cannon fodder

At this moment, Feng Jin suppressed the excitement in her heart, and asked again: "Then do you know where there is sugarcane for sale?"

"Sugar cane? I've never heard of it." At this moment, the shopkeeper was a little unhappy. Although he was the only customer in the shop, did he keep asking such strange questions to show his ignorance?

Feng Jin was slightly disappointed, ordered a few pastries and took them away, and returned to the carriage in a daze under the owner's smile.

The coachman——Shi An saw the young master's appearance, and asked worriedly: "Young master, did you choose the pastries to your liking?"

But at this moment, Feng Jin couldn't hear what he was talking about, she answered the wrong question and said, "Go to the market in Xicheng."

Feng Jin still doesn't want to give up at this moment, sugar is an important economic lifeline!If he could master it, he would be a little more confident in negotiating with Bai Moxian.

The people living in the west city are mainly ordinary people, and there are many fruit and vegetable stalls in the market here. This is exactly the purpose of Feng Jin's visit here, because it is not as prosperous as the east city, and it is very inconvenient to drive a carriage, so Feng Jin had to order Shi An secured the carriage, and the two walked for a walk together.

Feng Jin feels that although this place is very similar to ancient China, it is a different time and space after all. There are many things that are the same but called differently, so she decided to try her luck here.

Feng Jin walked around for a while, whether it was the fruit and vegetable stalls or the flower and plant stalls, she asked carefully one by one, and described the sugarcane in detail, but even so, no one had seen it.

Although she didn't gain much, Feng Jin didn't feel bored, but felt that she had learned a lot.

Just now, Feng Jin also saw an interesting incident. He saw a young man around 18 sweating profusely buying hay everywhere. Although others laughed at him as a fool, the man smiled very happily.Normally, Feng Jin would follow him to have a look, because he felt that there must be some mystery in it, but today he is really not in the mood.

Tired from walking, the two sat down at a small stall. Seeing that it was almost noon, Shi An became anxious: "Young Master, let's go back! Master and Madam are waiting for you to eat, if we go back late Yes, they will be anxious."

After hearing this, Feng Jin felt that what Shi An said was reasonable. This "holiday" was granted by the emperor to reunite with her parents. If the emperor found out that she wandered around as soon as she came out, she would not be punished for being a bully.And when I got home, I drew the appearance of the sugar cane, and it would be faster for the servants to take the paintings to find them, so I decided to accompany the two elders in the family to finish lunch first, and then come to fight in the afternoon.

After drinking the last sip of tea, the two walked back to the house, because it was almost noon, and many stalls had already closed, but at this time Feng Jin saw an old lady carrying two baskets of radishes to the market Walking in the center, the shoulder pole is replaced by a long stick, and the basket is also woven from branches and long grass, which looks very fragile. Although the things are not very heavy, the old lady's face is already covered with sweat. The shoulders trembled slightly.

Feng Jin felt very uncomfortable watching it, and said a few words to Shi An, Shi An was taken aback when he heard it, then nodded, walked up to the old lady and said to her: "Mother-in-law, you two baskets of wild vegetables Our son bought them all."

After Shi An finished speaking, he took out 100 taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to the old lady, and he himself took the "carrying pole" from the old lady's arms and carried it on his shoulders.

Seeing the silver in her hand, the old lady trembled slightly, hesitated for a moment and said, "Not so much, 100 Wen is enough!"

"My son gave it to you, old lady, just accept it!" Shi An didn't wait for the old lady to say anything again, turned around and chased after Feng Jin who had walked a certain distance.

At this moment, the eyes of the old lady are a little wet. She used to be considered a well-to-do person. Although she was not very rich, she could still save some money. However, since the drought in her hometown, she encountered treacherous officials, her land was deprived, and she had to flee to the imperial city to make a living. , There were a lot of changes, the son was half disabled, and the burden of the family was on the grandson. In order to reduce the burden on the family, she and her daughter-in-law picked some wild vegetables to subsidize the family.

She knew that Feng Jin was pitying herself, so she bought those wild vegetables. She was very grateful to Feng Jin, and a little embarrassed, but more happy, her son's leg might be saved!

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Feng's mansion, I saw Mrs. Feng and Master Feng standing outside looking around. As soon as Mrs. Feng saw her son, she hurried over, touching her head and pinching his face, with concern on her face. Ask about life in the palace, have you suffered, have you been bullied?

To be honest, this Mrs. Feng is really a great beauty, with a natural beauty, and what is even more rare is that such a beauty greets her with care and care, and is extremely caring. Any man will be moved, including Feng Jin, so in Feng Jin When Madam pinched her little face again, Feng Jin finally avoided it, but her face was already covered with red clouds.

However, Master Feng walked slowly because of his size. Feng Jin and Mrs. Feng had both entered the main hall, and he was still lagging behind. Seeing Shi An carrying two boxes of wild vegetables from the carriage, although Master Feng felt It was inexplicable, but he didn't care, instead, he speeded up and walked to the main hall. Today is a rare day for my son to go home for dinner!

After today's adjustment of thoughts, Feng Jin is no longer so awkward when facing the two elders, and this meal can be regarded as happy and enjoyable.

After the meal, Feng Jin gave the pastries bought by the pastry shop to Madam Feng, and Madam Feng happily kissed Feng Jin a few times before seeing what it was, causing Feng Jin to completely upgrade from a red cloud to a newborn sun. No wonder Mrs. Feng, after all, this is the first gift my son gave me.

As for Master Feng, Feng Jin directly took out the jade ruyi given by the emperor. After all, this kind of thing was only appreciated by these ancients, so he just looked at it, and had to worry from time to time that if it was accidentally broken, it would be broken. What kind of punishment will the emperor get.

As for the way her chubby father used to express his gratitude, Feng Jin really didn't want to think about it.Being hugged by a fat man weighing more than 400 kilograms is really not a good memory.

After eating, Feng Jin buried herself in the study and began to draw sugar cane. After the painting was finished, she sent several servants to various markets, farmers' houses, and Chaifu's house to inquire.

And I took Shi An to stroll around the west city again. The west city in the afternoon is obviously completely different from the goods sold in the morning. The goods sold in the morning are mainly vegetables and fruits, while the goods sold in the afternoon are mostly fans and small ornaments.

The purpose of Feng Jin coming out this time is to try his luck, to see if he can find sugarcane, and secondly, to see the trading life of ordinary people. Whether it is the Zheng family or the Bai family, their business must start with the nobles. Then there will be a vacancy in the business of civilians. Feng Jin, a person who has no power now, of course, should start from this aspect, and the reason why he doesn't go to Bai Moxian now is the same reason. No one to talk business?

Feng Jin carefully observes each small stall, to see if their business is good or bad, their cost is high or low, and their selling skills...

Feng Jin's eyes were watching, but her mind was running fast, sometimes annoyed, sometimes suddenly enlightened, sometimes happy, sometimes depressed, Shi An next to her was puzzled.

Time passed so quickly, and it was Shen Shi in the blink of an eye, and it was also the time for Feng Jin and his servants to gather. Feng Jin went to the small tea stand where he had tea in the morning, and a few servants of the Feng family dressed as ordinary people were already waiting here.

Seeing their hesitation, Feng Jin already knew the answer. In ancient China, this sugarcane was also introduced from other countries. Feng Jin has also considered the possibility that it does not exist in this world. It was expected, but I was still a little disappointed to hear the servants' answers one by one.

He waved his hand and asked the servants to go back first, while he continued to walk around with Shi An, intending to learn more about the market.

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Imperial Capital White House

At this time, Bai Moxian and several of his cronies had not closed their eyes in the account room all night, and everyone's faces were heavy.

The account of the White Mansion is completely bad, and it can't be worse. Of the more than 100 stores of the White Mansion in the imperial capital, more than 70 are in loss-making business, and the other few can maintain But not much income.

Bai Moxian's face can be said to be ferocious and terrifying. It can be said that this old man Bai does not leave a way out for his descendants at all!If things go on like this, the White House will not only fall into the dust, but will also be heavily in debt. I am afraid that the disaster of imprisonment will be inevitable!

At this time, Xiao Shitou pushed the door open and said to Bai Moxian with an angry face: "Master! I just went to the Guanyue Tower to see it. The gatekeeper said that the master had a carnival yesterday and just fell asleep not long ago!"

"Hmph~ Didn't he say he wants to eat?"

"The gatekeeper said no.

"Okay! Very good, I want to see how long he can be excited!" When Bai Moxian said this, his face was ruthless, and his eyes showed a fierce look.

Then he turned his head and told the people in the house: "Shopkeeper Wang, go and close all the shops that are losing money."

Upon hearing this, shopkeeper Wang said quickly: "Young master, since the master lost a lot of shops, there have been many rumors that our Bai family is about to collapse, and now every family is ready to move, just waiting for a piece of the pie. If our Bai family had not been a century-old family, these wolves, tigers and leopards would have rushed over, but if we closed all these shops, wouldn't it prove those words, and the situation would only get worse by then!"

Several stewards in the house also nodded one after another, and they seemed to agree with the words of shopkeeper Wang.

Bai Moxian didn't get angry when he heard this, but after taking a sip of the fragrant tea poured from a small stone, he slowly said to everyone: "I don't understand this truth, but if we drag it on like this, we'll wait for Baijia's response." It will only be a dead end, but if these shops are closed or even sold, the Bai family will have liquid money, and then there will be a chance to let go."

At the end, Bai Moxian's gaze sank, and he said in a gloomy heart, Zheng family, Wang family, Feng family, you better not give me a chance to stand up, otherwise you may not be able to bear my revenge from Bai Moxian of!

After hearing this, all the managers and shopkeepers stopped talking, but everyone was still worried, wondering whether the Bai family could survive this test.