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Anyway, the emperor's rhetoric still gave Luo Yong a lot of face.

There was a commotion in Chang'an City before, and some of the gentry had publicly stood up to be enemies of Luo Yong. Although the turmoil had passed, Luo Yong's situation was a bit delicate at this time. Once the emperor's rhetoric came out, Undoubtedly, it added another layer of protective cover to Luo Yong.

Therefore, this matter is quite beneficial to Luo Yong, regardless of who the road was built for, just for such a set of rhetoric, it is not too much to ask Luo Yong to exchange a canned prescription. Unfortunately, after all, canned food doesn't actually have much technical content.

"Is this road really specially built for me?" Although he doesn't know the ins and outs, it doesn't affect Luo Sanlang's efforts to fight for his own interests.

"Paving roads and building bridges is naturally for the benefit of the world, but the sage decided to build such a road because he cherishes Saburo's talent." The official who came to Xipo Village with the imperial decree said so.

"Oh..." In other words, although this road was built for him, the ownership of the road still belongs to the emperor. How about travel expenses?"

"..." The official choked on his question.The emperor didn't tell him this before going out, hey!

But at a time like this, how could he say that Luo Yong would have to pay tolls for transporting goods through this road in the future?

If this was said, wouldn't the emperor's imperial decree just now become a joke?

"There was no such custom in the past, but I think it should not be necessary." The official replied.

Hearing this, Luo Yong became a little unhappy. Regardless of what the emperor's plans are, since he has already said that this road was built for him, he must fight for the benefits that should be fought for. "If you don't even know it, how can those little officials who collect tolls know it?"

"Sanlang, don't worry, when I return to Beijing, I will definitely ask you about this matter clearly." The official quickly comforted me.Just kidding, the canned recipe hasn't arrived yet, so it's not okay to make him anxious at this time.

When Luo Yong heard it, it was almost the same. He didn't believe that the emperor wanted to build a road for him suddenly.In any case, the other party must at least show his sincerity first, and then they can sit down and discuss it seriously. Anyway, this person in front of him is not the emperor himself, so he is very afraid.

After the two parties sat down and talked for a few words, Luo Yong finally confirmed that the emperor really wanted the canned recipe this time.

The emperor has so much eucommia gum in his hands. If he wants to start making canned meat, it must be a large-scale meat canning factory. The profits here are indeed quite considerable, and it can also be used as military supplies.

Luo Yong was refreshing. After learning about the other party's picture, he quickly told the official how to make canned meat. In order to let them have a more intuitive understanding, he even personally showed them how to make canned meat. , and some of the precautions are also explained in great detail.

The few attendants brought by the official were all taking notes with feather bamboo pens. Looking at their pens, it was more delicate than the ones made by Luo Yong here, and the feathers looked also It's not goose feathers, Luo Yong can't identify what kind of feathers they are, but seeing that they haven't broken the ink after writing for a long time, he knows that the quills of this kind of feathers should be relatively large and have a relatively strong ability to store ink.

Moreover, the paper they use is not ordinary hemp paper. The paper looks a little thicker and the surface is very smooth, so it should not be cheap.

After figuring out the specific method of making canned meat, these people did not delay in Xipo Village, and after a short rest for a day, they went back to Chang'an City.

After winter, Chengzhou will usher in another peak period of sheep slaughter. At that time, mutton is the cheapest. If the emperor does not want to wait another year, they will have to slaughter sheep before winter. The preparations for the cannery are in place, and it can be put into production immediately after winter.

In fact, canned food, in addition to canned mutton and canned fruit, can also be used as canned fish.

Last year, before Du Gou left Xipo Village, Luo Yong reminded him to go to the Qinling Mountains to buy some Du species seeds and plant them. By then, he had already returned to Laizhou, and they sowed Those seeds that I planted have now germinated and broken through the soil, and have grown into delicate saplings.

If there is no accident, in the autumn of next year, these saplings can be harvested and then processed into Eucommia gum.

When Du Gou went to the Qinling Mountains, because he went earlier, he did not meet those people who were sent by the emperor later, so whether it was the purchase of seeds or saplings, it can be said to be quite smooth. I didn't buy much, because the main economic conditions were limited, and the distance was too far away, so I just bought a dozen or two horses, sold the horses, bought an ox cart in the local area, and drove the ox cart back to Laizhou by myself.

When he returned to Laizhou, it was already after the Spring Festival, and the vitality of those saplings was very strong. After being so frozen all the way in the winter, not a few of them died, and most of them survived.

In the coming year, when the batch of du species saplings in the field are harvested, they will re-sow the seeds. At that time, it will be necessary to see how many seeds these small saplings can produce.

Du Gou spent more than half a year in Laizhou to vigorously promote the making of hemp paper and oil-paper umbrellas, as well as the making of peony cushions.

Now in their area, although it has not yet formed a great economic effect, some merchants from the surrounding areas go to them to buy goods, so the local people can use these manual labor to increase their income a little bit and make a living. In short, there have been some improvements.

But these are just the beginning. After two years, these eucommia saplings here will grow up. At that time, canned food will probably become popular in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, they will have eucommia gum and coastal areas. As long as you spend more effort to make delicious canned fish, you should have no worries about sales.

In Xipo Village, after the officials sent by the emperor left, all the villagers were very excited, saying that His Majesty now attaches great importance to Luo Sanlang of their village, and specially built a road leading to Chang'an City for him. Road, what an honor this is.

"Hey, that's what he said. He should have been building roads." Luo Yong felt a little embarrassed to be praised too much, so he said modestly.

"The whole country is so big, why does he want to build roads in our Lishi County? It must be because of you, Saburo." The villagers said convincingly.

When Luo Yong heard this, it seemed that there was some truth to it, but he still declined verbally: "It's probably because our place is close to Mengmen Pass."

"Hey, what's so great about Mengmenguan, it must be for you." As a military transportation fortress, Mengmenguan has a large area of ​​fertile land along the river. It has always been more beautiful than their side in Lishi County. Now His Majesty the Emperor To build a road is said to be for Luo Sanlang, why Luo Sanlang wants to push this honor to others?

"After all, Mengmen Pass is a traffic fortress." Luo Yong said.

The few villagers still refused to accept it, and they knew that the reason why the emperor wanted to build such a road must be for Luo Sanlang in their village.

Not far from them, Second Uncle Bai heard the conversation between Luo Yong and those villagers from beginning to end, and he was also very shocked:

"This Luo Sanlang is really flattering. The emperor put on such a big hat for him this time, yet he can be so objective and calm, and see the situation so clearly. He just listened to his few words, but every sentence was incongruous." Got to the point."

——"It should be that the road was going to be built."

No, Second Uncle Bai has already heard a letter from a friend in Chang'an City, saying that the emperor wants to build a meat canning workshop in Chengzhou this time.

——"Probably because of Mengmen Pass."

That's right, starting from Chengzhou, borrowing the Yellow River to go south, and arriving at Mengmen Pass, it is difficult to take the waterway again. The downstream river is turbulent, and there are even waterfalls, so we had to change the road at Mengmen Pass, and repair it from Chang'an City. The road reaches Mengmen Pass, which just connects with the Yellow River waterway.Since then, His Majesty's road to transport canned meat has naturally been unimpeded.

Luo Yong: ...Actually, I was just being humble.