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Chapter 389 People's livelihood depends on the people's food pockets

My friend, a friend of mine, understands this sentence. Li Chaosheng is not a fool, of course he understands the inner meaning of this sentence.

Good guy, I didn't expect this little beauty in front of me to be one of the candidates for my fiancée. I'm not too concerned about my marriage, and I don't know who Guo Bao and the bastards picked for me. This is the daughter of that family again.

No, go back and ask Guo Bao. Although his marriage is more of a political need, he still has to pick someone he likes. The little girl in front of him is very good.

When Li Chaosheng thought about it, he intentionally or unintentionally told the words of this "Mr. Ma", not to mention that Mr. Ma was quite strict, but Li Chaosheng didn't get any useful information from it. The only useful information he got was that Mr. Ma was very serious. Probably from the city of Xi'an.

This news is very useful. After all, there are only a few big families in Xi’an City. Miss Maid ran out, it was impossible for this family not to look for it, as long as they looked for it, Li Chaosheng would be able to know who the two people in front of him belonged to by following the clues.

Li Chaosheng looked at the pair of masters and servants who were disguised as men in front of him and said, "Oh, so that's the case. You don't have to ask my father about this kind of thing, I can answer you. I have seen the Lantian county magistrate."

"have you seen?"

'Mr. Ma' stared directly, and looked at Li Chaosheng with disbelief, and Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

"How could you possibly have seen Lantian County Zun?"

'Mr. Ma' looked at Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng smiled and said: "The county lord is not the emperor, so it's not that hard to see, and the county lord is also the dean of Lantian Academy, and often teaches students. I have heard the county lord a few times. It was a class that really benefited me a lot.”

As Li Chaosheng said, Gu Zi and Li Chaotun all stared wide-eyed, can they still play like this?Praise yourself?
'Mr. Ma' was very excited when he heard this. Has this person actually met Li Chaosheng, Lantian Academy?
Thinking of this, 'Mr. Ma' stared straight at Li Chaosheng and said, "Where is Lantian Academy? Can I go to study?"

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng shook his head and said: "This is very difficult. Unless the county lord gives special approval, all students must graduate from Lantian Primary School before they can be promoted to Lantian Academy, and Lantian Primary School needs to study for six years. Book."

Hearing this, 'Mr. Ma' widened his eyes: "Lantian Primary School will study for six years, so will Li Chaosheng go to Lantian Primary School?"

Li Chaosheng shook his head and said: "There is a high probability that I will not go, because Lantian Primary School is a school for enlightenment, and only after learning the knowledge taught by Lantian Primary School, can I go to Lantian College, because if you don't understand the small college, you can go to it." If you go to Lantian College, you won’t be able to learn a lot of advanced knowledge.”

This is not nonsense, because the content taught by Lantian Primary School includes a lot of basic knowledge, such as four arithmetic operations, Arabic numerals, pinyin alphabet, and other basic things.

You have never learned the four arithmetic operations, let alone Arabic numerals. Can you understand the quadratic equation taught by Lam Tin College?Can you learn trigonometry?

Therefore, if Lantian wants to study in Lantian Academy, he must first enter Lantian Primary School to learn the basics. Of course, if some special people ask Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng will allow him to enter Lantian Academy directly.

And not all of Lantian College requires a solid foundation, such as military theory courses, or some literature courses, even if you have a poor foundation, you can still follow along.

'Mr. Ma' was a little disappointed after hearing Li Chaosheng's words. It seems that the idea of ​​sneaking into Lantian Academy to secretly look at Li Chaosheng, the respected Lantian County official, was lost. Thinking of this, Mr. Ma sighed: "Hey."

After sighing, he looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Then you have seen him, what does he look like?"

"Who?"

Li Chaosheng knew clearly about the consultant, "Mr. Ma" gave Li Chaosheng a blank look and said, "Lantian County honors Li Chaosheng."

"Oh, magistrate, that's really suave, handsome, better looking than Pan An, not weaker than Lu Bu..."

Li Chaosheng spoke eloquently, Gu Zi and Li Chaotun lowered their heads in shame, the county lord, even if he wanted to praise himself, he wouldn't be so mad.

'Mr. Ma' couldn't listen anymore, looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "You mean Li Chaosheng?"

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Otherwise?"

"It sounds like a word in a drama to deceive a little girl. I'm asking you the truth."

'Mr. Ma' looked at Li Chaosheng reproachfully, not to mention that his small appearance is quite attractive, the female companion's men's clothing has a different style, just like a woman in a previous life wearing a man's shirt, especially the fat pair... …

"Brother Liu, brother Liu."

'Mr. Ma' is called Li Chaosheng.

"what?"

'Mr. Ma' said: "Brother Liu, you should introduce it seriously. This is very important to my friend. He is tall, short, fat, thin, and looks good. Please tell me seriously."

Li Chaosheng was a little helpless after hearing this, it was quite difficult to introduce himself.

Li Chaosheng thought for a while and said, "The county magistrate is as fat and thin as me."

'Mr. Ma' looked at Li Chaosheng seriously, and Li Chaosheng continued: "I am about the same size as me. I look fair and clean, with nose and eyes, and neither arms nor legs. .”

'Mr. Ma' heard this and said: "For ordinary people, Brother Liu is not ordinary. Although his appearance is not outstanding, his temperament is probably not comparable to that of Lantian County Lord. If Lantian County Lord looks like Brother Liu , no, even if Brother Liu has [-] points, my friend didn't jump into the fire pit."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, was he praising himself for his good looks, or was he hurting himself to harm other girls, and even let other girls jump into the pit of fire, am I a pit of fire?
Guzi and Li Chaotun on the side stopped talking at this time, and gnawed on the chicken legs.

"Brother Guzi, this chicken drumstick is really delicious, especially with the addition of chili, it has a unique flavor."

Li Chaotun praised, and Gu Zi said: "That's right, this chili was imported from overseas by the county lord, and it can't be eaten in other places, and the only one in Lantian."

'Master Ma' blinked his eyes when he heard this and said: "This Lantian County Lord is really amazing, he can even get overseas things."

Li Chaosheng didn't say much after hearing this, knowing that this was Li Chaotun and Guzi adding to the drama for him.

One of the characteristics of fried chicken restaurants is fast. As a representative of fast food, Li Chaosheng finished eating quickly. After eating, several people left Jixiangji. From [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, it is already very late, you must know that Daming people generally do not have the habit of living overnight.

Moreover, although Lantian is developed, it has not reached the level of pedestrians in a hurry at night, which is a modern scene.

A group of people came out of Chicken Fragrance and wandered in the commercial street. "Mr. Ma" was very surprised at the scene of Lantian's prosperity. She had never seen such prosperity even in Xi'an.

It can be seen that under Li Chaosheng's governance, this Lantian has become more and more prosperous.

'Mr. Ma' watched the excitement, he was shocked by the sight of Lantian, and it took him a long time to say: "The capital city is nothing more than this."

Unexpectedly, Gu Zi curled his lips aside, he knew what the capital was like, and Lantian and the capital had secret contacts on a daily basis, so he knew very well what the capital was like.

There is absolutely no such so-called commercial street in the capital. Although there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries there, there is no such scene as it is today.

What Li Chaosheng saw was different from what they saw. What Li Chaosheng saw was the sentiment of the people.

Li Chaosheng walked around from the commercial street, then turned and entered the chaotic farmers' market.

Here you can intuitively reflect the daily life of the people in Lantian. The commercial street is a symbol of wealth, and the farmer's market is a symbol of the stability of the people in Lantian.

Don't underestimate the people's rice pockets and vegetable baskets. These are the lifeblood of the ruling class. If Lantian can't control these two points, Lantian will not be far from extinction.

When you enter the farmer's market, there are more shops, but most of them are small merchants and hawkers. Except for a very few businesses with a facade, the rest are set up on the ground.

"Vegetables, green vegetables, the vegetables I grow myself, including big radishes and Chinese cabbage, are all freshly picked."

"Fresh goods, fresh goods are on sale now. I grow peaches and big plums. It doesn't cost money if it's not sweet."

"Selling live fish, selling live fish, we just caught them in the Lantian Reservoir this morning. They are fat and delicious, and the quantity is running out. Come and buy them."

"Eggs, eggs, it's cheap, five cents a piece, five cents a piece."

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Hearing the yelling of vegetable sellers nearby, 'Mr. Ma' felt uncomfortable. She had never experienced this kind of scene. She often ate fish, but she had never seen a big carp jumping around in the water basin being hit with a stick. Dizzy, then tied it with a straw rope and carried it away.

She had never seen dirt that was not cleaned up under the big radish, and the rustic atmosphere here made her very uncomfortable.

Li Chaosheng is used to it. He squats down to bargain with the vegetable vendors. It's not that Li Chaosheng can't afford to bargain for vegetables, but he wants to truly experience the lives of ordinary people and get first-hand data.

After all, ordinary people priced vegetables, and Li Chaosheng also had to price them. After Li Chaosheng's disdainful efforts, Li Chaotun and Guzi carried a bundle of cabbage, a basket of radishes, and peaches and plums. It can be said that they returned with a full load .

'Mr. Ma' saw this scene and said: "Brother Liu, you can just leave these purchases to the servants, why do you have to do it yourself?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "These things are what the people eat every day. We can know the living standard of the local people by buying them."

"Look at this big radish, which costs one penny a catty, this cabbage costs two pennies, and this fresh product, such a big and juicy peach costs only three pennies a catty, doesn't that explain the problem?"

"This is Lantian County. In other places, if you go to see the prices, you will know how the people are living."

As Li Chaosheng said, he chatted with a fellow tofu seller: "The market is pretty good now."

"It's alright, son, let me order some tofu, all of which are fresh marinated tofu."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "How do you sell it?"

"Three pennies per catty."

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Five catties."

"okay."

As soon as the boss heard that there was a customer, he immediately responded happily, followed by cutting the tofu, and Li Chaosheng took the opportunity to chat: "Are you a native of Lantian?"

"Yeah, from Languan Town."

"Do you usually make a living selling tofu?"

The boss shook his head and said, "Selling tofu is done in my spare time. I still have five acres of land in Languan Town."

"Oh, sell tofu to subsidize the family, okay, sell a lot this day, can you sell a hundred catties?"

Li Chaosheng asked tentatively.

The boss said: "It's almost the same, sometimes we do more, sometimes we do less."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Then you are so rich, you can buy three hundred Wen for one hundred catties a day. After deducting the loss, you can count one hundred Wen and make a net profit of two hundred Wen. One month, my dear, you But it's a big deal."

"Haha, it's okay, I have to thank the county lord for all this, otherwise how could I make so much money from farming before."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Then your life is more comfortable than others."

The boss said: "The others are not bad, look at that grocery shopper, he can handle two or three hundred cash a day."

"The fresh ones over there also make a lot of money."

The boss said with emotion: "This is a good time to catch up. As long as you are willing to work, you can earn money. In the past, you used to plan food in the field, but now you don't need it. Everyone can come out to make money. If you are more courageous, do some small business." , self-responsible for profits and losses, timid, if you want to be safe, you can go to work in the factory, and you can earn two or three taels of silver a month, which is also very comfortable."

"All of this is thanks to the county lord. If you don't believe me, look outside. The chaos. Today there are bandits, tomorrow the bandits will go down the mountain, and there will be a drought the day after tomorrow. The lives of the people will not be able to live. Don't say anything. We want Thank you."

"Okay, your tofu is ready, it's five catties high."

After talking, the stall owner gave the tofu to Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng took the tofu and said, "We can have cabbage tofu tonight."

'Mr. Ma' stared at Li Chaosheng and said, "Brother Liu, what are you doing?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at 'Mr. Ma' and said, "Didn't I tell you, the graduates of Lantian Academy are waiting to be recognized as officials by the superiors at any time."

After hearing this, 'Mr. Ma' looked at Li Chaosheng with subtle eyes, and Li Chaosheng accepted it calmly. 'Mr. Ma' didn't see any flaws and said, "Where are you going to look?"

Li Chaosheng heard this and said, "There."

"where?"

'Mr. Ma' looked at Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng pointed to a grain number not far away, named: Lantian grain number.

If you dare to use the name of Lantian, you can tell without looking that it must be a state-owned enterprise, not a county-owned enterprise, and Lantian is solely responsible for it. This is the source of Lantian's food security.

The food here is all cheap food. The food is collected from the hands of the people, and the price is only increased by one penny per catty. This penny is the transportation cost, storage and storage costs, and the labor and paving of each store. All expenses come from this penny. out.

And this is also where the rations of nearly 40 people in Lantian County are located. Everyone’s food is not enough to eat, and they can buy all of them here, but they can only buy rations for three days at most. Profit, after all, the price of grain in Lantian is stable, but the price in other places is better than gold.

(End of this chapter)