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Chapter 31 Buying Food
Chao County looked a little bustling under the sunshine, and the corners of Jia Nian's mouth in the market could not help but curl up when he saw the news in front of him.

"You complete a transaction and get 1 gold and 29 taels"

A yamen servant took the tax from Jia Nian, then turned and left.

Looking at the departing yamen servants, Jia Nian wiped his sweat with his sleeves, and his eyes fell on Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze who were beside him: "Let's go, let's go shopping in this market."

"Good!" Sun Deqiu said to Jia Nian.

Early this morning, he rushed to the county market to sell fish. By the way, Guo Dapang took the two brothers Tang Gaoming to inquire about Liu Ye in Chao County.

He brought Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze to sell them.

It may be much better to recruit a merchant to sell fish in the future.After all, with the development of Changhe Village, I don't have so much time to come to the county seat.

Build buildings, arrange fishing, and send militias to fight off water pirates.None of these things take time and effort.Unless Liu Ye and Lu Su are kidnapped, they won't be able to wander around in the future.

While thinking wildly, he wandered slowly.He already had 71 taels in his hand, and now he added 1 gold and 29 taels for selling fish, which was a huge sum of money like two gold.It's just that the 1 gold and 29 taels still needs to be distributed to Sun Deqiu for half of them.

Even if half is not given, each household will be given 15 taels, that is to say, 60 taels need to be allocated to them, leaving 69 taels.

Jia Nian quickly calculated, and came up with the specific amount in his mind that he could use, 1 gold and 11 taels.

In any case, this is a huge sum of money, which can be spent well and poorly.

As he was thinking about it, a rice shop appeared in front of him, and Xiao Er was attentively greeting the guests coming and going.

The footsteps stopped, and the eyes kept staring at the rice shop.With the growth of the population of Changhe Village, the demand for food has also increased a lot.

Just last night, Tang Xingfan and the others complained to themselves.How should these two extra families be arranged?

The fields are green and yellow, and it will take several months to harvest, so we can't just eat fish all the time.

"Guest officer, are you here to buy rice?" Seeing Jia Nian and his party standing here, Xiaoer greeted him attentively.

Jia Nian nodded to Xiao Er and asked, "What kind of rice do you sell here?"

"We have rice, millet, millet, barley and grain here," Xiaoer said to Jia Nian.

Listening to Xiao Er's introduction, Jia Nian thought for a while and continued to ask: "What are these prices?"

“粱米一斛400钱、黍米一斛300钱、粟米一斛220钱、大麦一斛220钱、谷一斛220钱”小二对着贾念飞快的报价。

After speaking, he asked Jia Nian: "I don't know what kind of rice the guest officer needs."

Hearing Xiao Er's series of quotations, Jia Nian clicked his tongue in his heart, he didn't expect food to be so expensive.The so-called one dendrobium refers to the amount used by an adult for one month.

There are currently 22 people in Changhe Village, which means that 22 Dendrobium are needed a month.

However, it seems that these grains do not need to be borne by themselves, after all, they all have wages.

Well, the income from fishing and selling fish is tentatively considered wages.

"Here, this is the income from selling fish," Jia Nian said to Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze, and took out two 15 taels.

Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze did not delay either, after all, these were agreed in advance, so they put it away with a smile on their faces.

Maybe it was because of the money in his hand, Sun Deqiu was determined, and his voice raised a bit: "Give me 5 hu of corn."

"Give me 5 dendrobium corn too," Gu Enze said loudly to Xiao Er.

Hearing what the two said, Xiaoer seemed to hear a sweet fairy voice, and said to them with a smile on his face, "There are 10 dendrobium in total. Do you get them back by yourself, or should we hire a horse-drawn carriage to transport them back?"

"It must be you who transported it back for us," Sun Deqiu said to Xiaoer.

Xiao Er looked at Sun Deqiu: "Where does the guest officer live? The villain calculates the distance so that he can collect the transportation fee."

"Changhe Village" Gu Enze took Sun Deqiu's words and replied to Xiaoer.

Xiao Er made quick calculations in his mind, and said to Jia Nian and the others: "The total of ten dendrobium corn is 2200 taels, which is 22 taels. Add in the transportation fee of 10 taels, and the total is 32 taels."

"10 taels? Why is the transportation cost so expensive?" Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze both exclaimed at the same time, and asked the second child.

Xiaoer showed a troubled look: "Changhe Village is next to Chaohu Lake, where water thieves are rampant. We not only need to hire carriages, but also need to hire guards to protect the food."

"For our store, not only did the shipping fee fail to make a profit, but it lost money instead," Xiaoer explained to the two of them.

Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze looked at each other at the same time, and said to Xiao Er: "Can you make it 200 yuan cheaper?"

"Guest officer, you can go and inquire, not to mention our Chao County, even the entire Lujiang County doesn't have such a low price," Xiao Er said loudly to Gu Enze and the two of them.

Hearing Xiao Er's words, the two of them looked embarrassed.After all, the sum of the money in hand is only 30 taels, and it is impossible to afford such an expensive fee.

At first, I thought I had a huge sum of money in my hand, but now it seems that I don't need to spend it.

"How much grain can be transported in a carriage?" Jia Nian asked Xiaoer.

Hearing Jia Nian's inquiry, Xiaoer replied quickly: "A carriage can carry 20 dendrobium corn."

"That's 4400 yuan," Jia Nian asked Xiaoer.

Xiao Er nodded to Jia Nian: "If you go back to the guest officer, that's exactly the price."

"Then you add 10 dendrobiums of corn, a total of 20 dendrobiums, and send them to Changhe Village," Jia Nian said to Xiao Er.

Hearing the words 20 hu, Xiao Er almost laughed happily.Chao County is originally a place with fertile soil and water, and few people buy twenty dendrobiums at once.

Quickly calculating in my mind, I said to Jia Nian: "Including the transportation fee, the total is 5400 yuan."

"I will pay 20 taels, and each of you will pay 15 taels," Jia Nian said to Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze.

The two laughed at the same time: "We listen to the village chief."

After speaking, they took out their respective money and handed it to Xiao Er.

Jia Nian also took out 20 taels and handed it to Xiaoer: "I hope you can deliver it as soon as possible. By the way, please send the poles and fish baskets to Changhe Village too."

"No problem, our store promises to deliver it in the afternoon at the latest," Xiaoer replied to Jia Nian, and took the pole and fish basket from Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze.Then he turned around and walked into the store to arrange delivery.

Seeing Xiaoer's leaving figure, Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze felt a warm feeling in their hearts.

"Sun Deqiu and Gu Enze have a good impression of you +10"

"Gu Enze and Sun Deqiu have a rising sense of belonging to Changhe Village"

Looking at the two messages that suddenly appeared, Jia Nian smiled.

Originally, the purpose of buying corn was to use it as a food reserve, as well as for the daily consumption of myself and Guo Dapang, but I never thought that there would be such an unexpected harvest.

"It's time for us to go to the barracks," Jia Nian said to Gu Enze and Sun Deqiu.

Gu Enze and Sun Deqiu replied respectfully to Jia Nian: "Yes"

A group of three people stepped forward and walked quickly towards the barracks.

(End of this chapter)