Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 46

The sky cleared and the mud dried up.

Fan Zheng laughed bitterly, sweeping the soil remaining on the stone slabs, and pouring them back to the edge of each family's vegetable field.

Soil and water conservation starts from a small place.

In the workshop, free-range chickens from various families come out from time to time, peck earthworms and other insects, hold their heads up and swallow them, run to the vegetable field to peck a few rotten vegetable leaves, and even fly up to peck people when they are chased .

Not to mention, the iron beak is really painful to peck, and some babies will even cry when pecked.

Just kidding, ecological chickens, fighting centipedes, fighting snakes, are very wild, and the meat is extraordinarily strong.

Free-range chickens can be called a bully, and sometimes thin-waisted dogs will be bullied by them.

Therefore, in Chang'an City, especially in the Chongrenfang area, cockfighting is a very lucrative business. Any chicken that fights well will be bought by some idlers at a high price.

Of course, the word high price is the same as "recycling old computers at a high price", don't take it seriously.

A normal rooster costs about [-] renminbi, and a chicken that can fight can only cost [-] renminbi at most. You can earn a little more, but not too much.

Don't think that idlers don't need to make money. They poured into Chongrenfang, at least one of them is worth [-] yuan.

This is the way of life of idlers.

Of course, not just chickens, if there are aggressive pigeons.

That's right, according to the fashion at this time, in addition to sending letters, pigeons also have the form of entertainment such as fighting pigeons.

It is recorded in "Chaoye Qianzai" that Li Shimin sent a white falcon "general" to send a letter to Li Tai, but the falcon (gǔ) is usually a black and blue bird, so it may refer to a white pigeon.

Anyway, as for Tongjiazi, as we all know, the ancients and famous people used Tongjiazi incorrectly, and ordinary people used it incorrectly and it was typo.

At the same time, "Youyang Zazu" recorded the deeds of Persian sailors sending pigeons home to report safety, which shows that everyone spent about the same time playing pigeons.

It's a pity that neither aggressive chickens nor pigeons can be mass-produced, and the benefits to Dunhuafang are better than nothing.

But other free-range chickens were sold to Aunt Fan nearby, saving even going out of the factory.

Among them, obese thread chickens have a greater proportion.

Relying on the effect of the imperial book, and the taste of Aunt Fan's lotus leaf chicken is not bad, the shop sells at least fifty chickens every day. Even if the gross profit is five cents per one, it can earn 250 cents.

Leaving aside miscellaneous expenses such as hired labor, firewood, and charcoal, Aunt Fan's net profit is about 180 yuan a day, which is equivalent to the income of twelve strong men.

Therefore, Aunt Fan, who has a good family background and enough income to support the family easily, will make snacks for the children and sisters of Fangxue from time to time, and then "hahaha" with a hearty heart.

Of course, Mrs. Fan also had her own worries, but others couldn't help her.

"Stupid Child" is sung right, but the loneliness is unbearable at night!
In addition to physical, more psychological, "nowhere to say desolate" ah.

Fan Zheng's distress is that he can arrange some outlets for the villagers, but it is difficult to form a scale.

Just like Xiangfang, the amount that can be sold is fixed, and it is meaningless to increase production without increasing income.

Dunhuafang has land, but not much.

Vegetable beds, cemeteries, houses, and roads basically take up [-]% of the space. If you want to learn from other villages and villages and make a living from planting, it is tantamount to looking for fish after a tree.

Riding a little donkey and letting Lu Jiasheng accompany them, the two of them wandered towards Dongshi with the donkey.

I have to say that Dunhuafang is too remote, and you have to walk five blocks north to see the gate of Dongshi.

After getting off the donkey, throwing the reins to Lu Jiasheng, Fan Zheng shyly showed his non-existent belly, and walked with a bit of official demeanor, and the crowded situation around him disappeared immediately.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, ordinary people are unwilling to have any relationship with officials. Who knows where this official's ass is tilted today?

Maybe Wang Ermazi raped someone, and the officials will confiscate the crime tools of men all over the world?

As for whether the officials are out of their minds, who knows?
Dongshi is crowded with people, busy with traffic, and full of shops. It is one of the two major cities in Chang'an City. Of course, it is impossible for it not to be under the jurisdiction of the government.

The Dongshi Administration has one person from the sixth grade Shangdong Shi Ling, two Zhengba grade Shangdong City Cheng, one recorder, three Fu, seven Shi, two Dianshi, and one Zhang Gu, who are in charge of the fairness of transactions, stolen goods, Counterfeit products and so on.

Therefore, when Yintan Ranger blackmailed merchants in Dongshi back then, there was actually an element of connivance by the Dongshi Administration.

Is all the money you collected as a ranger belonged to the ranger?

Are you young?
After wandering around, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, especially paper, Fan Zheng bought a cart and asked merchants to take it to Dunhuafang.

Originally, merchants still wanted a few pennies, but seeing Fan Zheng's official appearance, he resolutely shut up.

Can't afford to offend, the official word is two mouthfuls, so it makes sense.

It is rattan corner paper, jute paper, bamboo paper, and those mulberry papers that are specially used for high-quality documents are not dare to buy.

That's it, fifty or sixty yuan a knife, whether you like it or not.

Oh, a knife of paper usually refers to a hundred sheets.

Therefore, there is a reason why there are few poor people who read books. If you can’t even buy the most basic paper for writing, how can you read?
Poor and rich in martial arts, but even if you are poor, there are also ranks.

Some people call it poor when they rent out their luxury houses to make money, and some people call them poor when they sleep in bridge holes.

That is to say, there is a workshop called Xiangfang, otherwise the amount of paper used by Fangxue is enough for Fan Zheng to be bald.

Ahead was a large pile of coal.

For the price of charcoal, there is no direct reference data in the Tang Dynasty, but the indirect "Charcoal Selling Man" can be referred to.

A zhang of silk, about 660 Wen; half a bolt of yarn, calculated as raw silk, 240 Wen.

As for "a cart of charcoal, more than a thousand catties", the number of catties is a false indication, and it is more appropriate to calculate it at about five hundred catties.

Five hundred catties, nine hundred Wen, if the price level of the Zhenguan period is considered, it is not bad.

Based on the background of "The Charcoal Seller" after the Anshi Rebellion, the price level of [-] renminbi for a bucket of rice, compared with the average level of [-] renminbi for a doumi in Zhenguan year, it can only be hehe.

The large pieces of charcoal are almost sold out, leaving only sporadic charcoal slag and powder. The shopkeeper and the shopkeeper are grimacing, sweeping up with brooms and tin dustpans.

How convenient it is to sell big charcoal, but how troublesome it is to dispose of these slags.

What customer would want to buy these scraps?
You have to find the right place to pull and pour.

There are too many charcoal piles, insufficient ventilation, and may spontaneously combust.

"From the same state?"

Fan Zheng spoke abruptly.

The shopkeeper immediately put down his broom, and greeted him with a smile on his face: "This guest officer has good eyesight, and the charcoal from Heyang, Tongzhou is burning very well."

In the Guanzhong area, Tongzhou is famous for its charcoal. The four counties of Heyang, Baishui, Chengcheng, and Hancheng are contiguous coal-producing areas, not far from Chang'an City. Only 250 miles.

This area mainly produces lean coal with a high degree of coalification and lean coal suitable for civilian use.

Therefore, the stickiness of charcoal is just hehe.

Then, the proportion of debris is naturally higher, and it is more troublesome to deal with.

(End of this chapter)