After being abandoned, the doctor girl turned into a koi

Chapter 161 Disaster Fortune

They have been renting small fishing nets for five days.

In the first three days, about eight thousand catties were harvested every day.

The results are very gratifying.

They originally thought that the average price of fish outside is 400 Wen a catty, and they can earn an average of about [-] taels of silver per day. Selling the fish is enough to buy a small fishing net.

Although it is said that there will be fewer and fewer fish in the future, this small fishing net can be used with care and can last for more than ten years or even longer.

In the future, no matter what season you can fish, you will definitely not lose money.

Because the fish are often released in winter, and because it takes time to learn to skate, it is not easy to go out. They only loaded up more than 3 catties of fish yesterday morning.

Only when they got there did they realize that the place where the slope landed was not the pier of the market, but beside a small village called Songjia Village.

In order to prevent some people from losing their lives because of ignorance, there is a big wooden sign with two young young men guarding it, reminding everyone that going forward, the ice in the river is not thick enough to support people. , it is best to go ashore now.

These two young people were very serious and responsible. Some people asked them a lot if the government asked them to do this, and they told everyone with a look of disgust that they were hired by the people of Houtu Village for two taels of silver a day.

I have paid them 100 taels of silver for fifty days' wages.

The people in Houtu Village also said that in the future, their wages will be increased depending on how serious their work is.

The people in Haitang Village immediately felt uncomfortable in every possible way: Shen Xingchen did not mean to be a bodhisattva.But if you say she is a Bodhisattva, it is against your will.

Although it was impossible to climb up the slope by the side of the market, fortunately, the people of Songjia Village knew how to seize business opportunities, rented, bought or borrowed, and made a lot of oxen and horse-drawn carts waiting by the side.

There are even people who specialize in helping to take care of the ice truck.

Two pennies for an hour, ten pennies as a deposit first, more refunds and less compensation, it is not expensive.

However, they are only willing to help take care of the ice cart, and they don't take over expensive things like skates.

Of course, the people in Haitang Village did not dare to keep their skates out of sight.

It’s okay to say that the ice cart is gone, but the skates are gone, how can I go back?

Up to here, everything is going well.

The only painful thing is that Songjia Village is more than 50 miles away from the market, and the shipping fee is very expensive.

Bullock carts cost four renminbi each and can carry more than 3000 catties, but they run slowly.

A horse's carriage and half a tael of silver can hold nearly two thousand catties.A carriage of two horses can hold more than 4000 catties for one tael of silver.

This time, a total of sixteen people came out, discussed and decided to rent seven double carriages.

It cost seven taels of silver before it started, and everyone was in pain.

It went well.

The carriage drivers in Songjia Village were also very kind and enthusiastic, telling them all the recent things they knew about selling fish along the way.

“Fish prices are still very expensive recently.

Bass and mandarin fish are still half taels of silver per catty, but they have to be fresh.

Fresh but dead ones like yours can only sell for three hundred yuan a catty at most.

As long as the rest of the fish is fresh, whether it is dead or alive, it is six times that of summer.In short, the price is quite good now, and you can make a lot of money this trip. "

Forget about bass and mandarin fish, they didn't catch a few anyway.

But the promised nine times has dropped to six times, the gap is a bit big.

Someone asked in puzzlement, "Didn't it be nine times earlier?"

Probably many people asked this question, but the groom was not annoyed, "It was indeed nine times before, but now although the price of fish has dropped a bit, the price of food has also dropped a bit.

Also, you must not sigh like this in the market, be careful of being beaten.

You are just like us, this is making a fortune. Think about those murlocs who have no way to make money, and think about the nine times the price of food before. "

What the groom didn't say was that the price of food fell a little bit because of these fish.

However, he and the people in the same village had heard those vicious people insulting Shen Xingchen, and knew that saying it would lead to the same result, so they never mentioned it.

Hmph, I am a person who knows how to be grateful. After receiving the benefits of Shen Xingchen, even if I can't repay her, I will never be ungrateful.

Village head Sheng is old, so he didn't come out this time.

The person in charge this time is Zhao Huaishan.

He thought of this, but he didn't blame Shen Xingchen.

He is a selfish rogue, but not completely ignorant of morals.

Fish sales are going well.

Many big bosses came to pick up the goods.

Not long after their fish arrived, they were divided by three big bosses.

After receiving the banknotes, when they happily prepared to buy small fishing nets, a group of brash officials stopped them.

"Don't go, pay the fish sales tax first!"

The people do not fight with the officials, and everyone thinks that the tax will not be too much, so they will stop it honestly.

Zhao Huaishan smiled flatteringly, "My lord, how much do we have to pay?"

The head of the bureaucracy smiled meaningfully, "Half of what you get."

half?
Everyone was shocked, and another official handed over a list, "This is the list of your fish sales. You just sold a total of 34 cash, and you paid [-] cash according to the law. .”

Half way through...

How can I buy fishing nets for 500 taels?
Zhao Huaishan asked tremblingly, "When did this... law?"

How can this be?
"Five days ago. If you don't believe me, you can go out and ask."

The officials looked at the bravado, and they understood their feelings very well.

Zhao Huaishan and others heard the words and looked up at some nearby fish sellers, and found that some people were actually very active in paying this kind of fish tax.

Their faces fell suddenly.

Seeing this, the official said with a sneer, "Don't be dissatisfied, we will use this money to help poorer people.

Also, be content. "

"Yes!"

Zhao Huaishan had nothing to say now, and obediently paid the money.

There are only more than 500 taels left, forget about fishing nets.

Everyone obediently rented a carriage and went back to the pier.

When I got here, I heard people from other villages laughing and saying that although the tax on selling fish is ridiculously high, they still make money and they are content.

After thinking about it for a while, they felt that this was indeed the case, and gradually became happy.

I earned nearly 400 taels of silver in four days, and each family can divide it into three taels, which is actually a good deal.

What they didn't expect was that in the past two days, they couldn't even catch a thousand catties of fish every day.

Think about it too.

There are so many people fishing, and the fish are not endless, so how could there always be so many.

They calculated their accounts and felt that it was not worthwhile to drag the fish to sell, and they thought about Shen Xingchen again.

It's not that he wants to take advantage of Shen Xingchen.

They thought it was not worthwhile to make such a trip, they might as well sell it to Shen Xingchen as dried fish.

Shen Xingchen also just heard that all the market towns in the snow disaster border area are collecting fish tax.

She was also very speechless about this.

Those people said that they took it and used it to help the victims. Who knows what will happen in the end?

Because of this, she asked the people who fished outside to continue fishing, but instead of selling live fish, she started salting and drying fish.

It is ready to be transported to a distant place for sale at that time, and exchange for food and medicinal materials by the way.

Therefore, the family also started to catch fish and make dried fish.

Still fishing in front of their own house.

Like the people in other villages, now they can only catch one or two thousand catties a day.

Because of the small catch, the limit of low-priced fish for each household in the village was reduced to five catties.

(End of this chapter)