Chapter 19 Entrance Fee
The conscripts are gone, but the lives of the families still have to go on.
The weather is getting colder and colder, the Ning family has changed into thick clothes that they don't know how many years they have been wearing, the clothes are hard, and they don't know how many years the cotton in them has been used.
The road has to be taken step by step, and even Ning Qingxi is not picky.
"Mother, how much can you harvest with this cabbage?" Ning Changrong was wrapped in a torn cotton coat, his hands crossed in his sleeves, squatting on the ground, looking at the green and tender vegetables in front of him with a happy face.
If this is sold, it will get a lot of money in the account, and during this time, in addition to going up the mountain with a few brothers to make tooth sacrifices, helping her daughter make toilet paper, he will also go to the county to inquire about the price when he is idle. Although the shopkeeper Nalin personally said that he was willing to give him a high market price, he had to guard against others, and he still had to have points in his heart, and he couldn't count everything on the conscience of others.
You can also take a look at what is sold in the market here, and wonder if there is any other way to make money, he can only sell Chinese cabbage this year, this place is too cold, fortunately, they plant early, otherwise the seeds will be frozen to death.
"I estimate that I can harvest about 3,000 catties, and this Chinese cabbage variety is still not as good as ours there, otherwise this yield can be raised a little more."
Wang Xiujuan looked at the Chinese cabbage that she commanded people to grow, and she felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart, and she was already thinking about whether it was better to make kimchi or sauerkraut? Or both? Go back and ask Sissy. By the way, you have to buy a few big bars, and one water tank at home is not enough.
"We will keep some of this cabbage for ourselves, and I will sell the rest in the county, and it is estimated that it can have fifteen taels of silver, but the cellar where we put the grain may have to be expanded, otherwise we can't put so many cabbages."
Ning Lao Er took the initiative to ask, "Big brother, I will take the third child to dig it out today." The Ning family also looked at this rare vegetable from the side, and when the old lady said that they wanted to plant it, they felt that this kind of seed was too expensive, but they could only muttered a few words in their hearts, and the work still had to be done. But I didn't have much hope, after all, no one had ever seen this thing, and it was almost cold this day, and I was afraid that the seeds would be frozen to death in the ground.
Seeing the seeds germinating, drilling into the ground, one day at a time, and finally growing this boss, the family never had hope to guard every day, and the change in attitude took less than half a month. Every day, I take turns to change people to keep an eye on it, and I serve more carefully and carefully.
Later, several familiar village people came to visit the door and muttered in their hearts that Wang Xiujuan's family had become capable, not because of how strange and big this thing was, but because it could be sold for a lot of money! What is not eating at home? But it doesn't matter if you can sell it for a lot of money!
As soon as the morning dawned, Ning Changrong set up an ox cart borrowed from the village chief's family, and a few brothers pushed the cart towards the county, of course, they were responsible for the forage eaten by the ox cart.
Prevent the cow from eating cabbage, and feed the cow to the fullest before departure.
The cart was covered with a layer of straw mats, and the bottom was full of Chinese cabbage that they had picked in the past two days. They are plump and firm, and they look fresh and delicious.
When they entered the city, they brought a lot of goods and paid a five-cent entrance fee. Ning Changrong came to the county empty-handed several times and never handed it over. This time, I found that as long as you enter the city, you have to pay a penny to enter the city, and those who bring goods will be counted separately.
Ning Changrong was puzzled and planned to inquire with Shopkeeper Lin.
Otherwise, his heart is up and down.
"Be careful, don't mess with this dish." Shopkeeper Lin personally commanded the guys in the store to pull the cabbage down and pass the scales.
Ning Changrong's carts of cabbage can be regarded as solving his urgent need. Most of the things provided in the inn these days are some pickled vegetables and meat, and the guests are tired of eating.
It will take a little time for so many cabbages to be unloaded, so Ning Changrong let Ning Changfu and his brothers keep an eye on it, and he went to the side to ask Shopkeeper Lin about the entrance fee.
"Shopkeeper Lin. When did our county start collecting city fees? I didn't seem to want it the first few times I came. ”
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Lin sighed, "You don't know, there are people in the north who are rebelling." I heard that he is a descendant of General Changda. In order to exterminate the thieves, the court went down to the showdown, but we, the merchants in the city, were unlucky, and a few days ago we added a tax, and this entry fee was also to save military salaries. ”
"Won't you go to our village to apportion, right?" Ning Changrong listened with sorrow between his eyebrows.
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Lin comforted: "Then you can rest assured, there should be no additional levies to the countryside." ”
Ning Changrong asked and learned that when the other prefectures next door went to the village to increase the tax, those villagers were conscripted after paying the taxes, and now they couldn't eat enough and had to have a showdown, and some people couldn't bear it anymore and went to the north to join the thieves after killing the official mission.
The county was afraid of forcing them to rebel, so they did not pay taxes to the countryside, but the people in the county were not so lucky, especially these merchants.
As long as Ning Changrong is not apportioned to their village, he can rest assured. The entrance fee to the city is a little expensive, but there is no way.
As for where there was a rebellion again. He didn't pay much attention to it, where would this stormy Nancheng not rebel at the moment?
They are quite good here, the location is relatively remote, and the thieves can't look down on it, and the court can't take care of it.
The two chatted for a while before they finished weighing.
"The shopkeeper has all been weighed, and it is a total of 2,500 pounds."
The two Ning brothers, who were standing on the side, nodded at Ning Changrong.
This Lin shopkeeper is really magnificent, he didn't fool Ning Changrong, the original 2,500 catties was 15 taels according to the market price. However, they were transported from the south, and he was transported directly from the countryside, which made a lot more money than others.
"Evergreen. If you plant again in the future, you will all come to me! "Shopkeeper Lin really didn't expect Ning Changrong to be so capable, they are rare to see in the north, Ning Changrong called him Chinese cabbage, and he was successful in the first time.
For fear that Ning Changrong would sell the cabbage to others, Shopkeeper Lin chatted for a long time playing the emotional card, and wanted Ning Changrong to provide him specifically.
"Shopkeeper, we've known each other for so long, I must give you priority, unless you can't eat it, I will sell it to others."
"Good! I didn't read the wrong person. Shopkeeper Lin didn't think so, how could he not be able to eat?
In the end, the three brothers took 15 taels of silver and bought a lot of supplies for the winter, and went out of the city to go home happily.
Ning Changrong pushed a few carts of cabbage out of the village early in the morning, and was seen by many people, and everyone had already inquired clearly that this thing could be sold for a lot of money, and it was expensive in the county, no matter whether this thing was expensive in the county or not, it was worth a lot of silver if it could grow in this winter.
Now that I see that all the three cabbages of this brother have been sold, and a lot of things have been pulled back, I am even more sure that this cabbage can make money! The key is that it can be grown in winter, they have never heard of vegetables that can grow in winter before, who would dare to believe it if they didn't see it with their own eyes?
Ning Changrong resigned from his errand in the city, and many people in the village were saying sour things, this good errand had money every month, and he was willing to throw it away if he was stupid. I didn't expect people to look down on that little money. Doesn't this get up in a blink of an eye? Just like this, the money earned from selling Chinese cabbage once is estimated to be worth the income of the previous year! Otherwise, where would I be willing to buy such a big cart of things and go home?