Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 16 Government Office

The village head led a middle-aged man in dark clothes into the tent.

The man was wearing a tall hat, with his hands in his handbook, his face was white and his beard was long, and he looked rich.

It turned out that the village head had some relationship with the City Lord's Mansion, and contacted the City Lord's Mansion's purchase, and the two had already negotiated a deal.

The City Lord's Mansion bought all the charcoal in Wuzhang Village at a price of [-] yuan per basket.

Lin Xiaoxiao understood, and ran to the cart while the village chief was shopping and talking with the city lord's mansion, and quietly took out two baskets of charcoal from the warehouse.

Eight baskets of charcoal, a total of 320 yuan.

Although it is much cheaper than before, it changed the opportunity to enter the city.

The village head asked everyone to bring charcoal into the city together, and to help the buyer deliver things to the city lord's mansion.

The buyer and the village chief walked in the front, Wu Yong pushed the cart in the middle, Lin Xiaoxiao and Mei Ya walked in the end with a bamboo basket each.

A group of people came to the gate of the city.

Lin Xiaoxiao felt a little nervous, she tightened the collar of the padded jacket on her body, and shrank her face towards the collar.

The process of entering the city was extremely smooth.

The guards guarding the gate all knew the buyers of the City Lord's Mansion, so they took the initiative to greet Mr. Buyers, and let them in without asking anything.

It's really good to have people in the city.

What is Sakagi like?Lin Xiaoxiao felt that Bancheng was not like a city but more like a village at first glance.

Most of the houses here are wooden, some are earthen, and a few are a mix of stone and wood.

The sun was shining brightly at this moment, many people were squatting on the street to bask in the sun, and there were also many children chasing and frolicking.

Occasionally see street vendors, but very few.It may be that there are few supplies in winter.

The City Lord's Mansion is a mix of stone and wood, located in the north of the city.

There are shops on a street next to the city lord's mansion, with branded wine, cloth, food and so on.It's just that these shops are empty and the situation is bleak.

It seems that Bancheng's economy is not very active.

To be honest, Lin Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed.

When they arrived at the back door of the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Xiaoxiao and the others helped move the bamboo baskets in, and the village chief settled the bill on the spot.

But when the village chief and Caimai turned their backs to everyone, the village chief seemed to give Caimai something, and then Caimai threw something to the village chief.

When she got to a place where there were no outsiders, Lin Xiaoxiao curiously asked the village chief in a low voice: "Did you buy something just now?"

"One hundred dollars, agreed in advance," the village chief said, taking out a bamboo stick from his pocket, "This is the order stick of the city lord's mansion, and you can only buy things at the government office with it."

That is to say, the village head bought the lottery from the city lord's mansion for a hundred dollars.

The token is the certificate of the housekeeper, and a certain number is released every day, with numbers and the family emblem of the City Lord's Mansion engraved on it.

The government office is a store opened by the Bancheng government, which can be understood as a state-owned store.

"The charcoal was sold to the city lord's mansion for this token. After winter, only the government office in the city has millet for sale, and other shops are not allowed to buy and sell grain. The most scarce thing in the village now is grain."

The government office is on that shop street.

After entering the store, the village chief handed the order to the shopkeeper, who after checking that it was correct broke off the order and threw it into the basket under the counter.

"Do you know the rules? You can buy items with a unit price of no more than [-] renminbi and a total price of no more than [-] renminbi."

"Thank you shopkeeper for reminding me, I remember all the rules."

"Go in and choose, hey, don't have so many people, at most two people can go in."

So Lin Xiaoxiao followed the village chief into the warehouse inside the shop.

Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, the government office sold so many things.

Eggs, fur, vegetables with famous names, yellow sprouts, fresh meat, live animals, cloth, silk... It dazzled Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes.

Underestimate the ancients.Sure enough, good things have to be handled by officials.

The village head didn't look sideways, and walked directly to the food.All he wants to buy is food.

The charcoal sold to the city lord's mansion and the charcoal sold in bulk made a total of 420 yuan.The millet in the government office is bought for a hundred dollars and a stone.

"Hey, before winter, a stone of millet sold for 45 yuan, but now it has more than doubled. It's not what it used to be."

The government office does not bargain.

Even though he was dissatisfied, the village chief bought four shi millet in one go.

Four stones weigh about 120 kilograms, or 240 catties.There are a total of twelve households in Wuzhang Village, and each household is divided into [-] catties.

Twenty catties per household is not too much, but if you save some food, no one will starve to death this winter.

After buying the food, there is still [-] yuan left.

Lin Xiaoxiao asked about the price of yellow sprouts, and they actually cost ten yuan a piece, more than three times more expensive than the distribution center.

"Village chief, there are also yellow sprouts for sale at the distribution center. Can you go and get them when you go back? I want to buy some yellow sprouts."

"The remaining twenty money goes to Shannv, and you can buy whatever you want."

The government office not only sells goods, but also buys them.

Under the negotiation of the village chief, Mei Ya's seven catties and four taels of pine nuts were sold for 25 yuan.On average, it costs more than three yuan per catty, which is much cheaper than selling by yourself, but selling it at one time saves time.

Coming out of the government office, Lin Xiaoxiao put all the food into the warehouse in an unoccupied corner.Only empty bamboo baskets remained on the cart.

There is no entertainment area in the city, and there is not much to do.

Lin Xiaoxiao was in a hurry to go back to the distribution center to buy soybean sprouts, and everyone went straight out of the city.

Lin Xiaoxiao has twenty cloth coins in her hand. She used to dislike the heavy copper coins in her bag, but now she feels a little lost.

After bargaining, ten cloth coins bought a large piece of raw meat, and ten cloth coins bought four yellow sprouts.

The transaction on this day was much smoother than expected.

"The days are good these days, and there are many people going out of the city to buy, so the business is going well," said the village chief.

It has been sunny here since Lin Xiaoxiao traveled here.

Although the temperature is low, the sunshine is strong and the days are not too difficult.

Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't grasp the climate here, and asked, "How much snow has it been in the past years?"

"There is less snow this year. In previous years, it started to fall in winter. The snow can't melt on the road. Everyone stays at home."

In previous years, it was normal for mountains and roads to be blocked by heavy snow.

Lin Xiaoxiao knew that in ancient times, auspicious snow could herald a good year, and it is not a good sign that there is no snow in winter.

"Will it always not snow affect the growth of crops?"

"Our Wuzhang Village doesn't know that. With the Little Kunlun Mountains, as long as the city doesn't come to collect taxes, the village is still quite rich."

To be honest, Lin Xiaoxiao still doesn't quite adapt to the agricultural model of this era.

In this era, the land is vast and the population is sparse. There is no shortage of land that can be planted, but people who cultivate the land are lacking.

After finishing everything, it was past noon.

Lin Xiaoxiao was already hungry.

She has solar-powered stoves and woks for outdoor use in her warehouse.

The four of them were not in a hurry to return. There were too many people going back and forth on the main road at this time, but they came to the river not far from the distribution center.

It is safer to be closer to the distribution center.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out tools and cooked a pot of instant noodles.Everyone ate quickly before going on the road again.

It's good to hurry when you're full.

It was still dark at this time, and there were other pedestrians on the road, so Lin Xiaoxiao didn't dare to take out the four-wheel electric.

Until the fork in the road leading to Wuzhang Village, there were no other people on the road.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out the four-wheel electric, put all the carts and bamboo baskets in the warehouse, and the four of them got on the car and returned.

By this time it was getting dark.

The surrounding woods are shadowy, and I don't know if there are people or beasts hiding.

Lin Xiaoxiao turned on the headlights, stepped on the accelerator, and sped towards Wuzhang Village at a speed of nearly [-] per hour.

(End of this chapter)