In this era, there are no wheat peeling machines. The white flour used for making dumplings is ground into a stone mill first, and the whitest and finest wheat core is sifted out, and then grind them into white flour.

The remaining coarse grains with skin are grinded, and the wheat bran is sieve off. The yield is coarse noodles. The three oil residue buns made by Xu Jiakesan every evening are coarse noodles. They also use coarse noodles for fried noodles, and coarse noodles for jujube bean cakes. Only this dumplings and white noodles are used.

White flour is really expensive. The fat dumplings made from this white bread are only sold for 6 cents per pound. If you change to a clumsy and the dumplings made from thick skin, you will lose money in the end. The more you sell, the more you lose.

Nowadays, Luo Yong sells frozen dumplings every day, and they can sell hundreds of kilograms. The merchants living in the Xujiakeshop always leave, they buy dozens or hundreds of kilograms. People in the city often come to buy them in ox and horse carriages. The frozen big dumplings are carried baskets one by one.

Selling dumplings every day will make the income good. The main reason is that mutton is cheap and the vegetables are not expensive.

Speaking of mutton, the local mutton in Lishi County is already considered cheap, but compared with some small border towns in the north, it is still more expensive.

In the past, in Lishi County, about three liters of corn could be exchanged for one pound of meat. If it were to be exchanged for some places close to pastoral areas, the price of meat would be cheaper, about two liters, or even less than two liters of corn could be exchanged for one pound of meat.

Recently, in Lishi County, only about two liters of corn can be exchanged for one pound of mutton. In Chengzhou Market, it is generally exchanged for one liter of corn for one pound of meat.

Earlier, His Majesty the Emperor had sent capable officials to Chengzhou to purchase mutton to make canned food.

I heard that this official was a selfless and honest official. After he arrived in Chengzhou, he sent many notices to buy live sheep in and outside the city. Sure enough, some herders brought their bare sheep to sell it, and exchanged them with grain and cloth that satisfies the quantity and quality. Then some herders and merchants who were still watching went there. Within a few days, a batch of canned meat was transported out of Chengzhou.

On this day, another group of grassland people came out of the city with a lot of fabric and grain on their shoulders.

There are also regulations on entering and leaving the city. If you want to enter the city to sell mutton, you must first report your tribe name and confirm that it is indeed the people of this tribe before you can enter. After entering the city, there will be soldiers following you, so they are not allowed to wander around in the city.

"What's wrong? But can I get a good price?" As soon as the men came out, a large group of people surrounded him outside the city.

Although there is no limit on the number of people entering the city to sell sheep, for many grassland people, this tall and sturdy city is like a beast, and the city gate is the mouth of the beast. If it is not necessary, they do not want to enter.

Therefore, when these tribes arrange people to go to the city to sell sheep, they often choose some smart and capable young and old people. In addition, outside the city, they must ensure that their tribe has sufficient vitality. Even if the people who enter the city have an accident, their tribe will not embark on the road to annexation.

Generally speaking, in Chengzhou, there is such a relationship of mutual cooperation and mutual precautions between the grassland people and the Han people.

"Yes, it turns out that as those people said before, the price is more reasonable than the vendors in the market." A man carrying a large bag of millet on his shoulder said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good." The people outside the city also looked happy.

"Hey! Everyone over there, don't block the city gate if you have nothing to do!" The soldiers guarding the city shouted.

The situation in the Chengzhou area is now quite complicated, and the officials above are afraid that someone will launch a sneak attack in the chaos, and they will be ruthless all day long to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, for fear that they will be a little relaxed.

"Let's go back first, don't tell them to wait for a long time."

These grassland people didn't plan to stay here for too long. They immediately divided the cloth and food they had received, and carried them. They walked away in a short while. The area at the gate of the city immediately seemed much empty. The officers and soldiers guarding the city looked here and focused their attention on the people who were about to enter the city at this time.

When they returned to the garrison of their tribe, many women and children were coming out and surrounded the men to deliver the cloth and grain they had received to the clan leader.

Their tribe has always been like this. Every time the goods traded, they must be handed over to the patriarch first. At that time, their patriarch will retain some of them and then distribute the rest to the herdsmen under their jurisdiction.

Their tribe is relatively peaceful and friendly, and the patriarch and his family are not very luxurious and greedy.

I heard that in some tribes, the leaders would exploit and drive the herders in the tribe as lambs, and fighting and sacrifice are common in such tribes.

"Yeah, eat candy! I want candy!" A group of children followed in and out, pestering their adults to ask for candy.

They just arrived at this market these days, and saw that there were so many small vendors selling various goods in this market this year, and they all felt very novel.

Not far from this camp, there is a stall that specializes in exchange for dried meat with people. Three pounds of dried meat can only be exchanged for half a pound of dried meat. If it is placed in the Central Plains, no one will care about it, but the children on the grassland still circle around the stall all day long.

"Okay, let's go and change the candy." A man took off the bag of food on his shoulder, came out of the tent, picked up his own baby, and laughed.

On the other side, a woman jogged back to her tent in a few steps, put a jerky net bag in a straw-woven net bag and handed it to the father and son.

They have sold out cashmere and soap in the past two days, and the sheep can be sold at a good price today. In the winter of this year and in the spring of the next year, they don’t have to worry about getting hungry. It’s okay to save less jerky at home.

The man selling malt sugar was a man from the Guannei. He looked a little honest and cowardly. The men on the grassland said a few words loudly, and he was about to start shrinking his neck unconsciously.

I heard that their hometown was also very poor. Earlier, a caravan passed by their village and said he was going to come to the Chengzhou Market. He asked with people and learned that there were no vendors selling malt sugar in the Chengzhou Market last winter, so he packed some wheat grains and millet, and came to Chengzhou with the merchants.

Before leaving, his mother was crying while holding the door frame, afraid that he would not be able to go back, but this man was also a little stubborn in his bones, and he kept his neck in his arms and never looked back.

The baby in the family grows one day, and the boys from rich families are sent to study, and the girls wear beautiful clothes. Their families don’t even get anything. They can make this skill in making malt sugar. After a while, they can make some to satisfy their children’s cravings. Sometimes they also help others to make them, and they can earn a little bit of food.

The people in the caravan told him that when they went to the Chengzhou market, if there were no other vendors selling malt sugar, they would ask him to turn the price on the prairie. The people on the grassland were the least short of jerky meat. In addition, they would not have to go to the market a few times a year or two, even if the price was more expensive, they would definitely be willing to buy it.

So the man offered three pounds of mutton for half a pound of malt sugar. He felt guilty and was afraid that no one would buy his malt sugar. As a result, in just two days, the jerky meat in his tent would be piled into a hill.

It is also hard to make malt sugar, but he is not tired at all, because this is the first time in his life, and he has truly tasted the taste of making money.

"Swap it for malt sugar." At this time, another grassland man threw a net bag of dried meat onto his wooden cart. Although this man's official words were not standard, he could still understand them.

"Oh." The Guannei, who sold malt sugar, quickly used his rough-crafted scale to weigh the jerky meat, then calculated it, and handed it over to the other party the corresponding amount of malt sugar.

The man on the grassland took the malt sugar, turned around and left without even saying anything.

Anyone who has been doing business in this market for a few days basically knows that these grassland people are like this, without any false politeness, and they also feel that they are less polite to greet others, and they get used to it after seeing them too much.

"Yeah! You want to eat candy! You want to eat candy!" The man walked out of the crowd with a packet of malt sugar. His baby jumped back and forth beside him. His father ignored him, so he jumped up and hung his whole body on his father's arm.

The man smiled and just hung a child with one hand and strided towards his tent.

The man from Guannei, who sold malt sugar, looked up in a busy time and happened to see such a picture. His honest face couldn't help but smile.

His eldest son is about the same age as he is not as strong as these little boys on the grassland. When he makes money this time, he will definitely buy them a lot of delicious food, so that they will all look as strong as these little boys on the grassland.

I heard that the Chengzhou market is the most lively in winter months. When it is early spring, all the Hu people will go back to the grassland to graze.

In the past few months in winter, it is also the slack season, so he can come here to sell malt sugar every year.

"@#￥%..." At this time, a few extra-strong Hu people came over. I don't know which prairie they came from. They didn't say that they were Chinese in any way. They were so jiji that they didn't know what they were saying.

"Hey, hey." The people in the pass didn't care what they said, just took the jerky meat, weighed them malt sugar, and carefully calculated the weight. They didn't dare to have any thoughts of greed.

I heard that these grassland people are the most sarcastic. If they really dare to do that, they will be beaten to death in this market in the end.

Two days ago, a team of Hu merchants from the west fought with a small tribe on the grassland. Because those Hu merchants bullied the grassland people and did not know how to count, they cheated them. As a result, when those people came back, they immediately rode on the horse and picked up the Hu sword and looked for the merchants to go desperately.

I heard that several of the Hu merchants were chopped over, and finally the city's officers and soldiers were dispatched to drive all the two groups of people away from the market. As for catching murderers, no one even mentioned this matter.

"@#￥#￥…" Those grassland people were talking about something else.

"Hey, hey." The man selling malt sugar just nodded and bowed his waist, speeding up the movements in his hands to weigh malt sugar for them.

"Brother! Brother!" A group of little babies ran over there, all of them strong in shape, and when they ran, their legs were swaying like a whirlwind.

"Hahahaha!" The Hu people lifted the group of little dolls up in a few seconds and hung them on themselves. After the manure sells malt sugar finally weighed their candy, they took them one and gave them a piece to the children. Then a few of them just hung a string of dolls on their bodies and left the stall in big horoscope steps.
Chapter completed!