Villager of Daming

Chapter 842: Too much time for health applications

There are still people queuing up to buy saozi rice noodles at the market below. After buying them, they go to sit on the long table and long stools next to them to eat. They are provided by Xiaqiu Village. Eating while squatting is not good for the gastrointestinal tract.

However, there is an advantage to eating while squatting. It is easy to feel full, and then when you stand up, you will find that it is just right, thus saving food.

Others took out the fried rice they had brought and put it in bowls to catch the boiling water.

There was a jar next to the place where the boiling water was collected. Someone opened the jar and used the tongs placed on the jar to add a bunch of mustard lumps and pickled shreds into the big bowl.

Others stretched out their chopsticks from the big bowl to pick up shredded pickles and put them into their own bowls instead of picking them directly from the jar.

"We know this, it's free, yo! And you get chopsticks as a gift? This is what the box lunch restaurant uses, and you throw them away once at a time. How much does it cost?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sat here to eat because he wanted to see the lives of the people, not how poor they were. He wanted to find a sense of honor. The fact that the people were rich proved that he was powerful.

"Father, I know." Zhu Fan, the third child, spoke first this time.

"One penny for a hundred pairs of bamboo chopsticks, the same price they sell to a snack street merchant in Xiaqiu Village.

The merchant is willing to buy it, it is cheap, and there is no need to wash the chopsticks. If you don't want to use it, others will find it dirty and won't eat it.

It is definitely cheaper to make chopsticks in the village. The disposable chopsticks we use are expensive, costing one penny for ten pairs. The main reason is that the materials are good. "

"Is this one-time use?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his chopsticks after hearing what Lao San said.

The lower part of the chopsticks is round and the upper part is square. The square place has words engraved on it, and the two sides correspond to the words 'descendants are everywhere' and 'magpies lower their brows'.

The characters on the hot pot are engraved on the chopsticks.

"We always thought it was clean, the word..." Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the word and wondered.

"Your Majesty, it is machine-engraved and set up. These two sentences are easy to engrave. Then they are carefully screened manually to avoid burrs, and then washed and dried. It is so clean and hygienic.

Otherwise, after eating, some chopsticks will have teeth marks on them, and oil and other substances will get in, which will be very troublesome to clean and can easily breed bacteria.

However, gold, silver, and copper chopsticks are afraid of oxidation, and they have to be washed with chemicals. They are tiring and heavy for children to use. "

The chief explained the reason for using disposable chopsticks. The cost is not high. Ten pairs cost one penny. Now he has money.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt the chopsticks again: "Okay, a pair costs only a dime, and we can afford it. People must be clean when they go out. As for pickles... how much does salt cost now?"

He was talking about pickles and thought about the price of salt. Mustard greens were not worth much, so Xiaqiu Village used them to interplant with soybeans, and then harvested enough to plant sorghum.

In the process of interplanting with soybeans, the yield per mu was more than [-] jins, and the soybean harvest was [-] jins.

Pickles and mustard are both mustard greens, pickles are kohlrabi, and mustard is green cabbage.

While waiting to plant sorghum, I also added fertilizer to the sorghum.

Green cabbage costs seven cents per pound, and mustard greens are cheaper than soybeans, so salt is more expensive.

"Four cents for distant places, three cents for normal places, two cents for good roads, and one cent for villages." Queen Ma knew the price.

"Okay, the most expensive is four cents. It's not expensive and you can afford it." Zhu Yuanzhang showed a naive smile.

The price of four cents per pound is in remote areas where the roads are particularly difficult and there is no local salt, so transportation fees are required.

In Henan, the price is three cents per catty, and in Nanjing, the price is two cents. If you live in Xiaqiu Village, you must go to the beach to buy salt without having to transport it.

There is no need for salt. The normal transaction tax is one for thirty, so the people can afford salt. The most salt-consuming thing is making sauerkraut.

After pickling the sauerkraut, the salt is gone and cannot be used again.

"Your Majesty, when department stores are opened in every county, even the most remote places can buy salt worth three pennies, as well as dried salt sea fish, kelp, sea rice and other foods."     The chief continued and said that the cost of department stores is low. The salt farm is government-run and the prices for purchasing goods from department stores are different.

Department stores have special functions to maintain the Ming Dynasty price system, and some goods are even paid at cost.

The money lost by department stores was actually given to the people of the Ming Dynasty. The people sold things to the department stores, and the transportation costs of the department stores were folded in. They were given to people in other places without making any profit at all.

Its role is not only to make money, but also to serve the Ming Dynasty's political system, balance the circulation of social materials, and ensure the supply of basic materials for the people.

Some of the goods are profitable, and the rest are returned to the people, but the overall economy of the country is improving.

After data collection, department stores control the types of crops that people grow and raise livestock and poultry through specialized acquisitions.

If the people can survive, they will not rebel and are willing to cooperate with the court. Their quality of life will gradually improve and their national strength will increase.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised the telescope again: "Department stores are great, why didn't people in the past think of it? The pickle shreds are not white? We understand this."

"Yes! The white ones don't taste good, and they will turn red after being marinated for a long time. The one we eat is marinated in sauce, which is more expensive, but it has been fried and the fried ones are more fragrant. It is just a waste of pickles."

The manager knows how much pickles are consumed, they are so delicious! The people just ate as hard as they could, unable to control themselves at all.

The texture and taste of the white pickled vegetable lumps are completely different from the red ones. There is no white pickle in the village, and Jubiqi does not sell white.

"Just eat! There is no shortage of money in the village. There are always people to do good deeds. Liu Jizu is a good person."

Zhu Yuanzhang was generous on behalf of Xiaqiu Village. It was impossible for him to give Xiaqiu Village money and praise him without any expense.

"What your Majesty said is true." What else could the chief say?
  "After dinner, let's go out for a walk. Is it dangerous?"

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to go to the market, but there were too few opportunities to go out now.

Prince Zhu Biao said: "Father, generally speaking, we have sent people to investigate all the people who often live here. We are afraid that the enemy will try to inquire about the situation in the village."

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved.

Everyone stopped reading and ate quickly.

Two quarters of an hour later, everyone put down their chopsticks and rinsed their mouths with tea. The guards went out first and stood next to each stall.

Zhu Wentian didn't hold a gun. He used an iron stick. What if the gun jammed? The sign won't.

The friends each have a small pistol, which is most suitable for close combat.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others wore village clothes and were protected in various ways.

"Are there no fish sellers?" Zhu Yuanzhang saw those selling pork, poultry, and mutton. The beef one depends on the opportunity, but there should be fish, but he didn't see it.

"As soon as the fresh fish and shrimps arrive, the village buys them all. If others want to buy, they have to wait. If they see someone carrying fish here, they take the first move, otherwise it will belong to the village."

The village chief explained the situation. He couldn't keep the fish and shrimps, and some people came to sell them. He quickly bought them back and cooked them. Anyway, he had to eat them every day.

River shrimps are usually fried or braised, or peeled out and stuffed with meat. If someone wants to eat shrimp balls, they will also make shrimp balls specially.

The village eats from a big pot and doesn't have to worry about money. It's customary to keep a little money at home.

In fact, there is nothing to buy from home. The cotton of the quilt is not soft enough. There is a cotton elastic machine, and everyone can help and quickly finish it.

"Why is this pig so thin?" Zhu Yuanzhang understood the fish and shrimp problem and asked in confusion while standing next to the pork stall.

(End of this chapter)