Easy 31x Profit

With this groundwork laid, it will be easy for Lin Ze to obtain a legitimate identity in this world in the future.

Local governments welcome mountain people registering and paying taxes with open arms.

They even send out large armies to capture mountain people and savages, so they naturally won't resist someone like Lin Ze who is willing to come out of the mountains on his own.

Because this represents the expansion of the Great Zhou Dynasty's tax base, which is a tangible political achievement for local officials.

After hearing Lin Ze's words, the old man suddenly understood.

He was successfully misled in the direction Lin Ze wanted.

Judging from Lin Ze's appearance, since he wasn't a noble young master from some family, he was likely a disciple of some reclusive expert, now traveling the world.

In the old man's decades of life experience, he had seen this a few times.

"I am An Ye, the village chief of Two Rivers Village."

"Young man, how do you plan to sell this rock candy?"

The old man introduced himself, not mentioning his courtesy name.

That was something for scholars and nobles; it was good enough for commoners like him to have a formal name.

He didn't mention selling medicinal herbs to Lin Ze, but instead asked about the goods he was selling.

After introducing himself, An Ye expressed his intention to buy rock candy.

Just as Lin Ze said, sugar is a good thing, not only to satisfy the appetite.

During busy farming seasons or when sick, one can also quickly replenish their strength by eating sugar, and sometimes it can even be used to save lives.

Normally, only nobles and wealthy families can freely enjoy rock candy, so now that they have the opportunity to buy it, they naturally can't miss it.

Of course, provided it's not too expensive.

"To let you know, elder, my rock candy is fifty Wen per tael, called Rock Candy, please taste it."

Lin Ze took out an oil paper package from the donkey cart. After opening it, one could see many small, block-shaped, transparent pieces of Rock Candy.

First, he casually took a piece from the oil paper package and ate it himself, then Lin Ze casually took another piece and gave it to the village chief named An Ye.

This behavior was to show that there was no problem with what he was selling, to reassure the customer.

Although An Ye hadn't read much, he was an experienced old man and understood Lin Ze's intention.

He took a deep look, inwardly praising the young man's sophistication, and took the Rock Candy and ate it.

Instantly, sweetness filled his mouth, and the old village chief narrowed his eyes, revealing a somewhat enjoyable expression.

His family's conditions were good, with many fields, and his three sons were all well-known hunters, otherwise they wouldn't be able to afford to eat dry rice and meat.

But this piece of Rock Candy was still a rare taste of sweetness in his life.

He originally thought that fifty Wen per tael of rock candy was very expensive, after all, a catty of rice was only eight Wen.

But at this moment, he felt that the price was not only not expensive, but even worth more than its value.

This young man in front of him had come to do business with sincerity!

"Give me four liang of Rock Candy."

An Ye said grandly to Lin Ze.

"Alright, please wait a moment."

Lin Ze said with a smile, taking out a scale specially made according to the measurement units of this world from the cart.

He raised the scale high and weighed about four liang of Rock Candy.

"Four liang and one qian of Rock Candy, two hundred qian, please."

After weighing it, Lin Ze wrapped the Rock Candy and handed it to the old village chief.

At this time, An Ye looked at Lin Ze with even more friendly eyes.

This young man who gave enough weight and didn't overcharge was truly honest. He got a full one qian more of sugar, which was worth five copper coins!

He was making a killing!

"Here, this is two hundred wen."

An Ye took two small strings of copper coins from his son's hand, each string with exactly one hundred wen, and handed them to Lin Ze.

When Lin Ze was weighing the sugar just now, An Ye had asked his son to go home to get the money, and now it was just right.

Taking the copper coins and counting them slightly, Lin Ze also had a smile on his face.

He also felt that he was making a killing.

He bought Rock Candy from the wholesale market in the main world for only four yuan per jin.

If converted using the simple rice price, one jin of Rock Candy in this world can buy almost 62 jin of rice, which is equivalent to 124 yuan according to the main world's two yuan per jin of rice.

It seems that Lin Ze didn't make much money selling four liang of Rock Candy, but there was a full 31 times profit in it.

If he sold more, getting rich would be easy.

"Does anyone else want to buy Rock Candy?"

After the transaction with the old village chief ended, Lin Ze turned his attention to the other villagers watching the excitement.

Meeting Lin Ze's gaze, many villagers showed a hint of interest in their eyes.

The villagers' family conditions varied, but living near this Cloud Mist Mountain Range, with its abundant resources by the mountains and rivers, they were generally not too bad off.

They could still afford to buy some sugar to improve their living conditions.

And the transaction process between Lin Ze and the village chief just now had established a preliminary trust between the two parties.

They had the first impression of Lin Ze as an honest peddler.

"I'll take one liang of Rock Candy."

"I'll take two liang."

Voices rose one after another, and soon many villagers of Two Rivers Village surrounded Lin Ze, paying and buying the amount of Rock Candy they needed.

Lin Ze collected the money and finished counting it.

He weighed out the rock candy for the villagers, wrapping it in oiled paper and handing it to the customers.

In his heart, he was also silently calculating the profit from this trip.

"Not bad, a total of three and eight-tenths of a catty of rock candy was sold, bringing in 1900 copper coins, which is equivalent to 475 yuan based on the price of rice. The cost was only 15.2 yuan, so the net profit is almost 460 yuan."

After getting the result, Lin Ze was in a good mood.

In the main world, earning more than four hundred yuan requires even highly educated talents to work steadily for a whole day to get this income, but he only spent a few minutes now.

I have to say, inter-world trading is really lucrative!

"Then I'll take my leave. If you folks in the village go into the mountains to pick ginseng, multiflora knotweed, or other precious medicinal materials, be sure to save them for me. I'll buy them at a high price."

After weighing the sugar for all the villagers in Two Rivers Village who wanted to buy it, and seeing that no one intended to sell precious medicinal materials, Lin Ze cupped his hands and prepared to say goodbye.

Before leaving, he did not forget to tell the villagers that he would buy precious medicinal materials at a high price.

"Sure, sure, Young Master Lin, come again next time."

Because Lin Ze gave the villagers generous portions when weighing the sugar, the villagers of Two Rivers Village had a good impression of Lin Ze at this time.

They said goodbye to Lin Ze one after another, and welcomed him to come again next time.

"Is that matsutake in your bowl?"

After Lin Ze said goodbye, he pretended to inadvertently cast his gaze into a villager's bowl.

In the other party's bowl, there was some porridge cooked with mushrooms.

"Ah, yes, Young Master Lin."

The villager An Shi, who was asked, gave an affirmative answer.

"That's just perfect. Some of my elders at home especially like to eat this. Do you have any more at home, old fellow? I can buy it for eight copper coins a catty."

Lin Ze said with a smile, stating the main purpose of his trip here.

Matsutake, also known as matsutake mushrooms in the main world.

"Absolutely not, absolutely not, Young Master Lin. Since your elders like to eat it, then I'll just give you some."

"You just gave me two extra coins worth of rock candy. How can I take your money for some wild mushrooms?"

An Shi waved his hands repeatedly.