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Qingyang County is a bit far away, about forty miles away.

At five o'clock in the morning, the second uncle started to set up the car. The car was borrowed in advance. The rent cost fifty bucks a day, which was more expensive than other people.

Nowadays, cattle and horses are high-value livestock. The price of a cow is about [-] guan, and the price of a horse is [-] guan.

My mother's savings in a year were only more than eight dollars. In future generations, it would mean that a high-paying white-collar worker could only buy a cow with a year's savings.

After tying up the car, the friends at home crowded into the car. For children at this time, the county town was a place similar to paradise.

There is a lot of traffic, people coming and going, and more importantly, the adults in the family are always extra generous at this time. Just hum a few words and you can taste delicacies that are rarely seen on ordinary days, such as candied haws and osmanthus cake.

Except for the younger ones Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi, the remaining half-year-old children were all present.

The third brother was carrying a broken knife, hoping that the blacksmith shop could satisfy his fantasy of weapons.

Such a broken knife has long lost its forging value. The second uncle looked at it happily, but did not remind it.

Xiaosi took his white snake and carefully wrapped it in cotton cloth. This was 150 big pieces, which could be exchanged for fifty large meat buns or 75 candied haws skewers.

As for the second brother, there was nothing in his hands. His main responsibility was to help the second uncle move things, and he had no plans to shop.

In Wang Fang's hand was the pocket money that his mother had given him every time he came back. It was not much, more than [-] yuan. It was carefully wrapped in cloth and hung around his neck. This was the first capital he used to make a fortune, so he must cherish it. .

We set off at five o'clock in the morning and when we walked out of the mountainous area, it was already bright. In addition to the five people from the He family, there were a few more passengers in the car.

Most of the mountain people at this time were very simple. When they got on the bus, they consciously took out a big bag and shouted to give the animals more money.

If you meet some villagers who go to the county to sell mountain goods, the other party will also take out an extra big buck. The second uncle will not refuse anyone who comes, and pulls five or six people in a row. The small ox cart is packed to the brim, and the villagers They started chatting with each other about interesting things in the village.

It happened that one of the old men was working in a teahouse. He had listened to decades of anecdotes about business travel and developed his eloquence.

The children were almost blinded by the endless chatter along the way.

One of the stories tells an interesting story about the construction of the Leopard House during the Zhengde period.

It is said that in order to please Emperor Zhengde, a small tribe in the Jiaozhi Kingdom of South Vietnam dispatched more than 150 people to capture a two-foot-long pig dragon. More than [-] people died on the spot, including more than ten tribal warriors.

After paying tribute to Emperor Zhengde, he got back equal weights of gold, silver, money and silk, and pulled more than 50 carts. Unfortunately, not long after returning home, more than [-] people from this tribe were massacred by other tribes.

Little stories were told from the old man's mouth, adding a lot of fun to the boring journey.

After driving for two hours, the sky was already bright, and the county seat not far away was in sight.

The ancient folk counties were not much larger than the towns of later generations, but they were already very prosperous places compared to the children in the villages.

The entrance to the city is guarded by officers and soldiers. After checking the household registration, locals can get tax exemption. In addition to checking the road signs, outsiders also have to pay a considerable city gate tax.

Parking the ox cart next to a tea shop outside the city, the waiter consciously came up to him.

"Guest, please add more ingredients and water. The fodder in our store is freshly picked, which is most suitable for fattening animals on long journeys."

Dry ingredients cost extra, green ingredients are cheap, and everyone in the He family wears simple clothes, so the waiter will naturally not ask for trouble.

After tying up the ox cart, the second uncle hesitated for a moment, then asked the waiter to throw out five big ones, claiming to add a handful of dry ingredients.

Before leaving, he muttered to Wang Fang and others: "Your second cousin is a picker. If he tires out the cow, he will be in trouble again."

After entering the city, after careful questioning for a long time, I finally understood the reason why I didn't go into the city by car.

The taxes in the Ming Dynasty were all based on carriages and horses. One price for ox-carts and one price for horse-drawn carriages. Regardless of whether there were goods or not, there was a tax as long as you entered the city. The same was true for ships in certain waters. Large ships had one price and small ships had one price. The source of the carriage tax and carriage tax in later generations.

It is indeed much easier to collect taxes. Otherwise, there would not be so many officials in the Ming Dynasty chasing merchants for money.

The market in the city is located in the southeast, not far from the city gate. As the administrative center for hundreds of thousands of nearby residents, the county government is located next to the market, making it easy to manage and collect taxes.

Unfortunately, Wang Fang happened to miss it on his way, so he didn't see what the county government looked like at this time.

They had just experienced the autumn harvest, and there was still some rice at home, but all the noodles were used up. Several members of the family went straight to the grain store in the east of the city. It is said that Wang Fang’s uncle worked in the grain store, and he was considered a small and medium-sized man. Shopkeeper.

Wang Fang had never met this legendary uncle. He only heard family members mention him occasionally, and he was considered a decent person.

There were people coming and going in the grain store, so we couldn't all go in. A few young people were waiting outside. The second uncle and the third brother went in and came out after a while. Their faces were a little strange, and they greeted the young children with dark faces. From the direction of the granary of the grain store, fifty pounds of white flour and fifty pounds of sorghum noodles were moved out.

The grain bags were carried back to the outside of the city by the second uncle and the second brother. The third brother and the two younger brothers were responsible for purchasing oil and salt.

At this time, oil extraction technology had made great progress, and people also began to consume vegetable oil. Tea seed oil, which was quite high-end in later generations, was still an ordinary oil at this time, and the best ones were flax oil, sesame oil, and rapeseed oil.

We weighed five kilograms of tea seed oil and carried it in a small can in a bamboo basket. We also bought two kilograms of white sugar and four kilograms of coarse salt.

At this time, sugar making technology was already available, and it was more commonly called icing sugar, or white sugar.

After buying these groceries, it was almost noon, and the second brother came over to ask someone to eat at a nearby restaurant.

It is said to be a restaurant, but it is actually two long rows of stalls, specially placed under the shade of trees to block the midday sun.

After asking about the whereabouts of the second uncle, he said that he was going to the butcher to order pork. Wang Fang and others took the lead in getting started.

The meals here are specially provided for civilians, and most of them are rice noodles and the like.

When he arrived, Wang Fang asked about it. In the grain store, coarse grains cost 25 cents per dou, and brown rice cost three cents per pound. The boss in front of him was quite kind. Steamed buns cost two cents, coarse cakes cost one cent each, and steamed buns cost two cents each. The big meat buns that the fourth brother was obsessed with were naturally more expensive, costing ten cents for three.

I ordered four bowls of bone soup and some buns, steamed buns and the like, which cost thirty eldest men. Several of the younger ones were already full, but the second brother was still looking at the steamer.

"Let's go and have a look at the blacksmith shop. After you finish watching, my brother will take you to a fun place."

The third brother stood up and asked Xiaosi and Xiaowu to go together. The second brother sat still on the chair and seemed not to leave.

"What should I do, second brother? Do you want to stay here?"

"Don't worry about him. When the second uncle comes, he will have to eat another meal. This little food is not enough for him."

Leaving the second brother with a cheerful giggle, Wang Fang and others walked towards the blacksmith shop. Wang Fang had always stayed away from this silly second brother. It was said that his brain was burned out when he was a child, he was crazy, and he was very good at eating. .

After leaving the restaurant, we went straight to the blacksmith shop. When the old blacksmith told the third brother that the broken knife was completely rusted and could only be bought as scrap metal, the third brother was completely paralyzed.

The decadent third brother walked out of the blacksmith shop with eyes blank. It was not until the fourth brother asked about the fun place that he finally came to his senses.

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