North and South groceries

When Luo Yong and the others were selling oil-paper umbrellas of the same style as Du Gou, in Chang'an City thousands of miles away, the sons of the gentry were still playing with soap.

Now it is August of the ninth year of Zhenguan, more than two months have passed since Luo Sanlang presented the soap.

Presumably, in a month or two, the civil officials and military officials who were sent to spread the soap-making method on the grassland should also return. If they fail to return before the snow falls, the journey will become very difficult.

Over the past two months, all the well-connected families in Chang'an City have obtained the soap-making recipe by this time.

The making methods of pig fat soap and suet soap are very simple. The wealthy people in Chang'an City are naturally not satisfied with such a simple and rough soap making method. It is like cooking tea to add fragrance. There are also many talented people in making soap. A DIY space for beauties.

In the recent city of Chang'an, one can often hear about who makes what kind of soap, which young gentleman is ingenious, which young lady is the best at making soap, and so on.

Many people use precious medicinal materials or spices to make their soaps. It is not uncommon for ginseng soap to make soap, and there are countless people who use flowers to make their soaps.In addition to the wormwood soap and mulberry soap launched by Luo Sanlang and imitated by various companies, there is also a kind of bamboo leaf soap that is generally popular in the market. The method of making that kind of bamboo leaf soap is not difficult, mainly depends on who makes it The color of the soap is the greenest and the most fragrant.

Ah Zhi is also a careful and thoughtful person. The bamboo leaf soap she makes is very good. She makes some bamboo leaf soap every day and sells it to earn some money.

This bamboo leaf soap is very popular among scholars, and the price is not too expensive. Most of the well-off families can still afford it, so there is quite a market. Azhi's asking price is not high, and how much he makes every day, If the neighbors are divided into one point, basically there is not much left.

They have now moved to Luoyong's small courtyard. Compared with their previous yard, Luoyong's courtyard is newer and more spacious. Of course, the most important thing is the location and surrounding environment.

Both Hou Lin and Qiao Junlin had their own social activities. Under such circumstances, living in a high-end community is naturally more decent than living in a village in the city.Hou Lin is not such a hard-to-think person, since Luo Yong has already said that, and left the key with Azhi, he thought about it, and finally decided to move here.

After moving here, Azhi quit his previous job because it was too far away.Soon after, all kinds of soap became popular in Chang'an City, and Azhi also started to sell soap.

Luo Yong had already told her about the method of making soap when he came back to Chang'an, but he also reminded Azhi that given the current situation of the three of them in Chang'an City, it's better not to do anything too eye-catching, especially It was such a small business, if word got out, Qiao Junlin and Hou Lin would still be ridiculed by their classmates and colleagues.

Ah Zhi naturally knew this truth. The upper class at this time valued nobility the most. In the eyes of many people, a humble background was like a congenital deficiency, and a small businessman was even more humble in their eyes.

It is precisely because of this that Ah Zhi would rather sell the soap to his neighbors at a lower price than sell it on the street by himself.Their neighbors are willing to give up this cheap and high-quality soap. Except for their own use and gifts, most of them are resold to relatives and friends. Even if they don’t earn money, it is good to earn some favors.

Hou Lin and Qiao Junlin's uncle and nephew would also help make soap when they were free. A Zhi knew that the two of them were under a lot of pressure, so he was not very willing to let them help.

Don't talk about Hou Lin, Qiao Junlin is only 16 years old this year, apart from studying, practicing martial arts and socializing, he occasionally helps her, and then eats and sleeps, day after day, he has never seen him relax.

Du Xi, who has gotten close to Qiao Junlin recently, also said of him: "You are like this every day, how have you ever had a leisure time?"

"What's the use of leisure?" Qiao Junlin was using a spoon to pick up some ground tea leaves and put them into the clay pot.

The tea at this time in the early Tang Dynasty was not the clear tea of ​​later generations, but a drink made with many ingredients, also known as buttermilk.

This way of cooking tea is also a compulsory course for almost all scholars, but Du Xi himself is not good at it. He said that he asked Qiao Junlin to learn how to cook tea from him this day, but in fact it was just to show outsiders that he and Qiao Junlin walked together. It just looks very close, since Luo Yong has promised to take Qiao Junlin with him, he will naturally not break his promise.

"I only know how to keep my head on the road all day, and you miss the great scenery. Isn't it boring." Du Xi leaned on the bed and said lazily.

"I only know how to look at the scenery all day long, and I didn't realize that I had only walked half a mile until the sun was setting. Isn't it stupid." Qiao Junlin hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly.

The young man's overly upright appearance, overly straight back, and overly firm and overly sharp eyes all reveal the stubbornness and even paranoia in his bones.

"If you walk too fast, you will have no friends." Du Xi was still smiling, as if she would not lose interest because of Qiao Junlin's seriousness and sharpness.

"..." Qiao Junlin didn't say anything this time, but lowered his eyes and smiled slightly.

What is the use of friends who cannot go with him.

Du Xi also just curled his lips, as if he disapproved of Qiao Junlin's argument, and he didn't take this brat as a dish at all.

However, after Qiao Junlin left, this guy went to the yard to practice martial arts with a sword in his hand.The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach.At this time, Du Qilang had never heard of this sentence, but he did already feel such a crisis.

On the other side, Qiao Junlin came out of the Du Mansion, crossed the streets and alleys, and walked on the sandy road in Chang'an City.

At this time in the early Tang Dynasty, the streets in Chang’an City were all paved with river sand. This kind of road is better than the dirt road. It will not see a little water or be covered with mud, but it still cannot withstand the ox carts and carriages. There will inevitably be some potholes on the road. If it is raining, coupled with the mud brought from other places by pedestrians, livestock and vehicles, the road condition is also worrying.

Fortunately, it was a sunny day, and when I entered the workshop where their small courtyard was located, the streets and alleys, people wandering with burdens, everywhere seemed very lively.

Qiao Junlin saw a farmer selling paper, so he went over to have a look. Seeing that the hemp paper was made well, he took out a few copper coins from his body and bought a stack.

If you go to the study shop, people don't even like to read it for just a few pennies. In the past, Hou Lin took Qiao Junlin to buy paper. When the nephew and nephew use paper, they save again and again.

But the hemp paper on the street can buy two sheets for only one penny. Qiao Junlin spent five pennies, and the other party gave him a piece with slightly incomplete corners. He got eleven sheets in total. Cut it out, enough for him to practice calligraphy for a long time.

In the recent period, this kind of paper-selling burden can often be seen in Chang'an City. According to legend, Luo Sanlang from Lishi County failed to make paper, but instead made a kind of straw paper for toilet use.

Later, his paper-making recipe was spread, and many people imitated him to make grass paper and sell it, and some people followed that recipe, using other materials instead of straw to make paper, and after a short time, this kind of grass paper appeared on the market. Kind of hemp paper.

Although this hemp paper is not as good as the high-grade paper sold in the store, it can also be used for writing. Its appearance is simply good news for many students whose families are not rich enough.

In the four schools alone, there are many students who have similar economic conditions as Qiao Junlin, and some are more miserable than him. Their father or grandfather is a petty official, and the monthly salary they get is enough to support their families and To deal with all kinds of communication and entertainment, if you are a family with a deep foundation, you have to spend money from your family. If you don't have much family background, you have to live in poverty.

In addition to the four subjects, there are also calligraphy and mathematics. Those two schools have more students, and the overcrowding is more serious, and most of the students are from relatively average families.Now that there is a lot of money to spend on paper, few people will choose to swell their faces to make themselves fat, so this kind of hemp paper soon opened up the market in Chang'an City.

However, for those families who rely on paper for profit, this is no different from cutting their flesh.

When Qiao Junlin went out with Du Xi recently, he heard some words that were not good for Luo Yong. He felt the malice towards Luo Yong from those people, and worried that some people would not be able to hold back and hurt him.But he also knew very well that it was impossible for Luo Yong himself to be unaware of this point, knowing that he couldn't do it, and that guy's courage was not ordinary.

But, if there is such a day, what can I do for him?

The young man returned to the courtyard with heavy eyes, greeted A Zhi with a smile on his face, and shut himself in the room again.

The sunshine and breeze in this late summer season were all shut out by him.

The author has something to say:

Regarding the price of paper, I just googled it. It is said that Xuanzhou paper, which is better now, costs more than [-] for a knife. I don't have any financial income, where can I buy paper and can't afford to read books, it's so normal.

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