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Chapter 5 Tianjing
In the early morning, Chu Tianshu went to Xiaokui to borrow Qi Zhongliu's token, and took ten silver coins in advance to register and prepare to leave the mansion.

A mansion like Prince Chen's Mansion is not afraid of the slaves stealing the master's property and fleeing.

The laws and government of the Dayun Dynasty will tell any domestic slave who tries to steal property and flee abroad what is the consequence.

After receiving the foreign affairs signboard from Prince Chen's Mansion, Chu Tianshu traveled here for the first time to go out.

The world outside the mansion is very different from the expected antiquity.

The road has been paved with a material similar to concrete, and it is integrated. There are metal lampposts on the road, and the electric lights are turned on as if they don’t need money.

Of course, such a good road and the electric lights used for lighting on the road are only available on the avenue three to four hundred meters from the entrance of the Wangfu.

On the road, several house servants dressed in the clothes of the house servants of Prince Chen's Mansion and other big mansions were sweeping.

Outside Wangfu Road, there are lively fireworks in the world.

"Fried box, do you want to join me?" The small cart, the coal-fired stove was blazing, and the pot was put on the fire, and the brine in the pot was boiling, and the aroma was overflowing.

Beside him is a diligent white-haired old man with a kitchen knife in his hand, frying some noodles in the shape of Baiji buns with blackened oil on another pan.

"How much is it?" Chu Tianshu asked the price.

"There are vegetarian ones and meat ones, three cents for vegetarian fillings, five cents for meat fillings, and an extra five cents for eggs."

Chu Tianshu nodded: "Can you find a piece of silver?"

"One dollar?" The old man waved his hands again and again: "Master, this is really too big, I can't find it."

"Roasted sweet potatoes, fragrant and sweet roasted sweet potatoes, delicious and inexpensive roasted sweet potatoes, eating roasted sweet potatoes that are beautifying and beautifying."

On the opposite side of the baked sweet potato stand, three 40-year-old men shouted loudly.

Chu Tianshu walked over: "How do you sell roasted sweet potatoes?"

"Sell by the catty, quarter a catty."

This kind of price is compatible with Chu Tianshu's salary of [-] cents a month when he was a man slave. , Not high is what it should be.

"Get me two catties." Chu Tianshu touched his pocket.

In addition to the ten yuan Qi Zhongliu gave him, he also had sixty-two cents saved from his previous life.

Yesterday I spent two cents to pay bribes, and now I have only sixty cents left over, so I can buy some food.

I bought two catties of roasted sweet potatoes, and went back to buy a fried box stuffed with meat.

Afterwards, Chu Tianshu stood in front of the sweet potato stall and chatted with the bosses on both sides: "Aren't you afraid of being chased away by the people of the palace?"

The sweet potato seller chuckled: "Aren't you also from the palace? Have you chased us away?"

"So no one drives you away?"

"Sometimes there are still." The old man selling fried boxes sighed: "Sometimes, the nobles come and think that we are occupying the road, and they are not easy to pass, so they will drive us out, but most of the time, as long as we If you don’t litter, no one cares about it.”

"Is that so?" Chu Tianshu nodded: "Then you usually sell things, are you from a palace like me?"

"That's right." The old man who fried the box said: "I've been selling snacks here for more than twenty years, and the only ones who come to eat are you, who come out of the palace, have money, and occasionally want to change my mouth, so I eat it." One or two."

"But there are noble people to eat."

"It's spring, when the wild shepherd's purse and the leeks grown at home are fresh and tender, the prince and princess will send people to buy some to try."

"Will the price increase at that time?"

"I don't dare to raise the price." The old man shook his head: "It's unconscionable to raise the price."

Chu Tianshu glanced at the old man's pot of brine and blackened oil: "How much is your oil per catty?"

Judging from the amount of sweet potatoes given by the boss who sells sweet potatoes, the weight measure is a bit big.

There are about [-] grams in a catty.

"Six cents and five cents a catty." The old man said casually, "Because the prince and concubine may want to eat this spring, we have to change a pot of oil every day, and use good nutmeg oil, which costs ten cents a catty. Three cents."

Chu Tianshu nodded: "Then how much money can you make a day by setting up a stall?"

"The business is good and the gross profit is more than [-] cents. Usually, if it is like today, it is only [-] cents."

Chu Tianshu was taken aback: "So low?"

"It's not too low!" The old man said hastily, "There are six people in my family, and the food and drink usually cost more than sixty cents and less than seventy cents a month."

"A family of six...two grandchildren?"

"A grandson and a granddaughter."

"Do children usually eat meat?"

"Chicken is only five cents a catty, and seafood such as fish and shells are cheaper, at seven or eight cents a catty. Children can't eat much."

Chu Tianshu was taken aback, this price ratio is not right?

"Tianjin is near the sea?"

"Next to Tianjing is Zhou Hai." The old man looked sideways: "You have not been in the palace for a long time, have you?"

"How do you know?"

"In this row of four palaces, there are two blind date parties every year, which are specially for family members of the right age in the mansion. One is in the middle of the year and the other is at the end of the year. The place of blind date is on the big boat of the palace. , the boat sailed to the Zhouhai Sea, eight large ships were connected by iron cables, and the decks were laid, hey, that scene was very spectacular!"

And this kind of thing...

Internal digestion of the population?

"At that time, the princes and concubines will also host the blind date." The old man smacked his lips: "The princes and concubines are really kind and treat their families very well."

Will the prince and princess be there too?

Chu Tianshu felt hot in his heart.

And it's at sea.

If the time comes to set fire to create chaos, and take the opportunity to kill those guys who he bowed to... This is a good opportunity.

But will there be a body search at that time, or will there be a kindling?

Chu Tianshu secretly remembered the matter of the blind date meeting.

"Okay, you two are busy first, I have to do something for the young master." Chu Tianshu quickly finished the fried box, took the sweet potato, and walked while eating.

After walking out of the relatively clean streets, there are more noisy and chaotic streets.

The road is no longer paved with concrete. The road is full of potholes, and some small holes still have water.

Snacks similar to the fried box before, when Chu Tianshu looked over, the enthusiastic bosses talked about it, and the price of the fried box filled with meat was generally [-]% or [-]%.

The small copper balls jingle, that is one cent.

The farther you go, the prices are generally constant.

As Chu Tianshu saw, the appearance of this world became more and more different from the clean and tidy one before.

There are beggars everywhere, sex workers greeted and sent, cheap and unclean food, steam locomotives driving on the road, and black laborers with ropes tied around their necks can be seen everywhere.

This world is far from being so warm and beautiful.

And this is the capital of the Dayun Dynasty, Tianjing.

(End of this chapter)