"Why is it so expensive? It's more expensive than Xuancheng. It should be cheaper if it's next to the Yangtze River. It takes less transportation."
"I asked about it, and they said that after the grain harvest was over, the rich families had more money, and I heard that the shipping department was going to move, so they asked for more money."
"There are a lot of goods on the market. Our two thousand kilograms are easy to sell, so we don't have to worry about no one buying them."
Everyone gathered together, with joy on their faces.
"Find a place to sell it, and the price is... um... five hundred cents per catty. Ours is better, whiter in color and bigger than others."
Li Chang's palms were sweaty, his mouth felt dry, and his voice was slightly hoarse when he spoke.
The bazaar has a dedicated location, unless a shop is opened.
Everyone pulled the rock candy to the market, and someone came next to them, wearing official uniforms. This was the city secretary responsible for market management.
"What are you selling?" Shi Si asked, looking at the car covered by a cloth.
The chief carefully lifted up the cloth on one of the cars and said, "Sugar, rock sugar."
"Eh? Why is your rock candy whiter and bigger than other people's?" The City Secretary was surprised and then questioned: "Could it be fake?"
"Really, how can you fake it?"
"If we want to make a lie, will others be fooled?"
"The things are right here, and we won't run away."
The villagers assured me that there would be no problem.
Zhu Wentian looked at the people in the village, shook his head, grabbed a handful of the broken ones, and stuffed them into the hands of the city secretary: "Try it, taste it, it's sweet, hehe!"
As he spoke, he grabbed the opponent's hand and sleeve, stretched the sleeve and pushed the opponent's fist inward.
Shisi's fist just retracted, and when he stretched out his hand, there was only a small piece of rock candy between his thumb and index finger. He put it in his mouth and nodded with satisfaction: "It's candy, good candy."
He clicked his lips twice more: "Follow me, this is not a good position."
Villagers: "..."
They followed the mayor, who was holding his arms, and turned around until they came to a place.
The clothes worn by the people who came here to see things were obviously better than those in the place just now. The mayor yelled at others to move away from each other to make room for the people in the village.
The other cars in the village were driven elsewhere to be looked after, so one car was left here to hold a hundred kilograms of rock candy, which would be replaced after it was sold.
The mayor did not leave, but stood beside him.
When someone came to watch and was surprised that the rock candy was big and white, he said there: "This candy is good, how much does it cost per catty? Five hundred coins? It's cheap! In this way, you can sell it for five hundred and twenty coins, which is a lot." Buy it for five hundred coins."
As soon as he said this, more and more people gathered to watch, but no one bought it.
The villagers are anxious and have to pay! What are you waiting for?
Zhu Wentian took a step forward: "That's it, that's it. It's gone. Once sold, let's go."
The store manager quickly said, "Yes, yes, that's all. If you don't buy it now, you can't buy it anymore."
"Give me two taels." Someone was anxious and took out the money.
The store manager is not too little. He took the scale and weighed it. It's open!
"I want five catties. Give me five hundred cents per catty."
Another person bought it. Looking at the two people dressed as chefs standing next to him, he must belong to which restaurant.
Others followed suit and paid. Seeing that the rock candy was getting less and less, everyone began to squeeze in, and the city secretary maintained order.
After one hundred kilograms are sold, another car comes over, lifts the cloth, and continues to shout: "That's it, leave as soon as it's sold..."
Car after car, they all said that was it.
A businessman bought one cart, then bought another cart, bargained for 480 cents per catty, and bought 500 catties.
"Didn't you say it was the last car? Why is there still one?"
The person who bought it before went to look elsewhere, and when he came back, he saw that one car was sold out and another car was replaced.
"Yeah! It's the end. Hehehehehe!" Zhu Wentian was thick-skinned and nodded in recognition.
What is this? When the rent was due, we sold it at a low price and sold it on clearance. It has been sold for two years and it is still there!
Until dark, there were still four and a half carts left unsold, that is, 450 kilograms.
The villagers gathered their cars together, took out the pancakes and bacon they had brought, and ate with the water in their water bags. They didn't eat at noon.
They are reluctant to buy food here. Pancakes and dried meat are already good. Rice is not grown locally and flour is expensive. Pancakes are easy to carry.
The director dug out a boiled egg and a salted duck egg and gave them to Zhu Wentian: "Hanhan, here you go."
"Oh! Hahaha!" Zhu Wentian did not refuse, and he would get better in the future, no less than two eggs.
The chief looked at the others: "Stay here tonight. Divide into four groups and keep an eye on them. Keep the money and the remaining rock candy."
Everyone nodded, they were nervous, excited, excited, and scared.
The City Secretary wandered over, followed by six people, six of whom were holding unlit torches.
"The things are valuable. I'll bring you a torch to light up for vigil." The city secretary really does things with money!
The leader and others were happy, it was good to have a torch, and they thanked them one after another.
Zhu Wentian put down the food in his hand, ran to a car, grabbed a large piece of rock candy weighing about two kilograms, and pulled it over a cloth cover next to it.
Turning around and coming back, he gave the cloth to the mayor: "Put it on the ground. Wash it. Help."
The mayor's hands were trembling. The handful he grabbed before was more than five taels, and if it was a little more, it would be half a catty.
How long does it take to earn such a big piece of rock candy?
He was sweating continuously. It was hot at night! He was breathing rapidly and looked sad.
Finally, he shook his head: "It can't be washed, so take it back and wash it yourself!"
"Oh!" Zhu Wentian responded, ran to pull off six more covers, grabbed a handful of each on the rock candy cart and pocketed them.
When he ran here, he gave each of the six people brought by the city secretary a bag: "Wash, help."
six people:"……"
They looked at the city secretary, and one of them couldn't help but said: "Boss, please help if you can! It's not easy for them either."
The other five people spoke out one after another, demanding help!
"Then...can you help me?" The mayor's voice trembled.
"Hmm! Hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian stuffed the bag to the other party.
The city secretary took it: "Let's work harder tonight and watch together. Go and bring the hot soup."
Someone immediately ran to the place where they were eating to get soup. The soup was stronger than water and still warm.
After a while, something was brought. It was said to be soup, but it was actually stew. The mayor and others planned to come over and give torches to take a look before eating.
result……
Zhu Wentian tore up the dried meat in his hand and threw it into the stew, while other people in the village threw it away.
Everyone is afraid of problems caused by too much money. With people from the city secretary here, there is a lot of stability.
There is no meat in the dishes for seven people. Don’t look at them in charge of the market. Zhu Yuanzhang is so powerful that he dares to reach out...
People who buy and sell things also know that the current emperor loves his people like his own son, but they are ignorant.
The torch was lit, and when there was not enough soup in the stew, someone immediately ran to get hot water to pour it.
After eating for a while, the mayor said: "When you go out, remember to scrape off the words engraved on the shaft of the car, or cover them."
As soon as he finished speaking, it was the village chief's turn and others to sweat. The names of each village were engraved on the shafts of the carriage.
When everyone introduced themselves, they said they were from Jiangwei to avoid being remembered.
"Thank you, City Secretary." The chief managed a smile.
The city secretary nodded slightly and turned to look at Zhu Wentian. Zhu Wentian had salted duck eggs, but others did not.
The city secretary was curious, what kind of person is this?
"he is……"
"Huh? Hehe, hehehe!" Zhu Wentian looked up and smiled stupidly.
"The guardian of my village is invited from outside." The head of the village told the truth.
"What a village guard. It's rare to see a village looking for a village guard from outside!"
The city secretary understood, but at the same time he was even more confused. Is this village guard stupid or not?
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Today is at least five o'clock. Today is May 19th. It's the farmer's birthday. How old is your birthday? This...hey hey hey!
