Great Tang Idyll - Chapter 683

[Chapter 308]

Chapter 308: Helping people is about helping

the merchants in Jiannan Dao who are doing business with him. When he was at ease, Yamamoto in the capital encountered a big problem in his life. Yes, at least that’s what he thought.

When he was trying to reduce the price of radish seeds and radishes, he accidentally got news that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan from Baoxin County had sent people to Sinong Temple to buy all radish seeds and radishes. Falling down one by one.

The price given can scare people to death. A seed is 30 cents, and a radish, no matter how big or small, is always 150 cents.

Where can I still buy radishes, how many seeds and how many radishes are there in Sinong Temple? Could it be true that the Zhang Wang family can come up with such a large sum of money?

Yamamoto didn’t believe it. He felt that if he sold everything at the price Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan said, he wouldn’t even think about it if he didn’t have 500,000.

Does the Zhang Wang family have so much money that they can take out immediately?

Unless they are willing to sell Shuiyunjian.

So Yamamoto waited, and when the Zhang Wang family couldn’t come up with the money, he wanted to continue talking with Jiang Cen, the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, in the hope that he could buy more radishes and seeds at a low price.

But today, when he paid for it again, he heard other people’s whispered conversations, and just after listening to one sentence, he felt that it was difficult.

“Have you heard? Shaoqing is going to sell the seeds and radishes to Zhang Wang’s family. If they can’t be sold, they will be destroyed, lest some people lose their temper and steal it and sell it to other people, or the price is very low. Seed.”

As soon as Yamamoto entered the site of Sinong Temple, he heard these words from two people under the tree next to him.

Surprised in his heart, Yamamoto didn’t care whether he would be found to be eavesdropping, so he quietly went around to the other side of the big tree, and stood under the tree, motionless, for fear of being seen by others.

“I heard that, and I don’t know if they are crazy. They spend a lot of money on radishes that are useless. Even if they can be used to make fish, they won’t use that much.”

This is another person’s voice. The nasal sound is heavy and can be distinguished at once. Yamamoto listened and wanted to tell the two people that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are not crazy. They are both shrewd. This radish can be grown into ginseng. How much is a ginseng?

If they really take away the radishes and seeds, then their family doesn’t have to do anything else, just sell ginseng.

The two people who spoke couldn’t hear Yamamoto’s heart,

so they continued to talk, the first person to speak said to the other: “Actually, they can’t take out so much cash at all, but they agreed with Shaoqing. , send the radishes first, and they will mortgage it with Shuiyunjian. If the money is not paid, Shuiyunjian will give it to Sinong Temple, and it will be counted by this time next year.”

“Really? No wonder Shaoqing didn’t let people without official positions go to see radishes today. It turned out to be Shuiyunjian’s idea. You said that if Shuiyunjian gave it to Sinong Temple, would we be able to eat good food every day in the future? “The

other person said it yearningly. The more he listened to the back of Yamamoto, the colder his heart became, because he knew that it was impossible for Zhang Wang’s family to not pay the money. If this was the case, wouldn’t he have no hope at all?

Isn’t the ability that was learned by stealing useless?

No, you have to find a way.

Thinking about it, Yamamoto quietly moved to the side again, in order to find Jiang Cen. The two of them didn’t seem to know that he was coming, and they were still talking about the secrets of Sinong Temple under the tree.

When Yamamoto made a lot of effort to find Jiang Cen, Jiang Cen had lunch, or dinner. Now this time makes people unable to make specific judgments, but it is not a regular time to eat.

“Here?” Jiang Cen stopped his chopsticks, glanced at Yamamoto, and greeted him casually like someone he knew very well.

Yamamoto felt like he was going to vomit blood. If he was so familiar, would he still spend a lot of money on it?

Seeing people say hello, he smiled and replied, “Come on.”

After speaking, he quickly entered his identity, found a place to sit down, watched Jiang Cen eat there, and waited for the other party to eat before talking. It’s still early before dark.

Jiang Cen just got a letter from Zhang Xiaobao this morning. What was written in the letter was to ask him to act in a play, just like the drama in Liyuan, but the requirements were very high, and it was only when he got out of the script and entered into real life. Alright, if he can’t, someone else can act.

Jiang Cen didn’t think that he was inferior to others. To be an official, no one should have some talent, so he decided to play it himself, skipped breakfast, and rehearsed over and over again. When many people picked on faults, he was finally qualified. Now, it’s four o’clock today, when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan understand that the time is four o’clock in the afternoon, and the international meeting is sixteen o’clock.

Eating at this time is indeed not considered lunch, but it has nothing to do with dinner, otherwise he will be hungry in the middle of the night. Yamamoto also spends money and waits while he is rehearsing, and finally waits for it. Thank him for being smart enough, otherwise It might take a few days to rehearse with someone stupid.

I repeated it twice in my heart, don’t think about acting now, that’s what it is, Jiang Cen became more composed, glanced at Yamamoto, and said, “Have you eaten breakfast yet? Well, I haven’t eaten either, I’m eating now, let’s have some together. ?”

Yamamoto’s smile hung on his face, he turned his head to look at the window, found that it would be dark in another hour, pinched down his thighs, and confirmed that he was not thinking, and then said: “No, I just woke up, I came here after a quick grooming, I don’t have time to eat breakfast, okay, let’s eat together.”

When he said these words, Yamamoto felt that he was sublimated, and he was able to tell the truth to others, he really didn’t eat breakfast, and he didn’t eat lunch. Eating, it is not that I have no time to eat, it is that I can’t eat it anymore, I have something to worry about, and I feel uncomfortable when I see something, and I don’t even drink a couple of sips of water.

Jiang Cen gestured, and immediately someone brought another set of tableware. Yamamoto also sat opposite Jiang Cen and picked up his chopsticks to look at the dishes on the table.

“Good thing, it turned out to be, what is this?” Yamamoto wanted to praise, but found a lot of things he didn’t know, so he asked aloud.

“Come on, let me introduce to you, this salted radish, you don’t look like it, that’s because when you cut it, it didn’t look like a radish, but cut it like an eggplant. It’s actually a radish. Look carefully, because there are many A layer of sesame oil is applied, so the texture is covered.

This is a sour radish. Like the salted radish, it is also cut according to the shape of an eggplant. The person who cut it is not bad. When I look back and praise him, this is a boiled radish. , It is specially cut with a knife, and the advantage is that it cooks quickly.

Just one plate, you will know, it doesn’t change its appearance, it is steamed radish, and there is soy sauce for dipping, this part is radish skin fried radish, this part is radish stewed radish skin, this part is…”

Jiang Cen took the trouble to introduce to Yamamoto, some of the radishes were invisible because of the skill of the cook, and the other part was easy to identify.

Yamamoto finally knew what a table was, and it turned out to be a whole radish feast. Yamamoto’s trouble now is radishes. Seeing a table full of radishes in various ways, as well as dishes such as stir-fried radishes with radish skins that he has never heard of before, he looked in a trance and asked,

“Why are they all radishes? , Does Shaoqing like to eat?

There is also a kind of carrot called carrot, which is actually good. If you fry it, it will taste better.

”

Yamoto has never eaten fried carrots before, so he just joked about it.

Jiang Cen didn’t care, he drank a mouthful of carrot soup and said to Yamamoto: “Radishes are good, haven’t you heard people say that radishes are small ginseng, tonic, great tonic. .

Hearing the

word ginseng, Yamamoto shuddered. He was already afraid of the words radish and ginseng, because they were related, so he couldn’t let others know about it.

Seeing Jiang Cen didn’t seem to know what was in it. The relationship, Yamamoto breathed a sigh of relief, also picked up a piece of steamed radish, put it in his mouth and slowly chewed it. It was a little bitter, and a little bit spicy, but mostly sweet. The steamed radish was very noodles, and I don’t know how it was steamed, or the one with the skin. A slice that should have been round was cut from the middle, and when I ate the skin again, I found that the skin was crispy, and I didn’t know how to steam it.

It seems to have the same As for why the radish skin was still crispy, Jiang Cen took another bite and said, “How is it?

Is it good?

The skin turned out to be crispy. This is the ability of the Zhuangyuan Building. It was too early to cook, so I asked the Zhuangyuan Building to send a table.

Don’t underestimate a table of radishes. The price is not low. If you think about it, if someone will give you money, you will have to charge 20 yuan. Poor, you can’t even eat a single radish. The scenery of this young gentleman, in fact, I feel aggrieved in my heart.

Who doesn’t know that the food in the Zhuangyuan Building is delicious, but I can’t afford it, so I can only try the cheap ones occasionally. If it’s a little more expensive, I don’t dare to buy it.

”

Jiang Cen finished talking and didn’t eat, just shook his head and sighed, looking very miserable.

Jiang Cen didn’t agree with the idea at all, and said in his heart, I still want to eat the food from Zhuangyuan Building every day. But is the good food there eaten by ordinary people? But what Jiang Cen said made Yamamoto’s heart move.

After drinking two mouthfuls of fragrant radish soup, he said, “Does Master Shaoqing want to eat something from Zhuangyuan Building?

Actually it is not difficult.

”

“Not difficult?

How is it not difficult?

Could it be that you thought Zhuangyuanlou would look at my identity as Shaoqing and not want my money?

“Jiang Cen raised his head and asked suspiciously.

“Don’t you know that Shaoqing still has that kind of bitter radish in Sinong Temple?”

As long as Shaoqing is willing to sell it to me at a cheap price, I will leave the money saved to Shaoqing to go to Zhuangyuan Building to eat.

“Yamamoto said boldly, he felt that this time came here was his chance, and if he left like last time, he probably wouldn’t expect to buy radishes in

the future. Jiang Cen’s face sank, “Don’t you want to bribe this official?

This official is dedicated to serving the country, how could he possibly accept your money? Sinong Temple opened the door to do business, oh, no, it is to open the door to let the people live a good life. How can this official be the kind of person who forgets his righteousness for profit? man of?

There are other officials looking at this official’s example.

Yamamoto was startled at the

beginning, but after listening to all Jiang Cen’s words, he finally understood, and continued: “Your Excellency is right, I was abrupt, not a bribe, but to give Sinong Temple more money for the common people. Do things, my lord, how about five cents a seed?

At that time, there are still five coins left.

”

Yamamoto can understand why Jiang Cen said this, because there are other people next to him, it is not good for people to use this matter to impeach. He had other thoughts in his mind. The money from Zhang Wang’s family was given to Sinong Temple, while his own money was given to you.

Thirty pennies a seed looks like a lot, but how much can you earn?

What I give is five questions. You can keep five cents for yourself by selling one grain. This is the difference, not to mention radishes.

At this time, the two people standing beside them turned their heads and didn’t make a sound. They just looked at Jiang Cen and Yamamoto like that, as if they wanted to hear more from their mouths.

Jiang Cen rolled his eyes from side to side, coughed and said, “What you said is that the seeds of this radish are delicious when steamed, even if it is five cents a piece, are you willing to buy it?”

“Yes.” Yamamoto was very cooperative.

“That’s it, first sell you a thousand grains, and sell a thousand grains for settlement. Yang Yang, I will leave this matter to you.” Jiang Cen agreed.

The person he was talking about was the one standing on his left, and his ears could still move a few times when he was listening.

Yang Yang was obviously unwilling to sell it, so he said to Jiang Cen, “Sir, both the radish seeds and radishes were bought by both the Zhang and Wang families, and the price was not low. , then it will be difficult to handle, and everyone in Sinong Temple, they are all waiting for the money from the Zhang Wang family to be given to the family at this time next year, so that they can be used for big things.”

Yang Yang’s meaning in his words is very clear. Now, that means you have benefited, what about others?

This other person is me, can’t let me do things in vain?

“This… Brother Yamamoto, look, how should we do this?” Jiang Cen couldn’t continue to ask, and asked Yamamoto.

Yamamoto wanted to strangle this guy named Yang Yang to death. You, a petty official, also wanted to join in the fun, and secretly regretted it. If you knew, you would pick one and tell Jiang Cen when there was no one else around.

Looking at Jiang Cen and the two people standing next to him, Yamamoto gritted his teeth and said, “I estimate that if you buy a seed for five cents and use it for steaming, you can still have ten cents left over, but one thousand seeds are too few. If you order, it’s better to have a million grains, give the money first, and then take the seeds, and I’ll take this one.”

Yamamoto raised the price for fifteen cents, and the money needed to buy one million pieces is 15,000 kan, which is a lot of money. Now, he is also going to make only one transaction, go back first and turn a million seeds into ginseng, and only radishes will not be collected.

Who knew his price was revealed, but Yang Yang disagreed, and added: “There used to be few people in Sinong Temple, after all, there was not much to do, but now there are quite a few, it is estimated that there are five hundred people. People, it’s not easy on weekdays, even when it’s windy and rainy, it’s hard to do things.”

At this time, another official from Sinong Temple also echoed, “Yes, there are too many people now, and sometimes even cooks Complaining a lot, looking at the carts of vegetables that I bought, but it turns out that there is simply not enough for the last meal, money, it’s all money.”

Yamamoto’s face showed an embarrassed look at this time, he wanted to agree but felt that The pressure on me to add more money is too great, I don’t want to take it, and I’m afraid that the two of them will leak the matter, and then don’t think about buying anything at this price.

Just when he was hesitating whether to add a little more, Jiang Cen put down his chopsticks and said to him: “Brother Yamamoto, it’s better to save 20 cents, but this year’s radishes are not growing well, and 5,000 of them died. , how about steaming it for Brother Yamamoto together?”

This is the match, giving away 5,000 radishes for free, but the price is still higher, it should be earned.

Yamamoto figured it out, if it was 25 cents to buy a radish seed, the extra cost would be 10,000. According to the money given by the Zhang Wang family, one hundred and fifty cents a radish, if you want to make a profit, at least One hundred thousand radishes are worth it, that’s fifteen thousand.

But this money can’t be calculated in any way. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, “I will steam the 20,000 dead radishes.”

“Okay, 20,000.” Jiang Cen agreed, and then He looked at Yamamoto and said nothing.

Yamamoto understood that the other party was waiting to see the money, so he said hello and left.

Yamamoto’s capital still made a lot of arrangements, 25,000 sticks, and they took them out when they said they took them. Once, they didn’t even have silk, but they were all copper coins. The next day, a carload of coins was delivered to the Sinong Temple.

It was not Jiang Cen who received him this time, nor the two people he saw yesterday, but another small official from Sinong Temple. As soon as he saw Yamamoto, he greeted him with a smile on his face, and ordered the number of people and money. Check it out, just weigh it.

After weighing it, it is slightly heavier than usual. Often, the rope for stringing copper coins has weight. It is light or light, but it can’t hold much.

“Young Master Yamamoto, please come with me.” The official who received Yamamoto happily took Yamamoto back, turned two places, and came to a large courtyard, which can occupy a courtyard in the capital, which shows how capable Sinong Temple is. .

As soon as the two arrived, the receptionist shouted to the house next to him: “Come here, bring up the radish seeds and radishes that Mr. Yamamoto asked for, have they all been done?” The other

side immediately replied, “Don’t worry. Well, I have already done it for Mr. Yamamoto, and a piece of my hair has been burned, and I am suffering.”

Hearing the words from the house, Yamamoto, who should have been happy, always felt that something was wrong, and looked at the next row. The smoking house made me feel more and more uneasy.

Before waiting too long, the first few pots of radishes were carried out. The first few pots were fine, and they still had the aroma of radishes. The steamed ones also carried the smell of radish seeds. A little pungent.

The pots and pans were carried into the courtyard like this, and some of them were still steaming. The person who delivered the radishes said politely to Yamamoto, who received the radishes: “It is estimated that this yard can’t hold enough, so we have to transport some of them first, and there are also other places. If you help me to steam, Mr. Yamamoto can rest assured, it is estimated that the steaming is almost done, and it will not take too long.” The

sky collapsed, the ground subsided, the day turned into night, and Yamamoto’s eyes were full of small stars, twinkling and twinkling. The kind, with the mouth open and the smile gone.

“Mr. Yamamoto, Mr. Yamamoto, do you think that what we have done is really too good, and I feel sorry for it? It’s okay, but as mentioned above, Mr. Yamamoto likes to eat radishes, tonic, like ginseng, but it’s still delicious. When it’s not time, it doesn’t matter. We leave a gap in the middle of each radish when we steam it, and then dry it in the sun to ensure that it will not go bad for a long time.

Just like making red ginseng, it works. If it’s not finished, you can keep it and eat it slowly. With so many radishes, it will take some time for your son to find a hundred people.”

The person in charge of receiving Yamamoto also praised himself, and the person who carried the radish also showed it. We do things well.

In front of the cooked radishes at Yamamoto Station, he didn’t move, not even blinking his eyes. If it wasn’t for the violent ups and downs of his chest and the bleeding from his nose, it would be easy for people to think that he was a wooden man.

“Why is it steamed? I want raw radishes, not cooked ones. I will slowly steam them when I go back.” Yamamoto began to mumble incoherently.

“Young master, it can’t be steamed raw. After a period of time, the radish can’t be eaten, and it’s like chewing white folds in the mouth. Will the son find a car by himself, or we will send a car to transport it there. The

place?”

The person in charge of receiving Yamamoto asked kindly.

“Where’s Jiang Cen Shaoqing? I want to see him.” Yamamoto didn’t intend to accept so many cooked radishes and radish seeds. He had to grow adult ginseng. How to grow the cooked ones?

“If you go back to the son, the lord went to see the Zhang Wang family. The people sent from the two families said that they wanted to take away all the radishes and radish seeds. They should have arranged for people to check the numbers. I really can’t take out so many radishes and radish seeds.

I’m not sure if I wait, I’m afraid that the Zhang Wang family will find out, will the young master quickly have the two things transported away, otherwise, in case of If you really let other people see it, then it’s not clear, but the Zhang Wang family can walk around in the Sinong Temple at will.” The

person in charge seemed a little anxious and urged.

Yamamoto wanted to turn himself into a radish, UU read www.sonicmtl.com and then climbed into the pot, steamed himself, and wiped the nosebleed with his hands, Yamamoto said to the person in charge: “This is not me. If you want it, I can’t take it away. What I want is raw, so what’s the use of cooked?”

“Don’t you want to eat steamed radishes? It’s something else? Oh, why didn’t you tell me earlier? It’s too late, some of the money is estimated to be in the account, and it can’t be returned to the son. The raw radishes and radish seeds are all shown by the Zhang Wang family. How can this be, how can it be good? .” The

person in charge started and said anxiously, and people also circled around Yamamoto.

At this moment, Jiang Cen finally showed up, looking very nervous. He came in from outside the yard, and when he saw Yamamoto, he said, “Brother Yamamoto, hurry up and take the things away, the Zhang Wang family said they wanted to see the Sinong Temple. Look, see where their money goes.”

“I don’t want so many cooked radishes, I want raw, my money…” Yamamoto saw the Lord’s arrival and made his request.

“We’ll talk about this later, take away all the radishes in the yard first, and talk about it later.” Jiang Cen calmly said, gesturing to make the others hurry up.

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