Escape from the desert with aura: I am the only native in the whole family

Chapter 550 Governance of merchants and farmers in the city

In Menghua City, Ah Jiu rode a horse slowly and planned to leave the city.

I found that there were many more shops on the street, and there were some faces dressed as businessmen.

Ah Jiu got off the horse curiously, and saw that the people could exchange the grain from those merchants for what they needed.

"Ma'am, how many catties of wheat did you trade for?" Ah Jiu stopped an old woman.

"Ah, you are the fairy that was offered in the Fairy Temple. I didn't expect a real person to be more beautiful." The old lady was so happy that she closed her mouth from ear to ear, and said after bowing three times:

"I used ten catties of wheat in exchange for these two pieces of fabric. Isn't it, is it cold? I plan to add some winter clothes for my family."

The old woman was holding cloth under one arm, and cotton on the other. The cotton was snow-white and of very good condition.

The old woman introduced the cotton again: "The [-] catties of cotton were exchanged for [-] catties of Chinese cabbage. Fairy daughter, if you touch it, it's all plucked and soft."

Ah Jiu couldn't help frowning, stretched out his hand to touch it, and raised his eyes to look into the shop. There were piles of cloth and cotton sacks piled up one after the other.

"It's quite cheap, I don't know, who paid attention to this barter-for-barter exchange method?" Ah Jiu was puzzled by this.

"This... I don't know about this."

Looking around, Ah Jiu saw several shops opened on this South Street, and there was even a gold shop.

"Girl, come in and see what kind of fabric you want to change." The shopkeeper quickly spotted Ah Jiu at the door.

He enthusiastically invited her into the room: "I have not only su brocade, but also cloud satin. Look at this Di Rong, this is a foreign product from across the sea."

Ah Jiu took a casual look, and found that the samples were complete. Before the war, it wasn’t that the nobles couldn’t afford it:
"Then how do you sell these foreign goods?"

"Not much, one catty of grain is one foot, if you can order a batch at once, it will be thirty feet, and you only need 25 catties of grain."

The shopkeeper looked at Meng Jiuer with bright eyes. The sable fur cape she was wearing was very valuable, so she must be someone with something.

Who knows, Ah Jiu didn't intend to buy it at first glance: "I hear you have a southern accent, and you're from Lingnan?"

The shopkeeper cupped his hands in no hurry and said: "This girl has good ears. Although Nanling is not suffering from drought, it is almost expropriated by the imperial court. It is in short supply. Fortunately, those of us who do business by sea and land have something. I heard that Meng There is no shortage of food in Hwaseong, so we have to travel thousands of miles to exchange it."

As he said that, the shopkeeper also had helplessness in his eyes.

Ah Jiu nodded. It could be seen that the merchant had spent a lot of money to buy these cloths, but he couldn't eat cotton or cloth if he didn't eat them.

Presumably, food must be more expensive than gold.

"The shopkeeper's business is booming. I didn't bring any food today, so I'll come back another day." After finishing speaking, Ah Jiu asked for the group.

Those who do business like to hear this kind of auspicious words the most, so they hurriedly cupped their fists together: "I'm a newcomer, and I heard that the Fairy Temple is very spiritual. Is there such a thing?"

Ah Jiu chuckled: "Ling."

Sometimes belief is the spiritual backbone of a person, and there is always hope when there is faith.

Before Ah Jiu left the city, he took a special look at the gold shop.

The owner of the shop was even more exaggerated. After driving for nearly two months to cross the sea by ferry, he rushed here from Dongli, which is across the Black Sea.

ruthless!When Ah Jiu heard what the boss said, his back felt hairy.

Ah Jiu swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Then how much food do you have, Nobile?"

Ah Jiu was really afraid that the price would be the same as the cloth, that would be ridiculous.

"This hairpin is made of three taels of gold, plus a garnet. It needs a total of sixty catties of grain. Of course, the price can be negotiated."

"..." A mouthful of old blood.

"Okay, thank you." Seeing that it was almost noon, Ah Jiu turned around and left.

"Hey, hey, if you don't buy it, why do you ask how much it is? Just to amuse me."

A dissatisfied voice came from behind.

Due to geographical reasons, the people in Dongli are all tall and big, and their tempers are also extremely straightforward.

However, the people in that area live on the island, and there is a real shortage of food. Coupled with the severe drought in recent years, the only poor left is the mine.

Ah Jiu's royal horse left the city and went straight to Xinghua Village.

We arrived in about an hour, and the village was as desolate as ever, with no one left in the collapsed houses.

Ah Jiu stopped at the entrance of her alley, and subconsciously entered the yard.

The dangling broken door frame was about to collapse if touched, and the door panel was removed by someone who didn't know when.

The water tank in the yard was also smashed by the collapsed earth wall of the main house.

The kitchen in the east room was still relatively complete, Ah Jiu cautiously raised her head to look.

If it weren't for hallucinations, grandma would naturally be here.

But there was no one in the kitchen.

When Ah Jiu withdrew his eyes in disappointment and was about to leave, his eyes suddenly fell on the stove.

(End of this chapter)