PDLP Chapter 34 121!
Chapter 34 121!
After paying 10 copper coins as an entrance fee, Chen Dao and his party were able to pass through the guards and enter the county town.
The county town remained bustling with activity, except...
Whether it was a misperception or not, Chen Dao seemed to see a hint of sorrow on the faces of the passersby.
With this question in mind, Chen Dao arrived at the Fuhu Boxing Gym in a donkey cart.
He jumped off the donkey cart first and skillfully stuffed 10 copper coins into the hand of the boxing gym guard: "Brother Wei, could you please help me find Miss Li?"
When Chen Dao visited the Fuhu Boxing Gym last time, he already knew the bodyguard's name: Wei Ge.
Wei Ge, having accepted the 10 copper coins, gave Chen Dao a smile, then ran into the martial arts hall and called Li Ying out.
"Brother Chen Dao is here again?"
Li Ying greeted Chen Dao with a smile. As the only daughter of the owner of the Fuhu Boxing Gym, Li Ying was a person of high status in Taiping County, but she was very approachable. At least when facing Chen Dao, she always showed a warm smile.
"Miss Li."
Chen Dao greeted Li Ying with a smile, then said, "I brought some more white-feathered chickens this time..."
"I want them all!"
Before Chen Dao could finish his introduction, Li Ying waved her hand, indicating that she wanted them all.
Seeing this, Chen Dao's smile widened even more, and he continued, "There are fewer white-feathered chickens this time, only three."
"Only three?"
A hint of disappointment appeared on Li Ying's face. The white-feathered chicken tasted really good. As a foodie, she couldn't help but feel disappointed after hearing that there were fewer white-feathered chickens available.
"but……"
Chen Dao then changed the subject, saying, "I brought some other breeds of chickens with me this time. I wonder if Miss Li would be interested?"
Other chicken breeds?
Li Ying was taken aback and asked, "It's not a gray-feathered chicken, is it?"
Gray-feathered chickens are the most common and widespread domestic chickens in Xia Kingdom. Their only advantage is that they are easy to raise, but their taste is not very good, far inferior to the plump white-feathered chickens that Chen Dao sold to Li Ying.
"Of course it's not a gray-feathered chicken, Miss Li, please come with me!"
Chen Dao led Li Ying to the donkey cart. As Li Ying approached, Chen Cheng and the others couldn't help but show a restrained expression.
On the way here, Chen Da had already told them about Li Ying's identity. Li Ying was the biological daughter of the owner of the Fuhu Fist School, one of the three major martial arts schools in the county. She was a top figure in the entire Taiping County, far beyond what the villagers of Chenjia Village could compare to.
"Miss Li, look, these are the chickens I brought this time."
Chen Dao pointed to the two yellow-feathered hens in the chicken coop and introduced them to Li Ying: "I named these chickens Yellow-feathered Chickens. Compared to White-feathered Chickens, Yellow-feathered Chickens are larger and have firmer meat. They should be more delicious than White-feathered Chickens."
"This yellow-feathered chicken is quite unique!"
Li Ying nodded as she looked at the yellow-feathered chicken in the cage. "It's just as you said. It's bigger and its feathers are shinier. I wonder how much this chicken costs?"
Li Ying was indeed tempted. Yellow-feathered chickens looked better than white-feathered chickens, and in Li Ying's opinion, the better the chicken looked, the better it would taste. Therefore, she was already thinking of buying the two yellow-feathered chickens.
"This one……"
Chen Dao's eyes darted around as he quickly thought, "Miss Li, you know it's not easy for us to catch these chickens in the mountains. Yellow-feathered chickens are even harder to find than white-feathered chickens, so the price... is bound to be a bit higher."
"Just tell me, how much?"
"This one……"
Chen Dao hesitated for a moment, then offered what he considered a good price: "One tael of silver per animal."
“No problem! Just one tael of silver each!” Li Ying didn’t even bother to haggle and accepted the price directly.
No wonder she's a wealthy and generous woman!
Chen Dao secretly gave Li Ying a thumbs up in his heart, and gained a deeper understanding of the strength of the Fuhu Boxing Gym. One or two taels of silver for a chicken, and they didn't even try to bargain...
It can only be said that the wealth of Fuhu Boxing Gym was beyond Chen Dao's imagination.
In fact, Chen Dao had misunderstood. In his view, the cost of raising a yellow-feathered chicken was nothing more than a white-feathered chicken costing 500 taels, plus a few copper coins for chicken heart grass and sappanwood flowers.
However, in Li Ying's view, this yellow-feathered chicken was prey that Chen Dao and others had risked their lives to capture in the mountains, so it was only natural that it would be priced higher.
"Xiao Wei, help me take these chickens inside."
After handing over three and a half taels of silver to Chen Dao, Li Ying beckoned to Wei Ge, asking him to deliver the five chickens she had bought to the restaurant. Then she said to Chen Dao, "Brother Chen, if you have any more yellow-feathered or white-feathered chickens in the future, you can send them over. I'll take as many as you want!"
"no problem!"
Chen Dao agreed without hesitation. He was naturally willing to continue doing business with such a straightforward and important client as Li Ying. However... Chen Dao might not come by himself next time.
“Miss Li, I’d like to ask you about something!” Chen Dao suddenly said.
"whats the matter?"
"I wonder if Miss Li has ever heard of the Iron Claw Chicken and the Blood Clotting Fruit?"
"Iron Claw Chicken? Never heard of it. As for the Blood Clotting Fruit..."
Li Ying frowned and pondered for a moment, then looked directly into Chen Dao's eyes and said, "Why are you asking about the Blood Clotting Fruit? Don't you still have the idea of practicing martial arts?"
Li Ying definitely knows about the Blood Clotting Fruit!
Chen Dao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "I just wanted to ask! I wonder if Miss Li could explain it to me?"
Li Ying gave Chen Dao a deep look and said, "The Blood Clotting Fruit is actually not a rare thing! Most of the pharmacies in the city controlled by large families sell it! However, very few people go to the pharmacies to buy the Blood Clotting Fruit."
"Why?" Chen Dao couldn't help but ask.
"Because the effects of the Blood Clotting Fruit are practically useless for martial artists or even quasi-martial artists, and it's not exactly the best nourishing substance for apprentice-level martial artists, naturally there are very few buyers," Li Ying said.
"I see!"
Chen Dao suddenly realized that the function of the Blood Clotting Fruit was to nourish blood and qi. However, according to Li Ying, the effect of the Blood Clotting Fruit in nourishing blood and qi should be very weak, and even for some apprentice-level martial artists who are practicing martial arts, the effect is not very good.
Based on this, Chen Dao can basically deduce that the value of the blood-clotting fruit must not be very high.
If the value of the Blood Clotting Fruit is not high... then the matter of raising Blood Feather Chickens can be settled!
According to the Golden Finger's description, it only takes three Blood Clotting Fruits to raise a Yellow Feather Chicken into a Blood Feather Chicken...
Thinking of this, Chen Dao asked calmly, "I wonder what the value of this Blood Clotting Fruit is?"
"Wait a moment."
Li Ying walked into the martial arts hall and came out a short while later with two fruits in her hands: "These are blood clotting fruits. As for the price, the pharmacy should not charge more than 20 coins."