The food culture of Datang can only be said to be primitive in Wang Xiao's view.

After all, stir-fried vegetables and other things will not appear until the Song Dynasty, and they will either be steamed or boiled during the Tang Dynasty.

It's like Wang Xiao's small wine shop, where mutton is boiled in a big pot, and it is mutton soup with steamed buns.

By the way, his identity is still standard for traversers.

His parents died in a rebellion when the Tang army attacked Chang'an City. There are no brothers or sisters or anything, so he himself inherited this sheep soup shop that is said to have a history of more than 30 years.

However, before running his own wine shop, Wang Xiao borrowed needlework scissors from the next-door neighbor's house and made himself a few pairs of boxers.

There is no way, Datang at this time uses a crotch cloth.

Wang Xiao is really not used to this thing.

In this era, there are no clothing stores, and if you want to make clothes, your mother-in-law and aunt will tear the cloth and make it yourself.

Although Wang Xiao has not learned this craft, he has seen it. And the boxers are very simple, but they waste more cloth.

In Datang, cloth is used directly as money.

To put it simply, he just wore the money on his body.

Solving the most intimate problem, Wang Xiao began to run his own sheep soup shop.

"Uncle Yang, I want to order a batch of steamed buns from you."

Opposite Wang Xiao's house is a shop that sells steamed buns, that is, it sells bread.

"Wang family boy, buy steamed buns, buy steamed buns, what else can you spend."

Wang Xiao smiled modestly and stretched out his hand to gesture, "Uncle Yang, I want such a big one, the kind that is so thick that it can be cut through the middle with a knife." ”

There's nothing technical about it, it's just making the bun bigger and thicker. Uncle Yang said that there is no problem, and I will get it out for you tomorrow.

When he left, Uncle Yang was still teasing Wang Xiao, "Wang boy, when will you marry my pearl girl?" Just take eighty horses of silk and bow down. ”

Datang has no Jiaozi, and in addition to Kaiyuan Tongbao, the coins used also include silk silk.

Silk silk includes silk, Luo, brocade, silk, etc., which are more valuable silk fabrics.

Because of the shortage of copper coins, Datang used silk as currency for a long time.

In addition, although Datang does not have much silver in circulation, it can be used in bulk trade.

The official circulation of silver did not begin until the Song Dynasty, when a large amount of precious metals were earned through sea trade.

The peak was in the Ming Dynasty, because a large amount of silver was brought from the New World and Fuso.

As for gold, it was actually a currency for bulk commerce a long time ago.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were ten gold and twenty gold or something at every turn, referring to gold and copper.

The food and goods are loaded, and the first silk of Zhenguan is a horse, and the rice is a bucket.

Eighty horses of silk cloth are eighty buckets of rice, which is eight stones.

Eight Stone Grain Wang Xiao gritted his teeth, he was still able to take it out.

It's just the daughter of Uncle Yang's family, the pearl girl who is 150 pounds in sight, but Wang Xiao can't bear to hurt it at a glance. We are inseparable.

Early the next morning, Uncle Yang used a bamboo basket to load fifty steaming buns and sent them over, "Wang boy, what are you going to do?" ”

Wang Xiao picked up a piece of steamed bun and put it on the board, cutting it from the middle but leaving the tail to connect together.

Then I put in the fragrant and greasy lamb that I had prepared last night.

"Taste it."

Uncle Yang held the meat bun and took a big bite, "It's fragrant, it's fragrant, it's delicious." ”

Wang Xiao's craftsmanship naturally has nothing to say, but by noon, more than half of the meat buns had not been sold.

As for the reason, of course, Wang Xiao sold it expensive.

Wang Xiao naturally didn't sell it because he wanted to make money, but his cost was not low.

Steamed buns are not worth much, but mutton is expensive. And in order to mix mutton, Wang Xiao used a lot of sauces bought at a high price.

Datang didn't have soy sauce or anything, Wang Xiao bought someone else's secret meat sauce.

The price of this meat sauce is even more expensive than the mutton sold by Wang Xiao.

No way, if you want to season it, you have to buy it, otherwise you don't.

The cost is here, Wang Xiao can't sell it at a loss.

This is the West Market, and it is full of businessmen who are careful businessmen. There are really not many people who are willing to spend so much money on a meat bun.

If you go to the East Market, which is mainly a high-ranking official and a royal family business, it is estimated that you can sell more.

Fortunately, when it was almost noon, the people of the city department went door to door to inspect the preparations for the celebration of the new emperor's accession to the throne to see if everyone was ready to celebrate together.

The people from the city bureau obviously got the reward, and they also caught up with the meal, so they wrapped all the meat and buns left over by Wang Xiao.

Obviously, Wang Xiao's first attempt to enter the mall ended in failure.

However, in terms of Wang Xiao's character, the more things he didn't do, the more interested he became.

Meat buns don't sell well? That's not good, he must sell the meat sandwich bun to the famous hall.

After some analysis, Wang Xiao determined that the cost was too high, not that his craftsmanship was not good.

From Li Yuan's entry into Chang'an City, until Li Shimin ascended to the throne this year.

Over the years, Datang has been at war, and the price is very expensive. There was even a high price of a horse of silk that could only be exchanged for a bucket of rice.

Next year will be even more exaggerated, when the first year of Zhenguan

Frost and drought are disasters in the waiting pass, and famine is especially serious. It will not be until the fourth year of Zhenguan will be ripe.

In terms of reducing costs, there is nothing to say about steamed buns, and if you want to reduce the price, it is estimated that even if you marry a pearl girl.

Mutton or something, that's how many years of sheep delivery in a village outside the city. The price has not been touched in the good years and the hungry years, which is also not said.

The only thing I can do is a sauce that is comparable to the price of mutton.

Datang doesn't have soy sauce, so Wang Xiao has to make soy sauce.

Soy sauce is much, much cheaper than meat sauce, and seasoning is much more useful than meat sauce.

As for how to do it, Wang Xiao has read the information.

To put it simply, soy sauce only requires soybeans, salt, and water.

Soybean is soybean, which is one of the five grains in China.

This is the most important legume in the world, and it is the original product of China.

If you want to make soy sauce, first of all you have a large vat with a thick seal. The soybeans are then soaked for fermentation.

Finally, the fermented soybeans are filled with salt and water in a ratio of 3 to 1 to 1, and then sealed with kraft paper.

After several months of brewing, the soy sauce comes out after the lid is opened.

Of course, adding some syrup or something to flavor it is a small thing.

Wang Xiao understands these methods, the difference is that he has no money on hand.

Soybeans are not expensive, and water is not expensive, but salt is expensive.

The soy sauce is salty because there is enough salt.

Wang Xiao's family is just a small shop with a roadside stall, how can he have so much savings to buy tanks, salt and beans.

"Where do I get the money?"

Wang Xiao, who is rich in many worlds, fell into deep distress: "Sure enough, it is a penny that is difficult to defeat a hero." ”

In order to protect his reputation, it is impossible for Wang Xiao to do something like stealing chickens and dogs.

In the end, he borrowed a pair of bows and arrows from a neighbor's house, and with a horizontal knife, he went out of the city and went to Qinling.

In ancient times, it was not forbidden for people to hold bows, arrows, knives and guns, and it was Meng Yuan and a certain Qing who really did this.

The method chosen by Wang Xiao is very simple, that is, relying on the mountain to eat the mountain.

He was going to go into the mountains to get some fine skins, and then go to the furriers for a large sum of money.

During the Tang Dynasty, there were no protected animals, and there were groups of tigers and leopards in the mountains and forests.

Wang Xiao, who was carrying dry food, walked towards the depths of the Qinling Mountains for three days.

In the past three days, he has encountered a lot of prey, but Wang Xiao didn't even look at it.

Since we came, of course, we had to make the best.

At noon that day, Wang Xiao lit a fire next to a stream of living water, and set up a jar on a tripod and began to boil water.

Living in the jungle, the most terrifying thing is not those jackals, tigers and leopards, but drinking raw water.

There is no purified or filtered water source, especially in stagnant water like a pool, and God knows how many bacteria and viruses are there.

Drink such a water directly, and you will be finished before you encounter a beast.

Wang Xiao, who was sitting on the rocks on the river beach, moved his ears, and already held the bow and arrow in his hand.

In a short time, in the grass and woods not far away, an old man wearing a shabby Taoist robe, gray hair fixed with a wooden hairpin, holding a small hoe in his hand, and carrying a medicine basket behind him.

"This little brother." The old man bowed, "The old man is collecting medicine in the mountains, and when he saw that you have fireworks here, he looked for it, and I don't know if I can ask for a bowl of water to drink." ”

"Dao Chief, please be seated."

Wang Xiao can be regarded as a person who has learned Taoist techniques, so he naturally will not refuse.

The old Taoist priest took out a pottery bowl and took the bowl of water, poured a thank you, and sat down to drink water.

"Dare to ask the eldest name?"

"Old Dao Sun Simiao."

Wang Xiao was stunned for a moment, "Sun Shenxian? ”

Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the early Tang Dynasty. He has devoted his life to medical research and is enthusiastic about treating people and saving lives. The prestige among the people is extremely high, and they are known as living immortals.

In these days, doctors are a proper and expensive profession.

High income, high status. Compared with later generations, it is no better.

It is too rare for someone like Sun Simiao to not seek wealth and fame, but only to treat the people.

And he is also a Taoist, compared with those who occupy a large number of fields and tenants, knocking on the wooden fish all day long to eat and drink well, the word "immortal" is well deserved.

"Don't dare to be." Sun Simiao smiled faintly: "Little brother, this is here to hunt in the mountains?" ”

Wang Xiao smiled and nodded, took out the dry food and handed it over, "I want to get a few good skins and go back to exchange money for expenses." ”

Sun Simiao was noncommittal about this, thanked him, took the dry food, and ate it silently.

"Hand ginseng, astragalus, chrysanthemum notoginseng, silver bupleurum, star anise"

Wang Xiao looked at Sun Simiao's medicine basket and reported the names of those herbs like a few treasures.

Sun Simiao looked at him in surprise, "Little brother, you also know medical skills?" ”

Wang Xiao smiled and saluted, "I know a little bit about it." ”

Sun Simiao became interested and soon started talking with his peers.

Wang Xiao's medical skills came from Ping Yizhi, and he has not stopped studying in this area in various worlds.

Talking about medicine and prescriptions with Sun Simiao is reasonable and convincing.

The two chatted and speculated, and when they were talking happily, a tiger roar suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests in the distance, which made the beasts tremble.

Wang Xiao's eyes lit up: "My money is here." ”