"Yeah! Delicious! Delicious!"

Perhaps it was because he hadn't eaten seafood for a long time, but once Ying Zheng started using his chopsticks, he couldn't stop at all.

While eating, he was still mumbling.

After a while, I realized that my behavior was a bit embarrassing.

After all, he is also the Supreme Emperor, and there are many of his own daughters-in-law on the table. How can he be like a country bumpkin who has never tasted delicious food and keep licking it in his mouth?

But when he stopped using his chopsticks, straightened his body, and adjusted his posture, he looked up and found that everyone on the table swung their chopsticks faster than he could!

Especially the youngest Zhang Xi, who didn't even care about the soup hanging from the corner of his mouth, and picked up various seafood bite after bite.

Looking at this situation, if he had observed it for a while, there might not even be any soup left.

Ever since, he no longer cares about the image or not, he just eats it!

"Husband, the dishes you cook are so delicious, each dish has a unique flavor!"

After a while, Wang Wan rubbed her belly and smiled with satisfaction.

"Yes! If my husband hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that sea cucumbers and abalone are all dried and made!"

“The canned food is also good, full of flavor!”

"Yes! We can eat seafood wherever we go from now on...!"

Zhang Jia, Zhang Xi and others also spoke one after another.

"What do you think, mother?"

Ying Feiyu cast his eyes on Lian'er and asked with a smile.

"My son's craftsmanship is of course right!"

Lian'er showed a deep smile and said.

"As long as mother likes it!"

Ying Feiyu smiled.

"I heard that the Navy's first trip to sea caught eight million catties of fish in three days? Is it possible that such a large amount will be completely consumed?"

After eating and drinking, Ying Zheng leaned on his chair and asked leisurely.

"The problem now is not whether it can be used up, but there simply isn't enough to sell!"

Ying Feiyu said with a slightly amused smile.

While he was busy in the imperial dining room, Lu Ruyan ordered someone to send news that all seafood shops in various places had sold out all the seafood in less than half a day. There were still many people who had not bought anything and were waiting for the second batch to arrive tomorrow!

"What? Not enough to sell? No way?"

Ying Zheng was suddenly shocked.

The output of eight million catties is not enough?

"That's right! These seafood are delicious, nutritious, and reasonably priced. Anyone who has tasted them will buy some!"

"The price is low? How low can it be...?"

After listening to Ying Feiyu's words, Ying Zheng sat up straight, "I heard that the average price of seafood off the ship has reached 20 yuan per catty, and after ten catties of seafood are processed, the weight will shrink by nearly half.

It costs at least forty cents! Including labor, transportation and processing costs, it will cost at least sixty cents, right? And that’s even if you don’t make any money!”

After listening to his servant's report, he immediately calculated the account in his mind.

At that time, I was still secretly happy that the most cost-effective one was the imperial court.

The average price was 20 cents when sold to factories. Excluding the fuel and wear and tear of the steamships, as well as the subsidies for the soldiers, there was still an income of 15 million a year.

This is for free!

And that guy spent a lot of money, but he may not be able to make much money in the end!

Fortunately, the processing, production, and retail aspects of marine fish were introduced!

"No, no, no! Father, that's not right! It's true that seafood will shrink, but for small amounts of seafood like crabs, sea cucumbers, prawns, and abalone, I can raise the price several times.

Sell ​​it to those noble and wealthy families! For example, for some common sea fish, I can lower the price, as long as you make sure you don't lose money!"

However, Ying Feiyu shook his finger and denied his statement.

If the average price is 40 cents, then he can sell shrimps and crabs for 80 cents or even 100 cents! The price of ordinary sea fish can be sold at 45 cents.

In this way, not only ordinary people can get benefits, but also factories can make profits!

"Raise the price of rare seafood? Lower the price of common marine fish?"

Ying Zheng seemed to have thought of something and muttered in a low voice.

"That's right!"

"What if wealthy households don't buy expensive sea cucumbers and abalone, but instead buy cheap sea fish and kelp?"

"Father, please rest assured, that is absolutely impossible...!"

Ying Feiyu has never been worried about this, "Take daily life as an example. The price of vegetables is low. Is it possible that those wealthy families only eat vegetables every day? Isn't it possible? Isn't that just big fish and meat every day?"

"

"Their purpose of making money is to improve their quality of life. If they are still the same as ordinary people, then why are they working hard to make money? As long as abalone and sea cucumbers are not sold at sky-high prices, they will definitely buy them!"

"Furthermore, the content of fish and shrimp in each bottle of canned food is not one catty, but about half a catty. People can buy it as needed!"

The net content of half a catty of cooked canned fish is almost equivalent to one catty of raw fish.

It's enough for one person to eat.

"Yeah! Husband, this is a good idea! For the price of one pound, you can buy two cans of different flavors!"

Wang Wan's eyes lit up and she said with a smile.

"That's right! Canned food is convenient. You can open it and eat it anytime, anywhere, whether it's hot or cold!"

Ying Feiyu nodded.

"So, a bottle of canned food costs at least twenty coins?"

Ying Zheng asked in surprise.

"Almost!"

"No wonder the sales of seafood are so fast! You don't have to deal with the internal organs, clean and cook, you can eat it directly when you buy it home! And the taste is not inferior to that of restaurant chefs, it is easy to carry, and the price is not high! If I were an ordinary person, I would do the same

Buy some!"

After receiving Ying Feiyu's affirmative answer, Ying Zheng suddenly understood.

There are a lot of freshwater fish in Xianyang, but it is so far away from the sea that ordinary people may not be able to eat sea fish in their lives.

After the sea fish is canned, the meat quality may be slightly inferior, but it still tastes delicious, which is very different from the river fish!

"But... there is one more problem!"

After a while, Ying Zheng seemed to have thought of something again. He frowned and said, "I remember you said before that glass bottles are needed to make cans?"

"That's right!"

"Can you include this part of the cost?"

Not long after Ying Feiyu came to Daqin, he established a glass factory while making telescopes.

Now it has spread throughout the Qin Dynasty, so glass is no longer a rarity.

Even so, the most common small glass bottle costs more than five yuan, and the larger and thicker ones are even more expensive.

If this part is not thrown out, this guy is losing money!

"Haha! If my father can think of it, my son can also think of it...!"

Ying Feiyu laughed directly, "Every time people buy a can, they need to pay a deposit of ten cents. When the can is finished and the glass bottle is returned intact, the money can be returned in full! Even if someone doesn't

It doesn’t matter if you return it, the cost of ten cents is enough to produce glass bottles!”

This is a method commonly used in later generations.

The most commonly used ones are bottled water and bottled beer!

"My husband, this is a good idea. If the cost of the glass bottles is also added, the price of each bottle of cans will be ten cents higher. And with so many glass bottles piled up at home, people have no use for them. It is better to send them back for reuse.

!”

Rosa's eyes lit up and she agreed very much.

"Well! You have so many clever ideas. You can easily solve this problem with just a deposit!"

Ying Zheng also stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly.

It seems like a simple method, but other merchants in Da Qin may not be able to think of it!
Chapter completed!