North and South groceries

After returning to Changle County, Luo Yong first put the work of repairing the city wall on the agenda, and then began to purchase grain.

It stands to reason that in the current peaceful and prosperous world, the treasury is full of granaries, and the food and grass needed for the war should not be apportioned to these neighboring cities. However, just in case, it is better to make some preparations as soon as possible.

In addition, Luo Yong has been shutting himself in a small room in the office area in front of the county office every night recently, doing nothing but searching for information from his space.

Regarding this war between Tang and Gaochang, Luo Yong didn't know much about it before, and now he's trying to make ends meet, hoping to find some useful information.

After many days of rummaging, Luo Yong finally found some useful information, not specifically about the war between Tang and Gaochang, but in an article evaluating Hou Junji. A paragraph about this war.

As expected by Tang Jian, the general who led the Tang army to fight Gaochang this time was indeed Hou Junji.

According to the information above, after Hou Junji defeated Gaochang, he not only embezzled the national treasure of Gaochang, bullied the princess of Gaochang, sent and confiscated innocent people, and even allowed the soldiers to fight in Gaochang. Theft of property in...

Stealing property, an army that has lost its restraint, facing a weak country that has just been defeated by them, what they will do is more than just stealing property.

This text only said that they stole property, and even praised Hou Junji's military exploits.

Hou Junji's military exploits are also...

The current Tang Dynasty is at the time when its soldiers are strong and horses are strong. Many soldiers have been on the battlefield for a long time. The court is rich in talents and sufficient food and grass. Under such circumstances, the number of soldiers sent by the court is several times that of the Gaochang and Turkic armies. , Let Hou Junji lead the army to attack Gaochang, a Buddhist country.

Even if this is not a free gift, the difficulty will not be too great. People like Li Jing and Xu Shiji in the court, who can't be sent to defeat them?

Luo Yong closed the book, for some reason, he suddenly remembered Tang Xuanzang again, and vaguely remembered that Tang Xuanzang had some connection with Gaochang Kingdom.

Tang Xuanzang and Sun Simiao are all legendary figures in this era. Luo Yong had read some information about them earlier.

When Tang Xuanzang returned from the Western Regions, Gaochang Kingdom had long been destroyed, but he still often mentioned to others the courtesy he received in Gaochang Kingdom.

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Recently, many people in Changle County have noticed that their county magistrate Luo seldom drank and joked with others during this period of time, and walked in a hurry all day long with a solemn expression.

So some people guessed, could it be that the city wall in Changle County was not built smoothly, or that the Shangguan had some embarrassment for him?

In mid-December, a news suddenly came from Chang'an City, saying that the imperial court was going to use troops against Gaochang.

Immediately, there was an uproar among the people in the county. A few days later, more and more people signed up to repair the city wall, and some wealthy households in the city also sent their family members to go.

Although it is said to be used abroad, but their Changle County is a small border town after all, close to the westernmost end of the Hexi Corridor. I heard that the Gaochang Kingdom is somewhat attached to the Turks. It's not uncommon. There have been many wars in the frontier, and such things have never happened before.

I don't know how the people in Chang'an City view this battle, but here in Changle County, everyone is very solemn.

Many wealthy households in the city are repairing their courtyard walls, and some gentry who originally lived outside the city have recently begun to repair their houses in the city. They seem to plan to move to the city. Everyone in Changle is in danger. The price is rising three times a day.

On the county government side, although the taxes of the year had just been collected after the fall, Naihe Luoyong had previously refunded some untaxed household taxes and subsidized some impoverished households in the county. It has already been spent to a great extent.

If there are no disasters and wars, relying on the remaining food, as well as liquor workshops, tofu workshops, cement workshops, and bacon workshops, the operating income of these workshops is enough for the government to spend, and it can even support some large enterprises. Engineering construction, but with this war, many things have become unpredictable.

In Changle County, the tea business of Mawang's family has almost gone out of business recently, Luo Yong's liquor and bacon are not easy to sell, and the price of cashmere has also dropped sharply. On the contrary, the price of mutton is high There are quite a few, and the number of people selling mutton in the city these days is obviously less than usual.

When many people found Luo Erniang and the others' cashmere workshop to sell cashmere, they said that they don't need gold, silver and silk, but only grain.

The steward of the cashmere workshop asked them to come back later. Some people had already gone to Zhangye and other places to buy grain, and it would be shipped in a month or so.

Those who went to Zhangye and other places to buy grain were none other than Mawang Zhaochen and his line of business.

In fact, they could have left Changle County before the war broke out and went to Liangzhou to avoid the limelight, but they all chose to stay in Changle County and advance and retreat with Luo Yong. This time they went to Zhangye and other places The purchase of grain is to prepare for the future.

Ma Wang and other merchants from Lishi have a lot of financial resources, and the son of the Zhao family has always been brave. With people like them staying there, the people of Changle feel more at ease.

Luo Yong also felt quite comforted in his heart, he never claimed that he had any special relationship with people like Ma Wang Zhao Chen, and he always focused on cooperation, but after a long time of cooperation, there will naturally be problems between people. Qingyi, if Ma Wang and other merchants are in the future, or if the Zhao family encounters some disaster, even if it has nothing to do with interests, Luo Yong will not stand idly by.

Right now, the biggest problem facing Luo Yong is still lack of money.

Liquor and bacon are not easy to sell. The money he earns every day from the tofu workshop and cement workshop is far from enough to pay the men who build the city wall. Now he still has some savings in his hand, which can barely support him. Some days, but what about when the money on hand is spent?

Luo Yong was frowning all day long. When Tang Jian saw him, he asked him why he was worried about things, so Luo Yong told him. After Dr. Tang heard about it, he stopped talking.

These lords of the gentry, all of them had their own manors when they were born, and they were only concerned with spending money since they were young, and they never had to worry about making money.

In the matter of making money, Luo Yong never expected him.

Originally thought that there are these few workshops in Changle County, and the expenses are always easy to worry about. Who would have expected such a day, or how can the war affect the economy.

Thousands of miles away to the west, many places were also fighting at this time. After Muhammad unified the Arabian Peninsula, he gradually began to expand abroad.

Walking on such a piece of land is naturally full of dangers, and Apu and the others saved themselves from danger several times by relying on the piece of parchment that Hassan gave them.

The group of them had a very difficult journey. The two teenagers in Apu and his tribe were always trembling at the beginning. One of the teenagers was sick when he was in the desert. Apu fed him a piece of roe Using the pills given to him, and letting him eat enough food and water every day, the young man survived tenaciously.

They passed through many countries, big and small, and the people in some towns were very friendly to them.

Once they rescued a young man who was attacked by wild beasts on the road. The man took them to the city where he lived. settle down.

Apu declined, telling the men in his broken local language that he couldn't live here because his master was waiting for him to go back.

People asked who his master was, and Apu said it was Lishi Luosanlang. These people didn't understand the names of the Han people, so they thought that Apu's master's name was Lishi Luosanlang.

In the imagination of these people, the man named Lishi Luosanlang should be a stronger and braver warrior than these black people.

They also encountered countless dangers along the way, some from nature and some from human beings. They once shivered in the cold rainy night, and were chased by people for several days.

These difficulties and dangers have also honed their will, made them stronger and more stable, and possessed the courage to face the unknown long road.

Originally, I thought that the area controlled by the big cannibals was the biggest difficulty along the way, but I didn't expect that this part of the way was surprisingly easy.

Because a few days before the trip, Luo used the parchment he got from a big food merchant named Hassan.

Apu and the others didn't understand the words on this parchment, but they could roughly understand the language of some big cannibals. From the other party's words and reactions, they could roughly guess the content on this parchment.

It says that Apu and the others are domestic slaves of the big businessman Hassan. They are loyal to the Great Food Kingdom and support Allah Muhammad. They are the most loyal slaves. In order to better serve their master, they decided to go back to their own Hometown, bring their relatives to the Great Food Kingdom, and serve the master together.

Some big cannibals were very moved after seeing this parchment, and some even gave them food and pointed them in the direction.

There were also some big cannibals who seemed a little skeptical, but it was probably Hassan who was relatively famous and they had all heard of it, so they were not particularly embarrassed, and they were released after some interrogation.Among them was a particularly ferocious general who threatened them not to flee, otherwise he would lead the army to kill their entire tribe.

Apu didn't know what kind of agreement Luo Yong had reached with Na Hassan to get such a piece of parchment, but it was definitely not just the preferential treatment given during the trade of tea and liquor.

The author has something to say:

Luo Yong: "Didn't you say that everything depends on you?"

Tang Jian: "Then don't ask me how to make money, you ask me how to spend money, I can tell you for three days and three nights."