The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 126 Hong Qi sells fairy rice

This is what poor people are like. They are always willing to suffer for themselves and do not want to owe others. Even if they are bullied, they must ensure that they have a clear conscience.

Well, there is another standard feature of poor people, that is, they have a lot of compassion.

Just like Hong Qi, who still had to share rice with others when he couldn't eat enough, in later generations, those with a monthly salary of 3,000 would be the most sympathetic to the people who experienced war in a certain area. They would often sympathize with a certain billionaire in order to express their support. , they rush into other people's live broadcast rooms and keep buying and buying... When they encounter people who refuse to buy, they will also help the billionaire to curse them.

Hong Qi and the others walked downstream along the Juma River until they reached Zhaojiacun, a dozen miles away, where there was a dilapidated rope bridge to cross the river.

The river was as fast as a group of angry horses. Hong Qi was afraid that Xianmi and the chicken bus would fall down, so he untied Xianmi and carried it on his back. (Wrapped in an old quilt)
The constantly swaying rope bridge made him scared to walk, but when he thought that Xianmi fell and he himself fell too...well, he felt much more comfortable immediately.

Near noon, Hong Qi and his party finally arrived outside the new city.

The rumored steel city wall is right in front of you, towering majestically.

At first, a few of them only dared to walk and look. After walking for a long time, one of them finally couldn't help but leaned forward and tapped it with his fingers.

The dull "dong dong" sound confirmed the rumor, and also made the man smack his lips in surprise: "Oh, my mother, it is really made of iron. If it is cast into a hoe, it must be cast." How many handfuls are there?”

Just as Hong Qi and others were about to comment on the issue of casting hoes, a passing city dweller (county town) yelled at them: "What are you doing! What are you doing! This is a sacred thing sent by Empress Pan. You can Did you knock randomly?"

Hong Qi and others' faces turned red after being scolded, and they quickly walked away from the city wall.

The city man was still very angry: "A bunch of country bumpkins, they don't understand anything!"

Because they "didn't understand anything", they walked carefully under the iron wall. After a while, they saw the gate of the new city.

There is always a large group of people squatting at the gate of the city, because sometimes the cadres of the new city will come out to select a few temporary workers, such as delivering things to the Juma River, moving custom-made things from the county...the treatment is excellent !
Hong Qi saw a few people in familiar attire standing at the city gate: blue uniforms, big caps, and red armbands.

Seeing these people, the Fang Dong family naturally appeared in his mind... Now that his family was in trouble, he naturally fantasized about asking the Fang Dong family in the past.

However, the Fang Dong family are "people in heaven". (Chapter 96, what two Shaanxi pacesetters told him)

I heard that the only people who could often see Fang Dong's family were the current queen and the imperial governor. I heard that it was very difficult for the county magistrate to see him. (It’s shameful to spread rumors, she is clearly the late emperor and empress)
He, Hong Qi, is just a countryman farming. Where can he see anything he wants?
Besides, it was just a one-time encounter at the Juma River that day. Fang Dong’s family probably didn’t remember who Hong Qi was for a long time, right?

Although he knew there was little hope, Hong Qi mustered up the courage to walk towards the city gate.

He raised the basket in his hand and said to the man in uniform: "Master, the villain Hong Qi came from Hongjia Village and wanted to send some loaches to Fang Dong's family..."

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After a while, Hong Qi and others continued to push the rooster cart towards the county seat.

As expected, he didn't see Fang Dong's family. The man in uniform heard Hong Qi say that he wanted to go inside to see Fang Dong's family. Then he looked at the five loaches in his basket and thought he was deliberately causing trouble. He told him to get out of here and almost whipped him with a stick. pause.

Hong Qi quickly told him about meeting Fang Dong’s family by the river.

The other party looked suspicious, but he still put away the stick and only replied coldly: "Young master is not seeing guests now."

Hong Qi knew that this meant rejection.

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and he was also afraid of making people angry again. He just asked the other party to accept the loach and transfer it to Fang Dong's family.

The companions in the village only dared to shrink their necks and watch from a distance. When Hong Qi came back and they were on the road together, they dared to comment: "These people are really powerful. They look more afraid of people than the people in the yamen." (Powerful in northern dialect. It means fierce)
Some people are very envious: "Their outfits are really spirited. I heard that they were refugees before, and I don't know how lucky they have been. Now..."

Hong Qi didn't listen to them. He only thought about when the loach would be delivered to Fang Dong's family - the bamboo basket couldn't hold the water, and the loach wouldn't live for long.

Hong Qi's trip to exchange rice went much smoother than he imagined.

In fact, when he opened the quilt covering the chicken bus at the city gate and was inspected, he was already being targeted.

A man who was looking at the ivory store made a price on the spot: "You don't have one stone for this, do you? You don't have to go to the city, I'll pay ten taels of silver!"

Now the price of Songjiang rice in the county has reached 10 taels per stone. Hongqi originally planned to sell Xianmi at the price of Songjiang rice (how stupid). However, after listening to this bid, the price of Xianmi turned out to be even more expensive than Songjiang rice. many?

Ten taels of silver is enough to buy two and a half stones of coarse grains! Hong Qi was very happy after hearing this and almost asked the Na Ya people to move away.

Fortunately, the rich and powerful city gate commander couldn't stand it and shouted loudly: "You don't want to deceive the people in my hometown! If you buy from here, you can turn it over to those big merchants and get double the money. This business Don’t you feel guilty about what you did?”

Twice as much money? Twenty taels? Everyone who heard Hong Qi was dumbfounded.

Well, now super rice... Xianmi is so expensive in the county.

Due to some reasons that cannot be brought to the market, Qiaojia Rice Shop, which has obtained the "Xianmi Exclusive Rights", has been unable to open. Sun Chuanting, who has obtained the "Xianmi Military Exclusive Purchase Rights", cannot make money by reselling Xianmi. silver.

The fairy rice circulating in the county is already very scarce. (They were all stolen from the garrison camp by the river. After Sun Chuanting checked the account books with Yan Xiucai, he killed a lot of them and seven grain officials in the garrison camp that day)

I don't know who the wise man came up with the news, saying that eating this fairy rice regularly can "prolong life and eliminate all evils."

This has attracted the big households in the county to flock to these immortal rice, and the purchase price has been rising all the way up to the current price of more than 20 taels of silver. (According to reliable information, County Magistrate Min Wengong also sent his family to buy fairy rice)
In fact, because someone died in the garrison, Xianmi's way of coming has been completely cut off.

If Hong Qi can cover the fairy rice in his hand for a while, the price will be even higher, and maybe even the Zhong family's Yama loan can be paid off in one go.

(End of this chapter)