Chapter 373 General

It was November, and Zhulan put down the letter in her hand to warm it up. It would be better to have a kang in the house. The temperature rises quickly, and it is much more comfortable than in the capital.

The door opened, Xuehan came in with Yulu, Xuehan smiled and said: "Mom, it's snowing outside."

Zhulan stood up and walked to the door. There were snowflakes in the sky, and she reached out to catch a few flakes of snow, "It's really snowing, the snow came a little early this year."

Xuehan likes snowy days, but it's a bit windy today, "Mom, come in when it's cooler outside."

Zhulan shivered, a gust of wind blew it and it was really cold, back to the stove, Zhulan looked at Yulu warming up, couldn't help laughing, this little hand looked like Li's, Zhulan looked at the brazier and wanted to eat it Roasted sweet potatoes and baked potatoes. She didn't grow sweet potatoes at home. She originally planned that the people in Lizhou City had a lot of sweet potatoes, and no one wanted them if they sold them. They didn't grow and buy them from the people's homes, so they could exchange them for some money. .

As a result, Zhou Shuren's vermicelli recipe was given to merchants, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes of the people's homes were sold easily. Thinking of vermicelli, Zhulan thought of hot and sour vermicelli, and called Liu Ya, "Go and tell your eldest daughter-in-law, Lixia, Today I bought some potatoes and sweet potatoes, and by the way, there are also vermicelli and peanuts."

Liu Ya wrote it all down, "I'll explain it right now."

Since there have been more vermicelli vendors in Lizhou City, Zhulan’s family has eaten several meals. Most of them are stewed vermicelli with pickled vegetables and chicken stewed vermicelli. Merchants place orders batch by batch.

Now the price of sweet potatoes and potatoes has risen, two cents a catty!

At noon, Zhulan talked about the appearance of hot and sour noodles, and she ate hot and sour noodles at noon. In fact, this way of eating is very common in Shanzhou, a city that is civilized with vinegar.

It's snowing outside, and there's roasted sweet potatoes served with hot and sour noodles inside the house, Zhulan thinks it's a beautiful little day.

Ming Teng felt that he was not beautiful anymore. Since his uncle came, his good days were gone. My uncle didn't know what was wrong. He watched him read every day. Well, my uncle still demanded him with his own standards. He really doesn't have the reading talent of my uncle!

But he can't talk to grandpa, well, even if he talks to grandpa, grandpa won't care about him, let alone talk to father, who will only tell him that many people who want to learn from uncle have no chance Woolen cloth!

Chang Zhi held Ming Teng's neck, "I've eaten and drank enough, let's go, I haven't memorized all of today's articles all morning."

Ming Teng looked at grandma begging for help, only to see grandma waving, ""

It's time for Ming Teng to take care of it.

After arriving in Lizhou City, she and Zhou Shuren were busy, and Boss Zhou was also busy. Only Mrs. Li could control Ming Teng at home. After having fun, I dared to climb the ladder to the roof tile.

Ming Teng really thought that Chang Zhi was willing to take care of him, but she didn't tell him. Of course, he couldn't tell Ming Teng.

The first snowfall in Lizhou City was heavy, and the temperature dropped significantly after the first snowfall. Although the weather was cold, the main street of Lizhou City was still full of cars. Most of them were foreign traders selling fur and Cattle and sheep.

These foreign traders are mobile and have no fixed shops. In previous years, they would not stay in Lizhou City for a few days before leaving.

This year, the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the hands of the common people are all sold for money. With some money in their hands, and many wealthy households have planted apples this year, foreign businessmen know that these wealthy households have money in their hands, so they can stay longer.

Lizhou city specially opened a place in the south city, which is specially rented out to foreign traders.

Zhulan took Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou to visit the stalls of foreign merchants. Foreign gemstones are different from local ones, because they are in border towns and the prices are much cheaper than inland ones. Zhulan bought some red gemstones and planned to keep them for her granddaughter. Head on.

Mrs. Li bought some broken gemstones with rare generosity.

Zhulan mainly looks at furs on the street. There are not many fox furs and mink furs on the stalls, but most of them are wolf furs and furs of large carnivorous beasts.

Zhulan also saw bear skins, and the price was very eye-catching. Even if the price in the border towns is cheaper than that in the mainland, it is still very expensive in Zhulan's eyes. A piece of skin costs three hundred taels.

Many of these foreign traders like to exchange half of the money and half of the food.

In the eyes of these foreign businessmen, if the grain is brought back, they can make a fortune in the middle, all because the land of the foreign people is not suitable for planting, and the grain of this dynasty is not self-sufficient, and the grain that the foreign people can buy is very little. The regulations do not allow grain merchants to sell large quantities of grain to foreign merchants, and the foreigners are even more short of food. The price of grain outside the border is almost catching up with the price of meat.

Zhulan shopped around twice and picked out some good rabbit and mink furs. The top-quality furs were kept for the dowry, and the second-class furs were sent to the sewing room for sewing capes.

Zhulan counted the days, and allocated money to the sewing room. When Zhou Laoer and the others arrived, at least one of them could have two clothes and one cloak.

The most sold by foreign merchants is beef and mutton, especially mutton, which are all freshly slaughtered live sheep. The beef is not yellow beef, but some yak meat. It is quite good to make beef jerky.

Zhulan asked Steward Ding to buy a lot of mutton and beef. Now that the temperature outside is low, it will not be damaged if it is frozen in a large tank.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and the apples and meat that Zhou Shuren sent to the capital arrived in the capital.

Zhou Shuren often sent apples and pork. These apples and pork were given to the yamen by the common people, and the yamen gave them money equivalent to buying them.

Some fruits were damaged by the freeze, and there are still a lot of apples left. The pork is not afraid of being frozen, and there are several baskets of vermicelli besides these.

The emperor picked up a sliced ​​apple and ate a piece, "It tastes good."

The house was dry, and the apples just brought in from outside were cold and refreshing, and the sweet and sour taste was very appetizing. The emperor didn't want to give them to the ministers.

The prince saw his father beckoning him to try it, and took a piece, "It's really good."

The emperor said quietly: "The fruit in winter is very expensive, and the annual tribute is not enough to eat, so let's keep all the apples, divide the vermicelli and pork, you arrange it."

Prince, "Yes."

Can he say that he has long expected such a result? This year's fruit is indeed very expensive, and he feels distressed to share these big and good apples.

The emperor wiped his hands, "Our lord Zhou deserves a reward, he is quite good at overwhelming people with my rewards, this year's tribute tea and tangerines, send some, and then go to the warehouse to pick a piece of uncarved jade, by the way, The deed of rewarding the house is also sent over."

"yes."

The crown prince raised his eyebrows, the father is so generous, the jade in the warehouse is not small, as for the source, well, they were all copied from their homes, and where did the ministers whose homes were copied got it, they all took advantage of the rebellion and ended up cheap Royal.

Having said that, in the past, even if Master Zhou was capable, his father did not pay much attention to it. If Master Zhou did not do well and someone replaced him, now Master Zhou not only did a good job, but also greatly exceeded his father's expectations. This time it is true. Keep it in mind, not only will you not be hanging on it, but you will also be willing to reward it.

In Lizhou City, Zhulan and her daughter were muttering, "According to the date, your second brother and his party should also arrive."

Xuehan was also very worried: "Mom, will the wind and snow be delayed on the road?"

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