Chapter 46 Travel to East Market

Author: sin9999

Chapter 46 Travel to East Market

The weather has cleared and the mud has dried.

Fan Zheng Kuhaha led the people to sweep up the soil remaining on the stone slabs and pour it back into the vegetable fields of each house.

Soil and water conservation starts from small steps.

In the workshop, free-range chickens from various families would come out from time to time, peck at earthworms and other insects, then swallow them. They would run to the vegetable field and peck at some rotten vegetable leaves. When being chased, some mighty chickens would fly up and peck at people.

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Not to mention, the iron beak is really painful when pecked. Some children will even cry when pecked.

Just kidding, ecological chickens, centipede fights, and snake fights are very wild and their meat is extremely strong.

Free-range chickens are so dominant that even thin-waisted dogs are sometimes bullied by them.

Therefore, in Chang'an City, especially in the Chongrenfang area, cockfighting is an extremely profitable business. Any chickens that are good at fighting will be bought by some idlers at high prices.

Of course, the word "high price" is just like "recycling old computers at a high price", don't take it seriously.

A normal chicken costs about 30 cents, and a fighting chicken can cost up to 50 cents at most. You can earn a little more, but not too much.

Don't think that idlers don't want to make money. They pour into Chongrenfang, and at least one of them is worth 200 yuan.

This is the way of life for idle people.

Of course, not just chickens, but also aggressive pigeons.

Yes, according to the trend at this time, pigeons not only delivered letters, but also had pigeon fighting as a form of entertainment.

"Chao Ye Qian Zai" records that Li Shimin sent a white falcon "general" to deliver a message to Li Tai, but the falcon (gǔ) is usually a blue-black bird, so it may refer to a white pigeon.

Anyway, everyone knows that when the ancients and celebrities used the word Tongjia incorrectly, it was a typo, and when ordinary people used it incorrectly, it was a typo.

During the same period, "Youyang Zazu" recorded the story of Persian sailors sending pigeons home to report that they were safe. It can be seen that everyone played with homing pigeons at about the same time.

It's a pity that neither the aggressive chickens nor the pigeons can be mass-produced, which would be of greater benefit to Dunhuafang than nothing.

On the other hand, other free-range chickens can be sold to Aunt Fan nearby, eliminating the need to even leave the farm.

Among them, the proportion of obese chickens is even greater.

Relying on the effect of Yushu and the good taste of Aunt Fan's lotus leaf chicken, the shop sells at least fifty chickens every day. Even if the gross profit of each chicken is five cents, it can still earn two hundred and fifty cents.

Putting aside miscellaneous expenses such as hired labor, firewood, and charcoal, Aunt Fan's net profit per day was around 180 cents, equivalent to the income of twelve strong men.

Therefore, Aunt Fan, who has a good family background and enough income to easily support the family, would make snacks for the children in Fangxue from time to time, and she would be "hahaha" with a generous heart and a fat body.

Of course, Aunt Fan herself is bound to have worries, but others cannot help her.

"Stupid Child" is right, but it's unbearably lonely at night!

In addition to physical problems, it is also psychological. "There is no place to talk about being desolate."

Fan Zheng's trouble is that he can provide some solutions for the residents, but it is difficult to achieve scale.

Just like an incense shop, the quantity that can be sold is fixed, so it would be pointless to increase production without increasing income.

There is land in Dunhuafang, but not much.

Vegetable plots, cemeteries, residences, and roads basically take up 90% of the space. Trying to make a living by planting crops like other villages is like trying to make a living by planting trees.

Riding on a little donkey, with Lu Jiasheng accompanying him, the two of them wandered towards Dongshi.

I have to say that Dunhuafang is too remote. You have to walk five blocks north to see the gate of Dongshi.

After getting off the donkey and throwing the reins to Lu Jiasheng, Fan Zheng showed off his non-existent belly and walked in the style of an official. The crowded situation around him immediately disappeared.

Regardless of whether it's true or not, ordinary people don't want to have anything to do with officials. Who knows where the official's butt is leaning today?

Maybe if Wang Ermazi committed adultery, the officials would confiscate the crime tools of men all over the world?

As for whether officials are crazy, who knows?

Dongshi is one of the two major cities in Chang'an City, with people coming and going, busy traffic, and numerous shops. Of course, it cannot be without government jurisdiction.

The Dongshi Department has one person from the sixth rank to Dongshi Ling, two from the eighth rank to Dongshi Cheng, one person to record affairs, three officials, seven historians, two officials, and one person to be in charge of the fairness of transactions and stolen goods.

Counterfeit products, etc.

Therefore, when the Yintan Rangers blackmailed merchants in Dongshi, there was actually an element of connivance from the Dongshi Department.

All the money you receive from being a ranger goes to the ranger?

You're young, aren't you?

After looking around for pens, inks, paper and inkstones, especially paper, Fan Zheng bought a cart and asked the merchants to take it to Dunhuafang.

Originally, the merchant wanted to make enough money, but looking at Fan Zheng's official appearance, he decisively shut up.

I can't afford to offend you. I use the official word in two words, but it makes sense to say it.

It's rattan paper, jute paper, bamboo paper. I don't dare to buy those high-quality paper used for writing documents.

That's it, it's fifty or sixty cents a dollar, buy it or not.

Oh, a knife of paper usually refers to a hundred sheets.

Therefore, there is a reason why few poor people study. If you can’t even buy the most basic paper for writing, how can you study?

The poor are rich in literature and military, but even if they are poor, there are still some who are of the third, sixth or ninth grade.

Some people call it poverty by renting out their mansion to make money, and some people call it poverty by sleeping under a bridge.

That is to say, Xiangfang is the property of Xiangfang, otherwise the amount of paper used by Fangxue is enough to make Fan Zheng bald.

In front is a large pile of coal.

There is no direct reference data for the price of charcoal in the Tang Dynasty, but the indirect "Charcoal Seller" can be a reference.

One foot of silk is worth about six hundred and sixty cents; half a piece of yarn, calculated as raw silk, is worth two hundred and forty cents.

That "one cart of charcoal weighs more than a thousand catties", the number of catties is an imaginary reference, it is more appropriate to calculate it as about five hundred catties.

Five hundred kilograms, nine hundred cents, is still pretty good based on the price level during the Zhenguan period.

Considering the background of "The Charcoal Seller" after the An-Shi Rebellion, the price level of two hundred cents per meter compared to the average price of twenty cents per meter in Zhenguan years, one can only wonder.

The large pieces of coal were almost sold out, leaving only scattered coal slag and powder. The shopkeeper and the waiter were sweeping up the pieces with brooms and iron dustpans with a grimace.

How convenient it is to sell large pieces of coal, but how troublesome it is to deal with these residues.

Which customer is willing to buy these scraps?

You still have to find a suitable place to pull it out.

If there are too many coal piles and insufficient ventilation, spontaneous combustion may occur.

"From the same state?"

Fan Zheng spoke abruptly.

The shopkeeper immediately put down his broom and came over with a smile on his face: "This guest has good eyesight. The coal from Henyang in Tongzhou burns very vigorously."

In the Guanzhong area, Tongzhou is famous for its coaliferous production. The four counties of Henyang, Baishui, Chengcheng, and Hancheng are contiguous large coal-producing areas, not far from Chang'an City. Fengyi County, the seat of Tongzhou, and Chang'an

Only two hundred and fifty-five miles.

This area mainly produces lean coal with a high degree of coalification, which is suitable for civilian use.

Therefore, the viscosity of coal is terrible.

Then, the proportion of debris will naturally be higher, and it will be more troublesome to handle.
Chapter completed!