Yamazaki was in a bad mood, so he prepared a rich breakfast.
Cut the white steamed buns with a finger sword, wrap each piece in eggs, then smear with lard, and knead until golden.
It's so fragrant and crispy that I want to eat it again.
Cut the bacon into thin slices with a knife, add it to the pan and stir-fry.
Remove oil from bacon and remove from pan.
The chopped green vegetable roots, that is, the white part, are first put into the pot to drain the oil.
As it heats up, the water comes out with the oil.
At this time, remove the green cabbage leaves and let the oil mixed with the vegetable juice absorb into the green cabbage leaves.
At the same time, the juice from the green cabbage leaves can penetrate into the green cabbage roots.
You don't have to put the bacon in the pot, but Shandai wants to eat meat, so she puts it in the pot again and stir-fries it again.
It comes out as soon as the fire breaks out, and some of the uncooked soup is poured into the plate.
Salted fish, with big bones and big spines shaved off.
Then he took it in his hand and smashed it into pieces with the heavy palm technique. The force was so strong that it shattered all the fish bones.
Then knead it into pureed meat, add a large amount of rice flour, knead it into rice flour and fish meat balls, and steam them together.
Cut the salted duck into pieces, add it to the soup pot, add water and vegetables and cook it together, it will be ready soon.
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After eating a hearty breakfast, Yamazaki felt better and had enough energy to inspect the fields.
Touching the heavy ears of rice, I guess it is almost ripe and will be harvested in a while.
The helpers were also smiling because Yamazaki said that he would exchange them for whole grains, vegetables and fruits.
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In the morning, determine who the helpers will be today.
While we were talking, a caravan came over.
There were more than a hundred people in total, riding donkeys and horses and pulling trucks.
Smelling the burnt smell that still lingered in the air, the caravan couldn't help but frown, but still walked in.
Collect fine grain, three taels of silver per dou.
To collect beans and coarse grains, one tael of silver and three bushels of silver are paid.
Collect chickens and ducks, five of them for one tael of silver.
To collect sheep, fifteen taels of silver per head.
Collect pigs, thirty taels of silver each.
Collect cloth, two by two.
Selling sea salt for one hundred taels a dou.
Sell salted fish for one hundred taels a dou.
The purchase price is not too harsh, after all, they still need to transport it.
The selling price is a bit outrageous, about one hundred taels per dou of fine white salt.
A dou of sea salt costs ten taels, a cart costs two hundred taels, and the price of salted fish is also the same.
But there is no salt, so I can only sit down and raise the price.
Yamazaki thought about standing up and stopping the deal that everyone was distressed about.
"Everyone, I am the talker of this city. Does anyone have any objections?"
The people in the city shook their heads together and expressed no objection.
In the past few months, everyone has lived a very comfortable life and practiced the martial arts passed down by Yamazaki in their free time.
"Boss, please wait outside the city."
"ah?"
"After a few days, we have harvested. After we have discussed it, we will trade with you."
"What if we don't leave!"
"I'll just say it bluntly, this city doesn't welcome businessmen like you who just sit there and raise prices. Please go outside the city."
"With a broken city like you that doesn't even have a master, what qualifications do you have to negotiate terms?"
"That's our business, now please."
"If that's the case, then we'll leave."
"You can leave, but we are still living well without you. There is not much salt in the mountains, but it can still keep us alive."
"Huh, let's see!"
"I don't really want to see it. Please."
"Huh, let's go!"
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After they left, many people couldn't help but started shouting about what to do.
Yamazaki signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said that when his fine grains were harvested, he would trade them for salt at a fair price.
"As you all know, my family's fine grain crops are about to be harvested."
"Everyone knows that there are only two people in my family and we cannot eat so much refined food."
"Instead of leaving new grain to become old grain, rather than leaving it there to feed rats, it is better to feed it to those black-hearted businessmen."
"This group of people is so evil. Let's leave them alone for a few days, firstly to dampen their spirit, and secondly to consume the dry food and supplies they brought."
"If they want to leave, let them leave. Now that summer is over and it's harvest time in autumn, there will always be merchants bringing salt."
"Please rest assured and wait for another ten days. If anyone feels that he is short of salt for those ten days, he can exchange it for peanuts. Ten pounds of shelled peanuts can be exchanged for one tael. Each person is limited to one tael."
"One tael of salt is enough for a person to last for a month. Even if he eats one yuan a day, it is enough for ten days."
"If there are four people in a household, four taels of salt can last for two or three months, right?"
"Okay, I won't say much more. I will arrange for people to bring out the salt. Everyone go back and prepare peanuts. I will change them now."
"If I change it, I'll feel at ease."
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Everyone laughed and dispersed. Learning martial arts is learning martial arts, money is money, and salt is salt.
As a commoner, I have no knowledge of martial arts. Thanks to Yamazaki's teaching, I can let Yamazaki take charge of the overall situation, but I have to be careful.
Just shouting won't do.
Now if you are willing to bring out the salt, then if you obey and wait for ten days, there will be no problem.
Peanuts are not valuable. Ten pounds of shelled peanuts can be exchanged for one ounce of salt. It’s worth it!
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outside the city.
Full of resentment, the caravan withdrew to the river and set up camp.
No matter whether I walk or not, I can't walk tonight.
The problem is that they didn't expect such a scenario.
I thought there would be a big meal in the evening, but now I can only eat dry food.
Fortunately, there is still grass. Although there is smoke, we can always make a fire, and we don't have to chew it dry and swallow it cold.
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There were a bunch of people sitting next to the fire, but they were all crowded upwind, otherwise the wind would blow away the smoke and ashes.
"Damn, that's so annoying."
"That's it, they must look good."
"Let's think about what we will do if they don't trade!"
"Impossible, Soaring Snake City has been destroyed, and there is no caravan coming back except for us."
"The caravans similar to ours probably all think so."
"No matter how poor they are, so many people can produce something worth tens of thousands of taels of silver."
"That's right. What's important is that the price is cheap and no one charges taxes."
"Yes, it can be multiplied several times by changing hands, and the profit can be ten times as soon as you enter and exit."
"What's the use of talking about this now!"
"Everyone, what I mean is whether you want to vote."
"No, no, no, we have too few people. There will be casualties. It will be difficult to explain to the families when we go back."
"This is an abandoned city, and the people left in it are all frightened trash."
"It's a vote by show of hands."
"No, stop talking. Don't forget, this is Feihuafang's territory."
"Feihuafang doesn't want it anymore."
"Feihuafang never said that. The poisonous lady has a poisonous mind. There is no need for us to risk our lives just for some money."
As soon as these words came out, everyone around the fire shut up.
Without a desperate intention, no one in the southeast area dares to take advantage of Fei Huafang.
"What now?"
"Let's negotiate the price tomorrow."
"We have to ask them for mercy?
"When doing business, beg each other. If we can agree, we'll make a deal. If we can't, we'll break up."
"Then why wait until tomorrow, go now."
"Now? Who can I talk to?"
"Just that boy."
"Is he okay?"
"It should be okay. In short, trade early and go back early."
"That's right, I don't want to stay in this miserable place any longer."