"Old man!"

"I'm telling you what you mean?"

"Isn't it just a condiment!"

"As for you to be so fussy?"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang looking at him with shock, Fang Shiyu immediately gave him a look with contempt.

Fang Shiyu himself knew these things were very valuable when they were placed in the Ming Dynasty!

But it wasn't that surprising to these people!

What's more, you are the first armed smuggling gang in the Ming Dynasty!

Are you short of money?

You are not short of money!

It seems very rare to others, and you should be able to do it easily!

"Sir, don't know how valuable these things are!"

"Why don't you tell me!"

Wu Yuannian can finally make a sense of presence!

After all, the old saying goes well, medicine and food are not separated!

After all, he is also the leader of the Imperial Hospital. Wu Yuannian is not too familiar with these things, so he naturally knows the price very well.

"Sir, I won't mention your chili, because I haven't seen it before. This is the first time I've seen it. If you want to ask me how much this thing is worth, I'm afraid no one here knows it."

In 1492, Columbus discovered a new continent and harvested peppers during his long voyage.

The Chinese who first ate chili peppers were all in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is the so-called "Xiajiang people". When Xiajiang people tried chili peppers, Sichuan people still didn't know what chili peppers were. Interestingly, chili peppers were first introduced from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, but they were not fully utilized in those places, but they flooded the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the southwest.

After Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and Ganzhou provinces had already "planted vegetables" and "choose the most spicy ones, and every meal and every dish must be spicy", which shows that the history of Sichuan people eating chili peppers was only about 400 years.

At this time, chili peppers had not been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, so it is understandable that these people don’t know what the price of chili peppers is.

"I'll talk about cumin first."

Old Wu pointed to the cumin beside Fang Shiyu and said slowly.

"This thing is also called Anxi Fennel. Its earliest appearance dates back to the Tang Dynasty and was transmitted from Persia through the Silk Road."

"In addition to being used as seasoning, this thing can also be used to dispel wind and strengthen the stomach. It is very common in the Western Regions nowadays. Although it is not rare, ordinary people will never be able to eat a bite in their entire lives."

"Let me talk about this pepper. It was from Tianzhu to China through the sea during the Song Dynasty, and it also has great medicinal value. Toothache, abdominal pain and cholera can be used as medicine for treatment. This thing belongs to those small foreign countries overseas who paid tribute to our Tian Dynasty. Do you think it is worth it? Compared with ginseng bird's nest, it is only 55% open."

"Damn!"

"So valuable?"

"If I had known I would have sold it, it would have been a waste to give it to you!"

Fang Shiyu suddenly realized that these things were indeed not valuable in the 21st century, but he did not expect that they would be so valuable in the Hongwu period.

Wu Yuannian’s description of pepper was quite accurate.

In ancient Rome, this thing was comparable to gold. When Huaxia described a person as rich, he would say that he was rich, but when white-skinned pigs described a person as rich, he would say that he was a pepper bag.

In 410 AD, Alaric, the leader of the Goths, surrounded the city of Rome. In addition to asking the Romans to hand over 5,000 pounds of gold, he also asked them for 30,000 silver coins, 4,000 silk, 3,000 red cloth and 3,000 pounds of pepper.

Obviously, your most prominent way to show off your wealth in ancient Rome is to carry a bag of pepper out!

Look at the white-skinned pigs, who drive boats, ride wind and waves, and die for a lifetime, and you will also go to Southeast Asia to sell all kinds of spices.

This is simply a profitable business!

"What else is there? The rest shouldn't be very valuable, right?"

Fang Shiyu asked with a bitter look on his face.

"Sir, you don't know anything about this."

"The most valuable thing is not pepper, but green salt and frosting!"

"Especially the latter, it is something that has no market value and is hard to come by!"

Wu Yuannian sighed and said slowly.

"These two are the most valuable ones?"

Fang Shiyu was completely uneasy.

Although salt is now an official controlled item, in terms of value, it is indeed more valuable than the 21st century.

But Fang Shiyu could not have thought that this thing could actually stabilize the pepper comparable to ginseng bird's nest!

And this is not the most valuable one!

The most valuable thing is frosting!

In the 21st century, isn’t this the most common thing?

So can the lollipops you made yourself be sold as gold?

As soon as he thought of this, Fang Shiyu glared at Zhu Di fiercely!

I wish you, the fourth brother, how much money have you eaten?

Zhu Di was stared at by Fang Shiyu with a question mark on his face!

What am I doing again?

Can I just eat a little?

Looking back, you will go to Peking!

As long as you like, I will give it to you!

Silver! House! Horse!

As much as you want!

Enough!

He turned around and looked at Zhu Ziyi with a smile on his face!

Little blessing, it’s okay, you can eat it!

You can eat as much as you want!

Keep it full!

Zhu Ziyi immediately smiled happily!

Although I don’t know why Mr. Fang smiled at me!

But they like it very much!

Mr. Fang is so handsome!

So charming!

"Ahem!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stand it anymore!

You little bastard bully my son, forgot it, do you still want to take advantage of my daughter?

"Mr. devotes himself to academic research and does not seem to know much about these market things!"

Wu Yuannian quickly brought the topic back. He was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would cut off Fang Shiyu if he had a disagreement, but he had not finished his medical skills yet!

"Sir, I'll tell you all this!"

During the Hongwu period, the salt was also divided into levels.

There is also cheap salt, which is boiled directly with sea water and is called sea salt. This thing is very cheap.

The most expensive salt is the well salt and pond salt in the Shaanxi-Gansu region.

The so-called green salt is the best among well salt and pond salt.

Even in the palace, no one would use this kind of thing as a condiment, and it is usually used as an extremely precious medicine introduction.

It can basically be an equal sign with silver, one tael of silver and one tael of salt.

Fang Shiyu believes that the cheapest white sugar is precisely the most expensive of these seasonings.

The price of one or two white sugar at this time is fifteen taels of silver. The key is that you have nowhere to buy it even if you have money!

Even the palace is short of this thing, and most of the time it is replaced by honey.

Therefore, when these people saw Fang Shiyu treating these valuable things as seasonings, they just sprinkled them casually, and it was strange that they were not shocked.

"Okay, I get it."

Fang Shiyu smiled calmly.

Not bad!
To be continued...