The casual life of the flat space

"After a winter of consumption, the contents of the toad's stomach and intestines are gone, and the blood has been frozen for a winter, so it doesn't smell fishy anymore. So if you want to eat something delicious, you have to eat toads in the spring."

Bai Tieying couldn't explain to them how hibernating frogs store urine in their blood, and then mix the large amount of glucose produced by the liver with the urine to make their own "antifreeze" to prevent themselves from being "frozen". Because she only knew a little bit of the whole thing when editing videos for frog farmers.

Well, thinking about it this way, she felt that it was a correct decision to give the "female leopard" to Mu Qingqiu just now, because who knows whether it has been prepared for the winter!

"Tieying, what you mean is..." Village chief Liao took over. He thought that Bai Tieying wanted to give the method of stewing toads to their village, or sell it to a restaurant, and then let them sign a contract with the restaurant.

"Grandpa Liao, this is just a byproduct. The one I just pulled out is the 'Gold Mountain' I mentioned!"

"What? That thing tastes better?"

"It's not delicious, but it's definitely worth a fortune in terms of nourishing the body."

"What is that thing? So expensive? How many copper coins can one of them sell for?" asked an elder in the village.

"To answer Grandpa Li's question, this thing is actually similar to the placenta. As for its value, a two-cent piece is about twenty-five cents. But the exact price depends on the location. Since this is the place of production, I don't think it can be sold at this price."

Bai Tieying also didn't know how much this thing cost. She had never seen or heard of it during her studies with her uncle. She could only make a rough estimate based on the price mentioned in the video of the farmer in her original life.

"What the hell? Two cents? Twenty-five cents? Doesn't that mean a toad is fifty cents? It's enough to be worth two chickens?" Another village elder stood up in surprise.

"Grandpa Qiu, don't get excited, just listen to me slowly!"

Bai Tieying has already said it very conservatively. The price of Chinese herbal medicine here is generally several times or even dozens of times higher than that in the original world. First, the medicinal materials are scarce, second, there are not many people who know them, and third, transportation is difficult.

"Medicinal materials are scarce" is easy to understand. Wild medicinal materials grow in a special environment and have limited resources. Under the premise of no human intervention, the more effective or the more in line with the needs of the medicinal materials, the more likely they are to be sought after.

Not to mention anything else, General Zhao gave her a total of 1,000 taels for the 50-year-old Ganoderma Lucidum that Fei Lian had given her. At the time, she thought it was quite a lot. But the ones given to the Zhou family later, they gave a full 50,000 taels, and that was the purchase price. They also clearly stated that they would at least double it after arriving in the capital.

The reason why there are not many people who know Chinese herbal medicine is partly due to the knowledge blockade, and partly due to the lack of exposure to this. Not to mention here, even in the original world, not everyone can recognize Chinese herbal medicine and know the relevant knowledge. If she had not watched TV and owned a piece of ginseng soap, she might have thought she was a grassroots when Fei Lian threw it to her.

Not to mention the "difficulty in transportation", if she doesn't have space, she has to think about eating fruit. There are too few cheap fruits in Shang'an County, and they are basically pears and oranges that are easy to transport, and they are very seasonal.

The grapes grown in the city are considered cheap, but she would never buy them. A small bunch costs one or two taels of silver. She is afraid that after eating them, she will not be willing to go to the land of reincarnation of grains and will get suffocated!

Over the past few months, Bai Tieying has gotten to know Dayu a little better through his uncle, Mu Qingqiu, Shopkeeper Zhang and others, as well as some books bought from bookstores.

Dayu has a superior location, vast territory, rich products, and a vibrant economy. There are households with millions, tens of millions, and even tens of millions of guan. There are people who eat fruits like the Zhou family, and there are also people who eat medicinal herbs, especially rare medicinal herbs, as meals. If it is impossible, it is because poverty limits his imagination.

Of course, Bai Tieying couldn’t say these words directly. He could only say that he “painted a big pie” for the people of Toad Village!

But this was enough. The six toads were not full, but the village elders who were full, as well as Village Chief Liao and Uncle Liao, were all a little restless to sit on their stools.

Seeing that people's enthusiasm had been aroused, Bai Tieying prepared to take precautions before it happened.

"Grandpa Liao, I didn't lie to you, did I? Three hundred taels a year is not a big deal, right?"

"I'll just spend half a day to calculate. Three hundred taels only require six thousand frogs. Then we can catch them all in one day. Then this autumn..."

"Oh, my Grandpa Liao, you can't calculate like that! Six thousand a day, Toad Village will have to change its name next year!" Bai Tieying hurriedly interrupted Village Chief Liao. It was not that she was impolite, but she really didn't dare to let him "lead the pace".

"My price is based on the kind that Uncle Liao caught just now, which is probably two years old. But do you think we can wait another year or two before catching some of them?

In addition, there are also certain rules for catching frogs. Forgive me for keeping you in suspense, but we have signed a contract with Ruifeng, and I promise to tell you everything I know!

I don't mean to hide it from you. I have an agreement with Ruifeng. You can install the waterwheel without interest, and I will deposit the corresponding interest into Ruifeng.

In fact, Ruifeng will act as a middleman between the two of us, and I will have the priority right to purchase the harvest of this year at the same price.

Grandpa Liao, now we have a clear idea. If you look at the water truck project again, as long as there is no pressure to pay back the money, isn't it a matter of having only benefits and no harm?

It's just right that today there are so many village elders brainstorming together, and everyone can speak freely, because our ultimate goal is to make plans for the village and for future generations!"

Bai Tieying sat down after she finished speaking, and the seven old men gradually started chatting. Sometimes they planned the specific use of the waterwheel, sometimes they argued about how the water channel should be run, and sometimes they expressed dissatisfaction with someone's child who was a complete mess when working... Bai Tieying's head was buzzing, she had seen the loud voices and tempers of the people in Toad Village!

But Bai Tieying was originally from the north, so she was very familiar with the way of speaking here, and felt a little familiar with it. But Mu Qingqiu, who had come to the north for the first time and saw northerners "discussing" things for the first time, was frightened by them. He was not frightened in the sense of being shocked, but he thought they were really arguing and was frightened.

When Bai Tieying saw him suddenly stand up, she thought something was wrong, but when she heard him say "Grandpas, calm down", she almost fell off the stool on the spot.

Especially when the seven grandfathers and one uncle were looking at him in bewilderment, Bai Tieying had to replay the horror movie he had watched in his previous life in his mind to stop himself from laughing out loud.