The setting sun is like an egg yolk, reflecting the gorgeous sunset, and wisps of smoke are gently floating in the breeze.
Outside Donghua Gate, the prince, who had just been sent away by the mayor to get food, sat opposite Hanhan, eating barbecue skewers.
"War! It broke a prosperous place into pieces. How prosperous Zhejiang used to be! Hanhan, how many skewers can the princess eat?"
The manager couldn't help but sigh as he recalled what happened during the day when he invited shopkeeper Song and others to dinner.
Zhu Wentian: "..."
For a moment, he couldn't tell which sentence was the key point. Fighting and eating skewers as a princess were two different things, right?
After thinking for a while, he responded: "I can eat ten skewers of meat skewers, two skewers of grilled dried tofu, the grilled lamb tendons taste good, and the grilled steamed bun slices are very fragrant.
But she would give the fat on the mutton skewers to the palace maid. She couldn't eat too much fat. Two or three grilled scallops would be enough for dinner. "
“Nowadays, people in the village don’t like to eat fatty meat, but the grilled skewers are still more delicious when one is fat and the other is lean.
In the afternoon, you only chatted with them and didn't eat much food. I think you only drank two bottles of beer and ate a few handfuls of boiled edamame.
Qinhuai should still be there ten miles away, but the West Lake is everywhere within a thousand acres. Shopkeeper Song and his family used to have a lot of savings, but now their life is not easy. "
The director talked about several things at once, which made a big jump.
Zhu Wentian put down the meat skewers, took Li Chang's hand, and pressed it on the table to feel his pulse.
"Hanhan, I'm not sick, I just feel..."
"You just feel that you have cheated me, and you feel bad about it." Zhu Wentian let go.
He put a bunch of roasted garlic in it: "They really succeeded, and many people thought they had found a loophole in the convenience store.
There is no way to deal with this matter in the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations. People are willing to collect honey at high prices and are willing to sell bees, which is not wrong in itself.
The owner of my restaurant is willing to charge a high price for pork to cook and sell, and he also has piglets for sale, which is normal. I can't wait for the piglets to grow up. "
"That's the truth." The chief admitted.
"The reason we take action is to tell other businessmen not to think wrongly. The court has no way, but the palace has the ability.
Early tomorrow morning, word will spread about the office, and the palace will use the help of Xiaqiu Village to punish traders with bad market conditions.
So much honey was given by the palace, and even the reserves of the herbal medicine library were used.
In the future, if anyone wants to be careful, they must first consider the will of the palace and restrain themselves. "
Zhu Wentian did not think that he was cheating others. Instead, he drew an insurmountable red line and told those who came after him what was feasible and what was not feasible.
"Yeah!" The village chief nodded: "And we also helped them, telling them to go back and collect a lot of mushrooms, lotus seeds, and lotus roots in winter.
If it's an official place, negotiate a good price with the official and buy the lotus flowers in the area.
In winter, the lotus roots are dug out according to the daily demand and transported to Nanjing for sale, so that the lotus roots are always in the mud and will not rot. "
When the village chief talked about this, he felt much better. At least he had helped the businessmen who had been cheated.
Zhu Wentian took a sip of wine. The weather was hot. Even in the evening, the temperature did not drop at all.
After taking a sip of cold beer, he burped comfortably: "As long as they bring things here to sell, other businessmen will naturally see the opportunity.
Zhejiang is rich in products and has a good cultural environment. The imperial court does not allow people to go to sea, so the imperial court should organize manpower.
Many people in the mainland cannot eat seafood at all. Mussels are made by drying Haihong and dried oysters. Our oyster sauce is made from dried oysters.
Add dried clams and scallops. The scallops can be dug out into scallop pillars, which were all thrown away before.
That's called skirt hem. After it's dried, even if it's sold for three cents a pound, neither the seller nor the buyer will suffer a loss. "
"It's the circle around the scallop meat, called the skirt? How do you dig out the middle?"
The chief brought over a grilled scallop and took out the meat. The scallop meat at this time was very large and purely wild.
Zhu Wentian looked around but couldn't find a suitable tool, so he simply took out an iron skewer from his arms and twisted it into a circle in the middle.
When the circle was pressed onto the scallop, the middle part was stuck out. He then straightened the iron skewer again: "Look, just do this, it will be quick."
The headman reached out and took out the sign and touched it: "Hanhanyou is really energetic. It's a pity that you don't need to plow the land now. I feel that you can be worth three-quarters of a cow now."
Zhu Wentian: "..."
He took the stick back and reinstalled it: "The scallop pillars are for the rich, and the skirts are for the poor. A pound of dry skirts can soak up a lot.
If you sell it for three cents, it includes shipping costs and other middlemen's profits.
At the beach, as long as the scallop pillars are dug out, the skirts are discarded. If you buy two pounds for one penny, many people are willing to sell them. "
"Tomorrow I will write the title book, which involves important matters for the court. It is not suitable to talk to the prince directly."
The chief thinks it's okay. The Ming Dynasty navy can't just take people out to fish, they can also eat shellfish and algae.
"Remember to write down Asparagus, a kind of Gelidium. Anyway, we all want it. We don't need to sell it to others. We want it dried, so it's easy to transport."
Zhu Wentian said something else. No one likes to eat white asparagus at the beach, and not many people eat red Gelidium.
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The next morning, when the mayor delivered breakfast to the princess outside Donghua Gate, he handed the question book to the prince.
The prince was not in a hurry to go back. He sat down to eat with the people in Xiaqiu Village.
"The Crown Princess spent a long time eating meat skewers yesterday. She didn't want to get up this morning. I'll bring it back to her after I finish eating." The Crown Prince explained the situation. In fact, he didn't have to say anything.
Then he mentioned what happened yesterday: "The extra bees have solved the urgent problem of the greenhouse this year. The businessmen are in the convenience area. My father is also very angry and is thinking of a solution."
The prince knew the reason for the matter and also provided honey to Xiaqiu Village. In another month, the honey would be doubled several times.
He was mainly angry that the businessman did not do business well, but instead tried to cheat. This behavior was wrong.
You can take bees with more than 5,000 spleens and sell them directly. At least ask about the market price first.
The average price when those merchants charge is twelve cents. Even if they sell for twenty cents, they still make a lot of money. After tolls and taxes are deducted, a quarter of the profit is too small?
Nowadays, it is no different than in the past. It is very convenient to get from Hangzhou to Yingtianfu. It is enough to earn 25% of the net profit from just one trip!
Look at the box lunch restaurant in Xiaqiu Village and Ju Biqi, who is a partner with his second brother, what a little profit!
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. There must be a small number of people like this. Let the Public Convenience Department pay more attention to it. If this behavior occurs again, we should first stop the registration of selling at high prices.
After the situation is ascertained, arrangements will be made as appropriate. There is no way in the law. The convenience office can record it or not.
In a few days, the library will print a newspaper for the 525 students, talking about some administrative matters in the court.
His Royal Highness the Prince can select the ones that can be reported and give them to us. We will print them so that students can understand current affairs policies. "
The head of the department comforted Zhu Biao and gave some ideas, mentioning the free internal publications.
It’s the fifth update today. The farmer’s throat hurts too much. I’ll patch it up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Thank you brothers and sisters for your rewards, monthly tickets, subscriptions, and recommendation votes. The farmer bows!
(End of chapter)
