush, and a tube of ink.

She handed the contract to Zhou Boming and said, "Uncle Zhou, please take a look. If there is no problem with the agreement, you can sign your name and put your fingerprint."

Zhou Boming was surprised to see the neat and elegant handwriting on the paper. The lines were thin but sharp, without any sign of ink smudging. Even a master calligrapher wouldn’t be able to reach this level without a decade of practice.

With this thought, his gaze toward Yao Zhi held more curiosity and admiration. She might look simple and naive, but from her handwriting alone, she must be someone with a complicated background.

Unbeknownst to him, Yao Zhi was using a fountain pen when she wrote the contract. The strokes looked similar to those of a brush, but they were neater and more beautiful since she had full control of the ink flow.

After reading for a while, Zhou Boming picked up the brush and dipped it in the ink before writing down his name. The two of them pressed their fingerprints on the contract, and each kept one copy.

Since they had signed the contract, Zhou Boming was in a great mood. "Miss Yao, I will inform my men and come to pick up the goods tomorrow. What time is convenient for you?"

Hearing Zhou Boming’s question, Yao Zhi replied with a smile, "Uncle Zhou, I usually wake up at dawn. You can decide as you see fit."

Nodding at her words, Zhou Boming stood up and said, "Then I will let my men come at Mao Shi."

Mao Shi is a period from five o’clock to six o’clock in the morning in the ancient time system. Yao Zhi thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay."

After sitting for another ten minutes, Zhou Boming finally left with his second son.

When she was alone, Yao Zhi locked the gate and went to the backyard. She cleaned the wild fruits and collected their seeds. Afterward, she planted them in her system’s orchard.

Then, she mixed a bucket of water with one drop of spiritual spring water. Using the bamboo ladle, she watered the vegetable garden with the water.

It has been eighteen days since she planted the yard. Perhaps because she watered them using the system’s river water and sprinkled them with spiritual spring water twice, their growth was faster than usual.

After she was done watering the garden, Yao Zhi squatted beside the white radish plot and took a closer look. The scallion and white radish usually need at least thirty days to mature. But they were already showing signs of being ready to be harvested.

Rubbing her chin, she muttered to herself, "It seems that I can harvest the white radish and scallion in a few days."

Due to the spiritual energy contained in the soil after being watered by her, the number of insects that are beneficial to improving the soil quality and reducing the harmful pests increased every day.