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Chapter 4 Buying Grain
The food at home is accounted for, and Cheng Jinzhou didn't want to leave the buying of food to the servants, so he went out by himself and went out.

Shi Mo and Shi Yan followed behind. When they were about to go out, Cheng Jinzhou stopped and waved, "Come here."

Shi Mo was also the new book boy after Cheng Jinzhou recovered from his illness. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but he was extremely sensible. He took three steps and two steps at a time, trotted over and said, "Third brother, it's cold outside."

Cheng Jinzhou ignored him and said: "Go out and buy something, you go and prepare the car."

According to the education of this era, the right way is to be young and old. Dr. Cheng's actual age is not obvious—he has never left school, and he has never fully grown up.

Shi Mo gave the bookboy next to him a look, turned around and ran out.

As he walked towards the door, Cheng Jinzhou asked by the way: "Shi Yan, do you know how much grain can be harvested from one acre of land?"

"Ordinary slopes, one stone five."

Farming and mulberry is fundamental, even if a servant in the mansion saves money and gets a reward, the first thing to do is to buy a field, but a son of a family like Cheng Jinzhou seldom really cares about specific farming and mulberry issues.

There are two varieties a year, and one mu of land can only produce 150 kilograms of grain. Even if it is a paddy field, the difference is at most three or four times. The gap with modern agriculture is huge, which is the standard between Tang and Song Dynasties.Jiezi needs 720 kilograms of food at a time, which is almost enough for a family of three to chew for a year.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded and said nothing more. No matter in his previous life or in this life, he had never been short of money, and he had no sense of guilt at all for wasting money and food.

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Shaonan is not a big city, and the Cheng family is located in the center of the city, next to the magistrate's office and the holy church of Honshu.

Of course, shops, workshops, etc. were still inevitably separated by several blocks. Throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, although business would not be classified as a lowly industry, discrimination was certain.

Cheng Jinzhou came out quietly from the back door in a creaking two-wheeled carriage, and the two schoolboys Shi Mo and Shi Yan followed behind the carriage dodgingly, a bit like deception.

All the way east, the carriage moved very quickly.When pedestrians, carriages and horses saw the word "Cheng" on the carriage, most of them ran away as if they saw a police car. In the entire southeast, the Cheng family may be considered a wealthy family, but in Shaonan City, the Cheng family can be said to cover the sky with one hand, even saying that It is not an exaggeration to say that Shaonan City belongs to the Cheng family.The governor of this state was Cheng Jinzhou's father. The Privy Council used civilian officials to control the army, and the chief minister had to appoint Cheng family members, who were the archbishops of the church and Cheng Jinzhou's clan uncles, not to mention countless middle and low-level officials.

Because of this background, the Cheng family does not engage in business, and one-third of the property in the city also belongs to the Cheng family. The Cheng family does not engage in farming, and one-third of the manors outside the city still have the word "Cheng" hanging in front of them.

Cheng Jinzhou quite enjoyed this privilege and opened the window and looked outside.Accompanied by the creaking of the two-wheeled carriage, there were also the panting breathing of the two book boys, and the sounds of footsteps of different shades.

The Cheng family has strict family laws. No matter how much room there is in the car, there is no reason for master and servant to ride in the same car - the other world is just that bad.

"Stop." The coachman gently pulled the reins, and the carriage slowly stopped in front of a grain store with a "Huo" flag. Since he wanted to buy grain, he naturally couldn't go to the Cheng family's shop.

Cheng Jinzhou jumped down slowly, his body was famously weak, the faces of the two schoolchildren turned pale, and they said repeatedly like twins: "Third brother, you can't help it."

"You guys won't change to fresh ones, it's impossible every day..." Cheng Jinzhou waved his hands, raised his head and opened the curtain and walked in.

The shopkeeper of the grain store was originally sitting high in the inner room, but when he saw Cheng Jinzhou's clothes in a blink of an eye, he quickly jumped off the high chair, stepped forward and said, "This is my invitation, our Huojia grain store specializes in rice, noodles, grains and oils." , what do you want?"

According to the system, only the clergy of the church, astral magicians, gentry with titles or honors and their families, and various officials are qualified to wear silk - the so-called silk includes silk, Luo, silk, satin, spun, There are 14 kinds of products including crepe and yarn, among which silk and satin are the most strictly controlled.Ordinary wealthy businessmen, no matter how rich their family wealth is, can only wear it at home. Those who can put it on children are from noble families.

Cheng Jinzhou was used to the service of "customer is God", and he "patrolled" around nonchalantly and asked: "What kind of food is best sold here?"

On weekdays, when ordinary customers come to the store, the shopkeeper must not be able to sit still, so he accompanied him carefully and said: "The white noodles are the best sellers, our Huo family's famous fine white noodles are so fine that they are very comfortable in the palm of your hand. Among the cooked food, dried noodles, soup cakes, and cold noodles are all selling well."

"White flour is white flour made from wheat?" Cheng Jinzhou confirmed it. Many things in the Great Xia Dynasty are similar to the original ones, but not exactly the same. For example, the traditional characters are also beautiful and complicated but difficult to recognize.
"Yes." The shopkeeper replied honestly, not even daring to laugh at Cheng Jinzhou's ignorance.In fact, there is nothing funny. It is the most normal thing for the children of aristocratic families to be indiscriminate.

Cheng Jinzhou also didn't care. He wanted to chase after the price, but then he thought: "Shopkeeper, please open a list for me, write down all kinds of grains in your store, and the prices of the types. Now."

He suddenly discovered that there were so many varieties of grain stores in this era. Just for one kind of noodles, there were so many samples spread as long as a wall. Even if he asked, he probably wouldn't be able to remember them.

It's better to let others do it than to do it yourself.

The shopkeeper enjoyed Cheng Jinzhou's "trouble" very much, and immediately responded, and obediently went to write the list nearby, not worried about the price leaking out at all, the price of the grain store is the most fair, and it changes every day.In contrast, he cares more about Cheng Jinzhou's identity.

It's a pity that Dr. Cheng didn't stay for long. After reading the list, he called the waiter over and said, "Give me 20 shi each for brown rice and wheat. In addition, 20 shi for cheaper sorghum."

The price of sorghum is nearly half cheaper. If the animals of the Star Alliance are willing to buy it, it is the best.

20 stones of brown rice cost 4 taels of silver. Wheat is cheaper, and the difference is not too much. Adding sorghum, one ingot of silver was spent, and the waiters in the back were stunned. It only cost one tael of silver per month. Before following Cheng Jinzhou, he didn't even have much silver.

The shopkeeper also didn't expect that he didn't return to Jinzhou for a while.

In any era, food is a strategic material, especially in this era of star warlocks.

Because in order to withstand a more powerful star array, astromancers need a stronger body-for many astrologers with poor talents, increasing their body surface area is a perfect way to cheat.For a country, the more people there are, the stronger the country will be.

To some extent, the government needs more food to feed more healthy fat people.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't understand, but the book boy behind him knew it very well, before the shopkeeper could speak, he said first, "Third brother, the imperial court stipulates that if the grain purchase and sale exceeds 50 shi, it must be reported to the yamen."

"So troublesome?" Cheng Jinzhou was stunned.

The shopkeeper still smiled like a flower, and said: "The imperial court has court rules. I don't know how to call this young master. Let's give you 40 shi of rice noodles first, and 5 shi of sorghum noodles for you. It's almost the end of the month. If you are not in a hurry, we will send another batch next month."

In one sentence, the shopkeeper said everything he wanted to say, and he also wanted to double the sales.

In fact, Cheng Jinzhou didn't care to report to the yamen. The biggest yamen in Shaonan was his father, but there was no need for a shopkeeper to know about it, so he ordered: "Don't grind the flour, the rice should be brown rice, and the wheat sorghum should be whole. Then Let's do this, send the things to Cheng's Mansion in Baila Lane in the west of the city, can they be delivered before dinner?" God knows what the aliens want food for, he doesn't do things that are thankless.

"Don't worry." The shopkeeper himself felt relieved.The entire street of Baizhou Alley in the west of the city is the Cheng Mansion's courtyard. In the past, when there were big banquets, this place was used to entertain guests.

People in the grain business are not afraid of filing in the yamen, they are only afraid of unknown buyers, and in Shaonan, is there anyone more prominent than the Cheng family?

As for why the Cheng family didn't buy goods from the Cheng family's own shop, the shopkeeper didn't want to explore the story behind the gate of the mansion.

After walking out of the Huo family's store, Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand and threw another ingot of silver to Shi Mo, saying: "Go to another store to buy some wheat and send it over. I'll wait for you in another courtyard. If you want to file it, leave it to the store. Bar."

Shi Mo hesitated for a moment and then ran.

90 shi is almost 45 stars. It can only be used to buy a book for 2.25 words. Coupled with the random probability, Cheng Jinzhou is not optimistic about the final result.

Fortunately, he was born in the rich and powerful Cheng family. If he were to change to a poor family, he might have to pawn his fingers, let alone enough food for several years.

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(End of this chapter)