Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

After the servant explained how to take away the sugar water, some people present fell silent. It was not because they were afraid that they could not exchange the coins back, but because they did not have any coins with them.

The servants didn't care about whether there were coins or not. The decision to allow the people to take the sweet soup away was made by the manager after discussing it with them for a long time.

In fact, a bamboo cup for sugar water does not cost much labor or money, but it cannot withstand large quantities!

If they let the people take the bamboo cups away for nothing, they were afraid that only a few would be returned. In that case, even if all the craftsmen in the Shaofu worked day and night, they would not be able to produce so many in a short period of time.

It was not possible to let the people take the containers themselves. People living in the capital could take them, but what about people from outside? After much deliberation, the manager finally decided to exchange money for bamboo cups.

Doing this is bound to cause a lot of trouble and may cause some problems. In the eyes of many people, it is not worth it to cause so many problems for such a small amount of sugar water.

But His Majesty said that the people should all taste the new candy, so they had no choice but to obey orders. Moreover, they were very happy that His Majesty was kind to the people.

After all, Your Majesty is kind to ordinary people, so he shouldn't be too bad to those who work here.

After the servant finished speaking, the people hesitated for a while. Except for those who drank the sweet soup as soon as they got it, one-third of the people finally paid the coins and took the sweet soup away.

Others who didn't bring any coins and couldn't borrow any had to finish their drinks themselves and then immediately turn around and leave, hoping that they would have time to tell their families to come and have a drink.

But before all the people left, an old man with a sad expression muttered to himself: "How much food will this take!"

The old man's voice was not loud, but the servant who had been paying attention to them heard it. He suddenly realized that he was so busy introducing the candies that he forgot the most important thing. If the manager knew about it, he would definitely punish him.

In order to avoid being punished, he quickly said loudly: "The candies, desserts and sweet soup you all saw today were all made from mulberry trees. Not a single grain was used!"

The people who had not left, the people who had not left far, and the people who were standing at the door of the shop waiting to go in were all excited because of the servant's words.

Many people didn't know what a jujube was, but it didn't matter. When they heard that they didn't need food, they became more excited, including the old man who had a sad face just now.

The old man was a commoner who had witnessed the chaos of the world and experienced all kinds of disasters. In his heart, nothing was more important than food.

After Jiang Qi unified the world, he finally no longer had to live a life of living today without a tomorrow and could occasionally have a full meal. Now, seeing so much sugar and things made from sugar in this shop, he is really worried.

He could accept that Your Majesty had great power, could accept that Your Majesty ate the best food in the world and wore the most gorgeous clothes, but he could not accept that Your Majesty wasted food to make sugar.

Now hearing from the servant that these candies were not made of grain, his worries immediately turned into great surprise.

This means that not so much food will be wasted, and it also means that in his heart, the Majesty who loves the people like his own children and advocates frugality is still the same Majesty. How could he not be surprised?

The sugar in your majesty's sugar shop is not made of grain or honey, but something called 柘. As the first group of people left with the sugar water, the news quickly spread throughout Ningping City.

As time goes by, more and more people line up here.

In addition to ordinary people who wanted to see the shop's luxurious and special decorations, smell the sweet aroma, see those sweets they had never heard of, and get a cup of sugar water, even some nobles came to line up.

They wanted to use their privileges to go in directly, but when they thought that this was His Majesty's candy shop, they did not dare to do so, for fear of leaving an arrogant and domineering impression in the eyes of His Majesty.

Of course, there are countermeasures to every policy. Just because the nobles cannot force their way in doesn’t mean they won’t think of other ways.

Some nobles directly bribed the people who were at the front of the line with money. In this way, the nobles could enter the candy shop as soon as possible and the ordinary people got money. It was a win-win situation in another sense.

When the shop servant saw the nobles in gorgeous clothes, the smile on his face deepened, because he knew that these people were the "target customers" mentioned during the training, the people who could pay a high price to buy their candy.

Sure enough, after he introduced the items on the cabinet, the nobles waved their hands and asked for this and that.

However, there is a saying that goes, spending money is fun, but your wallet will end up in the crematorium.

Jiang Qi originally wanted to use these candies to make a lot of money and support the border wars. What's more, whether it is brown sugar, white sugar, candied haws, or moon cakes, they are things that did not exist before Daxia. Scarcity makes things valuable, so it is natural to sell them at a higher price.

But in this way, Jiang Qi was happy, but the nobles were not so happy. After all, the price of those things made some small nobles feel very distressed when they paid for them.

There was a young noble who wanted to buy some candy but also wanted to save face. He chose a lot of things, but when he went to pay, he found that he did not have enough money with him. Even if he went back to get some, his family might not give him any.

In a rage and humiliation, he became talkative and insisted that the shop assistants had raised the prices arbitrarily and that he would go and complain to His Majesty.

If it were an ordinary person, he might be frightened by the words of this little noble, but who were the people in the shop? They were all elites drawn from various royal industries.

The shop manager was selected from the Shaofu and had been summoned by His Majesty and Prince Fu. How could he be afraid of a small noble?

They knew that this little noble was just talking big and might not even know what His Majesty looked like. So even if they went to complain, who would pay any attention to him?

The steward was not angry because of this man's behavior. Instead, he was very happy that such a fool appeared. Otherwise, how could he spread the good name of His Majesty?

The manager stepped forward and first emphasized that the items in their shop were clearly priced and fair to everyone. He then exaggerated the difficulty of making sugar and desserts. Finally, he told everyone present that His Majesty did not leave much of these good things in the shop for his family and all were sent here.

Is your majesty doing this just to make money? Of course not.

Their great Majesty did this for the stability of the dynasty and the better life of the people!

At this point, the manager spoke emotionally about the Huns' attack on the border a few days ago, and talked about the Huns' brutality and the difficulties faced by the Daxia soldiers.

Finally, he said that all the income from this candy shop would be used to raise military expenses for the soldiers on the frontiers, so that they could have an extra meal and wear thicker clothes.

Only in this way can the soldiers continue to fight the Huns, drive away the enemies, take back the fortune that belongs to Daxia, and prevent Daxia from suffering from various disasters from time to time!