At around nine in the morning, The Yu’s Braised Food Shop in the prefectural city was full of people buying braised food. It had been almost three months since the store opened and the Yu Family’s shop was becoming more and more popular with every passing day. At the start, they only braised one pig a day, but now even braising two pigs a day wasn’t necessarily enough for the demand...

Every single part of the pig, from its head to its feet, was used in their braised food. Not a single part was wasted, including the head, trotters, and innards. After being braised, each part of the pig had its own unique flavor. The ones that sold the quickest were the braised pig’s head meat, pig’s trotters, and offal. This was because the price was more suitable for the common people, yet the flavor wasn’t worse than the other cuts of meat. Thus, all of the commoners in the area loved those braised ingredients the most.

Although the prefectural city was a large place and didn’t lack butchers selling meat, the vast majority of the animals had to be imported into the city. Furthermore, the price of meat had risen compared to previous years. For example, in years past, pork at its highest was only around thirty-some copper coins a catty. This was the year after the disaster, so the price of pork in Tanggu Town had risen to around a hundred or so copper coins a catty, whereas, in the prefectural city, the cheapest pork available was around eighty to ninety copper coins a catty.

The commoners in the prefectural city had a higher...