In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 147 How did you do that?

Xu Zhiwen stared intently at the tender green of the field for a long time before turning to look into Chen Dao's eyes and asking, "Young friend Chen, how did you do that?"

As an official, Xu Zhiwen understood the importance of these sprouting wheat stalks better than anyone else. If this kind of wheat could be widely distributed, would Qingzhou still be short of food?

Not to mention Qingzhou, even Liangzhou, where the weather is even colder than Qingzhou, could probably grow food, so that there wouldn't be widespread starvation and people being displaced.

"These are wheat seeds I obtained from the vast mountains!"

Chen Dao smiled and offered his prepared explanation: "This wheat variety is quite special; it can grow in frigid weather."

It turns out it came from the vast mountains!

Xu Zhiwen and Zhang He nodded subconsciously. It was a consensus among all the people of Xia that the Cangmang Mountain was vast and boundless and contained countless rare treasures. Therefore, when they heard Chen Dao say that the grain seeds came from the Cangmang Mountain, the two of them had no doubts.

It's a very simple principle: this kind of miraculous grain can only be produced in the Cangmang Mountains.

"Little friend!"

Xu Zhiwen stared intently at Chen Dao and asked in a deep voice, "Are there any leftover grain seeds?"

Upon seeing the wheat, Xu Zhiwen had a preliminary idea: if Chen Dao had any extra wheat seeds, he could obtain them from Chen Dao, return to the county, and give them to the people to plant!

Although this cannot immediately alleviate the food shortage in Taiping County, a new batch of grain can be harvested in just a few months, at which time the entire Taiping County will no longer have to worry about food shortages!

"Gone!"

Chen Dao naturally wouldn't tell Xu Zhiwen the truth, replying, "I didn't get many of these wheat seeds in the Cangmang Mountains, and they've all been sown in the fields now."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiwen frowned and looked at the wheat sprouts in the field. He pondered that Chen Dao had run out of wheat seeds, and if he wanted to get wheat seeds, he could only wait for this batch of wheat to ripen.

Wheat takes at least 3-4 months to mature, which means... we probably won't be able to get new wheat seeds until spring.

And by then, the weather had warmed up!

Of course, this doesn't mean that these cold-resistant wheat seeds, such as Chen Dao, are useless. The cold weather is still ongoing, and no one knows when it will end. These cold-resistant wheat seeds will still be useful when the weather gets cold again next year.

"What a pity!"

Xu Zhiwen sighed softly, and after lingering for a while looking at the wheat sprouts in the field, he and Chen Dao returned home.

At that moment, Chen Da also walked in with several cages of white-feathered chickens.

"Brother Wu, this is today's white-feathered chicken."

Chen Da placed the cage of white-feathered chickens in front of Wu Han and said, "There are 20 in total. Check if the number is correct."

“No need to look!”

Wu Han smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I believe Brother Chen wouldn't cheat me!"

Wu Han, who had done business with Chenjia Village many times, knew Chen Da's character very well. If Chen Da said there were 20, then there were 20, no less and no more.

Xu Zhiwen and Zhang He examined the chickens in the cage, their eyes slightly shifting. The chickens in Chenjia Village were indeed as special as they knew!

The most common breed of chicken in the Xia Kingdom market is the gray-feathered chicken. Its feathers are gray and its appearance is poor. In addition, it is also very small. Moreover, because most people are reluctant to feed the chickens much grain, most gray-feathered chickens are very thin. After they are killed and plucked, they look like there are more bones than meat.

On the other hand, the white-feathered chickens that Chen Da brought looked completely different from the gray-feathered chickens. They were larger, had brighter feathers, and looked plumper, so it was obvious that they must produce a lot of meat.

"A white-feathered chicken costs 250 coins, which is 5 taels of silver in total. Is that price correct, Brother Chen?"

After doing some mental calculations, Wu Han gave a price for purchasing white-feathered chickens. As Wu Han transported more and more white-feathered chickens into the city, Li Ying of the Fuhu Boxing Gym could no longer eat so many chickens. Wu Han had to sell them on the market, which led to a significant drop in the price of white-feathered chickens.

After all... not everyone in the county town is as wealthy as Li Ying. A white-feathered chicken that costs 500 coins is something that the people in the county town probably wouldn't even glance at.

"That's right!"

Chen Da nodded. Although 250 coins per white-feathered chicken was not as profitable as before, it was still a decent profit for him. After all, the cost of raising white-feathered chickens was only one gray-feathered chicken and three free chicken heart grasses.

"Okay, then I'll give you the money!"

Wu Han took out five taels of silver from his wallet and handed it to Chen Da. As for the money for the goods he had transported, Chen Dao had already settled the account with him.

After the two finished their transaction, Chen Dao suddenly said, "Brother Wu, wait a moment, I also have some chickens to sell!"

After saying that, Chen Dao opened the back door and said to Chen Lian, who was busy in the backyard, "Sister Lian, bring over five old yellow-feathered chickens!"

"coming!"

Upon hearing the call, Chen Lian immediately began working.

Inside the living room, Xu Zhiwen and Zhang He, who were looking at the backyard through the open door, exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

In Chen Dao's backyard, there were so many chickens and ducks that the two of them couldn't immediately determine their number.

As for Wu Han, he didn't seem surprised at all. He had seen the situation in Chen Dao's backyard more than once before and knew it very well.

"Squeak!"

The courtyard gate closed, cutting off Xu Zhiwen and Zhang He's view.

At the same time, Chen Dao carried a chicken coop and said to Wu Han, "Brother Wu, this is a yellow-feathered chicken. It's a better breed than the white-feathered chicken, and the meat is also better. I wonder if you're interested?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Wu Han nodded hurriedly: "Brother Chen, how much is the yellow-feathered chicken?"

"Slightly more expensive than white-feathered chickens."

Chen Dao thought for a moment and said, "A yellow-feathered chicken costs 400 coins. Brother Wu, you can consider whether you want to buy it."

In the past, Chen Dao sold yellow-feathered chickens to Li Ying for one tael of silver each, but now Li Ying can't eat so many yellow-feathered chickens, so he naturally has to lower the price to 400 copper coins each, which is the price Chen Dao has carefully considered!

"400 wen..."

Wu Han pondered for a moment. Yellow-feathered chickens are a little bigger than white-feathered chickens, but not by much. Judging solely by the value of their meat, yellow-feathered chickens could not possibly sell for almost twice the price of white-feathered chickens.

but……

Looking at the golden-yellow feathers of the yellow-feathered chickens, Wu Han nodded and said, "I'll take all five of these yellow-feathered chickens!"

After saying this, Wu Han took out two taels of silver and handed them to Chen Dao, who then handed over the cage containing the yellow-feathered chicken to Wu Han.