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The food at home was all accounted for, and Cheng Jinzhou didn't want to leave the matter of buying food to his servants, so he left the second door and walked out.

Shi Mo and Shi Yan followed behind. When they were about to go out, Cheng Jinzhou stopped and waved, "Come here."

Shi Mo was also the new book boy after Cheng Jinzhou recovered from his illness. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but he was extremely sensible. He took three steps and two steps at a time, trotted over and said, "Third brother, it's cold outside."

Cheng Jinzhou ignored him and said, "Go out to buy something. You go prepare the car."

According to the education of this era, the right way is to mature young and mature. Dr. Cheng's actual age is not obvious - he has never left school and has never completely grown up.

Shi Mo gave a sign to the book boy next to him, turned around and ran out.

As he walked towards the door, Cheng Jinzhou asked by the way: "Shi Yan, do you know how much grain can be harvested from one acre of land?"

"On ordinary slopes, it's like killing five stones for one stone."

Farming and mulberry farming are fundamental. Even if a servant works in the government and gets a reward after saving money, the first thing he does is to buy land. However, the heir apparent of a family like Cheng Jinzhou rarely really cares about specific farming and mulberry farming issues.

There are two kinds of grain a year, and one acre of land can only produce 150 kilograms of grain. Even if it is paddy field, the gap is three to four times at most. There is a huge gap with modern agriculture, which is the standard between the Tang and Song Dynasties. Jiezi requires 720 kilograms of grain at a time, which is almost enough to feed a family of three for a year.

Cheng Jinzhou nodded and said nothing more. No matter in his previous life or in this life, he had never been short of money, and he didn't feel any guilt at all for wasting money and food.

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Shaonan is not a big city, and the Cheng family is located in the center of the city, next to the prefect's Yamen and the church of Honshu.

Of course, shops, workshops, etc. were still inevitably separated by several blocks. Throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, although business would not be classified as a lowly industry, discrimination was certain.

Cheng Jinzhou came out of the back door quietly in a creaking two-wheeled carriage. Two book boys, Shi Mo and Shi Yan, followed the carriage evasively, which seemed to be trying to hide their ears.

All the way east, the carriage moved very quickly. When pedestrians, carriages and horses saw the word "Cheng" on the carriage, most of them ran away as if they were seeing a police car. In the entire southeast, the Cheng family may be considered a wealthy family, but in Shaonan City, the Cheng family can be said to cover the sky with one hand, even saying that It is not an exaggeration to say that Shaonan City belongs to the Cheng family. The governor of this state was Cheng Jinzhou's father. The Privy Council used civilian officials to control the army, and the chief minister had to appoint Cheng family members, who were the archbishops of the church and Cheng Jinzhou's clan uncles, not to mention countless middle and low-level officials.

Because of this background, the Cheng family does not engage in business, and one-third of the property in the city also belongs to the Cheng family. The Cheng family does not engage in farming, and one-third of the manors outside the city still have the word "Cheng" hanging in front of them.

Cheng Jinzhou quite enjoyed this privilege and opened the window and looked outside. Accompanied by the creaking of the two-wheeled carriage, there were also the panting breathing of the two book boys, and the sounds of footsteps of different shades.

The Cheng family has strict family laws. No matter how much room there is in the car, there is no reason for master and servant to ride in the same car - the other world is just that bad.

"Stop." The coachman gently pulled the reins, and the carriage slowly stopped in front of a grain store with a "Huo" flag. Since he wanted to buy grain, he naturally couldn't go to the Cheng family's shop.

Cheng Jinzhou jumped down in a hurry. He was famous for his weak body. The faces of the two book boys turned pale with shock. They said repeatedly like twins: "Third brother, you can't do this."

"You won't change it to a fresh one, you can't do it every day..." Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand, raised his head and opened the door curtain and walked in.

The shopkeeper of the grain store was originally sitting high in the back room. When he saw Cheng Jinzhou's clothes and clothes, he jumped off the high chair and walked up quickly and said, "Sir, please. Our Huojia Grain Store specializes in rice, noodles, grains and oils." , what would you like to order?”

According to the system, only the clergy of the church, astral magicians, gentry with titles or honors and their families, and various officials are qualified to wear silk - the so-called silk includes silk, Luo, silk, satin, spun, There are 14 kinds of products including crepe and yarn, among which silk and satin are the most strictly controlled. Ordinary wealthy businessmen, no matter how rich their family wealth is, can only wear it at home. Those who can put it on children are from noble families.

Cheng Jinzhou was used to the service of "customer is God", and he "patrolled" around nonchalantly and asked: "What kind of food is best sold here?"

On weekdays, when ordinary customers come to the store, the shopkeeper will definitely not be able to sit down. At this moment, Ji Jin carefully said: "White noodles are still the best seller. Our Huo family's famous fine white noodles are so thin that they feel comfortable in the palm of your hand. Among the cooked food, noodles, soup cakes, and cold noodles are all sold well.”

"Is white flour made from wheat?" Cheng Jinzhou confirmed. Many things in the Daxia Dynasty were similar to the original ones, but not exactly the same. For example, the traditional Chinese characters were equally beautiful and complicated but difficult to recognize.

"Yes." The shopkeeper replied honestly, not even daring to laugh at Cheng Jinzhou's ignorance. In fact, there is nothing funny. It is the most normal thing for the children of aristocratic families to be indiscriminate.

Cheng Jinzhou was also nonchalant. He wanted to ask for the price, but then he thought about it and said, "Shopkeeper, please open a list for me. Write down clearly the prices of all kinds of food in your store, right now."

He suddenly discovered that there were so many varieties of grain stores in this era. Just for one kind of noodles, there were so many samples spread as long as a wall. Even if he asked, he probably wouldn't be able to remember them.

It's better to let others do it than to do it yourself.

The shopkeeper enjoyed Cheng Jinzhou's "trouble" so much that he immediately responded and went to write the order obediently. He was not worried about the price being leaked. The price at the grain store was the most reasonable. It was different every day. In contrast, he cares more about Cheng Jinzhou's identity.

Unfortunately, Dr. Cheng did not stay long. After reading the order, he called the waiter over and said, "Bring me 20 shi each of brown rice and wheat. In addition, I will also get 20 shi of cheaper sorghum."

The price of sorghum is nearly half cheaper, so it would be best if the animals of the Covenant Alliance are willing to ask for it.

20 shi of brown rice costs 4 taels of silver. Wheat is cheaper, but not much different. Plus sorghum, one ingot of silver is spent. The servants in the back are secretly dumbfounded. They are getting second-class wages. It only cost one tael of silver per month. Before following Cheng Jinzhou, he didn't even have much silver.

The shopkeeper also didn't expect that he didn't return to Jinzhou for a while.

In any era, food is a strategic material, especially in this era of star warlocks.

Because astromancers need a stronger body in order to withstand more powerful star formations - for many astromancers with poor talents, increasing their body surface area is a perfect way to cheat. For a country, the more people it has, the stronger the country will be.

To some extent, the government needs more food to feed more healthy fat people.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't understand, but the book boy behind him knew it very well. Without waiting for the shopkeeper to speak, he said: "Third brother, according to the law of the court, if a grain transaction exceeds 50 shi, it must be reported to the Yamen."

"So troublesome?" Cheng Jinzhou was stunned.

The shopkeeper still had a smile on his face and said: "The imperial court has the rules of the imperial court. I don't know what to call this young man. How about we give you 40 shi of rice noodles and 5 shi of sorghum noodles first? It's almost the end of the month. If you are not in a hurry, we will send another batch next month."

In one sentence, the shopkeeper said everything he wanted to say, and also wanted to sell twice as much.

In fact, Cheng Jinzhou didn't need to report to the government office. The biggest government office in Shaonan was his father, but he didn't need to let a shopkeeper know this, so he ordered: "Don't use ground flour, the rice must be brown rice, and the wheat and sorghum must be whole. That's it." Let's do this. Send the stuff to the Cheng Mansion in Baila Lane in the west of the city. Can it be delivered before dinner?" God knows what the alien wants for food, and he doesn't want to do anything thankless.

"Don't worry." The shopkeeper himself felt relieved. The entire street of Baizhou Alley in the west of the city is the Cheng Mansion's courtyard. In the past, when there were big banquets, this place was used to entertain guests.

People who work in grain stores are not afraid of filing in the yamen. They are only afraid of unknown buyers. And in Shaonan, is there anyone with a more prominent identity than the Cheng family?

As for why the Cheng family didn't buy goods from the Cheng family's own shop, the shopkeeper didn't want to explore the story behind the mansion's door.

After walking out of the Huo family's store, Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand and threw another ingot of silver to Shi Mo, saying: "Go to another store to buy some wheat and send it over. I'll wait for you in another courtyard. If you want to file it, leave it to the store. Bar."

Shi Mo hesitated for a moment and then ran.

90 shi is almost 45 stars. It can only be used to buy a book for 22,500 words. Coupled with the random probability, Cheng Jinzhou is not optimistic about the final result.

Fortunately, he was born in the wealthy Cheng family. If he were in a poor family, he might have to pawn the ring on his hand, let alone enough food for several years.

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