AWB Chapter 618 is unbelievable!
Chapter 618 is unbelievable!
After reflecting on Zhang He's experiences, Tang Qing suddenly composed himself and asked Zhang He, "Brother Zhang, the yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks you're selling this time are quite peculiar. Where did you get them from?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang He glanced at Tang Qing. In the past, he would never have revealed the existence of Chenjia Village, but Chen Dao wouldn't allow it.
However, as Chenjia Village has grown and developed, it has become increasingly difficult to avoid the attention of those with ulterior motives. Therefore, Chen Dao no longer requires merchants doing business with Chenjia Village to conceal the village's existence. Instead, he encourages them to spread the village's reputation as much as possible.
Therefore, Zhang He did not resist answering Tang Qing's question.
"Your Excellency, both yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks are specialties of Chenjia Village in Taiping County."
"Chenjia Village?"
Tang Qing and Qin Le secretly memorized the name.
Tang Qing then asked, "How did Chenjia Village obtain these magical yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks?"
"I don't know about that."
Zhang He shook his head. How the yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks of Chenjia Village came about has always been a secret. Even the people who live in Chenjia Village don't know, let alone dare to ask.
After all, the Chen family army and the strange beasts in the village were not just for show; ordinary people would never dare to investigate the village's biggest secret.
Tang Qing carefully observed Zhang He's changing expression, and seeing that Zhang He didn't seem to be lying, she dropped the subject.
"If Chenjia Village can sell these yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks, the village must have a considerable production of chickens and ducks?"
Tang Qing asked thoughtfully.
"indeed so."
Zhang He nodded without hesitation: "At least 5000 chickens and ducks are sold from Chenjia Village to other places every month."
"5000?!"
Tang Qing and Qin Le's eyes widened immediately. What did 5000 chickens and ducks mean?
Taking Yongliang County as an example, even if all the chickens and ducks in the entire Yongliang County were gathered together, it would probably not be possible to gather 5,000.
Of course, this is without counting some landlords. If landlords are included, the number would still be around 5,000.
Even so, 5000 is still an astonishing number. The number of chickens and ducks in one village is equivalent to that in an entire county. How terrifying is that?
And don't forget, this is just the number that Chenjia Village sells to the outside world in one month. 5000 per month, that's 6 per year. This number is simply astonishing.
"Are there really five thousand of them?"
Qin Le asked incredulously.
"Just a little more!"
Zhang He nodded solemnly. Chenjia Village would provide the Zheng family with thousands of chickens and ducks every month. In addition, merchants of all sizes, like Zhang He, would purchase goods from Chenjia Village and then sell the chickens and ducks to other places.
All these merchants, in total, would have purchased no less goods than the Zheng family, so the number of five thousand would only be more, not less.
"hiss!"
Qin Le and Tang Qing both gasped in shock.
"Could it be that this Chen Family Village possesses some kind of magical power?"
Qin Le's eyes widened as he asked, "Otherwise, where would you get the food and the means to raise so many chickens and ducks?"
Qin Le had farmed before and had taken care of the family's old hens when he was a child, so he knew about raising chickens.
Chenjia Village can sell 5000 chickens and ducks a month, which means that the number of chickens and ducks in Chenjia Village is definitely far more than 5,000.
In the Xia Kingdom, an ordinary village has only a few hundred people, and a slightly larger village has at most one or two thousand people, but has more than five thousand chickens and ducks...
The comparison of these numbers almost made Qin Le's brain stop working.
How exactly did Chenjia Village manage to raise so many chickens and ducks with a population of hundreds or thousands?
Do they have an inexhaustible supply of food?
"Brother Zhang."
Tang Qing's gaze fell on Zhang He: "Could you tell me more about Chenjia Village?"
"of course can."
Zhang He paused for a moment, then said, "Chenjia Village is the richest village in Taiping County, with a population of over ten thousand..."
"and many more!"
Tang Qing suddenly interrupted Zhang He, looking completely bewildered, and asked, "Are you sure the population exceeds ten thousand?"
"determine."
Zhang He nodded without hesitation: "The population of Chenjia Village had already exceeded 10,000 several months ago, and now it is approaching 20,000."
Tang Qing: "..."
Qin Le: "..."
The two looked at each other, unsure whether they should trust Zhang He.
Even within the county seat of Yongliang, the population might not reach 20,000, yet Zhang He told them that Chenjia Village, which borders Yongliang County, has a population of nearly 20,000. This is simply outrageous!
“A village of 20,000 people, that’s incredible.”
Qin Le stared in disbelief and asked, "Lord Tang, are there really that many people in our county?"
“I just checked the Yellow Register a few days ago. The current registered population of Yongliang County is exactly 21,000.”
When he said this, Tang Qing was also shocked. The population of a village was almost the same as that of a county town. This was simply too shocking. Even Tang Qing, who was well-read and learned, had never heard of such a bizarre thing.
He couldn't help but look at Zhang He and asked, "Brother Zhang He, with such a large population in Chenjia Village, where does the food come from?"
"I don't know."
Zhang He shook his head. The source of Chenjia Village's grain had always been a secret. All Zhang He knew was that Chenjia Village had a high grain yield, but with such a large population, even with the addition of Xiahe Village's land area, it was far from enough to support the consumption of more than 10,000 people. Therefore, Zhang He did not know where Chenjia Village got its grain to feed such a large population.
"This……"
Tang Qing and Qin Le exchanged a glance. As the magistrate and head constable of Yongliang County, they knew all too well how difficult it was to supply food for 20,000 people. And Chenjia Village not only fed 20,000 people, but also raised so many chickens and ducks in the village...
This intensified their curiosity about Chenjia Village, even giving them an urge to visit it themselves.
"Brother Zhang, please continue telling the story of Chenjia Village."
"it is good."
Next, Zhang He continued to tell the two everything he knew about Chenjia Village.
As Zhang He continued to recount his story, Tang Qing and Qin Le's eyes widened in disbelief.
A population of 20,000, stable income, half-price food, low meat prices...
All of this was refreshing their understanding of the world.
In Zhang He's description, Chenjia Village was practically a paradise on earth, where everyone could have a decent job, wear warm clothes, and earn enough to support their entire family...