North and South groceries

This time back to Chang'an with Luo Yong, in addition to Hengzhi Azhi and others, there is also Luo Erniang.

Luo Erniang has developed in Hexi for so many years, and now she has capital and technology on hand, and three well-run workshops, which can provide a continuous supply of goods. When she returns to Chang'an at this time, it is natural to open up the Central Plains. market.

Erniang is Luo Yong's elder sister, and what Bai Yimao can know, Erniang naturally knows very well.

According to Luo Yong, the Jingtieshan iron ore reserves are huge, and so much iron ore will be developed by then. If you want to sell it to the Central Plains in the east, you have to cross Yanzhi Mountain. high.

If you want to sell it to countries in the Western Regions in the west, since iron is very sensitive and cannot be easily passed through the customs, Guo Xiaoke would definitely not dare to do that.

Therefore, in the early stage of the development of this iron mine, the main sales market was Longxi.

Longxi is just such a place, with a small population and relatively limited consumption capacity. A large amount of iron ore hits the market. If nothing happens, the local subway price will drop soon, which also makes it possible to lay railroad tracks.

And when Guo Xiaoke really made money, it was after the railroad track was laid that the train, a new type of transportation, was put into use, which greatly increased the transportation capacity and reduced the transportation cost.

At that time, the iron ore from their side can be transported to Liangzhou and other places, and even sold to the Central Plains. For the transportation, it only needs to burn some coal, and it does not need to spend so much manpower and material resources. There are many borders, just on the boundary of Guo Xiaoke's jurisdiction.

At that time, many products from Longxi can be transported to Longdong and even the Central Plains via this railway, including the output of Luo Erniang's two workshops in Changle County.

In addition, Erniang also planned to have people buy a large number of low-priced white cassia flowers from Longxi and transport them to the Central Plains, and then they would set up workshops in the Central Plains. The advantage of setting up workshops in the sales place is that they can adjust production according to the needs of customers in a timely manner. Going deeper into the local market will also help them absorb human resources from the local area.

Luo Erniang is also rich now. In the early years, she and Peng Er and others followed the Zhao family caravan all the way from their hometown Xipo Village to Liangzhou City. At that time, they really saved as much as they could. They wished they could even bring rations from home , clothes, shoes, socks, bedding, etc. brought a bunch.

This time, I travel lightly, as long as it can be bought with money, or something that can be rebuilt after arriving in Chang'an City, I don't bring it with me, just bring money and hands, and some things that can't be bought elsewhere Things.

Luo Yong also brought few things here, mainly a few of his disciples, some belongings, and a donkey.

After all, this donkey has been kept for so many years, and it has developed a relationship. It is absolutely impossible to lose it. This time they set off from Changle County, traveling in a wooden carriage, and got a cargo for the five pairs. Wagon, let it stay in the box.

In addition to the five pairs, there are several sauce jars in the cart. When everyone moved the sauce jars to its cart earlier, this donkey still protested loudly. It couldn’t turn around with only this space. Yes, I'm still moving things up there.

Later, someone opened a soy sauce jar and fed him a spoonful of soy sauce, and the donkey stopped, and fell in love with these sauce jars along the way, and got along very well.

It is always difficult to go out. Fortunately, the season is good now, and the traffic in the past two years has been much better than before. In Longyou Road, even if the wooden tracks in some places have not been repaired, at least there are concrete roads to walk on. Less bumpy pain.

When they arrived in Liangzhou City, Luo Yong picked up Tian Chonghu and his brother and sister, met the Zhao family, rested for a day, and soon set off again.

Although there is no wooden track in the east of Liangzhou City, the cement road is a bit old, and there are potholes in some places, but there are quite a lot of caravans on this road, and the business along the road is relatively developed. As long as you spend money, basically Everything you can find elsewhere can be bought along the way.

The reason for such a scene is mainly because of the development of the white fringe industry.

Although it was also driven by the cashmere suet soap industry in the early years, compared with the impact brought by the white fringe this time, it really pales in comparison.

The group of them set off in autumn. As they walked along the road, the weather gradually turned cold.

Fortunately, when I passed Yanzhi Mountain, the climate was not too cold. The temperature on the mountain was relatively low, but it was not too cold, so I didn't suffer too much.

Walking southeast from Liangzhou City, along the way, you can also see some white fringe flowers. Most of the white fringe flowers in the fields have been harvested at this time, and only some flower stalks are left in the field.

I heard from some local people that the area of ​​their area is considered to be relatively early in the planting of japonica flowers. When the price of jasmine flowers was high two years ago, many people made money, but the planting risk is high. If it rains, then the white fiddleheads in their entire area will suffer. Now the price of white fiddleheads is getting lower and lower. Many people don't plan to plant them next year. It is more cost-effective to plant corn.

Corn, gourds, and peppers are all very common products along this road.

When passing through some places, there were also local people who heard that Luo Sanlang from Lishi was passing through the local area, and came to visit the inn, some hosted banquets, and some offered rich gifts of money and silk.

Money, silk, gifts, and other things are never accepted, and banquets are not often attended, but those people are often left to have some light meals at the post station, chat with them, and learn about some local customs and customs.

Although Luo Yong is only a small county magistrate, his reputation has spread widely. He has been in Longxi these years, and it can be said that he has driven the economy of the entire Longyou Dao, and has also affected the surrounding areas.

Among the people who came to visit him, there were quite a few gentlemen. Many of them had higher official positions than Luo Yong, but they didn't have any airs. Feelings of worrying about the country and the people.

In addition, it is inevitable that we will see some dirty and corrupt people, and there are also those who think they are smart.

In the eyes of outsiders, Lishi Luo Sanlang, who is only 26 years old this year, may be a little young and easy to deceive.

How do these people know that Luo Yong has been a man for two lifetimes, and his mind is much more mature than his peers.

Besides, in the 21st century, once the Internet was opened, people and things could not be seen. Many young people in that era knew the world far beyond their own experience.

In the face of those people, Luo Yong did not expose them. He listened and watched along the way, keeping everything he saw and heard in his heart.

These experiences will eventually become a piece of information in his mind, and may come in handy one day in the future.

When their group arrived in Chang'an City, it was already winter.

After seven years, Chang'an City is much busier than before. It can be seen that the country has been prosperous and the people have been peaceful, and the market has been prosperous in these years.

Those city walls and buildings have not changed much, but there are many more pedestrians and merchants, especially the railway station outside the city. Even in this mid-winter season, there are still a lot of pedestrians and goods.

Everyone in Chang'an learned the news of their arrival today in advance, and came to greet them outside Chang'an early.

Before Luo Yong and the others reached the gate of the city, they saw Siniang and the others riding out to welcome them. Siniang and Wulang are all grown up now, and even Liulang and Qiniang are fifteen years old this year. In the Bai family, studying literature and martial arts with the children of the Bai family, riding a horse and driving a cart is also a compulsory course.

Thinking back when Luo Yong just woke up, Liu Lang and Qin Niang were still little dolls crawling on the ground drooling, but now seeing them dressed neatly and looking like vigorous teenagers riding on horseback, this feeling is really magical, It is very gratifying.

Together with Siniang and the others, there are also some young ladies and gentlemen, including children of the Bai family, and friends of Siniang and Wulang.

Si Niang and the others ran to Luo Yong's car and squeezed everyone else down. Even the driving seat was taken by Goro Liulang. They also know how to drive a car now. Those who have been professionally trained are no better than the drivers. Difference.

Erniang hadn't seen Siniang and the others for many years. A group of people were sitting in the car talking and laughing, and outside the car were surrounded by those little ladies and gentlemen, and they would add a few words from time to time. The road was chattering and lively.

"Where's sister?"

"Sister is waiting not far outside the city."

"They pitched a tent on the side of the road in front of them, burning a stove and drinking hot tea, feeling very comfortable."

"Fei'er is here too?"

"Here it is, brother-in-law is holding her. She clings to brother-in-law and hangs on brother-in-law's chest like a big burden all day long."

"My sister said that my brother-in-law spoiled him."

"It's been almost half a year since confinement, and it's getting heavy soon!"

"..."

Then Fei'er is the daughter of Aunt Luo and Lin Wulang. Luo Yong did not expect that Auntie would name her daughter Lin Fei'er.

It is probably because she has seen the market outside these years, and recalls her isolation in Xipo Village, so she hopes that her daughter will be able to fly around in this world in the future, let's take a look.

The little girl's voice was very loud, when Luo Yong was still on the road, she heard it from a long distance away, thinking that it could be her niece crying, so she heard Si Niang and the others say that Fei'er was crying again.

When they got closer, they saw the aunt holding a big fat baby in her hand, coming out of the blue cloth tent with the others, while coaxing the baby in her arms, she walked quickly towards Luo Yong and the others.

Second Uncle Bai, Hou Lin and others were all there, and everyone greeted each other, but a little baby cried so much that they didn't say a few words, but no one cared, after all, the atmosphere was good.

Luo Yong took the little doll from the aunt's arms and hugged it, but was defeated by her crying, so he had to hand it over to Lin Wulang next to him.

"It's sleepy. This baby will get angry when he's sleepy." Lin Wulang said with a smile, and when the baby was in his hands, he stopped crying.

Luo used his probe to take a closer look at the doll in Lin Wulang's arms. It was white and fat. I don't know if it was a psychological effect.

But don't be afraid of anything, now she is too young to understand what adults say, after a year or two she will be able to listen and speak, and she has a hundred ways to deal with it.