It's November, Zhulan put down the letter in her hand and roasted the fire, it's better to have a fire in the house, the temperature comes up quickly, and it's much more comfortable than when she was in the capital.

The door opened, Xue Han came in with Yulu, Xue Han smiled and said, "Mother, it's snowing outside." ”

Zhulan stood up and walked to the door, there were snowflakes floating in the sky, and she reached out to catch a few pieces of snow, "It's really snowing, this year's snow came a little early." ”

Xue Han likes snowy days, but the wind is a little strong this time, "Mother, come in when it's cool outside." ”

Zhulan shivered, a gust of wind blew and it was really cold, back to the stove, Zhulan looked at the Yulu roasting fire, couldn't help laughing, this little hand is the same as Li's, Zhulan looked at the brazier and wanted to eat roasted sweet potatoes and baked potatoes, she didn't grow sweet potatoes and potatoes, her original plan, the people of Lizhou City have a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and no one wants to sell them.

As a result, Zhou Shuren's vermicelli recipe was given to Shang Jia, and the people's potatoes and sweet potatoes were not sold, thinking of vermicelli, Zhulan thought of hot and sour noodles, and called Liu Ya, "You go and talk to your eldest daughter-in-law Lixia, buy some potatoes and sweet potatoes back today, by the way, there are vermicelli and peanuts." ”

Liu Ya wrote it down, "I'll go and explain." ”

Since there are many vermicelli merchants in Lizhou City, Zhulan's family has also eaten several meals, most of them are sauerkraut stewed vermicelli, chicken stewed vermicelli, not only Zhulan's family buys more, every household has bought a lot, and foreign businessmen are ordered in batches.

Now the price of sweet potatoes has risen, two pennies a catty!

At noon, Zhulan said the appearance of hot and sour noodles, and ate hot and sour noodles at noon, in fact, Shanzhou is a state city civilized with vinegar, and this way of eating is very common.

It was snowing lightly outside, and the house was eating roasted sweet potatoes with hot and sour noodles, and Zhulan felt that this little day was quite beautiful.

Ming Teng felt that it was not beautiful, since the uncle came, his good days were gone, and the uncle didn't know which tendon was wrong, he watched him read every day, well, the uncle still used his own standards to demand him, he really didn't have the uncle's reading talent!

But he can't tell his grandfather, okay, even if he tells his grandfather, his grandfather won't care about him, let alone tell his father, his father will only tell him that how many people want to learn from their uncle have no chance!

Chang Zhi carried Mingteng's neck, "I'm full of food and drink, let's go, I haven't memorized all this article all morning." ”

Mingteng looked at his grandmother for help, but only to see his grandmother waving her hand, "......."

Ming Teng should have been in charge a long time ago, after arriving in Lizhou City, she and Zhou Shuren were busy, Boss Zhou was also busy, only Li was the only one who could manage Ming Teng at home, and Li also said that Ming Teng couldn't beat it, the family was big, Ming Teng couldn't beat it, this kid was even more happy, and he dared to climb the ladder to go up to the house to uncover the tiles.

Ming Teng really thought that Chang Zhi was willing to take care of him, but she didn't explain it, of course, this can't be told to Ming Teng.

Although the weather is cold, the main street of Lizhou City is still full of cars, most of which are foreign traders who come to sell furs, cattle and sheep.

These foreign traders are all mobile and have no fixed shops, and in previous years, there was no war in Lizhou City, and they would not stay for a few days and leave.

This year, the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the hands of the people have been sold for silver money, and there is a little silver money in their hands, and many rich families have planted apples this year, and foreign merchants know that these rich families have silver money in their hands, and they will stay for more days.

The city of Reju deliberately opened a place in the southern city to rent it to foreign traders.

Zhulan took Li and Zhou Boss to visit the stalls of foreign merchants, the foreign gems are different from the local ones, because the price of the border city is much cheaper than the mainland, Zhulan bought some red gems, planning to keep them for the granddaughter of the family.

Li was rare and generous to buy some broken gems.

Zhulan mainly looks at the fur on the street, and there are not many fox skins and mink skins on the stalls, most of them are wolf skins and the skins of large carnivorous beasts.

Zhulan also saw the bear skin, and the price was also very eye-catching, even if the price of the border city was cheaper than that in the mainland, it was still very expensive in Zhulan's eyes, and a skin cost three hundred taels.

Many of the goods of these foreign traders like to exchange half silver and half grain.

In the eyes of these foreign merchants, the grain is pulled back, and another amount of money can be made in the middle, all because the land of the foreign tribe is not suitable for planting, the grain of the dynasty is not self-sufficient enough, and the grain that the foreign people can buy is very small, and the imperial court regulations do not allow grain merchants to sell large quantities of grain to foreign merchants, and the foreign people are even more short of food, and the price of grain in the foreign country is about to catch up with the price of meat.

Zhulan walked around twice, selected some good rabbit skins and mink skins, the top skins were left for dowry, and the second-class skins were sent to the sewing room to sew cloaks.

Zhulan calculated the days, and allocated silver to the sewing room, and when Zhou Lao Er and the others arrived, at least one person could divide two clothes and a cloak.

The most foreign merchants sell beef and mutton, especially the best mutton, which is killed by live sheep, and the beef is not yellow beef, but some yak meat, which is still relatively good to make beef jerky.

Zhulan asked Steward Ding to buy a lot of mutton and beef, and now the temperature outside is low and it is not afraid of being frozen in the vat.

In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and the apples and meat sent by Zhou Shuren to the capital have arrived in the capital.

Zhou Shuren sent apples and pork, these apples and pork were given to the yamen by the people, and the yamen gave silver money equivalent to buying.

Some fruit was frozen and there were still a lot of apples left, and the pork was not afraid of freezing and not broken, in addition to these there were a few baskets of vermicelli.

The emperor picked up the cut apple and ate a piece, "It tastes good." ”

The room was dry, and the apples that had just been brought in from outside were cold and delicious, and the sweet and sour taste was very appetizing, and the emperor didn't want to give them to the ministers.

When the crown prince saw his father, he motioned for him to taste it, and took a piece, "It's really good." ”

The emperor said faintly: "The fruits in winter are quite expensive, and the annual tribute is not enough to eat, so let's keep the apples, divide the vermicelli and pork, you arrange." ”

Prince, "........ Be. ”

Can he say that he had expected this to be the case? This year's fruit is indeed very expensive, and he also feels distressed when these big and good apples are divided.

The emperor wiped his hands, "Our Lord Zhou should be rewarded, he is quite good at using the things I have rewarded to oppress people, send some tea and tangerines from this year's tribute, and then go to the treasury to pick a piece of jade that has not been carved, by the way, the reward house deed will also be sent over." ”

"Yes."

The prince raised his eyebrows, his father was rarely generous, the jade in the treasury was not small, as for the source, cough, it was all copied from the family, and where did the ministers who were copied get it, they were all robbed by the rebellion, and in the end they were all cheapened by the father.

Having said that, even if Lord Zhou had the ability in the past, his father didn't care much, if Lord Zhou didn't do well, someone replaced, and now Lord Zhou not only did a good job, but also greatly exceeded his father's expectations, this time it was really in mind, not only not hanging, but also willing to reward.

In Lizhou City, Zhulan and her daughter chattered, "According to the day, your second brother and his party should also arrive." ”

Xue Han was also very worried: "Mother, will the wind and snow on the road be delayed?" ”

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