Wearing a county magistrate to build infrastructure

"How much is this hairpin?" Tang Zisheng changed his subject, but caught the chattering shopkeeper for a moment.

The merchant thought that the two guests were interested in the things of foreign visitors, "Master, you have good eyesight. This hairpin came from the Thirteenth Pavilion, a famous jewelry building in Nanzhou. In addition to the cost, I will give you some travel expenses. Three Shiwen is wearing it with your little husband next to you."

"Thirty Wen, why don't you go grab it, boss?" Xu Qingcheng already felt that it was outrageous when he heard Thirty Wen, so he didn't pay attention to the boss's last sentence.

"Hey, how can this little husband talk like that, the Thirteen Pavilion is a famous jewelry building in Nanzhou, and the things inside are not cheap. Looking at the style of the wooden hairpin, have you never seen it in Xizhou? "

Xu Qingcheng was clear about the boss's habit of cheating, and immediately found the loopholes in the boss's words, "Boss, you also said that the things in the Thirteenth Pavilion are expensive, and I see that there are a lot of jewelry on the boss' stall. If they are all from ten For the goods from Sange, I'm afraid that the owner of this wooden hairpin will pay back the cost if it sells for thirty renminbi.

Moreover, wooden hairpins are expensive, depending on the material and craftsmanship. I think the wooden hairpins you sell are all ordinary materials from the mountains.As for the craftsmanship, no master in Thirty Wen would sell it so cheaply. "

After a mess, he was speechless when he went to the business. He just saw that the young master's clothes were of good quality. People like Xizhou liked things from Nanzhou. If they had a little bit of expensive old-fashioned shops, some people would buy them.Anyway, no one will find out about this matter, I don't want to bump into someone who cares about it today.

"What the little husband said is that this hairpin is not worth the price. But it seems that this is also a popular flower in Nanzhou, and it is pity that we have been busy all the way. Is it worth twenty coins?"

"My fellow son and I are just friends, don't talk nonsense." Xu Qingcheng heard the word "Xiaofulang" this time, and his arrogance weakened by two points for a moment.

Walking to Shangzuo to look and look again, I realized instantly, that is, we are not married yet, we will get married in the future, so we can’t call him Xiaofulang, “Then little brother, let’s agree on twenty words.”

"Who said it? It's expensive. This wooden hairpin can be bought for only a few pennies in Xizhou, and the style is only temporary. You will sell it at the jewelry booth next door tomorrow. Look at it." For the sake of your hard work, ten yuan at most." Xu Qingcheng immediately gave the price to the bottom line of the merchant.

If they sold it, they would earn a few pennies, but they spent a lot of money along the way.If everything is only a few pennies to earn a head, then their life will be difficult, "No, no, little brother, you are too good at killing, I am letting some, fifteen pennies, I really can't do it anymore If it’s lower, I’ll run for nothing if I lower it.”

"Twelve essays." Xu Qingcheng gave two more essays.

"Here," the businessman was in a dilemma, and suddenly turned his finger on Tang Zisheng, who was watching the show, "Young master, you must have bought this hairpin as a gift for your sweetheart. If your sweetheart knows that you care about money, wouldn't it be a mistake?" demeanor."

Tang Zisheng responded with a smile, "I listen to this brother."

Seeing that there is no room for change, the businessman can only make a sad look, "Seeing that you are my first business today, twelve Wen is twelve Wen, it is a good relationship."

Xu Qingcheng couldn't be fooled by this appearance, so he muttered in a low voice, "Sure enough, it should only cost ten coins."

The merchant who was collecting money at the side almost left without holding his heart.

"Besides hairpins, there doesn't seem to be any other interesting things on the stall. You said that you collected some things from those foreigners, but there are some interesting things."

After Tang Zisheng laughed, he brought the conversation back to the point.

"Looking at interesting things? This little old man is not sure. We have received a lot of things from those outsiders. But most of them don't see any use. If you don't mind, you can go with the little old man." Once, when the time comes, the young master has something he likes, and I will give it to you cheaply."

When the merchant said this, he glanced at Xu Qingcheng. With such a brother who can bargain, even if he is sold at a high price, he can still kill him.

"Okay, please boss lead the way."

"Okay." The merchant said to greet the man who was shopping next door, "Old Liu is looking at the stall, I will take the customers to see things, and I will be back later."

"Hey, Brother Ma, don't worry."

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The three of them walked back from the vegetable market to their resting place.

Tang Zisheng looked at the map of Cang'er County, and there are only three inns in the county.And this one doesn't seem to be on the map, so it shouldn't be a serious place for people to live.

"You two go this way. We left all the foreigner's things in the carriage. We are going to exchange them with the barbarians at the junction of the northwest. There are a lot of things, but none of them are of great use. It's just us who haven't read much. I also don't know how to use it, I see that the young master is a scholar, if anyone knows something, please tell the little old man."

After talking, the merchant walked over to the so-called carriage. The horse was a thin horse, and looked not in good spirits. The cart was a cart, which was no different from the ox cart he had been riding in Baihe Village before.

The things in the car were all packed in sacks. Tang Zisheng couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw the businessman untie a few sacks. If there was nothing he wanted, he had to send someone to Nanzhou to have a look. Could it be found from those foreigners?

"That's all, young master, just look at it."

"These things don't look very good-looking. Boss, you guys bought them anyway." Xu Qingcheng talked to the boss, fearing that there was something Mr. Tang wanted here, and if the merchant found out, it would be bad for the lion to open his mouth.

"Who says it's not, but these are all from across the ocean. We don't see any of them. It's the only one. If we meet someone who knows the goods, we can make a lot of money. Otherwise, we will We can’t take time and effort to pull these things from Nanzhou to Xizhou, and throw them on the road long ago.”

When the merchant talked about difficulties, he vomited bitterness to Brother Xu, and the two chatted about it, but they didn't see Tang Zisheng's joyful eyes flashing suddenly.

"I'm optimistic. These things don't seem to be interesting." Tang Zisheng shook his head, as if regretting it.

And merchants have brought people here, so they naturally want people to buy things. Hearing that the young master is not interested, he immediately said anxiously, "Young master, why don't you take a look at it, you will only know some things if you have tried them."

"Well, boss, how much did you spend on these things?"

"Here," Walker looked at Tang Zisheng, then at Xu Qingcheng, and pointed a finger.

"One or two?" This was Tang Zisheng's guess.

"One money?" This was Xu Qingcheng's guess.

"It's exactly what this little brother said, one penny." The merchant laughed secretly. This young man doesn't know the value of money, so he is a fool to buy these things for one or two taels. Wouldn't it be better if he had that money to buy two catties of meat and eat meat with his family? beautiful.

Tang Zisheng wanted to cover his face. Is this the lack of information? If it wasn't for Xu Geer's money, he probably would have followed his advice.

"Then I spent two dollars to buy all these things, and you have made a fortune, but I have some questions to ask you." This move is not an empty-handed wolf, but it also kills two birds with one stone.

"Okay, okay, what do you want to ask, my son, as long as the little old man knows, I will know everything." The merchant was obviously full of joy when he heard that he could get rid of these things without losing money, and even make some money up.

Don't talk about asking for news, even sending two or three more hairpins is justified.

"I heard that your caravans are all running in Dayu. You must know the current situation in Dayu. I just want to hear about the current situation in Dayu."

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Back to the county office.

Both Tang Zisheng and Xu Qingcheng were carrying things in their hands. The three big bags were solid, but it could be seen that these things were useless.Otherwise, foreigners who have done business with wealthy families would not sell these things so cheaply.

"Mr. Tang, is there anything you're looking for here?" Xu Qingcheng dared to ask the doubts in his heart when he returned to the county office.

"Yes." Tang Zisheng took out some sprouted and muddy things from one of the bags, and looked a little green.

"Is this the potato Mr. Tang is looking for?" Xu Qingcheng remembered the two plants that Mr. Tang drew last time. One of the fruits was a bit like what Mr. Tang was holding now, called potatoes.

"Yeah." Tang Zisheng nodded, and he was lucky.

"What is this for?" Xu Qingcheng couldn't figure out the use of this fruit, and if it was edible, it didn't look like it.

"It can be eaten, and the yield is very high. Even barren land can yield about [-] catties per mu, and two crops can be planted in a year. With it, the food shortage problem in Cang'er County can be improved within a year or two."

"Two thousand catties per mu?" Xu Qingcheng was obviously frightened by this figure, he heard it right.

"Well, if the land is good, it is not impossible to double the production, so I am so anxious to find it."

The scientific name of potatoes is also called potatoes, but in his era, besides wheat and corn, it was the third major staple food.

"But" if it can really produce such a high output, why hasn't anyone discovered it?

"Because there is no shortage of food in Nanzhou. I still remember that the merchants said that those foreigners could not understand the language. So they naturally didn't know that except for Nanzhou and Dongzhou, other places in Dayu were short of food.

That's why it's cheaper for those merchants, and those merchants who travel all over the world naturally don't know how to plant land. Even if they find this thing can be eaten, they won't think about planting it to try, and seeing that there are so many left in the bag , It is estimated that some merchants have suffered from diarrhea, so they can stay until now. "

"Eating this will cause diarrhea?" Xu Qingcheng's heart went up and down following Tang Zisheng's words. If he really had diarrhea after eating it, no matter how high the yield per mu was, no one would grow it.

"Now eating it will cause diarrhea, and if it is serious, it will kill you, because it is considered broken now. Normal potatoes are fine to eat, just like wheat and rice."

"If it's broken, can it still be planted?"

"Of course it is possible. You can see that it has sprouted. As long as these sprouted potatoes are planted into the soil in half a year, they can be harvested. It is like planting ginger. If you plant female ginger, you can harvest a lot of new ginger."

Xu Qingcheng understood when Tang Zisheng explained it this way, and at the same time looked at the things in the bag, his eyes were bright.

If the output of this thing is really so high, they will never have to eat a full meal in the future.

"However, the number of these potatoes is very small. At least two or three crops must be planted to have enough seeds."

The first few stubbles were handed over to the inspector Miao to toss, the soldiers were trained to eat enough, and the potatoes could temporarily relieve their urgent needs.

"We can afford to wait, even if it takes ten or twenty years, we can afford to wait."