In the wine shop, Liu Wenjing and the brothers are eating in the wing, the dishes are varied, Liu Wulang and Liu Wenqi eat with relish, and the cooking technology of the Huangzhou wine shop is completely different from the dishes in other places because of the "stir-fried". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Liu family is quite good, so they can afford to eat meat on weekdays, but they have never eaten such delicious meat, pork, duck, chicken and fish, all of which are unheard of.

Although they were all sent in small plates, they were all eaten by Liu Wenqi, of course, the young man's good appetite was also one of the reasons, but he really had never seen so many kinds of meat.

What Dongpo meat, sauce elbow, braised pork belly, what roast duck, drunk duck, roast goose, what roast chicken, ham, meat floss, Liu Wenqi began to get nervous after eating: "Brother, how much does this table cost?" ”

"What do you think?"

"Whatever, you have to pay three or four dollars, right?"

Liu Wenjing stretched out her right hand, clenched her fist, stretched out her index finger, and shook it at her younger brother.

"Ten money?!"

Liu Wenqi was shocked, his brother picked him up and washed the dust, and it was understandable to break the bank, but he didn't think that he would spend ten yuan to eat a meal, which would be too extravagant.

Ten money, that is, 10,000 money, Jin Dynasty, the important ministers have lived luxuriously, especially for the diet is particularly particular, according to legend, this once said that "the eclipse of ten thousand dollars, there is still no place to go", descendants take it as a typical example of luxury life, as a result...

"It's just money." Liu Wenjing said with a smile, it is normal for my brother to misunderstand, anyone who sees the meat in front of the two of them will think that it is worth a lot of money, but this is in Xiyang, Huangzhou, so it is different.

"Meat is so cheap here?" Liu Wenqi was a little incredulous, although he couldn't say that a meal was cheap, but it was really unexpected for him.

Liu Wenjing motioned to his younger brother to continue eating: "Scarcity is expensive, there are many farms in Huangzhou, and chickens, ducks, geese and pigs are very cheap, so the consumption of wine stores is also cheap." ”

Their family is quite wealthy, so they can afford to eat meat, but they also know that many people in the world are very poor, and they are afraid that they will not be able to eat much meat all year round.

Huangzhou is different, because of the huge number of poultry and livestock breeding, the price of meat is very cheap, of course, it is not so cheap that everyone can eat meat at every meal, but it is much better than other places, so it raises the strong figure of the Hulin army.

Seeing that they were eating about the same, the two got back to business, Liu Wenqi came to Huangzhou this time to run to Liu Zhuo and Liu Shiyuan, that is, to study in Huangzhou, and the servants who accompanied him were doing another thing.

As Liu Wenjing said, there are many farms in Huangzhou, so there are many chickens, ducks and geese, and with it, there is also more of one thing: down.

Collect the down of chickens, ducks and geese, wash and dry it, and then fill it into clothes or bedding, which can have a good warmth effect.

The practice of using down to keep out the cold, it is said that it is not uncommon in the Lingbiao area, but the large-scale sewing of warm clothes with down, this practice is the first in Shannan, the Zhou Sui War broke out the year before last, and the Zhou army in Shannan is to use down jackets as winter clothes, which has been widely known since then.

In these years, the warm clothes of the rich and noble families are filled with silk cotton, and ordinary people can't afford to consume them, let alone the people from poor families, and since down is widely used to keep out the cold, it is a great blessing for the people.

The down of chickens, ducks and geese is easy to get, but the down on each poultry can also be taken a few taels, and if you want to make enough down to keep out the cold, you need several poultry, and if you use it to fill a futon, the consumption is even more amazing.

Therefore, the price is cheap and sufficient Huangzhou down, has become the first choice of many people, the Huangzhou mentioned here, in fact, includes the states under the jurisdiction of the Huangzhou Governor's Office, these states and counties have farms of different scales, so the price of down is very low.

Among them, Huangzhou has the largest output of down, and the price of cheap down allows ordinary people to buy warm winter clothes and bedding, so the trade of down is becoming more and more popular, and it is another hot-selling commodity in Huangzhou in addition to cloth, books, tea, and white porcelain.

Down originates from chickens, ducks and geese, and is divided into three types: chicken down, duck down, and goose down, which have different warming effects and different smells.

Chickens and ducks are omnivorous because of meat and vegetables, so down always has a fishy smell, and geese eat vegetarian foods such as aquatic plants, so goose down has no taste, it is the best down, and the warmth effect is the best but the price is higher.

The price of a pound of goose down is at least two to three times the price of a pound of duck down, and the price of duck down is higher than that of chicken down, so there are three grades of price for three kinds of down, which is rich and thrifty.

Wealthy families who can accept down products naturally choose goose down; For those with a decent family background, you can choose duck down that has undergone deodorization measures such as exposure to the sun; The slightly smelly duck down and chicken down are the first choice for families with poor backgrounds.

Even if the clothes and bedding have a faint fishy smell, even the people will be stained with this smell, but where do ordinary people care, as long as they can effectively keep warm from the cold, they are not so particular.

What's more, the price of chicken down is extremely low, as long as you work in any workshop in Huangzhou or neighboring states and counties, save money and save for a month or two, you can buy enough chicken down for a family, so that the tailor can sew clothes and bedding and survive the winter, who can not afford to consume it?

Therefore, whether it is chicken down, duck down, goose down, its demand is growing day by day, of course, there are also people who raise their own poultry to take down, especially those who have a big family.

Among them, raising geese to take down is even more, but more people do not have this condition, raising geese have to be near the water, rather than spending effort to raise, it is better to buy it directly to be cost-effective.

Seeing that autumn is approaching and winter is not too far away, traders from all over the world come to Huangzhou to buy down and sell it to various places, and its profits are also considerable, so even though the down production in Huangzhou and nearby states and counties is very large, it is still in short supply.

As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and the price of goose down is the highest, but it is easy to be confused with duck down, so there are unscrupulous traders who use duck down to pretend to be goose down and make money with a clear conscience.

This time, with Liu Wen's up, several servants in Xiyang came to Xiyang to buy goose down and bring it back to Guanzhong, with the convenient exchange business, Liu Wenjing has received the payment in advance, and ordered a large number of goose down in Xiyang City to be shipped.

And when he was waiting for Liu Wenqi at the dock, he had already sent a servant to inspect the goods, in case someone replaced goose down with duck down to be shoddy, this was the Liu family's first large transaction in Xiyang, Liu Wenjing did not dare to take it lightly.

Liu Wenqi was interested when he heard this: "Brother, is it hard to distinguish between the real and the fake of this goose down and duck down?" ”

"There is still a difference, and you can tell the difference if you see more and have experience."

"Brother, there are many merchants among the people who came to Bakou on the same boat, and some of them also came to buy goose down, is there really a lot of geese in Xiyang?"

"Guess how many geese there are in the Huangzhou farm alone?"

"Uh, 10,000?"

"From 100,000."

"So many geese! Where to find forage to feed the geese? ”

"Who knows? However, there is no shortage of lakes and ditches in all the states and counties of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion, so there is no shortage of fields and duckweed and other forages. ”

Liu Wenqi couldn't believe his ears, he couldn't understand what kind of scene 100,000 geese were, and he couldn't help but think of the deafening goose cry in his ears: quack, quack, quack!

Liu Wenqi became more and more interested in Huangzhou, and he began to ask questions: "Brother, does the bookstore in Xiyang really have any books?" ”

"Of course, it's enough for you to go shopping for a few days."

"Is it true that the State Library has an all-night reading room?"

"Of course, there's no place for going late."

"Is there really a permanent light in the reading room?"

"Hmm."

"Is Liu Shiyuan's lecture very strict?"

Hearing this, Liu Wenjing asked rhetorically: "Do you think you are an elm head?" ”

"It's not."

"Anyway, don't let Liu Shiyuan think that you are an elm head."

After settling the account, Liu Wenjing left with his younger brother, followed by the servant who was eating in the next room, and the group walked towards the warehouse area at the other end of the wharf.

Liu Wenjing walked up and asked, "Youlao, what is the good news that makes everyone so happy?" ”

"Don't you know this brother?"

"Despicable and lonely."

"Hey, look at me, this is news that just arrived." The man patted his head and added with a smile: "The official army has pacified Shudi, and the Sui State is finished!" ”