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

Chapter 620 Snowflakes

"Brother Zhang wouldn't lie to us."

Qin Le said thoughtfully, "When Zhang He talked about Chenjia Village, his tone was firm and his eyes were very open, so he didn't seem to be lying."

"Is it?"

Tang Qing muttered to himself. Although Zhang He didn't seem to be lying, he still felt that the existence of Chenjia Village was somewhat unreal.

"grown ups."

At this moment, Qin Le put the existence of Chenjia Village out of his mind and said with a face full of surprise, "Brother Zhang said that he can provide us with 10,000 chickens and ducks every month. With these 10,000 chickens and ducks, the brothers in the army may be able to have meat every three days, and their fighting strength will definitely be stronger."

As a former member of the Yang Family Army, Qin Le naturally hoped that the Yang Family Army would become stronger and stronger. Only when the Yang Family Army was strong could it eliminate all kinds of invading enemies, protect the peace of this land, and prevent the people of this land from returning to the state of not having enough to eat and suffering from exploitation.

"Not bad!"

Tang Qing also smiled: "I need to hurry back and write to Commander Yang to finalize this deal as soon as possible..."

After saying that, Tang Qing turned around and went back to his residence, where he began to write a letter to Yang Zheng, who was far away in Liangzhou Prefecture.

And at the same time.

Zhang He, who was rushing out of the city with Skinny Monkey and the others, was also full of excitement.

"Brother Zhang, what did you talk about with that magistrate just now? Why are you so happy?"

Seeing Zhang He's excited expression, the skinny monkey asked in confusion.

"We closed a big deal."

Zhang He said excitedly, "Then Magistrate Tang said he could help me contact the Yang Family Army. If the contact is successful, the Yang Family Army will buy 10,000 chickens and ducks from us every month!"

"What?! Ten thousand of them!"

The skinny monkey froze on the spot.

What does 10,000 chickens and ducks mean?

It should be noted that the caravan earned 800 taels of silver from just 500 chickens and ducks brought with them on this trip to Liangzhou.

Ten thousand chickens and ducks are 20 times more than 500, so wouldn't that mean...

Can you earn 16,000 taels a month?

"What? Ten thousand chickens and ducks?"

"This...this is too much!"

"Brother Zhang, did the magistrate really say that?"

"..."

Not only the skinny monkey, but everyone else in the caravan was also extremely shocked.

Since they started doing business, the largest business the caravan had ever done involved hundreds or even tens of thousands of chickens and ducks—something no one dared to even imagine.

"You heard me right, ten thousand!"

Zhang He nodded solemnly.

The caravan members were overjoyed to receive a positive answer.

"Hahaha! We're going to be rich! Ten thousand chickens and ducks will bring in at least ten thousand taels of profit, and that'll be every month! We're going to strike it rich!"

"Get rich, get rich."

"Brother Zhang is amazing, we'll have more money than we can spend from now on."

"Hahahaha! Now I'll have money to get a wife, and I'm going to get a beautiful one."

"..."

The men in the caravan were excitedly dancing and gesturing, already dreaming of a wonderful life ahead.

With substantial profits from the caravans, the merchants were able to receive a larger share of the money and live a better life.

Some men are even already thinking about getting married.

Because they were refugees, and most of them were orphans, the men in Zhang He's caravan, although living in relatively better conditions, found it extremely difficult to find wives.

This once resulted in over 90% of the men in Zhanghe's caravan being single. It wasn't that they didn't want to get married, but rather that no girls were willing to marry them.

Now everything is different. Selling 10,000 chickens and ducks a month is enough for the caravan to earn more than 10,000 taels of profit, and given Zhang He's personality, he will definitely share a lot with his subordinates.

In this way, they will have money in their hands. With money, why would they have to worry about not being able to find a wife?

"Great! Once this deal goes through, I'll find a matchmaker to arrange a marriage and have a big, healthy son."

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

"..."

The men in the caravan were all smiles, as if they could already see the wonderful life ahead of them.

Looking at the cheerful crowd, Zhang He couldn't help but smile.

Most of these men were the ones who had come to the county town with him back then; they were brothers who had gone through thick and thin together. Seeing his brothers so happy, he was naturally very happy too.

Amidst a joyful atmosphere, the caravan slowly departed from the county town.

"Ok?"

The moment Zhang He stepped out of the county town gate, he suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.

But then, snowflakes began to fall from the somewhat gloomy sky.

"Snowing."

"It's only July and it's already snowing?"

"The weather in Liangzhou is still so strange."

"..."

The men in the caravan also noticed the unusual sky color and immediately frowned.

Snowfall means a drop in temperature, which is nothing to the caravan members, but for the people of Liangzhou…

Lacking warm clothing, they will likely have a very difficult winter.

"If it snows in July, the people of Liangzhou will probably have an even harder time."

Zhang He sighed softly. Although the climate in Liangzhou was bitterly cold, it never snowed this early in previous years. But now it was snowing in July, which meant...

The effects of the cold disaster are not over, and the people of Liangzhou continue to suffer.

"Let's get going soon, so the official road won't be too difficult to travel on after the snow."

After sighing, Zhang He led the caravan back to Zhangwang Village. He would gather villagers who were interested in joining the caravan in Zhangwang Village before returning to Taiping County to await news from Tang Qing.

Soon, Zhang He's caravan disappeared on the long official road.

Meanwhile, in Yongliang County, many people outdoors were looking at the falling snowflakes with sorrowful expressions.

"It's snowing again! Damn God, is He not giving us any way to survive?!"

When will this cold snap finally end? Can't we just live our lives in peace?

"It snowed in July. I wonder how many people will freeze to death this winter."

"I need to go to the fabric store to buy some cotton fabric, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to get through this winter."

"..."

For literary figures and poets, falling snowflakes may be a source of romance, but for ordinary people, they are a disaster.

Because snowfall means the weather will get colder and colder, people with extra money can buy warm clothes to get through the winter.

People from impoverished families could only rely on their physical strength and thin clothing to survive. If they could survive until the weather warmed up, that would be fine, but if they couldn't... then they would die.

Fortunately, with the autumn harvest just over, most people still have some spare money. Knowing how terrible the cold is, they flocked to the city's major cloth shops to buy fabrics and then brought them home to make warm clothes.