Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

At noon the next day, at the entrance to the back street of Xing'an Street, a table more than three feet long was placed across the center of the street.

Next to the table, there is a square iron rack, and on top of the rack is a pancake griddle.

"Luyo, can you do it with so many people watching?"

Looking at the increasing number of people around, Widow Zhou asked nervously.

"Auntie, just make the pancakes, I'll take care of the rest!"

Lu Youhei said with a smile, then turned around and waved gently to Lu Yi and Lu Ming behind him.

At this time, Lu Ming and Lu Yi each held a wooden pole more than ten feet high in their hands, with a roll of white cloth hanging horizontally on it.

Seeing Lu You's signal, the two of them trembled their hands slightly, and saw two rolls of white cloth rolling down and opening, revealing the words inside.

The back street of Xing'an Street was crowded with people all day long. Lu You had placed tables, chairs and benches in the middle of the road, which was eye-catching and attracted many people's attention.

Now seeing that there were words, everyone came forward curiously to take a look.

A big man squeezed to the front, stared at the two couplets for a long time, and finally scratched his head and shouted in a muffled voice.

"What do you write here? I can't read!"

Hearing the big man's words, there was a burst of contemptuous voices from the side.

"Why are you pushing if you can't read?"

A young man holding a folding fan snorted and shouted, then pushed the big man away, walked closer and spoke loudly.

"Those who can recognize this cake will be paid three cents a piece."

"If you don't know this cake, I won't sell it to you for a fortune!"

Following the young man's words, the people around him all started talking.

"What kind of cake is this? How dare you boast so much? And you want to sell it for three cents a piece?"

"I don't know what's going on in this town lately. Just now there was a golden pastry that was sold for three coins of silver, and now there's another one that's sold for three coins. It's really weird."

"Three cents? Didn't you read the second line? If you don't know it, I wouldn't sell it for a ton of gold..."

While everyone was talking, Lu You calmly took out another piece of white cloth from his arms, shook it gently, and hung it on the nail on the front edge of the table.

On the white cloth, there were four large characters written in a flamboyant style.

"Those who understand will understand!!"

Everyone read in a low voice and looked at each other in confusion.

understand?

What do you know?

Who understands?

After doing all this, Lu You turned and looked at the widow Zhou next to him.

"Auntie, make some pancakes."

After giving instructions to Widow Zhou, Lu You began to bow and greet the people around him.

"Please step back a moment."

"Today, with this table as the center, the area within three meters in front, behind, left and right has been rented by me."

"The city fee has been paid, and the two officials upstairs can testify for me."

Everyone looked in the direction of Lu You's finger, and saw two patrolling detectives in dark red uniforms looking at everyone with smiles on their faces in the second-floor window of a roadside restaurant.

Seeing everyone looking up, one of the detectives raised his hand, drew his sword, and hit the window frame with the blade.

"Everyone, step back!"

"This place is rented by Miss Lu. There is a white line drawn on the ground. Everyone, please get outside the white line!"

"If anyone is so blind as to cross the line and bump into Miss Lu, don't blame me for turning my back on them!"

The officer's words were very effective. Everyone retreated one after another, observing the ground at the same time. Soon they all retreated beyond the white line that had been drawn in advance.

Seeing that the area around him was clear, Lu You bowed to the two detectives upstairs.

The two people above smiled, clasped their fists in return and continued to sit down and drink.

Seeing such a scene, everyone was secretly shocked.

Anyone who often walks around Xing'an Street would recognize those two patrolling detectives.

One of the two men was named Qian Zhaode and the other was named Yin Xing. They were notorious vicious detectives in the town!

Relying on the official swords in their hands, they often extorted money from merchants. They are two complete ruffians.

But now he is so polite to Lu You, and even comes here to help establish his authority.

It seems that the relationship between the three is definitely not simple!

But they had no idea that the reason these two were so polite to Lu You was simply because Lu You had given them so much.

The night when Zuo Yunfeng got drunk and rode on a tree and acted crazy, these two people were patrolling the streets. In order to settle the matter, Lu You gave each of them a penny of silver.

This time, Lu You took the initiative to find the two of them and proposed to rent the land at the intersection of Xing'an Street.

As for setting up stalls to sell goods, most of them are in the market town. Depending on the location and the size of the land, the daily income ranges from two cents to ten cents.

As for the area on Xingye Street, street vendors are not allowed to set up stalls.

But neither the county magistrate nor the county clerk would personally inquire into such matters.

Even their daily extortion and the market money of ten times the amount they made were turned a blind eye by everyone.

This is a tacit understanding that has been formed over time. After all, although the money is small, it can win people's hearts.

So when the two heard that Lu You wanted to rent land, they started to think about it.

And on the grounds that the location was excellent, he and Lu You asked for a daily market fee of fifty cents.

Upon hearing this, Lu You didn't even bother to bargain, but directly gave the two men three taels of silver, and stated that he wanted to rent it for six days first.

Then he took out an ounce of silver and gave five cents to each of them, asking them to take good care of him.

Adding the two cents he gave to the two people a few nights ago, Lu You gave a total of one tael and five cents of silver to the two people as a filial gift.

Although this amount of money is not much, the monthly salary of a patrol detective is less than three cents of silver. For them, this amount of money is already a small fortune.

It is only because of the money that Lu You can set up a stall on the road so blatantly.

At this time, Widow Zhou had already made some pancakes and placed them in the food box in front of Lu You.

Looking at the steaming pancakes, everyone was confused.

Although no one dared to make a loud noise because of the two officials drinking upstairs, many people still started to murmur.

"Isn't this just a normal pancake?"

"That's right! This pancake only costs one penny at most, but she sold it for three pennies. Is she crazy..."

"Look, she doesn't seem to be spreading the pancakes anymore!"

Everyone looked towards Widow Zhou, only to see that she was no longer making pancakes, but was frying eggs on the griddle.

Seeing this scene, everyone was puzzled. The young man who had read the words to everyone before hesitated for a moment while holding his folding fan, then crossed the white line and came close to Lu You.

"Boss, since we are doing business, you should explain to us the peculiarities of this cake."

Lu You sat behind the long table and looked at the young man with a smile.

"So you don't recognize my cake?"

"Of course I know it!" the young man said loudly.

"Oh?" Lu You asked curiously, "What kind of cake is this?"

“Pancakes!”

Hearing the young man's words, Lu You smiled contemptuously.

“To know what you know and to know what you don’t know is true knowledge!”

"You are dressed like this, you must be well-read, why do you have to be so shameless and act like a big shot?"

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"You..." Yan Luyuan's face flushed, and he reached out from his collar and took out three coins: "I'll buy one. I want to see what's so special about your pancake."

Looking at the three coins of silver, Lu You frowned and spoke.

"Then let me ask you again, do you know why my cakes are so expensive?"

The young man raised his head and said proudly, "You will know after you buy it."

Lu You sneered when he heard this, then turned around and pointed at the couplet behind him.

"If you don't know this cake, I won't sell it to you for a fortune!"