Godly Immortality: Start with the Butcher and add some Immortality!

Chapter 15: Like a treasure, replenish your energy and blood!

"Crucian carp, catfish..."

"Oxtail fish, big belly fish..."

Wei Hong dragged the fishing net to shallow water and immediately started to rummage through it!
  There are all kinds of fish in this net, big and small!
  The big one weighs five or six kilograms, and the small one weighs one or two kilograms. The total should be about forty or fifty kilograms.

I have to say that the fishery resources here are indeed rich.

However, most of these fish were worthless, and there was only one silver and slender pipefish that he found as a treasure.

"Silver swordfish?"

Wei Hong was completely surprised.

He never expected that he would catch such a precious thing in his first net after not fishing in the river for a long time.

It is rumored that this fish has the blood of spiritual fish. It is hidden deep in the depths of the rivers. It is so fast that even experienced fishermen find it difficult to catch it.

Unfortunately, the subsequent harvest was not great, and I did not catch a second silver saury.

The restaurant does accept fish. After all, they have seasonings that can make the fish delicious, but they don't accept all kinds of fish, so Wei Hong had no choice but to select them.

The prices in this world are very strange. Perhaps it is because the Zhou Dynasty is close to the world of immortality, and it is also affected by some spiritual energy. The rivers are overflowing with fish and shrimps, and the mountains and forests are full of ferocious beasts.

"Brother Six, please don't joke. The butcher shop apprentices have no wages!" Wei Hong sighed helplessly: "How can we spend the winter if we don't go back to our old business? Is shopkeeper Lin here?"

"What a pity!" Wei Hong carefully put the silver saury into a wooden barrel and thought to himself: "Last time, someone caught a three-kilogram silver saury and sold it for 3 taels and 5 yuan. Mine only costs about one pound." Half a catty, how much can it sell for?"

"Isn't it a fluke that I caught a silver saury?" Wei Hong lowered his voice and said, "Please ask the shopkeeper to come over and take care of the fish. I'll go to the kitchen first."

Even if you are hungry, eating fish will not make you hungry at all!
  A pound of brown rice boiled into porridge can barely feed a family, and a pound of fish will make you hungry after a while. Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, fish and shrimp are as worthless as the wild vegetables that can be seen everywhere.

Pickling fish into salted fish can also remove the fishy smell, but salt is ten times more expensive than meat, so who is willing to waste it like this?

"Fortunately, I caught a silver swordfish by chance today, otherwise I might not be able to sell it for much money!"

"Hey, Brother Hong, is it you?" The young man in Tsing Yi standing at the door to greet the guests lit up his eyes and said with a smile, "You haven't been here for a while. Didn't I hear that you went to be an apprentice in a butcher shop? Why? Does your body smell like fish again today?"

As a result, fish and shrimp are naturally not very valuable.

Therefore, they are sought after by the rich and powerful, and each one is expensive!

As for the other fish, Wei Hong seemed a little disgusted.

Not only is the meat delicate and delicious, but it also greatly replenishes qi and blood!

Wei Hong thought for a while and decisively made a few more nets.

In the end, seeing that it was getting late, Wei Hong decisively packed up his things and chose to return. He finally returned to the divine capital before the city gate closed, carrying dozens of kilograms of fish on his back.

He picked out a dozen and threw them into the barrel, and released all the others.

Moreover, the fish meat is bland and not oily like pork!

Common people cannot afford precious seasonings, and the smell of cooked fish and shrimp is unpalatable.

"What's the matter?" The young man in Tsing Yi joked enthusiastically: "Just throw this little fish catch to the kitchen, and then go to the accounting office to collect the money. Do you have to alert the shopkeeper?"

He turns left and right on the street with ease!
  Finally, we stopped in front of a restaurant called Xinghua Pavilion in Anlefang.

"Hey?"

The boy in Tsing Yi was full of envy.

Wei Hong had already skillfully walked into the kitchen from the side door.

After a while, an elegant and gentle middle-aged man walked over. His name is Lin Weisheng. He used to be a poor scholar living in a slum. Later, he came here to be a shopkeeper after receiving the care of a nobleman. He also took good care of his neighbors in the past. He collected most of Wei Hong's fish catch.

"I heard that you caught silver saury?" Lin Weisheng smiled and was as gentle as jade.

"It's a fluke, Uncle Lin, take a look." Wei Hong put down the basket on his back, and then pointed him to look at the fish catch in the barrel. The most eye-catching thing among them was the slender silver streak.

"Well, not bad!" Lin Weisheng obviously knew the silver saury, and he said with satisfaction: "The market price of a pound of silver saury is 1 tael and 2 taels of silver. Yours is about a pound and a half. Can I give you 2 taels?"

"it is good!"

Wei Hong agreed with satisfaction.

He knew in his heart that Lin Weisheng was taking care of himself.

If you go to other restaurants, you will never get this kind of price!
  Immediately afterwards, the kitchen helpers weighed the other fish.

A total of 36 catties, 3 cents per catty, a total of 108 copper coins!
  "A total of 2 taels and 108 coins." Lin Weisheng said warmly: "Go to the accounting office to get the money."

"Thank you, Uncle Lin!" Wei Hong's face was full of joy.

"Wait!" Lin Weisheng raised his hand to stop him, handed over a bunch of keys and said, "I have a small courtyard in the next street. It may be cold this winter. If you have time, you can take your grandpa to move there."

"Uncle Lin, this is inappropriate!" Wei Hong waved his hand in embarrassment: "In the capital of the gods, every inch of land is precious. No matter how remote a yard is, it only costs one or two taels of rent a month. Our grandparents cannot afford to live there."

"It doesn't matter!" Lin Weisheng smiled nonchalantly: "My yard is also empty. You and my grandson can live here and add some popularity to me. It's better than you being cold and freezing in the slums all the time."

"No!" Wei Hong shook his head again and refused: "If you are poor, you will never be poor. We can always support ourselves with our hands and feet. Grandpa will never accept this kind of help."

Lin Weisheng's eyes flashed with appreciation.

Finally, he sighed and said nothing more.

After a while, Wei Hong walked out of Xinghua Pavilion holding a small cloth bag.

After earning more than 2 taels in just one afternoon, he was naturally in a good mood.

At first glance, this seems like a lot of gains!
  If you fish full-time every day, you will probably earn more than carrying big bags at the dock.

But in fact, this is not the case. If Wei Hong were to be a full-time fisherman, he might not be able to catch silver saury often, and if he catches too much, Xinghua Pavilion cannot consume it, and he cannot sell it at a high price to other restaurants.

Moreover, when fishing, you not only have to pay fish tax and boat tax, but you also have to deal with exploitation and extortion by boat gangs!
  Many fishermen are often so poor that they don't even have a home, so they have to live on the boat for food and accommodation.

How could it be as comfortable as secretly casting a few nets every now and then?
  "Shopkeeper Zhou, how do you sell your charcoal?"

Wei Hong just walked a few steps before turning around and entering a grocery store.

A chubby shopkeeper was fiddling with the abacus at the counter.

Two young men were carrying goods and were obviously preparing to close the stall.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Wei?" The fat shopkeeper looked up and said with a smile: "Zo charcoal is 1 tael and 9 yuan for a thousand jins, and Huihua charcoal is 5 taels and 5 yuan for a thousand jins. How much do you want?"

"Why did the price increase again?" Wei Hong frowned.

"You think it's expensive, but I still think it's expensive." The fat shopkeeper complained dissatisfiedly: "Just wait and see, it's going to go up in the future!"

"Okay!" Wei Hong slapped the small bag on the counter and said, "One thousand catties of charcoal and half a catty of coarse salt. Send it to my house tomorrow. Is that okay?"

"Hey, are you rich?" The fat shopkeeper looked shocked.

"It's just a fluke!" Wei Hong chuckled.

(End of this chapter)