Chapter 242 War Monk Shop
After being warmly invited by Merixo, Brune, although surprised, did not refuse and had no choice but to follow him into the Insula apartment.
But he did not stay long. After drinking two cups of hot ginger juice in the security room, he met Gashkul who had returned from the workshop and stood up to leave.
The abrupt and enthusiastic Merixo originally wanted to stay in Brune, but after hearing that he was going to have dinner with another head of a hundred households, he immediately let him go.
After walking out of the cramped courtyard and onto the street, Brune still walked with his head raised according to the habit of the recruit camp.
Even though New Year's Day is approaching, there are still a large number of villagers repairing and reinforcing the apartments on the roofs of Insura apartments in various neighborhoods.
They leaned out of the window and placed wooden boards diagonally on the wall. A few others rode on the beams and laid the still intact ancient Alva on the roof.
These houses have only undergone simple repairs, many places are not strong, and some mortar has not even been completely dried.
Due to the tight construction schedule, in order to allow everyone to live in the house before it snowed, Witte's requirements for the house were that it should be livable.
For the sake of life safety, under the initiative of the ten household heads or citizens, the villagers in the block picked up hammers and nails to make the last repairs before the snow fell.
After the soldiers returned to the town, Brune clearly felt that the town was obviously more lively than before.
There are new recruits in black standing at the door of every Insurla building, and the streets and alleys are full of Salvation Army soldiers returning home.
When walking through the streets, as long as Brune looks up, he will see triangular paper flags hanging from the eaves.
When passing by Insula, you can still see women using rags to make handkerchiefs, dolls and headscarves in public courtyards, while men are tanning rabbit skins into usable leather.
These rabbit skins can be made into leather, and the rabbit fur can be used as stuffing for clothes and shoes, and can be sold at a good price.
Rabbits are overpopulated on Qiumu Island, so Horn issued an order to recruit some quick and experienced people from each hundred-household area to catch rabbits in the wild.
Because catching rabbits is basically done between midnight and dawn, which happens to be the curfew. If you want to go hunting, you need to get a special hunter certificate.
With the proceeds from catching rabbits, hunters can get the furs. Most of the meat must be concentrated and given to soldiers first, and the excess can be supplied to the market.
In the Papal State, where supplies are tight, Horn provides free food, drink and housing, so there is no need to spend much money.
What really costs money is some hand tools and meat products.
Horn specially organized the villagers who raised cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks into a hundred households and asked them to live in farmhouses in the countryside and be responsible for raising livestock.
Their wool milk is also given priority to supply the needs of the Papal States, and the excess can flow into the market.
Horn will purchase these wool, milk and vegetables at cost price or 30% lower than the market price.
Most of the residents in the town are engaged in the construction industry of infrastructure repair and reconstruction, some are craftsmen, and the other are engaged in literary work.
Horn does not prohibit these residents living in the city from engaging in small industries and side businesses. They only need to report it to the head of the household.
Therefore, the exchange of goods between urban and rural areas has begun long ago. Sometimes citizens go to the countryside to buy and sell, and sometimes villagers go to the city to buy and sell.
The general equivalent used between them is currencies such as dinars.
Horn does not charge any tax for this kind of commodity exchange.
So far, the entire Papal States is very stubborn.
Let's say it doesn't charge taxes. They will forcefully collect part of the fruits of labor. Let's say it's a tax. Horn provides them with housing, fuel, salt, food and other daily necessities for free.
This kind of commodity exchange between urban and rural areas is often not the exchange of necessities, but the exchange of daily necessities and luxury goods.
Due to food shortages and too many residents in small towns, the living standards of the citizens living in the neighborhoods have dropped a lot compared to before. In the two hundred-household districts in the countryside, the living standards of the villagers have increased.
By the time Brune rushed to the gate, Jonard was already tired of waiting.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time. If you don't come, I'm going to find you." Jonard stood up while rubbing his sore knees.
“Sorry, our ten household heads forced me to chat.” Brune said honestly.
Jonard chuckled: "I'm just saying that if he dares to make things difficult for you even after you go back wearing these clothes, that would be an eye-opener."
"Forget it, I don't want to be there. Stay longer." Brune was still afraid that his unwillingness to go to the battlefield would be seen, "Are we going directly to your house now?"
"Of course not, let's go to the War Monk Store. ”
As soldiers who wear black military uniforms, they are basically war monks of the Salvation Army, so they can buy meat at a low price.
Next to the prayer house, there is a special war monk shop, only for soldiers of the Salvation Legion.
The prices in these stores are generally one to two percent cheaper than normal grocery stores and small vendors. Jonard and Brune both came here in military uniforms, so it was naturally impossible for the store owner to stop them.
This store is not big, about 60 to 70 square meters, and half of the valuable goods are behind the counter. You can only pick them up with the store owner.
Most of the goods inside are various herbs, cheap spices, salt, vegetables, tables, chairs and benches, meat and other agricultural and sideline products, etc.
When Jonard went into the counter to choose a gift, Brune only chose a dozen eggs outside, which cost only half a dinar.
As for Jonard, he bought butter, rabbit meat, oregano, potato root wine, and other miscellaneous things, which cost nearly 12 dinars.
"Why did you buy so many things?" Brune couldn't help but ask, looking at Jonard who had to buy an extra sack to hold the things.
“Nonsense, there are ten people in my family.” Jonnar picked out a corner of cheese and stuffed it into his mouth, saying vaguely, “If it weren’t for the green...church, there should be eleven people. ”
Walking on the street carrying these meat spices, Brune’s always dull mood improved a lot.
Within a few turns, Jonard took Brune to the Insula apartment where his family lived in the Jonard neighborhood.
Since the general restoration of the neighborhood has been completed, citizens have finally had time to take good care of their future homes.
Just like this Insurra apartment, thyme, onions and ginger are planted in the flowerbed, and there is a chicken coop made of rattan cages under the stairs.
Seven or eight chickens were running around in the yard, pecking at small bugs and grass seeds.
There is a broken large vat against the wall. The vat is filled with brown-black soil.
"What is that?" Standing by the door, Brune asked, pointing to the broken vat containing soil.
Before Jonard could answer, a middle-aged man with the same garlic nose as Jonard came out.
"That's earthworm soil. When Your Majesty came to visit before, he saw that we raised a lot of chickens, so he asked us to make earthworm soil and feed the chickens with earthworms."
"Pa Pa." Jonal carried the bag, walked forward, and gave his father, old Jonal, a big hug.
After the father and son finished their greetings, Brune handed the egg in his hand to Jonard's father: "This is my first visit to you, this is a gift for you."
Old Jonard straightened his crooked felt hat: "Are you Jonard's friend in the military camp?"
"Yes, my name is Brune." After twenty days of baptism in the new military camp, Brune unknowingly got rid of his habit of speaking submissively.
Old Jonard originally wanted to put his arm around Brune's shoulders affectionately, but found that he couldn't reach it, so he could only awkwardly grab his arm and walk towards the house.
"Little Jonard, brother You is back. There are eggs here, go and bring them to your grandma."
"Is Jonard back?"
"Jonar, where is your armor? Didn't you wear it?"
"Jonar, which regiment are you going to join?"
Following behind his father, Jonnar answered the neighbors one by one, but the meat and butter in his hands were sour, and he couldn't get any from his father. focus on.
Seeing that he was about to reach the house, he said angrily: "If you don't continue, I will give it to someone else."
Jonal's father glared at him and took him away With the meat, butter and onions in his hands, he then called the cook in the cafeteria: "Make a pot of stew tonight."
Due to lack of enough time and nutrition, most of the dishes in Qianhe Valley They are all based on stews and smoked meats.
Coupled with the disastrous hygiene awareness, most of the products made have yellow South Asian shapes.
"Hey, this is for you to eat..."
"We all started the fire together. Our family eats meat, and others just watch?" Old Jonal He gave Jonard a slap on the forehead.
"Then you told me earlier, I will switch to inferior meat and buy more. It would be a pity to stew such good meat."
Jonar muttered, seeing My friend ran downstairs and rushed over, only to greet him with a smile and hug him to reminisce about old times.
Old Jonard patted Brune, who was standing aside at a loss, on the shoulder: "Can you drink?"
"You can drink, but you can't drink too much, you can only drink a little."
"Then come and have a drink with me, and tell me what the military camp is like, and how Jonard is in it."
(End of Chapter)
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