Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Seeing that he was ready, Song Shiwei spoke: "First of all, food, 500 dan of white rice and white flour, 100 dan of brown rice and corn flour each, 100 jin of each seasoning needed for cooking, and by the way, buy more ginger, just buy 500 jin, and 100 jin of high-quality liquor, 1,000 jin of ordinary liquor, and 100 jin of tea. In addition, there are seeds on the market, no matter whether they are grain seeds, vegetable seeds or medicinal seeds, buy me 50 jin of different varieties, and the same goes for fruit tree seedlings."

Zhang Wu wrote them down one by one, repeated them again, and after confirming that they were correct, he asked, "What kind of tea does the master need to buy?"

Song Shi frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "You can buy whatever you like. Strong tea or weak tea is fine. Just don't buy low-quality tea. Buy these for now. If you buy good things, just send them here. You can use the empty rooms to store things. You can continue to stay at the inn. Use the money. If you don't have enough, come to me for more."

As he spoke, Song Shiwei took out another three thousand taels of silver from his bosom and placed them on the table.

After Zhang Wu received the silver note, he took his leave. His master needed to buy a lot of things, so he had to finish them as soon as possible so that his master could see his usefulness.

Song Shiwei got up and went back to his room in the backyard. The furniture Zhang Wu bought was of very good quality. He not only bought a bed and a wardrobe, but also tables, chairs and benches. In addition to the furniture for his own room, he also bought furniture for the east and west wing rooms. As for the empty room in the front yard, it would be used to store supplies when the time came.

However, you still need to buy a few more sets of furniture, one set to be placed in the space, and the extra sets to be placed in the space first, and you can take them out and use them directly after things settle down.

In addition to asking Zhang Wu to buy things, Song Shiwei also needs to buy some for himself, especially clothes, which require his own size.

Thinking of this, Song Shiwei went out immediately and found a clothing store that looked very upscale.

There are rows of wooden hangers in the shop, hung with colorful clothes, almost all of which are blouses and long gowns. The most eye-catching one is made of silk, brocade, tulle and other materials, embroidered with gold thread, with delicate tassels hanging around the waist, exuding an air of luxury.

Song Shiwei's gaze lingered on the ruqun for a moment until the shop owner came over with a smile.

"Miss, do you want to buy ready-made clothes or materials?"

Song Shiwei glanced across the store, passing over the dresses that looked very delicate, and asked as she walked in, "Do you have any underwear?"

The boss smiled and said, "Of course we have it. I just don't know what kind of material you want for your lingerie. We have silk, satin and cotton lingerie in our store."

Led by the boss to the innermost room, Song Shiwei tried out each type of lingerie made of different fabrics and immediately chose two simple lingerie styles: silk and satin.

"These two materials, one hundred sets each according to my size, with some color elements."

Although the workmanship of these two styles of inner garments is not the most exquisite, the materials are excellent, and they are comfortable and breathable to wear. The shop is located in the most central location of the capital, and the prices are not cheap, with each inner garment priced at two taels of silver.

Although it was a little expensive, Song Shiwei was now a wealthy woman. She could wear low-key outer clothes, but she had to buy better clothes for her inner garments. She immediately asked the shopkeeper to measure her size and agreed to have it delivered within five days.

Afterwards, Song Shiwei bought some summer clothes in the store. Thinking that he would be traveling long distances in extreme weather, he chose two styles of outerwear, one made of coarse cloth and one made of cotton cloth, for 500 sets of each style. A set of coarse cloth cost 200 wen, and a set of cotton cloth cost one tael of silver.

The shop owner was not too surprised. After all, rich and powerful families often came out to buy clothes for their servants, hundreds or even thousands of pieces each time. It just took some time. The only thing that confused him was that this customer ordered the same size, and he didn't know if it was because the body shapes of the servants in his family were almost the same.

There were a lot of summer clothes and it would take ten days to deliver them, so Song Shiwei paid one hundred taels of silver as a deposit.

After the summer clothes and inner garments were sorted out, Song Shiwei then asked about winter clothes.

The shopkeeper was surprised: "Miss, winter has just passed and summer is coming soon. Why are you buying winter clothes at this time?"

Song Shi smiled and said, "I was thinking of making next year's winter clothes together, so that I won't forget them when I'm in a hurry, but the store doesn't have them?"

"That's not the case. The winter clothes have all been put away in the backyard warehouse. We need to look for them."

Song Shiwei didn't want to waste too much time, so he pointed at the cotton summer clothes in his hand and said, "Use this material for winter outerwear. Make me 500 sets of the same size. When do you think it will be ready?"

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "Miss, you have a slender figure. We do have some ready-made clothes of the same size, but they are definitely far from enough. We also need to buy some new cotton for the winter clothes. If you are not in a hurry, it can be ready in the 20th day."

"Okay, the 20th is the 20th."

A set of winter coats cost two taels of silver, and they gave Song Shiwei a discount because he bought a lot.

After paying another one hundred taels of silver as a deposit, Song Shiwei left satisfied.

We had a simple lunch in the restaurant. The food was really delicious, with good color, aroma and taste. It was worthy of being a big restaurant in Beijing. The portions were also large. I couldn’t finish two dishes and a soup by myself.

Looking at the leftovers in the bowl, Song Shiwei touched his chin, immediately called the shopkeeper, took the menu on the table and started ordering.

"Squirrel fish, lion's head, golden shrimp cake, sunflower meat, Kung Pao chicken, almond Buddha's hand, honey fire square, West Lake vinegar fish, mapo tofu, mandarin duck five delicacies stew, wolfberry chicken soup, sour radish duck soup, silver lake snow clam, roast chicken, roast rabbit, stewed three delicacies, stewed assorted vegetables, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, ten servings of each."

Facing the shopkeeper's dumbfounded expression, Song Shiwei continued lightly, "Pack ten portions of the dishes I ordered just now for me every day and send them to No. 80, Wanhua Lane."

The shopkeeper finally reacted and hurriedly agreed. He then shamelessly asked Song Shiwei to repeat the dishes he had just ordered and took careful notes. He promised to make them well and then enthusiastically saw the man out the door.

Now that clothes, pastries and cooked food have been taken care of, the next thing is furniture.

After inquiring around, Song Shiwei went straight to the carpenter's shop and after some bargaining, he ordered ten sets of furniture. Each set cost two hundred taels of silver. All the wood used was good wood selected by Song Shiwei himself. Each set of furniture included a bed, two wardrobes that were 1.5 meters long, 1.8 meters high and 60 centimeters wide, a dressing table, a clothes rack, a round table, four round stools, six armchairs and a couch.

Ten sets cost two thousand taels, and were to be delivered within a month. Song Shiwei immediately gave a deposit of one hundred taels, left his address, and left with satisfaction.

After that, I went to the beverage shop and ordered a month's supply of drinks, also 100 servings of each type per day.

There were not many summer heat-relief drinks in ancient times. Song Shiwei selected perilla drink, sour plum soup, ice yogurt and Elsholtzia ciliata, all of which were summer heat-relief, dehumidification and refreshing drinks.

Make a reservation early while the weather is not too hot to avoid competing with others.

After ordering these, Song Shiwei decided not to go shopping anymore. When he returned to Wanhua Lane, it was already the beginning of the afternoon. He walked around the house and found that the furniture and pots and pans were all placed in their corresponding positions. Even the talking room in the front hall was equipped with teapots and cups, and there was a pot of boiling water on the stove in the kitchen. He was more impressed with Zhang Wu's ability to do things.

Especially this guy looks big and strong, but he is actually careful and thoughtful.