North and South groceries

On the day of March 25th, after eating chicken cakes, the master and servant of the Du family finally began to prepare for the next day's trip.

That evening, Du Xi talked to Luo Yong. Luo Yong thought he was going to say goodbye to him in advance, but as soon as this guy opened his mouth, the already precarious image of aristocrats immediately fell to the ground.

"You mean...on credit?" Luo Yong has learned a lot this time.

That's the Jingzhao Du family. Do you know that there is a senior official named Du Ruhui next to Li Shimin, that's right, it's their family. Even a country scholar like Luo Sanlang who doesn't listen to things outside the window used to be like this. I've heard it said.

"Saburo doesn't believe me?" the guy asked.

"It's my first time to pay my respects to Jingzhao Du's family man." Luo said it politely, but not so politely in his heart.This is the first time we have met, brother, I know who you are, what if you are a liar?

"So..." The other party looked regretful.

"So, please leave a token for me." The so-called being a human being keeps a line, Luo Yong looked at this guy and he should be a member of the Jingzhao Du family. After all, there are not so many liars these days. It doesn't look like it's pretending, even so, it's better to maintain a friendly relationship with him.

As soon as Du Qilang heard that the other party wanted a token, he stretched out his hand to touch his body, but he didn't find anything valuable. Then he thought about it, took off a jade pendant hanging around his neck and handed it to him. Luo Yong: "Saburo must keep this thing safe for me."

Luo Yong took the jade pendant that was still warm, and felt a little weird in his heart, but the jade was indeed a good piece of jade, so he accepted it with confidence. After that, Du Xi told him that he would buy this and that on credit, Luo I also agreed to use it more readily.

During this trip to Xipo Village, Du Qilang returned with a full load. He bought [-] pairs of socks alone, [-] pairs of mats, and also brought a large jar of fermented bean curd to the car.

"Xie Kui." Du Qilang called his servant in the car.

"What's the matter?" Xie Kui was driving ahead at this time, and his lord said that he had to hurry back to Chang'an City, and these socks would be unwelcome when the weather warmed up, even though they were saved until this autumn and winter. It's the same, but Du Qilang doesn't have that kind of patience.

"When you return to Chang'an City, how about I exchange these things into cash, and I will fund you to open a fried noodle shop in the workshop?" Du Qilang said.

"Is it for me?" Xie Kui didn't believe it.

"Let's drive together, I will contribute and you will contribute." Du Qilang said.

"If you want to ask me to do a job, just say so." Xie Kui said without saving face.

"When we make money selling fried noodles, we will charge more wool. By the way, I asked you to take a sneak peek at Erniang Luo's room this morning. Did you take a look?" Du Qilang changed the subject.

"I didn't look at anything, and I even rolled my eyes." Xie Kui said depressedly.

"Then Luo Erniang loves you?" It doesn't look like it.

"It's their fourth mother." Xie Kui said.

"Hahaha! That little lady is really hot." Du Qilang gloated: "It's okay if you don't look at it, we can stock up some wool first, and wait for the future..."

Du Qilang imagined a good way to make a fortune by farming wool, but he didn't know that the cashmere used to weave the woolen socks is only available in winter, and after the beginning of spring, as the temperature rises, The goats gradually shed their cashmere, leaving only wool and no cashmere.

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At the beginning of April, Zhao Chen from Shuozhou brought over the second batch of wool, which was also the last batch of this year. He sent his servants to go to the grassland to buy wool earlier. Back here, these wool collectors hadn't been able to rush back to Shuozhou City, but this time they caught up.

Luo Yong was also very happy looking at the wool from the oxcart and oxcart. This amount of wool should be enough for him to consume for more than half a year, and the things he made should be able to sell for a lot of money by then.

This time, Du Xi's master and servant only left three pieces of money, and moved so many things from him, Luo Yong was not unsympathetic.

If it wasn't because the other party was a member of the Jingzhao Du family, and if he didn't want him to help promote the socks before the end of spring, Luo Yong would definitely not let him credit so easily. You can't really exchange this thing for money.

Now that someone has placed the advertisement and the materials are in place, Luo Yong feels more at ease.Even if there is less liquidity on hand now, it will definitely be a matter of time to make money.

What he didn't expect was that Zhao Chen didn't want fermented bean curd this time, but miso. Didn't he say last time that the reputation of fermented bean curd has spread to their Shuozhou City, so this thing is more valuable?Why don't you want fermented bean curd this time?

After asking, I found out that this guy also wanted to sell Jajang noodles. He thought that if the miso was processed into Jajang noodles and then sold, the profit should be higher, and he might be able to run a well-known old business. shop.

And he also told Luo Yong that he didn't take away all the miso this time, because he was worried that he would take too much back and put it back.So this time he only took part of it back, and when it was almost used up, he asked his servants to drive the carriage to pick it up.

Luo Yong listened, but felt unreliable, the journey was far away, and the cost was too high.

"How long did Da Lang spend on the road?" Luo Yong asked Zhao Chen.

"21st." Zhao Chen smiled wryly. Since he came back to Xipo Village for the first time and saw these good things from the Luo family, he has been traveling between Lishi County and Shuozhou City. In the past few months, He spends almost all of his time on the road.

Luo Yong was silent, even if Zhao Chen didn't say anything, he could guess the hard work of the other party. In this era of underdeveloped industrial technology, everything has to rely on human and animal power. It is naturally very difficult to travel long distances.

"So, how about I teach you the method of making this bean paste?" Luo Yong said.

"Really?" Zhao Chen opened his eyes wide, and the palms on the table were unconsciously clenched into fists.

"Naturally." Luo Yong said, "It's just that in the next two years, you have to continue to supply me with the same amount of wool as this year. I will also prepare the fermented bean curd in exchange for the wool."

"So, thank you Saburo!" Zhao Chen got up and bowed like Luo Yi.

"If the price of wool increases in the next year or the next, you have to remember the promise made today." Luo Yong also stood up, reaching out to support the opponent's arm.

"That's natural."

Zhao Chen's family is also in business. Ever since he saw the wool felt cushions made by Luo Yong, he guessed that the price of wool will definitely increase in the future, but so far, no one else has bought wool, so this batch of goods , He still sent Luo Yong here.

But by this autumn and winter, if someone else can afford a better price, then their Zhao family will definitely choose to do business with new customers.

It's just that after today, the situation has changed again. Since Luo Yong was promised to supply him with so much wool next year, he will definitely do it. As for other buyers, it depends on what his family receives. Is there any surplus of wool?

Although their Zhao family in Shuozhou is not comparable to those big families in Chang'an, Taiyuan, they have also been operating on the grassland for many years. When it comes to dealing with herdsmen, they have an advantage over others. Even if the price of wool increases next year, for them, It shouldn't be a big problem to buy so much wool. If it doesn't work, I will send a few people to go deep into the grassland.

In the next few days, Zhao Chen started to learn how to make sauce with Luo Yong, while the subordinates he brought went out to collect food.

The price of grain in Lishi County is still relatively cheap, even cheaper than Shuozhou Taiyuan. They drove a bullock cart all the way here, and it is not worthwhile to go back with an empty cart. It is transported to Taiyuan City to resell, and you can make a fortune.

As for the accommodation, it just so happened that the yard near Luo’s house has also been repaired, so they will all live there these days, as long as a few more beds are laid in the house and squeezed together

will be able to live.Those who are away from home, these people are not so particular. They can rest in this village for a few days, eat well and sleep soundly, which is better than when they are on the road.

By the time the group left, it was already mid-April, and spring was deep.

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In Chang'an City, flowers are flying in April, which is a good time for outing.

Recently, everyone among the gentry in the city has known that Du Qilang got some soft socks of different colors and textures from somewhere. I heard that they are very warm. It's like holding a stove.

It's just that Du Qilang said that he only got back a few pairs in total, and he refused to give them to others easily. Then in the past two days, some people came to him with gifts to change socks. Some people changed them, but some did not. I don't know whether the things taken are not in line with Du Qilang's wishes, or the person who took them is not in line with Du Qilang's wishes.

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Qiao Junlin's uncle, whose surname is Hou and whose name is Lin, worked in the Hongwen Museum as a school secretary, from the ninth rank.

Although he is a low-level official, he still has a foothold in Chang'an City, and he took his nephew over earlier, intending to keep him by his side and train him well.

On this day, Hou Lin also went to work in the Hongwen Hall as usual. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it, but for some reason, many colleagues and students in the Hongwen Hall all stared at him. I was puzzled for a while.

On weekdays, he didn't see anyone paying so much attention to him in all kinds of behaviors, and today he didn't do anything, why were everyone staring at him.

"Scholar waiting, come here, we'll ask you something."

"What's the matter?"

After such exchanges, Hou Lin finally figured it out. It turned out that what these people were looking at was not him, but the pair of socks on his feet.

In recent days, he has spent a lot of time on his nephew, and he doesn't go out to socialize and drink with these people very much. The news is a bit late, and this is the first time he has heard about Du Qilang.

Now these colleagues of theirs asked him if he knew the origin of these socks, and if he could get a pair for each of them. As for why, it was naturally for the sake of showing off.

In this era, the selection of officials is mostly not based on the imperial examination system. The imperial examination system here is just a little Beibi who was born not long ago, and he is not the opponent of those gentry masters at all.People at this time want to become officials, one depends on their family background, and the other depends on their reputation. The more famous a person is, the easier it is for a person to get the attention of the upper class, and the more chance he has to stand out.

Now that his colleagues have said so, Hou Lin is naturally not easy to refuse. In fact, he doesn't want to refuse, because he wants to build a good relationship with his colleagues and want to show off.

Then one night, after Hou Lin returned home, he told Qiao Junlin that he had discussed with several of his colleagues that he would arrange for two servants to go to Xipo Village to buy socks, and asked Qiao Junlin to give them a token so as not to When people get there, other twists and turns arise.

"This time around, I'm afraid it will be summer soon." Qiao Junlin scratched his hair. He was gnawing on a book at this time until his head became dizzy, and he couldn't figure out what these Chang'an people wanted to do.

"No problem." The waiting school secretary said that summer will not hinder their determination to wear wool socks.

As for the keepsake, Qiao Junlin reached out and touched the note in his bosom, and felt a little reluctant after thinking about it, so he bent down and took off the pair of socks he was wearing, and handed it to his uncle.

"..." Waiting for the school secretary was silent, and reached out to take the pair of socks.

He has a pair of these socks himself, but he doesn't intend to take them as tokens, because he still has to wear them. Qilang of Jingzhao Du's family is a romantic figure in Chang'an City, so he also has what Du Qilang has. , What a revealing thing this is.