Villager of Daming

Chapter 89: Pig, Salt, Bitter Starlight (Part [-])
The sound of jingling bells can be heard far away at night, no matter whether the shaking lanterns are red or transparent, people still feel a sense of fear when looking at them.

The convoy from Xiaqiu Village set off with more than [-] catties of rock sugar and soaps and soaps for gifts.

From Feng Gui's mouth, I learned that the price of rock sugar has dropped again, 150 Wen per catty.

And I got another information that white rock sugar is not very easy to sell, but yellow rock sugar with impurities is more willing to buy.

It is said that many prescriptions came from the palace, and spread to Huimin Pharmacy and Herbal Medicine Stores in various places. Ordinary folk medical centers and pharmacies soon got the prescriptions.

Some of them need to use rock sugar, and yellow rock sugar is the best, so everyone buys it back and stores it, which is easier to preserve than brown sugar.

If the brown sugar is used for a long time, if it is not treated in time after being wet, it will condense together and become moldy.

Under the same environment, rock sugar can last several times longer than brown sugar, and rock sugar can be eaten with a mouthful.

The increase in private purchases has reduced the price of rock sugar, and the sugar cane harvested this year has not been wasted.

However, what is sold to the Yi people is still [-] Wen a catty, and the Yi people will not be able to receive it among the people, and you are not allowed to trade in the market.

Zhu Wentian got the news that the crown prince wrote to say that next year there will be more kinds of sugar cane in Fujian, and Fujian has more mountains but less land.

Since Fujian was the last place Zhu Yuanzhang attacked, he was worried that the local people would not be stable, so they migrated out, and there were fewer local people.

The people are required to plant more sugar cane this year, so that what was planted last year can still grow this year, without digging the roots, and the yield will be affected.

The population is insufficient, and there is no time to replant. As long as they can grow by themselves, they can be harvested every year.

The imperial court planned to ask the army to plant a batch, and when it was harvested, the army went to the local area to chop it up and send it back to squeeze the juice.

Juicing is a hassle, anyway, the sanitary conditions are not very good, and it requires a lot of manpower.

Afterwards, boil the juice. In fact, rock sugar can be produced directly in this process. Zhu Wentian thinks it is more cumbersome, so he still follows the steps.

Zhu Wentian was thinking about some things. When the convoy arrived at the county seat of Dangtu County, they couldn't get in because the city gate was closed.

Changing to Xuancheng, everyone can easily enter, and the officials in Xuancheng can rest assured that they will provide convenience.

The county seat of Dangtu... was also opened, the south gate was opened, and half of the door was opened to allow the convoy to enter.

Zhu Taiyi took out the proof of the emergency post, and the guards put down the hanging basket and took him up.

After that, the magistrate of Taiping Mansion got up to see for himself, and left some soap, soap, and rock sugar to let him enter the city.

The things left are to see if there are any prohibited things mixed in it, it is a proof, there is no other meaning.

The county magistrate who had received the soap and soap before was also very happy, yawned to express his welcome, and brought his things back to the county office.

Shi Si was still the same, he stopped sleeping, washed his face with cold water, and accompanied him.

The head of the village took out the money and asked him to help buy sheep and drink sheep soup. It was not yet midnight, and it was early before dawn!
In winter, it gets dark early and bright late.

Shi Si didn't go to a place that sells livestock to buy sheep. It was dark and other people were sleeping, so he directly called the store that sold sheep soup, and his sheep soup was delicious.

There are a few sheep tied to the door of the store, and when the time is over, they will get up with the staff to kill the sheep and make soup, which will be sold at dawn.

After being woken up, for Qian's sake, he had no complaints and handled the sheep skillfully.

Yesterday there was leftover mutton, mutton haggis, and mutton soup, which were reboiled and poured in the dry goods to heat up, and everyone drank it first.

Just after the Spring Festival, the weather is still cold, there is mist in the breath, and a circle of thin ice forms around the shallow water surface.

"Come on, the wine is ready." Shi Si took off the pot from the small stove and poured the wine for the chief.

The head of the village helped set the tableware, and took out the box containing pepper: "Thank you! It's done."

"Are you here to buy pigs? I was planning to find someone to go to your village to tell you today! I never thought that you would arrive at night.

Live pigs are cheap now, five cents a catty, and the market sold seven cents the day before yesterday. The people over there said that they were not willing to kill them during the Chinese New Year, and they were waiting to trade them for animals, alas! "

Shi Si didn't mention the price of slaughtered pork at all, he knew that it was impossible for Xiaqiu Village to buy that kind of pork.

The head of the village nodded, knowing that pigs are expensive, not only pigs, but other poultry are also expensive, and this is the case during the Chinese New Year.

The village will not eat them immediately when they buy them back. They will be raised and killed when needed. It is best to have uncastrated boars and good sows.

If you really can’t settle for the second best, it’s fine if you have a sow that can bear babies, and there are boars in the village.

"What's so good about the other goods?" The village chief inquired, mainly buying pigs, and buying the other ones when they met.

"Do you want rapeseed oil? It was delivered on the eleventh day of the Lunar New Year." Shi Si thought about it and gave something.

The head of the village shook his head: "There is no shortage of oil in the village, is the salt cheap?"

A look of hesitation appeared on Shi Si's face, and then he lowered his voice: "The salt you usually eat is still the same. There is a large amount of bitter salt from Henan. People get diarrhea if they eat too much. It's cheap. It costs a penny a catty, and it's cheaper if you buy more. .

They shouldn't be allowed to sell it. Salt is expensive for the common people, and some eat bran. It's not bad to eat this salt!
In short, one of the [-] taxes that should be paid must be paid. Let's just turn a blind eye and close one eye. Ordinary people don't eat this salt.

You can feed the animals when you buy them. The animals are not afraid. Feed less and save as much as you can. I know that your village is willing to feed the animals well. "

"This..." The chief hesitated, and he didn't know him, so he turned his head to look at Hanhan.

"Buy, buy, hehehehe!" Zhu Wentian wanted to buy it, and he knew what it was.

On the Henan side, there is usually salt in Pingdingshan, and there is also a kind of bitter salt, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate.

I don’t know if the salt obtained from there is all magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, or it contains part of sodium chloride and part of magnesium sulfate heptahydrate due to different mining locations and poor technology.

No matter which one it is, it is useful in the village, and it is not difficult to go back and process it.

"Buy." The village chief was going to ask Hanhan when there were no outsiders, but now he agreed.

"How much to buy? I'll arrange someone to negotiate the price." The secretary was happy, and finally he was able to help.

Renting two horses a day is not at ease, and you have to work hard.

"Buy, umm!" Zhu Wentian opened and closed his hands.

"As many as you want." The chief understood.

"Okay! Ask how many they have." Shi Si once again felt the wealth of Xiaqiu Village.

The two drank slowly, Zhu Wentian and some villagers slept first, and slept in the car instead of going to other houses, because there was a bad smell.

As soon as the quilt was covered, the snoring sounded for a long time.

Another half an hour later, the city secretary bid farewell, and went to find a place to sleep, and the village chief also slept.

The mutton soup seller continued to kill other sheep, and when he was done with it, he and his buddy squinted for a while.

At dawn the next day, the vigilant villagers lay down to sleep, and the others got up to wash their faces and brush their teeth. Hanhan provided tooth powder and a toothbrush made of pig hair and bamboo.

Shi Si came back again with a yawn, and continued to drink mutton soup. The villagers took out the steamed buns that had been wrapped in quilts as a staple food.

Just after eating, the county magistrates arrived together. Xiaqiu Village belongs to a large family, and the purchases are hundreds of thousands.

　Vote if you have a vote, thank you!The farmer bowed!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)