An hour passed, Xue Yu's legs were weak, his eyes were filled with stars, and his voice was hoarse (more like an old man screamed), and the most important thing was that his stomach was gulp, and he raised a serious protest to the owner--it's time for you to have a meal!

Yesterday I ate a chicken head and a chicken neck, and drank a few bowls of wild vegetable soup. I had already digested it. Now I am hungry. Fortunately, there is a public water well in the city. I can drink cold water at will. I can only survive until now if I have enough water!

It is probably not auspicious day for me. I can’t meet a noble person when I go out. Just when Xue Yu was exhausted and ready to give up, hope suddenly appeared.

"Helping!--Wheel!Wheel!"

A green-topped carriage appeared on the street. The one driving the shaft was a red horse. It was tall and shiny with fur. It was a mighty bell hanging around its neck. The harness was also quite neat. Under the encouragement of the coachman, it ran fast and steadily!

The door of the car curtain was half open, and an old man sat upright inside, about fifty years old, slightly thin, majestic, long beard floated on his chest, and his eyes were bright. He carefully looked at the refugee groups on both sides of the street and seemed worried!

There were two servants behind the car, both wearing strong suits, mounts and horses, and a goose feather knife hanging around their waists. Although they were not wearing armor, they obviously had the aura of a soldier!

Seeing the carriage coming, people along the way avoided it. Some snobbish guys even bowed and bowed. Although they didn't know the specific identity of the old man, they were definitely not ordinary people. In most cases, the officials of the court came down to visit people's livelihood.

In my heart, you are the most important

Together with joy, together with life and death,

You are engraved with tenderness,

I'm so passionate,

You are the most important in my heart.

My tears rush to the sky,

He will also be the leader in the next life.

Go back and the setting sun is thick!

...

Xue Yu was also very happy and thought that his mentor had appeared, so he changed into a posture that he thought was more handsome and sang harder. If you want to attract the attention of the old man, it is best to have a few words to talk. With his own knowledge far beyond this era, he will definitely impress the other party!

Most of the old men are officials. If they have his recommendation, they can enter the officialdom and become successful. If they take a step back, they can at least be able to make a living without worries!

"Yeah, someone is here!"

"master!"

Hard work pays off. Xue Yu's unique temperament and extraordinary singing voice (the old man's call) successfully attracted the attention of the old man. After a little more, he waved to a servant and whispered a few words in his ear!

At the same time, he touched his arms and handed the things he took out to the attendant. The latter nodded repeatedly and urged the horse to come to Xue Yu, but his eyes were a little weird!

"Xiaoshen Xue..."

"Silly boy, this is what my master gives you. Go home quickly. Don't run around the streets in the future. Be careful not to get lost and can't find your mother, haha!"

"I'm not..."

"Next, I'll buy you candy!"

The attendant stuffed a piece of silver into Xue Yu's hand, laughed and teased a few times, and then guarded the carriage and left!

After weighing the broken silver in his hand, he looked at the carriage away. Xue Yu was in tears. He was worthy of the old man on the carriage, and he regarded himself as a fool, but he was still so stupid that he couldn't find him home!

"The boss is so amazing. He actually got the money, at least three cents!"

"Boss, what's wrong with you? I'm so happy that I'm crying?"

"Boss, what are you doing when you hit your head against the wall?"

The friends gathered up and jumped happily. It was good to get a hard cake or a copper coin or two, but most of the time, they had no gains!

I didn't expect that the boss was so powerful. I just learned to call the crow a few times and got four cents of silver. I could buy a lot of grain and a little bit of coarse salt. Everyone usually had a clear soup and hadn't eaten the fragrant rice for a long time.

When other beggars saw this scene, their eyes were red with envy. They imitated Xue Yu's appearance and stood on the side of the road. They had a good memory and learned to sing "Farewell My Concubine". For a moment, they were very magnificent, with ups and downs, which was quite spectacular!

The friends were excited, but Xue Yu was full of bitterness. The ruthless fact proved that the time travel novels he had read before were not reliable at all!

What kind of protagonist's halo? When you go out, you will have noble people to help you!

What kind of tiger body shook, exuding the aura of a "turtle". My brother took his head and bowed!

...

These are all fantasies made by writers themselves, and can only be regarded as jokes and cannot be copied at all. If you want to survive in this world, there is no luck, you can only be self-reliant!

The halo of time travelers is no longer reliable. If you want to have food and clothing, you have to find another way, but what can you do?

The streets are full of cheap labor, and it is not my turn to work hard or heavy work, and I can’t do this little body!

I am the best at finding minerals, but so what if I find them? Without manpower and funds, I can’t dig it at all!

To take a step back, even if the mine is really dug out, it may not be a good thing. Every man is innocent and has a treasure, and he has no hope of having enough food and clothing. Instead, he may lead to a disaster of death!

Otherwise, set up a stall and write letters for others, and at least you can make a living!

But when Xue Yu raised his head and saw the neat and beautiful traditional Chinese characters on the shops on both sides of the street, he could only sigh helplessly. He could not use a brush, let alone write traditional Chinese characters!

This is not surprising. Later generations used pencils, ballpoint pens, and fountain pens to write. They also learned simplified Chinese characters. Few people can use brush skillfully, but few can understand them. Even fewer people can write traditional Chinese characters!

The dignified senior intellectuals have become useless waste, and they can't even solve the problem of food and clothing. It's really embarrassing for the time travel clan!

"Boss, don't be stunned. Let's go buy food quickly. It's not safe to hold the silver in your hands. If you are targeted, it will be troublesome!"

"We're right, let's buy rice and have a good meal tonight!"

The monkey was smarter and whispered to remind everyone. At the same time, he observed the surroundings and found that some people were secretly approaching, their eyes full of greed!

The disaster is serious and the refugees are influx. Among them, there are many people who commit crimes. For a little money or a little food, they can develop the intention to kill!

The place of right and wrong should not be left for a long time. Xue Yu and his group got into the crowd. Relying on the familiar terrain, they turned several small alleys in succession, successfully threw off their tails, and then found a grain shop-Liu Ji Grain Shop!

As soon as I arrived at the place, I was shocked. Not only was there a crowd of people in front of the grain store, but there was a new price sign with huge ink words on it:

One hundred and fifty cents a dou of fine rice, one hundred and fifty cents a dou of brown rice, ninety cents a dou of wheat, and seventy-five cents a dou of various grains!

It also read next to it: If you have money, don’t pay any debts. If you have money, don’t buy them!

Xue Yu and others were stunned. I remember that some time ago, the price of grain in the Hejianfu area was: fifty cents a dou of refined rice, thirty-five cents a dou of brown rice, thirty-five cents a dou of wheat, and twenty-five cents a dou of mixed grains (millet, beans, millet, millet). In just a few days, the price actually tripled!

For three cents of silver, you can only buy more than one dou of brown rice or two dou of wheat. Even if they save money, they can only last for six or seven days. This is too far from what they expect.

(1 tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty = 16 coins = 1000 coins in copper coins!

1 stone rice = 10 dou = 100 liters ≈ 153.5 kilograms. This kilogram is not 500 grams per kilogram in later generations, but 594.6 grams per kilogram in the Ming Dynasty!)

The friends were unwilling to give up and switched to other grain stores. The prices were almost the same, and they were even higher. What should I do?

"Stop, Master Liu has an order, hurry up and change the sign!"

"yes!"

At a loss, something even more depressing happened. A shopkeeper walked out of the grain store. He had a fat head and big ears, a greasy face, and weighed at least 350 kilograms. He held the account book in one hand and the abacus in the other, and the fight was loud!

Under the command of the fat shopkeeper, several guys took off the price tag, plaided it and hung it up again:

A dou of fine rice is 200 ci, a dou of brown rice is 180 ci, a dou of wheat is 120 ci, and a dou of miscellaneous grains is 100 ci!

"This is the third time today, the price has increased. Will people still live?"

"Liu Datou, a tyrant, took advantage of the famine and sold food at a high price. This is to drink the blood of the people and eat the meat of the people!"

"Stop complaining, buy food quickly. If you don't buy it now, I'm afraid the price will increase in a while!"

...

In the blink of an eye, the price rose by more than 30%. The people in line couldn't help but complain. Some people were crying, but what could they do? Under the continuous drought, many people's families were stopped and they couldn't buy food, so they were afraid they would starve to death!

In desperation, he could only take out all his savings and gritted his teeth to buy high-priced food. Some people didn't have enough money, so they had to go home to pack up some things and walked into the Liuji pawnshop next to him!

Knowing that the people were eager to buy food to save their lives, the pawnshop deliberately kept the price very low, less than half of the usual ones, which was equivalent to exploiting it again!

"One piece of broken silver weighs two taels, four cents, three cents, and the quality is average, and the price is 20% off!"

"A piece of broken silver weighs one tael and eight cents, and the quality is poor, and the discount is 3.5%!"

…………

In addition to raising prices and using inferior products as good products, profiteers also have a way to make money, which is to make plans on money!

Since the opening of Longqing, with the rise of overseas trade, a large amount of silver has poured into China and gradually became the main currency in circulation, while copper coins have become a secondary position, but silver is all silver, but there is a big difference!

Due to the limitation of craftsmanship, the highest silver content among the silver ingots cast in the Ming Dynasty was only about 93.5%, which is already considered the highest quality, and is called "foot silver" or "patterned silver!"

Because the purity of silver reaches more than 90%, a snowflake-like pattern will appear on the surface. The higher the purity, the more dense the pattern. This is why snowflakes and silver are said to be abbreviated as silver!

However, many silvers cannot reach such a high quality, and it is good to have 70% to 80% purity. Some treacherous people deliberately add lead and tin to the silver to deceive others!

Therefore, commodity trading in the Ming Dynasty was very troublesome. Not only did it have to weigh the silver, but it also had to estimate the quality and make discounts. Liu Ji Grain Store was cheating people here!

It is obvious that the snow-patterned silver with excellent quality is considered miscellaneous silver, and it is worth 10% or 20%. As for the poor quality, it is even cut in half. The people are eager to buy food to save their lives, but they dare not offend Liu Datou, so they can only suffer this mute and lose money!

…………

"Shopkeeper is OK. My little family has not fired for three days. For the sake of the villain rushing to Mr. Liu's mansion for more than 30 years, you can just put two buckets of food. After the disaster, the youngest person will definitely return it twice!"

"Master Liu has given instructions to run a small business and not pay any credit. If you really don't have money, you can go back and scratch the bank and put it on the pawnshop next to you for the time being. That's also my Master Liu's business!"

"But in the little man's family, everything they can sell, and everything they can be suppressed is already a bare-stop, whisper!"

"Since that's the case, there's nothing to say, man, take the guests off!"
To be continued...