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

The inn where Zhang Wu stayed was closest to the house, so the two of them ordered three dishes and a soup at his inn.

It could be seen that Zhang Wu was a little reserved during the meal, so Song Shiwei had to finish his meal quickly. Thinking that he had given him three thousand taels of silver notes at noon, he should have some more, so he did not give him any more. He refused Zhang Wu's offer to send him home, ate dinner and left.

As soon as he returned to the house, Song Shiwei hurriedly put the things into the space, then went to the kitchen to boil two large pots of water. When the water temperature was about right, he poured it into the bathtub. The two large pots of hot water were just enough to fill a bathtub.

After filling five bathtubs and five hot water bottles, Song Shiwei stopped, put everything into the space, and went back to the backyard to rest.

It is estimated that Zhang Wu knew that Song Shiwei needed to buy a lot of things, so he reported to the house at the beginning of the next day.

Song Shiwei directly gave him a list, which listed the things that needed to be purchased next:

Buy as much bacon, pork, lamb, chicken, duck, rabbit, eggs, duck eggs, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits as you can, for half a month.

Just as Zhang Wu was about to leave with the list and banknotes, Song Shiwei spoke again: "I still need a batch of fences, the more the better. When you have them, go to the village and buy as many as you can. Also, buy a few chickens, ducks, rabbits, male and female. If you have pigs and sheep, buy a few as well."

"Yes, I will buy it right away."

Song Shiwei stayed at home and collected the steamed buns, dumplings, sesame cakes and firewood before going out. While walking towards the street, he silently thought about what else to buy.

According to the data, the natural disaster in the Dali Dynasty began with a huge explosion of a fireball falling from the sky. After that, the natural disaster began. The first thing was extreme heat and drought, and only one in a hundred food items survived. I guess I was on the road at that time.

You will die of heat!

Song Shiwei immediately changed direction and walked towards the largest ice shop in the capital.

"Shopkeeper, how much is the ice?"

It was still some time before summer and the ice shop had not yet opened. The owner was sitting at the counter, calculating when to transport the ice to the ice cellar, when he heard a clear voice.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't say anything, Song Shiwei hesitated: "But there is no ice?"

"No, no, no, there is plenty of ice, but it's rare for someone to buy ice at this time. I'm a little surprised. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you," he said as he took a few steps forward and led Song Shiwei to sit down. He turned around and asked someone to bring tea before asking, "How much do you want to buy? The ice in our store is taken from the moat in winter. It's the cleanest and the blocks are big enough. One pound costs two taels of silver."

One pound of ice costs two ounces of silver!

Song Shiwei was secretly shocked. No wonder it was said that in ancient times only high-ranking officials and nobles could enjoy ice in summer. It was too expensive.

But thinking of the extreme heat that would come soon, he nodded immediately: "Two thousand kilograms."

Two thousand kilograms is just a small amount for the ice shop. After a while, those wealthy families would come to buy tens of thousands of kilograms each time. However, the shopkeeper did not look down on the customers just because they ordered small amounts. After all, the purpose of doing business is to attract repeat customers.

The shopkeeper nodded with a smile: "We don't have any stock at the moment. If you need it urgently, I will arrange for someone to bring the ice cubes to your house tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then I'll give you half of the deposit first and we'll settle the bill tomorrow."

"No problem. Please leave your address and I'll arrange for someone to deliver it tomorrow morning."

Song Shiwei left the address of his house and gave two thousand taels of silver as a deposit, then left the ice shop and walked into the grocery store diagonally opposite.

"Boss, do you have any fire starters?"

The shopkeeper came up to me with a smile, pointed to a shelf and said, "Yes, it's here."

Song Shiwei took a look and said, "I want five hundred."

The shopkeeper's smile widened, and he cheerfully asked someone to go to the storeroom to move the fire sticks. Then he took Song Shiwei to the counter and said while calculating on the abacus, "Fire sticks are thirty cents each. If there are five hundred of them, I'll give you fifteen taels."

Song Shiwei took out ten taels of silver ingots and five taels of silver change from his purse.

The waiter also came out from the warehouse carrying two full bags.

After paying the silver, Song Shiwei easily carried the things away, and found a corner where no one noticed and put the things into the space.

It was still a long time before noon, so I went to the drugstore again and asked the doctor to prescribe 500 packets of medicine for common diseases, such as cold and fever, cough and headache, hemostasis and stasis removal, heat-clearing and detoxification, warming the meridians and uterus, etc. I also bought a lot of wound medicine, paid the money and left my address.

Almost everything that needed to be bought had been purchased, leaving only things for Zhang Wu to prepare.

After returning to the house, Song Shiwei went straight to the bedroom in the backyard, half lying on the bed, his consciousness sinking into the space, sorting and putting away the things he had recently bought, and moving five hundred buckets to the stream, using his mind to control the stream water to pour into the buckets.

The noise lasted for nearly an hour.

After that there were another 200 water tanks, but Song Shiwei did not plan to fill the water tanks with stream water. Instead, he filled them all with spiritual spring water. Although this stuff cannot cleanse the bones and muscles, drinking it for a long time can enhance the immunity. One sip of it will make you feel full of energy, and it is very suitable for drinking while traveling.

After filling the water, he moved the buckets and water tanks directly into the static area. His eyes fell on the pile of silver bone charcoal that was as high as a hill. He considered whether he should light a few stoves first, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

Feeling his stomach rumbling, Song Shiwei moved around in the space. He really didn't want to go out again, so he took out a stir-fried dish and a bowl of rice from the space and ate it.

After lunch, Song Shiwei entered the space to continue his farming career. He had planted an acre of vegetables before, and today he planned to plant an acre of medicinal herbs. As for grain, forget it. There was too much grain in the space and there was no need to plant more. Moreover, once the grain was harvested, it would be a large amount, and it would be exhausting to death.

Song Shiwei didn't want to make things difficult for himself. The vegetables from one acre of land were enough for him to eat. In addition, he had to prepare some medicinal herbs in case there was a plague in the future.

So in the afternoon, Song Shiwei planted another acre of medicinal herbs in the space.

The land in the planting area is fertile and there is no need to turn the soil or apply fertilizer. You just need to use a hoe to dig a hole, sprinkle the seeds, and finally cover the soil and you're done. Of course, you can also water it when you are in a good mood, especially spiritual spring water, which can speed up the growth cycle. Stream water also has a role, but it is not as effective as spiritual spring water.

After planting the land, Song Shiwei wiped the sweat from his forehead, slipped into the courtyard, took a nice bath, and thinking that it was about time, he put on his clothes and left the space.

When he reached the front yard, he saw that the doors of two of the rooms in the back building were closed. He guessed that Zhang Wu had come back halfway, so he immediately pushed the door open and walked in.

In one room, half of the space was filled with fresh vegetables, and the other half was filled with chicken and duck eggs, all in baskets, stacked up on top of each other and looking very spectacular; the other room was filled with wooden fences, all erected and stacked against the wall, and the remaining space was filled with four large water vats, one filled with pork, one with rabbit meat, one with chicken, and one with duck meat.

Just as I put the things into the space, the food delivery guy arrived and quickly asked someone to put the food into the house. Next, drinks and snacks were delivered one after another.

After putting away all the things, Song Shiwei went to the kitchen and continued to boil water.

After the ten tubs were filled with hot water, it was time for dinner.