Chapter 373： Generous

In November, Zhulan put down the letter in her hand and set it on fire. It is better to have a kang in the house. The temperature rises quickly, and it is much more comfortable than when she was in the capital.

The door opened, Xuehan brought Yulu in, Xuehan smiled and said, "Mother, it's snowing outside."

Zhulan stood up and walked to the door. Snowflakes were fluttering in the sky, and she reached out to pick up a few pieces of snow, "It's really snowing. This year's snow came a little early."

Xuehan likes snowy days, but it's a bit windy today, "Mother, come in when it's cool outside."

Zhulan shivered, a gust of wind was blowing, and it was really cold. When she returned to the stove, Zhulan watched Yulu roasting and couldn't help laughing. This little hand looked like Mrs. Li's. Zhulan looked at the brazier and wanted to eat it. She has roasted sweet potatoes and roasted potatoes. She doesn’t grow sweet potatoes and potatoes at home. Her original plan was that people in Lizhou City had a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes. No one wanted them if they sold them. If they didn’t grow and buy them, they could also exchange some money for the people. .

As a result, Zhou Shuren's vermicelli recipe was given to the merchants, and the people's households had no worries about selling potatoes and sweet potatoes. Thinking of vermicelli, Zhulan thought of hot and sour noodles, and called Liu Ya, "Go and tell your eldest daughter-in-law Li Xia, I bought some potatoes and sweet potatoes today, and by the way, vermicelli and peanuts."

Liu Ya took it all down, "I'll explain it now."

Since there have been many vermicelli merchants in Lizhou City, Zhulan's family has eaten several meals. Most of them are stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut and chicken. Merchants are ordered in batches.

Now the price of sweet potatoes has gone up, two cents a pound!

At noon, Zhulan talked about the appearance of hot and sour noodles, and she ate hot and sour noodles at noon. In fact, in the city of Shanzhou, which is civilized with vinegar, this way of eating is very common.

It was snowing lightly outside, and eating roasted sweet potatoes with hot and sour noodles in the house, Zhulan felt that this little day was very beautiful.

Ming Teng didn't think he was beautiful anymore. Since Uncle came, his good days were gone. Uncle didn't know what was wrong. He watched him read every day. Well, Uncle still asked him with his own standards. He really doesn't have the uncle's reading talent!

But he couldn't tell his grandfather, well, even if he told his grandfather, his grandfather wouldn't care about him, let alone his father, who would only tell him that many people would not have the chance to learn from his uncle. Woolen cloth!

Changzhi held Ming Teng's neck by the collar, "I've had enough to eat and drink, let's go, I haven't memorized this article all morning."

Ming Teng looked at his grandma for help, only to see his grandma waving, ""

Ming Teng should have taken care of it long ago. After arriving in Lizhou City, she and Zhou Shuren were busy, and Boss Zhou was also busy. The only person in the family who could take care of Ming Teng was Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Li couldn't say enough about Ming Teng. If he can't even hit him, this kid is even more excited, he even dares to climb the ladder to the house to uncover the tiles.

Ming Teng really thought that Chang Zhi was willing to take care of him, but she didn't explain it, of course, he couldn't tell Ming Teng.

The first snow in Lizhou City was not small. After the snow, the temperature dropped significantly. Although the weather was cold, the main street of Lizhou City was still bustling with cars. cattle and sheep.

These foreign merchants are all mobile and have no fixed shops. In previous years, they would not stay in Lizhou City for a few days before leaving without war.

This year, the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the hands of the common people have been sold for silver money, and they have a little money in their hands. In addition, many wealthy households have also planted apples this year. Foreign businessmen know that these wealthy households have silver money in their hands, and they will stay longer.

Lizhou City specially opened a space in Nancheng, which was leased to foreign traders.

Zhulan took Li and Zhou to visit the stalls of foreign merchants. The foreign gems are different from the local ones, because the price in border towns is also much cheaper than in the mainland. Zhulan bought some red gems and planned to keep them for her granddaughter at home. Head to head.

Li's rare generosity followed and bought some broken gems.

Bamboo orchid takes to the streets mainly for furs. There are not many fox furs and mink furs on the stalls, most of them are wolf furs and furs of large carnivorous beasts.

Zhulan also saw the bear skin, and the price was very eye-catching. Even if the price in the border town was cheaper than that in the mainland, it was still very expensive in Zhulan's eyes, and a piece of skin cost three hundred taels.

Many of these foreign merchants like to exchange half silver and half grain.

In the eyes of these foreign merchants, if the grain is taken back, they can still make a fortune in the middle, all because the land of the foreigners is not suitable for planting, and the grain of this dynasty is not self-sufficient, and there is very little food that the foreigners can buy. The regulations do not allow grain merchants to sell large quantities of grain to foreign merchants, and foreigners are even more short of grain, and the price of grain outside the country is almost catching up with the price of meat.

Zhulan strolled around twice and chose some good rabbit skins and mink skins. The top-quality skins were kept for dowry, and the second-class skins were sent to the sewing room to sew capes.

Zhulan calculated the days, and allocated money to the sewing room. When Zhou Lao Er and the others arrived, at least one person could be divided into two clothes and a cloak.

Foreign merchants sell the most beef and mutton, especially mutton, which is the best-selling live sheep. The beef is not yellow beef, but some yak meat. It is quite good to make beef jerky.

Zhulan asked Steward Ding to buy a lot of mutton and beef. Now that the temperature outside is low, it will not be damaged if it is frozen in a large vat.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and the apples and meat that Zhou Shuren sent to the capital arrived in the capital.

Zhou Shuren sent apples and pork a lot. These apples and pork were given to the yamen by the common people, and the yamen also gave money equivalent to buying them.

Some of the fruits were frozen, and there were still a lot of apples. The pork was not afraid of being frozen, and there were several baskets of vermicelli.

The emperor picked up a sliced ​​apple and ate a piece, "It tastes good."

The house was dry, and the apples just brought in from outside were cool and refreshing, and the sweet and sour taste was very appetizing. The emperor did not want to give them to the ministers.

The crown prince saw the royal father motioning him to try it, and took a piece, "It's really good."

The emperor said faintly: "Fruits in winter are quite expensive, and the annual tribute is not enough, so keep all the apples, and divide the noodles and pork, you arrange."

Prince, "Yes."

Could he say he had expected this outcome? This year's fruit is indeed very expensive These big and good apples are divided, and he also feels distressed.

The emperor wiped his hands and said, "Our Lord Zhou should be rewarded. He is very good at using the things that I have rewarded to suppress people. I will send some tea and tangerines as tribute this year, and then go to the warehouse to pick an uncarved jade. By the way, The house deed for the reward house was also sent over."

"Yes."

The prince raised his eyebrows, the father is rare and generous, the jade in the warehouse is not small, as for the source, ahem, they were all copied from the house, and where did the ministers who were raided get it, they were all robbed by the rebellion, and they were all cheap to the father in the end. the emperor.

Having said that, in the past, even if Lord Zhou had the ability, the father did not pay much attention. If Lord Zhou did not do well, someone would replace him. Now Lord Zhou not only does a good job, but also greatly exceeded the expectations of the father. This time it is true. Remember it in my heart, not only do not hang, but also willing to reward.

In Lizhou City, Zhulan and her daughter were talking, "According to the day, your second brother and his party should be here too."

Xuehan was also very worried: "Mother, will the snow on the road be delayed?"

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