"What about tea? What's the price of tea now?"

Salt, iron and tea are three scarce yet indispensable things on the grassland. If you don't supplement vitamins during the long winter, it can be fatal. Tea is a very good choice.

"Hehe, the quality of tea depends on its grade. In the past, the kind cost ten cents per pound. But now we don't like to drink tea. I like to drink sugar water. Brown sugar costs five cents per pound, and white sugar costs eight cents per pound. But the steward said that drinking too much sugar water is not good for the body, so he told us not to drink too much. Now I'll just drink some boiled water."

"How can you not drink tea? Sugar water is good, but you still have to drink tea in winter."

"You don't have to drink tea. The steward said that we didn't have vegetables to eat in the winter before, so we needed to drink tea to supplement life. Now we have plenty of vegetables to eat, so it doesn't matter whether we drink tea in the winter.

Last winter, tea was more expensive than it is now, so I didn't drink tea. I used the method taught by the manager and grew some bean sprouts to eat, and there was no problem. This year, my family made a lot of vegetables to store, so I don't need to drink tea anymore.

By the way, you guys just arrived and don’t know anything, and everything is scarce, so it’s best to send someone to the nearest city to buy some things before it snows. It’s best to buy some fodder now, so that you don’t have to wait until it snows in a few days and the roads become difficult to travel on.”

Muren followed Jisang to the city, while Muhe and Musen went back to report to their clan leader what they had learned from Jisang. The specific choice still depended on the clan leader, after all, they were not very clear about the specific situation in Qinghai.

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So, no matter where we are, we can basically reach the nearest town in just one hour by horseback riding. It is very convenient. You just go and take a look today.

“It’s a house made of ice and snow.”

Ji Sang shrugged his shoulders. "Either you register now and live together in one city according to the regulations, with a maximum of 100 households, or you build your own ice city outside the Warning Mountain to spend the winter."

Ji Sang stopped the three people who were about to turn around and reminded them: "This mountain is a warning mountain. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, you should try not to get close to this mountain. Even if you go to the city to buy things tomorrow, according to regulations, you who are not registered as residents cannot gather more than 20 people at a time to get close to it.

"What is Ice City?"

"ah."

Ji Sang smacked his lips twice and continued, "I really didn't realize that, but since you are a noble, you should be able to afford this kind of house. It only costs about a hundred sheep."

With the number of livestock in the tribe, this winter is destined to be an easy and relaxing one. The tribe leader had been careful all the way here, and the cattle and sheep had not gained much weight in the autumn. It seems that this winter will not be a difficult one because it is compensated by the price difference.

Muren was stunned for a moment, then asked hurriedly: "Why can't we go into the city? Then how are we going to spend the winter this year?"

"Of course. We lived in the Ice City last winter. It not only protected us from the wind and snow, but was also very warm. Not a single child died last year. A few elderly people passed away, but they didn't freeze to death. Instead, they died of starvation because the steward gave them too much food."

"There are plenty of people in the city who can build an ice city. Any sheep can recruit a craftsman to come and teach you. It will be built quickly in a few days as long as the weather turns cold."

"Okay, let's go to the city first."

If you want to buy something, ask for the price later and come back to discuss it. Just bring money tomorrow. If you don’t have copper coins, it doesn’t matter. Just bring some cattle, sheep, and horses and you can exchange them for many things.”

"Wait a moment."

Ji Sang shook his head and said, "You don't need to prepare anything, just ride your horse. We are a border town, and the regulations stipulate that there is a small town every 100 miles.

"Didn't the steward say that he had an ice boat that could run very fast in the snow?"

It is not accurate to call it a small town. It is more like a gathering place because there are no city walls but there is a large moat.

Muren shook his head. "It's no use thinking about it. A house like this is not something a minor noble like me can hope for."

"So you are still a noble?"

"That would require more snow, not too much or too little. During this short period of time, unless it is something urgent, no one would want to transport it. After all, no one wants to go out on a day when the ice is too slippery for boats but too slippery for horses."

Muren nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll go back and get the horse, and then we'll go to the city first."

The Warning Mountain where Jisang was located was only about fifty miles away from the nearest town. A speed of 25 kilometers per hour was nothing for a horse. After more than half an hour, Muren saw a small town appear in his sight.

"But we won't build an ice city."

After following Jisang into the city, Muren had to prick up his ears, because the city was filled with hawking sounds and the bargaining was extremely heated.

Muren pointed at the two-and-a-half-story brick house in front of him that was ten meters deep, five meters wide, and asked in surprise, "It only takes a hundred sheep to buy a house like this?"

“How to build a house with ice and snow?”

After walking only twenty or thirty meters along the street, Muren couldn't help but show a look of joy on his face, because the prices here were indeed similar to what Jisang had said. Cattle, sheep and horses were very valuable, and many things that were very expensive before were now very cheap.

There are 500 Ba people warriors in the city, and they can gather thousands of our Tibetan warriors at any time. If any misunderstanding occurs, it will be very troublesome. "

The three of them discussed it for a while, and finally Muren stood up and said, "Brother Jisang, let me go with you to the city to take a look. I wonder what preparations need to be made?"

Muren was very envious of the brick houses in the city. He had only seen similar houses in the Potala Palace during his pilgrimage. It must be very warm to live in them in winter, right? Jisang looked at Muren and asked with a smile, "Do you want to buy a house like this?"

If you apply for the land next door and hire someone to build the same house yourself, you won't need fifty sheep, maybe forty will be enough."

"Those open spaces after we crossed the moat?"

"Yes, as long as you settle down, you can apply for land to build a house in the city. It seems that you can get such a piece of land with just one tael of money, and then you can build a house.

Building a house outside the city does not cost money. The money in the city is for infrastructure construction, such as sewers, moats and other things.

But it seems that I have to pay a hundred coins every month, for cleaning, management, and taxes, etc. Anyway, it's only a hundred coins a month."