Wang Ben's voice was followed by a burst of laughter.
Wang Ben was confused by the laughter around him.
Is half a catty of beef, two or two sides a lot?
He was a soldier, what was wrong with his appetite?
Moreover, this was beef. Even if his status was not ordinary, it was usually very difficult to eat it. Since there was beef being sold here, was it too much for him to ask for half a catty?
Wang Ben couldn't figure out what was so funny.
Ying Zheng frowned slightly, then shifted his stool to keep a certain distance from Wang Ben.
At this moment.
The shop owner came out and explained,
"Dear guests, are you from another city?”
"The beef here is minced meat. It's not sold according to the weight of the market. It's added to the noodles, which is equivalent to a side dish.”
"From the looks of it, this should be your first time coming to Mount Li.”
"Noodles are a specialty of Mount Li. It's similar to ordinary soup cakes. We just cut the dough into long strips of noodles. After it's cooked, we add some special beef, intestines, ribs, and other minced meat to season it.”
"How many taels do you want?"
Wang Ben finally realized that he had made a fool of himself after hearing the shop owner's introduction, but he didn't care too much about it and said straightforwardly,"Give me three taels of beef and some minced meat!”
Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said,"One tael of beef."”
"Do you want clear soup or red soup?"”
"The clear soup is plain water soup."
"There's only oil and refined salt in it. The clear soup is at the bottom, and it's not spicy.”
"Red soup is spicy soup."
"The broth is mixed with chili oil. It tastes fragrant and spicy, and the soup is refreshing and spicy.”
"However, all of you are from other places.”
"If you choose the red soup, I only recommend that you choose slightly spicy. As for medium or super spicy, I don't really recommend it because you might not be able to adapt to the spiciness.”
Hearing the word chili, Ying Zheng frowned slightly. He recalled what Ying Teng had said the other day, and asked,""Is the chili you're talking about the red spice?”
The innkeeper was a little surprised to see that Ying Zheng actually knew about it. However, those who were willing to come to Mount Li these days had more or less some understanding of the situation here, so he was not too surprised.
He nodded and said,
"Yes, it's that red pepper."
"The red peppers in our shop are all bought from the Tenth Prince. There's absolutely no problem with the quality.”
Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment, but decided not to try.
"Give me the clear soup."
"I'm not used to the red soup."
Wang Ben didn't know what chili was, but when he heard that it was sold by the government, he was relieved and said,"Red soup, medium-spicy. You must add more beef. I, Old Wang, haven't eaten beef in a long time.”
Not long after.
The shopkeeper shouted into the room.
"Seven bowls of beef noodles, six red noodles and one clear soup.”
While waiting for the noodles, Ying Zheng did not forget the purpose of coming to the noodle shop.
He asked the shopkeeper,
"Just now, you said that the chili in the shop was bought from the Tenth Prince. Does the Tenth Prince have any other good things? I want to bring some good stuff back this time."
The shop owner laughed and said proudly,"
"That's too much."
"Chili, cumin, refined salt, white sugar, vegetable oil, animal oil, beef, mutton, pork, chicken, duck, fish, whatever you can think of, the Tenth Prince's official shop basically has them, and they are all of good quality and cheap.”
"However, many of the things inside are only sold to people with Lishan's household registration. For outsiders like you, unless you have connections, I won't sell them to you.”
Wang Ben was confused.
Puzzled, he asked,
"Why?"
"Isn't opening a shop a business?"
"Why are you only selling it to the locals of Lishan? Are you worried that the foreigners can't afford it? Or was there a problem with the quality of the products, or did these things come from the wrong source?”
"Don't talk nonsense." The shop owner quickly stopped him.
"There is only one problem with the things of the government, and that is that they are too cheap.”
"For example, refined salt. A jar only costs five coins. This is a top-grade refined salt. Just as the Tenth Prince said himself, his refined salt is even more refined than imperial salt.”
"Also, is there some kind of iodination in it to prevent neck disease?”
"In any case, in the past few years, none of the children born in Mount Li had a thick neck. They all looked quite good.”
"I'll tell you this."
"If the items sold in the Tenth Prince's official shop were to be placed outside, it would definitely cause a large number of people to fight for it. Moreover, there is a price but no supply.”
"However…"
"The Tenth Prince seemed to have said something like 'the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind' or something else. Anyway, he has repeatedly warned the people of Mount Li not to tell anyone. If you hadn't said that you knew about chili, I wouldn't have told you about these things.”
"This is the secret of Mount Li!"
" But there are so many people going to Mount Li every day," Wang Ben said," Aren't you afraid that someone will leak the information? Besides, the things here are so cheap, why aren't people fighting for them?"”
The shop owner said disdainfully,
"Many people come and go to Mount Li?"
"You're thinking too much."
"The people who come and go here are basically prisoners and nearby residents. People from other places won't come here at all.”
"Who came here for no reason?"
"Even if there are scattered passersby every day, they will basically take a detour, afraid that they will be pulled in to repair the imperial tomb. Even if a few people come in, it's basically no problem.”
"Who would believe their words?"
"If I told you before that a jar of refined salt here costs five yuan, there are precious spices that only the First Emperor can eat, and the officials here sell all kinds of prohibited meat, would you believe me?”
"I won't!" Wang Ben answered honestly.
Who would believe that?
A jar of refined salt in Xianyang cost at least forty to fifty yuan.
Moreover, although it was called refined salt, there was actually a lot of sand and soil in it. It was not pure at all. Even so, the supply was still in short supply.
after all
Salt was a necessity of life.
Moreover, the salt here could also prevent neck disease, so its value was even higher.
As for precious spices and beef, they were not something that ordinary people could afford. If someone said that they could buy them at Lishan Mountain, they would definitely be treated as a fool.
Ying Zheng was silent.
He asked himself. If he had heard these things, his first reaction would not have been to believe them, because it was too unbelievable.
Seeing this, the shop owner continued,
"Moreover, the person selling the items is the Tenth Prince.”
"Who is the Tenth Prince? He is the son of the First Emperor. Who would dare to investigate him? Even the nearby county governors had to give face to the Tenth Prince, let alone the others.”
"And…"
"The Tenth Prince is doing this for the benefit of the people. Who would report him?”
"It's already good enough to be secretly happy to be able to taste something that's used by the emperor. Snatch? Did he really think that the cold-faced Chen Pingyou of Mount Li was a vegetarian?”
This shop owner was very friendly.
He didn't hide anything at all, and his words were filled with pride.
Just as Ying Zheng was about to ask for more details, the table next to him had finished eating. He shouted for the bill, then threw down a few thin pieces of wood with patterns printed on them on the table and left.
The shop owner smiled and sent him off.
He also counted the printed thin wood on the table.
"Shopkeeper, I don't think those guys paid me yet," Wang Ben said after a moment of hesitation.”
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