Chapter 12 Household Registration (8) - Exposed

The inquiries along the way made Li Shen a little irritable, and he also felt a little helpless, and asked to the bottom of the matter, he also knew that it was for Pang Lan, who was good, but for Pang Lan, he really didn't have that kind of love at present, he was a modern person, and what he was thinking about was modern concepts, not to mention that Pang Lan was still a few months away from being sixteen years old.

However, I was curious about the apricot, born in a civilian house in the mountains, wearing fine silk, and it can be seen from her skin that this girl rarely works, or not at all, and is completely raised like a young lady, which is a bit inconsistent with the girls in the countryside now.

Going around and around, driving the donkey cart into more than an hour's journey, a large group of dilapidated buildings appeared in front of the two of them, in the middle is a potholed mud and stone road, there are not many people, wearing basically home-woven linen, silk clothes are very few, and the distance is really too big compared with Chang'an City.

Zhenguan is prosperous, for the people, they can eat and dress warmly, even if it is a prosperous age, the people's requirements are actually very low.

The houses are dilapidated or not, looking like they have been in condition for decades, many walls have been peeled off, the sound of hawking can rarely be heard, and there are very few pedestrians on the road.

"What to buy first?" Pang Zhong asked.

"Pots and pans, clothes and shoes, sheets, mosquito nets, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, grain, and saltpeter, and a few more wooden barrels." Li Shen finished saying what he needed in one breath.

Making money, now is Li Shen's only goal, with money, this life is also a lot more comfortable, the Song Dynasty garden-style building, this is what he has envied for a long time, when the time comes to build one, it can also drive the current architectural style of the entire Tang Dynasty, just thinking about it is extremely happy, I am afraid that the money I will earn alone is beyond his imagination.

The steps can't be too big at one time, and the money on the body is not enough, so you can only develop slowly from a small capital, and you can't become a fat man in one breath, Li Shen still knows.

Ice, at this time, only those who have the rich can afford to enjoy it, every winter to store the ice, and wait until the summer to take it out and use it, that is a luxury life that ordinary people can't even think about.

Ice-making, the cost is low, water is everywhere, it is estimated that there is not much price of a pound with saltpeter, that is, the price of sugar is more expensive, after all, sugar is a relatively luxurious thing for the people in this era, the cost should be ten cents per catty of ice, he thinks it should not be much worse, and he is not selling ice, cold drinks! These things can be made perfectly.

A pound of ice is 500 grams, even if an old popsicle is calculated as 50 grams, a pound of ice can be made into ten popsicles, one pound of ice, that is, 30 yuan, a pound of ice earns 20 yuan, and the profits earned by other high-end cold drinks are relatively much higher.

At present, the price of exchanging silver for copper plates is about 12,300 taels of silver, and the price of a strong laborer working a day is about 30 to 40.

Li Shen's heart is not ambitious, and now he can only slowly accumulate the original fund for entrepreneurship, if he hadn't lost his money, he would definitely have taken a lot bigger steps than now.

The only problem now in front of him was that the population of the town was too small to meet his needs for ice. But now there is no way, and I can only wait until the household registration is done, change to a larger place, or go directly to Chang'an City, now he is like this, I guess he is standing in front of familiar people, I am afraid they will not recognize him.

As a traverser, although he is not very knowledgeable, he still knows these simple things, and the money he earns from ice making is very low, and Li Shen also wants to give ordinary people a comfortable life in the hot summer season.

The kindness of saving his life can be said to be not measured by money, he wants to give Pang Zhong the recipe of ice making, which can be regarded as a repayment for his life-saving grace, after all, it is a means of making a living, and it can be passed down from generation to generation, it should be able to offset this kindness.

Even if you earn 100 taels a day in a summer, 3,000 wen a month, almost two taels or more, and five taels in two months, although five taels is not much, how much money can people earn by plowing land every year? What's more, this is a mountainous area, and it is two months, and Pang Zhong can do other things at other times.

"What are you buying these things for? Do you really want to live in the village for a long time? Pang Zhong asked, and there was a slight joy in his heart, if this was the case, it would be a good match for his sister.

Li Shen nodded and said, "For the time being, let's wait until the household registration comes down, by the way, there is still alkali to buy some back." ”

"I have alkali at home, I don't need to buy it, I'll give you a piece when I go back." Pang Zhong's face suddenly darkened when he heard this, and he replied coldly.

The application of alkali in ancient China has been there for a long time, generally leather handicraft, it can remove the oil on the leather, make the leather more soft, as for when to start using, no one can know.

The role of alkali is really great, and modern life must be used everywhere, basically including all kinds of aspects, all of which are indispensable, but I don't know how much purity of alkali is now.

Handmade soap, the production method is simple, three things can be done, water; oil, caustic soda; He couldn't remember the ratio anymore, so he had to experiment slowly first.

Handmade soap is a big fortune, now the laundry people are grass and wood ash, rich people only use the pancreas made of pig pancreas, the cost is high, not to mention, the ability to remove stains is poor.

Li Shen didn't know how much it was, but he seemed to have read an ancient text before, saying that an emperor gave a minister to make high-quality pancreas, and the minister was reluctant to use them, so it can be seen whether the price of pancreas is expensive.

How much is a pound of oil, Li Shen doesn't know, now the price of Zhenguan should not be too expensive, at most thirty Wen is in the sky, a pound of oil will definitely not make a piece of handmade soap, even if it is a piece of energy, the profit is still hundreds of times.

At the price of five yuan, Li Shen knew that those rich and high-ranking officials would definitely rush to ask for it, but he was also more worried that without the protection of official forces, there were many people in this business.

If you don't have a backer and want to make people blush in human society, it's no different from looking for death.

To say that this identity is extremely noble, but I don't know if I can have it, Li Shen is suffering now, and he will not reveal his identity until the last resort.