In the early morning, Chu Tianshu went to Xiaokui to borrow Qi Zhongliu's token, and took ten silver coins in advance to register and prepare to leave the house.

In a palace like Prince Chen's Mansion, there is no fear of slaves stealing the master's property and fleeing.

The laws and government of the Dayun Dynasty will tell any domestic slave who attempts to steal property or run away what the consequences are.

After receiving the foreign affairs sign from Prince Chen's Mansion, Chu Tianshu went out for the first time after traveling here.

The world outside the house is very different from the expected antique world.

The road has been paved with a material similar to concrete and is seamless. There are metal lamp posts on the road, and the lights are turned on as if they are free.

Of course, such a good road and the electric lights used for lighting the road are only found on the avenue three to four hundred meters in front of the palace.

On the road, several domestic servants wearing the standard uniforms of the servants of Prince Chen's Mansion and other large mansions were sweeping.

Outside Wangfu Road, there are lively fireworks.

"Frying the box, do you want to join us?" The small cart, the coal stove was blazing, and a pot was placed on the fire. The brine was rolling in the pot, and the aroma was overflowing.

Next to him was an attentive white-haired old man holding a kitchen knife in his hand, frying some flour cakes in the shape of white lucky steamed buns with blackened oil in another pot.

"How much does one cost?" Chu Tianshu asked the price.

"Vegetarian or meat, the vegetarian stuffing costs three cents, the meat stuffing costs five cents, and if you add eggs, it costs an extra five cents."

Chu Tianshu nodded: "Can you find a piece of silver coin?"

"One dollar?" The old man waved his hands repeatedly: "Master, this is really too big to find."

"Roasted sweet potatoes, fragrant and sweet roasted sweet potatoes, delicious and inexpensive roasted sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes that are beautiful and nourishing."

At the roasted sweet potato stall opposite, a man in his thirties or forties shouted at the top of his lungs.

Chu Tianshu walked over: "How do you sell roasted sweet potatoes?"

"Sold by the pound, four cents per pound."

Such prices are consistent with Chu Tianshu's salary of two cents a month when he was a horse slave - after all, as a domestic slave who exists as the private property of the palace and is provided with food and accommodation, the wages are compared with outside prices.

, it should be not high.

"Bring me two pounds." Chu Tianshu touched his pocket.

In addition to the ten yuan from Qi Zhongliu, he also had sixty-two cents saved by his predecessor.

Yesterday I spent two cents to pay bribes, and now I have sixty cents left, so I can buy some food.

I bought two kilograms of roasted sweet potatoes, then went back and bought a meat-filled fried box.

Afterwards, Chu Tianshu stood in front of the sweet potato stall and chatted with the bosses on both sides: "You are setting up a stall in front of the palace, aren't you afraid of being driven away by the palace's people?"

The sweet potato seller chuckled: "Aren't you also from the palace? Did you drive us away?"

"So no one usually drives you away?"

"Sometimes there are still some." The old man selling fried boxes sighed: "Sometimes, noble people come and think that we are occupying the road. They are not able to pass the car and will drive us out. But most of the time, as long as we

If you don’t litter, no one will care.”

"Is that so?" Chu Tianshu nodded: "Then when you usually sell things, do you always sell them to palaces like mine?"

"That's right." The old man who fried the box said: "I have been selling snacks here for more than 20 years, and the only people who come here to eat are people like you. They come from the palace, are rich, and occasionally think that they should change their minds, so they eat it.

One or two."

"But there are also noble people who eat it."

"Even in spring, when the wild shepherd's purse and the leeks grown at home are fresh and tender, the prince and princess will send people to buy some and try them."

"Will the price increase during that time?"

"I don't dare to raise the price." The old man shook his head: "Raising the price will destroy your conscience."

Chu Tianshu glanced at the old man's pot of brine and blackened oil: "How much does your oil cost per pound?"

Judging from the amount of sweet potatoes given by the sweet potato seller, the weight was a bit large.

There are approximately 1,500 grams in one kilogram.

"One pound costs six cents and five cents." The old man said casually: "Because the princes and princesses may want to eat this spring, I have to change a pot of oil every day and use good ginseng oil. That oil costs one pound and ten cents."

Three cents."

Chu Tianshu nodded: "Then how much money can you make in total in a day when you set up a stall?"

"If the business is good, the gross profit will be more than 50 cents. If it's like today, it's only 24.5 cents."

Chu Tianshu was stunned: "So low?"

"It's not low!" The old man said quickly: "My family of six usually only earns more than 60 cents and less than 70 cents a month for food and drink."

"A family of six...two grandchildren?"

"A grandson and a granddaughter."

"Do children usually eat meat?"

"Chicken only costs one cent and a half per catty, and seafood such as fish and shells are even cheaper, costing seven to eight cents per catty. Children can't eat much."

Chu Tianshu was stunned. The price ratio is not right, right?

"Is Tianjing close to the sea?"

"Next to Tianjing is Zhou Hai." The old man looked sideways: "You just entered the palace from outside, right?"

"How do you know?"

"In the four princes' palaces in this group, there are two blind dates every year, specially for the families of the right age in the palace to go on blind dates. One is in the middle of the year, and the other is at the end of the year. The blind date takes place on the prince's own big ship.

, the ship sailed to the Zhouhai Sea, eight large ships were connected with iron ropes, and the decks were laid out. Hey, the scene was very spectacular!"

There is also this kind of thing...

Internal digestion of the population?

"At that time, the princes and princesses will also host the blind date." The old man smacked his lips: "The princes and princesses are really kind and treat their families very well."

Will the prince and princess be present?

Chu Tianshu's heart was burning.

And it's at sea.

If the time comes to set fire to create chaos, and take the opportunity to kill those people who have knelt before me...this would be a good opportunity.

But will they be searched at that time, or will they bring tinder?

Chu Tianshu secretly made a note of the blind date.

"Okay, you two are busy first, I have to go and do something for the young master." Chu Tianshu quickly finished the fried box, took the sweet potatoes, and walked away while eating.

After walking out of the relatively clean streets, there is a more noisy and chaotic street market.

The roads are no longer paved with concrete. There are many potholes on the road, and there is still water in some small pits. There are some food stalls on the roadside, and the stall owners solicit customers without scruples.

When Chu Tianshu looked at the snacks that were similar to the previous fried boxes, the enthusiastic bosses were talking about it. The price of fried boxes filled with meat was generally seven cents or eight cents.

The little copper yuan jingled, that was one cent.

The further you go out, the prices generally remain constant.

As Chu Tianshu saw, the appearance of the world became increasingly different from the clean and tidy appearance before.

There were beggars everywhere, sex workers were welcomed and delivered, cheap and unclean food, steam locomotives driving on the road, and black laborers with ropes tied around their necks could be seen everywhere.

This world is far less tender and beautiful.
Chapter completed!