Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-One The Smart Master Bai
The execution efficiency at the grassroots level can often reflect the level of decision-making and guidance at the upper level. Judging from the speed of these government officials and police officers, there is no problem with Wang Zhen's command.
The policemen and government officials were very efficient in their execution. They squeezed out the dirty people in Wuyou Cave from all directions like squeezing out toothpaste.
Wang Zhen did not block all the canals on the ground, but stationed policemen at most of the canals. The number of people was not large, only three or five could guard a canal and emerge from the ground.
The thieves often face two or three spears and one or two waist knives. As long as there is a slight resistance, they will be killed on the spot. No matter how many people are below, it will not help.
Underground, there was a large group of city guards, led by the general, who was encircling and suppressing the city. On the ground, there were Kaifeng policemen waiting for help, ready to catch people with fishing nets at any time. It can be said that it was a two-pronged approach.
It was the first time for the dirty people in Wuyou Cave to encounter such an intensity of siege. Without the leadership of Wuhan University, they had already lost the morale of the army. They were just a bunch of rabble who wanted to be scattered. The only outcome was to be captured.
Those who resisted were not much better, because Chen Lin and the Imperial City Secretary helped, suppressing the generals, and patrolling the city Yuhou were allowed to use archers to cooperate. In the narrow underground, the role of archers was maximized, and the effect was surprisingly good.
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Ye An didn't even need to go to the scene. He only needed to look at the corpses dragged out of the fishing nets and the arrows on them to know how easy the underground battle was.
This is the method of coordinating the arms suggested by Ye An. The shield bearers are in the front row, and the spearmen, archers and swordsmen are in the back. This method is not difficult, but it is extremely difficult to think of and use it at this time.
Wang Zhen readily adopted it. In practice, the Forbidden Army found that this method was very easy to use, especially in narrow underground ditches. Only two large shields or even door panels could provide maximum protection.
They don't even need to fight in close quarters. They just stand behind their shields and fire arrows. The dirty people without armor and shields will fall down like wheat. As for those who want to come forward and fight, a few spears will poke through behind the shields.
Take away their lives easily.
Strings of dirty people were trapped together and escorted towards Kaifeng Mansion. Along the way, people kept cheering, and rocks, wood, pottery bowls, and even pots and crutches were frantically greeting these people.
The young, old, women and children clapped their hands and cheered, and the young and strong could not wait to give him a good punch to vent their joy.
The dirty people's status in the city of Tokyo is not even considered human beings, or they are kings and hegemons in the underground. As long as they show up, it is their hell, and no amount of torture is considered unexhausted.
Ye An looked at Hou San who was already shivering next to him and smiled: "You still think that the Wuyou Cave Ghost Fan Lou and his ilk are difficult to eradicate? The people of Tokyo have been suffering for a long time!"
Hou San beside him didn't say anything. He just saw the children picking up stones and felt that Hou Ye was right...
Seeing that it was already noon, Ye An and Hou San took an ox cart to the East Market. The fruits and vegetables here are the best in Tokyo, and the trading volume is also the largest. Of course, the East Market also has a name, the Begging Market.
This is all because there are many beggars here, some are begging for money and some are begging for life.
Hou San didn't know what Ye An was doing here, but when he thought about the source of the cane sugar, he was relieved. It was impossible to say that the young Hou Ye planned to buy sugar cane to squeeze sugar. This was a good way, but it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the sugar cane required was too small.
Very much.
But he soon discovered that he was wrong. Ye An was buying sugar cane here, but more importantly, he was buying a rare radish. Although it was rare, Hou San knew that this was what Hu Shang liked to eat.
Sweet radish.
It is not spicy, but tastes sweet but slightly bitter. Most people in Tokyo do not eat these. Hu Shang originally made these pickles and sold them, but most people do not like to eat sweet pickles, and the price is not cheap.
If you have that kind of money, why not go to a shop that sells candied fruits and eat them? Do you really think that the people of Tokyo are being easily taken advantage of?
But Ye An couldn't put it down these sweet radishes, and even bought a jar of fresh beets to pickle himself.
Hu merchants from the Western Regions often planted some sweet radishes at home. After seeing Ye An's interest in buying sweet radishes at the price of pickles, they were even willing to tell him how to pickle them, but Ye An refused.
Already.
He would not buy a casket for a pearl. These are not sweet radishes, but beets!
Sugar beets are easy to grow and do not have very high environmental requirements, but the rate of return is quite amazing. The sugar extracted from the sugar beets is just not as big as those of later generations.
This requires three to five years of artificial selection, but once sugar beets with large rhizomes are cultivated, they will become the main source of sucrose like sugar cane.
But now these beets are enough to extract sucrose, and of course large-scale collection is needed, so he promised the Hu merchant to buy as much as he wanted at a "high price" of five cents per catty!
Is there such a fool in the world? Although there were not many sweet radishes in the Song Dynasty, they were abundant for Hu merchants. Without him, almost every household of the Hu merchants in Jingfufang grew sweet radishes, and they originally planned to grow sweet radishes.
Those who made sucrose later found that it was difficult to extract it, or that the extracted sucrose was too little, so it was grown as vegetables.
Otherwise, he wouldn't sell them! Now someone comes to collect these sweet radishes. Think about it and you know what their intention is. They must want the sucrose in the roots!
But Hu Shang would not tell the young man in front of him that the sucrose in the radish is difficult to extract, and a large amount of sugar will be wasted in the residue.
Ye An reached an agreement with Hu Shang with a smile, but Hou San beside him kept poking him with his fingers. Angrily, Ye An stepped on his instep and said with a smile: "Uncle Bai, we have made an agreement.
, I want as many sweet radishes as you have!"
Uncle Bai smiled and said: "That's very good, young man! I'd like to remind you that I have a lot of sweet radishes in my hand. If you want it, you should leave some cash... Don't worry, I'm here
The stall is registered with the tax inspector at the gate and cannot be run away!"
He happily took out a deposit of money from the drawer of the carriage and threw it to Bayi and said: "Uncle Bayi, the deposit of a deposit is quite a lot. If there is no sweet radish delivered tomorrow, I will report it to the official!"
Even Bayi didn't expect that Ye An would give such a large deposit and was shocked. But since he had agreed to the matter and had such a big profit, Bayi smiled happily and said: "Young man is so happy, I
I’ll close the stall and prepare it for you now! Remember to come get the radishes and jade vegetables tomorrow!”
"Tamauna?!"
Hou San stared at Bayi with wide eyes and said, "It's obviously your Hu Shang's sweet radish, why did it become a jade vegetable?!"
"Hey! As you say, sweet radish has always been called sweet radish by people in the Song Dynasty, but it is called jade cabbage in our place!"
Ye An pursed his lips, good guy, this "Master Bai" is so awesome! He is so quick and smart that he is ashamed of himself... He was obviously the one who said sweet radish, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into jade vegetables, and he said it in Gaochang dialect
A word that you don't understand at all, he speaks it with such certainty that if you doubt him, you are doubting a pure lamb.
After getting on the bullock cart, we headed home. After passing Yulin Alley, we turned into Qingxuan City. This is a place where furniture and paper are sold. Many literati would hang out here. Of course, antiques, calligraphy and paintings are also indispensable in such a popular place.
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But Ye An came here for these furniture. He had long wanted to inspect the furniture of the Song Dynasty. He thought that the design in his home was quite outstanding, but after seeing the workmanship of the furniture here, Ye An felt that no matter how gorgeous it was,
His appearance is not as good as a pair of hardworking and dexterous hands.
Even if the wood is the same and your own design is brilliant and comfortable, it won't be as good as someone else's solid workmanship.
The store area needs to be expanded and the varieties need to be increased. Most of Ye'an's industries can be accommodated in supermarkets. There is no problem with furniture, but the output is a big problem.
Without buying anything, Ye An left with Hou San. There were two priorities at the moment. The first was the conflict with Daxiangguo Temple and the clan, and the second was to run the tavern well and increase the production of liquor.
Bring it up and make more money!!
Of course, getting married needs to be done quickly. Seeing that the wedding was less than five days away, Ye An became anxious. He had no sense of urgency before, but for some reason he became more nervous as the wedding got closer...