Chapter 156 Planning to raise a lamb]
After eating noodles, Yuan Xu and Xiao Yunshuo went to the market to buy new horses and carriages.
Chen Fenghe and Qin Mengyue took the three little ones for a stroll around the town.
"Sister, I want to eat candied haws!"
"Sister, I want to eat too."
"Auntie, I want one too..."
Chen Fenghe took out six coins, asked for three candied haws and handed them to the three people, and said with a smile: "You don't have to tell everyone once, as long as one person has it, the other two will have it too."
But to be honest, the chattering of one, two, three, and three people like a trio can really make people feel happy involuntarily.
Even Qin Mengyue, who was worried about Xiao Yunshuo vomiting blood, couldn't help but smile when she saw the three little guys looking carefree.
The two adults and three children were strolling around eating candied haws. Suddenly, Xiao Yunhao's eyes were sharp. He pointed his little hand at a flock of sheep in front of him and said happily, "Auntie, sheep! Sheep!"
When Shen Yichuan and Shen Qingxing saw it, they also shouted excitedly.
"Sister, it's a sheep! It's really a sheep!"
“So many sheep!”
Chen Fenghe: “…”
The trio opened.
Shen Qingxing suddenly raised her head and said, "Sister, I want to raise sheep! Sister, can you buy me a sheep?"
Chen Fenghe was stunned for a moment. During her entire exile, due to the many inconveniences, she had never thought of raising any poultry or livestock except in the space.
After hearing what Shen Qingxing said, she couldn't help but feel a little itchy.
In winter, stewing mutton with radish is a good thing to nourish the stomach. There are also roasted lamb legs and lamb skewers with fat and lean meat... Just thinking about it, Chen Fenghe couldn't help drooling.
Ahem... no...
If you buy a sheep for children to feed, and then kill it for meat when it grows up, who knows how they will cry...
However, it seems like it would be nice to raise a ewe and drink her milk when she grows up.
Anyway, they now have a mule cart, and she has high-quality fodder in her space, so raising a sheep shouldn't be a piece of cake, right?
Shen Fenghe thought about it and told Qin Mengyue about it. Qin Mengyue was still a little hesitant.
Chen Fenghe advised, "Mom, sheep are easier to raise. Although there's no green grass in winter, we've come all this way, so we can eat the dry grass, right? Besides, if we really can't raise them anymore, we can just kill them and make mutton soup. It won't be a waste. As for the officials, I'm sure they can be accommodating."
After hearing this, Qin Mengyue nodded and said, "Well... okay."
Chen Fenghe immediately went to Chen Wu and explained the situation. As expected, Chen Wu didn't make things difficult for her and immediately agreed. Chen Fenghe then took the three little ones to find the sheep seller and picked out a ewe to bring back.
The three little guys were so happy that they stared at the lamb's rope one by one. As soon as one of them started pulling it for a while, the other one was already looking forward to it.
Xiao Yunshuo and Yuan Xu had already bought the horses and carriages. Perhaps because he was afraid that Qin Mengyue and her would worry, he stayed in the carriage this time and did not come out.
Seeing this, Qin Mengyue couldn't help crying for a while.
Chen Fenghe was also a little worried, but... she was really powerless to deal with the pain caused by the poison. She could only rely on the host's own will to fight against the poison. Whoever was stronger would survive.
If you lose, you are destined to be eaten by the poisonous insects and eventually become an empty shell.
Shen Fenghe sighed secretly.
Seeing that everyone had returned, Chen Wu led everyone out again.
Just as I was about to leave the town, I suddenly saw a group of big men escorting two loaded carriages coming from the other end of the street.
When people on the street saw them, they quickly made way for them.
Chen Wuhe hurriedly asked everyone to move away.
Chen Fenghe couldn't help but feel a little strange.
It has always been the common people who give way to officials, so why is Chen Wu so humble to these people?
However, she soon got the answer from the passers-by next to her.
"Are these the members of the legendary Salt Gang?"
"Hush! Are you going to die? How dare you say that out loud? The people from the Salt Gang and the Canal Gang are all gangsters. They're ready to resort to knives and guns if they disagree with you. We can't afford to offend them!"
"Alas! Speaking of which, the price of official salt has gone up quite a bit recently. If it goes up any further, I won't be able to afford it anymore!"
"Who says it's not? If the price keeps going up, even if I get caught and get beheaded, I'll have to buy contraband salt..."
"This wave of price increases is strange. Why did it suddenly go up?"
"That's not surprising. Ever since the Crown Prince's accident, the Northern Rong have been ecstatic and have been harassing the border. We're so far north, so close to the border, isn't that causing panic among the people? And the salt officials at the Jiezhou official salt pond, which is closest to us, are also afraid of an attack from the Northern Rong, so haven't they slacked off on their job of transporting salt to several northern prefectures and states?"
"Alas! When you mention the Crown Prince, I get angry. Originally, the Crown Prince won a victory and recaptured five cities. Now there are rumors that he is plotting a rebellion. For a while, people are in a panic. Two of those five cities have already been occupied by the Northern Rong..."
"Hey! Don't talk about state affairs! Don't talk about state affairs!" someone reminded.
After hearing this, everyone didn't dare to say anything more.
The one who initially complained about the rising salt prices couldn't help but whisper, "I heard that a secret salt mine was discovered in Hejian Prefecture next door. Maybe smuggled salt will be shipped in soon. Then, we won't have to eat that expensive salt anymore..."
Chen Fenghe listened to these words with great interest.
That's quite a lot of interesting news.
For example, the matter of the salt mine in Hejian Prefecture.
In ancient times, salt trading was a huge profit-making business. If one could get hold of that illegal salt mine, it would be a big deal worth millions of taels.
However, with huge profits come high risks.
In ancient times, salt tax was one of the main sources of tax revenue for the imperial court. Therefore, the smuggling of salt was strictly investigated. Anyone caught selling salt would be sentenced to death.
Shen Fenghe didn't force it.
After all, she had already stored a lot of money, food, etc. in her space, so there was no need to take risks for a private salt mine.
After letting the Salt Gang members pass, Chen Wu led everyone to continue on their journey.
Soon after leaving the town, we arrived at a river. After crossing the river, we reached the territory of Hejian Prefecture.
There is a ferry crossing on the river. In spring, summer and autumn, professional boatmen wait at the ferry crossing to ferry people back and forth. Each person pays three cents for the boat fare.
However, in winter the river usually freezes, sometimes even freezing to the bottom of the river, so there is naturally no need to take a boat.
Chen Wu led everyone across the river, stumbling and falling. The days were short in winter, and as the sky was getting darker, he urged everyone to walk faster and get into the city before the city gates closed at night, otherwise they would have to sleep in the suburbs again.
Unexpectedly, an old man said calmly: "I advise you to give up."
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