Rushing to the market is something that I haven't heard of for many years and generations.

It is said that the people of a certain area, on a regular basis, gather together to do business in a certain place, and exchange the products in their hands, from mules, horses, cows, sheep, slaves and maids, and wives, to small buckets of millet and ruler cloth, basically all of them are bought.

Of course, in the era when the elders came, shopping with a certain treasure has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and people who are a little richer will also use 3D printing to solve most of the shopping problems, so for them, rushing to the market is a very vague concept.

However, Li Xiangqian still explored the context of this, first there was production, and then because the people wanted to exchange their rich products, but it was not enough to open a market, so this kind of regular, such as every third day and the eighth day of the first month to catch the market, after that, more progressive, with special merchants, they set up a market in a certain place, called a certain city, specifically as a place to buy and sell things, so in order to serve these people, there must be restaurants, housing, and security, so there is a town, Towns became cities, and so there was civilization.

The problem is not that the people come here to catch the market, but the reason why they come to the market, strange, "Now the army is in chaos, but the people are bold enough to set up stalls at our door." ”

"It's an elder, he went out to survey the enemy, but there happened to be such a market, he really did a big deal, and he wrapped up the cattle and any fresh local goods in the market, these villagers have benefited, and the villagers who have heard the news and come from all over the world, no, they are all here waiting for the elders' reception." The guard replied immediately.

Li Xiangqian listened to this somewhat laughable answer, and knew a little in his heart that the masses would not be disgusted with them, but they were also a little relieved, but this was too unvigilant against the invaders, oh, no.

After all, this military camp is based on Wu Sangui's troops as the main guard, and the Presbyterian Council has not engaged in a "change of flag", so the honor guard flag, the military flag, and the Ming Dynasty like to use the triangular flying leopard flag, the five-clawed dragon flag, of course, the common people can't understand it, but this L county area, that is, the Kailuan coal mine area in later generations, is a place where soldiers have been passed every day since the rise of the Liaodong army, and the place where these military masters are dealt with all year round, it can naturally be seen that this is still the soldiers of the Ming Emperor.

Li Qianqian walked around in this bazaar that came specifically to do the business of the prisoner camp, these fellows don't know anything else, they know that the people in this camp, especially those in such strange costumes, have money, and make generous moves, Li Qianqian walked among these people, looking at their tattered clothes, because it was early morning, there was not much smell, after all, the Chinese are not Europeans of this era, they fully understand the benefits of bathing, larger cities have special large bathhouses, you can take a bath, people in small places, find a well, Bring up the water and rinse it off.

After spending a while, he found that there were a lot of cattle here, at least a hundred or so donkeys or horses, but there were not many pigs, so he said to the old man who sold the livestock: "Old man, where did you come from in Luanzhou?" ”

The old man's voice was a little weird, but it was still clear: "Back to the adult, I'm from TJ Wei." ”

Li Xiangqian nodded and said, "This road is not close, is it a walk?" ”

"Yes, I went out with a few boys just after night yesterday, didn't you catch up, master, do you collect these livestock?"

"Ah," Li Xiangqian scratched his head, he really hadn't done this before, so he asked, "How did you sell this animal?" ”

"Back to the old man, it's still the original price, it's very cheap, you see, these are all big animals with strong mouths, whether it's pulling goods or eating meat, but it's all ......" The old man continued to explain.

"Oh, how much."

"Thirty taels of silver for a donkey."

Damn, what's going on!

We talked about it before, at this time in Jiangnan, due to the lack of green and yellow, the rice has reached 50 yuan a bucket, but this donkey must be wrong to sell for 30 taels of silver, this price is not right, it is too dark.

"Who paid for it?" Li Xiangqian asked.

The old man said: "This is given by the adult in charge of affairs here, he is happy to give money, never on credit, it is all cash, as soon as the old man hears about it, won't he come immediately." ”

Li Xiangqian seems to understand something, it is impossible for a donkey to be more expensive than a few taels of silver, and this price is really outrageous, who is spending money indiscriminately, is it who received the kickback? What's more, for the traverser, whether it is land or gold and silver, it doesn't matter at all, who cares about this? Or is it the legendary xing bribe?

Li Xiangqian, who didn't know the essentials, said to the old man who sold donkeys: "Okay, I know, you watch the cattle here first, and I will call someone to go immediately." ”

He turned over and walked back, and after returning to the camp, he beckoned someone to pick him up and return to the spaceship, and after a while, he found Zhou Zhiwei and said, "Old Zhou, I remember that you have the general price table of Jiangnan, and there is a ...... over there." How much does an animal cost? ”

Zhou Zhiwei looked down and said: "These prices may not be reliable, I asked people in Nanjing, if it is acquired from the countryside, it is estimated that the cost will be lower, but the logistics cost will increase." ”

"Just talk about the money." Li Xiangqian said anxiously.

"A cow is more expensive, after all, it can work, basically equivalent to agricultural machinery, to ten taels, sheep three taels of silver is enough, of course, we can not meet the long-term acquisition of scattered free-range breeding, must be to build a breeding base."

Li Xiangqian said: "Don't say it, I can imagine that the loss is big, the loss is big, and the few who stay behind are the big losses." ”

Ten minutes later, in the center of the camp, where the "office" sign was hung, Li Xiangqian sighed and said, "I understand, you are just doing bad things with good intentions, hoping to buy more meat for everyone as a supplement, and it is also a means to reward activists." ”

"That's it, that's it," Qian Jin pushed the goggles on his nose, which he bought after he became an accountant, after all, he had to look at various accounts for a long time: "I have calculated, the price is still very cost-effective, at our time, silver was only a few yuan a gram, and it was only a little bit when it was exchanged for one or two, before the arrival of our newly obtained gold, Li Zicheng's silver deposit could be fully supported." ”

Looking at him as serious, as if he was still there, "Reward me, reward me", Li Xiangqian felt that he had been hit, sure enough, are they all a bunch of nerds.