Short video spoiler history: The beginning of modern warfare

Chapter 113: Pork Trotter Rice? Honey Roast Duck Rice?
Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City.

Fang Xuanling and others felt a little broken and hurt when reading the comments, especially those who said that ordinary people in Tianmu might not take a bath every day.

"Rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the most difficult things to run a household, and firewood comes first. This is basic common sense in life. So how is it possible to take a bath every day!" Many people said helplessly.

"Yeah, could it be that these young people have become stupid because of reading too much?" Cheng Yaojin happily replied.

"It's possible. That's what a nerd is, right?"

This remark elicited everyone's agreement. All the generals grinned and laughed happily, feeling inexplicably that they had won back a victory.

"Is it possible that these young people have never seen dry firewood and haystacks as fuel? They have solved the problem fundamentally, so they appear to lack common sense."

"Things like honeycomb coal and gas cylinders have gradually been phased out."

These words were like a slap in the face, stunning the grinning people and making all the generals look embarrassed.

Seeing that the young people in the comment section don’t understand this common sense, combined with this speculation, everyone probably knows that this is true. With cheap fuel such as coal mines, it has become much more convenient for many families in Chang'an City to keep warm in winter.

In later generations, in addition to coal mines, there are also various energy sources such as oil, electricity, solar energy, etc. It is really nothing surprising if fuel is cheap.

That being said, everyone couldn't help but murmur in their hearts: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Fang Xuanling took over the topic, "Was Country M already so powerful at that time?"

Li Shimin ignored these discussions. The life scene in the late Qing Dynasty was only a microcosm of his capital and could not represent the real life of the general public.

If compared with Chang'an City, the late Qing Dynasty was actually much better in some aspects. For example, the clothes here looked quite thick, and many people looked a little bloated.

And it doesn't look like linen, so its warmth-retaining effect may be better, but there is not much difference in other aspects.

In fact, it is certain that the living standards in the late Qing Dynasty were better than they are today, just as the lives of the people in Chang'an City today are better than those in the Qin Dynasty. The fundamental reason is that the output of the land is increasing, that is, the planting-to-harvest ratio.

Agriculture is the foundation of everything and is almost the only output of the people. Without surplus food, what can we use to exchange for daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, and cloth?
The vast majority of the people still make a living by farming, because they have no other skills and there are not many other jobs to feed so many people.

Only when grain output increases and output efficiency improves, and a large number of people have spare time to do some handicrafts after farming, will they be able to have other income and live a better life.

[How cost-effective is it to have a supermarket with a special price of one dollar? In the last video, a fan left a message saying that there are more wool in Wanxlong. Let’s come and see what delicious food there is.]

[Spicy and sour beef flavored cross-bridge rice noodles for 1 yuan a pack, instant noodles for 2.9 yuan a pack, or some cheese baked lobster flavor]

[A bottle of ketchup is 2.9 yuan, which I estimate can be used for two to three months. A box of mung bean cakes is 9.9 yuan, biscuits are 1.5 yuan, potato chips are also 1.5 yuan, and a bag of soda crackers is less than 3 yuan]

[Marshmallows for 1 yuan a bag, melon seeds for 1 yuan a bag, peanuts for 1 yuan a bag, 8 cents of Want Want crushed ice, 5 cents of condensed milk, and 1 yuan of potato chips and instant noodles. There are quite a lot of flavors to choose from, I wonder how they taste]

[1.5 yuan of coconut milk, 5 yuan of fat house happy water, 1 yuan of mineral water, 1 yuan of ice cream, my mother is no longer afraid of me encountering ice cream assassins]

[5 yuan for a custard bun and 9.9 yuan for a pork floss bun. To be honest, I can eat this box for breakfast for 3 days.]

[Three loaves of bread for 9.9, soy milk for 3 yuan, fried steamed buns for 3 yuan, and buy one get one free rice noodles for 4 yuan]

Jinling City, in front of Fengtian Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others looked at the young man in the sky and said a few words to the camera, then walked into the "supermarket entrance".

What followed were all kinds of shelves, standing by the walls and in the middle, making people walking among them feel like they were in a maze.

The shelves from top to bottom are filled with all kinds of goods, including food, drinks, and various snacks, all packaged and placed on the shelves. The dazzling array is in no way inferior to the legend of a pool of wine and a forest of meat.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a frugal emperor and had never seen such a scene. He had imagined that there would be an abundance of food and goods in the future, but he could never have imagined that people would be able to swim in food to their heart's content.

Ministers such as Hu Weiyong and Wang Guangyang were all stunned, not to mention others. They knew few of the product names that were listed like a waiter in a restaurant announcing the names of dishes.

The variety of dim sum dishes in the entire Jinling City may not be as many as the variety in this supermarket.
And looking at the sky, many families of three or young couples are carrying a big box, or pushing a small cart with a child sitting in the cart looking around. Are they buying things like this?

Hu Weiyong swallowed his saliva, and as if it was a chain reaction, everyone in front of the Fengtian Hall also swallowed their saliva.

It has to be said that Hu Weiyong’s DNA was touched and he didn’t think he was extravagant, but who could bear to leave so many snacks and delicacies without exploring them?
Apart from rice noodles, which he had tried, he had rarely heard of the others, and cheese and lobster were even more unheard of.

Many of the cakes are so filling and filling.

"Too extravagant!" Sun Chuanshi murmured in the Science Department. His family was not well off. Although he was now rich, his food, clothing and other expenses were not much better, not to mention better than what Tianmu said.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ji and others began to calculate in their minds. They often saw sentences like "I love to watch it with my real name and a monthly salary of 3000" and "Does it affect my monthly salary of 3000?" This shows that a monthly salary of 3000 is probably the income of ordinary people.

When you compare the prices this way, it is indeed cheap. Of course, it may also be that this 1 yuan special supermarket is cheap, while other supermarkets are much more expensive.

"What about the price of rice? What about the price of vegetables?"

[Let's take a look at the prices of home cooking. Rice is the same as in ordinary supermarkets, ranging from 2.9 to 5.9. There are Northeast rice, Thai fragrant rice, oily sticky rice, Zengcheng rice, etc. Anyway, I can't tell the difference.] [Eggs are less than 5 yuan per catty, of course there are also packaged ones for 10 yuan a box, these bright red tomatoes are 3.9 yuan per catty, the pink ones next to them are 5.9 yuan per catty, colorful bell peppers are 6 yuan per catty, this kind of green peppers are 3-4 yuan, and the prices of various melons are not expensive.]

[As for meat, I don’t like to buy frozen ones from supermarkets. It might be better to buy it in fresh food supermarkets. For example, pure lean meat is about 15 yuan, pork belly is much cheaper, about 10 or 11 yuan, ribs are about 20 yuan, and leg bones are about the same.]

[Chicken is about 15 yuan. If you want to make soup, half of it is enough. Duck is cheaper. On the contrary, lamb and beef are more expensive.]

[For fish, tilapia is usually around 10 yuan. I don’t buy it often so I don’t know the price. I like the steamed golden pomfret and fried redwood fish, which are a bit expensive.]

[I don’t know how to cook seafood like shrimp, crab, and scallops, so I didn’t buy them, but they must be much more expensive than pork]

[Green vegetables are a few yuan per pound, so 2 yuan is enough for one person, and 1.5 yuan is enough for tofu and other things]

[If you don't cook, as long as you don't order takeout, and go downstairs by yourself, you can eat pork trotter rice, hand-shredded chicken, soy sauce chicken, honey roast duck rice, various soup rice, and wooden barrel rice for about 12 yuan. 】

[Speaking of shredded chicken, the best shredded chicken I've ever eaten is about 16 pieces, probably from the Dongx dinner party]

[Generally speaking, Guangzhou’s prices are acceptable compared to other big cities, except for the high prices of housing, medical care, and education.]

In Fengtian Hall, everyone swallowed their saliva again.

Just tell me, why post videos of pork trotter rice, hand-shredded chicken, and honey-roasted duck?

The roast duck is especially delicious. Looking through the transparent glass, each duck is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The golden roast duck is slowly dripping with oil, and it smells delicious just by looking at it.

In the supermarket, what the young man said was only a small part of what was captured by the camera, but what was listed was enough to make everyone envious.

With a monthly salary of 3000 yuan, can a person buy 1000 kilograms of rice a month? Even if converted to our 600-liang kilogram, it is about kilograms.

If the prices of various meats are converted into rice prices, they are so cheap that it is unbelievable.

Various types of chicken and duck meat are greatly affected by supply and demand. In an era when people could hardly afford to eat, how could they afford to raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep on a large scale?

From ancient times to the present, people have always wanted to eat meat, and the insufficient supply has no choice but to increase the price. That is why people are so surprised to see the price of meat in later generations converted into the price of rice.

The following dishes include the chewy and well-balanced pork trotter rice, shredded chicken sprinkled with sesame seeds, soy sauce chicken baked into a sauce color, and roasted duck with honey sauce.
Like the various restaurants mentioned above, they all occupy a street. They may not be as sophisticated as the ones in the palace, but the food is almost the same.
You have to know that this is the life of ordinary people, that kind of truly luxurious life, which Hu Weiyong and others dare not even imagine. This time it is real country people coming to the city - it is really eye-opening.

What makes everyone feel more balanced is that houses in later generations are as expensive as those in Jinling City. As for education and medical care, they have always been similar.

Apart from renting a house, one person may not be able to support a family, no wonder women in later generations also need to go out to work.
In the city of Jinling, not to mention the children, many men and women were tempted and couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

The various meals were carefully presented and looked so delicious that even people who often eat and drink to their heart's content in restaurants could not help but want to order some, let alone ordinary people who had never seen such a scene.

Therefore, in all the alleys of Jinling City, such as Bajiao Alley, Yangliu Alley, and Huaihua Alley, many children were throwing tantrums and shouting for honey-glazed roast duck and pork trotter rice.
Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City.

Generals like Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing were aroused by this. They touched their stomachs and thought helplessly that they must have a big meal tonight.

Li Shimin and others were dazzled by these food videos. There were so many choices, and in many places one could see the particularities of later generations, such as what fresh pork to eat, what kind of fish to eat, and where the hand-shredded chicken was delicious.

"Why do they have so much meat?" someone asked in a daze, his eyes never moving away from the sky, and he swallowed again after saying this.

"Grain production has been increased. If the extra grain is not eaten, it will be wasted and will naturally be fed to chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and pigs."

"But this is the extremely prosperous Guangzhou in later generations." They have more or less heard of several cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, Nancheng, Zhongtian, and Zhengzhou from the sky curtain, and know that their huge population size adds up to more than the total population of previous dynasties.

With such a large population, the consumption just to supply their daily needs would be unimaginable.

Fang Xuanling and the others also calmed down a little. This gave them a more intuitive understanding of the grain production in the future. The sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes mentioned by Tianmu before had a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu, which made everyone roll their eyes. It turned out that the yield was not diluted.
Not saying it earlier.
《Great value for money, I want to go crazy and stock up》

"I searched and found that there are only two in Guangzhou, one in Pingsha and one in Dashi."

"Panyu Shankala is very far away from people in other districts."

"I'm sorry for disturbing you, Baiyun, you're too far away"

"The Jinbo Supermarket in Baiyun is also very cheap. Some of the cheaper ones have 50-20 coupons that can be exchanged from time to time, and free parking for 3 hours."

"That meat floss roll that costs 10 yuan for 3, I bought one for 8 yuan at a bakery near my home today."

"The same cake costs a few dollars in the market, but it costs twice as much in a chain store and twice as much in a famous beverage and dessert store."

"How unscrupulous!" Wei Zheng couldn't stand it any more. It was obviously the same cake, but the price was several times more expensive just because of the different stores.

"There is no business without fraud. It is indeed time to rectify this!" Cheng Yaojin and others also echoed. This practice of overcharging customers is really abominable. Sooner or later, I, Old Cheng, will treat them to an axe.

Everyone else was filled with righteous indignation, and they really didn't have a good attitude towards the merchants.

(End of this chapter)