Chapter 6 Shaoji Shopping
"You, you're going to break up with me?" Bai Ma Pole questioned incredulously.
After being slapped and getting a hundred dates, the white hemp pole is still very satisfied, as a gambler, what is lacking is money, if this kind of thing is every day, it can be said that there is a way to make money.
However, Gao Feng came up with a hundred articles to solve this matter, which really made him unthinkable, what happened to this Gao Feng? It was not consistent with the gamblers and bastards he was familiar with, and even made him feel far away.
"Haha, we don't have a relationship, so let's talk about breaking up friendship." Gao Feng laughed.
His statement is not an exaggeration, friends in the casino, but just use each other, how to talk about friendship?
"In this case, let's go our separate ways to the sky, and we will never be polite to meet in the future." Seeing that he had hit a hard nail today, Bai Ma had to throw down a sentence and turn away.
He is at a loss first, and if he doesn't leave, he won't be able to get more benefits, Bai Ma Pole knows that he is not in a hurry to get back to the field, and his current task is to find out what happened to Gao Feng.
Seeing the white hemp pole leaving in a huff, Gao Feng understood that the predecessor had left a lot of tails, and he had to sweep them one by one in the future, otherwise it would be difficult to move an inch, but this was not a temporary matter, and the most important thing now was to go shopping.
Shaoji is not very big, there are dozens of sparse Lala, however, although the bazaar is small but the varieties are very complete, almost all of them are sold.
From a small bazaar, Gao Feng could see that the economy of the Song Dynasty was quite prosperous, and this scene made him sigh: as long as the people are rich and the officials do not act recklessly, why should this kind of country not be rich and strong?
However, the historical Song Dynasty, in terms of national strength, both population and economy, reached its peak in this period, but it also declined during this period, and even the few rebellions in the entire Song Dynasty were also in this period, the most famous such as Song Jiang and Fang Wax rebellion was a few years later, and the reason was nothing more than the corruption and degeneration of the court and officials.
The affairs of the court and officials will not be considered for the time being, after all, the current ability to protect themselves is still insufficient, how can we talk about state affairs?
There are a lot of items to buy at the peak, and the time is delayed by the white hemp pole, so it seems very nervous.
In desperation, he first went to buy commonly used things: grain, oil, vegetables, salt and other daily necessities, and even bought two catties of pork and a fish.
The owners of several shops are no strangers to Gao Feng, and when they see him taking out the money to pay, they are not on credit, but they are also polite, after all, people who do business don't want to offend this kind of gangsters.
After spending more than 500 yuan and buying all the daily necessities, Gao Feng came to the pharmacy.
The pharmacy is not big, half open outpatient and half sell medicine, but it is an ideal place for the peak, he is not good at adjusting the body of the elderly, and it is necessary to have a doctor's consultation.
The doctor's surname is Liu, he is in his fifties, has a goatee, and is thin and energetic.
Regarding the arrival of the peak, Dr. Liu was neither salty nor light, until the other party said about diagnosing and buying medicine for his parents, his face slowed down, and he spoke more.
At the suggestion of Dr. Liu, Gao Feng spent a lot of money to buy a few tonics.
Medicines are used to treat physical problems, especially tonics, which are worth every penny, and they can't be fake, so they don't feel distressed about spending a lot of money to buy medicines.
Under Dr. Liu's puzzled eyes, Gao Feng walked out of the pharmacy, but then he made a difficulty.
Daily necessities are easy to do, they are available on the market, and you can buy them all in two steps, but the items you plan are not so easy to buy.
No matter how economically developed the Song Dynasty was, it was only in ancient times, not to mention the low level of industry and technology, even people's needs were not so extensive, and many common items in later generations could not be found in this era, let alone some special items.
There are many types of items needed for the peak, including lacquer, glue, sponge, leather, rubber, springs, iron nails, etc., most of which are not readily available.
Glue and lacquer are not a big problem, there are animal offal boiled fish gelatin and tung oil and pigment to make the lacquer, although it is not the same as that of later generations, the function is almost the same, and they have been used to make furniture in ancient times, and the effect is also good.
The rest of the items are difficult. There were no sponges, rubbers, or nails, and they were either products of later generations or chemicals, and they could not have existed in the Song Dynasty, especially in a small bazaar.
Although leather existed, the level of nitration and coloring in the Song Dynasty was very poor, and it could not be compared with later generations in terms of beauty and durability.
Springs are a luxury. According to the iron-smelting technology and technological ability of the Song Dynasty, it could not be processed at all, let alone made into a complex transverse plane S-shape.
However, after all, Gao Feng is from an engineering background, and his idea is: living people can't let urine suffocate to death, buy if they can, and find a replacement if they don't.
The lack of iron nails can shield it from a technical point of view, after all, the ancients never used iron nails to make furniture; Sponges and leather can be replaced with pieces of cloth and linen from nowadays; The most difficult thing to say is rubber and springs, there are not many items that can replace them, and the ideal choice may be beef tendon.
However, Gao Feng knew that in ancient times, cattle were the new force of arable land, so its status was quite high, and the government even issued quite strict laws to protect it.
In the Song Dynasty, the protection of cattle was even more stringent, and they stipulated: under no circumstances should the cattle be killed, otherwise they would be punished with canes or imprisonment, even the old, weak, sick and disabled cattle were also forbidden to kill, and only cattle that died of natural causes could be sold or eaten by themselves.
Although dead cattle can be peeled, they can only be implemented if they are reported to the relevant towns for verification, and some local governments even have to take back the tendons.
Such a strict policy made it rare to see beef sold in the market, resulting in beef at that time being quite expensive, and it was difficult for dignitaries and nobles to eat it, let alone ordinary people.
In the case of beef, beef tendon is even more in demand, especially in a palm-sized place like Shaoji, where the probability of buying beef tendon is almost zero.
No matter how small the probability is, it does not mean that there is none, and it is more clear that after experiencing the peak of later generations: no matter how strict the law is, no matter how obedient the people are, as long as they are driven by interests, there will be people who are not afraid to take risks.
Beef is so expensive, the profit is so high, he doesn't believe that no one is opportunistic in the middle, Gao Feng even remembered the scene in "Water Margin" where the heroes called for beef, did they happen to meet the cow and just died? The answer is of course not, although it is just a romance story, it also reflects from the side that the story is not so simple.
Thinking of these truths, Gao Feng still decided to try his luck, he didn't think of using horse tendon instead, because the control of horses and cattle is the same, and horses are cherished a lot, it is better to use cow tendon.
I first went to the grocery store to buy lacquer and glue, and Gao Feng came to Liu Jibu's store again.
The cloth shop is not big, only more than 20 square meters, and dozens of cloth rolls are neatly placed on the inside of the container. The material of the cloth is average, mainly hemp, and there are three or five horses of silk, which is good for a small bazaar.
The shopkeeper is a slightly chubby middle-aged man, surnamed Liu, a local, Gao Feng has heard that this person has a backstage in the county, and he can't say how big the backstage is.
Although he knew this person, Gao Feng did not take the initiative to chat with Shopkeeper Liu, because as soon as he entered the door, he saw Shopkeeper Liu's disgusted eyes, which indicated that he was too lazy to talk to him.
"Shopkeeper Liu, I want to buy two pieces of cloth, can you help me get them?" Gao Feng said bluntly.