North and South groceries

Du Gou went to the city to forge a few small, slender blades, and started tinkering with paring knives after returning to Xipo Village.

The paring knife that was made at the beginning was also relatively simple. After several improvements, the paring knife looks very close to the appearance of later generations. Because there is only one blade, it can only be peeled by pulling, not pushing.

The first beneficiary of this peeling knife is the guest house of Xu's. His family cooks a lot of meals every day. Recently, it is the season of loofah and gourds, so there is a lot of peeling work.

Ever since he got a paring knife from Du Gou, even the youngest child in the family can easily complete this task.

After seeing this kind of paring knife, many merchants living in Xu's guest house showed strong interest.

The principle of this knife is actually very simple. Some people looked at it carefully, and secretly made a note of it in their hearts, planning to do it when they go back. I also bought it very readily, and the price was only five cents a piece.

The most valuable part of this paring knife is the small iron blade, which weighs about one penny, plus the processing fee for the blacksmith, it is only about two pennies, and the rest of the wooden frame will not cost a penny. , at most half a penny, so selling this paring knife for five pennies is actually still profitable.

It's a pity that the structure of this thing is too simple. Once it spreads, it will be easily imitated by others, and it will not bring him long-term profits.

When Wang Dang and others saw this paring knife, they planned to get some to sell in Dinghu County, but they ran to Du Gou to see that the guy's enthusiasm for the peeling knife had passed, and now he was still immersed in painting. He only said that he was willing to tell Wang Dang and others how to make the paring knife, and asked them to make it themselves and sell it.

Luo Yong's disciples who did not rent land to farm with their master heard the news, and some of them expressed their willingness to do this business.

"After these paring knives are made, how do you plan to sell them?" On this day, when Luo Yong came from the sheep shed and passed by Xu's guest house, he saw several of his disciples sitting around a corner of the hall, burying their heads in making paring knives. A leather knife, so I went over and asked.

"Look for the merchants who live in the store to sell." One of the disciples raised his head and said.

"Ask one by one?" Luo Yong asked.

"You can sell them on the street," another disciple added.

"How are you going to sell it?" Luo Yong wanted to give them some advice.

"Hey..." A disciple at the scene scratched his hair in embarrassment when asked. Although he had also worked as a peddler, selling and shouting were all basic skills, but at this moment in front of his master, he didn't know Somehow I feel a little embarrassed.

"What words do you use when you usually hawk?" Luo Yong was really curious.

"Ci'er?" The disciples were also curious, it was just a peddling, and it was just one or two sentences, what words do they need?

"If we make up a set of words, it should be able to attract more people to buy." Luo Yong thinks that the business at this time is indeed very underdeveloped, and the brand concept has not yet been formed, and the sales methods must be relatively backward.

"Wouldn't it be necessary to spend money to hire someone to write Ci?" In this era, those who can write Ci are basically relatively high-level literati, and people who generally know a few big characters can't write Ci.

"It doesn't need to be like that." Luo Yong was thinking about how to explain the jingle to them, when he saw Xu Erlang's eldest son picked two gourds from outside and was about to take them to the kitchen, so he called him to take them. The gourd was brought over.

This gourd is also a gourd. The vegetable garden of Xu's family is well managed, and the melons and vegetables are planted early. In the past few days, a lot of gourds have matured in his house, and the store can't use them up. He often asks the children at home to pick a few. Send one to Luo's courtyard.

At this time, Luo Yong took the two gourds, and took a paring knife from one of his disciples. He recalled the common words used on the stalls in later generations, sat there, and demonstrated them to his disciples. What is really selling.

"Come and come, those who pass by, those who pass by, come and take a look, take a look, look at this paring knife in my house..."

"Those who come from the south, those who go north, those who ride donkeys, and those who work on horses, come and have a look..."

"Stand forward, don't back down, there is no charge for live demonstrations, it doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, let's learn about new products..."

"Five cents, five cents a piece, you can't get a loss if you buy it, five cents a piece, you can't be fooled..."

In the first two sentences, Luo Yong was a bit embarrassed, but he became more and more excited as he got to the end. Not to mention, it has been two or three years since he traveled here. He really misses the noisy streets and night markets in the 21st century. .

And his apprentices were completely stunned at this time: after their master's baptism, they would never dare to say that they were also peddlers and peddlers.

"Cough cough." At this time, someone coughed lightly at the door, Luo Yong turned his head and saw Hao Cishi and several other people standing there.

"Luo Sanlang, Your Majesty has a decree for you to set off in a few days and go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit." Hao Cishi said to Luo Yongyan, the expression on his face was quite subtle at this time, and the few people who came with him were no different let.

Everyone in the living room of Xu's guest house was shocked by Luo Yong's god-like peddling skills just now. At this moment, when they first heard this letter, they couldn't react.

"Grassmen obey the decree." At this time, Luo Yong was relatively calm. He had expected this day to come. So many things from the 21st century were moved to the [-]th century by him. The emperor was not blind. Sooner or later I have to meet him.

"I heard that you recently slaughtered some goats and planted some rice," said Hao Shishi.

"Did Hao Cishi see it when he came over from the sheep house in front?" Luo Yong had already put on his shoes and got off the kang.

"The goats are growing well. As for the rice, we still don't know what's going on." Grain, until the end bears fruit, no one can say whether it can be planted here. The rice stalks grow so long No matter how good it is, what's the use, in case all the fruit will be flattened.

"If it is really planted, the governor will also have a taste of the rice grown in our Lishi County." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"Very good." Hao Shishi also said with a smile.

Hao Jianping was born in the Hao family in Taiyuan, his family was loose and he didn't have much power.

In this era when military merits are compared with family, compared with many of his colleagues in the officialdom, his foundation is very shallow, and it is precisely because of this that he is more cautious.

Calculating the time, it has only been more than ten years since Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor and changed the name of the country to Wude. After the first year of Wood, there are still many forces in the country. Heroes, those who have been officials in Beijing and various places in recent years, there are many heroes of those years, and even the descendants of heroes.

All over the country, there are only so many official positions in total, and there are meritorious officials who need to be placed, and there are so many gentry forces who need to be appeased and drawn, and divided up and divided. In the end, how many positions can be reserved for the students who passed the imperial examinations later? And those gentry nobles will not just watch their status being shaken.

"I heard that you don't know how to ride a horse, so let me, Jianpu, drive you to Chang'an City." For Luo Sanlang, Hao Jianping felt somewhat guilty.

What he has always pursued is the strategy of self-protection. Although he is still dedicated to being the governor of a state, it is natural that he must plan for himself.

Luo Sanlang, he didn't pay much attention earlier, after he created the swallow, Hao Jianping treated him a little more cautiously, the tree is as beautiful as the forest, the wind will urge it, Hao Jianping did not Not sure if he could withstand the strong wind that might hit at any time, so he chose to avoid it.

Speaking of which, Luo Sanlang has done a lot for Lishi County in the past few years, and he, as the governor, is ashamed of himself.

It's just that he is too popular, and he has always been unwilling to bow his head to others, and he can't do that kind of flattery. He really doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse when he comes to Beijing this time.