Chapter 006

To be precise, just prepare the dish.

Cheng Shijie usually drinks a little wine occasionally, in addition to participating in the company's entertainment, he only drinks two pots, which is economical.

Soon, the guy brought a large table of hard dishes.

Although Shen Mingyu was a little hungry, he stood up straight.

Yang Yunniang also stood there, one left and one right, as if humming two generals.

"Sit down and eat together!"

"No, the owner, there is a difference between respect and inferiority!"

"Hehe, I'm not a nobleman, let's be a businessman, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, I am also a lowly person!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the seat opposite: "Man, add two pairs of chopsticks!" ”

"It's not good!"

Yang Yunniang picked up a steamed bun: "Just eat the steamed bun." ”

"Then what can I do, the child will be hungry!"

Yang Yunniang said with some embarrassment: "Just give the slave a bowl of porridge!" ”

"Stop talking nonsense, sit down and eat together!"

Cheng Shijie began to pick up chopsticks to eat meat, but Shen Mingyu sat down, saying that he was sitting, and his buttocks were a little edged, as if he was like a spring, and he could get up at any time.

In the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie's meal is also very luxurious, there are chicken, fish, shrimp and meat, Liu Ji's chef already has the shadow of Lu cuisine in later generations, Lu cuisine is also known as palace cuisine, ordinary people can't eat it, because it's too expensive.

Although Liu Ji is not a high-end restaurant, a meal of almost five or six dishes requires six or seven dollars of silver, and on average, each dish needs one dollar of silver.

At first, Cheng Shijie had no concept of the prices in the Ming Dynasty, but now he knows that it is completely different from what is recorded in later generations.

Just like mutton, eight catties of good mutton cost one penny and two cents of silver, and the average catty is equivalent to one cent and two cents of silver, and if it is settled with copper coins, it is twelve copper coins.

And Cheng Shijie's meal is equivalent to the price of sixty-four catties of mutton.

There are also quite a few vegetables in it.

As for the income of the Ming Dynasty, according to Ji Liu Ji's men, they could earn more than 500 taels of silver a year, which is equivalent to more than 40 taels of silver a month, about one tael of silver per day.

Eating the dishes, Cheng Shijie took out a bottle of Erguotou from the cupboard in the room, looked at Shen Mingyu and said, "Mingyu, do you want to drink?" ”

"Drink!"

Cheng Shijie unscrewed the wine bottle and poured a bowl for Shen Mingyu casually, about half a catty, and he poured a bowl himself.

Shen Mingyu looked at the wine in the bowl and looked sluggish: "Owner, this wine ......"

"How?"

"It smells so good!"

"Drink lightly!"

"Shhh

Shen Mingyu took a big sip, feeling as if his throat was on fire, and his face was flushed: "Good wine!" ”

"Mingyu, listen to your accent, not like a Dengzhou person?"

"I'm not from Dengzhou, I'm from Guide!"

"Guide, from Henan?"

"Hmm!"

"You're from the army?"

"Yes, the humble was originally returned to the former Thousand Households of the Dewei Guard, and later ......"

"Have you ever had a family?"

"I'm a poor soldier, who is willing to marry their daughter to me!"

Cheng Shijie sighed: "It is said that there are no more than three generations of poverty, and this is indeed the case!" ”

Cheng Shijie's eyes looked at Yang Yunniang, and he was about to ask Shen Mingyu if he wanted to marry Yang Yunniang, as long as they were willing, Cheng Shijie could rest assured.

Who would have thought that before Cheng Shijie could speak, there was a commotion outside the door.

"Noble, noble, you can't enter inside!"

"Get out of here!"

Footsteps sounded, and Cheng Shijie looked at a tall figure outside the door, walking quickly.

Cheng Shijie subconsciously grabbed Tang Zhidao on the edge of the cabinet he was leaning on, his reaction was fast, Shen Mingyu's reaction was faster, and he jumped directly at the door, blocking the door with his body.

"Get out of the way!"

"Don't let it!"

The one on the other side reached out and hit it.

"Smack......

The other party punched Shen Mingyu in the chest, but Shen Mingyu didn't move: "If you fight me again, you will fight back!" ”

The other party shouted: "Get out!" ”

Cheng Shijie stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Shen Mingyu let go of half of his body, and Cheng Shijie saw the person who came.

"It's you!"

"It's me!"

The other party spent a golden bean last time, plus more than 500 copper coins to buy him a bottle of Erguotou's big injustice.

"Do you still have any wine?"

"Yes!"

Cheng Shijie motioned for the other party to come in.

"That wine bottle of yours is a rare treasure in the world, although it is not really carved with crystal, but it is more crystal clear than crystal, and it is very rare. We don't take advantage of you, the bottle will be returned to you! ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man motioned to the servant behind him to hand the wine bottle to Cheng Shijie.

The servant placed the bottle on the table.

Cheng Shijie was speechless, what was the use of this white wine bottle?

Beer bottles can still be sold for five cents, but liquor bottles can only be sold for two cents a catty.

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "The wine was sold to you, and the wine bottle is naturally yours!" ”

"That's what you said!"

As he spoke, the servant quickly put away the bottle and put it in his arms.

"You can sell this wine?"

"Sell!"

"How about the price last time?"

"Good!"

Cheng Shijie earned 50,000 yuan and cost 18 yuan last time for a bottle of two pots, which is almost 300 times the profit, which is much easier than pouring gold.

"There wasn't much wine left, only a dozen bottles."

"I can't buy so much, such a good wine, it's okay to drink it once in a while, how can I drink it every day!"

"Then make a friend, how about a bottle of golden beans?"

"Interesting!"

"Smack!"

The middle-aged man was quite bold, casually slapped a handful of golden beans on the table, and Cheng Shijie counted them, a total of seventeen.

"A total of seventeen, Cheng will give you another bottle, how about it?"

"Very good!"

Cheng Shijie put the two pots in the cabinet on the table, and the middle-aged man had no way to take away the eighteen bottles of wine, but fortunately, the servant behind him was a human spirit, and he took off his coat directly, and it was not cold now, more than a dozen bottles of liquor were wrapped up, and he left the room directly.

Cheng Shijie was ecstatic in his heart, now he has money.

After all, now he is not one, but four.

Especially Shen Mingyu, this guy is a big-bellied man, a pound of steamed buns, and he eats thirteen in one meal, and it seems that he hasn't eaten enough.

Cheng Shijie is a big fat man of more than 200 pounds, and he can't eat just one steamed bun.

Unconsciously, Cheng Shijie drank half a catty of two pots, his amount of alcohol was actually average, half a catty is fine, one catty is good, he has never been drunk.

Let Shen Mingyu drink again, he said that he was reluctant to drink anything.

You must know that a golden bean is equivalent to eight or nine taels of silver, and drinking this kind of wine is drinking silver.

After the middle-aged man left, Liu Ji's shopkeeper asked to see him.

"Can the guest officer have a discussion??"

"What, do you still have that kind of wine?"

"Naturally, but not much!"

"Can you sell us some Liu Ji?"

"Yes!"

Cheng Shijie thought about it, when he was alone, it was okay to live in such a room with a living room, but now that there are three more Yang Yunniang and Shen Mingyu, it is a little inconvenient.

"Do you have a small courtyard in this store?"

"There are two separate courtyards, one on the east and one on the west!"

"How much is a month across hospitals?"

"There are seven rooms across the courtyard, usually two dollars and six cents of silver a day, if you live for a month, then it is cheaper, and you can give seven taels of silver!"

"You also heard it just now, this bottle of wine costs eight or nine taels of silver, thanks to the care of these days, a bottle of wine for a month, what do you think?"

"That's great!"

Cheng Shijie picked up four bottles of wine and handed them to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper left happily.

Cheng Shijie asked his buddies to help him move, from the upper house to the East Cross Courtyard.

He actually thought about renting a courtyard alone, but the problem is that Liu Ji can at least ensure his safety, although there is a guard, but it is not clear what the situation is when Shen Ming encounters.

He also needs Liu Ji's living environment.

There are seven houses in the east courtyard, of which three are the main house, two are inverted, and there are two side rooms.

There is also a stone table and a small pavilion in the courtyard, and the environment is not bad.

Yang Yunniang said timidly: "Master, the slave can cook, otherwise, let's cook by ourselves!" ”

"Mingyu, you go out to buy some grain, firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc."

Shen Mingyu was full of food and strength: "Okay! ”

"Also, help me find a local land snake, I'm going to sell these swords!"

"Good!"

Cheng Shijie gave Shen Mingyu a golden bean.

Shen Mingyu took the money and left.

After Shen Mingyu left, Yang Yunniang asked a little puzzled: "Dongjia, aren't you afraid that he will run away with your money?" ”

"If he runs, he runs, and if he runs, it's his loss!"

Cheng Shijie is actually testing Shen Mingyu, after all, the relationship between people is to get along.

Although a golden bean is worth eight or nine taels of silver, it is really nothing to Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie planned that if he could sell these swords, he would prepare to leave Dengzhou, because Dengzhou was too dangerous.

The problem, however, is that plans never catch up with change.