The pheasants were divided into three groups and stuffed into three wooden cages more than four feet long.
In other words, five or six pheasants live in a four-foot-long wooden cage.
The space for each pheasant to move is not small. Looking at this density, Chen Xiaobei remembered the time when he raised chickens at home in his previous life. Based on that density, at least ten more pheasants could be crammed in.
But Chen Xiaobei didn't want to make it so crowded. After all, giving the pheasants a little freedom would make them feel better.
Only when you are in a good mood, the eggs will taste better.
Early the next morning, Chen Xiaobei ran to the vegetable patch behind the house.
This time I went to the city to sell vegetables and fish, so it was another busy day.
Because of his experience last time, Chen Xiaobei cut a third of the vegetables directly this time.
This order of dishes can be sold out in three batches.
Back home, Chen Xiaobei asked Cui Hongyu to help put a large water tank on the donkey cart, filled half of the tank with water, and then fished in a few big fish.
After arranging the fish, Chen Xiaobei bundled the green leafy vegetables and stacked them neatly on the donkey cart one by one.
After everything was packed up, Chen Xiaobei was ready to go.
As he drove the donkey cart through the village, the villagers he met greeted him one after another.
Many villagers' eyes were full of envy. From their looks, Chen Xiaobei could feel that maybe when he came back, someone would come to his door to learn how to grow vegetables.
When Chen Xiaobei entered the county seat, he first went to find Lao Wu.
Seeing Chen Xiaobei coming, a smile appeared on Lao Wu's face. It was a kind of joy that only comes from meeting old friends again. "Brother Xiaobei, you are here. I have been talking about you every day these days, you are so It’s time to put away the dishes.”
Chen Xiaobei laughed and said, "You can even go to a stall to tell fortunes. Your fortune-telling is really accurate."
The two chatted and laughed, unloaded the vegetables, roughly estimated the weight, and Lao Wu directly gave Chen Xiaobei a hundred coppers.
Chen Xiaobei was not polite to him. He knew that these dishes were only a lot more than a hundred pounds. Of course, he had to let Lao Wu make some money.
Chen Xiaobei exchanged a few words with Old Wu and drove the carriage straight to Zuixian Tower.
Of course, such a big fish must be sold at a good price, and to sell it at a good price, you must find the right buyer.
Zuixian Restaurant is the most upscale restaurant in the county, so it is most appropriate to sell it to him.
The shopkeeper of Zuixianlou. Tian Wen was overjoyed when he saw that Chen Xiaobei had brought such a big fish. "Oh, little brother, such a big live fish is really rare. Please give me a price."
Chen Xiaobei said to himself that a fish that is one foot long can be sold for two copper coins. If it is more than two feet long, the price will naturally quadruple. Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand and gestured, "This big fish will cost at least eight copper coins." .”
This price was obviously within Tian Wen's acceptance level, so he agreed without blinking an eye, "If it's good, I'll give it to you."
Chen Xiaobei also didn't expect that Tian Wen would agree so readily.
But then I thought about it, eight is about the same. A strong laborer can only earn five yuan a day. A big fish can work for a day and a half. This is already a very exaggerated price. Of course, in this kind of situation, In an era of relative scarcity of materials, this fish is worth the price.
After selling the fish, Chen Xiaobei started wandering around again. He also had to buy some coarse grains to feed the pheasants. Of course, they couldn't afford rice, so he had to find other grains for them.
There is a special place for selling grain in the market. Some sell high-end white rice, some sell rice grains that have not been threshed, and some sell some grain that is soaked in water and eaten by insects. This insect-eaten grain is inedible, but for Chen Xiaobei, feeding pheasants is a problem. Not a bad choice.
There are both rice and insects, vegetables and rice, and the pheasants are delicious.
Of course, this kind of food is very cheap. Chen Xiaobei bought a big bag for ten copper coins.
At the same time, Chen Xiaobei also agreed with him that if there was such millet again, he would give it directly to the vegetable seller Lao Wu and ask Lao Wu to accept it for him. Anyway, he would come there every once in a while.
Of course, pheasants need to eat food, and people also need to eat meat. Chen Xiaobei went to cut another two kilograms of pork. I prepared some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and then I went home happily.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the village, Chen Xiaobei was stunned.
There were more than a dozen carriages parked on the roadside at the entrance of the village. Each carriage was pulling more than a dozen boxes. I didn't know what was in the boxes.
Seeing Chen Xiaobei coming, the village guard at the entrance of the village rushed up to report, "Brother Xiaobei, the man named Sun Jian is here again. He is waiting for you under the big locust tree now!"
Chen Xiaobei understood at once that what Sun Jian was talking about at that time was that he provided the chain, and it was probably to deliver goods to him.
Sure enough, when he came to the big locust tree, Sun Jian and a few people were chatting with Lidong and others.
Sun Jian and Lidong had met many times and were relatively familiar with each other. They talked and laughed with each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Seeing Chen Xiaobei coming, Sun Jian looked proud and said, "Brother Xiaobei, I have brought you the chains. They are just outside the village. Send someone to pick them up."
Chen Xiaobei nodded, looked at Lidong and said with a smile, "Just leave it to Lidong!"
Sun Jian laughed loudly and said, "That's fine. Then please come with me and take inventory."
Following Sun Jian out of the village, he came to the first carriage.
Sun Jian reached out and casually opened the top wooden box. The iron chain inside is connected by iron rings as thick as an arm.
In this era of relatively rough manufacturing technology, only increasing the diameter of the iron ring can improve the relative bearing capacity.
So these hoops were directly made into thick arms.
Of course, making such a thick iron ring also requires a lot of materials.
This is also the reason why iron control has always been relatively strict in ancient dynasties. It was still material scarcity.
"Brother Xiaobei, there are such thick iron chains in the boxes. The length of the iron chains in each box is about one foot."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaobei groaned secretly. Such a thick chain was one foot long. It was impossible for one person to handle it. Two people had to carry it up the mountain.
See him and say nothing. Sun Jian thought that Chen Xiaobei was going to back down, so he hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, I'll double the freight."
Chen Xiaobei said in his heart, there is no place like this after passing this village, so why don't we wait any longer now. At this point, he sighed, "This chain is too heavy, even the mountain carriers are not willing to do it!"
"Brother Sun, this chain must be transported to this number no matter what."
Chen Xiaobei spread his fingers and flipped them back and forth a few times.
It turned out to be ten, then twenty, then thirty, and finally Sun Jian fainted, "Oh, brother, just say the number, you made me faint."
What Chen Xiaobei wants in his heart is to make you faint. If you don't faint, how can I fish in troubled waters?
Thinking of this, he chuckled.
"It costs at least fifty copper coins to transport it to the canyon."
Fifty big boxes each, four boxes per box, a carriage containing more than a dozen boxes, and a dozen carriages. If you count on your fingers, it's only a few dozen taels of silver.
