Sky Curtain: Random stalls with rhinoceros horns, shaking the entire dynasty.
Chapter 13 The Shock Caused by the Potato King
Jiang Feng exclaimed inwardly.
Crispy potato and golden crispy pork – these two are simply the best of the best at night market stalls.
What's even more convenient is that these two snacks can share the same large oil pan.
While frying crispy pork on one side, potatoes are pan-fried on a flat iron plate on the other side. The operation is smooth and efficient, without any delay between the two.
With this new dish, Jiang Feng's business acumen immediately began to work at lightning speed.
He strode to his desk, pulled out a chair, sat down, and pulled out a small notebook and a black ballpoint pen from a drawer. He began to plan his stall's marketing strategy for tomorrow.
"The Golden Crispy Pork is priced at 20 yuan per serving, and today we have proven that this price is perfectly acceptable among this group of college students."
Jiang Feng chewed on his pen while quickly writing "Small Crispy Pork - 20" on the paper.
"As for this divine crispy potato..."
A shrewd glint flashed in Jiang Feng's eyes.
"The cost of potatoes is practically negligible. At the wholesale market, they only cost a few cents per pound."
"A serving of potatoes uses at most one large potato, and with the seasonings and packaging, the cost is definitely no more than two yuan."
"But at the night market, as long as it tastes good, combined with my amazing cooking skills, a serving for thirty dollars will definitely be snapped up!"
Jiang Feng wrote "Crispy Potatoes - 30" on the paper with a flourish of his pen.
If sold individually, some people will definitely feel that thirty yuan is a bit expensive for a serving of potatoes, which requires a little bit of pricing psychology.
"If you buy the crispy pork separately, it's 20 yuan; if you buy the crispy potato separately, it's 30 yuan; the two together would be 50 yuan."
Jiang Feng's lips curled into a sly smile, and he heavily wrote a line of large characters below:
[Golden Duo Combo: One serving of superb crispy pork + one serving of superb crispy potato chips = only 40 yuan!]
"Once this sign is put up, customers who originally only intended to buy one serving to try it out will definitely choose to buy the set meal without hesitation when they see that they can save a full ten dollars! That's the power of price anchoring!"
The more Jiang Feng calculated, the brighter his future seemed, and he couldn't help but mutter excitedly to himself:
"Potatoes are truly a wonderful crop. Not only do they store well, but the yield per acre can easily reach several thousand kilograms. They're practically a highly profitable gift from nature!"
"These things cost only a few cents to make, but with a little processing, they can sell for tens of dollars. I must order more stock tomorrow!"
Jiang Feng was alone in his quiet room, planning his small business.
But he was completely unaware that his every word and action at that moment, even every single word he wrote on the paper...
It was displayed word for word to everyone throughout history through the huge sky overhead.
In front of the Taiji Palace in the Great Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin was still immersed in the shock and gratitude that Tianmu knew propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and was watching intently as the scene switched to Jiang Feng sitting at his desk writing.
But when he heard Jiang Feng mutter those words, this once calm and composed emperor suddenly jumped up as if struck by lightning!
"What did he say?!"
Li Shimin's eyes were wide open like copper bells as he stared intently at the black water-based pen that Jiang Feng was playing with in the sky screen, but his ears were frantically replaying the words he had just heard.
"Yield per mu... the yield per mu can easily reach several thousand jin?!"
Li Shimin's voice suddenly rose eight octaves, even cracking slightly. He paced back and forth on the imperial steps in a daze, his fists clenched tightly, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
"This...this is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
The main crops of the Tang Dynasty were millet and wheat. Even in the most fertile fields in Jiangnan, the yield per mu was only two or three hundred jin at most in a year with favorable weather.
If drought, flood, or locust plague occurs, complete crop failure is a common occurrence.
What has been the most fundamental problem that has plagued the people and led to the change of dynasties throughout history?
They're not getting enough to eat!
But now, the young man from the future in that sky casually mentioned a magical crop called "potato," whose yield per acre could easily reach several thousand kilograms?!
"Potatoes...what exactly are potatoes? Are they beans growing in the ground?"
Li Shimin was so excited that he grabbed Empress Zhangsun's wrist with such force that even Empress Zhangsun couldn't help but frown slightly, but he was completely unaware of it.
"Guanyinbi! Did you hear that?! An auspicious sign of a yield of thousands of catties per mu!"
"If my Great Tang Dynasty could find this thing, even just a few seeds, the people of the world would no longer have to worry about famine! The iron cavalry of the Great Tang Dynasty could then conquer the four seas and eight wastelands!"
Although Empress Zhangsun knew nothing about farming, she was well aware of what several thousand catties per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.165 acres) of yield meant. She endured the pain in her wrist and stared in astonishment at the sky.
"Your Majesty, the young man from later generations said that this thing is durable and can be considered a rare grain that doesn't need to be exposed to moisture or mold?"
Li Shimin immediately turned his head and let out a thunderous roar at the civil and military officials below who had not yet recovered from their shock.
"Fang Xuanling! Du Ruhui! Changsun Wuji! Listen up, all of you! From this day forward, gather all officials in the Ministry of Agriculture who are knowledgeable in agriculture, and have them guard this celestial realm day and night!"
"If Jiang Feng produces this divine object called a potato, you must draw and record for me its appearance, shape, color, and even how to cultivate it!"
"I want every corner of the Tang Dynasty plastered with images of this potato! A hefty reward is offered: whoever finds this within the Tang territory will be granted the title of a king of a different surname!"
The officials of the Tang Dynasty were stunned by this incredible windfall and knelt down, shouting "Long live the Emperor!"
In another time and space, during the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction was even more intense than Li Shimin's.
"Bang!"
Old Zhu kicked over the sturdy rosewood table in front of him, shattering the bowls and chopsticks on it onto the floor.
"A swindler! Absolutely a heartless swindler!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Jiang Feng in the sky and cursed loudly, spitting out saliva.
"He dares to sell something that costs only a few cents to make for thirty dollars?!"
"Although we don't know exactly how many copper coins these thirty yuan are equivalent to in our Ming Dynasty, judging from the way they're buying meat, this is definitely ten or even a hundred times the profit!"
"If these cunning scoundrels who inflate prices and seek exorbitant profits were born in our Great Ming Dynasty, we would skin them alive and stuff them full of straw!"
Old Zhu came from a humble background and hated those unscrupulous and opportunistic businessmen the most. Seeing Jiang Feng's blatant profiteering scheme, he was so angry that his liver hurt.
Empress Ma, standing nearby, quickly tugged at Zhu Yuanzhang's sleeve and helplessly advised him...
"Zhongba, don't be so irritable. We don't understand the rules of this later era. Maybe that's just how prices are there."
"We don't care about his rules! What we're angry about is..."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed the subject, staring intently at the sky, his breathing becoming extremely heavy, his previous anger instantly transforming into an almost frantic desire.
"Several thousand catties per mu... Girl, did you hear what that kid was muttering just now?"
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