socalfunplaces Chapter 340
Chapter 340
"Twenty wen per pound? Pork is sold by pound?" Li Shimin suddenly stopped and looked at Su Chen in surprise.
In the Tang Dynasty, mutton was sold by the whole body, and the price was generally around five or six guan, which was somewhat different from what Li Chengqian said.
"Of course it is sold by pound, otherwise the whole pig with hair will be sold together!
How many ordinary people would be willing to spend money to buy pork? Besides, the whole pig cannot be eaten!" Su Chen explained reasonably.
Even in the later generations, Su Chen had only heard that people in the north would buy half a pig at a time.
It's different in the south, where you can buy pork like Lu Zhijie.
"Well, what you said makes sense." Li Shimin nodded and continued to walk forward.
"What did you say just now? The old fifth kid wants to open a pork shop in Chang'an City?"
Suddenly, Li Shimin grabbed Su Chen's arm and didn't let go. He looked at Su Chen in shock, wondering if he had just heard it wrong.
It would be fine if a prince was hiding away and raising pigs.
He actually wanted to sell pork in Chang'an, at the foot of the imperial city?
Li Shimin had reason to believe that Li You had probably forgotten his last name.
"Why not? Li You doesn't need to take care of it himself, so just arrange two people to run the manor.
Your Majesty, don't underestimate selling pork, there is a lot of knowledge in it!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly, "Humph, this makes sense!"
Soon, everyone came to the pig farm.
I saw workers pushing carts loaded with pig food in the pig house, going in and out frequently.
Now is the daily feeding time for pigs, two meals a day.
"Your Majesty, Li You may not be here, he should be busy building a pig pen, over there." Su Chen saw Li Shimin looking around and pointed to a place not far from the pig farm.
"Huh? Why are those two pig houses empty and why do we need to build another one?" Li Shimin pointed to the other two pig houses and asked.
"Haha, the newly built pig house is used as a delivery room for sows. The space in the previous pig house is too large and not suitable for piglets to keep warm.
This is what Li You meant, and I think it makes sense."
Su Chen explained with a smile.
"Guanyinbi, do you want to go in and take a look? I'm afraid the smell inside is not very good!" Li Shimin turned his head and asked Empress Changsun.
Jin'er and Xiao Sizi did not follow. Xiao Sizi said that pigs would "fight" and she didn't want to go.
"Your Majesty, since you have come here, how can you miss it?" Empress Changsun smiled.
"Okay, then let's go in and see how Lao Wu manages the pig farm!"
Su Chen has been here several times. The pig house is clean, but the smell is still unavoidable.
"Yes, it seems that Lao Wu is indeed suitable for raising pigs and manages well."
Li Shimin looked at the eighty pig pens, each of which had more than a dozen pigs weighing more than 100 kilograms.
Each pig is white and clean, and the aisle is also clean.
A slope was built inside the pig pen, and dry straw had been laid on the high ground of the pig pen.
The connection between the top of the wall and the beam around the pig pen was also covered with straw, and winter windproof treatment was done.
"Su Chen, how much do these pigs weigh?" Empress Changsun and others were shocked by the scale.
At this time, the pig pen was full of pigs except for people.
"Hehe, Li You has weighed it, and the average weight of each pig is 140 kilograms." Su Chen smiled, and was glad that it was the pigs' feeding time.
Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if they saw the pigs "fighting".
After visiting the pig pen for more than ten minutes, Li Shimin and others left the pig farm.
"According to Li You, adult sows can give birth to piglets twice a year, and he plans to build a breeding base for breeding pigs.
It is estimated that about 10,000 piglets can be produced in a year."
On the way back to the manor, Su Chen introduced to Li Shimin.
"Great, if that's true, everyone in the Tang Dynasty can eat pork, and every family can raise one or two pigs."
Li Shimin sighed.
Su Chen nodded slightly, and then thought of something.
"Your Majesty, you have to make plans in advance. If the people in Chang'an raise pigs, it may not be easy to discharge sewage. It is necessary to build a septic tank like a pig farm."
"Xuanling, you are responsible for this!" After thinking, Li Shimin directly threw the pot to Fang Xuanling.
"Minister, obey your order!"
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"Is the beef tendon sent by someone applicable? Have you made the cotton-padded clothes and quilts you mentioned a few days ago?"
Everyone returned to the living room, and Li Shimin thought of beef tendons and cotton.
"How can it be so fast to make cotton-padded clothes for the first time? I'm still beating cotton today!"
Let alone cotton-padded clothes, it takes about seven days to make cotton cloth.
Dyeing requires repeated steaming and dyeing three times.
"In fact, warm clothing is not only made of cotton, wool can also be used. Have you heard of wool sweaters? They are very warm!"
Su Chen was completely bullying the locals by asking this question.
Li Shimin shook his head, "Wool sweaters are very warm!"I have never heard of sweaters, but people would stuff animal fur into their clothes to keep warm. "
"Is the wool sweater you mentioned the same?"
Li Shimin asked curiously. This was the only explanation he could think of.
"Of course not. Wool is first spun into yarn and then woven into sweaters."
Li Shimin continued to ask: "Do you know this craft? I can immediately order a large amount of wool to be purchased. Wool is worthless and no one wants it."
"I know nothing about wool yarn!" Su Chen replied immediately.
Then he thought about it and added: "I don't need to know it. Cotton has been woven into cotton cloth by the villagers, let alone wool? ”
Hmm?
Wool?
“Yes, you can knit sweaters. The women of the Tang Dynasty are very skillful. They will definitely learn it with a little practice.”
“Your Majesty, get me about 100 kilograms of wool someday. Don’t use skin. You have to cut wool from sheep.
Also, ask the Chief of Works to make ten silver needles for me. Copper ones are also OK. They should be about one foot long with two pointed ends, and only half the thickness of a hairpin.”
Su Chen doesn’t know how to degrease wool. Although pure wool also has grease, it can be washed off. By the way, ask someone to get some needles for hand-knitting sweaters.
“Okay, I’ll send someone to deliver it to you within five days!” Li Shimin agreed immediately.
“Have Hou Junji’s guerrillas set out?” Su Chen asked casually.
“Two hundred guerrillas plus two captains set out from Chang’an at seven o’clock this morning.”
Li Shimin felt a little hungry. He looked at the time. It was eleven o’clock. "Boy, it's almost lunch time, let's go to school!"
Li Shimin wanted to get in line to get his food before the students started eating.
Because his identity had been exposed.
"Okay, I'll have someone call Li You and the others back."
There were five chefs in the manor, two of whom were sent to Leshan Restaurant to make pork-related dishes, and another chef was sent to the school cafeteria to make braised pork.
Su Chen waved to a servant and ordered him to call Li You and Wang Xi back.
"Your Majesty, do you have money?" Su Chen looked at Li Shimin with ill intentions.
"What money? What do you want money for?"
"All outsiders who eat at school are five cents per person, the price is fair and they are full." Su Chen said righteously.
"Huh? Why didn't you charge money last time?" Li Shimin asked back.
"Last time it was official business, this time it's not, so I have to pay!"
Li Shimin turned his head and looked at the others. He was the emperor, how could he carry money with him?
Without a doubt, none of them brought money.
"Your Majesty, I have fifty-six copper coins."
Li Junxian, who was standing guard outside the living room, walked in and respectfully presented fifty-six coins.
"Commander Li, I'm kidding, this meal is on my table!
You haven't eaten pork yet, right? Let's go together later!"
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