Second Uncle Xu and Li Zheng Laogen entered the city early in the morning and came back happily at noon.

Seeing the two of them smiling and still returning in a carriage, they knew that they had gained a lot.

"You don't know, this year's winter is extremely cold, except for the wilted vegetables in the cellar, you can't see half a piece of tender vegetables at all.

The rich and noble families in Chang'an City, and even the palace and palace, are looking forward to fresh and tender vegetables!

Chang Siye, who sells vegetables in the West Market, after tasting tofu and bean sprouts, immediately his eyes lit up, he bought all two baskets, and said that he would want as much as he wanted in the future.

Brother Yu guess, what is the price? ”

As soon as he got out of the car, he introduced the situation like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Chen Yu was still unfamiliar with the Datang market and prices, so he did not set the price rashly, but just told Second Uncle Xu to accompany him to the market.

But there is a principle, scarce is expensive, and cannot be sold cheaply.

"Tofu is fifty dollars a pound, and bean sprouts are thirty dollars a pound!"

Li Zheng Laogen stretched out three fingers, excited and irrepressible, after planting vegetables for so many years, how could he ever sell them at such a high price?

Gee!

Seeing this scene, Chen Yu knew it in his heart and was very satisfied.

In the year of the famine, 200 yuan of rice was very expensive, but it was only four tofu and six catties of bean sprouts.

Beans are not valued grains, and the price is lower, and a hundred dollars can get more than three buckets.

Datang officials have just determined excessive weights and measures, ten liters per bucket, and about three catties per liter.

After calculation, the cost of a pound of beans is only three cents.

After soaking in water, you can order two catties of tofu and send out ten catties of bean sprouts.

Even if you add brine and labor costs, the cost is quite low, and the windfall profits can be imagined.

Such trade secrets are naturally not humane.

On the contrary, it is claimed that the beans should be carefully selected, which is extremely expensive to make and inflates the cost.

Of course, sooner or later, these secrets will be discovered.

Especially for sprouts, as long as you have patience to experiment, it is not difficult to master the humidity and temperature, and the technical content is very limited.

Once a monopoly product becomes popular, the price will naturally fall back and return to normal.

However, by that time, he would have been able to make a small profit and complete the original accumulation of capital.

Enough is enough.

The two baskets of tofu sprouts were all sold, and I came back with an appointment order.

Second Uncle Xu got Chen Yu's advice, and almost all the money was exchanged for things, and he bought a lot of beans back.

The first thing you need to do is improve your life when you make money.

Rice, white noodles, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and even meat that is rare on weekdays, I always bought a lot of them.

also rented a carriage in Chang'an City for the first time and pulled it back to Ju'anli, which was more prosperous than the New Year.

Chen Yu took 200 yuan and gave it to Li Zheng, and stuffed another piece of mutton.

After walking dozens of miles, he should be grateful for the work of introduction, not to mention that there are still many things in the future, and he needs to be troubled.

Li Zheng Laogen was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't resist Chen Yu's enthusiasm, so he had to take it.

There is more envy in my heart!

When I think of Chang Siye's shining eyes, and the ringing of a basket of copper coins, not to mention the greed.

It's strange to say, in the past, the Chen family kid was honest and honest, and he didn't see how smart he was, how could he suddenly be so smart?

By the way, on the way back, Xu Er seemed to have mentioned it.

Xiao Yu'er got lost in the mountains and met an old man with a white beard and white hair to show her way.

That imagination sounded like a mountain god!

Xiao Yu'er must have been enlightened by the mountain god, otherwise, there is no other explanation.

Alas!

Li Zheng was envious and sighed, why didn't his son have this luck?

I don't want to do so much, go home and cook mutton.

Since the disaster, I almost can't remember the taste of meat, and I have already been hungry.

……

Seeing Li Zheng Laogen leave satisfied, Chen Yu immediately began to rummage the unloaded goods.

The three ladies in the family were a little incredulous, as if in a dream.

Just those two baskets of tofu and bean sprouts were sold at such a sky-high price.

Rice, white flour, things that ordinary people can't afford now, let alone meat.

Those inconspicuous beans, just tinkering, can be so valuable?

Rong Niang chattered about this for a long time, looking at the cart of beans pulled back by her father, as if it was a golden mountain.

"Don't look at it, come to help first, have a good meal today."

"Brother, what are you cooking today?"

"Don't ask, we'll find out later."

It's rare to see meat, and Chen Yu can't wait to show his family a hand.

In Datang, ploughing cattle, which are important productive forces, must not be slaughtered easily, otherwise the government will be held accountable.

Beef is definitely rare, and as for the pork that was common in later generations, because of the variety, it has a fishy smell and is not the mainstream.

In Su Dongpo's words: The rich refuse to eat, and the poor do not understand cooking.

Therefore, the main meat in Datang is mutton, and the fishy smell is inevitable, and buying some spices to cover the smell is more expensive than mutton, and Uncle Xu can't help but have a pain in the flesh.

Instead of steaming and cooking, which was commonly used in this era, the aged fish cut the lamb into thin slices.

The bricks and stones are made into a simple stove, a copper pot is placed, and spices such as peppercorns, fennel, and dogwood are added to the boiling water.

In the cold winter, it is definitely a great pleasure to have a meal of mutton shabu.

The family was naturally surprised, but they were no longer surprised, and followed Chen Yu to make meat around the stove.

The thin slices of lamb are cooked slightly in boiling water, and the taste is quite good.

Coupled with its own unique tofu, bean sprouts, bean skin, yuba, as well as dried mushrooms and woad leaves, it is definitely rich in Datang.

The family is satisfied, happy, and looking forward to a better life in the future.

……

At the same time, an ox cart drove into the western city of Chang'an.

When the vendors and pedestrians saw this, they retreated to both sides.

Without him, although horse-drawn carriages were common in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the nobles led by Guan Long preferred to ride ox carts, which were stable and elegant.

Every time there is a court meeting, the ox carts on Suzaku Street are endless, either the prime minister or the nobles of Guanlong.

As the KOL of the Tang Dynasty, there are naturally not a few imitators, and some vassal and elegant officials, scribes, and even wealthy businessmen are also proud of riding ox carts.

Of course, the old cattle wagon that Chen Yu encountered in Hunyi is an exception and should not be confused.

Anyway, in the eyes of ordinary people, people who ride ox carts are either rich or expensive, so they naturally dare not collide easily.

It's just that no one may have thought that the dignity of the passengers on the ox cart is beyond imagination - Chen Shuda.

Shizhong, one of the prime ministers of the three provinces.

By his status, he would never set foot in a trade fair.

In ancient times, agriculture was heavy and merchants were lowly, and those who were prominent looked down on businessmen, and they were even more willing to be inferior when they got involved in commerce and trade, and they would even be impeached and punished.

During the Wu Zetian period, Sipin made Shi Zhang Hengsan hungry on the way to the court, and bought a piece of bread on the side of the road to eat immediately.

As a result, he was impeached by the imperial history, so his career was ruined, and Wu Zetian was specially punished: he was born outside the country and was not allowed to enter the third grade.

Chen Shuda was born in the Southern Chen royal family, and was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, so there is only one reason why he can come to Xishi with dignity - to observe the people's feelings.

To be precise, it is to observe the disaster.

Li Yuan issued an edict that he would be in charge of disaster relief matters, so naturally he had to think more about it.

The main theme of disaster relief is actually two words - hunger and cold.

Shangshu Province has issued an order to let all states and counties help the people, and no one will freeze to death or starve to death.

At the root of it - food and firewood.

In the year of natural disasters, grain prices have skyrocketed, and the price of grain in Chang'an has reached the point of 200 yuan of rice.

In my impression, only Hebei in the eighth year of the Great Cause, Luoyang in the first year of Yining, and Chang'an in the first year of Wude, the price of grain soared to hundreds or even thousands of dollars in rice.

But that was because of the war between the conquest of Goryeo and the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the current situation is completely different concepts.

In addition to the price of food, the price of firewood is also high.

Firewood, rice, oil and salt, people's livelihood.

Every day, a lot of newspapers and documents can be received in the political hall, but it is difficult to get a glimpse of the full details, so Chen Shuda changed into civilian clothes and came directly to the West City to investigate.

There was a long queue of people in front of the grain store to buy it, but the store was closed, and the words "sold out" were hung high.

Chen Shuda couldn't help but sneer, in the year of the catastrophe, there are always profiteers hoarding.

Almost every profiteer has the shadow of a noble family behind him, but it is even more difficult for the government to investigate.

There is no way, Chang'an is the foundation of Guanlong.

Li Yuan was single-handedly pushed to the throne by the nobles of Guanlong, what can he do?

Uncle Chen shook his head secretly and walked towards the nearby firewood market.

The price of charcoal is ridiculously high, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

On snowy days, woodcutters can't do it, and the trees are damp, so it is inconvenient to transport and burn, so the price of dry firewood has skyrocketed.

It's good to have money to buy firewood for cooking, and don't even think about baking a fire for heating.

No wonder Wannian County reported that several old people froze to death on their couches, and Chen Shuda couldn't help shaking his head again and again.

"Chen Gong don't worry, there is a solution to this matter."

The voice sounded behind him, and Chen Shuda turned around and saw Du Ruhui.

"Keming is also there!"

Du Ruhui bowed: "Yes, Xia Guan came to West City to investigate the market price of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and never thought that Chen Gong would come to observe the people's situation in person." ”

"What do you mean by what Ke Ming Shicai said?"

"Xiaguan has to hear that in the south of the city, every household is changing their stoves and building kangs."

"Kang? What's that? ”

"The brick and adobe are laid on a flat surface, with mats and bedding at the top and hollow at the bottom, connected to the stove.

With the passage of fireworks, the residual heat of cooking firewood can warm up the whole day and sleep warmly.

After the stove was modified, the consumption of firewood was only half of the original. ”

"Does it really work?" When Chen Shuda heard this, his brows immediately moved.

"The servants of the lower officials have already gone to inspect it, and it is true."

Du Ruhui was born in Jingzhao Du's family, and his family house is in the south of the city, so he is familiar with that place, and he can't be wrong to think about it.

"Where does this method come from? I haven't heard of it before. ”

"Still inquiring."

Du Ruhui's voice landed, and a figure came quickly: "It turns out that Keming also knows about this, and I will also send someone to inquire, and there will be news soon." ”

"Hyun Sung?"

Chen Shuda couldn't help but wonder, and when he walked through the West Market, he just met Du Ruhui by chance, and Wei Zheng followed closely behind.

What a coincidence!

"Check clearly, if it really works, it should be implemented in Guanzhong and even the entire north."

"The lower officials also think the same, the fire kang is popular in the north, which can relieve the cold of the people in winter and save a lot of firewood."

The three ministers who "met" on the way talked about a major event that benefited the country and the people on the side of the street in Xishi.

Wei Zheng saw that there were constant cars and pedestrians around him, and it was too noisy, so he immediately proposed:

"Presumably, Chen Gong and Keming haven't eaten yet, right? Why don't you find a restaurant, have some food, and wait for the news, I don't know what the two of you think? ”