Jiang Yue took out the remaining seven apples and said that the one he was going to taste would not be charged for, but a gift as a gift of friendship.
After settling the bill, the total amount was four hundred and fifty taels of silver!
At that time, the banknotes were like waste paper, so Jiang Yue certainly didn't want them. One tael of gold was worth ten taels of silver, so Mr. Wang gave her forty taels of gold and fifty taels of silver.
He handed the heavy box to Jiang Nian and smiled happily. It was so happy to make money!
Mr. Wang also thought this was a good deal, a miracle drug that could cure the disease. If his eldest son continued to cough, he would definitely develop tuberculosis!
Businesspeople are accustomed to measuring value in terms of money. But after experiencing a disaster and losing a son, he suddenly aged ten years and couldn't help but lament that no amount of money can buy good health. Even with all the money he's earned, he still has to surrender to natural and man-made disasters.
People should not fight against heaven.
As for these fruits, they are nowhere to be found in the entire city. Rare things deserve this price!
In one word, worth it!
As for the secrets of the couple, curiosity killed the cat. He didn't want to explore them. It would only benefit him anyway.
He asked with a smile, "If Madam Jiang still has any fruit, we'd like to buy some. Twenty here wouldn't be enough for us to share."
"We still have some fruit, but we can't spend all the gold and silver anymore. We want to exchange them for something else."
Mr. Wang gripped the handle of the chair tightly. If it weren't for the difference between men and women and Mr. Jiang being a quiet person, he would have carried him up long ago!
"What would you like to exchange, Madam Jiang?"
"Salt, dried sea fish, and live piglets."
"This..." Master Wang leaned back in his chair and pondered for a moment, "Salt and sea fish are easy to find in Qingshui City, but there aren't many live piglets."
"We don't want much, just two pairs of uncastrated male and female piglets."
The other party did not ask for too much, so Master Wang breathed a sigh of relief. "It's not a large number, no problem."
As the site of the dynasty's largest granary and salt warehouse, Qingshui Castle was arguably Kyoto's "back garden," naturally enjoying the court's attention. Even when disasters ravaged Kyoto and the city was overwhelmed, Qingshui Castle was still able to quell the rebellion. This is why Qingshui Castle was their first choice when they fled.
The Wang family has been doing business for generations and has businesses in various places, so they have no shortage of houses to live in. Although their lives are not as good as those of the local bosses in Shuntian City, they can still have a say in the local area.
Nowadays, ordinary people in the city cannot eat enough but they will not starve to death. The rich families have their own farms. Although they don’t have full granaries, they can always eat enough and occasionally buy some meat at a high price to satisfy their cravings.
Dried meat was common, and as for fresh meat, most of it was sea fish, but everything else was hard to find. The few poultry and livestock that were still available hadn't been slaughtered. Even if they were, they were on the tables of the wealthy. If you didn't have enough money or power, you wouldn't be able to find any, no matter how much you looked for them.
Jiang Yue was thinking in her mind, "not many" means there are still some?
She can now raise living things in her space. She has plenty of breeding eggs, so she doesn't have to worry about chickens. But if she keeps eating pork, she won't have any left.
The Wang family has connections, and she wants to start a fruit wholesale business and barter, so the Wang family is a good target.
"Mr. Wang, could you help us find a house outside the city for us to stay? We need a contact to deliver the goods."
Mr. Wang has been in business all his life, and Wang Wenxuan is also good at judging people. He can understand the elegant intentions of people by listening to the music. These two people are on guard against them.
This is also human nature. Master Wang said, "If you two don't mind, we have a small farm outside the city, where only the head of the farm and the guards live."
There will be no shortage of spies outside the city, but it will be freer than inside the city.
"Thank you very much, Master Wang."
The Wang family father and son exchanged some pleasantries again, saying that the other party had saved them and they should be grateful.
"Master, the food is ready." Seeing that the matter was finalized, the butler stepped forward and said.
Jiang Yue didn't want to let others send her out of the city on an empty stomach.
Unable to refuse the kind invitation, Jiang Yue and her friend had lunch at the Wang family.
Dry rice, vegetables, fish soup, and fried chicken—this was already the best life for ordinary people. The sight of an egg in Changle Village was enough to make them happy. It was incomparable.
After dinner, Butler Wang took the Jiang family out of the city.
It was already past noon, the sun was high in the sky, the ground was scorching hot, and the mule was wilting. Jiang Yue patted its head and said, "I'll give you a good meal later."
Passing by the roadside fields, the crops were sparse, the rice ears no longer looking as vigorous as they had been in the morning, drooping. The farmer remained in his thatched hut, not daring to close his eyes or leave.
The refugees no longer lay on the ground, but sought shade from some trees that were not completely dead. They were naked and had been exposed to the sun for a long time, and their cheeks, necks, arms and other exposed parts were sunburned.
The Wang family's small farm wasn't very large, only about a hundred acres. It wasn't far from the city gate, and it took just over an hour to get there by mule.
The farm was now more important than anything else. Like Shuntian City, the Wang Family Farm had erected walls four or five meters high and even had tiled roofs. This morning, Wang Wenxuan had come to the farm to check the accounts and crops.
The guard at the gate was a little surprised to see Butler Wang coming back.
Housekeeper Wang called the village manager and the head of the security guards and reminded them that the Jiang family was an important guest of the Wang family and should not be neglected.
Jiang Yue set a delivery date with him for the next morning, and then he hurried back to the city so as not to miss the curfew.
The small houses on the left and right were for the servants to live in. The main courtyard had white walls and black tiles, and there were carved stone pillars under the corridor. Jiang Yue looked at the cleaned-up guest rooms, which were spacious and airy.
After hearing the instructions from the steward Wang, the head of the village busied himself in serving the distinguished guest. When he heard that the distinguished guest wanted to take a look around the village, he hurried to lead the way.
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