Datang Fenghua Road

Third Master Lu smiled and nodded: "Thanks to His Royal Highness's kind care, we will hand over the transportation rights of the Northeast Railway Industry to us. There are iron industry agents in the Twelve Roads of the Tang Dynasty, but the transportation must be done by Fan Yang Lu and Zhao Jun Li. to do it."

He stopped here for a while, looked back at the huge caravan, and then said: "This month, the Lu family dispatched a total of 28 caravans, and each caravan escorted different quantities of refined iron, but at least five A hundred chariots started. The old man wanted to fight for the status of the next few heirs, so this time he escorted a full seven hundred chariots..."

"Seven hundred cars? I'm an old lady!"

Lao Shuan was speechless again and jumped to see the team.

Third Master Lu smiled softly and joked: "You don't have to jump to see, no matter how you look, you can't see the end. The old man's motorcade is so huge, it's lined up two or three miles away. It's impossible for all seven hundred trucks to enter the town. ."

Lao Shuan nodded with a naive expression on his face.He suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "How many cars are you going to unload this time, the third master?"

Lu Sanye stroked his long beard, smiled and stretched out five fingers, and said calmly: "No more, no more, only fifty cars will be unloaded."

"Fifty cars?" Lao Shuan was stunned.

The third master Lu nodded and said in deep thought: "Unloading fifty carts of fine iron will make fifty carts of ox carts free, so that the farm tools you build can be loaded, and then I will continue south to Jiannan Road, both to help the sword The iron dealers in South Road can deliver refined iron, and they can also sell your farm implements and iron pots, selling them all the way, killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone.”

It's a pity that Lao Shuan can't understand these business routines, and he is still surprised by the number of [-] carts of fine iron.

I saw that his eyes were dull and he continued: "I'm an old lady, a full fifty cars..."

Third Master Lu laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Lao Shuan's shoulder, and said, "How about fifty cars, this old man knows that you can eat them all. Last time I unloaded twenty cars, and it was all consumed in half a month."

Lao Shuan touched his head and smiled innocently: "Of course I can eat it, but I'm afraid I don't have enough money. I heard from the dolls that last time your twenty cars were on credit, and the town hasn't given it to you yet. Payment."

"No payment, no payment!"

Third Master Lu waved his hands again and again and said with a smile: "Not only do you not need to pay, the old man has to give you the money."

He suddenly came up to Lao Shuan and said in a low voice, "Last time, your farm tools sold very well, and you were robbed before you left Guanlong. Although I gave you [-] carts of fine iron on credit, I also took away two of them. Ten carts of goods, after the goods are filled with fine iron, the old man still owes you money..."

Having said this, he glanced left and right, his voice became even lower, and continued: "But because the number is too large, the old man didn't bring it here. You go back and tell your mayor's son, and ask him to bring the ledger to Chang'an to find it. The Lu family takes the money. In addition, my Lu family has a separate gift for him, which is to establish a friendship with His Highness's personal soldiers."

Lao Shuan scratched his forehead and said honestly, "My son is no longer a soldier of His Royal Highness. He said that he is now a veteran."

"It doesn't matter, it's okay to be a personal soldier in the past." Lu Sanye smiled and warned again: "Remember, when you go to Chang'an to get money, you must bring more people. There is a lot of remaining money for the goods, which is as high as [-]."

"What did you say, sixty thousand?"

Lao Shuan's face was full of shock, and his voice suddenly became high.

Third Master Lu hurriedly gave him a hand, motioning not to shout loudly.

Chapter 562 Tubo Warrior, Killing in the Street

Lao Shuan also realized that he shouldn't be loud, so he swallowed hard and whispered, "Is [-] coins or a string of money?"

If it is a copper plate, it is [-] copper coins, which is equivalent to a hundred or so coins at most.

If it is a string of money, it would be scary. A string of copper coins in Datang is recorded as a guan, and [-] strings of money are [-] guan.

Third Master Lu glanced at him and said with a smile: "the balance of the twenty truckloads of goods, do you think it's a copper plate or a string of money?"

Needless to say, the answer has been clarified, but Lao Shuan felt trembling all over, before he said in a trembling voice, "Is this [-] kuan all my money?"

Mr. Lu seemed to be a little envious, and couldn't help but patted Laoshuan on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "Yes, you have started to strike iron towns, and you will never be poor again. Sixty thousand guan is only a month's payment, and you will pay more in the future." There is a second [-], a third [-], and many more [-]."

"This is the blessing of His Highness..." Lao Shuan said abruptly and solemnly said, "My son once said that the town of Blacksmith is a blessing to His Highness."

"you're right!"

Lu Sanye also nodded solemnly, and analyzed: "In the past, a catty of refined iron cost 160 Wen, but you can make a hoe with at least [-] catties of iron, and the cost is [-] Wen. How much can a hoe sell? I remember It can sell up to [-] renminbi, which means that the surplus is only [-] renminbi. But the [-] renminbi is not easy to come by. The charcoal fire must be deducted first, and then the loss must be deducted. "

Old Shuan nodded frequently, and said sadly: "I've worked so hard to earn five cents, and sometimes I don't even make five cents. That's why all blacksmiths are poor, and many good boys can't even get their wives."

Mr. Lu nodded, and then said: "But it's different now. His Highness is mining iron mines in the northeast and building the largest smelting factory in the world. A catty of fine iron is sold for three Wen, and it is only sold for five Wen when it is transported to the customs. .It used to be fifty coins, but now it sells five coins. Old Chuan, Datie Town can make a fortune not because the technology has improved, but because the refined iron purchased is cheaper."

He stopped here for a while, looked at the town with envy, and murmured: "Five cents for a pound of pig iron can make a hoe for fifteen cents. But now hoes can still be sold for more than a hundred cents, yours The profit has more than doubled tenfold. It earns [-] yuan a month, and if it spreads out, it will scare a lot of people to death. The old man claims to be from an aristocratic family, but I can’t make so much money in a year.”

Lao Shuan scratched his forehead honestly, not knowing how to answer.

Third Master Lu stopped talking about this topic, turned around abruptly and ordered the convoy, saying loudly, "Unload the truck, load the cargo."

Fifty carts of fine iron are to be unloaded, and fifty carts of goods are to be loaded.It took a whole morning to do it, and the blacksmiths from the whole town came out to help.

Ordinary people are in charge of unloading and loading, but Lu Sanye is going to the town government yamen to complete the formalities. Lao Shuan is a loyal and honest person, and shouted from a distance behind him, saying, "Second Master, remember to come and sit at home when you are done with your business. I let my mother-in-law stew an old hen..."

Mr. Lu seemed to be very concerned about this matter, and he turned back and solemnly agreed: "This old man will definitely go, why don't you choose it at noon."

As he said, he suddenly took out a handful of candy from his arms, and threw it to Lao Shuan's snot-soaked grandson. He smiled and said warmly, "Stinky baby, save some food, this is the Northeast toffee you want."

The little kid cheered and ran away with a candy in his hand.

Third Master Lu laughed again, leaving the convoy to unload the goods, but he himself went straight to the center of the town. Unloading and loading needs to be handed over to some formalities.

His figure slowly walked away, and Lao Shuan was about to turn around and go back to the iron shop. At this moment, there was the sound of horses' hooves at the gate of the town, and hundreds of people were galloping towards here.

Lao Shuan turned his head in surprise, his eyes suddenly shrinking.

Although he was an honest blacksmith, his son had joined the army after all.In the past few years, Lao Shuan has been immersed in his ears and heard some things. At first glance, he noticed the clothes of the people who came, and the curved sword on his waist.

"Is this a Tubo?"

Lao Shuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and suddenly remembered that his son had told him that Tubo and Tang Dynasty were enemies, and the two countries had fought several major battles.

This is the second team coming to town today.

Seeing that group of people rushing towards him, Lao Shuan subconsciously shrank his forehead. He raised his foot to hide from the iron shop, but the next moment he was suddenly stunned, and he shouted in horror:

"Little baby, get out of the way..."

The hoofs rumbled, and the dust flew up, and suddenly a figure was directly knocked off by Jianma, and after a while, it hit the ground heavily.

It was a snot-bubbly kid who was just holding candy in his hand.

There was still a touch of joy on his little face, and he seemed to be happy that he received a gift. Even if he was bumped, he didn't react, but passed out with joy.

"Little baby, my little baby!"

Lao Shuan screamed and ran over.

He picked up his little grandson from the ground, and was surprised to find that the grandson's nose and mouth were full of blood.He looked up at the knights angrily, but saw a piece of silver fluttering over.

"People of the Han people, I know that your Tang Dynasty is very poor. This piece of silver is given to you as a medical expense for bruising this child..."

Lao Shuan didn't pick up the broken silver, he just stared at each other angrily.

The next moment, the knight who threw the silver drew a knife in his hand, and said viciously, "You bastard is really damned, how dare you look at the noble Tubo warrior with such eyes."