bestfiction Chapter 299 Exorbitantly Priced Chicken
Chapter 299 Exorbitantly Priced Chicken
Everyone nodded in agreement. The dangers of the Cangmang Mountains were well-known, and it was indeed difficult to catch prey from them. It was only right to sell them at a higher price.
also……
The road from Taiping County to Ding'an County was also difficult to travel. Nowadays, bandits and thieves were everywhere, making it an extremely dangerous task to transport chickens from Taiping County to Ding'an County.
This has led to some acceptance of the high price of yellow-feathered chickens, since capturing and transporting them to Ding'an County at such great risk is indeed not an easy task.
The scholar carefully examined Zhang He's face. Seeing that Zhang He's words did not seem to be false, he frowned and said, "Boss, I know that these chickens are hard to come by, but 800 coins is still too expensive. How about 600 coins per chicken?"
"No way! My purchase price is already 500 coins per animal. If it's 600 coins per animal, I won't even make a penny from my hard work!"
"650 coins each?"
"No way! It has to be at least 750 coins."
"700 coins! I'll buy two."
"Alright! I'll treat you like a friend and sell you two at a discount!"
After some haggling, the scholar happily bought the two yellow-feathered chickens for 1.4 taels of silver.
Seeing this, the other guests were also tempted.
A burly man said, "Boss, 700 coins each, give me 10."
10?
Zhang He looked up at the man and bought 10 of them in one go, which cost 7 taels of silver – a big deal!
"Alright! Skinny Monkey, bring this customer 10 chickens!"
Upon hearing this, the skinny monkey deftly packed 10 chickens into two chicken coops and handed them to the man, his heart pounding with excitement!
He originally thought that it would be difficult to sell the yellow-feathered chickens at a purchase price of 300 coins each, but he never expected that the people of Ding'an County were so wealthy that they were willing to buy yellow-feathered chickens at 700 coins each!
"Boss, one for me! This chicken is so plump and juicy, it must taste amazing!"
"Give me one too, I'll take it home to help my kids get some nutrition."
"I'll have two too! Let's see if this chicken is as delicious as the owner said!"
"..."
Soon, customers took out their money to buy yellow-feathered chickens. In less than a quarter of an hour, one-sixth of the 300 yellow-feathered chickens that Zhang He brought, or 50 chickens, were sold!
"Brother Zhang, we've struck it rich!"
The skinny monkey's eyes gleamed as he suppressed his excitement. The profit from one yellow-feathered chicken was 400 coins, so 50 chickens would be 20 taels of silver, and that was just the profit from 50 chickens.
If we could sell all 300 yellow-feathered chickens, wouldn't that be...?
Can you earn a profit of 120 taels of silver?
"We're rich! We're rich!"
"Why are these chickens selling so well?"
“They cost 700 coins each, but we only bought them for 300 coins each. That’s a profit of 400 coins per bird. If we can sell all 300, wouldn’t we make 120 taels of silver?”
"..."
Not only the skinny monkey, but also Zhang He's other subordinates and Han Meng had their eyes shining with excitement!
"Quiet down, everyone, don't let this slip!"
Zhang He was also excited, but when he saw another customer coming up to ask about prices, he quickly suppressed his excitement and started talking to the customer.
Another half hour passed, and the skinny monkey became even more excited as he saw that half of the yellow-feathered chickens were gone from the cage.
"Brother Zhang, we've already sold half of them! We're going to be rich!"
Skinny Monkey exclaimed excitedly, "Selling 150 yellow-feathered chickens means we've earned 60 taels of silver! That's 60 taels of silver! It's no exaggeration to say that Skinny Monkey has never seen so much money in his entire life!"
"This money is too easy to make! In just half an hour, we've already earned 60 taels!"
"If we sell them all, we can make 120 taels!"
"Great! We won't be short of money anymore!"
"..."
The others were also overjoyed. Having been poor and destitute refugees, they had never seen so much money before. Their eyes burned as they looked at the copper coins and silver that Zhang He had put into the money box, their hearts filled with excitement.
Zhang He was overjoyed. His idea was indeed correct. The yellow-feathered chickens that sold well in Taiping County also had a market in Ding'an County, and could even fetch a higher price!
"Boss, I heard you sell yellow-feathered chickens here?"
"Not bad! 700 coins for one yellow-feathered chicken, how many do you want?"
"700 coins? Can you make it cheaper?"
“700 coins is already very cheap. Look at the customers before, they all bought them for 700 coins each.”
"Okay! Give me two!"
"I'll have two too."
"Give me one."
"..."
One after another, many more customers came in. Some customers wanted two, some wanted one, and some well-dressed customers ordered five to ten at once.
In less than two hours, the 300 yellow-feathered chickens that Zhang He brought were completely sold out!
"I'm rich, I'm rich!"
The skinny monkey stared at the overflowing money box, his eyes seemingly turning into the shape of gold coins. The sales of the yellow-feathered chickens far exceeded his expectations; 300 chickens had been sold in just two hours, with a profit of... a full 120 taels of silver!
"We've struck it rich!"
"I can't believe there's money to be made this easily in this world!"
"No wonder Chenjia Village is so wealthy. With these yellow-feathered chickens in hand, how could they not get rich?"
"Hehe! 120 taels of silver, we'll never be short of money again!"
"..."
The others were also excitedly gesturing and dancing.
Zhang He forcibly suppressed his excitement and said to everyone, "Load the money into the car, let's go back first!"
"Yes! We need to get back quickly, or we'll be watched!"
The others quickly realized what was happening and swiftly loaded the money box onto the car, leaving the East Market and returning to Li Qingyun's residence.
"Brother Zhang, how are the yellow-feathered chickens selling?"
Inside the mansion, Li Qingyun, who had just finished his shift, asked curiously as he saw everyone returning with joyful expressions.
"very good!"
Zhang He excitedly said, "We brought a total of 300 yellow-feathered chickens, and they're all sold out!"
"All sold out?"
Li Qingyun exclaimed in surprise, "300 yellow-feathered chickens is no small number. Don't forget, we are still in the midst of a cold disaster. Very few people can afford meat, and even fewer can afford to buy a whole chicken to eat at home."
Li Qingyun even suspected that Zhang He had sold the goods at a low price, otherwise how could they have sold so quickly?
"That's right, they're all sold out!"
Zhang He said with great enthusiasm, "700 coins per animal, for a total of 210 taels of silver."
"What? 700 coins?"
Li Qingyun's eyes widened as if he had been struck by lightning.
He was not an official who did not eat meat porridge. He was aware of the current market price of meat. As far as he knew, a gray-feathered chicken in the county town was priced between 150 and 200 coins, while Zhang He's yellow-feathered chicken was selling for a sky-high price of 700 coins, which was three or four times more expensive than the gray-feathered chicken!
Even more outrageous is that this exorbitantly priced chicken sold out very quickly!
This made Li Qingyun feel like he was questioning the meaning of life.
In his view, the people of Ding'an City should be relatively poor, so how could they afford to buy such an exorbitantly priced chicken for 700 coins?