Zhu Wentian was very suspicious of the true intentions of the officials who spoke to the village chief about caring about the village. Xiaqiu Village was not a village in Dangtu County.
I promise you are here to drink mutton soup, and you don’t bring any staple food. The village’s steamed buns are not enough, so you went to buy them.
He winked at the chief and said he wanted to go to the hut. The chief took him there. The officials understood and were afraid that the fool would be deceived by others.
The huts here are not good at all, not as good as those in the village. Two people solve physiological and hygiene problems in there without talking.
After he came out and waited for the wind to blow, the chief said, "What's wrong, Hanhan?"
“Buy two sheep, bring pepper, and have them sent to the officials in Taiping Prefecture to make mutton soup.
Just say there is something wrong with the sheep and ask them to try it to see if it is the problem.
Regardless of whether we have connections in the palace or not, we have to show off when they let us into the city.
Otherwise, next time we come at night, they will find any reason to make us feel uncomfortable. Face belongs to the palace, and we have to maintain our own favors. "
Zhu Wentian was not in the mood to play single words, he would be busy for a while.
"Okay, buy it right away when you get back, and the salt..." The mayor agreed, isn't it just money? How uncomfortable it is to stay outside all night!
"It should be salt produced in Baofeng, Ruzhou, Henan. It contains magnesium sulfate heptahydrate and bitter salt.
Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate can be turned into magnesium sulfate, just like the stone soda we make, which is sodium carbonate decahydrate, it can be turned into sodium carbonate.
Magnesium sulfate is a fertilizer that can be used for growing cotton, soybeans, hemp, rice, wheat, etc. It can be added when needed.
Breeding livestock and poultry can supplement magnesium, which is very important. It is also used as medicine for humans, and can be taken internally or externally. "
Zhu Wentian introduced bitter salt and magnesium sulfate. He had never considered preparing it himself because it was too troublesome.
Since someone is pumping out the salt wells dug over there and selling it, it's just right to buy it, as much as you want.
If you don't have enough for your own village, you can tell the officials of Ningguo Mansion and ask them to teach others to use it, and then write a letter to the palace later.
The director kept nodding. He knew one thing, that one was good for everything, and he didn't want to learn the others.
Should I know whether the Seven Waters and Ten Waters are beautiful or not?
The two went back and washed their hands first. The mayor said to the mayor: "I saw two big sheep and I feel there is something wrong. Can you ask the officials in the government to make sheep soup and check it out? I have pepper here."
"Ah? Ah! Okay, I'm looking for someone." He found someone who made mutton soup and went to the place where livestock was bought and sold to pick sheep.
He doesn't know how to read. When selling mutton soup, he knows which sheep produces more meat. After killing the heavier sheep, he may not necessarily have as much meat as the lighter ones.
One or two waiters are arranged here to take care of the sales. The shopkeeper has to go to the house to kill the sheep in person, and the government office has the pots and other things.
The seller of sheep soup was happy to earn two more sheep processing fees, and he could also meet the officials of the government.
The magistrate took him there and waited until noon to drink it in the mansion, with sweet garlic and pepper from the village.
The others came to drink soup, and the two waiters got busy. The officials and the people in Xiaqiu Village did not need to take care of them, and they had to guard a big pot to eat and drink.
The county magistrate left quickly and came back quickly. He had to continue to eat. Working for Zhu Yuanzhang was very hard and he usually couldn't eat good food.
During the Chinese New Year, there should be interactions between colleagues, expenses should come from the salary, and those who dare to be corrupt will die.
Most people don't dare to ask for bribes for fear of being used by the other party, but fortunately, the people in Xiaqiu Village have no problem.
I heard that the officials of Ningguo Mansion were blatantly accepting the benefits of Xiaqiu Village, but the palace did not care.
After the last meal we had together, I submitted a question book to the court and told him about inviting me to drink mutton soup in Xiaqiu Village. No one paid attention to me, so the test was successful.
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After everyone had finished the meal, officials watched over the pigs and killed them on site, leaving pig blood.
The common people watched the excitement and bought meat on the way. This meat did not cost five cents a pound.
The city secretary sent someone to contact the merchants and offered to sell sugar for three thousand catties. The market price was one hundred and fifty cents per catty, and he gave them one hundred and forty cents.
Buy it directly and transport it elsewhere immediately, where you can sell it at a high price for hard currency.
Official silver, broken silver, copper coins, and various currencies were piled up.
Everyone looks at the pigs. The pigs keep humming and are hungry. When selling pigs, they are not allowed to be fed and weighed. What they eat accounts for the portion.
The mayor put his hands behind his back, glanced at the pigs, and said loudly: "How many pigs are left? I want them all."
'Wow~' There was an uproar, followed by the buzzing sound of voices, like flies.
"Where are you from? Are you joking?"
"No kidding, the people from Xiaqiu Village bought more than 200 large livestock last time. Those who were sick were given treatment methods and suffered a lot."
"I see, who is their village chief? It's up to the village chief to lead the village to live a good life."
"Too rich, alas!"
"Rich and righteous, my second uncle's neighbor... lives in the village next to them. He always praises his righteousness when he talks about it."
"They have all bought it, what should we buy? I also want to buy a few taels of meat to make stuffing!"
"Go and buy it now, I won't kill you later."
Those selling pigs obviously knew the people who bought their big livestock and taught them how to raise livestock. When they heard that they were buying pigs now, everyone counted them.
There were three hundred and thirty heads in total, but the weight was unclear and a scale was needed to weigh them.
"Save a few! Don't buy them all." Someone shouted. As the price of live pigs dropped, the price of slaughtered meat also dropped.
Taking this opportunity, the local pig sellers were depressed and the meat buyers were happy.
"Three hundred heads, carry the scale." The headman promised, leaving thirty-one for you.
The city secretary came over and brought a stone lock. It weighed twenty pounds. He put the stone lock on the scale first and looked at the scale. Twenty pounds, no problem.
A steelyard was used for inspection. After the inspection, the pigs were lifted. Four people carried the pole, and six people from the city secretary helped to check the weight.
The pig's four hooves were tied, one was weighed and placed in another place, and it lay there humming and barking.
It sounded like they were not only hungry, but also fearful of seeing their own kind being killed.
Check the scale twice to make sure there is no mistake.
For an hour and a half, three hundred pigs were weighed, each weighing 200 pounds. Some were high and some were low.
Three hundred heads weigh more than 60,000 kilograms, which is more than 1,200 kilograms more.
"I'll give you three hundred guan. If you kill the pig before, give it to me. I'll pay the tax from the village."
The head of the village made some calculations and found that the pig should cost 36,000 fen and the tax 10,200 fen. He wanted the pig to go into the water and pay 6,000 fen to take care of the tax.
"Xiaqiu Village Renyi, we have turned over the pig's intestines, and the remaining thirty-one will be given to you as well." The other party immediately agreed.
This is the equivalent of four pigs, 4,200 cash.
Pig offal and pork bones are served with meat. No one likes to eat this. If it is not cooked well, it will be fishy, smelly and smelly.
The village sold three thousand kilograms of rock sugar and had 406 guan after paying taxes, but after buying pigs, it had less than 100 guan.
The pig sellers helped carry the pigs to the village's carts. The village dispatched fifty-three carts pulled by two animals this time, taking part of the axles and wheels with them for fear of damage on the road.
The people followed and watched, how did the village live? Go out and buy pigs, buy three hundred pigs at a time, and provide fifty double-animal carts to transport them.
The other three in the village depend on what else to buy. If there are more pigs, you have to hire a car here.
After putting the pigs away, Zhu Wentian wants to go shopping. The pigs will be fed when they return to the village. If they are hungry, the pigs have a strong vitality, so at the worst, they need to be fed with some water.
