North and South groceries

This time, most of the barbarians who came to Xipo Village with Zhao Chen and the others were recruited by the Zhao family at the Chengzhou market.Some of them had known each other before, and some had just met at that market.

It has to be said that this large-scale city and state fair greatly promoted trade and exchanges between grassland people and Han people, as well as between grassland people.

If the Tang government wants to strengthen their control over the prairie, they can definitely do work in this market. Judging from the current attitude of the court, they are obviously aware of this.

Zhao Chen took his subordinates and the newly recruited barbarians to Xipo Village to deliver the cashmere, and then planned to go directly to Liangzhou City.

They were chatting about how lively the market on the prairie was, and how prosperous Liangzhou City was. They heard that the villagers in the village were full of longing for the outside world. He started clamoring to go, and to work with Tian Chonghu, so that he must take himself to Liangzhou City in the future.

Si Niang Wu Lang also wanted to go to Liangzhou City, but was photographed back by Luo with one sentence: "Be honest, stay at home, and no one is allowed to run outside before arriving."

Erniang alone was already enough to worry him about, and these little ones wanted to join in the fun.

In order to get news about Erniang and the others in Liangzhou City, Luo Yong told them when he learned that Wang Dang and the others also wanted to go to Liangzhou City:

"Going to the mountains and roads is far away, so it's better to be safe and secure in Shizhou, but if you really want to go, and often bring me some news from there, that's naturally the best. Whether it's soap or other things here Anything else can be given priority to you.”

When Luo Yong said this, Wang Dang and the others couldn't hold back their already eager hearts.

Then Zhao Chen is the eldest son and grandson of the Zhao family in Shuozhou. Although the Zhao family is not a high-class family, they are quite famous. If they go to Shuozhou City with the Zhao family this time, their trip should be safe and safe.

I heard that there are business opportunities everywhere in Shuozhou City. If they run this business road in the future, Zhao Chen, Luo Erniang and others will take root in Shuozhou City in front, and Luo Sanlang will provide them with support in the back. A once in a lifetime opportunity.

Without hesitating for too long, Wang Dang and the others quickly assembled a group of people and decided to go to Liangzhou City with Zhao Chen and others in a few days.

Zhao Chen very much welcomes Wang Dang and others to join. The road from Lishi to Liangzhou City in the west is no safer than the road to Chang'an City. It is natural for Zhao Chen to have so many powerful men join their team. He was happy, and promised that if Wang Dang and the others encountered any problems in Liangzhou City in the future, they would go to their Zhao's guest house to find him. As long as they could help, he, Zhao Chen, would definitely have nothing to say.

People like Zhao Chen who walk outside all the year round naturally have many friends and many paths. Wang Dang is the most loyal person, and his brothers are not bad. Zhao Chen also intends to make friends with them.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and when the group left Xipo Village at the end of May, Zhao Chen's team was at the front, Erniang and the others walked in the ox cart in the middle, and Wang Dang and the others walked behind.

There was Zhao Chen in the front, and Wang Dang in the back. With such a large group of people walking on the main road, it stands to reason that there should be no need to worry about safety issues.

Luo Yong sent them all the way to the outside of the village, and many villagers also followed. Tian Chonghu's Ye Niang was also in the crowd, watching his two sons and daughters sitting on the bullock cart as the team went farther and farther, she also wiped a few tears Seeing Luo Yong looking towards them, he flinched and avoided the side.

Luo Yong didn't go forward to say anything to them, nor did he give them any good looks.These two people were lazy and confused, and Luo Yong wanted them to be afraid of him, so that they would not relax at any time, and start to do some stupid things by chance and cause trouble in the village.

In this day and age, traveling far away is definitely not an easy task. Erniang and the others were quite excited at the beginning, and were curious about everything they saw on the road. After three or five days, they slowly realized what It's called travel fatigue.

The four of them were assigned to an ox cart, and there were piles of their luggage and various seasonings on the cart, so the four of them could only take turns in the cart, and they had to change people down and walk around from time to time.

Erniang and the others are pretty good. Wang Dang and his group are carrying burdens, pushing carts, and even going on the road empty-handed is a luxury, let alone riding in a car.

When the weather is fine, the sun is so big that it seems to roast all the oil on the body, and the sweat on the body dries and becomes wet, wet and dry.

When it rains, if you can't find shelter from the rain, the entire team has to stay on the dirt road and let the rain drench. Even if you have oiled paper and oiled paper umbrellas, you will inevitably be covered with moisture and mud.

Erniang and the others had always stayed in Xipo Village before, and hadn't even been to the county seat a few times. Their life in Xipo Village has gotten better and better in the past two years, and gradually, they have forgotten the poverty in the past.

This time when I came out, after crossing the Yellow River, I left the city again, and walked on the uninhabited plateau, I suddenly realized what barrenness and poverty are. Their Xipo Village was originally poor, but this side is more poor than theirs. poverty.

The wheat in the crop field by the roadside is ripe, and the farmers are harvesting. When they saw their large group of people walking on the dilapidated dirt road, the villagers were wary and curious, and stopped their work. look their way.

Erniang and the others were also looking at the peasants, the old man with a sallow complexion and the child in scanty clothes.

Seeing them sitting on the edge of the field, using their own hands to remove the wheat grains from the ears of wheat, Erniang suddenly remembered the matter of Luo Yong sending the threshing machine. At first, she didn't understand. , if you have money, it’s okay to give some, why don’t you have to give it if you don’t have money and debts?

Now she suddenly feels a little guilty about her thoughts at that time. Compared with these people, the debts owed by their family are nothing. There are still so many eucommia saplings planted, and they will be harvested after one or two years, and all of them will be made into eucommia gum, but I don't know how much they can sell for.

Her family Saburo is capable, and many people in the county are willing to lend him money, so even with so many debts, their family has never been hungry for a day, and their food and clothing expenses are the same as before.

Although she also learned later that Luo Yong had his own intentions for doing this, but now it seems that even if there is no such purpose and the situation is better when he stays at home, Luo Yong should also be doing it for these poor people. do something.

At this time, Erniang also felt that what he did was indeed right.

In Lishi County, almost all the villages have already used the pedal threshing machine at this time. Although there is only one threshing machine in a village, it is still difficult to use, but it is better than not having a threshing machine in the past. It's much easier and less labor intensive.

Some wealthy households with a lot of fields came to Xipo Village to buy a threshing machine temporarily after they learned how useful the threshing machine was. But not cheap either.

The money obtained was basically used to buy wood and refined iron. Even the iron kettle that Tian Chonghu used to fry stinky tofu before was taken by Luo Yong to dismantle it for those blacksmiths to make a threshing machine. Component.

At the same time, dozens of craftsmen who came from Chang'an City had already reached the border of Jinzhou.

The road from Chang'an City is much easier than the road that Luo Erniang and the others took to the west, but it is not easy to travel in this summer, and they brought a lot of tools in addition to their own work tools. The fine iron that His Majesty bought with the money from selling cement, the lumps of iron, not to mention how heavy they were, were stacked separately on different wooden carts, the people in front dragged them, and the people behind them pushed them, and they walked all the way. .

Accompanied by these craftsmen were Governor Hao and the officials sent by His Majesty the Emperor, that is, Tang Jian. The Emperor probably felt that Tang Jian and Luo Yong communicated well, so he also changed people this time and let him come.

Tang Jian was quite happy, and staying in Chang'an City was meaningless. This time he was here to supervise the manufacture of the threshing machine, so if he was going to stay for a long time, he could just take a vacation in Xipo Village.

After staying in Linfen, and walking another ten or twenty miles to the north, Hao Jianping and his colleagues found that the edge of a wheat field not far ahead was very lively. The machine is threshing wheat.

Grab handfuls of wheat in your hands, step on the bottom of your feet, step on the drum on the threshing machine, and then point the ears of the wheat in your hand at the drum, just listen to the brush. After a few sounds, the wheat grains on the lower side were all knocked off and fell on the straw mat on the ground in front, and then the other side of the wheat ears was turned over to face the roller, and there were a few more brushing sounds...

"Is this a threshing machine?" Although these craftsmen knew that they were going to Xipo Village to make a threshing machine this time, it was the first time for many of them to see a real thing.

"That's it." An idler in Tianbian said with a smile.

"Why is it Jinzhou's turn so soon?" Someone asked in confusion.Here in Jinzhou, it is some distance away from Shizhou. Could it be that the large circle of villages in the middle has already been allocated threshing machines at this time?

"Where can it be?" The man said with a smile: "This is Luo Sanlang's disciple Wu Youtete who bought it from Xipo Village. He bought it early in the morning. He bought a total of three sets, which are enough for their village."

"Aren't you from this village?" Tang Jian also got off the carriage at this time.

"No, we also came from Chang'an City. We were traveling faster than you in the carriage. I just saw you on the road yesterday. Now the carriage is parked in Wu Dalang's courtyard." The man pointed in the direction of Wu's courtyard. , said with a smile.

"So that's the case." Tang Jian knew Wu You, and every time he passed this section of road, he would go to Wu's courtyard to eat lo mei.

"It seems that Wu You is making money now." Hao Jianping laughed.

"It's not that I don't want money for the villagers to use. I heard that they have to give Wu You a penny for using this threshing machine once." Speaking of this, the man thought it was quite interesting.

Although Wu You's family has earned some money now, even if his master gave him a discount for the three threshing machines, it would cost more than ten yuan, so it's no wonder he doesn't feel bad.

So Wu You told the villagers that he would buy the threshing machine with his own money first, and if the villagers wanted to use it, they would just give one penny a day.

Although the villagers are frugal, they wish to break a penny into two flowers on weekdays, but when the harvest is in the busy season, they can still afford the one penny a day. With this machine, they can save money. A lot of time and effort.

Moreover, Wu Dalang was able to come forward to do such a thing for the village when his own economic conditions were not so good, and everyone was very grateful. It only took one penny a day, so Wu Dalang earned money. After thinking about it, it is not bad to be able to recover the capital.

"Are you finished here?"

"Have you run out?"

"Let's go, let's take it away quickly. The wheat in my field is all cut, and I'm just waiting for this threshing machine."

"Don't be so impatient, there are still some in the field."

"Only those few trees, just stroke them with your hands."

While talking, the two young men used a pole, put it on the wooden shelf under the threshing machine, lifted it up and left.

The family in the field yelled a few words at them, but they were not really angry. The summer and autumn harvests were not exhausted in any year. , the few remaining corners and corners, just stroke them with your hands.