Chapter 006
To be precise, just preparing the dishes.
Cheng Shijie occasionally drinks some wine. Apart from attending company events, he only drinks Erguotou, which is economical and economical.
Soon, the waiter brought a large table of hard dishes.
Although Shen Mingyu was a little hungry, he stood up straight.
Yang Yuniang was also standing there, one on the left and one on the right, like two generals humming.
"Sit down and eat together!"
"No, boss, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority!"
"Haha, I'm not a noble person. I'm just a merchant. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I'm also a lowly person!"
Cheng Shijie pointed to the seat opposite: "Man, please add two more sets of bowls and chopsticks!"
"Isn't this bad!"
Yang Yunniang picked up a steamed bun and said, "You can just eat the steamed buns."
"How can that be done? The child will be hungry!"
Yang Yunniang said a little embarrassedly: "Just give me a bowl of porridge!"
"Stop talking nonsense, sit down and eat together!"
Cheng Shijie started to pick up the chopsticks and eat the meat, but Shen Mingyu sat down. He said he was sitting, but his butt was just touching the edge, as if like a spring, he could get up at any time.
In the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie's meal was also very luxurious, including chicken, fish, shrimp and meat. Liu Ji's chef has already had the shadow of later Shandong cuisine. Shandong cuisine is also called palace cuisine, and ordinary people are I can’t eat it because it’s too expensive.
Although Liu Ji is not a high-end restaurant, a meal with about five or six dishes costs six or seven silver coins. On average, each dish costs one silver coin.
At first, Cheng Shijie had no idea about the prices of goods in the Ming Dynasty. However, now he knows that they are completely different from what was recorded in later generations.
Just like mutton, eight pounds of high-quality mutton costs one cent and two cents of silver. On average, each pound is equivalent to one cent and two cents of silver. If settled in copper coins, it would be twelve copper coins.
Cheng Shijie's meal was equivalent to the price of sixty-four pounds of mutton.
There are quite a few vegetables in it too.
As for the income in the Ming Dynasty, according to Liu Ji's clerk, they could earn more than 500 taels of silver a year, which is equivalent to more than 40 taels of silver a month, which is about more than one tael of silver a day.
While eating the food, Cheng Shijie took out a bottle of Erguotou from the cabinet in the room, looked at Shen Mingyu and said, "Mingyu, do you want to drink?"
"drink!"
Cheng Shijie unscrewed the wine bottle and poured a bowl for Shen Mingyu, which was about half a catty. He also poured a bowl for himself.
Shen Mingyu looked at the wine in the bowl with a dull look on his face: "Master, this wine..."
"How about it?"
“It smells so good!”
"Drink lightly!"
"hiss!"
Shen Mingyu took a big sip and felt as if his throat was on fire. His face turned red from holding it back: "Good wine!"
"Mingyu, your accent doesn't sound like someone from Dengzhou?"
"I'm not from Dengzhou, I'm from Guidefu!"
"Guidefu, from Henan?"
"Um!"
"Are you from the military?"
"Yes, I was originally the Qianhu residence in front of the Guide Guard. Later..."
"Have you started a family?"
"I am a poor soldier, who is willing to marry their daughter to me?"
Cheng Shijie sighed: "They say you can only be poor for three generations, and it is indeed true!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Yang Yuniang and was about to ask Shen Mingyu if he wanted to marry Yang Yuniang. As long as they were willing, Cheng Shijie could rest assured.
Who would have thought that before Cheng Shijie could speak, there was a burst of noise outside the door.
"Noble, noble, you can't go inside!"
"Get away!"
Footsteps sounded, and Cheng Shijie looked at a tall figure outside the door, walking quickly.
Cheng Shijie subconsciously grabbed the Tang Zhidao beside the cabinet. His reaction was quick, and Shen Mingyu's reaction was even faster. He jumped directly at the door and blocked the door with his body.
"Step aside!"
"No!"
The one on the other side stretched out his hand and hit him.
"Snapped……"
The opponent punched Shen Mingyu in the chest, but Shen Mingyu did not move: "If you hit me again, you will fight back!"
The other party shouted: "Go away!"
Cheng Shijie stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?"
Shen Mingyu stepped aside and Cheng Shijie could see the person clearly.
"It's you!"
"it's me!"
The other party was the one who spent a golden bean and more than 500 copper coins to buy him a bottle of Erguotou last time.
"Do you still have wine?"
"have!"
Cheng Shijie motioned for the other party to come in.
"Your wine bottle is a rare treasure in the world. Although it is not really carved from crystal, it is more crystal clear than crystal, which is very rare. We will not take advantage of you, and we will return the bottle to you!"
As he spoke, the middle-aged man motioned to the servant behind him to hand the bottle to Cheng Shijie.
The servant placed the bottle on the table.
Cheng Shijie was speechless. What was the use of this liquor bottle?
Beer bottles can still be sold for 50 cents, but liquor bottles can only be sold for 20 cents per pound.
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "I sold the wine to you, so the bottle is naturally yours too!"
"That's what you said!"
With that said, the servant quickly put away the wine bottle and put it directly in his arms.
"Can you sell this wine?"
"Sell!"
"How about the same price as last time?"
"good!"
The last time Cheng Shijie earned 50,000 yuan from a bottle of Erguotou, the cost was 18 yuan, which was almost 300 times the profit. It was much easier than selling gold.
"There's not much wine left, only a dozen bottles."
"I can't buy that much. It's okay to drink such a good wine once in a while, but how can I drink it every day!"
"Then how about making a friend and giving him a golden pea in a bottle?"
"terrific!"
"Snapped!"
The middle-aged man was quite generous and slapped a handful of golden beans on the table. Cheng Shijie counted them and found a total of seventeen.
"There are seventeen pills in total. How about Cheng giving you another bottle?"
"Very good!"
Cheng Shijie put the Erguotou in the cabinet on the table. The middle-aged man couldn't take away the eighteen bottles of wine. Fortunately, the servant behind him was a man. He took off his coat directly. It wasn't too cold now. There were more than a dozen bottles of wine. Wrap the liquor and leave the room directly.
Cheng Shijie was ecstatic, now he was rich.
After all, now he is not one person, but four.
Especially Shen Mingyu, this guy is a big-bellied man. He ate thirteen steamed buns weighing one pound in one meal, and it seemed that he was not full yet.
Cheng Shijie, a fat man of over 200 kilograms, couldn't finish eating just one steamed bun.
Unknowingly, Cheng Shijie drank half a catty of Erguotou. His alcohol capacity was actually average, half a catty would be fine, or a pound. He had never been drunk before.
If Shen Mingyu was asked to drink again, he would not be willing to drink any more.
You must know that a golden bean is equivalent to eight or nine taels of silver. Drinking this kind of wine is drinking silver.
After the middle-aged man left, Liu Ji's shopkeeper asked to see him.
"Can we discuss this, sir?"
"What's the matter? Do you still have that fine wine of yours?"
"Naturally, but not much more!"
"Can you sell some to us Liu Ji?"
"Can!"
Cheng Shijie thought that when he was alone, it was okay to live in a room with a living room like this, but now that there were three more people, Yang Yunniang and Shen Mingyu, it was a little inconvenient.
"Does your store have a small private courtyard?"
"There are two independent courtyards, one on the east side and one on the west side!"
"How much does a cross-hospital cost per month?"
"There are seven rooms across the courtyard. Normally it costs two cents and six cents a day. If you stay for a month, it will be cheaper. You can pay seven cents!"
"You just heard that this bottle of wine costs eight or nine taels of silver. Thanks to your care these days, one bottle of wine can last a month. What do you think?"
"So good!"
Cheng Shijie picked up four bottles of wine and handed them to the shopkeeper, who left happily.
Cheng Shijie asked his assistant to help him move from the upper room to the east cross courtyard.
He actually thought about renting a separate courtyard, but the problem was that Liu Ji could at least guarantee his safety. Although he had a guard, it was still unclear what the situation was that Shen Ming encountered.
He also needs Liu Ji's living environment.
There are seven houses in the east courtyard, including three main houses, two side rooms, and two wing rooms.
There is also a stone table and a small pavilion in the courtyard, and the environment is pretty good.
Yang Yunniang timidly said: "Master, I know how to cook, otherwise, we can cook by ourselves!"
"Mingyu, go out and buy some food, firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc.!"
Shen Mingyu was full and had strength: "Okay!"
"Also, help me find a local snake. I want to sell these swords!"
"good!"
Cheng Shijie gave Shen Mingyu a golden bean.
Shen Mingyu took the money and left.
After Shen Ming left, Yang Yuniang asked with some confusion: "My boss, aren't you afraid that he will take your money and run away?"
"If he runs away, he will run away. It will be his loss if he runs away!"
Cheng Shijie is actually testing Shen Mingyu. After all, relationships between people come from getting along.
Although a golden bean is worth eight or nine taels of silver, it is nothing to Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie planned to leave Dengzhou if he could sell these swords, because Dengzhou was too dangerous.
The problem is, plans can never keep up with changes.
