Early in the morning, Chu Tianshu went to Xiaokui to borrow Qi Zhongliu's token, and took ten yuan of silver coins in advance to register and prepare to leave the house.

A mansion like King Chen's Mansion is not afraid of domestic slaves stealing the master's property and fleeing.

The laws and government of the Great Cloud Dynasty will tell any domestic slave who tries to steal property and flee the country what the consequences are.

After receiving the foreign affairs sign of Chen Wangfu, Chu Tianshu crossed over to this place for the first time.

The world outside the house is very different from what you expected.

The road has been paved with concrete-like material, and the road is lined with metal lampposts, and the electric lights are turned on as if they were not paying for money.

Of course, such a good road and the electric lights used for lighting on the road are only available on the avenue three or four hundred meters from the entrance of the palace.

On the road, several domestic slaves wearing the standard clothes of the domestic servants of Chen Wangfu and other big mansions were sprinkling and sweeping.

Outside Wangfu Road, there are lively fireworks in the world.

"Blow up the box, do you want to come together?" A small cart, the coal stove is blazing, the pot is on the fire, the brine in the pot is boiling, and the aroma is overflowing.

Next to him was a courteous white-haired old man holding a kitchen knife in his hand, frying some dough cakes shaped like white Ji Bao in blackened oil on another pot.

"How much is it?" Chu Tianshu asked the price.

"Vegetarian and meaty, vegetarian stuffed for three cents, meat stuffed for five cents, plus eggs for an extra five cents."

Chu Tianshu nodded: "Can you find a piece of silver coin?" ”

"A dollar?" The old man waved his hand again and again: "Master, this is really a bit big, I can't find it." ”

"Roasted sweet potatoes, fragrant and sweet roasted sweet potatoes, delicious and inexpensive roasted sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes for beauty and beauty."

At the stall of roasted sweet potatoes opposite, men in their thirties and forties shouted vigorously.

Chu Tianshu walked over: "How do you sell baked sweet potatoes?" ”

"Sold by the pound, four cents a pound."

This kind of price is compatible with Chu Tianshu's salary of two cents a month when he was a slave - after all, as a house slave who exists as the private property of the palace and includes food and lodging, the salary is not high compared to the price of the outside world.

"Get me two pounds." Chu Tianshu touched his pocket.

In addition to the ten yuan of funds given by Qi Zhongliu, he also had six cents and two cents saved by his predecessor.

Yesterday I spent two cents to go out to pay bribes, and now I have six cents of change left, but I can buy some food.

I bought two catties of roasted sweet potatoes, and then reflexively went back to buy a fried box with meat filling.

Afterwards, Chu Tianshu stood in front of the sweet potato stall and chatted with the bosses on both sides: "You guys set up a stall at the gate of this palace, aren't you afraid of being driven away by the people of the palace?" ”

The owner who sold sweet potatoes laughed: "Aren't you also from the palace?" Did you drive us? ”

"So no one usually drives you away?"

"Sometimes there are." The old man who sold the fried box sighed: "Sometimes, when the nobles come, they think we occupy the road, they are not good at the car, and they will drive us out, but most of the time, as long as we don't litter, no one cares." ”

"Is that so?" Chu Tianshu nodded: "Then you usually sell things, and they are all sold from a palace like mine?" ”

"That's right." The old man of the fried box said: "I have been selling snacks here for more than 20 years, and the people who come to eat are like you. ”

"But there are also nobles to eat."

"It's the beginning of spring, when the wild shepherd's cabbage and the leeks grown at home are fresh and tender, and the prince and princess will also send someone to buy a little to try it."

"That's the time when the price will go up, right?"

"Don't you dare to raise prices." The old man shook his head: "The price increase loses conscience." ”

Chu Tianshu glanced at the old man's pot of brine and the blackened oil: "How much is your oil a catty?" ”

Judging from the amount of sweet potatoes given by the owner of the sweet potato seller, this weight is a bit large.

There are about 1,500 grams per catty.

"Six cents and five cents a pound." The old man said casually: "This spring, because the prince and princess may want to eat, so I have to change a pot of oil every day, and use good fruit oil, and that oil costs a pound and a dime and three cents." ”

Chu Tianshu nodded: "Then how much money can you make a day when you usually set up a stall?" ”

"If the business is good, the gross profit will be more than five cents, and usually like today, it will be two cents and four cents."

Chu Tianshu was stunned: "So low? ”

"It's not low!" The old man hurriedly said: "My family of six people usually eats and drinks more than six cents and less than seven cents a month. ”

"A family of six...... Two grandchildren? ”

"A grandson and a granddaughter."

"Do children usually eat meat?"

"Chicken is only a penny and a penny, and seafood such as fish and shells are cheaper, seven or eight cents a catty, and children can't eat much."

Chu Tianshu was stunned, this price ratio is not quite right, right?

"Tianjing by the sea?"

"Next to Tianjing is Zhou Hai." The old man looked sideways: "You haven't been in the palace for a long time, right?" ”

"How do you know?"

"In the four palaces, there are two blind dates every year, specially designed for the family members of the right age in the palace to go on a blind date, one in the middle of the year, one at the end of the year, the blind date is on the king's own big ship, the ship sails to the Zhou Sea, eight big ships are connected by iron cables, paved on the deck, hey, that scene, it is spectacular!"

And this kind of thing......

Is the internal digestion of the population?

"At that time, the princes and princesses will also go to preside over the blind date." The old man smacked his lips: "The princes and princesses are really benevolent and treat their families very well." ”

The princess and princess will also be there?

Chu Tianshu's heart was blazing.

And it's at sea.

If the time comes, he will set fire to create a mess and take the opportunity to kill those who have bowed down to him...... It's a good opportunity.

But will there be a body search at that time, otherwise will it bring ignition materials?

Chu Tianshu secretly wrote down the blind date.

"Okay, you two are busy first, I have to go and do something for the young master." Chu Tianshu quickly finished eating the fried box, took the sweet potato, and walked while eating.

Walk out of the relatively clean streets, followed by the more noisy and chaotic street markets.

The roads are no longer paved with concrete, the roads are full of potholes, some small potholes are still waterlogged, and there are some food stalls on the roadside, and the stall owners have no scruples about soliciting customers.

Snacks similar to the previous fried boxes, when Chu Tianshu looked at the past, the enthusiastic bosses said that the price of fried boxes with meat filling was generally seven cents or eight cents.

The tiny copper ball jingles, and that's a penny.

The further you go, the more prices will generally become constant.

And what Chu Tianshu saw, the appearance of this world is becoming more and more different from the previous clean and tidy.

Hanako is everywhere, gender workers are being delivered, cheap and unclean food, steam locomotives are running on the road, and black laborers with ropes tied to their necks can be seen everywhere.

This world is far from being so warm and beautiful.

And this is the capital of the Great Cloud Dynasty, Tianjing.