Chapter 096 Surprised to see corn

?? Jing Niang did not follow Wang Qifang, in order to wait for Wang Qifang, she stayed in the small county town for more than 20 days, and now it is easy to come to Xianggong's territory, and she still wants to see her man as soon as possible.

Besides, her father-in-law had already written a letter urging her, saying that she missed her son, and she had all entered the city gate, so how could there be any reason not to enter the house and wander around.

Li Jingniang's thoughts, Wang Qifang naturally also knew, she just asked casually, seeing that Li Jingniang was in such a hurry to enter the city as she thought, she didn't persuade much, but asked the address of the Lu family, and then asked Li Jingniang to take a few children and the nurse to the Lu family in her own carriage, and ordered Qingfeng and Qingyun to be optimistic about the three Yuan Niang brothers and sisters, so they took Lei Ting and Ziyuan off the carriage to the exhibition and sales conference.

"Hey, this fair is quite lively."

Wang Qifang looked at the crowd shuttling around with interest through the tulle of the conical hat.

Coming to this legendary fair, Wang Qifang found that the layout here was similar to that of the open-air market in the previous life.

In a huge open space, there are rows of stone cases, the stone cases are only three feet long and one foot wide, and behind each stone case stands a merchant, some of which are covered with blue coarse cloth, some are covered with straw mats, and coarse cloth or straw mats are placed on various kinds of goods.

After taking a closer look at the products of several companies, Wang Qifang suddenly found that this exhibition was quite large-scale, and the participating merchants were divided into different areas in strict accordance with the characteristics of the goods sold.

For example, in the area where she is now visiting, the left and right rows are full of stalls selling agricultural products, such as seeds, wheat grains, rice, and all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables.

The stalls on the left side of the next door are all stalls selling plants such as flowers, plants, tree roots, etc., and the right side is a stall selling fish, insects and birds.

Rather than handicrafts and refurbished fabrics, Wang pays more attention to these agricultural and sideline products, as well as fresh plants and animals.

"Huh? What is it? ”

Wang Qifang paced to a stall, looked at the things on the bluestone countertop and looked familiar, so she touched it.

"Oh, this grandmother has a good eye, this is called 'golden rice', you see how big this rice grain is, this kind of good thing is not in our big Zhou," the vendor is a man about thirty years old, I saw that he was wearing a half-worn bearded suit, a pointed hat on his head, a beard on his face, a little depressed, he was bored standing in front of his stall for a long time, and no one came to inquire.

I thought that his business was smashed into his hands, but he didn't expect that when he was about to be discouraged and ready to close the stall, the buyer finally came, and he suddenly perked up and enthusiastically introduced.

"Golden rice?"

Wang Qifang pinched the hard rice grains and said with a smile.

"Yes, this thing is a good thing, it can be eaten as food." Seeing that Wang Qifang didn't seem to care much, the vendor hurriedly reached out and grabbed the golden rice grain in front of Wang Qifang's eyes, and recommended it vigorously, "Look, how big this rice grain is, even the best rice is not that big." ”

"Well, it's not small. But this thing doesn't seem to be a product of our Great Zhou, where did you get it? ”

Wang Qifang smiled slightly, and said in her heart, cut, if you compare corn with rice, it is natural that corn is bigger than rice.

That's right, the vendor is holding corn in his hand, one of the most common high-yielding grains in the previous life.

However, Wang Qifang remembered that this crop originated in South America and was introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty. Why, could it be that in this big week, there have already been predecessors who have brought corn butterflies?

"Ouch, grandma is insightful, you are right, this 'golden rice' is indeed not the product of our Great Zhou, this thing, a good brother of mine found it from a far, far away island, I heard the local crew say, this is a good thing, it can be used as food, but also as a dish. It's the most economical crop."

Seeing that Wang Qifang seemed to be moved by him, the vendor touched a few grains of 'golden rice' with great interest, and explained more diligently.

"Oh? A far, far away island? How far is that? ”

Er, could it be that the navigation level of the Great Zhou has reached such a state that it can sail directly to South America?

Unlikely, right?

Wang Qifang thinks it's incredible when she thinks about it, which is too YY.

"Eh, this grandmother, look at my 'golden rice', do you want it?"

Seeing that Wang Qifang inquired vigorously, but did not mention the matter of shopping, the vendor's face was a little worried, and he threw the rice back to the stall with some trepidation, and was not very keen to answer her question.

"Hehe, you just have to tell me where I got this thing from, I want all these 'golden rice'"

In his previous life, he saw a lot of this kind of shallow eyelids, and Wang Qifang knew what the other party meant when he saw his sudden change of face.

"Hey, I knew my grandmother was a cool person." When the vendor heard this, a smile appeared on his face again, he considered it for a while, and then gave the price first, "I have a total of twenty buckets of rice, and each bucket is twenty wen." You see—"

The implication is very clear, only if Wang Qifang agrees with the price and pays the money to buy something, he will continue the question and answer just now.

Otherwise, the master is a seller, not a storyteller, and he is not obliged to answer questions in vain.

"Now the best rice is only fifteen wen per bucket, I have never eaten your rice, and I don't know if it is good or not, but it costs twenty wen per bucket, and the price is a bit high."

Wang Qifang shook her head, threw a few grains of corn back into the stall in her hand, and said with little interest.

"Oh, this grandma, let's discuss the price," the trader didn't feel anything wrong with Wang Qifang's reaction, doing business is itself asking for a price to pay back on the spot, if he comes up with a price, the other party should come down without even thinking about it, but he thinks that the other party has other problems.

Pretending to think about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, the little grandmother really wants to buy it, let's give you a real price, 16 wen per bucket, how about it?" ”

"Shiwen, if it doesn't work, forget it"

Wang Qifang made an indifferent appearance and talked to the vendor about the price.

"Shiwen? This, this, hey, you don't let the little one lose money, no, no, no," the vendor's head shook like a rattle, and finally saw Wang Qifang threatening to leave, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Okay, good, just ten wen per fight." Oops, this grandma is really powerful, this small deal can be regarded as a loss"

As he spoke, the vendor hurriedly packed all the corn kernels on the stall, and dragged out a coarse cloth sack from under the bluestone countertop, "Okay, there are twenty-five buckets in total, ten wen per bucket, you give me two hundred and fifty wen." ”

Wang Qifang nodded at the aster on the side and motioned for her to pay the bill according to the amount.

Shion took out the gray cloth money bag from his sleeve pocket, counted out two hundred and fifty copper plates from it, and lined them up on the bluestone countertop.

When the merchant saw the pile of copper coins, the smile on his face became even stronger, and he almost rushed forward, reaching out to take the copper coins into his arms.

Wang Qifang held down the copper coin and asked, "You haven't told me yet, where did you get these golden rice?" Kindness? ”

"This, this is all sold by Grandma Shi San. Their family also came to the fair today, in District B. ”

"Grandma Shi San? What does she do? How could she have these things? ”

Wang Qifang still didn't let go of her hand, she continued to ask.

"Oh, grandma, don't you know, the third young master Shi is the sister-in-law of the Shi family, and he is the most adventurous person, as early as when the ship division was not established, he spent a lot of money to form a fleet and go to sea to do business. I heard that he also made a small island in the East China Sea, and this thing was brought back from overseas by the Third Young Master Shi, and then successfully tried to grow it on his own island. ”

The vendor looked at the large amount of copper coins, but he couldn't touch them in his hand, so he was so anxious that he simply told the stories he knew and didn't know he had heard, "...... It's a pity, this time the third young master Shi said that he was going to conquer Australia, but he went for three or four years, and he didn't come back. ”

"Australia?"

The corners of Wang Qifang's eyes twitched, and her heart spoke, "Eh, are there really colleagues who have crossed over?

It's just that this comrade seems to have more ambitious ambitions, and when he came to Dazhou, he still wanted to expand his territory and conquer Australia, which is amazing. Alas, it's a pity that it's very likely that you will die in Huangquan.

"Alas, Master Shi is such a son-in-law, the first two sons are concubines, and now that the bad news comes, the two concubines are clamoring to split up...... Shi Sanshao's grandmother is not a fuel-efficient lamp, as soon as she heard that Xianggong may be gone, after crying, she began to quietly sell her property, "At first, the trader told Wang Qifang the anecdote of the Shi family in order to get back the copper money smoothly, but as he talked about it, he was really interested, so he simply stood up straight and continued to preach, "I think that Shi San Young Master has been going to sea for many years and got back a lot of rare things, like gems, jade, coral trees, pearls and other jewelry, of course, there is also this 'golden rice' that we sell." Although this rice was discarded and unwanted, he picked it up and sold it as food.

However, the merchant naturally couldn't tell Wang Qifang about this, he glanced at the man in Xuanyi who was carrying the sack with a weak heart, and continued to talk in the vernacular: "There is also a small island in the East China Sea, although it is far away from the land, but it is also his own land, and the area is also large, I heard that the third young master also built a house on the island and opened up wasteland......

"Wait, you said that Grandma Shi San also wants to sell the island in the East China Sea?"

Wang Qifang's heart moved, and interrupted the vendor's words.

"That's right, not only that island, but also many of the descendants of the family have also been sent away, I heard that many of those subordinates are Kunlun slaves brought by the third young master from Fanbang...... Hey, this grandmother, the little one hasn't finished talking yet. ”

The vendor was talking energetically, but he found that the grandmother seemed to have seen some treasure, turned around and hurried towards Area B, he muttered, "There is also a boat built by the third young master before the accident, and the third grandmother is going to sell it......"

P: It's a little late for the second watch, hehe