North and South groceries

At the end of the year, Xu Dalang and others finally came to Chang'an City. There were more than a dozen people in their group, who drove an ox cart and a donkey cart all the way here. They also brought a lot of things from Lishi County, the most important thing was the Luo family. Bean paste from the yard.

Those bean pastes can be made at the end of summer. At this time, it has been almost half a year, and they are basically mature enough to be released in large quantities.

When this group of people first arrived in Chang'an City, Luo Yong was teaching students at Taixue, and these people first went to the courtyard at Feng'an Square.

Ah Zhi received them, boiled water and cooked food, and vacated a room for them to live in. When Luo Yong came back from get off work, Xu Dalang and others had already slept in the yard here.

As soon as Luo Yong entered the yard, he saw his children making out with five couples. The five couples hadn't seen that guy for a while, and his figure seemed to have put on another layer of fat. The food is good, or the weather is cold in this winter, and the hair on its body grows thick.

"Ang En...Ang En..."

"puff!"

The five pairs of big donkeys barked and snorted when they saw Luo Yong, and they didn't know whether they were happy or unhappy.

Luo Yong greeted his disciples, and heard that his sister Fulin Goro had come with him this time, but he looked around but saw no one.

"Where is my sister's wife?" Luo Yong asked.

"At noon, everyone was resting after eating. He couldn't stay here, so he went to see your sister at Guangdefang." Xu Dalang's wife laughed.

"I took him there, but I couldn't find anyone in Guangdefang, so I took him to Chonghuafang, but I did find him, and your brother-in-law stayed there to help. I have nothing to do, and I will come back by myself first." .” Ah Zhi also said at this time.

"Why don't you two go to Guangdefang to see?" Luo Yong asked Xu Dalang and his wife with a smile.They came back this time just to visit their son and daughter-in-law.

"I heard that the West Market opens after noon, and the afternoon is the busiest time of the day, so we won't go there to cause trouble, and we'll go later before the curfew," Xu Dalang said.

"If you want to take a donkey cart, you can go out at this time." It is not far from Feng'anfang to Guangdefang. Donkeys walk slowly, so it is better to go out early.

"Don't worry, Master, you just came back, let's have some food first before leaving." They are also quite clear about the curfew in Chang'an City and the distance from here to Guangde Square, so it's okay to go out later.

"Don't eat, let's eat in the shop over there. Guangdefang is much more lively at night than here. Since you have had enough rest during the day, go there for a stroll tonight." Luo Yong laughed.

Having been in Chang'an City for so long, Luo Yong now has a better understanding of the city. If we talk about the market, there are mainly two cities in the east and the west. If we talk about nightlife, it is mainly concentrated in two places.

One is in the east of Chang'an City, from Chunming Gate to Qujiang Pond. The more famous ones are Changlefang and Jiaohuafang.The other is next to the West Market, mainly concentrated in the area of ​​Guangdefang and Yanshoufang.

So when the Ma family bought the guest house in Guangdefang, although the price was high, it was justified.

It is not only close to the West Market, but also the main nightlife area, and it is relatively close to Miyagi. In addition, the location of this guest house is also well-known in Guangdefang. Well, that is, at this time in the seventh century AD, everyone was relatively realistic, and housing prices and land prices were also relatively reasonable.

Luo Yong and others went to Chonghuafang first, planning to go to Aunt Luo and Lin Wulang first, and then go to Guangdefang with them.

Luo Yong has been to the small courtyard in Chonghuafang many times, and now he is familiar with the way. When they passed by this day, they still saw some neighbors fetching water from the pool outside the courtyard, and people came and went. It's more lively in the past.

Luo Yong patted the courtyard door, and soon a young woman came out to open the door. Luo Yong entered the courtyard, and when he looked up, he saw Lin Wulang squatting on the porch repairing a stone pestle.

My sister’s food shop now sells a lot of fishballs and meatballs every day, and beating them with a wooden hammer is too laborious, so Aunt Luo bought a few stone pestles in the yard, which saves a lot of effort. One day, the wooden pole of a pair of stone pestles became loose, and Lin Wulang had nothing to do, so he took it and repaired it in the corridor.

"Brother-in-law just arrived today, why did he start working?" Luo Yong said with a smile.

"He just can't be idle." The aunt came out from the next room at this time, and invited Xu Dalang and others to sit in the hall, and then asked people to boil some egg water to entertain the guests.

"Why didn't Si Niang and the others come over?" Aunt Luo didn't see Si Niang for a few days, so she also asked at this time.

"Stay in the yard over there. I said there are too many people today, and they all went to Guangdefang, and it's hard to live there, so I asked them to stay in the yard over there and play with the five couples." Luo Yong replied. .

"Five couples are here too?" the aunt asked with a smile.

"Here we come." Luo Yong also smiled.

"That's just right, you can also drive a donkey cart in the future, don't ride that swallow all day long, in this cold day, your hands are going to have frostbite." The aunt said.

"I think so too." Luo Yong smiled.

A few people ate egg water to warm their stomachs, and it was almost time for curfew, so they went to Guangdefang together.

The streets of Chang'an City are so spacious, and the night in Guangde Square is so lively. Many of Luo Yong's disciples have already been to Chang'an City once before, and now when they look at it after a few years, they still feel that Grand and prosperous.

It’s just that this time, I’m not as dizzy as I was when I first came here, because in this city of Chang’an, people have been laid on a kang, and they have walked through many places in the streets and alleys. In terms of terrain, they may be worse They need to be more familiar with it, and they have broadened their horizons in the past few years. Looking at Chang'an City at this time, it is big and prosperous, but it is no longer at the level that makes them feel at a loss and panic.

In the evening, Aunt Luo led the eldest daughter of the Zheng family to replace the young couple of the Xu family and told them to have a good talk with her own mother Ye Niang.

On Xu Erlang's side, he didn't go out to the streets like the other disciples, but stayed with Luo Yong in a small room behind the Ma's guest house, and the master and apprentice talked about the recent days in Lishi County. What happened, and what they intend to do in this line of work.

"...Since the master left, the business of Xu's guest house has not been as good as before. It is enough to have Sanlang at home to watch over him. I am here to find something else to make a living." Xu Erlang said to Luo Yong.

"Is the business of those shops near the sheepfold good?" Luo Yong asked him.

"It's not bad." Xu Erlang replied.The shops in the Yangshe area mainly deal with porters and peddlers, and there are often some small traders who come to them to buy goods. They used to use the accumulation, and now those shops are doing well, and the sales are still good. relatively stable.

"That's good." Luo Yong nodded.Although he could start a new one, he still didn't want the business that he had cultivated with great difficulty in the past to decline after he left.

"Master, have you ever thought about running a north-south groceries in Chang'an City?" Xu Erlang asked.

"Naturally." Luo Yong thought about this a long time ago.

"Master also thinks this is feasible?" Xu Erlang said happily.

"The saint promised me before that as long as it is my goods, there is no need to pay tolls on this concrete road from Lishi County to Chang'an City." Although the journey is long, it is still much more convenient than before. There are no tolls, and the cost is less than before. Under such circumstances, the connection between the two places will naturally be closer, and it should be possible to develop both ends at the same time.

"So, I have been looking for a shop in Chang'an City these few days?" Xu Erlang asked.

"Good." Luo Yong nodded.

In the past, Luo Yong failed to make up his mind to open a shop in Chang'an City. Firstly, it was too far away from Chang'an City at that time, so it was inconvenient to travel there. Secondly, he was worried that he would attract the emperor's taboo because he was too public.

In fact, the person sitting in the position of the emperor has a lot to think about every day. He is facing the whole country, and there are not one or two forces that make him jealous. How can he have so much time to organize? Day stared at his coffin board.

Furthermore, it doesn't mean that as long as he looks innocent and harmless, he can live in this world in peace.

Blindly showing weakness and showing favor, blindly acting in a low-key manner, not cultivating one's own strength in time to make oneself stronger, in the end, even if the emperor really doesn't shy away from him at all, so what, any power, one finger can hold him down died.

If a person wants to survive better and more safely in this world, nothing is more important than his own strength.

Luo Yong, who has been a human being for two lifetimes, has only just figured out this truth in the past two years.

In the next few days, Xu Erlang searched for shops in Chang'an City, and soon there were rumors that Luo Sanlang from Lishi and his disciples were coming to Chang'an City to develop.

After the news came out, there were those who expected it, and those who feared it.

The most obvious change that Luo Yong felt was that the attitude of those gentlemen and students of Taixue towards him was slightly different from before.

It was probably because of the arrival of this group of disciples that they realized that this young and unborn teaching assistant actually had his own power. Although Luo Yong's disciples were not great figures, they had a great deal of respect for Luo Yong. Loyalty is unquestionable.