Chapter 72 Intercession
Qin Youli quickly agreed: "I heard it! Master!"
Ying'er jumped up happily, clapped her hands there and said, "Eat meat! Eat mutton! Eat hind legs of lamb!"
Ying'er's liveliness was so scared that Qin Yuanhao was panicked. He pulled Ying'er's clothes hard and said, "Ying'er, don't make trouble! Ying'er stands obediently! Ying'er, don't jump! Qianhu's master in front! Ying'er!"
Qin Zheng stood in the team and smiled, saying, "Qin Yuanhao, don't be afraid. Master Qianhu is happy today, and he will not punish you for not having any rules."
Qin Zhao waved his hand and said, "Qin Youli, the servant, Qin Zheng, is here. Give Qin Zheng a hundred taels of silver and ask him to take a few people to the county town to buy pigs, sheep and wine."
Qin Youli agreed and said ok, and went over to talk to Qin Zheng.
Qin Zhao nodded, and saw that the villagers below were still timid and did not dare to speak.
He then said to Ying'er, "Ying'er, I'll exchange two chickens for your big mouthful of mutton later. Will you change it?"
The Ming people called eggs and chickens.
Ying'er pointed her finger at her cheek, thought for a while, and said in a slight voice: "The mutton is delicious! Brother Zhao, please bring three chickens to me and I will exchange them with you!"
The villagers laughed loudly after hearing these irritable words.
Qin Zhao also burst into laughter.
The villagers' timid atmosphere just now eased.
Four hours later, it was already afternoon. Qin Zheng and a few servants came back with a ox cart. The pig, sheep wine that Qin Zhaorang bought was tied to the ox cart.
There was also a man named Qin Nan in Qinjia Village who could kill pigs. He sharpened his iron kitchen knife and began to kill pigs and sheep at the entrance of the village ancestral hall. A group of villagers surrounded the fat pig and pointed at it, making countless tsk sounds.
Many of these poor villagers have not eaten meat for more than a year, so they are naturally very interested in seeing the pig slaughter. Seeing the pig being broken and the pork pops out, many people rushed up to put the basin that was about to miss any trace of pig blood.
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Tonight's Qinjia Village is very lively.
More than a dozen earthen stoves were set up, and large pieces of pork and mutton were served with vegetables, and cooked in an iron pot on the earthen stove. The heat suddenly blew, causing the mouth-watering aroma of meat. In a short while, the broth in these iron pots became cooked. Several more sensible men in the village used spoons to scoop out the meat pieces to the villagers.
Countless villagers who were almost forgetting the taste of meat were lined up in a long line, happily picking up the meat and eating it.
The last time I ate meat, Qin Zhao killed a tiger a few months ago.
Qin Zheng stood at the end of the team, smiling at the villagers drooling. He was a servant on Chiyun Peak, and was promoted to the commander of the sergeant this month, becoming the "official officer" second only to Qin Ning, Zhao Liangce and other captains. He had four taels of meat and meat for every meal.
Four liang in the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to two liang in the later generations.
He didn't care much about the wine and meat meal.
Don’t underestimate these four liang of meat, which is equivalent to two and a half of meat in later generations. The prices of this end of the world are high, and four liang of pork will be sold in the town for 40 cents. Sixty meals a month, and each meal has five liang of meat and meat. The value is more than two liang of silver. Including rice and vegetables, the monthly meal cost is nearly three liang.
It's almost the same as Qin Zheng's monthly money.
However, according to Qin Zheng's experience over the past few months, Qin Zheng felt that this meat meat really needs to be eaten, because the training volume of the servant team on the Yunfeng was too heavy. Qin Zheng had been practicing for four months, and now he had no tendons and no trace of fat, and his figure was scary. Even when facing Gao Qinzheng's strong man, Qin Zheng was confident that he would go up and defeat him with bare hands.
Other ordinary soldiers are similar, and ordinary soldiers only have three or three taels of meat and meat per meal. With such a large amount of training, these meat and meat are really unsavory.
Because every meal is full of meat and meat, Qin Zheng is not so coveted today's pig and sheep banquet, and is just waiting at the end of the team.
Standing in front of him were middle-aged women who had passed the childbearing age. People in the countryside valued boys over girls and respected men in everything. Even if they were eating meat in the village, they were the first to eat young and middle-aged men, followed by middle-aged and elderly men, followed by women who had a childbearing age, and finally women who had a childbearing age.
This is also the custom of the people of Lingnan in this era.
There are several housewives in front of Qin Zheng.
Seeing Qin Zheng standing leisurely at the end of the team, he seemed to be in a hurry to eat meat. A woman named Qin Han smiled and said, "Oh, Qin Zheng, you are lucky now. You are the sergeant of Qianhu, and you can eat meat every meal."
"We women have not eaten meat for more than a year! Last time we killed a tiger and only killed a pig, only the male and the child had meat to eat. We women only drank meat. Today, we are really the first time in the past two years!"
Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Master Qianhu is really kind to me. Now all the thirty servants on the mountain are as strong as a cow. I want to find some enemies to fight. Otherwise, if such a strong force is placed on the mountain to eat meat, I feel sorry for Master Qianhu's money."
The women asked, "Qin Zheng! Can you beat a tiger robber now?"
Qin Zheng smiled and said, "You are using those mobs of a tiger to compare with the servants of Qianhu Master, that's a waste of me. Now even two robbers of a tiger are besieging me, and they can't get close to me."
The women grinned and suddenly became a little scared of Qin Zheng. However, they did not lose their worries and said, "It's a good life to eat four taels of meat every time!"
The woman next to her also said, "Take it the same fate as the master! Why is Mr. Qianhu so kind to you? It's because you are honest?"
Qin Zheng was a little unhappy by these women and said loudly: "What do you know? Master Qianhu promoted me because I was serious about doing things and was responsible for things. What is the point of having four taels of meat every time? Master Qianhu said that as long as I follow him, I will live a life of donkey meat, shark fin and a bunch of wives and concubines in the future!"
"When you are so greedy that you women who are only quick-talking."
The women looked at each other and dared not say anything again. They stood in the team honestly, waiting quietly for the people in front of the team to share their flesh.
After a while, a young man with hair tied to his rope on his head walked over with a bowl of flesh and blood.
"Brother Qin Zheng! Brother Qin Zheng, why are you at the end of the line? What kind of style is it?"
"Brother Qin Zheng, I'll change my position with you. You can eat my bones, and I'll stand in your position to line up."
Qin Zheng was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Qin Dai, you are dedicated to your carelessness, either a traitor or a thief. Tell me, why are you so attentive to give me meat?"
Qin Dai laughed and said, "I can't hide it from Brother Qin Zheng's fiery eyes. Brother Qin Zheng, I have nothing to do, it's just..."
"Just just now, I went to change candles for the ancestral hall and heard Master Qianhu and Uncle Yuli discussing the expansion of the servant team. Listening to Master Qianhu, it seems that he will recruit many servants this time."
"Who is Qianhu Master? Can you choose one by one by one? Then you will not be Brother Qin Ning, and someone like Qin Zheng is checking on it? I want to tell Brother Qin Zheng that when you recruit servants, I will let me join Master Qianhu Master's servant team."
Hearing Qin Dai's words, Qin Zheng sneered.
"The Qianhu Master naturally has a set of regulations for recruiting people. Where can I let you go in with just one step? It depends on the Qianhu Master's regulations. Otherwise, no one will be in trouble with the favoritism!"
Qin Zheng was teaching Qin Dai a lesson there, but the women in front were in a panic.
"Master Qianhu is going to recruit servants again!"
"Master Qianhu is going to recruit people!"
Chapter completed!