"One coin per catty? Alright, I'll take them all!"
Seeing Li Xuan extend a finger, Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed as he hurriedly took out his money.
"No, it's a penny!"
Li Xuan hurriedly corrected him.
"One wen…only one?"
Old Cheng hesitated for a moment.
A small pepper would cost one coin. It was not an ordinary price!
A bushel of rice was only five copper coins, and a bushel was about ten catties. It was enough for a family of three to eat for more than ten days.
"Alright, I, Old Cheng, will take them all!"
However, he only hesitated for a moment before deciding to buy them all.
After all, this was a rare treasure. It was not a big deal if it was a little expensive. Besides, there was only this little left. If he missed this opportunity, he would have to wait until next year.
Moreover, although these things were expensive, they were nothing to him, the Duke.
"I offer two coins!"
However, just as he finished speaking, Zhangsun Wuji spoke calmly.
"Old cunning thing, are you deliberately making things difficult for me?”
Cheng Yaojin saw that he was ruining his plans and was instantly unhappy.
"Duke Lu, please don't be angry. I'm just competing fairly!”
Zhangsun Wuji did not seem to be angry. He waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Since the Duke of Qi offered the highest price, then I'll reluctantly part with what I have and sell it all to the Duke of Qi!”
Li Xuan was about to take the chili peppers to force Cheng Yaojin to bid.
"I bid three coins!"
As expected, before he could stand up, Old Cheng impatiently bid and glared at Zhangsun Wuji.
"I bid four coins!"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhangsun Wuji raised three fingers unhurriedly.
"Five coins…!"
Cheng Yaojin was also annoyed and started to argue with him!
"Six wen!"
"Seven coins!"
"Eight coins!"
"Nine words!"
"Ten coins!"
……
Li Xuan was overjoyed as he watched the two of them take turns bidding.
The price of one was already so high. It seemed that he could make a big profit today.
"How about this, Old Cheng? How about we each take half?”
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin wanted to fight him to the death, Zhangsun Wuji suddenly stopped when the bid reached 20 copper coins.
If this continued, it would only benefit Li Xuan. He might as well endure the pain and split half with Cheng Yaojin.
"That won't do. I want all of them!”
Cheng Yaojin looked at the skewers of dried chili and immediately shook his head.
If the two of them split it equally, there wouldn't be much left!
"Since you don't know what's good for you, then fine, I'll pay forty wen!”
Zhangsun Wuji was also annoyed and immediately doubled the price!
In fact, the reason why he fought with Cheng Yaojin was not only because of his appetite, but also to flatter Li Er.
Li Er's eyelids twitched when he saw that Cheng Yaojin wanted to buy all of them.
In other words, Li Er was also addicted to eating and wanted these chilies. However, for the sake of the emperor's face, he did not bother to fight with the ministers for some food.
He was good at observing people's expressions and immediately guessed Li Er's thoughts. Therefore, he decided to buy all of them and give them to Li Er.
At that time, the monarch and his subjects would eat together. Not only would they win Li Er's favor, but they would also satisfy their appetite. It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone!
"I bid fifty coins…"
"I bid sixty coins…!"
"Seventy coins…!"
"Eighty coins…!"
"Ninety copper coins…!"
"A hundred coins…!"
The two of them competed and directly increased the price by ten coins, leaving Li Xuan overjoyed!
"Alright, Duke Lu, Duke Qi is here to treat Madam. Don't argue with him anymore!”
While the two of them were arguing, Li Er suddenly said," If it really doesn't work, you can participate in the treatment. How about this?”
"Your Majesty, but…"
Cheng Yaojin, who was unwilling, wanted to argue with Li Er, but he quickly understood what Li Er meant and quickly shut his mouth.
"Since the Duke of Qi is so generous, then I will reluctantly part with what I love and sell it all to the Duke of Qi…!”
With that said, Li Xuan called for the servants." Count all the chilies in the courtyard. Don't make any mistakes!”
"Yes, sir! Young Master!"
The servant didn't dare to be negligent and went to work.
After the time it took to brew a cup of tea, he ran back." Young Master, I've finished counting. There are a total of 1,121!”
"Alright, you may leave!"
Li Xuan dismissed the servant and looked at Zhangsun Wuji happily." Forget about the change. 1,100 is 110,000 wen. 1,000 wen is a consistent amount, so it's a total of 110 strings!”
One thousand wen was equivalent to one tael of silver, so one hundred and ten strings of strings were equivalent to one hundred and ten taels of silver.
In this world, an ordinary family's annual income was at most ten strings of strings!
And he had earned 110 strings of strings in one go. Adding on the sweet potatoes bought by the three High Dukes, his income today was close to 500 strings!
This amount of money was not a small amount even for a government official, let alone a small landlord like him.
"Come to my residence tomorrow and I'll give you the money for the sweet potatoes!”
Zhangsun Wuji nodded.
He would only bring a few strings of coins with him when he went out. With so much money, he could only get it from his residence!
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