North and South groceries

Recently, it was heard that merchants from Lishi were transporting a batch of tea from Chang'an City and wanted to go to Changle County, so many Hu merchants from Dunhuang, Jinchang and other places came to Changle County one after another.

Luo Yong has half sold and half delivered tea in Changle County for such a long time, and many rich merchants in Guazhou, Shazhou and other places have gradually developed the habit of drinking milk tea.

After drinking for a long time, qualified people say that tea is really good for the body, so more and more people want to buy tea, but it is a pity that this thing is rare, even in Zhangye, Liangzhou and other places. See, the supply of tea is tight for a while, and the price remains high.

The problem of cannibalism has not yet been resolved, and a large number of Hu merchants have gathered in Changle County. Luo Yong has not expressed anything yet, but the people in the county have already sweated for him.

"Today another group of cannibals came."

"Why is it a cannibal again? Could it be that those people came here?"

"That's not necessarily the case, maybe it's for the tea."

"The county magistrate is drinking with people again today?"

"At noon, a group of Hu merchants came. They were acquainted with the county magistrate earlier. This time they want to buy tea and liquor, but they don't have much money in their hands, tsk."

"At this time, I actually went to have a drink with people. There are so many people in the city, and there will be troubles at that time..."

"Yesterday I saw him wandering in the street, buying a load of green beans with someone and going home."

"Hey, I'm still young after all, I haven't experienced anything, I don't know how to be afraid."

"..."

They didn't know that Luo Yong sent people to Jinchang City to deliver a letter two days ago, saying that he was planning to develop tea trade in Changle County. The merchants gathered in Changle County. Changle County has a small garrison and weak troops. To prevent accidents, please send more troops to Changle County from Guazhou.

Chen Jiao, the governor of Guazhou, had set a course with himself early in the morning to abide by his duties, not to seek extraordinary achievements but to seek no faults.

It is a good thing for Changle County to develop tea trade, and Chang'an City obviously attaches great importance to this matter. At this time, Luo Yong applied for support from Guazhou in this name, and it was justified, so Chen Jiao handed over the matter to He gave it to Fu Bingcao in the county.

Fu Bingcao has been dispatching troops for the past two days. In their area, there are quite a few soldiers at each post station. It is not easy to draw so many people out at once.

"Lang Jun, I think Na Luoyong is very cunning despite his young age." One of Chen Jiao's concubines said so when he was having a drink in his garden that day.

"Why did you say that?" Chen Jiao asked with a smile.

"I also heard about that Kunlun slave. Now that those big cannibals want to find him, he came to borrow soldiers from you, but he refused to tell the truth, but borrowed the tea trade." The little concubine said Smiling and pouring wine for Chen Jiao, he said.

"You don't know that I don't know about this?" Chen Jiao drank the contents of the cup in one gulp, and wiped the beard around his lips contentedly.

This baijiu is really strong enough to drink, but the price is too expensive, even if he is from such a background, he can't drink to his heart's content often, except that Luo Yong sent two jars to him when he just brewed baijiu, and later I haven't given it away anymore. If he, the Shangguan, wants to drink, he has to pay for it himself. Tsk, a coffin board is a coffin board.

"I don't know what your lord means?" the concubine said softly.

"If he mentions cannibalism in the documents, he is not waiting for others to catch him. There are also many people in the capital staring at us in Guazhou." Chen Jiao explained to the beautiful woman.

"Your lord wants to protect him well?" the concubine asked again.

"Who cares if he's not thoughtful, I'm not here to protect you and me." Chen Jiao joked.

"Lang Jun is playing tricks on me again." The concubine also laughed.

"Whatever he cares about, the Kunlun slave is a big cannibal. If he can suppress this matter by himself, it will be the best. If there is a trouble, it will be a hindrance to me." This is not a good thing. Big things can be turned into small things. Naturally, it is the best, but if there is a big trouble, it will also hinder Chen Jiao's official reputation, and he may also be questioned in terms of his ability to be an official.

"In this way, it would be better if he didn't report the matter of the Kunlun slaves. If he reported it honestly, the gentleman would be in a difficult situation." The concubine was quite transparent.

"Naturally." Chen Jiao drank another glass of white wine as he spoke. He didn't like subordinates who always made things difficult for him.

Three or four days later, Fu Bing Cao personally led 100 soldiers to Changle County, divided more than [-] people into post stations outside the city, and dozens of others followed him into the city and stationed in Changle County.

In this way, there were still some restless people in Changle, but at this time they were completely relieved. Cao Bing Cao was not a simple person. During the wars, the enemy soldiers who died under his sword did not know how many, no one As soon as Fu Bingcao came, those barbarians spoke a little softer than usual.

When Fu Bingcao came, Luo Yong felt more at ease.

A Pu and others live in the county government office, and those big cannibals often inquire around the county government office. In the border town, those big cannibals will always restrain themselves.

In addition to the big cannibals, more and more Hu merchants from various countries came to Changle County in the past two days. Many of them have been to Changle County before, and they have some friendship with Luo Yong. At this time, when these people come again, Luo It is inevitable to go to see the last one.

In this backward age, in front of the powerful force of nature, a person's life is like a candle in the wind. If you don't see it this year, when the Hu merchants come to Tang again next year, you don't know if you can see it again.

This day, Luo Yong had just met a few barbarians he knew, and he came out of the wine shop, this time he only had a few drinks, but he was not drunk.

When he came out of the wine shop, he felt that someone was staring at him. When he turned his head, he saw an old farmer in sackcloth and short brown. There were two baskets beside him. I picked up a wax gourd.

Luo Yong smiled, walked over to him, and said, "How do you sell this wax gourd?"

"If the Ming government wants it, you can give me six cents." The old farmer said happily.

Winter melon is boiled in a clear soup with little water, but it doesn't matter if it's full, and it's a bit cold. It's not good for people who are weak to eat too much, and it has never been sold at a good price.

I heard that there are a lot of barbarian merchants in the city recently, and the vegetables are expensive, so the old man also carried these two winter melons into the city to try his luck. He never thought that he would really get lucky today, so he put down the burden not long after. , so he met Luo Yong. He also heard people say that their county magistrate Luo often buys vegetables with people on the street, and rarely picks and chooses, let alone bargain with others.

"Five cents." Luo Yong said at this time.

"Five Wen is five Wen." The old farmer said immediately.It seems that the county magistrate of Luo is not completely reticent to bargain with others. Although the price of five cents is not the best, it is not bad.

Luo Yong was taking out money here, and there were two servants not far away. Seeing that the county magistrate was shopping for vegetables again, he walked over a few steps and saw that it was winter melon. One of the servants said:

"The winter melons in the store are almost half full, why is the Ming government buying winter melons again?"

"No problem." Luo Yong waved his hand and said, "The weather is good these two days, let me find some people to dry the extra slices of winter melon, and save it for cooking soup in winter."

"Is this okay?" I've never heard of wax gourds being eaten like this before, so don't spoil things then.

Their county magistrate is soft-hearted. Seeing these farmers who go to the city to sell vegetables, they always want to buy some. In the summer, they didn’t know how many courgettes they bought, and they couldn’t sell them all. two houses.

"It's delicious, you'll know when you taste it." Luo Yong said.

"Here." Since the county magistrate said so, it shouldn't be wrong. When it comes to eating, I'm afraid they don't know as much as he does in the whole county.

The farmer got the money, happily went to the government-run shop with his burden.He had heard early in the morning that the government-run shop in the city hadn't accepted winter melons recently, so today's luck was really good.

I just heard about the method of drying wax gourds, and he can try it when he goes back. There are still a few ugly and small ones in the field, plus the one that was eaten by wild boars two days ago. Let it all dry.

"The magistrate of Luo County told me to send these two winter melons."

"Hey, I bought winter melon again."

"Where do you put it?"

"Here, let's put this room."

"Hey."

Luo Yong spent a few pennies on this side and bought two big winter melons. He was in a good mood and walked slowly towards the county government office with his hands in his sleeves.

Changle County is not like Chang'an City. The population in the county is small, and most people live on a budget. It is not easy for farmers outside the city to go to the city to sell some vegetables. If a load of vegetables can be sold for a few pennies If you have money, you are very happy. Luo Yong often wants to buy it when he sees it.

The scene just now fell into the eyes of a group of big cannibals not far away.

"Is this the county magistrate of Changle?" A middle-aged cannibal who looked rather dignified said.

Based on what he had heard in the past few days, Luo Yong, the magistrate of Changle County, was obviously not a kind person, but at this moment, he looked like a kind person.

"Don't be fooled by his appearance, this person is quite cunning."

"Earlier in front of us, he clearly behaved very domineering and domineering."

"Maybe he treats us big cannibals differently?"

"Central Plains literati think highly of themselves, and have always looked down on foreigners." A few people beside them said angrily.

When Luo Yong got closer, these people also walked into the middle of the road, blocking his way.

"Are there any problems?" Luo Yong asked.Being blocked on the road was not happy, and his attitude was naturally a little different from when he was talking to the old farmer just now.

"It's because of those two young Kunlun slaves." The middle-aged cannibal was straightforward, and directly explained the purpose of his visit.

"It's a long story, why don't you and I drink a cup of tea together."

Luo Yong had a good impression of this big man-eating man in front of him, he looked quite stable, and seemed a little dissatisfied with him, but he didn't shout for beating and killing as soon as he came up.

"..." The man didn't move.

"Let's go." Luo Yong raised his hand and asked him to go with him: "Although you and I are of different races, we can't be like brothers, but it's okay to drink some green tea together."