Chapter 42: Shallow Foundation

  These five surnames and seven families, if we really trace back to their ancestors, can all be traced back to the Han Dynasty. If you count it up, they are just vassals of the Liu family, and if they go with the Liu family to compare their noble bloodline, isn't that just being crazy?

  So, since the two Han dynasties, the Liu family can be said to have completely declined. Always being excluded and suppressed, it's probably because those high-ranking families didn't want to see Liu family members appear in front of them, making themselves feel disgusted?

  Fu Youheng then threw out all these messy thoughts from his mind, feeling emotional, no matter what, this time the Liu family really had a prosperous atmosphere.

  Now let's see how far Liu can go!

  The Liu family suddenly became prosperous, and for several generations, no one had produced any talent. The best mixed one now is Liu Wei, who serves as a yamen in the government office.

  It can be said that it was unbearable in the past, but now it's different. This time Liu has returned to his ancestors and the dignitaries of Yincheng County have all come to congratulate him. When did the Liu family ever have such grandeur?

  Nature is exhilarated, but although the morale is high, the strength is very limited. It's really difficult to make this joyful event a grand success.

  Although Liu Ying was poor, since they came to congratulate this time, they all had the idea of pleasing Liu Bu Yi's true person, and each gave thick gifts. It's not that they were in a tight spot.

  The Liu family had not handled such a grand occasion for many years, and there was a lack of talent who could receive distinguished guests, arrange the venue, and plan the event. It was all thanks to Zhang Kaihong's disregard for his own dignity as county magistrate that he personally helped preside over the event, barely managing to get by.

  These things, Liu Bu Yi himself was doing a slapdash job, but in his heart he also had a number of very!

  Now he is a member of the Liu family, sharing honor and shame together. If the Liu family makes a big joke or loses face, wouldn't it also be embarrassing for Liu's true self?

  So Liu Bu-yi, although he claimed to be in seclusion, bathing and preparing to acknowledge his ancestors and return to his roots, was actually busy for several days, wildly buying goods in the Tian-gong Temple.

  "What the hell! Liu was so angry that he almost cursed: 'A steamed fish, you actually asked me for five contribution points? Why don't you go rob? I've eaten all the Manchu Han Imperial Feast!"

  The Tian Gong Temple still conveyed a thought in an unhurried tone: "A Manchu-Han full-course banquet requires 10,000 contribution points..."

  Liu was so angry that he almost spat blood, and he also knew that he had been too foolish to haggle with the Tian Gong of Shenxiu.

  Five contribution points for boiled fish, this is completely going to make Liu Bei go bankrupt and vomit blood. How can he afford it?

  I'd better skip this item and look further back. The prices of other ordinary dishes in later times are also outrageously high.

  Liu Bu Yi calculated that if he were to host a lavish banquet, with one hundred tables per day, even if he, Liu Bu Yi, were to sell his own kidneys to the Tian Xiang Palace, he still wouldn't be able to afford it.

  The story goes back, Liu Bu Yi really saw Apple 6 coming out in Shen Xiao Tian Gong, not only Apple 6, but also Apple 7 and 8, all in sight.

  Look at this, apples are so cheap and of good quality. One only costs 10 contribution points, which is equivalent to a price of only 30,000, what a conscience price!

  But you're in this godforsaken place with no signal at all. What's the point of buying an apple? Are you going to use it as a flashlight or something?

  Liu couldn't help but feel speechless and looked down. Indeed, he saw some spices and ingredients being sold, which were still at the price of killing pigs in his original world. However, compared to those finished dishes, they were a bargain.

  These spices are now mostly unavailable, and even if they were available, they would be ridiculously expensive. Take pepper for example, it has been introduced to China a long time ago.

  But can be compared with gold of the same price, probably only those high-ranking officials and nobles can afford it.

  Even in the late Ming dynasty of Wanli, one liter of pepper still needed six mace of silver to buy.

  In the midst of the plum blossoms, Li Ping'er's husband had died, and she was thinking of remarrying to Ximen Qing. Pointing under the bed, she said to Ximen Qing: "My slave has hidden in the tea box at the back of this bed forty catties of aloeswood, two hundred catties of white wax, two jars of mercury, eighty catties of pepper..."

  These are all treasures to be hidden away, and even among the items confiscated from Yuan Zai's household during the Tang Dynasty, there were as many as 800 dan of Hu pepper.

  Qian Ning of the Ming Dynasty was confiscated, with over 100,000 taels of gold, 3,000 boxes of white silver, and several thousand dan of pepper were all hidden away...

  At a glance, it can be seen that in ancient times, pepper was almost as valuable as gold and silver, and could be stored for value.

  If we trace its origin, this thing is not produced in China. Most of them come from those tropical countries in Southeast Asia. With scarcity comes preciousness, and when transported to China, the prices of these things are frightening!

  Liu Bu Yi can guarantee that just this one dish of stir-fried peppers, these people have definitely never had before.

  Other hot peppers and whatnot, don't even think about it. Definitely haven't even heard of them.

  This time, Liu Bujiu is really going all out! He's going to conquer this nation of big eaters with food.

  News soon arrived that Liu Bu-yi, the true person, was grateful to all the seniors for coming to attend the ceremony and would specially invite all the seniors to taste some celestial dishes after the ancestor worship ceremony...

  "Dad, when can we go home?" A chubby little boy said to Zhu Hanxing's shopkeeper Qu Chengfeng: "This place is too bad, the quilt is full of fleas, and I'm bitten to death. The food is also very poor..."

  This was said in a crowded hall, at the wine table. They came to congratulate Liu Zhenren and attend the ceremony, so they had to wait here, and their food and lodging were all hosted by Liu's camp.

  The conditions here were limited to begin with, and there are too many guests. It's inevitable that many places don't meet expectations.

  These people are all giving Liu Bu-yi a real face, and they have to do it with feeling. It's one thing to have doubts in their hearts, but absolutely no one would say anything about it outside.

  The owner of this inn, who was a northerner, had made up his mind and brought over his own son. He let the child speak out of turn, and in a moment of unguarded speech, he blurted out all the complaints.

  "Yaozu, stop talking nonsense! Everyone, please don't mind, my son is still young and speaks without thinking, let's just forget it!"

  "Haha... " said the shopkeeper with a smile. The others quickly chimed in, "Children's words are innocent, haha..."

  Tong Han Xing is not a small shop, but a large business group that travels north and south. The boss who was bowing is not from Yincheng, he just happened to be passing by Yincheng on his way to Wudang Mountain to purchase medicinal herbs.

  This father and son, whether in terms of temperament or generosity, are far more magnanimous than these local landlords. To say nothing of other things, the gift they presented alone was 100 taels of silver thread.

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  Eight o'clock plus one watch...