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

Chapter 298 Chenjia Village Specialty Products

"Hold on."

The gatekeeper glanced at Zhang He and quickly ran inside to inform him.

Before long, Li Qingyun's laughter could be heard from inside.

"Brother Zhang He has arrived, please come in quickly."

Li Qingyun strode over, a smile on his face.

"Magistrate Li."

As Zhang He bowed, he sized up Li Qingyun. He noticed that compared to their last meeting, Li Qingyun now exuded more authority, and his face no longer showed any signs of distress. Instead, he seemed to be full of vigor and high spirits.

"No need to be polite."

Li Qingyun, holding Zhang He's hand, walked inside while saying to the others, including the skinny monkey, who were waiting, "Everyone else, come in too. I've already asked Elder Xiang to prepare some food and wine to welcome you all later."

Soon after, everyone took their seats in the living room. Since Elder Xiang was preparing the meal, Li Qingyun personally poured tea for everyone.

"Your Excellency, you mustn't do it! I can do it myself!"

The skinny monkey was flattered to see Li Qingyun personally pour him tea. Li Qingyun was a dignified county magistrate and an official appointed by the imperial court, while he was just a small constable in Taiping County. He was even a refugee before. How could he be worthy of such service from Li Qingyun? Wasn't this making him feel ashamed?

"It doesn't matter!"

Li Qingyun, however, did not take it seriously. He poured tea for everyone and then returned to his seat, asking, "Brother Zhang, how have Brother Xu and young friend Chen been lately?"

"pretty good."

"That's good!"

Li Qingyun felt relieved, and then said, "I read in Brother Xu's letter that Brother Zhang came here to do business?"

Several days before Zhang He's departure, Li Qingyun received a letter from Xu Zhiwen, saying that Zhang He would arrive soon and hoping that Li Qingyun could help him.

"Not bad!"

Zhang He nodded and explained to Li Qingyun, "I brought some local specialties from Chenjia Village with me this time, hoping to find some sales channels in Ding'an City."

What are the specialties of Chenjia Village?

Li Qingyun was taken aback and said, "Could this Chen Family Village be the Chen Family Village where young friend Chen is from?"

"Exactly!"

Zhang He said, "The special products of Chenjia Village are the yellow-feathered chicken and the blood-feathered chicken, which are quite unique breeds of chicken."

What makes a chicken unique?

Li Qingyun frowned and said, "Please tell me in detail, Brother Zhang."

"The Yellow-feathered Chicken is unique in that it is large and has golden feathers. A Yellow-feathered Chicken yields two to three times more meat than a regular Gray-feathered Chicken."

Zhang He explained, "And the Blood Feather Chicken is a breed of chicken that can help martial artists cultivate!"

A breed of chicken that helps martial artists cultivate?

Li Qingyun was startled and asked incredulously, "Is this really true?"

"It's true."

Zhang He nodded without hesitation: "We, Magistrate Xu and I, have personally experienced the effects of this chicken. It is indeed remarkably effective for martial artists, even more so than medicinal herbs!"

"Is there really such a unique breed of chicken in the world?"

Li Qingyun gasped. Although he wasn't a martial artist, he knew that martial arts cultivation mainly relied on medicinal herbs. However, Zhang He said...

There was a type of chicken that was more effective than medicinal herbs, which Li Qingyun found hard to believe.

After a long while, Li Qingyun finally came to his senses and said, "If this chicken really has the miraculous effects that Brother Zhang described, then I don't think we'll have to worry about selling it."

Chickens that can help martial artists cultivate, and whose effects are even better than medicinal herbs, would probably be highly sought after by martial artists even if they were more expensive.

"This matter still requires Magistrate Li's assistance..."

Zhang He made his request at the right time. It was obviously impossible to sell a breed of chicken like the Blood Feather Chicken, which was effective against martial artists, on the street. Moreover, Zhang He himself was not familiar with the martial artists in Ding'an County. In this situation, he needed Li Qingyun's help to contact the martial artists in Ding'an County.

"no problem."

Li Qingyun readily agreed, "Brother Zhang, don't worry, I'll help you contact the martial artists in Ding'an County tomorrow. As long as your chicken breed is truly effective, I'm sure they'll have no reason to refuse!"

"Then thank you very much, Your Excellency!"

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Sun rise.

After resting for a night at Li Qingyun's residence, Zhang He and his group left the mansion with 300 yellow-feathered chickens and arrived at the East Market of Ding'an City.

As for Li Qingyun, after instructing his servants to invite the martial artists from Ding'an County, he went to the county government office to take up his post.

"Let's sell them here."

After arriving at a street in the East Market, Zhang He had the skinny monkey and others unload all the yellow-feathered chickens onto the ground. Then he sat behind the chicken coop and waited for customers to come in.

Soon, the uniquely shaped yellow-feathered chicken attracted the attention of many people, who flocked to Zhang He's stall to inquire about it.

"Brother."

A young man who looked like a scholar pointed at the clucking yellow-feathered chicken in the cage and asked, "Why is your chicken so different?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang He replied with a smile, "Sir, you may not know this, but this is a unique breed of chicken captured from the Cangmang Mountains. Its feathers are golden and exude a rich and noble air, and its meat is incredibly delicious, far surpassing the taste of ordinary gray-feathered chickens."

"This chicken is indeed extraordinary."

"Indeed! This chicken is large, and its feathers are golden, exuding an air of wealth and nobility."

"I have never seen such a unique breed of chicken."

"..."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Just as Zhang He had said, the yellow-feathered chicken did indeed have an excellent appearance and was quite large, making it very different from the common domestic chicken breed, the gray-feathered chicken.

"How much do you sell your chicken for?"

The scholar who asked the first question was clearly already interested.

"800 coins each!"

After a moment's thought, Zhang He quoted a price. He had transported the yellow-feathered chicken all the way to Ding'an County, so it was clear that he couldn't sell it for only 400 coins a chicken like Wu Han and Chen Gou.

"Why is it so expensive?"

“I could buy four gray-feathered chickens with 800 coins.”

"Too expensive! This chicken looks good, but 800 coins a chicken is too expensive!"

"..."

Everyone shook their heads, indicating that the price was simply unacceptable!

But while people complain about the price, very few actually turn around and leave. Clearly, the buyers are the ones who think it's too expensive; they're just trying to bargain.

"This brother."

The scholar said, "Your chicken is indeed special, but 800 coins a chicken is too expensive. Could you make it cheaper?"

Zhang Shihe revealed a bitter expression: "These chickens were captured by the villagers of Taiping County at great personal risk from the vast mountains. I have to pay 5 coins per chicken to buy them from the villagers, and then transport them all the way to Ding'an County. Naturally, I need to sell them for a higher price, otherwise I will lose money!"

"So it was transported from Taiping County. No wonder I've never seen a chicken like this before!"

"It was transported from Taiping County, so it's understandable that it's priced this high!"

"I've heard of those desolate mountains; they are indeed dangerous, and catching chickens in them is certainly difficult!"

"Not only that, I've heard that there are many thieves on this official road these days. This boss is quite capable, managing to transport chickens all the way from Taiping County."

"..."