North and South groceries

Just when Luo Yong was worried about how to increase the number of registered households, the caravan of the Zhao family in Zhengzhou came to Changle County, and Luo Erniang came with them.

On the day when Luo Erniang and the others entered the city, many Changle people gathered around the street, watching the carriages line up one after another on this not-so-spacious street.

These carriages are seldom used to carry people. Most of the children of the Zhao family ride horses. It is said that the carriages are loaded with copper coins and silk. They were brought by Luo Erniang from Liangzhou City to give them to Luo County. order gift.

In the past, their county magistrate refunded taxes to those households who were not registered, and sent food to those families who had difficulty surviving the winter. Many people in the city were worried that he had no money. This winter, the city wall might be difficult to repair. Now it seems that It's too much to worry about, their county magistrate Luo is not only rich, but his elder sister seems to be richer than him.

Luo Erniang is indeed very rich. In the past few years, he has bought a lot of real estate in Liangzhou City, and got the nickname of Luo Bancheng, which is quite similar to the name of Luo Yong's coffin board.

Erniang doesn't know how to invest in other things. In the past few years, every time she earned money, she used it to buy real estate. At the beginning, some people laughed at her for being too bold, but now those people are so envious that their eyes are red. .

"Why have you been here in Changle County for more than half a year, and you are still so thin?" Luo Erniang, who is known as Luo Bancheng, came to Changle County and helped Luo use them to sew, mend, wash and rinse every day. , and often cook some delicious food with them.

At the end of last year's winter, when Luo Yong and the others passed through Liangzhou City, Er Niang felt sorry for him being too thin, and even moved to Changle County. After his life stabilized, the situation would improve. Unexpectedly, when they met this time, they were still the same. so thin.

"You're young, it doesn't look good when you're fat." Luo Yong squatted by the gutter in the corridor at this moment, dipped a brush in clean water from the basin, and carefully scrubbed the pair of leather boots he wore today.

In the past two days, a workshop was being built on the wasteland in the northwest of the city. Luo Yong's disciples were there, and there were many officials in the county.

"It doesn't matter if you are fatter. Your body has been injured once. You should pay more attention to it than others." Luo Erniang was sitting on the porch at this time, sewing a gray leather hat.

Her cashmere workshop not only collects cashmere, but sometimes also collects sheepskin and wolf fur. The hat he is sewing now uses a piece of gray wolf fur, the thickest and softest fur on the neck and chest.

Luo Erniang was sewing her hat while talking to Luo Yong: "Earlier, my sister wrote to me saying that in the Guangdefang where they opened a shop, there was an old man who was an official who was not ashamed, and those people made a fuss last year. When he wanted to dismiss your official, he also followed suit, and this year their family also opened a small tea shop in the south..."

"What else did she say to you?" Luo Yong quickly changed the subject, fearing that the more she talked, the more angry she would be, and her good mood would be lost again.

"She also said that she has a lot of good hands." Erniang smiled, and continued following Luo Yong's words: "Recently, many companies in Chang'an City are preparing to open branches in Suyang and other places. No, she also plans to allocate a few people to open a branch there, Suyang and other places are rich in silk, and now tea is added, many people are optimistic about the prospects there."

"Then she doesn't plan to be with the Ma family this time?" This was the first time Luo Yong heard about it.

"I heard from my elder sister that most of the newly opened shops of the Ma family in the south are in small places, mainly for the purpose of collecting tea. She has been operating in Chang'an City for many years, and has also met some merchants. This time, I will work with those people. If you go to Suyang and other places, there should be nothing wrong." Luo Erniang said everything she knew.

"But it's settled?" Luo Yong asked with concern.

"No, some of them are undecided. After all, Su Yang and other places are quite far from Chang'an City." Er Niang said.

"..." Luo Yong was a little worried. If the aunt was counted according to her actual age this year, she would only be 23 years old.

Erniang saw what he was thinking, so she comforted her: "When she writes to you next time, she should be able to say that you don't need to worry about her. Sister has always had ideas. She told me earlier that He said that although the Zhao family is good, they should not rely on them for everything. Although it is convenient to rely on others, it will inevitably obscure some views and lose some opportunities. I also think this is the reason. Now my Most of the guards in the cashmere workshop have been replaced by people hired by myself, some are from Liangzhou City, and some are herdsmen who have sold cashmere to me before, and they are all people I think I can trust."

Luo Yong turned his head to look at his elder sister. Luo Erniang is 21 years old this year, one year older than Luo Yong. Smaller, five years younger than Luo Yong, only fifteen this year.

Luo Yong is not the oldest in the family, but he has always treated the aunt and the second mother as little girls. At the beginning, one of the two went to Liangzhou City and the other to Chang'an City. Luo Yong tried his best to find shelter for them. But they never thought that there would be a day when they would feel restricted by this protection.

Luo Yong used to think that among his brothers and sisters, the fourth mother should be the most aggressive and hardworking one, and the eldest and second mother should be more conservative, but now it seems that he was wrong at the beginning.

It is a good thing that the aunt and the second lady want to be independent. Only when they get rid of the psychology of wanting to rely on others can they thrive and become a strong person. Even if they lose Luo Yong's solid backing one day in the future, they They can also rely on their own strength to survive and develop in this world.

Luo Erniang came to Changle County this time, in addition to visiting Luo Yong, there was another very important thing, that is, she planned to open a cashmere workshop here.

Relying on her unique sweater knitting skills and her reputation of being innocent, Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop in Liangzhou City has been doing very well. The news that other workshops can also weave cashmere sweaters and trousers still can't stop the business of Luo Erniang's workshop from getting better and better.

Nowadays, whether it is in Luoyang, Chang'an or Yangzhou, Suzhou, when it comes to cashmere sweaters and pants, almost everyone knows the cashmere workshop of Luo Erniang in Liangzhou.

In the past two years, wearing cashmere sweaters has become a very common thing in many places. As more and more people accept this new thing, new markets are still opening up. Luo Erniang is in Liangzhou City The cashmere workshop in the factory has long been in short supply.

Luo Erniang has been considering since last year whether to open another branch workshop in Jiuquan area of ​​Zhangye. Now that Luo Yong has been exiled from Chang'an City and came to Changle County to become a county, she decided to make this The workshop opened in Changle County.

This Changle County is currently run by Luo Yong. The cashmere workshop here will naturally bring many conveniences, and the impact of a cashmere workshop like this on the local economy cannot be underestimated.

In the workshop house under construction in the northwest of the city, Luo Yong first chose the largest and best location for his elder sister. This was not only because Luo Erniang was his elder sister, but also as the county magistrate of Changle County. Stand, for the attention of this cashmere workshop.

The house on the other side has not been repaired yet, and Luo Yong and Luo Erniang on this side have started recruiting people early.

Except for a few guards, this cashmere workshop only has female workers. The treatment of female workers is the same as that in Liangzhou City. Ordinary workers who pick cashmere and spin wool are also in charge of food and housing, and their wages are calculated on a piece basis. I was selected to learn how to knit sweaters, and signed a long-term contract with the workshop. Then I could get [-] Wen a month, as well as clothes for four seasons. If I did well, I would often get a bonus.

This kind of treatment is considered the best in Changle County. She was originally a woman who was not regarded as the main labor force in the family. She didn't need to eat and wear at home, and she could still earn a lot of money every month. After the contract period ended , but also have a craft, who doesn't want their daughter to learn this.

So in the past two days, the business of those cloth workshops in the city suddenly became prosperous, and many families were tailoring new clothes for their daughters.

These families all want to dress up the girls in the family cleanly and decently, hoping that they will be selected by the cashmere workshop in the future and become weavers.

"Father, you can ask me to go. I heard that if you are selected by Erniang Naluo and learn to knit sweaters, you will be able to earn [-] Wen per month!" In a herdsman's house outside the pass, the daughter of this family For two days, they always clamored to work in the cashmere workshop in Changle County.

"Your father told you about the kid from the Qin family, you will get married in a while, why now you say you are going to work in a cashmere workshop, you should stay at home and get married, don't mess with your father again Angry." Her mother sighed.

"Father, just let me work in the cashmere workshop. I don't want to marry the boy from the Naqin family. You know that I have been more diligent and dexterous than others since I was a child. Those Han girls can't compare to me. I will be selected. Every month, I will earn [-] Wen back to my family."

"You can use this money to buy salt, buy cloth, and make new clothes for your brothers. With this money, even in the coldest winter, no one in our family will starve to death."

Perhaps it was the last sentence that moved the head of the family, and the girl from a herdsman family was finally allowed to work in the cashmere workshop in Guannei.

Early the next morning, her father sent her to the foot of the Great Wall on horseback. She climbed over the thick yellow mud wall by herself. Hearing the sound of the horses leaving, she walked alone along the winding dirt road under the Great Wall to Changzhou. Go in the direction of Le County.