Author: Qiye

Although Ziyang Academy has great appeal to Fu Yuanzhi, now is not the time for Ziyang Academy to recruit students.

However, it is not impossible. Jian'an County holds a tea party on the seventh day of May every year.

We can only see if we can get a chance then.

The next day, Song Huan and four others went to visit Jian'an County.

Even if you are idle, you might as well go out for a stroll and see the differences between this place and the towns you have been to before, such as prices, eating habits, etc.

By the way, there is another most critical thing, food.

She couldn't remember which book she read about it. Corn didn't develop very quickly after it was introduced to China. For a long time, it was only grown in some coastal areas and mountainous areas such as Zhejiang and Fujian.

It took two centuries for corn to become popular in mainland Anhui, Hebei and other places.

More than a century later, it quickly became popular in the wilderness of Northeast China.

Compared with corn, sweet potatoes are developing very quickly.

Maybe the difference between corn and sweet potatoes lies in the different introducers?

Chen Zhenlong, a businessman, went to Luzon (Philippines) to do business on sweet potatoes. He found that the yield was very high and was delicious whether cooked or roasted, so he wanted to transplant it back to his country.

In June of the year he returned to China, Chen Zhenlong asked his son Chen Jinlun to present potato vines to the governor of Fujian, explain their uses and planting methods, and ask for promotion.

The former was spread because the people were desperate for survival, while the latter was planted under the order of the imperial court.

Although she didn't know which era in history the development of the era she was in now corresponded to, she had seen sweet potatoes but not corn.

Maybe something is different.

Jian'an County is indeed a big city, with a prosperous economy and a large population. It is bustling with people and traffic, making it very lively.

Even the streets are twice as wide as those in Yangjiang Prefecture.

Flags fluttered in the sun, and vendors and vendors shouted incessantly.

The high-rise buildings are grand and luxurious.

The price of food here is not much different from that in Yangjiang Prefecture, and there are many local specialties.

Such as fish balls, oyster cakes, nine-layer cakes, scallion meat cakes, thread noodles, fried meat cakes, spring cakes, etc.

There are many varieties, much more than other places they passed when they came here.

The local people pay attention to fresh and elegant food, with appropriate sweet and sour taste.

The food processing is also at a higher level than other places.

Sure enough, where there is competition, more different foods or derivatives will emerge.

The third day of May

Song Huan and the others accompanied Wang Dayu to a secluded building. Wang Dayu went to discuss business. Song Huan and others couldn't be around, so they sat in a private room on the second floor to rest.

At this time, my brother came over and said, "Sister, look across the way."

Adi pointed to the gap in the window and motioned to Song Huan to take a look.

Opposite is a bank.

At this time, there was a man in patched cloth, carrying a sack and looking around, timidly like a thief.

At this time, the shopkeeper and the waiter were chatting casually.

I saw the man walking up to the counter with a sack on his back. He didn't know what he said to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then asked the waiter to take him away from the counter.

Song Huan asked, "What did you see?"

Adi rubbed his chin and said, "I guess that uncle must have gained some foreign wealth. There may be gold, silver and jewelry in the sack."

Song Huan returned to his seat and took a sip of tea. After tasting it, he couldn't taste the so-called charm, "I guess not."

Adi asked, "What could that be?"

Song Huan smiled and said nothing, "If you really want to know, you will have the results in two days. Anyway, we won't leave Jian'an County for a while."

Adi snorted, Ajie is getting better and better at showing off.

He was just an honest farmer, could he have other purposes?

At this time, in the bank account

The man asked Xiang the shopkeeper, "How much does silver cost per pound?"

It would be great for ordinary people to have hundreds or even thousands of copper coins in their hands, but silver is simply out of reach for them.

Therefore, they would not know or understand the exchange of silver and copper coins.

The shopkeeper was stunned. The exchange of silver has always been based on the amount of one tael, and how many coins can be exchanged for one piece of silver. Have you never heard of the exchange of silver based on the pound?

The shopkeeper looked at the man again, looking timid and timid, like an old rusher.

The shopkeeper did not return to the market where his money was sold, but said, "How much money do you have?"

The man subconsciously looked around, then leaned into the shopkeeper's ear and whispered, "I have a pit of money there!"

The shopkeeper was surprised in his heart, but didn't show it on his face, and then smiled and said, "Since you have a pit of money that you don't want to keep for yourself, why did you come to my bank account? Don't come here to deceive me!"

The man dug his toes into the ground, his face flushed, and he said coquettishly, "I am just an ordinary citizen. Suddenly having money in my hand makes me feel that it will suddenly grow wings and fly. Copper coins are more reassuring to me."

Seeing that the man didn't seem to be cheating, the shopkeeper inadvertently glanced at the sack on the man's shoulder and said, "The silver is one hundred and twenty pennies per catty."

The shopkeeper didn't tell the truth and directly changed the price from 160 to 120.

One tael = one drop of money = one piece of money = 1,000 copper plates

The man was overjoyed. Seeing this, the shopkeeper interrupted him before he could even exclaim his joy and said, "But..."

The man's face froze and he asked anxiously, "But what? Shopkeeper, please tell me! I'm listening!"

The shopkeeper said, "The origin of your money is unknown, so I don't dare to take the risk to change it for you."

The man had a sad face, but after a while he said, "How can the shopkeeper help me change it?"

The shopkeeper said, "How about eighty pounds per pound?"

The man thought for a moment and realized that it was all for nothing anyway. He could still get eighty yuan, which was a lot of money.

The man nodded and said, "Then I'll sell you this pound of silver!"

"I asked several companies, but they all said it was less than seventy cents. You guys are being fair and don't fool me, so I'll sell it to you."

The clerk took the silver he took out of the sack and measured it to sixteen taels, then nodded to the shopkeeper, who then paid him eighty taels of silver.

Eighty ounces of money took up more space than silver. The man put it into the sack and tied the mouth of the sack again. He felt relieved that it was safe.

Then I saw him carrying a sack on his back. He looked outside first and saw that no one was coming. Then he turned back to the shopkeeper and said, "I'll come tomorrow night. I'll be there before you close the door and sell you five more pounds. But I'm afraid."

If others find out, you must remember to close the door when I come, and wait until I have exchanged the money for you to open the door and let me out."

The man left happily.

The guys waited for the man to leave and started chatting again. When they had something to talk about, they all talked to each other.

The summary of the content is that if a man is poor and has money, he will suffer the consequences, and sooner or later the money will torture him to death.

Adi saw that the sack on his back was obviously much bigger than before, and looked at Ajie who looked calm and composed. He hummed in his heart, he didn't believe it.

The fourth day of May

Light time

It was time to close the shop, but the man did not break his promise and came here carrying the sack.

As soon as they entered the door, the waiter and the shopkeeper could smell the strong smell of alcohol, and the store was instantly filled with the smell of alcohol.

The shopkeeper frowned and didn't think too much for a moment, thinking that the poor suddenly became rich and "don't follow the footsteps of others".

The man just sat on the chair without anyone paying attention.

The attitude is completely opposite to yesterday.

The waiter glanced at the shopkeeper, who signaled that he was fine, then closed and bolted the door. He approached the man again and asked, "How many kilograms of silver did you sell today?"

I saw the man straighten up, his eyes widened, his drunken eyes were bloodshot and red, and he said fiercely, "How do you do this business? You always bully me in the country, right?"
Chapter completed!