I am happy to be a mother in a famine year, I have a system to farm the land

Zhu Qiuqi nodded and said, "If you don't believe it, I will make it tomorrow and you can use it first to see the effect."

Zheng Jinyu’s face was filled with excitement.

"Then please leave it to Qiu Qi."

Zhu Qiuqi's eyes fell on Xuanyuan Ke again, "But this matter needs your consent, Your Highness. After all, if you use the name of Jishitang to cooperate with others, you still have to build on Jishitang's reputation."

Xuanyuan Ke squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Qiuqi, "Mrs. Zhu, are you sure that this kind of business can bring greater benefits to Jishi Hall?"

Zhu Qiuqi looked at Zheng Jinyu with a smile, "Has Your Highness calculated how much money is needed to buy skin care products for the Crown Princess?"

Xuanyuan Ke was stunned, not expecting Zhu Qiuqi to ask this.

He couldn't help but glance at Zheng Jinyu, but found that Zheng Jinyu's cheeks were a little red.

Xuanyuan Ke was also a little uncomfortable. He had never asked about such a thing.

When he thought that his prince should not be too shabby, he thought for a while and then said: "A hundred taels of silver?"

Zheng Jinyu was stunned for a moment and looked at Xuanyuan Ke with a somewhat speechless expression.

Zhu Qiuqi couldn't help but chuckled when she saw Zheng Jinyu's expression.

"If Your Highness doesn't know, maybe you can go to the rouge shop tomorrow and have a look."

Not to mention Xuanyuan Ke, all the men in the courtyard felt embarrassed at this time.

After all, they don't know much about rouge and gouache.

But Zhu Qiuqi asked so straightforwardly that they still didn't know how to respond.

Pei Yuan looked at Zhang Siyuan, hoping that Zhang Siyuan would persuade Zhu Qiuqi so that Zhu Qiuqi would stop asking.

However, at this time, Zhang Siyuan was still worried that Zhu Qiuqi's anger would burn him. In addition, he also saw that Zhu Qiuqi really wanted to complete this business.

Under Pei Yuan's earnest gaze, Zhang Siyuan stood up.

"The hot water is gone. I'll boil some tea."

Without waiting for anyone to respond, Zhang Siyuan turned around and entered the kitchen.

Pei Yuan looked at Zhang Siyuan's back dumbfounded. He originally thought that Zhang Siyuan stood up to persuade his wife, but he did not expect that Zhang Siyuan actually ran away.

The smile that Pei Yuan had just spread froze on his face at this time.

Xuanyuan Ke originally thought that Zhang Siyuan would save him from the fire and water, but unexpectedly Zhang Siyuan actually left them behind.

At this moment, Xuanyuan Ke really wanted to compete with Zhang Siyuan.

Rong Xiuyun on the side said with a smile: "In our place in Baiyue, the rouge gouache used by my mother is not the best, but it still costs about three hundred taels."

When Xuanyuan Ke heard this, his eyes widened.

"Three hundred taels? How could this... happen..."

Xuanyuan Ke looked a little complicated. In his opinion, the rouge water was just a small item, but he didn't expect the price to be so high.

Pei Yuan couldn't help but swallowed his saliva. He thought he was not short of money. But now when he heard Rong Xiuyun talking about the price of rouge and gouache, Pei Yuan immediately felt that his wife didn't seem to have enough money.

Rong Xiuyun looked at Xuanyuan Ke's surprised look and knew what he wanted to ask.

"Your Highness, don't be surprised. This woman's rouge and gouache look like a small item, but the raw materials required to make them are not cheap."

"Let's talk about rouge. In many cases, cochineal is added to rouge. In Baiyue, raising cochineal is not an easy task."

"If this cochineal insect is raised well, it can even feed an ordinary family without going hungry for half a year."

Xuanyuan Ke and Pei Yuan both looked shocked.

They originally thought it was just a little bug, not something valuable.

But now after hearing Rong Xiuyun's words, the two of them realized how wrong they were.

"This cochineal insect is so valuable? Then why..."

Pei Yuan looked a little confused. If this cochineal insect can really have such a good price, why don't people raise more such insects?

Rong Xiuyun naturally saw what they were thinking and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Brother Pei wants to know why everyone doesn't raise this cochineal insect?"

Pei Yuan nodded, he really didn't know this.

"If everyone raised this cochineal insect, there wouldn't be so many people who don't have enough to eat and don't have enough clothes to wear."

Rong Xiuyun sighed, "Cochineal insects are naturally expensive, but they are not easy to survive. If only ordinary people keep them, it will be difficult to feed them."

"And if such a bug dies suddenly, it is not something an ordinary family can afford."

Pei Yuan was stunned. He didn't expect that this cochineal insect was so difficult to raise.

"In addition to this cochineal, there are also some made from colored petals. However, due to the rarity of raw materials, such cochineal is more expensive."

Hearing Rong Xiuyun's words, Xuanyuan Ke and Pei Yuan were both dumbfounded. They never expected that the rouge and gouache commonly used by women would be so expensive.

If the raw materials for making rouge gouache are so expensive, then the price of the made rouge gouache...

Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Ke and Pei Yuan couldn't help but look at each other.

Although the two of them were not short of that little money, they also understood why few people in the village wore makeup.

Rong Xiuyun saw their expressions and guessed what they were thinking.

"However, there are also some rouge gouache made of relatively inferior materials, which may be within a hundred taels. After all, no one can guarantee what is mixed with those rouge gouache."

"And even ordinary rouge and gouache are expensive for ordinary people, so few people in the village are willing to buy them."

"But now the lives of the people in Xiaozhangzhuang are better, and you can see some young girls wearing rouge and gouache."

Because many workshops in Xiaozhangzhuang require women to work, or even only women work.

This has also caused a great change in the status of girls in many families that once valued boys over girls.

Coupled with the presence of a person like Zhu Qiuqi, the women in Xiao Zhangzhuang and several nearby villages lost their previous timidity.

Such bold and confident spirit has become the most beautiful scenery in their neighborhood.

Rong Xiuyun glanced at Zhu Qiuqi and saw her smiling without saying a word. Rong Xiuyun knew that she was right.

"But what Madam Zhu is proposing is not just a rouge and gouache shop, but some skin care products, such as facial oils commonly used by women."

"As far as I know, these are much more expensive than rouge and gouache."

Xuanyuan Ke and Pei Yuan were both stunned. The price was higher than the price of rouge and gouache. This...

How much money does this cost?

Xuanyuan Ke and Pei Yuan couldn't help but look at Zhu Qiuqi, and saw Zhu Qiuqi nodded.

"If it is some good facial oil, a jar will cost more than a hundred taels. Just look at the price of the ingredients. If you add precious medicinal materials such as snow lotus and ginseng, the price will be more than a few hundred taels."