North and South groceries

Luo Yong felt that the children in his family were growing up very fast. He thought that when he just woke up, the two of them, Liu Lang and Qin Niang, were little meatballs who couldn't even speak clearly. she is gone.

Luo Yong can think about it, it's good if he can't be fooled, and he won't suffer when he goes out in the future.

"Okay, then let's eat cornbread tonight." Nanny Luo readily agreed, and then he went into the house to get cornmeal.

Yang Silang: "..."

So that night, the Luo family really ate the tortillas, and the cabbage that was washed out earlier, Luo used to add a few dried shrimps, and stewed a large pot of dried shrimp and cabbage soup.

The salt shop in Xiami Town sells them. The price of the things from the sea is naturally not cheap, and there are probably no artificially raised shrimps at this time. They are all wild things. In this era, the tools are backward, and the process of fishing is not easy. .

In the end, Luo Yong wanted to give the few pieces of shrimp meat to Liulang and Qiniang, but after thinking about it, he really didn't want them to develop the habit of eating alone, and even take such a favorite for granted. So the brothers and sisters ate the shrimp meat in small pieces each, and finally gave the Zheng mother and daughter an extra piece.

Zheng's previous girl is no longer here, but a slightly older girl is here. She is also very good at work, better than her sister, but her age is too similar to Luo Yong, so Luo Yong Now I will be a little more careful, let Mrs. Zheng come and get all the meals on weekdays, not her daughter.

So even though Luo Yong had a lot of things to do by himself during this time, he never thought about asking the mother and daughter to help. After all, their family didn't even have an elder, so it was easy to be rumored.

Luo Yong's obviously alienated attitude also made Zheng Shi and her daughter very uneasy, wondering whether their behavior of changing people this time was inappropriate, and whether it made the host feel unhappy.

Until Luo Yong once asked Mrs. Zheng if she wanted her daughter to learn a little arithmetic, if she wanted to learn, she would spend a lot of time every afternoon to go to Xu's guest house.Only then did the mother and son feel relieved, knowing that Luo Yong didn't have any dislike for the two of them, they were still trying to avoid suspicion.

Day by day, Luo used this household to cook day by day, seeing that the weather was getting cooler day by day, and the autumn harvest season was coming soon.

I heard from some merchants from the south that the army that fought against Tuyuhun had already returned to the court. The original Khan Fuyun of Tuyuhun died, and his son Murong Shun returned to the Tang Dynasty. The battle of Tuyuhun came to an end.

When the pears on the pear trees of the Luo family began to ripen, Luo Yong picked some of the sweetest pears that had been pecked by birds, peeled off the wounds and pear skins, cut them into small pieces and ground them with a stone grinder. Filter out the meat residue, add a small amount of water, put it in a pottery urn, and cook it on the stove. While cooking, cut a few more pears, and put the large pieces of pear meat into the pottery pot to cook together.

After the boiled pear juice and pear meat are put into canned bottles, they are steamed in a pot until it is almost ready, and then the bottle cap is tightly closed while it is hot. Since then, the first batch of canned pear meat this year , it is done.

None of these cans of Luoyong were sold, but when Wang Dang and the others returned to Xipo Village, they paid for some travel expenses and asked them to help them take them to Liangzhou City.

That Liangzhou City is a border land, with little rainfall, vegetation growth is not lush, and there are few fruit trees. This year, the pears at home are growing very well. Also try it.

I don't know whether it's because of enough fertilizer or what, but the pear trees planted by Luo's family in the past two years actually produce sweeter fruits every year.

This year the fruit is so delicious, the children in the family are very happy, Liulang Qiniang and the two are always wandering around under the pear trees when they have nothing to do, so that the two big dogs and a donkey in the family always run there Every time he picked up a pear that fell from the tree, it was like picking up some huge treasure. Luo Yong could hear the barking sound of wheat and green beans from a long distance, and five pairs of Ang En Ang En Calling.

At the end of September in the lunar calendar, Luo Erniang, who was far away in Liangzhou City, finally received the porcelain jars that Luo Yong had sent over.

Looking at the shell of the jar, I really couldn't think of what Luo Yong would send them. After opening the lid of the jar and smelling the fragrance of pears, Erniang knew that this should be the fruit from their own pear tree. up.

After getting off work that day, Erniang called Tian Chonghu and Tian Xianger over, and the sisters from the Yin family who had just arrived two months ago, together with Peng Er, shared most of the canned pears that they opened today. .

Back then, when Sanlang came back from buying pears in the county for the first time, Erniang thought he was spending money recklessly.

It was really not easy to buy the pears that time. On such a cold day, Shen Weng and the others tried their best to transport their best pears from Pingyi County to their Lishi County for sale. When it arrived in Luo Yong's hands, it cost about ten Wen and seven or eight pears.

That time Erniang thought it was too expensive, but she was still very happy in her heart. It was the first time she ate such sweet and juicy fruits when she grew up to such a big age. engraved in her memory.

Later, I planted pears at home, and the brothers and sisters in the family were not unhappy. Seeing the pear blossoms in spring, seeing the little pears hanging on the branches in summer, and waiting for pears under the tree every day in autumn eat.

Erniang really didn't expect that now that she is so far away from home, she can still eat the pears at home.

On the second day, Luo Erniang took two more canned pears and gave them to Zhao Chen and the others. Erniang and the others can now do business in this Liangzhou city peacefully, which is also inseparable from the protection of the Zhao family. .

The headquarters of the Zhao family is in Shuozhou, Hedong, and their network of relationships spreads all over the prairie. However, in Liangzhou, they are not considered to have deep roots at present, but with their power, ordinary people will not easily come up to provoke them. .

After Zhao Chen and his son ate the canned pears, they were also greatly shocked, because in their impression, although pears can be regarded as a relatively durable fruit, if they are not stored in the cold storage, it is normal That is, put it for three to five or seven days.

These canned pears were not only not stored in the cold storage, but were also taken along by Wang Dang and others. After about a month, the pear juice and pear meat in the cans did not change in the slightest, which is really incredible.

"You mean Mr. Luo Xiaolang, could it be that he really knows some magic skills?" Zhao Qi said to his son Zhao Chen after eating a small bowl of cool and moist canned pears.

"I don't know either." Zhao Chen shook his head and smiled wryly. If it was said that Luo Sanlang knew some fairy arts, he wouldn't believe it at all.

"How about calling this thing the Immortal Drink?" Zhao Qi asked.

"Good." Zhao Chen nodded.

Therefore, in the near future, the people living in this dry plateau city will finally welcome a cool and nourishing drink. The people in Zhao's guest house call it Immortal Drink, and the price is high, but they buy it again People gather.

In order to discuss the canned pear deal with Luo Yong, Zhao Chen took a few people and rode to Lishi County in person.

At the same time, on the west side of the Tang Dynasty, on the other side of the Yellow River, His Majesty's meat canning factory was also in full swing. Some nomads on the nearby prairie heard the news and flocked to the Chengzhou Market.

Judging from the market situation in autumn and winter last year, the prices of suet soap and cashmere this year should not be worrying. What the herdsmen are most worried about is the sale of mutton.

At this time, I heard that Tian Khan saw a large-scale meat canning factory in Chengzhou City, and was going to buy a large amount of mutton from herdsmen. At that time, many herdsmen flocked to Chengzhou Market. The state fair is probably several times bigger than last year.

It is said that the population on the prairie is sparse, but if the herdsmen on this prairie are gathered in one place, the number must not be underestimated.

And the existence value of this canning factory is definitely not just in the acquisition of cheap mutton.When the herdsmen began to rely on this factory, a thin rope was put around their necks. It may not be fatal, but it is enough to guide the direction.

Next time, if the barbarians in the north dare to invade, His Majesty the Emperor only needs to issue an imperial decree to stop the production of this cannery in Chengzhou and stop the purchase of mutton that is flooding in the local area. Economic hit.

The bigger the emperor's cannery was, the more people who counted on them to buy mutton, the greater his influence would naturally be.

Many leaders of ethnic minorities in the north know this truth. It is not that they have thought of stopping it, but how can they stop it, unless they want to harm the interests of their own tribe and become the public enemy of the entire tribe.

At that time, there is no need for those people to do anything, and the political competitors will first jump out and deal them a fatal blow.

Politics has always been one bloody contest after another, and there will never be a time when it is truly calm.

This time in Tuyuhun, after the death of the old Khan Fuyun, the new Khan Murong Shun was supported by the Tang government. This process of power struggle will definitely not be gentle and peaceful, bloodshed is indispensable .

On the side of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin has always been very good at winning people's hearts during his ruling process, starting from the bottom people to build his own prestige, thus weakening and diluting the influence of the aristocratic family members.

On the side of the family group, it is obvious that they are not just for nothing. They will definitely not stand by and watch the power of the monarchy dominate and the power of the relatives decline.

With the appearance of Luo Yong, I don't know what role he will play in this complicated relationship.