Farmer’s Blessed Girl

The path from the east of the city has been connected, and it was officially delivered for use two days ago, but it was the first time for Man Bao and the others.

After exiting the East Gate, go north. It is the opposite of Huangzhuang. After walking for a while, there is a small road that extends away. People and livestock walk out between the field ridges. There can be a row of green fields and grasses in the middle. , on both sides are the potholes and mud, and on the other side is the kind of field ridge.

Unless walking, riding a horse or riding a donkey, very few people walk this road, and Man Bao and the others have only walked three times.

But now the road has been leveled, and it has been extended to a large extent. The ridges on both sides have been leveled, filled with stones, and then filled with soil and beaten.

There are two lanes on the left and right, which are smaller than the official road, but it looks like a flat river, which is very comfortable.

Man Bao was riding on the horse, and being blown by the wind like this, he felt more and more comfortable, and was more satisfied with the road, "Building the road is correct."

Bai Shan nodded and motioned her to look forward. On both sides of the road, there were farmers carrying burdens with a lot of vegetables. Seeing this group of cars, they were a little timid, so they didn't dare to leave. Stand sideways on the curb and wait for them to pass.

Today is the third day of the opening of this road. Before the road was built, people and livestock were not allowed to walk on the road.

But they passed by yesterday. I heard that the Dongcheng Gate is very fast to enter the capital from here. Once you go in and pass two squares, you will be the Dongshi. At that time, you can get a place by paying two cents in the Dongshi, and a Vegetables can be sold for eighty or ninety pennies.

If they were lucky, they didn't need to go to the East Market, they would just wander from the two squares all the way to the East to buy some, and the West to buy a little, and they could sell all the vegetables without paying the two cents.

The main reason is that there is no tax on vegetables imported from Dongchengmen.

Of course, there is no tax on vegetables entering Dongchengmen. Not only vegetables, but also chicken, duck, and fish eggs are not charged at Dongchengmen. This is an order issued by the magistrate of Guo recently, in order to attract more people to go through Dongchengmen. .

At least the people from Wannian County had to go through the East Gate.

As the magistrate of Wannian County, he still has this power.

No way, Chang'an County is too hateful, obviously Wannian County and Chang'an County are the same as the capital Guo County, but because the imperial city was assigned to Chang'an County, obviously they are at the same level, but Tang He is faintly pressing him.

The most hateful thing is that it doesn’t matter if the West Gate belongs to Chang’an County, and the South Gate also all belong to Chang’an County. Obviously, the land in the city is almost half divided, so why is it that the Chang’an County at the gate of the city is more than ten thousand years older than them? One more county?

Partial business travelers like to walk through the South Gate.

Few people go to the east gate.

Well now, he has added a new way, and what he said has to attract more people, so the county magistrate Guo asked the chiefs to publicize in the village early, and encouraged everyone to send chickens, ducks, fish, meat, vegetables, fruits and vegetables to the capital.

He wanted the people under his command to be more competitive, but they rarely saw such a noble person, such a convoy, suddenly met on an empty road, or a road that had just been opened, and was a little timid for a while.

After stopping, he hesitated whether to kneel or not.

Man Bao looked at them curiously, and stared at their burdens when he got there, "Is this cherry grown at home or wild, sweet?"

The farmer was stunned for a moment, then forgot to decide whether to kneel or not, and replied, "Hui Niangzi, this is the fruit tree in my backyard, I dare not say it is sweet, but it is definitely not particularly sour."

He didn't dare say it was sweet.

When Man Bao heard this, he immediately asked, "How much is a pound?"

When asked about the price, the farmer was no longer nervous, grinned and said, "Fifteen cents per pound."

more expensive than meat.

Man Bao glanced at it, but still thought it was pretty, so he said, "Give it to me... Can I taste one first, if it tastes good, I'll buy all of them."

When the farmer heard it, he immediately picked one big and red one for her, and then looked at her expectantly.

Man Bao took a bite, it was a little sour, but it was much better than the wild cherries in their village, so he waved his hand: "I bought them all."

Anyway, there are many people today, so they are not afraid of not being able to finish eating.

When the farmer heard this, he immediately became happy, and immediately put down his burden, and borrowed a weight from the person beside him to weigh her.

Yes, they share a steel scale, and this scale is not theirs, it is borrowed by them and the village chief, and each time they lend him two eggs.

He did the math, and quickly reported the number, "Three jins and nine taels..."

He rushed towards Bao Man Han with a smile and said, "Ma'am, one or two is what we let you, even if you are three and a half pounds."

That's how they buy vegetables. Half of it counts, but too much or too little doesn't count. So they wipe out what's too much, and add some if there's too little.

Then he took out a large leaf and wrapped the cherries to Man Bao, then squatted on the ground and counted how much three and a half jin was worth with his fingers.

Man Bao stood and waited.

After waiting for a long time, he found that he got stuck after he counted the third kilogram. After touching the sweat on his forehead, he continued to count with his fingers, and even involved the person next to him.

They are also difficult.

They rarely sell anything. If it wasn't for the governor who kept saying that it was spring, the vegetables in the fields were growing fast, and the people in the city had no vegetables to eat. The money for vegetables and vegetables in the city, otherwise they would not have the courage to send vegetables into the city.

But a pound of vegetables costs two or three cents, and no one buys more than ten cents. This cherry is bought for one, two, one, two, and suddenly a package of rounds comes, and the farmers are very anxious.

Seeing that he couldn't figure it out, Man Bao squatted on the ground to help him count, "One catty is fifteen cents, two catties are thirty cents, and three catties are forty-five cents..."

The peasants were bewildered.

Man Bao took out a string of copper coins to open, counted fifteen coins and put them in his hand, "This is a pound."

He counted another fifteen and put it in his hand, "This is a pound..."

Everyone gathered around to watch the excitement, and even Changyu and Mingda couldn't help getting out of the car to watch together.

Man Bao counted another fifteen and put it in his palm, "This is a pound."

The farmer said: "This is three catties."

Man Bao nodded.

Then he counted fifteen more and put it in his other palm, and said, "This is the fourth catty, but you only have half a catty, so the money is divided into half, one for you, one for me..."

Man Bao put one in the palm of the person next to him, and then put another in his own palm, until the eighth one was finished, just in the other's hand.

She smiled, "That's half of it."

The other party narrowed his eyes, "Why doesn't the lady have the eighth text?"

Man Bao smiled and said: "Half of fifteen wen is seven and a half. If you give me one or two, I will give you half of it. In the calculation, you should let me have more."

The peasant was stunned for a moment, put away the money, respectfully bowed to Zhou Man, and retreated to the side with the others before they left with the burden.

Man Bao handed the cherries to Ming Da and smiled: "This thing is sour and sweet, you can eat some."

Mingda nodded with a smile, and handed it to Chang Yu, who hugged him and happily boarded the carriage with her.

Man Bao rode on his horse and said to Bai Shan, "Maybe the magistrate Guo can ask the villagers to teach the villagers to count."

Bai Shan also nodded, "Education should not be limited to morality."

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