The guy said: "The big iron pot is nine coins of silver, and the small pot is three coins and two coins of kitchen knives, a total of one or four coins of silver." ”

Yan Yan was stunned, is it so expensive? She converted it, and the penny here was almost equivalent to one to two dollars in the later city. This is calculated according to the price of food she buys, and generally speaking, the price of food is equivalent to the price of the local price.

That big baked cake was sold for at least one to two yuan in later generations, so she thought it was quite appropriate for a penny.

And these two pieces of silver are equivalent to a thousand dollars, one dollar of silver is equivalent to a hundred, and these pots and kitchen knives are also 1,400 yuan!

More than 1,000 yuan to buy two pots and a kitchen knife is indeed a bit too expensive.

However, I also thought that the current productivity is very low, and it seems that iron tools are still under the control of the government, and it is not allowed to be used and bought and sold in large quantities, because they are used to make weapons, so I have some understanding.

sighed, anyway, she was not short of money, so she paid the silver happily.

When the guy and another man who was supposed to be a blacksmith came out with a cauldron, they directly shocked Qian Yan.

Depend on! Isn't the pot of the Twelve Seals the big wood pot in my hometown? Why is it so big?

I feel like I can stew myself, this is the kind of pot used to make noodles for red and white ceremonies in the countryside!

Ay...... Qian Yan sighed again, forget it, the money has already been paid, and the bigger one is, the bigger one, at most try to find a place where no one can use it later.

Let them put the pot on the carriage, fortunately, the small pot that was taken out later was not small, this is usually enough to boil water and stir-fry vegetables, so they dispelled the idea of buying another medium-sized pot.

I took the kitchen knife from the guy's hand, and this kitchen knife still needs to be sharpened to open the edge, although it looks like there is a blade, but it is not very sharp, and it still needs to be sharpened.

There is also to install a wooden handle for this kitchen knife, there is only one iron bar in the position of the handle, not like the kind that has been made later, either a wooden handle or a plastic handle, think about it, people are blacksmith shops, customers don't prepare for others, and people can't get it for you.

Just like the farm tools, she remembers that her grandfather said that in the past, they could only buy heads, and when they got home, they would press the handles of wood by themselves.

In this case, you can simply buy what you want to buy first, and it won't be easy to put into the space anyway.

The cauldron was about to fill the carriage shed, mainly because the carriage shed was not high at that time, after all, it was made of straw mats, and the branches were not so long.

Thinking of the carpenter's shop that made furniture when I came here just now, I don't know if I can help her make a wooden carriage, even if she doesn't book it in advance, there should be ready-made planks and wooden strips, as long as she gets the length according to the size, she can install it herself.

If it really doesn't work, you can just buy some sticks there, then go to the grocery store and buy some mattresses and tarpaulins, and do the same as the previous donkey cart.

Continue to walk back, ready to buy furs, there are no money houses and pawn shops in this town, and I don't know if it is too poor here, money houses are not worth opening in such a remote town, or if there are no money houses in this world.

She thinks that it should be the former, that money is generally in the form of a chain, at least it should be in the county seat, otherwise the communication is not developed now, and it is not easy to manage.

And in a small town like this, it is estimated that there are few people who will deposit money in the bank.

Of course, there is also a possibility that it is another time and space, if it is a time and space before the Song Dynasty in history, it is normal to have no money and silver tickets or something.

When I arrived at the fur shop, I looked at it and bought a cowhide, as well as the brownish-red fox skin that I had been optimistic about, and I also bought a few sheepskins.

Sheepskins are the cheapest here, as most of the nearby villages raise sheep, and she plans to use them for quilts and mattresses.

I inquired about it when I was loading it just now, and there is no cotton sold here, so if you want to buy it, you have to go to some big counties.

Nowadays, cotton is generally used for weaving, and quilts are too expensive, so rich and noble families will use them.

Most of the people who have conditions here use this sheepskin as leather jackets, or leather mattresses and quilts.

She felt that this side was similar to the northwest in later generations, and most of the livestock raised were cattle, sheep and donkeys.

In winter, in addition to the leather jacket, I mainly rely on the kang for heating, so don't think about buying a quilt here.

Although there are many cattle here, cattle cannot be slaughtered at will, so they can only die by accident or die of illness to get cowhides.

The cowhide was not much cheaper than the fox skin, and these few skins cost her a total of eleven taels of silver, which is more than 10,000 yuan in later generations, which is a lot of money.

Roll all the skins together, help with the leather rope given by the seller, and go back to the shop that sold the baked cakes before, and directly wrap all the remaining baked cakes.

The old man's eyes are shining when he looks at her, it is estimated that he rarely encounters this kind of big customer, but he doesn't think she is strange, after all, this cake can be used to make dry food outside the door, and people who go out are estimated to buy more, this thing is easy to store, even if there is no space, it can be put outside for about a week in this weather.

This time, I bought thirty-two, and put them in the basket first.

After buying the baked cakes, I went to the cloth village and bought a coarse cloth, there is no need to buy muslin, there is still in the ugly space, and the muslin here is more expensive than the one sold in Handcheng before, it may be as I said before, cotton is relatively scarce, so the woven cloth is not cheap.

Coarse cloth is much cheaper, and it costs a penny for a horse.

The tavern still had to go, mainly to inquire about the situation.

So when she arrived at the Mijia Tavern, she parked the carriage on the side of the road and walked in with her satchel.

This side is not like the restaurant in the big city, there is a special place to park livestock cars in the back, but it is not that there is no place to park, there is an open space in front of the tavern, and there is no problem at all to park two or three cars.

And this street is much wider than the East Street of Nahan City, but there is no stone paving, it is an ordinary dirt road.

I also understand, after all, it's just a town, and setting aside such a wide street is probably also for the convenience of going to and from livestock trucks.

Just as she was thinking, a donkey cart stopped in front of the tavern, and Tilt Yan stopped and looked over there.

There should be a family on the donkey cart, a man and a woman, two young people, who should be a young couple, and an old lady and a child of two or three years old.

There are a lot of salutes on the donkey cart, so I guess the family is going out.

The donkey that pulled the cart saw something different from her, it was a light gray, a very light kind of gray.

Most of the donkeys I saw before were dark, either brown or black, and the gray ones didn't mean that I hadn't seen them, they were all seen on TV, but they weren't so light, and I didn't know what breed they were here.

And it's smaller than the donkey I bought before, not to mention the wild donkey that Ugly got in the mountains before, but it's quite powerful, and the people who pulled this family didn't see its legs tremble.

The wild donkey before was very similar to those styles in the fragrant space, but there was no space for those donkeys to be smart, no way, they all grew up drinking spiritual spring water, and the grass they ate had aura, of course, monkey spirits.

I don't know who I learned from, but I also took a flower in my mother's mouth, and in front of her father, she choked her father so angry that she often said that she wanted to eat donkey meat and burn it.

The animals in the fragrant space were used to eat black pigs and black goats at the earliest, but after raising them for a long time, they all had spirituality, and they were no longer used as food, and they all ate ready-made meat bought outside.

Because Xiangxiang's appearance is a small black pig, my parents thought it was a cub born by a black pig raised in it, and they were afraid of eating its parents, so they stocked the mountains and forests, and those pigs eventually became wild boars in the mountains.

If it weren't for Xiangxiang's control, it is estimated that the pigs on the mountain would be flooded.

How is it controlled, you ask? Of course, the boars were gelding, in case they were left with seeds everywhere.

Seeing that the family should have come to dinner, Qian Yan didn't pay attention and continued to walk inside.

The tavern is not large, with only six tables, all square in shape, with one table and four benches.

There were already people inside, and just now she secretly glanced at her watch, eleven o'clock, and it was time for dinner.

The young man saw someone coming in, and hurriedly greeted him, "The girl wants to eat, how many are there?" ”

Tilt Yan nodded and said, "It's just me, my carriage is outside, and I'll sit by the window." ”

Guy: "Okay, then you can sit at the table on the left, which is closest to the window." ”

It is said that it is a position by the window, but it is not like the position that can only sit on both sides of the window in later generations, so the utilization rate is not high, but a table is placed next to the window, and it is still four benches.

Qian Yan thanked him, sat down on the side of the window, and said to him: "I'll look at the menu and order, you go and get busy first, I'll call you if there's something." ”

The guy saw that she was literate, so he nodded and rushed to greet the family who came in behind Tilt Yan.

said that he was looking at the carriage outside, but in fact, it was just a show, there was an ugly staring at it, and it was impossible for people to steal it.

Directly opposite Tilt Yan was the counter, and there was a man who looked to be forty or fifty years old, who should be the shopkeeper.

Qian Yan first opened a pottery cup on the table, picked up the clay pot and poured a cup of water, but did not drink it, but put it there to let people know that there was a seat, and someone would take advantage of it if it was saved and then come in.

Then he got up and walked to the counter, and first looked at the food sign hanging behind him, which was a long wooden sign hanging on the wall, with the name of the dish written on it, and the price below.

Seeing her like this, the shopkeeper said with some surprise in his tone: "It's really rare that a girl has actually read a book." ”

After speaking, he also glanced at the carriage outside, his eyes stopped on the horse, and when he looked at Qian Yan again, his face was clear.

Those who can buy a horse must have a good family background, and it is not surprising that women are literate in reading.

Although there are menus, most of them are for their own show, and the provincial ones can't remember the dishes every day, and the guests generally listen to the guy or he reports the name of the dish.

There are not many dishes, there are only six dishes in total, and it seems that there are not many options to choose from.

And Tilt Yan also found that there were no stir-fried dishes in this tavern, they were all marinated, steamed, stewed, and boiled.

"When I was a child, I studied with my brother for a while, and I knew a few words."

Pour Yan humble way.

After that, I chose a stewed lamb, a braised lamb's head, and a bowl of mutton soup.

She and her mother have been to the northwest, the most famous there is stewed lamb, which is particularly delicious, mainly because the sheep breeds over there are different, I don't know if this is one? You can try it.

I asked the shopkeeper, knowing that these were stewed in advance, just put them on the plate, no need to wait, she didn't order to pack and take them away in advance, thinking about pretending to go to the car to take down the food box before leaving for a while, and let them pack it.

Of course, only if it is delicious.

Taking advantage of the time of waiting, he talked to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, when I went to buy things in other shops, I heard that you are the most knowledgeable person in this Xifeng town, so I want to ask you about something, I don't know if it's inconvenient?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, if the girl wants to ask, just ask, if I know, I will definitely tell the girl." ”

Sure enough, it's a business person, and it's easy to do it.

Qian Yan didn't beat around the bush, and said directly: "I was going to Tianshui City to join my relatives, but I went in the wrong direction while walking, and many people couldn't tell me clearly, so I kept walking along the road to this side."

So I want to ask the shopkeeper, do you know how to go to Water City this day? ”

The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this, and said with a little amusement on his face: "The girl did go in the wrong direction, that day Shuicheng and us here are completely two directions, our side is the east, and Tianshui City is going to the south, but if you pass from this side, I'm afraid it will be difficult, there is a big river blocking it, you have to go around."

You have to go about forty or fifty miles to the west, and there is a big road over there, but I heard that the foreigners are not doing well this year, and they are coming to fight the autumn wind, and there are small wars from time to time, and you are too risky for a woman.

If the time is not in a hurry, it is better to take a detour, from here more than a hundred miles to the east, there is a stone bridge in the narrowest part of the river, the girl can go from there, and then walk more than a hundred miles west to Tianshui City.

Speaking of which, if we can cross the river and cross from us, it will only be thirty or forty miles, but the river is blocking the road, and the water is so turbulent that it is impossible to cross the river by boat. ”

Qian Yan thought that it was really the same as the ugly ugly who used his divine sense to investigate, so to speak, the road to Tianshui City was on the west side, it should have passed the mountain before, maybe it was just across the mountain from them before.

Qian Yan nodded at the shopkeeper and thanked her, as for what dynasty it is now, she doesn't dare to ask, it's a bit too fake, she doesn't even know what dynasty she is in, it's a little too strange.

This can only be revealed by knocking on the side, or listening to what others say, of course, this kind of tavern has no hope, thinking that it is still necessary to go to the big city.

It is not necessary to go to that Tianshui City, you can continue to go east, there are battlefields in the northwest, which means that it is already the border of this country, and there is definitely nothing wrong with going east.

Of course, it should be right to go south, but she didn't feel the need to cross the river and go around hundreds of miles.

(End of chapter)