Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 703
When I was in Xiangyang, there was a vegetable market in about two or three squares.The government provides places, collects rent, and manages guilds.The population here in Luoyang is too small now, and only three vegetable markets have been built in a few squares near Huitong Bridge, many of which are government shops.

Ma Kuo's eldest son, Ma Chong, walked along the street and walked around the vegetable market first.

It is summer, and the vegetables in the vegetable market are full of beautiful things, everything that one expects to find.It's just that the Ma family used to hire maids to cook, but there are no more maids. The women in the family are not very good at cooking.After much deliberation, I bought two Fangyu and steamed them at home.

Holding the slaughtered fish in his hand, Ma Chong bought another leg of lamb, a live chicken to slaughter, two catties of eggs, and some vegetables, and then went to the cooked food shop.This cooked food shop is owned by Xuanfu Division, and it's called "Bone Fragrance", and there are branches in every prefecture and city.The recipes used are researched uniformly, purchased in a standardized manner, and produced in a standardized manner, so the taste is the same everywhere.

With the current size of Luoyang City, "Bone Fragrance" doesn't make much money, so it's really boring to keep so many employees.It's just that Luoyang is a big city, and Wang Xiaolie insisted that there should be some in other places, so he had to drive here.Even the headquarters moved to Luoyang City.

After watching for a while, Ma Chong asked, "How much is the cooked beef here?"

The man in the store said: "Guest officer, there is a price tag on the wall over there, and the price of cooked beef is 160 Wen a catty."

Ma Chong curled his lips, and said to the shopkeeper: "There is a law in the imperial court, the beef is only [-] yuan a catty. Even if it is cooked, it is only [-] to [-] yuan. You want so much money per catty, and you cook it with fairy grass? "

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "The guest officer is just joking. Beef worth 160 Wen a catty is a diseased cow or a dead cow. We also have it now. We are different here. They are all freshly slaughtered cattle. Fresh meat costs [-] Wen. Beef is [-] Wen, which is very cheap.”

The Song Dynasty banned the slaughter of farm cattle, but it didn't mean that beef was not eaten. Cattle that died of illness or old age were still eaten.In order to prevent the people from stealing and killing cattle, the price of beef is limited, and a catty is not allowed to exceed [-] yuan.Ordinary mutton costs [-] Wen a catty, while pork in Kaifeng is a little more expensive, and it is similar in other regions.Others, such as live chickens, cost about a hundred yuan a catty, and geese were slightly cheaper.Eggs are five Wen a piece, and a catty is about seventy or eighty Wen.The price of beef is limited to less than [-] yuan, which is basically unprofitable.It's just that in some places, if you kill a cow and sell the meat to your neighbors, you can still sell it for [-] yuan.

Under Wang Xiaolie's rule, the price of meat has not dropped, but it has not risen either. It is basically the price before Jingkang.Compared with other places now, it is very cheap.In many places, due to the war and the large-scale migration of northerners to the south, prices have skyrocketed.

The "deeply fragrant" beef is bought directly from the slaughterhouse, which is much lower than the market price.Selling 160 texts, the profit is not much.This is a business strategy, the price is not high, the taste is stable, and it is a long-term business.

After listening to the shopkeeper's explanation, Ma Chong didn't speak, but just stared at the meat on the stall.

In addition to beef, there are also beef cheeks, tripe, and hooves, all of which have been marinated, and you can eat them when you buy them.In addition to cattle, there is cooked mutton next to it. Of course, the most common ones are pigs and chickens.There are cooked pork head meat, cooked trotters, cooked elbow, cooked pork tongue, and even cooked pork ribs.There are whole cooked chickens, as well as chicken feet, drumsticks, and even chicken hearts.

In this day and age, pig's trotters, chicken feet and the like are worthless, and "bone-fragrant" are cheap.

Standing aside and looking at it for a while, Ma Chongcai said: "The selected beef, cut two catties for me, mix it well and wrap it up. Also, the tripe also needs to be one catty, and it needs to be mixed well before wrapping it up. Come over there again." Six chicken legs, one elbow, and three pig's trotters."

The shopkeeper agreed loudly.Cut the beef and mix it with the tripe, and wrap it in a piece of lotus leaf.Another clerk took chicken legs, elbows, and trotters, wrapped them in lotus leaves, and handed them to Ma Chong.

Ma Chong took it over and sighed.These cooked food cost a lot of money.Since Ma Kuo's disaster, the family has never been so rich.I don't know if this kind of life can last.God is merciful, I hope my father can be safe and sound.

After coming out of the vegetable market, Ma Chong went to the next wine shop and bought a bottle of white wine, a bottle of wine, and a bottle of rice wine.I really couldn't take it, so I called a man who was doing odd jobs next to me, and asked him to carry the food with a load and carry it back home for me.

On the way, Ma Chong took out the remaining money, counted it carefully, and carefully hid it in his underwear.I spent less than two pennies today, and the rest is my own small family's private money.Under Wang Xiaolie's rule, people were encouraged to separate families early, and big families were not encouraged to live together.If his father could settle down in Luoyang City, he should also consider taking his wife and children out to form a small family.This money is the capital of the small family.

Back home, Ma Kuo came out and saw that his son had hired someone to pick out food, and he couldn't help being surprised.In this day and age, things are so expensive, my son took five pennies to go out, and he bought something like this back.I just saw that I bought wine, and I didn't bother to care about it.

Asked his mother and wife to cook fish and mutton, Ma Chong spread the cooked food on the table, and said to his father, "Daddy, there is a cooked food shop here called "Bone Fragrance", which is under the Xuanfu Department. .Everything is sold there, which is very convenient. I bought some and brought back some wine for my dad.”

Ma Kuo leaned over to look, and couldn't help shaking his head.He said: "This elbow is very fat, which is interesting. What do you buy other things? Although our family is not very rich, how can we eat cooked beef? Can you see any serious wine shop that sells this kind of food?"

Ma Chong said: "Father, Xuanfu's rule is not like other places. You can't help but slaughtering cattle. This is the meat of live cattle, which tastes very good. I looked at that shop for a long time and saw people The most bought one is cooked beef.”

Ma Kuo couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "It's not allowed to slaughter farm cattle here? Is there such a thing in the world?"

Ma Chong said: "I asked others, and they said that as long as they have been raised for ten years, even farm cattle can be slaughtered. So the beef sold here is more expensive than other places, but it tastes delicious. It has lived for dozens of years. What if you haven't eaten beef yet?"

Ma Kuo glanced at his son, picked up a piece of beef and ate it.After tasting it for a while, he said, "Sure enough, this is good meat!"

Ma Chong said with a smile: "I have been looking there for a long time, how could I lie to Dad? The wine here is the best in the wine shop, Dad should try it."

He picked up the white wine and poured it for Ma Kuo, holding the bottle and watching.

Ma Kuo picked up the wine and drank it down.Said: "This wine still has strength! Here in Luoyang, you can serve the country and have good wine and food. What more can you ask for!"

(End of this chapter)