Zhu Erbao and Zhu Lang, father and son, were carrying 2,500 cents in their arms. They happily dragged the cart to Dangtu County not far away to buy New Year's goods. Zhu Erbao felt sorry for his son and asked his son to sit on the cart. He dragged his son away.

It took less than half an hour for Zhu Erbao to have ten miles of land.

I came to Dangtu County, Taiping Prefecture. This county is not very large. The city is three feet high, fifteen miles in circumference, and more than three feet deep... There are about five thousand urban residents inside, which belongs to a middle and lower county town.

There is a commercial street called Huajie in the city, where you can buy daily necessities that the people need. I bought 200 kilograms of rice for 400 qian, 20 kilograms of pork for 100 qian, 20 kilograms of mutton for 300 qian, 20 kilograms of mutton for 100 qian, and 4 sets of cotton coats and shoes for 300 qian.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty already had cotton coats, which were cotton coats, and the price was not too expensive. This was mainly promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang. On October 21, the first year of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Xu Da as the general of the conquering the enemy, and Chang Yuchun as the deputy general, leading an army of 250,000 to start the Northern Expedition of the Yuan Dynasty.

At that time, the Yuan Dynasty general Wang Baobao was fighting with Li Siqi, Zhang Liangbi and others. Both sides ignored Emperor Shun's orders. This was undoubtedly the best time for Zhu Yuanzhang to send troops to fight the north.

The winter temperature in the north is significantly lower than that in the south, and winter is already in place. How can the soldiers of the Northern Expedition keep the cold?

Before the Ming Dynasty, when winter came, most people in the south sewed robes with silk cotton to keep warm, while people in the north used fur to make clothes to keep warm.

Zhu Yuanzhang was prepared for this issue. As early as the second year of claiming to be the Queen of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang took measures to vigorously promote cotton planting. He stipulated that people with five to ten acres of land must plant half acre of cotton; if they own more than ten acres of land, the area of ​​cotton planting will be doubled, and if they do not plant cotton, a piece of cotton will be produced.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he further promoted cotton planting and implemented tax incentives for the people who planted cotton. It was stipulated that those who planted hemp should be charged eight taels per mu, and those who planted cotton should be charged four taels per mu.

So now there are already cotton coats in the Ming Dynasty. Four sets of cotton coats and 400-yuan take-out cotton shoes are still very fair. Then I spent another 150 yuan to buy three quilts weighing eight pounds.

At this time, only 1,150 ci was left, and Zhu Lang did not spare the remaining 1,150 ci. He bought some oil, salt, flour, and some maltose. He originally wanted to buy some brown sugar, but when he asked the price, 100 ci, hey... let it go.

Zhu Lang bought a comb for his grandmother and an exquisite wooden hairpin and a silk handkerchief for Xiaoxue. These two cost 30 cents. Silk is really expensive.

I saw that there were people selling candied haws on the road, so I bought four more. I bought some in the east and the other side. The last one, one hundred and fifty cents were exactly left.

You should know that in two days, Zhu Lang would pay Mr. Chen back no more than 820 cents. At this time, the 8.5 million he had in his hand was more than enough.

"I won't buy it anymore..." Zhu Lang smiled and put the 850-money into the basket on the cart and said, "Dad, it's getting late, let's go back quickly... Don't let grandma and Xiaoxue wait anxiously."

"Hey... Xiaolang, then get in the car quickly. Dad pushes you to go faster...!" Zhu Erbao said happily while eating it.

Zhu Lang responded and got on the cart without hesitation. In fact, it was really a bit cold when sitting on the cart just now because there was no cotton coat. Now, this set of cotton coat is really warm when worn on it.

"Then I'll go up." Zhu Lang sat on the rice bag on the cart and then held the basket on the cart. The basket contained pigs, mutton, oil, salt, flour, etc.

"I'll sit down." Zhu Lang shouted.

"Let's go..." When Zhu Lang said he had sat down, Zhu Erbao pushed the cart with force. The cart was as heavy as it had no weight under Zhu Erbao. Zhu Lang looked at the things on the cart with a happy smile on his lips.

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Perhaps when I walked to the big lake where I was fishing, snowflakes floated in the sky. Zhu Lang shouted to Zhu Erbao: "Dad... take out the two big green fish we hid...!"

"Oh...!" When he arrived at the place where the fish was hidden, Zhu Erbao found the big bluefish that had been hidden in advance. There were only these two bluefishes in one net. Zhu Lang knew that this wild bluefish was the most delicious, so he stayed it.

When Zhu Lang put the green fish in the basket, he hugged it tightly and walked for about a quarter of an hour, a small hill appeared in front of it, with several adobe houses on the hillside. There was a small yard in front of these adobe houses, and there was a persimmon tree in the yard, but now there was not a single persimmon, it was bare. This was his home.

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As soon as he arrived at the hillside, Zhu Lang heard a roaring shout: "Zhu Erbao, why did you come back? Xiaoxue and I went to the lake to see you. Where are you going to go hungry? If you dare to hurt your son again, see if I thrust you...!"

The sound was the voice of his grandmother, Aunt Wang, because there were only the Zhu family a hundred meters away from the hillside, and Zhu Lang also shouted happily: "Grandma... grandma... grandson is back. Come and see, grandson buys New Year's goods for the family...!"

"New Year's goods?" Aunt Wang was surprised.

When Wang Xue, she walked out curiously and came to the yard.

After a while, Zhu Erbao pushed the cart into the yard directly. Aunt Wang and Wang Xue saw the food, quilts, and cotton coats on the cart, and were all stunned...!

"My God... Xiaolang, why have you bought so many things? These are all fish caught in the lake and the money they sell?" Aunt Wang's chin was shocked.

Zhu Lang smiled and hugged the basket, took out a string of candied haws from the basket and handed them to Wang Xue's hand and said with a smile: "Grandma, look at the basket, there are fish, meat, oil, salt, and 850 ounces in it..."

"Thank you, brother...!" After taking the candied haws, Wang Xue's little face showed a happy expression, and then gently licked the candied haws. The sweetness in that moment made Wang Xue smile sweetly.

On the other hand, Aunt Wang looked at the 850 Wen in the bamboo basket incredibly and cried with joy: "Xiao Lang... It's really great. Our family is rich, really rich. We can return the money to Mr. Chen's group of bad guys...!"

"Grandma, stop crying. Didn't Xiaolang tell you a long time ago that this little money is nothing in front of Xiaolang. How about grandma, is your Xiaolang smart?" Zhu Lang smiled and leaned against his grandma.

After touching Zhu Lang's head happily, Aunt Wang hugged Zhu Lang with a smile and shouted happily: "Smart, smart... Grandma's Xiaolang is really too smart, oh... Our Zhu family can finally have a good New Year this year...!"

"Haha..." Looking at Aunt Wang who was hugging her happily, Zhu Lang also laughed happily.

Then Aunt Wang asked Zhu Lang to go into the house to roast the fire, and then took off Zhu Erbao's new cotton jacket. Although Zhu Erbao was not afraid of the cold, he was still unhappy to let him take off his new cotton jacket. Originally, Zhu Lang wanted to say a few words to his father, but later he found out that Aunt Wang asked Zhu Erbao and Wang Xue to start killing fish, cutting flesh, and starting to pack up the New Year's goods. If he was wearing a new cotton jacket and dirtying the cotton jacket, it would be more than worth the loss.

Zhu Lang smiled slightly and continued to sit in the main hall to roast the fire. In the yard outside the house, Zhu Lang's grandmother, father and young wife were still busy happily. This should be the motivation for Zhu Lang to work hard.
Chapter completed!