Chapter 021: City Trip
Meat spoils quickly in summer. In order to ensure freshness, although all 100 sheep were delivered, only 300 pigs and chickens were slaughtered. The remaining ones will have to wait until the evening and tomorrow to be delivered.
Lu Xuan only settled the bill for today's batch of goods with the delivery person.
The third batch delivered was jars of soy sauce, vinegar, wine, salt, sugar, etc.
After making sure that there were no other goods to be received, Lu Xuan closed the gate of the yard. After making sure that the neighbors on both sides could not see what was happening inside the yard, he began to put the supplies in the yard into the space bracelet one by one.
Thirty-six thousand kilograms of grain may sound like a lot, but in fact, each bag of grain holds one hundred kilograms, so more than thirty thousand kilograms is contained in only three hundred and sixty bags, which only take up about one-thirtieth of the space in the bracelet.
However, the various sauce and wine jars took up more space, with one hundred and twenty jars directly occupying one hundred cubic meters.
The total volume of pork, mutton and chicken was about 120 cubic meters, plus thirty bags of salt and sugar which was only a small portion, so the total volume was only a quarter of the 1,000 cubic meters.
The staple food has been taken care of, and the first thing to deal with today is clothing.
Lu Xuan went straight to the largest cloth shop in the city.
Durable and cool linen; comfortable and breathable cotton; gauze which is much higher quality than linen and also very cool to wear in summer; higher-grade silk, satin, brocade, etc., each purchased in hundreds to dozens of pieces according to how often they are worn and in different colors.
The cheapest linen cost three hundred and fifty coins per piece, while the most expensive brocade cost as much as thirty taels per piece.
In addition, he also bought 500 kilograms of cotton and 1,000 sewing kits.
The total cost was two thousand five hundred and forty taels.
Although Jinxiu Cloth Shop is one of the largest cloth shops in the city, the owner of the shop was still very happy even though so much silver was thrown away in one day.
The shopkeeper was wondering why the other party bought so much cloth.
The 'shelf life' of cloth is not as long as that of food. It will fade after being washed several times. Even new cloth that has not been used will become dull in color after a year or two. If you buy so much, you will not be able to wear them all.
However, cloth is not as sensitive as food, and the owner of Jinxiu Cloth Shop is not very curious. For him, there is money to be made, and Lu Xuan is his biological father, so he has no intention of testing him at all.
Not only did he not say a word, he also gave Lu Xuan dozens of pieces of cloth that were slightly faded or defective, as well as a large number of scraps of mid-to-high-end cloth. The total quantity was considerable and could be worth dozens of taels of silver if sold.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan was very satisfied. Before checking out, he selected a few sets of ready-made clothes with high quality and styles.
When he entered the city yesterday, he discovered that the people in the capital were obviously from ordinary families. The clothes they wore were of various styles and their overall appearance was very energetic.
When Lu Xuan came, he was wearing ready-made clothes bought in town. The style was not as rustic as those made by the aunties in the village, but it still had a subtle rustic feel, which might be related to his hairstyle and appearance.
So after buying a more exquisitely made garment, he changed into it on the spot. After paying the deposit and leaving the cloth shop, he went to the silver shop next door to buy some silver hair accessories. He untied the "bun" on the back of his head and used one of the silver headbands decorated with a silver chain to tie himself into a neat and cool high ponytail.
The rustic country boy turned into a handsome and cool guy in the blink of an eye.
Although her appearance is not particularly outstanding, her unique temperament, which is completely different from that of ordinary people, has attracted the attention of countless passers-by, and the audience in the live broadcast room were also dazzled.
[This outfit looks so much better than before! It's like a completely different person!]
[I've become even more showy! Hahaha! ]
[The host is now the most handsome guy on this street! The girls around him are all staring at him.]
Lu Xuan was in a good mood and didn't care about the audience's teasing.
With food and clothing taken care of, what remains are some less important supplies.
For example, various jars used to store water or pickled vegetables.
The people in the live broadcast room were all confused as they watched Lu Xuan go around and around to find a workshop that sold jars of various sizes.
Is it necessary to stock up on these things?
[Host, there are plenty of sturdy and large containers in the system mall. There's no need to buy so many jars, right?]
Lu Xuan said meaningfully, "You don't understand the importance of the pottery jar."
Pickles and pickles are most authentic when made in ceramic jars. Using other jars, plastic, glass, or stainless steel are all wrong!
However, you don’t have to be too picky about the style of the jar you use for pickling vegetables. As long as the quality is good and the capacity is sufficient, it’s fine.
In order to avoid inventory backlog, small workshops may have to make products as ordered, which means the waiting time is longer, but large workshops have a lot of stock on hand.
He ascertained the specifications of jars available in the market, and bought two hundred jars of various sizes and fifty large vats according to demand.
We also bought about 200 porcelain bowls and plates for eating, and 100 ceramic bowls, ceramic plates, clay pots, etc.
After leaving the ceramic processing workshop, Lu Xuan remembered the extremely cold weather shown on the weather software. He asked around and spent some time finding a charcoal processing workshop in the city and bought twenty tons of charcoal.
The charcoal was leftover stock from last year, but luckily it was well preserved and there was no problem using it.
Also, because summer is the off-season, the price is very reasonable. In winter, the price of ordinary charcoal is twenty to twenty-five cents per catty. Now the price is cut in half, only ten cents per catty, and twenty tons is two hundred taels.
At noon, Lu Xuan found a roadside stall and ordered some plain noodles. After eating, he prepared to continue working.
Really taking nutritional supplements to cope with it? The audience in the live broadcast room: Cope with it? Who? Say it again if you dare?
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Lu Xuan had only one goal in the afternoon, and that was the iron shop.
Farm tools for farming, weapons for hunting, and most importantly, iron pots for cooking must be bought!
Considering that the prey caught in the mountains cannot be sold in the town, they have to deal with it themselves. A small pot is not enough, so they have to buy a large iron pot used for cooking big pot meals.
Ironware is a valuable item in any dynasty. Even an ironware shop would not make a bunch of large iron pots and keep them there for no reason. Lu Xuan spent an entire afternoon running around to eight large and small ironware shops before he bought ten large iron pots.
Ordinary people have about thirty regular-sized iron pots for use at home.
In addition, Lu Xuan also bought all the other unordered finished products in the iron shop.
These include various farm tools, chopping knives, kitchen knives, boning knives, iron axes, saws, scissors, a few daggers, etc.
Finally, I bought 100 kilograms of pig iron, spending a total of 100 taels.
The money spent was not much, but the audience in the live broadcast room looked confused.
They can understand buying iron pots, axes, hatchets, farm tools and the like, but why do they specifically buy pig iron?
Is he planning to forge iron himself?
Lu Xuan just said: "I have my own uses."
Because iron is a sensitive material, several iron shop owners intentionally or unintentionally tested him on what he was going to do with so much pig iron, and reminded him that it would be better to report to the government office to avoid getting into trouble later.
Lu Xuan nodded to show that he understood, but his actions showed no intention of reporting it.
In the evening, Lu Xuan went to the courtyard again to collect a batch of pork and then returned to the inn.
He didn't know that shortly after he left, the group of thugs who had been beaten up by him during the day came over unwillingly.
In the darkness, several figures gathered at the base of the wall and talked in low voices.
“…Is this the place?”
"No doubt about it. I found out from the dental office."
"Did he really buy a large quantity of grain and meat?"
"That's right! They say there are tens of thousands of pounds of grain and at least several hundred pigs. Many people nearby saw the delivery people bringing in cart after cart of food. I guess the yard is already overflowing!"
A hint of greed and pride flashed in the gangster boss's eyes, hidden by the night.
"very good!"
Since that damn guy is unwilling to hand over the silver, they can just take away all the food and meat he bought. Not only can they sell them for money, but they can also live a comfortable life for a long time.
Thinking about how regretful and painful that bastard would be when he came to the yard tomorrow and found that everything was gone, the gangster couldn't help but grin... and then he gasped in pain because of the wound at the corner of his mouth.
Damn it!
The gangster boss thought of the beating he received during the day and was so angry that his teeth were itching. He quickly waved to his brothers and asked them to form a human wall. One after another, they used their hands and feet to climb over the courtyard wall in a clumsy manner.
Today he must take all of that bastard's things!
The five people fully expected that what would be waiting for them was a large amount of supplies that could not even fit into the entire yard. They had even decided where to go after selling the supplies.
But when they excitedly climbed in and searched all the rooms, they found that there was not even a grain of rice in them. The yard was so clean and empty that even mice would curse "bad luck" if they came.
Where are the tens of thousands of kilograms of food and thousands of pigs that were promised?!
The thugs who were so excited just a moment ago now felt cold in their hearts.
The gangster boss looked at the empty space in front of him, as if it was mocking his stupid yard. He felt like a silent slap hit his face. He endured it again and again, but finally couldn't bear it anymore and burst into a roar.
"Fuck your ancestors!"
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Lu Xuan didn't know that a group of fools who wanted to get something for nothing had lost their dreams in the courtyard.
After returning to the inn, he calculated today's expenses and found that he had spent more today than yesterday, nearly three thousand taels.
He only has four hundred taels left in his hand.
Lu Xuan said, "It's really impossible to stop the flowers."
The audience in the live broadcast room really wanted to roar: Is it that money cannot be spent? It’s obviously you who spend too much!
After watching him spend money like crazy to stock up for two consecutive days, they went from being excited at the beginning to gradually becoming numb. Seeing that there were only a few thin pieces left in his hand from the thick stack of banknotes, many of the audience began to have difficulty breathing as if they were spending their own money.
Seeing the host spending money like water, who would believe that he is just a farmer's son?
The live broadcast data for this day was similar to that of yesterday. Lu Xuan redeemed all his points as usual, chatted with the audience for a while, and then went to bed.
By the fourth day, there was really nothing left to be needed.
When receiving yesterday's goods, Lu Xuan noticed some unfamiliar footprints in the courtyard.
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