Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 7 The Way to Make Money

Su Chen went out with only 45 Wen coins on his body, which was regarded as his start-up capital, which could be called a drop in the bucket.

Staying at home, I can't think of any good ideas for a while, why don't you go out for a walk, listen to the six directions, see all directions, what if you can find a way to make money?

In the last life, Su Yixuan was also born in a medical family, but his parents were both Western medicine doctors and doctors, but his grandfather was an old Chinese medicine doctor, so Su Yixuan grew up carrying "Tangtou Song" from a young age. He must practice every day. When he grows up, he applies for the college entrance examination. His parents chose a medical university for him and a western medicine clinic.

He has been dealing with medicine since he was a child, but instead developed a rebellious heart. He was tired of medicine and fell in love with traditional culture and ancient literature, so after graduating from undergraduate, he chose the Chinese department for graduate school, which is also the reason why he fell out with his parents , went out to relax, and came here after an accident.

"I don't know what happened to my parents and grandpa. After learning about my accident, I must be heartbroken!" Su Chen sighed and shook his head. It's okay to live a good life.

Su Chen went east along Dasuo Street, passed Liushi Alley, and came to the edge of this lifang. The trees were shady, there were few houses, and there were no big shops. There was a tea shop and a shop on the corner of the road. Several hawkers selling vegetables parked with unicycles and operated on a small scale.

The water system in Runzhou City is developed, and it is close to the canal, so the landform of small bridges and flowing water can be seen everywhere.

Some wooden houses built along the river will stick out of the water at one end, and the feet stand in the water, which are called stilted houses locally. Women in twos and threes are washing laundry and fetching water by the river, talking and laughing, chatting about household necessities.

The characteristics of Jiangnan water towns are like an ink painting scroll.

Su Chen stood by the stone bridge and admired the scenery for a while, then went south along the Dingmao River to Shu'er Lane.

There are more groceries and agricultural and sideline products here. Su Chen stopped and went, seeing melons, fruits and beans, and kept deliberating in his mind which investment would be suitable for him.

"Try it, take a look at the sweet and delicious Gantang pear!"

"The best ebony, come and buy it!"

A burst of shouting, one after another.

Su Chen saw no less than ten kinds of fruits appearing here, such as black plum, plantain, rain pear, pomegranate, sugar cane, etc. These fruits appeared in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

"Hey, isn't this a small hawthorn?" Su Chen walked in front of a small trader and saw that he had a sack filled with a lot of hawthorn.

"Young master, do you need Shanlihong?" The peddler, who was 35 or six years old, saw that Su Chen was wearing a scholar's shirt, well-dressed, and behaved like a scholar, so he respectfully addressed him as a young master.

"How to sell this?" Su Chen asked casually.

"Three cents a pound!"

Su Chen asked thoughtfully, "I don't know where this was picked from?"

The hawker said: "There is this kind of fruit tree in the back mountain. It grows there. If you are diligent, you can pick it. However, before the winter, the woodcutter and the farmer have already gone to pick it. I picked it all up, I stocked up some years ago, and I will sell it in the spring, and the price is a penny higher than before the winter!"

Hearing this, Su Chen felt that this hawker had some brains and understood the truth of rare goods being available for sale, so he didn't sell them in season.

"What's the name of Xiongtai?"

"My real name is Zhao Shusheng, and I am the fourth oldest in my family. My neighbors call me the fourth oldest Zhao."

Su Chen asked more: "Listen to the accent, it doesn't look like a local."

Zhao Laosi said: "20 years ago, when the war broke out in the north, I followed my family and escaped from Ludi, Jiangbei. I have stayed in Runzhou for 20 years, and the northern accent has not changed."

Su Chen nodded, and learned from historical knowledge that 20 years ago, the north was under the rule of the third regime of the Five Dynasties, Later Jin. In exchange for the support of Yelu Deguang, the lord of the Khitan, he was able to defeat Li Congke, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, and establish the Later Jin Empire.It is precisely because Shi Jingtang's improper position, betrayal of the country and pursuit of glory, and left great hidden dangers to the Central Plains for hundreds of years, so later generations hated this "child emperor".

Shi Jingtang, who had been a useless emperor for six years, died, and before his death, his youngest son Shi Zhongrui was entrusted to the prime minister Feng Dao, hoping that the latter would do his best to assist the young master.However, as soon as Shi Jingtang died, Feng Dao took action with Jing Yanguang, the commander of the forbidden army, and on the grounds that the country was in need of a long ruler, he arbitrarily established Shi Jingtang's nephew Shi Chonggui as emperor.

Shi Chonggui had an arrogant character, and he was quite tough after he ascended the throne. Following the advice of the minister, he decided to only call the Khitan a grandson and not a minister.The sharp change in the state policy of the Later Jin made Yelu Deguang very angry. Starting from the first month of the first year of Kaiyun (944), the Khitan officially sent troops to invade the south.Later Jin began to be powerless to resist, but fortunately the people of the Central Plains rose up to resist and blocked the invasion of the Khitan army. However, after a short-term victory, Shi Zhonggui not only lost his due respect for his rivals, but also began to become arrogant and depraved, living a life of drunkenness and dreaming all day long. In life, in the year of the great locust drought, he also dispatched evil officials to search the people separately, causing the people's grievances to boil, the world was Hungarian and Hungarian, and the vassal commanders took the opportunity to seize power and fought endlessly.

At this time in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was Li Sheng, the great ancestor, who was in power, reforming the system, revising politics and religion, abolishing torture, persuading farmers to teach mulberry, building water conservancy, allowing the people to recuperate and recuperate. The land was free from war for decades, so many people in the north went south one after another and joined the Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.

Looking at a bag of Shanlihong, Su Chen's mind flashed images of candied haws and canned hawthorn. He picked up one and tasted it. The taste was alright, but it was a bit sour. Maybe it was a wild variety. It will be sour, which is a little different from the later hawthorn varieties.

"This mountain is red, how many are there in your family?"

"Do you want a large amount?"

Su Chen nodded: "Well, it may be a lot!"

Zhao Laosi replied: "There are a few sacks, about a few hundred kilograms. I dug a cellar at home and stored it in it, and it didn't rot. Besides, the nearby hills were picked up, but one more hill was climbed. There should be some unlit side, as long as you are willing to work hard and get some more, you can do it.”

Su Chen bargained and said: "In this way, I have to buy a lot in the later period, and I need to give me a discounted price, five cents and two catties. I will buy six catties and take them home for everyone to try. If they all think the taste is good, I will come back and buy more. , it is possible to buy a sack at a time.”

Zhao Laosi hesitated for a while, thinking whether it was worthwhile or not.

Su Chen helped him analyze: "There is an old saying, small profits but quick turnover, if you sell to me in large quantities in the future, although there is a discount per kilogram, you can sell dozens of kilograms at a time, which is more cost-effective than selling it here every day. , long-term exposure, there must be rotten wear and tear every day, and in the end you will make less money than this kind of mass sale.”

"That's right!" Zhao Lao Si understood it, and readily agreed.

Su Chen spent fifteen cents to buy more than six catties of Shanlihong.

Afterwards, he went to the sugar shop and spent thirty cents to buy some rough cane sugar, and again he had nothing left.

But Su Chen was full of expectations, and returned to the mansion with his things.

"Ling'er, come and help."

"Brother Su Chen, what did you bring back?" Yang Ling'er ran out of the inner hall, her voice chirping like a lark.

"Shanlihong, also known as Shanliguo, can be eaten as fruit, and can be used as medicine after drying."

After Yang Linger saw the red mountain in the cloth bag, she said, "It's it. I've eaten it before, but it's old and sour. If you eat too much, it's easy to get sore teeth and flatulence."

Su Chen smiled: "Sour is a bit sour, but brother has a secret recipe that can make it sweet and sour!"

"Oh, how?"

"Help me with the work, soak these mountain reds in water to remove the acidity, then wash and dry!"

"Okay!" Yang Linger started to work obediently.

After Su Chen put down the cane sugar, he went to the wing where the sundries were stored, found two half bamboos, chopped them with a knife, and started to make bamboo sticks.

The brothers and sisters were so busy in their spare afternoons.

(End of this chapter)