"Brother Yi, you can indeed afford it." Li Chengqi was enlightened when he heard the price.
The twelfth jar of soy sauce was bought for 6,000 coins.
It was 600 copper coins per catty. His brothers had taken it for free before.
He would be lying if he said it was cheap.
But it wasn't expensive either.
300 coins per catty of rice and 30 coins per liter. Usually, one liter could be weighed in at 8 taels per catty.
16 taels per catty. That was 20 copper coins per catty.
They couldn't eat half a catty of soy sauce in the restaurant.
It was about the same price as the staple food.
"If I didn't sell it for 5,000 catties the day before …" Li Chengqi felt that he had sold it cheaply.
"If I didn't sell it for 5,000 catties, how would everyone in Chang 'an know about soy sauce?" Li Yi was open-minded. He was just advertising.
"That's true." Li Chengqi thought it through.
Anyway, Brother Yi could continue to make soy sauce. Others had to figure it out themselves or buy it.
It was impossible to rob.
If the government wanted to rob, Third Brother would find an opportunity to do it.
If the strong people robbed, they would find the veterans and equip them with bows and crossbows.
What they were protecting was not soy sauce but other things that were beneficial to the people's livelihood.
Brother Yi was always able to come up with good ideas. The Agricultural Temple and the Imperial Household Supervisor should learn from him.
"The last jar of soy sauce today. 7,600 copper coins. Is there any higher price? If you come again tomorrow, it won't be the same people anymore. "
Supervisor Song De shouted. His body was trembling at the moment. He had sold it for a lot of money.
The average price of a jar was 4,630 copper coins. It was easy to make soy sauce. They didn't even need to pay the capital.
"8,000. I'm selling it at Guanjiang Tower. 8,000 coins." Someone shouted.
Two palace maids and two eunuchs, dressed in the palace clothes, stood at the side.
They used their identity to tell others not to have any evil thoughts.
The two palace maids carried a tray and sent the jars of soy sauce to the people who bought them.
When the people buying soy sauce saw this situation, they understood, understood, understood, understood …
"Brother, do you like to eat chicken?" Li Yi suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with the current situation.
"Yes, it's delicious stewed and roasted," Li Chengqi said while looking at Li Yi expectantly.
"I'll buy some chicken and smoke it for Brother, Third Brother, and other brothers who have never met," Li Yi said.
"What are you buying? I'll bring it to you. You, go, catch thirty chickens and bring them back. Quick. "
Li Chengqi was waiting for Li Yi's words. Sure enough, there was good food.
There was no need to doubt or hesitate. Third Brother was already prepared to call the people from the Imperial Kitchen over to learn how to cook from Brother Yi.
There was actually a way to prepare vegetables called stir-frying.
Why are the dishes so delicious?
Li Yi looked at the sky and the height of the sun.
He calculated how long it would take to make the smoked chicken. If he wanted to bring it back before tonight, he would have to find someone to help him.
In less than an hour, fifty chickens were brought back by several fast horses.
Li Chengqi said 30, but the people who went to do the task couldn't really bring back 30. What if it wasn't enough?
The soy sauce puffs on the other side were sold out. Everyone was tidying up the money and cloth.
The mistresses of the ten tenants came to help kill the chickens.
Prepare the earthenware basin, put in water and salt, cut the chicken's neck, let out the blood, and stir in one direction.
When the chicken stopped struggling and there was no more blood left, he switched to the next one.
The students who were studying came out to watch. They did not seem to have the awareness that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen.
They knew that they probably wouldn't be able to eat at noon, but they would have chicken blood to eat at night.
Maybe there would even be chicken stewed with yam.
Li Yi also asked his elder brother Li Chengqi to kill the chicken. He was very skilled.
When he plucked the feathers from the chicken's neck, blood spurted out.
"Brother Yi, do you fish?" Li Chengqi was frightened by the scene of killing the chicken and tried to find a topic to talk about.
"I don't fish, but I use a net. I fish for food, not for pleasure," Li Yi said frankly.
He did not regard fishing as entertainment. If he wanted to eat, he would cast the net.
If it was prawns, he would fish and nest. Everything was for food.
Li Yi put down the second chicken that was killed in his hand and said, "Mortals who have committed no evil crimes can be killed, but not abused."
"What if they have committed a serious crime?" Li Chengqi asked.
"Abuse them thousands of times as a warning to future generations." Li Yi said.
He turned around and saw that everyone was using boiling water to pluck the chicken's feathers. He said happily, "The plucked feathers can be dried and used to fill clothes in the winter."
"For others to wear? Don't the people on Zhuangzi fill their clothes with chicken feathers? "Li Chengqi felt that Brother Yi did not care about Zhuangzi.
"I bought duck down in autumn. Duck down is better than chicken feathers to keep out the cold," Li Yi said confidently.
Li Chengqi nodded to show that he was convinced. You can do it if you have money.
Speaking of warm clothes this winter, Li Yi thought of something.
"Elder Brother, do you have any seeds for the tribute Bai Dizi? If you do, I will plant them in the paddy field. "Li Yi asked about the cotton seeds.
He knew that cotton cloth was being sold at a very high price.
People in Chang 'an planted them as flowers. Some places in the south were already weaving fabrics, but the varieties were not good.
It was better to sell cotton fabrics from the Western Regions to Chang 'an.
"Yes." Li Chengqi knew about this.
He also knew about cotton, but that cloth was not as good as silk.
It was expensive because there were fewer of them. It was better than clothes made of hemp.
Everyone planted it to look at the flowers. It was quite fun.
"Why don't you plant more?" Li Yi was puzzled.
"It's no use. It's not as smooth as silk, and the yield is not as good as mulberry hemp." Li Chengqi explained.
Li Yi took a deep breath and understood.
It turned out that the weaving process of cotton was not good enough. At the same time, the yield per mu was low.
Everyone knew that cotton could be used to weave cloth, but they did not use it.
Especially north of the Yangtze River. What was the point of planting cotton? Wasn't it good to plant food?
South of the Yangtze River, there was Kapok. The winter there was not very cold. It was good to stuff some Kapok into the clothes to get through the winter.
"Elder Brother, get me some seeds. I will plant them. They can be used as fillers to keep me warm in winter." Li Yi requested.
He planned to reduce the planting area of rice and change it to cotton.
In other people's eyes, cotton was used to weave cloth. Then, it was compared to silk, silk, hemp, and other fabrics.
But its real purpose was to keep people warm. The fur was also warm. But fur clothes were heavy and expensive. Only a few people could afford to wear it.
There was no need to use cotton to weave cloth.
Silk and hemp cloth could be stuffed into the clothes.
Moreover, cotton had a special feature. It was not as smooth as silk, but it was not as harmful to the skin as hemp.
Using cotton to weave cloth and fill it with cotton as a quilt, it was very comfortable to cover.
In winter, it was warm to sleep with the quilt. In summer, it was cool to sleep with the quilt.
Yes, a quilt could be used in summer. It could be hugged in the arms.
Compared to a pure cotton quilt, space quilts and air-conditioning quilts could not be compared.
Li Chengqi, who had never covered himself with a quilt, first thought was to follow.
"Brother Yi, how much do you plan to plant?" Li Chengqi asked. He did not think that there would be a problem.
"200 mu." Li Yi decided to reduce the paddy field to 600 mu.
It was not a matter of money. If the cotton was handled well and planted more, especially at the border, it would be planted together with the paddy field. Then, it would increase the paddy field's lifespan.
"In that case, I will plant it too." Li Chengqi said.
He now had a kind of mysterious confidence in his Brother Yi.
Whatever Brother Yi wanted to do, he would never go wrong following him.
So, he sent people to collect seeds.
At noon, in the big restaurant, everyone ate fried chicken offal and scallion fried chicken blood.
Some of the hens still had eggs in their bellies. They steamed eggs for the children to eat with soy sauce.
Some of the tenant farmers opened their mouths and wanted to say something.
Li Yi saw through them and said directly, "Don't tell me that it's not good for the children who haven't seen the sun to eat. Also, the children who eat pig's tail will be scared after eating it, and the children who eat fish roe will not know how to count. "
When he said one, the farmer nodded in agreement.
"That's because the adults are shameless. They eat the good stuff themselves and don't let the children eat it. In Zhuangzi, I won't allow it." Li Yi said flatly.
The farmers suddenly understood. So it was the adults who wanted to eat it, so they lied to the children. Was that really the case?
They absolutely believed in Dongzhu's words. What Dongzhu said had to be right. What they heard from others in the past was wrong.
The people brought by Li Chengqi also ate together. Their meal was rice.
However, they found that this dish was too delicious. It was obviously chicken blood and chicken offal, so how could it be so fragrant?
Then, they went to see the food the children were eating. They were even more envious.
The children were eating mutton shumai, leftover mutton from the day before yesterday.
They made steamed buns and fried boxes for the children. Today's last dish was steamed shumai.
The children were even dipped in soy sauce. The people who came with Li Chengqi felt their hearts ache when they saw this.
The last serving of soy sauce cost 9200 coins, 920 coins per catty.
After the children ate this meal, it would probably be gone in three taels.
16 taels per catty, 170 coins.
Moreover, they were eating garlic sauce. Are you sure they are the children of the tenants? Are they not Dongzhu's biological children?
The tenants ate the rice in big mouthfuls. They ate vegetables, salted vegetables, and drank chicken soup.
They knew that if they wanted to repay Dongzhu, they had to work more. If they had the strength to work, they had to eat well.
"Next time, fry it with garlic sprouts." Li Yi ate the chicken blood without the spicy taste.
It was not convenient for him to take out the chili sauce as there were too many people.
"Brother Yi, your family's chicken blood is delicious." Li Chengqi was puzzled. He had eaten chicken blood and mutton blood before.
"Use the soybean oil. Use the black bean sauce to make the pot explode. Everyone should have black bean sauce, right?" Li Yi said.
"Oh, Brother Yi, I will also get someone to prepare the soybean oil. The soybean oil has a fishy smell. Must the pot explode?"
Li Chengqi had already learned how to extract the soybean oil. Now, he was learning how to eat it.
Li Yi shook his head: "Raw oil will explode. Don't use the cooked oil. Put the soybean oil in a big pot and turn off the fire when it is about to smoke. This way, the pot won't explode when you cook."
"What if it's already smoking?" Li Chengqi asked.
"It's okay. It won't affect anything." Li Yi understood. The soybean oil that his elder brother took from his house was not controlled well in the pot and started smoking.
"Put some vegetables in it and burn it." Li Chengqi was in a dilemma.
"Can't you wait for it to cool down after it starts smoking? Cook it directly? You can't cook it like that even if you cook it with meat. "
Li Yi was distressed. Why is this person so stupid?
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