North and South groceries

On the post road from Changle County to Liangzhou City, there are also post stations every [-] miles, the same as in the Central Plains.

The reason why there is a station every thirty miles is because in this day and age, the average person can only travel thirty or forty miles a day, whether by car, donkey or on foot.

It is [-] miles from Changle County to Liangzhou City. Even if the concrete road has been paved now, it will take at least more than a month.

This road is far away, sparsely populated, the natural environment is also very harsh, and the goods transported are quite expensive. We must always beware of robbers inside and outside the customs. The Zhao family did not feel bad about collecting the shipping fee.

Many merchants, rich families and aristocratic families in Liangzhou City do not want to pass Yanzhi Mountain. Part of the reason is this. The road is long and difficult to travel, and there are many dangers in transporting goods. If they do not operate in this area for a long time, they will come here soon. Walking must be difficult and inconvenient everywhere.

After making an appointment to set off around Qingming, Luo Erniang and the others' cashmere workshop began to take inventory and pack goods after the year.

After all, cashmere products are still light, they can hold a lot in one car, and they are also expensive. Because of this, after adding the high shipping costs, they can still be sold in Liangzhou City and still make a profit.

If it is changed to the canned mutton of Chang Le Gongfu, not to mention the profit, even the shipping fee will not be able to earn back. People in Liangzhou are not short of mutton to eat. No matter how much these canned muttons are hyped, what can they sell? Go for the sky-high price, after all, no one is a fool.

Not only Luo Yong and the others were troubled by the transportation problem, but when Du Gou and the others started making canned fish in Laizhou a few years ago, they also suffered a lot from transporting goods southward by waterway.

For the finished canned fish, they first use small boats to go north along the coastline and transport them to the mouth of Jishui, and then go all the way upstream along Jishui until they reach a lake called Onozawa, and pass through the lake. On the opposite side, there is a canal called Baigou, which is a section of the Grand Canal. If you walk west along this Baigou, you can reach Luoyang, the eastern capital, and this section is also upstream.

Not to mention that this road is going upstream from east to west, and the transportation is difficult. The fact that the forces on the waterway are intertwined makes it difficult for people to move an inch.

When the goods were first shipped, although there were local merchants leading the way, there were still many difficulties. There were those who maliciously exploited them, wishing to swallow their goods and people alive, and those who were used to being fierce and deliberately made things difficult for them. , There are also those who kill people without blinking.

In order to operate this commercial road, Du Gou and the others not only spent a lot of money, but also lost a lot of smiles, and even filled in more than a dozen lives, and fought with those water bandits several times, and only then did they earn a little fame and convenience. Being able to walk and transport goods on this waterway will no longer be embarrassing everywhere.

Compared with walking on land, sailing a boat in the water still has many advantages. Although it is going upstream, the boat can hold a lot of goods. As long as the wind direction is right, you can sail all the way up. Land transportation is much lower.

In a blink of an eye, Laizhou people have been in the business of canned fish for several years.

At the end of last year, Du Gou heard that the imperial court was going to build a wooden track between Chang'an, the western capital, and Luoyang, the eastern capital. When the first batch of goods were dispatched after the Spring Festival, Du Gou also came out with the ship. He wanted to know whether the wooden track was as good as the legend said, and whether it would bring convenience to their canned fish business.

Du Gou and the others went smoothly this time, but even so, when they arrived in Luoyang City, it was already the end of February.

Aunt Luo happened to be looking for a shop in Luoyang City at this time. When Du Gou heard about it, he went to find her in person and introduced some of his good friends in Luoyang to her.

Many aristocratic families in Chang'an City have houses and properties in Luoyang, and so does the Jingzhao Du family. Du Gou came to Luoyang several times when he was young, and made friends with some young men in Luoyang. He went out with the army, and he has been to Luoyang many times, and he is very familiar with it.

In recent years, he has often traveled between Laizhou and Luoyang, running around for the canned fish business of the people in Laizhou. Now in this Luoyang city, he knows a lot of people, whether they are noblemen or merchants, and many of them have great love and righteousness. man of.

Du Gou introduced these friends of his to Aunt Luo, which naturally provided her with great convenience, well-connected contacts, and the shop of that new store was settled within a few days.

Before the opening of the new store, Aunt Luo hosted a banquet for Du Gou and his friends in her own shop, and piled up all kinds of fruits into hills in the hall. When the banquet was over, she asked everyone to call her servants over to tell them what flavor they like to eat. You can pick and choose, and move as much as you like.

"Although Mrs. Na Luo is a woman, she acts more generously than ordinary men." A few days later, some of these close friends met again in private, and someone said with emotion during the dinner: "There are so many cans, I don't know how much you can exchange for them." Money, she said she would give it away."

A middle-aged man next to him heard this, and said with a smile: "That means she has a big conspiracy. Compared with that, those canned food are nothing."

Someone soon echoed: "Bianzhi doesn't seem to be a very quick-witted and nimble person, he does have a plan in his chest."

"I don't like those who are too quick-witted. When interacting with people, why do you want to be quick-witted?"

"It's not a bad thing to be alert."

"It's not referring to you, don't make it up by yourself."

"No matter how capable she is, she's just a restaurant owner, so what's the point?"

"You're thinking wrong." Others gave him lessons one after another.

"Didn't she tell me at the banquet two days ago that she plans to set up several orchards in the south of the Yangtze River in the near future."

"I heard from a few acquaintances in Chang'an City that this time Aunt Luo not only transported all the income from the elder sister's food shop in Chang'an City to Jiangnan to buy orchards, but also helped with North and South groceries."

"It is rumored that the county magistrate of Huihe took out all her food this year."

"It's not only her own food town, but among the little ladies she has befriended, there are also those who put their dowry in it."

"Chang'an City was quite lively in those few days."

"In the beginning, there were still people clamoring to withdraw from the marriage, but the clamoring and clamoring stopped."

"Why don't you stop? After the wooden track is paved, the traffic between Chang'an and Luoyang will be convenient. At that time, a large amount of canned fruit will flow to Chang'an. Like these canned bayberry and loquat, I don't know how expensive they are in Chang'an City. "

"Those little ladies invested money in Mrs. Luo at this time, obviously they made a good deal."

"In this way, wouldn't Aunt Luo's orchard still have their share?"

"Otherwise, it is said that Naluo Siniang promised them that she would first lend the money to her elder sister for use, and after a year or two when her elder sister earns money, she will buy some land with them in the south of the Yangtze River. Treat them badly, these little ladies will take their family servants and go to the south of the Yangtze River to live a peaceful life by themselves."

"Hahaha! Such a plan is not bad."

"You know that the sisters of the Luo family are just merchants, but you don't know how many women and girls will agree with them if they raise their arms now."

"Hexi also has Erniang Luo."

"There's another Qiniang down there?"

"That one is still young, and has been well protected by the brothers and sisters above. He has not yet emerged, so he doesn't know what will happen in the future."

"Only the above three are enough to write a storybook."

"There is also the coffin board in their house, which alone can write a book."

"I don't know how much property Mrs. Luo can set up in Jiangnan this time?"

"It must be a lot."

While these people were talking, Mrs. Luo had already sailed southward by boat that day, the pavement on the Luoyang side had already been settled, and the relationship that should be moved had also been roughly walked around, and the rest should be left to other people to do.

They have been doing the business of sister's food shop for many years. Aunt Luo and her subordinates are already familiar with the business. In addition, they have the experience of running a new store in Wu County with Aunt Luo. This time, the shop in Luoyang City, It shouldn't be a problem to hand it over to them.

To be honest, compared with these women who work as managers in my sister's restaurant, Aunt Luo is not the most intelligent and capable one, nor is she the one with the highest level of education. However, if there is no Aunt Luo, their fate today I don't know what it is.

In this society where women's status is naturally low, these groups of hard-working women naturally have a strong centripetal force. They regard this group as their destination, and they firmly cannot tolerate the occurrence of betrayal. Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop in Hexi is quite similar.

A few months ago, after the news spread that the imperial court was going to lay wooden tracks between Chang'an and Luoyang, the land prices in the Jiangnan area had a faint upward trend. However, the Hexi area is still very hot now, and the fluctuations in the Jiangnan area are not that great. After all, compared with canned fruit, everyone is still more optimistic about the sale of the white cloth.

However, there are also many big families and wealthy merchants who consider buying some properties in Jiangnan, which brings some competition to Aunt Luo in the process of purchasing orchards. She had an idea for the matter early in the morning, and she had been in contact with people early on. Now as long as the money and silk are in place, she will be able to buy several places soon.

In Chang'an City, this time, not only Nanbei Grocery and Luo Siniang provided her with financial support, but the Bai family also lent her a lot of money in private, and Hou Lin's wife's family also gave her this time. She offers support.

What Aunt Luo didn't expect was that the Xunyang Zheng clan also asked her family to send a box of gold and silver, saying that he would buy some canned loquats with her. Canned loquat with him.

In addition, there are some large and small merchants and wealthy households, local gentry, and even some famous big families.

Aunt Luo knew that they were investing, not just for herself, maybe not just for Luo Yong, but because these people saw clearly that their Luo family was a rising family.