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

Chapter 610 The Shocking Neighbor

As for the thieves who might appear on the transport route, Zhang He wasn't too worried.

The men in the caravan, including Zhang He himself, were no pushovers. At least a third of the caravan members were martial artists, and Zhang He himself was an eighth-rank martial artist. If ordinary thieves didn't come, fine, but if they did, Zhang He would make sure they never left alive.

As for some of the larger criminal gangs...

There is currently no environment for these bandit gangs to survive in Liangzhou. Under the vigorous crackdown by the Yang family army, the bandit forces of the young men in Liangzhou may still exist, but large bandit forces will definitely not escape the encirclement and suppression of the Liangzhou army.

This is also why Zhang He dared to go to Liangzhou to do business. Otherwise, Zhang He would never have taken the risk of coming to Liangzhou to do business.

After eliminating the risks posed by thieves and government officials, the only remaining threat was from martial artists.

This wasn't a major problem for Zhang He, as his main business was in Yongliang County. While Yongliang County did have martial artists, their numbers were small, and their strength wasn't enough to threaten Zhang He's caravan. Therefore...

The sale of blood-feathered chickens may be on the agenda.

Zhang He couldn't even imagine how much profit he could make just from yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks, which have no special effects. He wondered how much profit he could make once he brought blood-feathered chickens to Liangzhou!

Thinking of this, Zhang He became excited and couldn't wait to return to Taiping County to transport the Blood Feather Chicken to Liangzhou.

However, this is just wishful thinking. The most important thing now is to sell the yellow-feathered chickens and white-feathered ducks we brought with us.

"Brothers."

Zhang He snapped out of his thoughts and said loudly, "Let's pack up all the goods on the stall and find a restaurant to have a good meal!"

"Alas!"

The men in the caravan cheered and quickly put the goods from the stalls back onto the wagons before leaving the market, intending to find a hotel to stay in for the night.

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Just as Zhang He and the others were leaving the market, Li Xiang, carrying four chickens and ducks, hummed a little tune and hurried home.

"Hey! Old Li, where did you buy these chickens and ducks? They look so plump!"

"Wow! This chicken is huge! It's even bigger than the one I raise at home."

"Old Li, where did you get all these chickens and ducks?"

"..."

The neighbors all turned their attention to the chickens and ducks in Li Xiang's hands. They couldn't help it; the golden-feathered chickens and the pure white ducks, which looked like swans, were simply too eye-catching.

Not to mention, the four chickens and ducks would occasionally let out loud cries.

"hey-hey!"

When asked by his neighbor, Li Xiang said with no small amount of pride, "This is a good find I just got at the market!"

Li Xiang held up two yellow-feathered chickens on his right and boasted, "Guess how much a chicken this big costs?"

"I figured it would cost at least one or two taels of silver each, right?"

"One tael of silver probably isn't enough! This chicken looks so good, and it's much bigger than a gray-feathered chicken. I'm afraid it won't cost less than two taels of silver!"

"Xiangzi has struck it rich! He can even afford such expensive chickens?"

"..."

As everyone speculated about the price, they were filled with envy.

Nowadays, at least 80% of the people in Liangzhou don't eat meat all year round.

In this situation, they were naturally extremely envious when they saw Li Xiang buy four chickens and ducks in one go.

"Wrong, everything is wrong!"

Li Xiang shook his head, showing off, and said, "This chicken with golden feathers is called the Yellow Feather Chicken, and it only costs 250 coins!"

"What?!"

The neighbors were immediately shocked when Li Xiang said this!

"What did you say? This chicken is only 250 coins a piece?"

"How could it be 250 coins a chicken? Those skinny gray-feathered chickens cost 500 coins a chicken!"

"Old Li, you must be joking with us. This chicken is so fat, how could it be so cheap?"

"..."

Almost no one believed the price Li Xiang quoted.

There was no way around it; the price of 250 coins was simply outrageous.

You should know that a gray-feathered chicken can sell for 500 coins in Yongliang County. The yellow-feathered chicken in Li Xiang's hands is two sizes larger than a gray-feathered chicken, and its appearance is countless times better. How could it possibly only cost half the price of a gray-feathered chicken?

Why would I lie to you?!

Faced with everyone's doubts, Li Xiang said, "I bought these chickens myself at the market. They cost 250 coins each, and I bought two in total. How could they be fake?"

"This……"

The neighbors looked at each other, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Li Xiang really had no reason to lie to them.

The price of 250 coins per animal was still hard for them to believe for a moment.

"And this duck."

Li Xiang then held up the two ducks he was carrying in his left hand: "These ducks are called white-feathered ducks. They are more expensive than yellow-feathered chickens, costing 350 coins each. The two cost me 700 coins."

"What?! This duck only costs 350 coins?"

The neighbors stared at Li Xiang in disbelief, their faces filled with shock!

A man of similar age to Li Xiang couldn't help but ask, "Old Li, which vendor did you buy these chickens and ducks from? Is that vendor losing money to attract customers?"

"Yes, they must be selling at a loss to gain publicity, otherwise why would they sell it so cheaply?"

"If such a good chicken sells for 250 coins, the stall owner will probably lose everything, even his underwear."

"This duck can yield at least five or six pounds of meat, yet it's only selling for 350 coins?"

"..."

The crowd stared incredulously at the chickens and ducks in Li Xiang's hands, which looked excellent, and assumed that the stall owner selling Li Xiang's chickens and ducks must be losing money to gain publicity.

Ordinary grey-feathered chickens can sell for 500 coins each, but this yellow-feathered chicken, which is even better than the grey-feathered chicken, only sells for half the price of the grey-feathered chicken. Isn't this losing money to gain publicity?

Some even think that the stall owner might lose all his underwear.

"What do you know!"

Li Xiang rolled his eyes and said, "That merchant came from Qingzhou. We in Liangzhou are short of meat, but Qingzhou may not be."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces immediately showed a look of realization.

"So you came from Qingzhou, no wonder."

“That makes sense! We in Liangzhou are short of food and livestock, but Qingzhou is not.”

"Even if they're from Qingzhou, it's a bit odd that these chickens and ducks are being sold so cheaply."

"Yes! This price is too cheap!"

"..."

After learning that the merchant selling chickens and ducks came from Qingzhou, some of the doubts in everyone's hearts were answered.

Liangzhou suffered severe damage to its production due to the outbreak of war, resulting in a shortage of food and livestock. Qingzhou, on the other hand, was free from war, so it naturally had no shortage of food and livestock.

This was the thought that subconsciously surfaced in everyone's mind, but soon they realized that something was wrong.