North and South groceries

Seeing the weather getting warmer day by day, some of Luo Yong's disciples had to go back to Xipo Village before spring plowing.

Most of these disciples have families, and this time they came to Chang’an City to help Luo Yong. Some disciples went back home when they went back to Xipo Village to transport goods, and some of them have not been back until now. I miss my wife, children and elderly people very much.

"Da Lu, you can just go back with peace of mind, we are still here." A child said to one of Luo Yong's disciples, patting his chest.

"You can just do your job with peace of mind, and it's best not to cause any trouble for my master." Lu Da patted the kid on the forehead and said.

"I won't cause any trouble." The child's voice suddenly dropped several degrees. If it wasn't for them last time, Yan Liu and others made rumors that they lost their money bags in their shop, there wouldn't be so many people believe.

"In the future, there will be fewer people in this shop, and the master will not come here often. You should be more vigilant than before, and don't be taken advantage of by others." Lu Da is relatively close to these children. I'm going back to Xipo Village, so I will inevitably have to give a few more instructions.

"En." The child nodded solemnly.

"Okay, let's go to work, we're all doing what we're doing here." A disciple urged them to go on their own.

"..." Those children were quite reluctant to give up, and they turned their backs every step of the way. These days, these disciples of Luo Yong have taken good care of them. Now these people are going back to Xipo Village, and they will do it next time. I don't know when I will come to Chang'an again...

"Hey! Fatty!"

"Hey, why are you here?"

"We're going to Xipo Village too."

"Why are you going to Xipo Village?"

"The boss told us to go to Guannei Road to build roads with Luo Sanlang's disciples."

"Wow! You guys are going to Guannei Road!"

At this time, another group of children ran over from the south gate of Fenglefang, each of them carried a bag on their shoulders, and they looked like they were going to travel far away. When the children on both sides met, they chatted endlessly.

After a while, Xing Er also came, talked with Luo Yong's disciples, and entrusted these children to them to take care of them on the way.

"I made an agreement with your master early this morning, and he will come over in a while."

Xing Er also came up with this matter on the spur of the moment, so he asked Luo Yong, and Luo Yong readily agreed, because the children he had arranged for from North and South Grocery were very reliable, and Luo Yong could trust him.

Going to Guannei Road to build roads is hard work, but for these children, it is also a rare opportunity to increase their knowledge. I heard that they can also go to Liangzhou City to be with Luo Yong's disciples, and their safety is also guaranteed.

Luo Yong came a little late that day, mainly because he spent a little longer waiting for Lin Goro.

Lin Wulang will also go back with him this time. He has been in Chang'an City for several months. Lin's father and Lin's mother are worried that he will stay in Chang'an City and refuse to go back. Someone brought a message, telling him that he must go back during the spring plowing this year.

The young couple parted, and the atmosphere was very sentimental. When Luo Yong drove the donkey cart to pick up the people, he saw that they were still talking, so he didn't make a sound, and waited quietly for a long time until Aunt Luo saw Luo Yong. He had already come to pick up people, so he urged Lin Wulang to leave quickly.

Lin Wulang is not a very capable person, but as long as he is by his side, he will stand in front of Aunt Luo for any heavy and dirty work.

As the eldest daughter of the family, Aunt Luo has to help the family with work and take care of the younger siblings. After getting married, she is quite taken care of by Lin Wulang. The two of them talk every day. concentrated.

Wulang said that he would come back when he was done with the spring plowing, but the aunt told him to wait until this year's autumn harvest.The old man is definitely not willing to leave after returning home for a month or two.

Wulang left in Luo Yong's donkey cart, and the aunt didn't give him any more. She just told him to be careful on the road, handed him another package, wiped away his tears and went to work again.

Luo Yong sent them all the way outside the city of Chang'an. He didn't drive the five couples back to the city until he saw him get into the carriage of one of his disciples and walk farther and farther along the wide concrete road outside the city. went.

When they went back this time, most of the carriages were empty, and they walked briskly. Even with the children under Xing's second hand, the carriage was still relatively light. A dozen or so horse-drawn carriages were driving the carriage on the wide and flat concrete road. , Can rush back to Xipo Village in less than half a month.

Xu Dalang and his wife also went back this time, but Xu Erlang didn't go back. He still needs to manage the North and South groceries.

Among the returning disciples, some of them will transport goods from Lishi back to Chang'an City next month, some of them will stay at home to work on the spring plowing, and some of them will go to Guannei Road to build roads.

Luo Yong promised each of these disciples who were going to build roads a bonus, and asked them to pay high wages to those in Xipo Village who were willing to go out with them to build roads. As long as the wages are high enough, even if the work is hard and far away from home , Naturally, some people are willing to do it.

The current economic situation of the Luo family is much better than before. As far as Chang'an City is concerned, just the two shops of Auntie's Food Shop and Nanbei Grocery can earn a lot of money every day.

The debts owed by Lishi County have already been repaid at sevens and eighty-seven. Right now, it is difficult to use the road promised earlier, and about half of it has not been repaired.

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Around the time of Qingming, spring has already entered the city of Chang'an, the peach blossoms are blooming and the willows are green, the spring breeze is light and rainy, and there is a sense of vitality everywhere.

Yanzhou, Guannei Road, thousands of miles away, is still dry and yellow.In a small village to the east of Yanzhou City, teenagers in their teens have to climb up the dilapidated earthen wall near the village every day, stretch their necks and look straight to the east.

"Hurry up and go home for dinner, what are you doing climbing up there all day long?" A teenage girl came here and called him to go back for dinner.

"Sister, do you think Luo Sanlang will come this year?" the boy asked his sister as he slowly slid down from the dilapidated part of the earth wall.

"How would I know?" The girl went straight to the village.

"Aye said that they won't come this year, and that Luo Sanlang has gone to be an official and has no time to manage our place." The young man chased after him in three steps and two steps. "However, I think they will definitely come. I heard that Luo Sanlang once said that he would give someone a threshing machine, and then he did. This time he said that he would build roads for us, so he will definitely do it."

"Sister, when do you think they will come?"

"Many villages in front of us have cement roads, but we haven't yet."

"I heard that they are now driving ox carts and horse-drawn carts to the market, which is very convenient."

"Sister, why do you think we can't build roads ourselves?"

"..."

His elder sister didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

In fact, more than anyone else, she hopes that this road can continue to be built. The village where the boy she likes lives is further west than theirs, and there is no road now. She Aye said that she wants her to marry to the east. In those villages, because there are wide and flat concrete roads there, once a road is connected to a place, it is like having a canal in the field, which is much better than those dry land without ditches or canals that depend entirely on the sky.

She also knew that her Aye was right, but she couldn't let go of the boy she liked.

Whether she would rather endure hardships all her life and marry the person she likes, or marry into a relatively affluent village in order to make life easier, this is a too cruel multiple-choice question for a girl in her teens. Especially this young girl knows better than anyone else the taste of poverty and hardship.

"Sister! Look over there!" At this moment, her brother suddenly patted her arm vigorously.

"What's wrong?" the girl turned her head to look.

"Look over there! Is someone coming over there!" Her younger brother excitedly said.

"I can't see clearly!" The girl also became anxious.

"Hurry up and call Aye, I saw a lot of people, a lot of people coming from over there!"

"Aye! Aye! Come out and have a look, there are a lot of people coming from the east, do you think it is Luo Sanlang and the others?"

"East? Could it be a merchant?"

"It must be Luo Sanlang! It must be Luo Sanlang and they are here!"

Not long after, the whole village became noisy.

When Luo Yong's disciples and skilled workers from the cement workshop arrived at the village, they saw such a bustling scene.

"Are you here with Luo Sanlang to build the road?"

"My master couldn't come this year, so he asked us to come and finish repairing this road."

"You want to build roads here in our village?"

"Our team has to go a little further, there are still a few teams behind, and we will reach your village soon."

After a day or two, the villagers in this village found work in a makeshift cement workshop near their village.

The west side of Guannei Road is poorer than the east side. The further you go west, the more difficult it is to raise donations. When the money and silk donated are not enough to build the road, when this happens, Luo Yong will advance the money himself. With the continuous supply of silk and the donations from some wealthy local gentry, the road construction went smoothly.

The cement road from Lishi County to Liangzhou City is getting longer and longer day by day. Luo Yong doesn't know how much money and silks here are spent, and he doesn't feel bad about it. The little one feels distressed.

This day coincided with the fifteenth day, and there happened to be no major events in the court. A group of officials and the emperor, talking and talking, somehow talked about Luo Yong spending money to build roads in Guannei Road.

The emperor smiled and said to Luo Yong: "I used the strength of a country to build a road from Chang'an City to Liangzhou City. I don't know if there is enough money and silk in Aiqing's family?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not that I'm building the road with my own strength, but also relying on the generosity of wealthy households in the pass." Luo Yong sat up straight and clasped his hands in reply.

"Assistant Luo is humble, who doesn't know that the money and silk of your Luo family flow to Guannei Road like running water." An official who is slightly higher than Luo Yong said, his words sounded like he was praising Luo Yong, but in fact there were some The suspicion of pushing Luo Yong to the cusp of the storm.

Hearing this, Luo Yong smiled nonchalantly, and said, "The money and silk are originally meant to be spent, and they are truly mine."

In the seventh century AD and in the 21st century AD, one focused on accumulation, while the other focused on consumption and investment. These are two completely different social concepts.

Luo Yong didn't know much about intrigue either, so he didn't know how to deal with it at this time is the surest solution, so he simply came up with a brand new idea and knocked these people out.