Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

Zhang He had been rushing all day, and when he arrived in Dehua County, it was already sunset on the west mountain.

After walking for 60 to 70 miles in a row, my body didn't feel too tired. It seems that my physical fitness has improved more than a little bit.

I found a small inn nearby and stayed there. It cost fifty pennies, but it was clean and tidy.

Early the next morning, Zhang He left the guest room and began to wander around the city.

The scenery in Dehua County is much more prosperous. There are several streets in the city, and the bluestone paved on several main roads has long been polished by countless feet.

As for some inconspicuous small streets, they are still potholes and dirt roads, and human and animal excrement can be seen everywhere.

The shops on both sides of the street are also more stylish than the ten thousand chain stores in Heishui Town, and they sell a more complete range of goods.

Pedestrians in the county town are also one level higher than those in Heishui Town. Judging from their complexion, it is obvious that many people here can have enough to eat.

Of course, under the corner of the street, there were still many beggars who were barely clothed, all skinny and skinny.

At this time, in a shop in front of Zhang He, boiled sweet potatoes were being sold, and there were a few people lining up at the door. The business was really good.

He went forward to inquire about it. The boiled sweet potatoes here can be sold for ten cents a pound, and the supply is in short supply. It is very popular among the upper-class celebrities in the county.

Unexpectedly, sweet potatoes were sold here by the rice shopkeeper, and they could have such a lofty status, and the price doubled directly.

However, thinking about the society in my previous life, there were many unpalatable foods that were fried to exorbitant prices.

Compared with these hype, sweet potatoes are considered products of conscience.

The sweet potatoes here can be sold for ten cents a pound, and he is naturally happy to see it, so he can't smash his own signboard.

So he didn't plan to sell sweet potatoes in Dehua County for the time being. He still has another product, and he should be able to find a market here.

Zhang He stood at the door of the sweet potato shop for a while, and found that the owner of a shop called Qibao Pastry and Fruit Shop opposite was staring at him with a gloomy expression. Zhang He saw a spark of jealousy in his eyes.

So he strode over and bowed to the man opposite.

"This shopkeeper, I have a piece of food that is definitely no worse than the sweet potato on the opposite side. I wonder if you are interested?"

Su Fa has been very depressed recently. Their family has been passed down from generation to generation, and they support a large family by running this pastry and fruit shop.

But in recent months, the rice shop opposite started to sell something called sweet potatoes, which attracted many wealthy people to buy it.

The owner of the rice shop opposite took the opportunity to expand the business scope, and he hired a pastry chef from there, and he also started selling pastries.

As a result, many of his customers who originally belonged to him ran to the opposite side.

Now I heard that there is a food that is comparable to the sweet potato on the opposite side. Su Fa is like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw, and he is willing to give up easily.

Su Fa grabbed Zhang He's hand a little excitedly: "What? Take it out and see."

Zhang He gently freed his hand: "Are you sure you want to watch it on the street?"

"Sorry, I lost my temper, please come in!" Su Fa immediately led Zhang He to a tea room in the backyard of the shop.

At this time, Zhang He stopped talking nonsense, took out a lotus leaf package from his arms, and placed it in front of Su Fa to open it.

I saw that there were more than ten pieces of dried sweet potatoes with a golden color in them. They were soft and elastic in the hand, and they looked very appetizing.

Under Zhang He's gesture, Su Fa picked up a piece and took a bite. The taste was very elastic, and most importantly, it was sweet.

Sugar is still very expensive in this world. Ordinary people can't afford it. The pastries sold by Sufa are twice as expensive as sugar-added varieties.

Foods that are rather sweet are naturally pleasing and can make people feel spiritually happy.

Su Fa tasted the dried sweet potato in his mouth carefully, his eyes getting brighter and brighter. With his decades of experience in pastry business, this thing will definitely sell well.

"What's the name of this thing? How much do you have in your hand? I want it all."

Su Fa knew that he had lost his temper a bit, but this was his only chance to turn around, and he had to seize it firmly.

"20 wen a pound, I have brought a total of 1,000 jin this time, are you sure you can eat it all?"

Zhang He decided to let dried sweet potatoes take the high-end route. The wholesale price is only, and each kilogram of dried sweet potatoes is worth two kilograms of rice.

At that time, the retail price has to be mentioned. It is definitely not something that ordinary people can afford. After all, most people can't even afford five cents a pound of corn.

"Ah! Are there so many?"

Su Fa didn't expect Zhang He to have so many dried sweet potatoes. It would cost 20 kuai to buy them all. It was indeed a bit difficult for him to spend so much money at one time.

"It doesn't matter if Shopkeeper Su can't eat so much, I can find other buyers."

"Yes! I want all this thousand pounds!"

Even if Su Fa is smashing the pot and selling iron, he has to take all the thousand jins, control all the sources of goods in his hands, and make money only by doing his own business.

"I hope Brother Zhang can give me two days to raise funds."

"no problem."

Zhang He also needed to find a place where he could quietly take out the thousand catties of sweet potatoes.

"By the way, I haven't asked Brother Zhang, what's the name of this thing?"

"I didn't even have a name, you can look it up for yourself."

If it is said to be dried sweet potatoes, it is easy to be associated with boiled sweet potatoes, which lacks mystery and makes it inconvenient to sell at high prices.

However, this little secret should not be kept for long. As long as the good person cuts the boiled sweet potatoes that he bought back and hangs them in the sun for a few days, he will find that the sweet potatoes become sweet after drying.

Zhang He doesn't care about this, anyway, the sweet potatoes are in his own hands, and there are other ways at that time.

After leaving the Qibao pastry shop, Zhang He walked around the city several times and had a preliminary understanding of Dehua County.

The situation in Dehua County is similar to that of Heishui Town. Most of the shops and houses in the city belong to a few large families.

Ordinary people can only choose to attach themselves to these families, and the vast majority are still hungry.

A few leftovers from the big families were enough to make everyone break their heads.

Like Su Fa, those who can own their own inheritance and rely on them to support their family are only a very small number in the city, and if they are not careful, their ancestral inheritance will fall into the hands of the powerful and wealthy.

These things have nothing to do with him. His main purpose now is to raise 150 knives of money to buy himself a stable foundation.

In addition to the 20 pieces of dried sweet potatoes he sold, he has 80 pieces, and is still 70 pieces away.

He consciously entered the space and checked the treasures he kept one by one.

Spicy sticks, yogurt, toilet paper, salt, although these things are precious, they should not be exchanged for so much money.

In the end, Zhang He's eyes fell on the bottle of Erguotou.

After making up his mind, Zhang He first went to buy a porcelain jar, poured the Erguotou in the bottle into the jar and sealed it, and then tore off the label on the bottle, leaving only an empty wine bottle.

Then he carried the empty wine bottle and entered the largest pawnshop in Dehua County.

Zhang He entered the pawnshop and placed the empty wine bottle heavily on the counter, almost startling the shopkeeper. He was about to reprimand, but his eyes were attracted by the glass bottle in front of him.

The shopkeeper gently picked up the wine bottle and put it in front of him to examine it carefully.

Judging by his decades of experience in the industry, this is definitely a valuable treasure.

The whole body is carved from crystal, but it is completely natural, and there is no trace of carving. Its exquisite carving craftsmanship is amazing.

And this bottle cap is finely made, screwed together tightly, and the water does not leak.

At this moment, he has decided that he must take this treasure, which is the most he has ever seen in his career.

However, he quickly calmed down, his joy and anger were invisible, and he put down the wine bottle gently with a calm demeanor.

"Dead or alive?"

"What is the price of death? What is the price of life?"

The shopkeeper glanced at Zhang He's clothes, and judged that he was an ordinary farmer's son who should not know the goods. Then he didn't lift his eyelids.

"A broken water bottle with pits and pits, it should be two in death, and one in life."

Although Zhang He is not familiar with the prices of luxury goods in this world, he is by no means so cheap.

He remembered seeing a beer bottle in a museum in his previous life. The workmanship was not as beautiful as his, and it was regarded as a priceless treasure. This wine bottle should not be cheap.

"Forget it, I'll go to another house to have a look."

Saying that, he was about to reach out to grab the wine bottle on the counter, but was pinned down by the shopkeeper's hands.

"How about you leave? If you think the price is not suitable, you can negotiate again. Why don't you make a price."

At this time, the shopkeeper could not care about being reserved, for fear that Zhang He would leave if he disagreed.

"One hundred points!"

Zhang He stretched out a finger, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com said firmly.

"One hundred points, you should die!"

The shopkeeper didn't hesitate too much, and immediately decided on the price, but it had to be a dead end.

Seeing the shopkeeper's promise to be so straightforward, Zhang He knew that his price was going to be lower.

"I said that a hundred dollars is worth living, but not worth dying for."

"Damn it, I'll give you another 20. If you're not satisfied, you can go to another house to see it."

When Zhang He saw this, he no longer bothered, and agreed immediately. In fact, the price had already exceeded his expectations.

The wine bottle was sold for 120 kan, so he had a total of 200 kan, and he still had 50 remaining after buying Qifeng Mountain.

But 120 is not a small amount, it is almost a thousand catties of copper coins, and it is really impossible to carry it without revealing the space.

He didn't understand how some people were rich in wealth, how did they wrap it up, wouldn't the lumbar disc protrude?

There is no other way, but it can only be converted into silver taels at the pawnshop.

The exchange between copper coins and silver taels is always one tael of silver, but there is a 1% handling fee.

In the end, Zhang He could only pay the usual handling fee and exchange it for 120 taels of silver.

120 taels of silver were stuffed into his arms, although it was still heavy, it was much easier than a thousand catties of copper coins.

After leaving the pawnshop, he found a secluded corner, reached into his arms, and put both silver coins into the space.

Fortunately, he had this skill. Not long after he left the pawnshop, he seemed to have been targeted by the thief.

At this moment, he was watching a hand groping in his arms, and this was the third thief.

These thieves also bullied him when they saw him, but they never dared to approach, let alone steal, the well-dressed young masters in the county town.

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