Hancheng, a riverside mansion.
Butler Jiang knew that Shanjiao was Shanqi, so he immediately informed Jiang Feiping when he learned that the second and third ladies of Shanjiabao had entered the city.
Jiang Feiping said not to recognize each other for the time being, "The Shan family is currently serving the imperial court. If the Southeast King wins in the future, the Shan family will naturally be liquidated by the Southeast King."
"When the time comes, the Shan family's property will suffer."
"If we meet the second and third ladies again at that time, we may be able to use the name of Lengmei Palace to save the family business."
"After all, the second lady is not against the Southeast King."
Butler Jiang nodded, "What Madam said is true, but if Madam doesn't go to pay homage, I'm afraid her etiquette will be criticized."
Jiang Feiping chuckled, "It doesn't matter, you can just push it on your husband, he's not here anyway."
"This is a solution, but please forgive me for asking boldly, where is the master? With the situation like this, the master doesn't know yet, right?"
"You want to ask why my husband doesn't come back?" Jiang Feiping shook her head and said, "He won't come back."
"ah?"
"My husband's ambition is not in money, nor in the family, nor in the world. He just wants to find a quiet place to live in peace and practice martial arts."
Butler Jiang frowned, "But there are hundreds of thousands of people in the mansion..."
Jiang Feiping smiled and said, "Didn't my husband make all the arrangements? Without my husband's name, the Shan family would have been requisitioned long ago."
Butler Jiang held up his hand and said, "Yes, I am indeed wise and far-sighted. I won't say any more. I will retire."
Jiang Feiping said: "By the way, housekeeper, please tell the people below not to do anything illegal or disorderly."
"Especially things like trading intelligence, tipping off, and mixing private goods during transportation, which are enough to be charged with collaborating with the enemy, must not be done."
"Otherwise, the Shan family won't care about it and can't do anything about it."
"If your husband is not here, he will naturally not take the blame. Whoever causes trouble or makes mistakes will bear it with his own head."
"Yes." Butler Jiang suddenly realized that this is the advantage of not being at home.
Nowadays, there are a lot of forces under there, and the people are mixed. No one knows what they are, and it is easy to be framed if you are not careful.
And since the person is away, there is no need to take the blame.
In this way, you only take advantage of others and do not suffer any losses.
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On the other side, Soaring Snake City.
Another month gradually passed, and Yamazaki's money from selling cakes came back, but Yamazaki didn't bother and waited until next month.
Sure enough, another item was set up, housing expenses.
Calculated according to the courtyard, Yamazaki and Shandai will have to pay ninety taels of silver for the nine-indoor courtyard.
Including other expenses, this second month will cost one hundred and thirty taels.
The balance is 2870 taels of silver, 60 bushels of fine grain, 50 jins of bacon, and the rest is not counted.
The people in the city screamed to death, but they had no way to resist. They could only raise money and pay. If they couldn't pay, they would leave.
Both men and women want it. This time there is no money to take. Instead, they have to make money to pay. If the money is not paid, they will keep working.
The men worked as coolies and the women were sent to the newly built Feihuafang.
Anyone who runs away without paying money will be auctioned off as a slave if caught.
The name Feihuafang Poisonous Lady is truly worthy of her name.
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Yamazaki asked Shandai to dig deep into the cellar, while he went to scan the goods again and restock the inventory.
Two thousand taels of silver bought two thousand bushels of cheap fine grains, and the rest bought a large amount of salted meat, salted chicken, salted duck, salted fish, and moved them all in.
As for the live pigs and sheep, they were all taken away by the Soaring Snake Gang without anyone daring to fight for them.
Yamazaki inspected the things in a house and felt much more at ease.
We have stocked up on a lot of vegetables in the fields, and we will sell less fine-grain meatloaf, because most people in the city can't afford meatloaf that costs a penny each.
Even if they work as helpers, they still have to pay money to their families, which makes them tight.
Yamazaki thought about adding more varieties in the future, such as fine-grain bacon and vegetable pancakes for fifty cents each, and fine-grain pork and vegetable pancakes for thirty cents each.
A month is still sixty bushels of fine grain, an increase of six hundred catties of vegetables, and a reduction of three hundred catties of bacon.
It’s hard to say how much, but the fine grains at home can last for two years, including chickens, sheep, and pigs.
As long as no one comes to kill you, you can live in seclusion in this market and practice slowly to achieve innateness.
As for why we must do business, it is because of firewood.
Without selling cakes, it would be impossible to use so much firewood every day.
Selling cakes and lighting fires all day long is confusing.
Otherwise, over time, everyone will wonder, what does this family do when they have so much firewood to burn from morning to night? Is there any secret?
Along with curiosity, right and wrong will come.
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the next day.
The number of people on the street has decreased sharply, making it seem deserted.
In the whole morning, he sold dozens of meat pies to the members of Teng She Gang.
In the morning, the Tengshe Gang came to invite people to visit.
A stage was set up in the city to auction slaves.
A large group of men and women stood on the stage crying in fear, and the people from the Soaring Snake Gang introduced them in public with great arrogance.
This is what happens when you run away, all become slaves.
The price starts at ten taels. If anyone buys it, it will be taken away. If no one buys it, it will be sent to the mine to work.
Yamazaki didn't have any money, so he just watched.
As a result, no one cared about him except the young woman, and they were all sent away in the end.
When the auction ended, everyone dispersed.
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In the afternoon, many businessmen went out of the city.
Yamazaki shook his head, it would be strange if he could escape.
Sure enough, they let them go openly, but secretly Feihuafang led the Tengshe Gang to hunt them down and loot their belongings.
After a few days of hard work, Soaring Snake City became increasingly depressed and deserted.
Prices are rising, especially for salt.
Because every household grows vegetables and still has grain in stock, although most of the pigs and sheep are used to pay debts, they will not starve to death for the time being.
In the past, salt merchants did not cut prices much, and they followed the rise but not the fall. After all, salt can withstand stress.
Nowadays, everyone is short of money and has to buy salt again. It is getting more and more expensive.
However, Yamazaki's business is picking up again.
Because he uses bacon, bacon soup, and there is salt in it.
The important thing is that the price has not changed, so everyone comes to buy it.
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A month later, Yamazaki received a notice from the Tengshe Gang that because there were so many people queuing up, the street was dirty, and he had to pay an extra 100 taels in sanitation fees.
Yamazaki didn't resist and handed over honestly.
In this way, a total of two hundred and thirty taels were paid in the third month.
The balance is more than 1,300 taels of silver, and the rest is not counted.
There are a lot of chickens in the house, and pigs and goats are about to be born.
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The city was filled with cries again, and many people began to resist.
However, they were unable to defeat the Soaring Snake Gang, and those who resisted were killed. The family members were directly auctioned off as slaves.
Yamazaki ignored these things outside and helped deliver the sheep and pigs.
In the end, it didn't help much. I just watched them and gave birth to two sheep and seven pigs.
Treat them with concentrated feed, vegetables for sheep and fine grain meat patties for pigs.
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Good news also came from Shan Dai. There was enough innate Qi in the body. The innate Qi entered the meridians and spread to the body, starting to cut off the hair and cleanse the marrow.
It took more than ten days, but it was not completed because it seemed impossible to completely succeed.
It was obviously drained clean on the first day, but there were impurities again on the second day.
Even if I don't eat, I can't do it. I can only maintain it by practicing hard every day.
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