There are a lot of people looking at lanterns on the streets, and there are many people who are tired of looking for a place to eat snacks, but there are also a lot of vendors who set up stalls, so the business is diluted, and the business volume of each small vendor is not too large, most of them are not full, and only the stalls with the most popular flavors are likely to be full.

It's just that there are too many customers at such stalls, and they need to wait in line, and Ang Lee is the most unwilling to wait, which is too much of a waste of time, and the most popular dim sum is not necessarily the best, some are indeed not very healthy foods, but they are only welcomed because of their good taste.

For example, many junk foods in later generations have very worrying nutritional content, and even, there is not much nutrition at all, and there is a lot of damage to the body, but ordinary people just like to eat these junk food, because junk food is delicious!

The most impressive junk food is a lot of fried meat food, such as fried chicken thighs and chicken wings, which are veritable junk food, fried noodle food, and some high-salt cured braised meat is the garbage in the garbage, but all these junk foods are delicious and delicious, and they are all foods that ordinary people love to eat.

Ang Lee naturally likes to eat junk food very much, the taste of junk food is too magical, as long as it is an ordinary person, he should like to eat it, but these delicacies can't be eaten often, and he can't eat them more than once in a while, just taste the taste.

With the abundance of food, the market supply of grain and oil has become more and more sufficient, and with enough grain and oil, fried snacks will naturally increase, fried noodles, fried twist, these most basic delicacies have been very common in Datang, and even, fried dumplings and fried buns are available, and the sales of these fried snacks have been very good.

There is also barbecue food that has been there for a long time, the business of these junk foods has been very good, and among them, many barbecue stalls are run by foreign vendors, many of them are from the grassland, barbecue is their strength, and the taste is also very authentic, but, subject to the limitations of materials, the barbecue they make cannot be compared with the barbecue made by Ang Lee, and the difference is more than one and a half stars.

Pickled food is the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of food is mainly pork, chicken and duck, through special marinating methods, so that the food can moisten people's taste buds in a more delicious state.

All these pickled, fried and barbecued foods are the most popular categories, and they are the favorite dim sum of the people of Datang, however, the pickling and barbecue are basically meat, and the fried food is mainly meat, and the price of meat food is relatively high, so although these snacks are very popular, boiled dumplings and noodle soup still have their own place, because the cost of these foods is lower, and the price is very close to the people, which is the first choice for the elderly and poor to go out.

Ang Lee admired the lanterns all the way, not just looking at the lanterns, but more looking at the people, looking at the ordinary pedestrians on the street, seeing what their expressions were, whether they were full of happiness, what they were talking about, how the roadside stalls were doing, what kind of food the people preferred, and what were the differences in the choice of dim sum by different groups of people, etc., these are the focus of attention.

Through observation, Ang Lee has discovered that younger children and wealthy people like to eat fried and barbecued food, and they also like pickled food, while older people prefer a small amount of pickled meat with ordinary pasta, while the poorest people choose to eat a portion of pasta and some pickles made of radish.

Of course, this does not necessarily mean that they really like these foods, many people choose what to eat, not according to their own preferences, but according to their own economic situation to choose, such as some poor people, they choose to eat roadside noodle soup, warm and affordable, is the best choice, but this does not mean that they like to eat these the most, they may also like roast lamb and fried meat, but the money in their pockets is not enough, so they can only be forced to choose to eat the cheapest noodle soup.

Therefore, the situation seen is not necessarily the real situation, seeing some people eating noodle soup, in fact, they may not like to eat these, this is all economic force, just like the elders of later generations, some like to eat fish bones and bones, this does not mean that they like to eat fish bones and bones, but because they give all the delicious fish and meat to the children, they are left with fish bones and bones, and they are willing to do so, which is what they are willing.

After a while, another table of guests came, and the small vendor was busy taking care of the guests at this table, and after being busy, he saw that Li An and the others had only eaten a little, thinking that their dim sum was not ready, so they hurriedly came over to greet them.

"Two guest officers, is it not good to make dim sum, it doesn't suit your appetite, I want to make one for you again."

The vendor asked politely.

Yan Ruyu hurriedly said: "It's already very good, it's not hungry for us, just taste it." ”

"Don't be hungry and order so many ......"

The vendor muttered distressedly.

This is called being rich is willful, and it can also be called stupid and having a lot of money, in short, it is so much, as long as you can afford to pay, you can be so willful, who dares to be unconvinced and use money to stone him to death.

"How is the business of the store, and how much can you earn in a night?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Guest officer, this is really not good, business is different every day, just make hard money."

The vendor still won't tell the truth, or he doesn't know what to say, but the income is really different every day.

"How much is the booth fee, on a daily basis, or on a monthly basis."

Ang Lee continued to ask.

"Usually it is calculated on a monthly basis, five hundred yuan a month, and there are many people in these days, it is calculated on a daily basis, fifty yuan a day, which is three times more expensive than usual."

The vendor said distressedly.

"Oh, that's right! So is it more than you usually earn in one day, or will you earn more in these days? ”

Ang Lee asked with a smile.

This is obvious, the Lantern Festival these days, the reason why so many fees will be charged, is because the Lantern Festival these days of the flow of people, business will be better, at the same time the production of garbage will be more, the patrol soldiers of the imperial court also have to invest more quantity, so, the cost is naturally more, these profit-oriented hawkers, naturally need to pay more booth fees, and, even if they pay more, they will definitely earn more than usual, otherwise, they will not do this business during the Lantern Festival.

"The guest officer laughed, today is the first day of the Lantern Festival, and this business has not yet been completed, so it's not easy to compare!"

The vendor spoke.

Li An nodded and said with a smile: "Yes! Today is the first day of the Lantern Festival, is your stall a business this year? ”

"Yes, guest officer, the stall just came to the capital this year, and it has been in Huaqing County last year, which is the villain's hometown, not far from the capital, and has its own shop and house."

The vendor spoke.

"Not bad! Then when you are in your hometown, life should be okay! How did you think that you came to the capital to develop, it seems that there is no shop in the capital, do you have real estate? ”

Ang Lee asked with a smile.

The small vendor has no customers to greet for the time being, so he has enough time to chat with Li An, and he replied with a smile: "The house in the capital is too expensive, and I don't expect to be able to afford it in this life, so a few of us have rented a small house outside the city, and the rent is much more than the stall?" The rent in the capital is not cheap! Begging for a life here is much harder than when I was in Huaqing County, but although it is harder, we are also willing, there are many more rich people here than in Huaqing County, and the business is better than Huaqing County, so we can earn more money, as long as we are not afraid of hard work, we can work here for a year several times more than Huaqing County? However, after removing the rent and booth fees, it is only two or three times, the rent is too high, it is too high, the rent for one year is more than all the money we earn in Huaqing County in a year, it is too black-hearted. ”

When it comes to the rent of the house, the little vendor is angry, and it is obvious that in his opinion, the rent of the house is too outrageous, and it is so high that it makes people feel pain.

The diners who had just come on the side, hearing the small vendor talking like this, were so excited that they didn't even eat, and then said: "The shopkeeper is so right, the housing prices and rents in the capital are high to the sky, especially the houses in the city walls, which are as if they were made of gold, too expensive, they can't afford to live at all, and the houses outside the city are not cheap. ”

A sigh poured out the pain and helplessness in the heart of this diner, he worked hard to earn money, but in the end he had to give one-third of his income to the homeowner, this sadness and helplessness, only those who have experienced it can understand, one-third of the income is all given to the homeowner, this proportion is really not small.

Of course, this can also reflect from the side that the income of this diner is too low, and it is the group of people with the lowest income in the capital, that is, the lowest level of the working people in the capital, who do the hardest and most tiring work, and the income is indeed the lowest.

However, although one-third of the income has been paid for rent, the remaining two-thirds of the income is also higher than the income of the surrounding counties, otherwise, this diner would have left the capital long ago and went to other places to fend for himself.

Of course, these people who come to the capital to work hard are families and groups, and there are a lot of equipment, so they must rent a normal house, and some single people who come to the capital to work hard will save money, they can choose to share with others, so that the rent can save a lot, and even, there are some guys who will find an uninhabited temple to live in, and live in bridges and caves, so that they can save themselves a lot of money.

Some employers, in order to attract more people to work in their stores, will provide additional accommodation conditions, which is more attractive, and even lower wages can be considered, but the accommodation conditions will definitely not be good, such as the accommodation provided by the hotel for employees, it is likely to be a warehouse and demolition of meals, and even a kennel may not be.

"Why is the rent so expensive, it's not that the housing prices in the capital are rising too fast, it's almost a price a month!"

"Yes! Housing prices are rising too fast, how can the rent not be expensive, it is all caused by high housing prices! ”

"In the final analysis, there are still too many people, the population of the capital is increasing, and there are many businessmen from the Western Regions, so many people have to have a place to live, so it is strange that the housing prices in the capital are not expensive."

"That's it, just like a few of us, we are not from the capital, don't we all come to the capital, and we have to find a place to live when we come! With so many people asking for housing, how can the rent not be expensive, in the final analysis, we still blame ourselves! Who asked us all to come to the capital to join in the fun? ”

"In the early years, it would have been nice to come to the capital to buy a few more apartments, so now I don't have to do anything, just sit at home and count the money."

"Look at it like this, in a few years, the housing prices in the capital will double, and the rent is only afraid of ...... Hey, I can't live. ”

"No matter how high the rent is, as long as it exceeds half of the daily income, Lao Tzu will stop serving, go back to his hometown, and not be angry in this place."

A few of the diner's companions chatted with the vendor.

At this moment, Li An didn't interject, just nodded quietly, this is indeed a big problem in Chang'an City, many people come to Chang'an City to find opportunities to make money, and the housing conditions in the capital are limited, although many three- and four-story buildings have been built over the years, but this still can't meet the huge demand for housing, the gap has always existed, otherwise, no one will be poor and can only live in the bridge.

This problem is very serious, more serious than traffic congestion, if it is not controlled, in the future, the price will continue to double, it will really drive the people crazy, and this is very unfavorable to the prosperity of Chang'an City.

To let the residents have their own houses, this is Li An's ideal, and it is also an urgent problem to be solved in Chang'an City, this problem can be big or small, if it is not dealt with for a long time, the people really have not sent it.

In order to solve this problem, in addition to building more houses, it is also necessary to strictly control the hoarding of houses by the rich, or directly build some small-area public rental housing, and the imperial court is responsible for building it, and then rent it to the ordinary poor, and the price must be acceptable to the ordinary poor, so that the satisfaction of the poor will increase.

The land area of the capital is limited, if you want to build more houses, you must build higher floors, at least five or six floors, so that you can live more people, however, the north of the city is the location of the imperial palace and many yamen, and it is obviously not allowed to build five or six storey buildings near these locations, otherwise, the ordinary people standing on the top of the building, wouldn't they have to see the palace clearly, how can this be, the palace is a sacred place, and it is not allowed to be snooped on by people in any case, so, The site for the construction of five or six storey buildings must be in the south of the city, which also happens to be a relative slum, and there is still a lot of vacant land that has not been developed, if there is not enough here, you can build more houses in the south of the city.