Emperor Shuang: The counterattack started from the Gaopingling Incident Chapter 374: Without Butcher Zhangs pork, the sound of bells cannot purify the killing
Chapter 374: Without Butcher Zhangs pork, the sound of bells cannot purify the killing
The two guards clasped their fists and said, "No, I'll do it right now." Then they went to the stables in the city, got on their horses and galloped away.
Ma Jun looked up at the scorching sun that had reached the middle of the sky and said, "Prime Minister, do you think we will have lunch here before going outside the city to test-fire the newly made trebuchet."
Cao Shuang answered: "Deheng, I can't wait to see this new trebuchet. I'd better save it for lunch and wait until the test firing is completed before I can use it with the craftsmen and soldiers in the city."
Ma Jun continued: "The Prime Minister is really considerate of the servants. He even asked his personal guards to prepare some meat for the servants."
On the city wall not far away, there are the most elite Chinese troops of the Wei Dynasty patrolling over and over again under the scorching sun, strictly guarding against the spies of Shu and Wu.
Cao Shuang said: "They deserve this. You and they have made such a great contribution to the Wei Dynasty. From now on, we will ask the kitchen to cook a meal for the craftsmen and soldiers here every three days, so that they can also improve."
Improve the food.”
Ma Jun said with a troubled expression: "Prime Minister, the money allocated by the Young Master and the Prime Minister's Mansion is enough for monthly expenses, but if we buy them more meat every three days, it will probably not be enough.
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Cao Shuang came over and patted Ma Jun on the shoulder with a smile and said: "Haha, I don't need to bother Deheng with this little thing. Could it be that without the butcher Zhang Yide, we won't be able to eat pork? The money to buy meat will not be enough in the future.
Naturally, it will be paid by the Prime Minister's Office."
Zhang Fei appears in front of everyone in the image of a butcher. Zhang Fei is Liu Bei's third sworn brother and can also be called Liu Bei's early venture capitalist.
He provided money to help Liu Bei and formed a private army of more than 300 people. This obviously required a large amount of funds. If Zhang Fei was born as a butcher, could he make so much money by selling pork?
In the vegetable markets of later generations, the price of pork fluctuated to twenty or thirty yuan per pound. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty when people were in dire straits, the price of pork was even higher.
According to the "Juyan Han Bamboo Slips", for ten pounds of meat, one stone of grain, three thousand dollars, one stone of millet is equivalent to 37 pounds of millet in modern times, worth three thousand Han coins.
The value of 10 jins of meat is equal to 1 shi of millet, and 10 jins of meat is equivalent to 5 jins in modern times, which means that 5 jins of meat is worth 3,000 han qian.
In ancient texts, if meat is not specified, it generally refers to pork. From this we can conclude that 1 pound of meat is worth 600 Han coins. According to the "Hanshu Shihuo Zhi",
One kilogram of gold is worth ten thousand. Ten thousand Han dynasty is equivalent to 1 Han jin of gold, which means that 1 Han dynasty is worth 0.025 grams of gold. One kilogram of pork costs 600 Han dynasty and is worth 15 grams of gold. This shows how expensive pork is.
Of course, in ancient times, the price of pork would fluctuate greatly depending on the quality of the meat, the region and the national situation. However, such a price was also possible when prices soared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
From this point of view, selling pork should be able to make money, but because the price of pork is too high, ordinary people cannot often buy it.
Although the price of pork is high, the sales volume is limited. This means that although butchers can make a living selling meat and even save some assets, it is not easy to obtain a lot of wealth.
Zhang Fei lived in Zhuo County. He had a lot of farmland, sold wine and butchered pigs, and was good at making friends with the world's heroes. There was a peach orchard behind the village.
Zhang Fei's family has a superior family background and has accumulated wealth for several generations. He should belong to the local powerful class.
Their livelihood involves three industries: planting, animal husbandry, and light industry. These three industries form a three-dimensional agricultural economic model.
This model can maximize the use of various resources, reduce waste, and maximize economic benefits.
Zhang Fei's family has a large amount of grain fields, which can be used to grow wheat. After the wheat meets daily dietary needs, the excess can be sold or used as a raw material for making wine. The husk of the wheat, that is, the chaff, can be
Used as feed for pigs.
The peaches produced in Taoyuan are similar to wheat. Surplus peaches can be sold, and peaches of poor quality can also be used as pig feed.
Mr. Li Hu pointed out in his article "History of Food Culture of Han and Tang Dynasties" that
Since pig raising in many areas during the Han Dynasty was mainly for herding, poor people could also make this a career; the cost of herding was low, so the amount of pigs raised must have been considerable.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, although the method of raising sheep in captivity had already appeared, the method of herding sheep was still very common. Zhang Fei could let people herd pigs in Taoyuan.
Zhang Fei raises pigs in Taoyuan. Due to the low cost of raising pigs, he can raise a large number of domestic pigs. After the dietary needs are met, there will definitely be a large amount of pork surplus, which can be sold in the market.
A large number of pigs will produce a large amount of feces, which can be used as fertilizer for peach trees or wheat fields, and in turn nourish these plants.
Zhang Fei's family business involves planting, animal husbandry and processing industries. These industries can interact with each other to form a three-dimensional economic model. It can not only meet Zhang Fei's family needs, but also help him obtain more wealth.
What's more, Zhang Fei lived in Zhuo County for a long time and experienced the accumulation of wealth for several generations, which made Zhang Fei enough to become a local tycoon, far from being a butcher.
With sufficient material foundation, it is not difficult to help Liu Bei, who has the ideal of helping the Han Dynasty, form a private army.
Ma Jun cupped his fists and said, "Servant, I would like to thank the Prime Minister for their kindness."
When Cao Shuang saw that the soldiers were pushing the trebuchet and gradually disappeared at the north gate, he got on his horse and said: "Deheng, let's go. I also want to see the power of the repeating trebuchet. In the future, when we attack Shu, Wu can
They are all sharp weapons!”
After saying that, he rode his horse out of the north gate and headed towards Qianjin Canal. From the north gate to the foot of Mang Mountain is an open and flat land, which is very suitable for horse racing.
Ma Jun secretly thought that the prime minister's excitement, with the power of the continuous trebuchet, would inevitably kill Shuwu soldiers in the future, and it would definitely become a tool to cause bloody killings. He, Ma Deheng, did not know how many killings he would indirectly cause. It seems that this
At that time, the sound of the temple bells at the foot of Mang Mountain could not purify my ears, but could only give me a little comfort in my heart.
But this is inevitable. To unify the world, there must be bloodshed and sacrifice. If the process is slower, more blood will be shed. Then it is better to make the process faster. After all, we
Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the world has been in chaos for many years, and many people have died in successive wars.
When Cao Shuang and others arrived at the bank of Qianjin Canal, the soldiers were already ready, and the civilians had built an earth wall as high as one person more than two hundred steps away from the trebuchet.
Cao Shuang and Ma Jun turned over and dismounted. Ma Jun clasped his fists and asked for instructions: "Prime Minister, can we start?"
Cao Shuang nodded in response, and Ma Jun waved the command flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "Let go!" In this way, stones weighing more than fifty kilograms were thrown towards the earth wall almost without interruption. After a while, the earth wall was smashed.