In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 608 Qin Le

"Boss, I think 3 coins each is more reasonable. How about 3 coins each?"

"I also think three coins is reasonable."

"Boss, can you give me a discount?"

"..."

Listening to the haggling of the crowd, Zhang He's lips twitched. Three coins each? He was basically losing money on the business.

You should know that Zhang He buys eggs from Chenjia Village for three coins each. In addition, the cost of each egg is at least four coins, including the eggs that break during transportation. If he sells them for three coins each, he will not only have no profit, but he will also lose money.

"Three coins is impossible."

Zhang He shook his head frantically: "I can only offer you 5 coins each at most, and for duck eggs, the minimum is 6 coins each."

This time, Zhang He's expression was very resolute, and his tone was unquestionable.

Seeing this, everyone knew that the price could not be lowered any further.

In fact, for the people in front of the stall, an egg costing five coins was already cheap enough.

So they all took out their money bags and bought eggs from Zhang He.

"Boss, give me five eggs."

"I want three duck eggs."

"Give me 10."

"I want five too!"

"..."

Almost everyone at the stall bought some chicken and duck eggs; some bought three, some bought five, and some even bought ten at once.

In less than fifteen minutes, all the hundreds of chicken and duck eggs that Zhang He brought were sold out, which made Zhang He and the skinny monkey very happy.

Although the profit from a single chicken or duck egg may not be high, when hundreds of eggs are added together, the profit can be quite considerable.

Moreover, the transportation cost is lower than that for chickens and ducks. You know, when transporting chickens and ducks, you have to feed them on the way, and the consumption of feed can be quite significant over several days.

In contrast, chicken and duck eggs don't require as much trouble. You just need to lay straw on the truck to prevent the eggs from being broken by the vibration.

"Brother Zhang."

After the eggs were sold out and the people had dispersed, the skinny monkey's eyes lit up and he said, "We should be able to make at least eight hundred taels of silver in profit from this trip to Liangzhou."

"Ha ha!"

Zhang He also laughed heartily, feeling that he had made the right decision to come to Liangzhou this time. If he had continued to do business in Ding'an County, his profit would never have exceeded 500 taels of silver.

“Brother Zhang has a good eye; I never thought of going back to my hometown to do business.”

"Haha! We've made a fortune this time."

"hey-hey!"

"..."

The men in the caravan were all smiles. Zhang He had never been a stingy person. This business had earned them 800 taels of silver, and they would receive even more in dividends.

Just as Zhang He and the others were beaming with joy, Qin Le, dressed as a constable, stepped into the market.

Qin Le was originally a farmer, but due to the impact of the cold disaster and the exploitation by the imperial court, he could no longer survive and chose to join the Yang family army, becoming a "rebel".

Despite being under 20 years old, Qin Le has actually participated in quite a few battles. He has participated in the great battle between the Yang family army and the Liangzhou army, as well as the great battle against the imperial army of 25. He was fortunate enough to survive the battlefields filled with corpses and blood, and became a veteran in the Yang family army.

Of course, Qin Le is no longer a soldier.

The Yang family army, which occupied Liangzhou, slaughtered all the major landowners in Liangzhou. Of course, the Yang family army would not spare the corrupt officials and officials who exploited the people. The vast majority of corrupt officials were either beheaded or imprisoned by the Yang family army. Only a few officials with good reputations were spared.

While the massacre of officials was certainly gratifying, problems arose afterward.

With all the government officials killed, who will manage the territory and collect taxes for the Yang family army?

In this situation, Yang Zheng could only rely on a few scholars who had joined the Yang family army and his loyal soldiers.

As a result, many soldiers of the Yang family army left the military camp under Yang Zheng's arrangement to fill vacancies in local government offices.

Qin Le was one of the soldiers assigned to work in the government, and is now one of the constables of Yongliang County.

Yongliang County was Qin Le's hometown, so he didn't have much dissatisfaction with becoming the head constable of Yongliang County. On the contrary, he worked diligently and did his best to do this job well.

Because he was all alone, without any relatives or wife, Qin Le would go to the market every day after work to buy some ingredients and cook for himself at home.

Qin Le, a frequent visitor to the Yongliang County vegetable market, is quite familiar with it. As he entered the market, he headed straight for his familiar stall.

But then, an unfamiliar stall caught his eye.

To be precise... it was the chickens and ducks on the stall that caught his eye.

It was simply because the chickens and ducks at that stall were so unusual.

The golden-feathered chickens and the snow-white ducks, which were larger than ordinary domestic chickens and ducks, captivated Qin Le's attention and made him unconsciously move to Zhang He's stall.

Seeing Qin Le, dressed as a constable, approach, Zhang He and the others felt a chill run down their spines.

In the Xia Kingdom, both ordinary people and merchants were very reluctant to deal with government officials, simply because these people were not good at other things, but they were all experts at exploiting the people and making a quick buck.

"Officer, what can I do for you?"

Zhang He forced a smile and stepped forward to ask.

"You don't need to call me 'Officer,' just call me 'Captain Qin' or 'Qin Le.'"

Qin Le waved his hand, not putting on airs at all, but instead asking quite politely, "Where did you get these chickens and ducks? They're completely different from the chickens and ducks I've ever seen before?"

"Reporting to the officer."

Although Qin Le didn't put on airs, Zhang He didn't dare to call him by his name directly: "These are chickens and ducks that we transported from Qingzhou, including yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks."

"So you came from Qingzhou!"

Qin Le suddenly realized that, despite being under 20 years old and having never left Liangzhou, he knew that the world was full of wonders, so he did not doubt Zhang He's words.

How much do you sell your chickens and ducks for?

Qin Le asked again.

"Very cheap."

Zhang He replied with a smile, "Yellow-feathered chickens are 250 coins each, and white-feathered ducks are 350 coins each."

"So cheap?"

Qin Le couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Having frequently shopped at the market, he naturally knew the prices of meat. For example, a lean gray-feathered chicken, which was common in the market, would only yield two or three pounds of meat, yet cost 500 coins.

And the yellow-feathered chicken in front of us...

It was much larger than a gray-feathered chicken and looked much better, but it only cost half the price of a gray-feathered chicken, which shocked Qin Le!