Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 485 484. This city is a bit strange

How much is a liter of rice?
Ten liters are one bucket, and ten buckets are one stone.The weight of a stone of rice is calculated according to later generations, about 120 catties.That is to say, one liter of rice weighs about one catty two taels.

What is the price of two meters per catty in Luoyang?
Thanks to the good weather in the Sui Dynasty and the foundation laid by Yang Jian, not to mention the end, in Luoyang, where the food price is the highest, before the three conquests of Korea, the price of food has always been the price of cabbage.About 200 wen per stone.

Yes, you read that right, before the Three Conquests of Korea, food in the Sui Dynasty was so cheap.

The land equalization system allows people to have no shortage of food at home.

And this is one of the fundamental reasons why the population reached a peak in the Sui Dynasty.

Unfortunately, Yang Jian has a good son.

After the three conquests of Korea, food prices have begun to collapse.

But the collapse is not yet obvious. Whether it is Yongfeng, Jiannan, Huiluo, etc., the granaries still have reserves. Although the prices are getting more and more outrageous, the output is there.

Nowadays, the price of one stone of grain is around the same level.

According to the allocation of a family of three, this hundred catties of grain is enough to last for three months.Not to mention saving money on food and clothing, but I used to have extra money but now I don't have it.Fortunately, a large number of labor vacancies, as long as you work hard, you will not find a job and starve to death.

As always, it is a thousand words.

In conversion, the price of a catty of grain is around twelve yuan.

Do you feel something is wrong?

The actual price of a liter of rice should be twelve renminbi. If you work for others for a day, the price of twelve renminbi for others is still fair.

You may go.

But when I went there, I was told that if you wanted the 20-cent food, you had to pay a [-]-cent "registration fee"... So would you still go?

But anyone with a little brain will not go, right?
Rather...

Heads surging.

Li Zhen even saw a group of people pushing and shoving each other, and they were about to fight.

But no one dared to do anything, as if they were adhering to some unwritten rules.

This scene of leaving the original score suddenly shattered Li Laodao's three views.

Are these people mean?

What are you doing?
Is... Pindao crossed again?
What's the matter.

You have to pay, and you have to work for nothing... Are you crazy?
This unique reality made him not know what to say for a while.

After thinking about it, he said:
"I'll ask."

Saying that, he jumped out of the car, and after walking for a distance, he came to a stall selling tools.

"Blessed Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate."

"..."

The peddler who sold hammers and axes glanced at him, but said nothing.

Li Zhen asked:

"Layman, can you tell Poor Dao what those people... are doing?"

"!"

In an instant, after Li Zhen finished asking, he saw the vigilant eyes of the other party!
Before he could doubt, he saw the peddler wave his hand:

"Go, go, Niubi, don't get in the way of my business!"

It seems that he hates Li Zhen extremely.

"Uh……"

Li Zhen, who was a little inexplicable, was not annoyed.

I walked towards a stall that looked like it was selling Dieda wine, but I was stumped again.

When the other party heard that he asked about this, they acted like guarding against thieves.

After going to three or four booths in a row, they were treated like this, and Li Zhen also understood...

Ask, there must be nothing to ask.

With doubts on his forehead, Sun Simiao returned to the car and asked:

"Ask clearly?"

"...No, as soon as I asked about it, these people avoided me like they were seeing plague gods."

Li Zhen frowned slightly.

Then Cui Caiwei's voice sounded in the carriage:

"Daoist, let's go to the city first. After finding the place to stay, I will come down to inquire about the news."

"...Alright, let's go then."

So, the carriage moved forward, passed through this slightly messy city gate area, and arrived in front of the gate.

The soldiers guarding the gate seem to be well equipped, and they seem to have good eyesight.

After looking away from the carriage, when Li Zhen came over, he bowed his hands politely:

"Is the priest going to enter the city?"

Li Zhen nodded:

"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, that's right."

"Please pass the ultimatum to the next view."

After Li Zhen obediently handed over the certificate, the soldier didn't even look at Sun Simiao's. After looking at the two horses and the carriage, he politely returned the certificate to Li Zhen, waved his hand, and signaled that he could go in. .

"Thank you, Master."

"Don't dare, please, Daoist."

The politeness and etiquette of this soldier really impressed Li Zhen, and after the carriage passed through the city gate, everything in the city was in order, as if people were in a peaceful and peaceful city. Arrived at Pegasus City.

The streets are all paved with bluestones, the buildings on both sides are well arranged, and the fronts of every house are clean, adhering to an insurmountable line, no matter what they sell, the width of the road is not disturbed.

The people who come and go in the city have brocade shirts and ordinary clothes, but they are all very clean.

In this increasingly hot noon, Li Zhen also saw some people playing chess in the shade under the trees.One side is brocade clothes, and the other side is an old man wearing a short lapel.

There was no horse dung or cow urine on the street, and some children in twos and threes were running with their toys, appearing full of life.

This……

What a quiet and peaceful city.

The county magistrate here... is not easy.

Just as he was feeling emotional, he saw that the two people playing chess under the tree seemed to have ended the chess game. Both of them got up at the same time, bowed to each other with smiles, and did not say victory or defeat, but at the invitation of the old man, the two of them entered a house together... ...I guess I went to drink tea.

good guy...

This is Hedong?

It completely overturned Li Laodao's impression of the common people living in poverty, and made him feel a little unreal all of a sudden.

After thinking about it, he put away his thoughts, lowered his voice and asked in the car:

"Cui Jushi, how do we go?"

"The Taoist chief should find a place to live first, just find a house."

"...Okay, let's go over there then."

Seeing a long streamer, he drove over.

As soon as he arrived at the door, the boy came out to welcome him.

After some politeness and instructions to feed the horse and wash the carriage, the young man personally led Li Zhen to park the carriage to the designated area, and the masked heroine got out of the carriage together with the monk wearing a straw hat.

Xuanzang was still carrying the two boxes of precious pills in the car.

Then, Cui Caiwei bowed her hands to the three of them, and walked directly towards the depths of the alley.

The three of them didn't say much, and they opened two rooms, one for her, and the other for three people to squeeze together.

When I came to the room, the sun was just right at the moment, and there was no peculiar smell in the room, replaced by a faint fragrance.

It's the smell of aromatherapy.

The young man served tea and water courteously, and finally confirmed that the three outsiders had nothing to eat or other orders, and then politely withdrew.

After Sun Simiao closed the door, he heard Xuanzang who was looking out the window say:

"Two come and see."

Li Zhen and Sun Simiao walked to the window. The window of this house is by the courtyard behind the inn.

Following his instructions, both of them saw the scene of the backyard.

Several guys are looking for food.

Li Zhen had already guessed that it might have just rained here at the boundary monument in Hedong.

The east side of the river is next to the Yellow River, and there is plenty of water vapor. In order to ensure that last year's grain does not get moldy, it is indispensable to turn it in the sun in spring.

And looking at the appearance of several guys carrying bags out of the warehouse, I think there should be a lot of food in there.

Looking at them, Xuanzang murmured:
"Speaking of it...whether it's inside or outside the city...it seems that Yu Qun has no shortage of food."

"Ah."

Li Zhen responded:
"Indeed, this city...although it's not a good place to talk and laugh, there are great Confucianists and no white people, but just looking at this day, life is definitely not bad. Has Daoist Sun been here before?"

"No."

Sun Simiao shook his head:

"Poverty roads in this kind of city generally don't set foot here. You can tell that they are rich at a glance. Naturally, there are many doctors in rich places. So poor roads usually go to some remote mountain villages to see patients. Yu Cui's place... I just heard that it is very popular. rich, but first time.”

Speaking of this, he thought about it and became more and more confused:
"According to Pingdao, the administrators of this city are quite capable. Hedong has been in chaos for two years, and the peaceful scene in front of us is by no means created in a day. Thinking about it, even when there are bandits, this place is also a peaceful scene. It's strange. It is said that the homeland is hard to leave. If it is not really impossible to live, no one is willing to leave their hometown. However, Xiang County not far from here has become like that, and this Yu Qian did not see anything Women and children, the majority of them are men outside the city... No matter how you look at it, it feels a bit weird."

"……Hold on."

Looking at the backyard, Li Zhen thought for a while and said:
"We'll talk about it after Miss Cui's family brings back the news. If she comes back early, we'll go to the ferry to have a look. If she's late... we'll rest for the night."

Hearing his words, the two were not surprised.

Along the way, this mysterious "Cui Wei" heroine has exposed too many things.

It's just everyone's tacit understanding.

So naturally no one believed that the other party Yu Qiang's "friend" was a quack.

There is a great possibility that it is a character from a certain family.

And the news that can be brought from the "insiders" is much more reliable than hearsay.

Just because of the frequent commerce and trade along the way, the other party should be well aware of the situation in various parts of Hedong, and it is better to wait here than to run around.

After making up his mind, Sun Simiao took out the book again, hoping that Li Zhen would take advantage of this time to retell the Zhu Youshu.

But who would have thought...

After about half an hour, the young man boiled a pot of hot tea and just served it. Before the three of them had a sip, suddenly, the other party went back and forth.

After knocking on the door, under Sun Simiao's dissatisfied and puzzled eyes, the boy bowed his hands politely:

"Daoist, the shopkeeper Cui from the Cui's business downstairs is here to visit, and invite the three of you to the private room to have a talk."

"……Who?"

Sun Simiao was taken aback.

The boy had a polite and flattering smile on his face:

"Cui's firm, shopkeeper Cui."

"..."

Sun Simiao turned his head subconsciously and looked at Li Zhen who was sitting at the table.

Obviously waiting for him to make up his mind.

Li Zhen also felt strange... Didn't this just arrive?
Why did someone suddenly come here before my butt was hot?

What's more, the person who came here was also surnamed Cui.

Could it be... Xiaoxia Cui sent someone to come? ... also can't.From the moment she came to Yuqian, the little heroine Cui was as cowardly as an ostrich, wishing she could wear a mask on her face.

How could it be possible to directly expose her identity with that hidden appearance?
And since it wasn't her...then how did Shopkeeper Cui find this place?

After thinking about it, he nodded:

"Understood, please report back to the layman, I will be there soon."

Come here.

I don't see... I don't want to think about it.

Then take a look.

there is always a solution to a problem.

　Continue to ask for monthly tickets! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)