The small road from the east of the city has been completed, and it was officially put into use two days ago, but it was the first time for Man Bao and the others to walk.
After leaving the east city gate, head north, which is exactly the opposite of Huangzhuang Village. After walking for a while, there is a small road extending before it. People and livestock walked out between the ridges of the field. There can be a row of green grass in the middle. , on both sides is the muddy ground with pits and hollows, and on the other side is the kind of field ridge.
Unless you are walking, riding a horse or riding a donkey, few people take this road. Man Bao and the others have only walked this way three times.
But now the road has been leveled and extended to a large extent. The field ridges on both sides have been flattened, filled with stones, and then filled with soil.
There are two lanes on the left and right, smaller than the official road, but it looks like a flat river, which is very comfortable.
Riding on the horse, Man Bao felt more comfortable being blown by the wind, and was more satisfied with the road, "It is correct to build the road."
Bai Shan nodded, motioning her to look forward, and saw farmers on both sides of the road carrying loads, and there were a lot of vegetables in the loads. Seeing this caravan, they were a little timid, so they dared not go any further, but Stand sideways on the curb and wait for them to pass.
Today is the third day that this road has been opened. People and livestock are not allowed to walk on the road.
But they passed by yesterday, and I heard that it is very fast to enter the Dongcheng Gate of the capital from here. Vegetables can be sold for eighty or ninety yuan.
If they're lucky, they don't have to go to the East Market, they just wander through the two squares all the way, buy some from the east and some from the west, and they can sell all the vegetables without paying the two cents.
The main reason is that there is no tax on vegetables imported from the east gate.
Of course, there is no tax on the vegetables entering the east gate, not only the vegetables are not taxed, but chicken, duck and fish eggs are not collected at the east gate. This is an order issued by the county magistrate Guo recently, in order to attract more people to go through the east gate. .
At least people from his Wannian County had to go through the east gate.
As the county magistrate of Wannian County, he still has some power.
There is no way, Chang'an County is too hateful, obviously Wannian County and Chang'an County are the same as Guo County in the capital city, but because the imperial city was assigned to Chang'an County, they are obviously at the same level, but Tang He just secretly overwhelmed him.
The most hateful thing is that it doesn't matter that the west gate belongs to Chang'an County, and the south gate also belongs to Chang'an County. Obviously, the territory in the city is almost divided into half and half. Why is the piece of Chang'an County at the gate of the city ten thousand years older than them? One more county
Partial business travelers like to go through the South Gate.
Few people go through the east gate.
Now it's all right, he has added an extra road, and he can attract more people if he says anything, so County Magistrate Guo asked the village chiefs to publicize in the village early on, encouraging everyone to send chicken, duck, fish, meat, vegetables, fruits and vegetables to the capital.
He wanted the people under his command to be more proud, but they rarely saw such a nobleman, such a convoy, suddenly met on the empty road, which was just opened, and they were a little timid for a while.
After stopping, he hesitated whether to kneel or not.
Man Bao looked at them curiously, and when they arrived, he stared at their burdens and asked, "Did this cherry grow at home or wild? Is it sweet?"
The farmer was stunned for a moment, then forgot whether to kneel or not, and replied: "My lady, this is the fruit tree in my backyard. I dare not say it is sweet, but it is definitely not sour."
He didn't dare to say it was very sweet.
Upon hearing this, Man Bao immediately asked, "How much is a catty?"
When asked about the price, the farmer was not very nervous, and said with a cracked smile, "Fifteen cents a catty."
It is more expensive than meat.
Man Bao glanced at it, but still thought it looked good, so he said, "Give me... can I try one first, if it tastes good, I'll buy it all."
When the farmer heard this, he immediately picked a big and red one for her, and then looked at her expectantly.
Man Bao took a bite, it was a little sour, but it was much better than the wild cherries in their village, so he waved his hand and said, "I bought them all."
Anyway, they have a lot of people today, so they are not afraid that they will not be able to finish eating.
When the farmer heard this, he immediately became happy, put down the burden immediately, and borrowed a weight from the person next to him to weigh her in two.
Yes, they share a steelyard, and this scale is not theirs, they borrow it from the village head, and give him two eggs every time they borrow it.
He calculated the catty, and quickly reported the number, "Three catties, nine taels..."
He smiled at Man Bao and said: "Lady, one or two we let you count, and it will be three and a half catties for you."
This is how they buy vegetables, half is easy to count, and it is not easy to count if there is more or less, so they will erase if there is more, and add some if there is less.
Then he took out a big leaf and wrapped the cherries for Man Bao, then squatted on the ground and counted how much three and a half catties was with his fingers.
Man Bao stood and waited.
After waiting for a long time, he found that he got stuck after counting the third catty. After touching the sweat on his forehead, he continued to count with his fingers, and even dragged the person next to him.
They are also difficult.
They seldom sell anything. If the village chief kept saying that it is spring, the vegetables in the field grow fast, and the people in the city have no food to eat, and now it is dry, the field cannot be planted for the time being, and the east city gate will not be harvested now. The vegetable money in the city, otherwise they would not have the courage to send vegetables into the city.
But a catty of vegetables costs two or three renminbi, and no one buys more than ten renminbi. The cherries are bought by one, two, and one tael. Suddenly, a round one comes, and the farmers are very anxious.
Seeing that he couldn't figure it out, Man Bao squatted on the ground to help him count together, "One catty is fifteen Wen, two catties is thirty Wen, three catties is forty-five Wen..."
The farmer was bewildered.
Man Bao then took out a bunch of copper coins and opened them, counted fifteen coins and put them in his hand, "This is a catty."
He counted another fifteen coins and put them in his hand, "This is a catty..."
Everyone gathered around to watch the fun, even Chang Yu and Ming Da got out of the car and watched together.
Man Bao counted another fifteen coins and put them in his palm, "This is one catty."
The farmer said: "This is three catties."
Man Bao nodded.
Then he counted fifteen coins and put them in his other palm, and said: "This is the fourth catty, but you only have half a catty, so you get half the money, one for you, one for me..."
Man Bao puts one in the palm of the person next to him, and then puts another in the palm of his own, until the eighth is finished, it happens to be in the other's hand.
She smiled and said, "That's half of it."
The other party squinted his eyes, "Why doesn't my lady have an eighth essay?"
Man Bao smiled and said: "Half of fifteen Wen is seven and a half. If you give me one or two, I will give you half a Wen. You still give me more."
The farmer was stunned for a moment, put away the money, saluted Zhou Man respectfully, retreated to the side with the others and waited for them to leave before shouldering the burden and leaving.
Man Bao handed the cherries to Ming Da, and said with a smile, "This is a sweet and sour appetizer, you can eat some."
Mingda nodded with a smile, and handed it to Chang Yu, who hugged her and happily got into the carriage with her.
Man Bao rode on his horse, and said to Bai Shan, "Maybe Guo County Magistrate can ask the village chief to teach the villagers how to count."
Bai Shan also nodded, "Education should not be limited to morality."