Facts have proved that Zhen Qian still underestimated the shamelessness and IQ of the Xing clan, there was no spirit of contract in ancient times, and the things promised verbally were often promised, if he breached the contract, he would inevitably be despised by others, not only affecting his own reputation, but also affecting his own family!

Only villains and women are difficult to raise!

Zhen Qian couldn't help but look at the daily consumption of a month taken by Steward Wang the next day, a large cart of fresh meat and vegetables, plus some mountain goods, dry goods, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea, and more than 30 copper wires, although the quantity is correct, but the quality makes people speechless!

"These are the living standards of more than thirty people in our yard!"

For Zhen Qian's incomprehension, Steward Wang said with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Da Lang, these are not wrong, the Zhen Mansion stipulates that the monthly consumption of slaves and maids shall not exceed 500 yuan, and the ministry is 800 yuan, Da Lang, as the eldest son of the Zhen family, has a maximum of 20 yuan per month, and the monthly consumption in this courtyard is about 50 yuan, and a cart of ingredients sent by the criminal housekeeper is indeed worth more than 10 yuan, and the two items are not much different together!" ”

Steward Wang's name is Wang Qun, who has been with Zhen Qian's biological mother Wang since he was a child, and is loyal to Zhen Qian, Zhen Qian naturally believes that Wang Qun's words did not deceive him.

The Xing clan and the criminal housekeeper's trick of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle is really vicious, on the surface, they use a lot of daily use, but they use a large amount of fresh meat and vegetables that are difficult to preserve, but it is a pity that their wishful thinking will not work when they encounter Zhen Qian.

Zhen Qian took the list of ingredients from Wang Qun's hand, looked at it and closed his eyes slightly, and muttered for a moment: "Steward Wang, what do you think should be done about this matter?" ”

Wang Qun frowned and said: "At least half of the ingredients in this car will be wasted, and more than 30 copper coins can barely cope with a month, so it is better to take this car of ingredients to the market and sell them, although there is a lot of loss in sales, there is always a lot of waste!" ”

"Don't be so troublesome", Zhen Qian waved his hand and said: "Although your method is good, if my estimate is correct, the criminal steward should still have a backhand, and he will not let us sell these ingredients easily......

Wang Qun also knew that Zhen Qian was right, the method he could think of, it was impossible for the criminal steward not to think of it, and it was time-consuming and laborious to sell ingredients, especially if the fresh ingredients could not be processed on the same day, the price would plummet, and then it would really be empty of people and money.

"What then? It's better to return this cart of ingredients and let the criminal steward convert the copper coins to us! If it really doesn't work, the people in this yard can cope with it by saving money! ”

The criminal steward was about to see Zhen Qian's jokes, if he confessed at this time, he didn't know what vicious schemes the criminal steward was waiting for him.

Zhen Qian is not worried about the trick of the criminal housekeeper, this is the gap between the vision of thousands of years, the Datang currency is mainly copper coins, and the average family of four or five people has only about the same amount of money in a month, which is still the level of middle income, if you save a little, the average person will not spend more than 100 yuan a month, of course, such a day is not what Zhen Qian wants.

There are a total of 36 slaves and maids in Zhen Qian's courtyard, and the average per capita usage can be spread out to a consistent amount, which is already very good.

Of course, there are problems with this understanding, in addition to daily food and drink, people also have expenses such as clothing, housing and transportation, which are counted as daily expenses, so that more than 30 times a month is really not much, and even some of them cannot make ends meet.

Xiao Zhu said angrily: "Lang Jun, the criminal housekeeper is too deceitful, why don't we go to the eldest master to evaluate the reasoning!" ”

Zhen Qian's biological father is an official in other places, and he rarely comes back once a year, usually this Zhen Mansion is the rule of the Xing family, but fortunately, the Xing family's hand is not outside the Zhen Mansion, there is a patriarch above the Zhen family, there is really something big in the clan, the patriarch's opinion even Zhen Qian's biological father has to be cautious.

"It's not time to ask the patriarch for help, if we even go to the patriarch for such a small matter, it will only make others look down on us!"

Zhen Qian is not unwilling to invite the patriarch, the great god, to come out and administer justice, the criminal steward is not kind to this matter, but the face is quite passable, even if the patriarch is invited, the deterrence to the criminal steward is not great, and it is not to the extent that the criminal steward is broken.

"Lang Jun, we still have fifty or sixty yuan in our hands to spare, it should be possible to subsidize the use of this yard", Xiaomei whispered on the side.

"This money is an emergency, and it can't be sustained for a few months now, so I have to find another way!"

Zhen Qian already had an idea in his heart, and when he saw that everyone couldn't come up with any good solutions, he said: "Things are not as bad as we think, sometimes a person's potential is forced out by the situation, this is called the coexistence of opportunities and crises, if we compromise at this time, we will be crushed to death by the criminal steward in the future!" ”

Seeing Zhen Qian's confident appearance, Wang Qun was happy in his heart, after Zhen Qian's amnesia from the fall from the horse this time, the temperament of the whole person has undergone some changes, he used to ignore things outside the window, he never asked about firewood, rice, oil and salt, and he rarely cared about what happened in Zhen's mansion, although it looked good, it was too immature to really support a family.

"The master mother has a spirit in the sky, your son Zhen Qian has matured, this fall from the horse is a blessing in disguise, I hope the master mother can bless Zhen Qianguang on the lintel, the old man can also be regarded as a wish!"

Of course, Zhen Qian didn't know what Wang Qun was thinking in his heart, and he didn't know that Wang Qun actually had many ways to help Zhen Qian get through this difficulty, not that he didn't want to talk about it, but that he hoped to give Zhen Qian a chance to practice.

Wang Peng also smiled on the side: "Xiucai doesn't know everything about the world if he doesn't go out, since Da Lang has confidence, we old men can rest assured!" ”

Xiaozhu blinked with a pair of big eyes, and really couldn't think of any good way that Zhen Qian, who was clothed and stretched out to eat, could think of any good way, this is not to say that Xiaozhu belittled Zhen Qian, but he had never seen Zhen Qian's brilliance in this regard.

"Xiaozhu prepares pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for me!"

Xiaozhu took the four treasures of the study and spread them on the table, added a little water to the inkstone, rolled up his sleeves and grinded the ink, Zhen Qian used a brush to dip the ink on the white paper, a large piece of ink appeared on the white paper, his face was red, and he secretly complained in his heart, this brush is too difficult to write, "It's exposed!" ”

"Lang Jun, your hand is just right, let the slave do it for you!" The empathetic Xiaomei took the brush from Zhen Qian's hand and said, "Lang Jun, you said I will write!" ”

Zhen Qian can't wait to kiss Xiaomei now, this reason is too timely and good, even if his words are ugly in the future, he can prevaricate.

"Thirty catties of coarse salt, five catties of peppercorns, and ...... chili peppers!"

"What's chili!" Xiaomei looked up puzzled and asked.

Zhen Qian patted his head, and he actually said that he leaked his mouth, where did the chili pepper come from in the Tang Dynasty at this time, and the chili pepper was still in the hands of the indigenous people of the American continent at this time? The spicy condiments in the Tang Dynasty were mainly dogwood, and the taste and chili pepper could not be compared at all, but after all, it was a kind of spicy taste, and it could only be settled.

"Dogwood five catties ......, those mutton will be taken to the market tomorrow to see if some can be sold, if they can be sold, they will be replaced with pork back, and those parts with more lean meat and less fat meat, and the whole pig hind leg will also buy a few back! Hey! Why didn't you write ....... ”

The brush in Xiaomei's hand hung in the air, and she looked back at the few people behind her, and the few people behind her were also surprised, their faces changed slightly, and they could even hear a "grunting" sound in their throats, obviously frightened by Zhen Qian's words.

"Lang Jun, do you really want to buy pork? Can you tell us what you're going to do with pork? ”

Xiaozhu said timidly, for fear of stimulating Zhen Qian, and since the amnesia, Zhen Qian's strange behavior is not uncommon, and the words he said are even more confusing to the second monk, but these can be understood, it is already a blessing to be able to recover after amnesia, how can you expect a higher miracle to appear, but now that she suddenly proposes to buy pork, she can't figure out what Zhen Qian is thinking?

"Of course it's cooking!"

"Cook and eat!" Xiaozhu's face became strange, it was nothing that pork could be eaten, but a wealthy family like the Zhen family never entered the door, "Lang Jun, this pork is dirty meat and cheap meat, are you sure you want to buy it back and eat it?" ”

Zhen Qian was stunned for a while, dirty meat and cheap meat ......, and couldn't help but ask: "Why is this pork dirty meat and cheap meat!" ”

Seeing that Zhen Qian was puzzled, he thought that Zhen Qian had gone crazy again, so he explained: "The Zhen family only eats beef and mutton, etc., while pigs grow in dirty places, the smell is unpleasant, and the smell of decay is shameful for scholars, only subordinates occasionally eat it, Lang Jun actually wants to eat pork, I'm afraid it will make others despise!" ”

As soon as Xiaomei said, Zhen Qian naturally understood that pigs were not the main meat before the Song Dynasty, the reason was naturally that pigs grew up in dirty places, were abandoned by scholars, and the price was low, only ordinary people would buy it home and eat it occasionally, plus they couldn't cook, and the taste was not delicious, and few people were willing to pay attention to pork after a long time.

Zhen Qian scratched his head, in the Tang Dynasty, only beef and mutton were considered real meat, and even chicken, duck and fish were not a type of meat, although he was surprised, it was not strange to think about it.

"I see, so I need to buy more pork and come back!"

After listening to Xiaomei's narration, Zhen Qian found that the price difference between mutton and pork was outrageous, mutton cost more than 30 wen per catty, while pork only cost 5 wen per catty, and few people cared about it, and the price was too different from that of later generations.

Xiaomei didn't know what Zhen Qian was crazy about, her rejection of pork had long been deep-rooted, and she despised the consumption of pork, but under Zhen Qian's repeated persuasion and explanation, she reluctantly agreed to buy some pork tomorrow and come back, with curiosity, she wanted to see how the pork in Zhen Qian's mouth was handled, it was really as delicious as Zhen Qian said.

There are many concepts that Zhen Qian can't change in a few words, facts speak louder than words, and he smiled: "I know you don't believe it, but there are some things that are difficult to make clear to you now, and you will naturally understand when the time comes!" ”