North and South groceries

A few days later, Qiao Shi, the general stationed at Yumen Pass, came to Changle County to express his gratitude for the supplies that Luo Yong sent to them in spring.

The generals stationed in places like this usually walk relatively close to the soldiers below. The cashmere socks that Luo sent to them last time did not know how to keep warm compared to the linen socks that the soldiers used to wear. How much, it saved them from suffering a lot of cold when they marched on the Gobi wasteland. This time Master Qiao came to Changle County, many people asked him to take a message, saying that they thanked the county magistrate Luo for the cashmere socks that he had given earlier. .

"Why does General Qiao need to be so courteous? Besides, the cashmere socks are from my sister's cashmere workshop, and I just helped her deliver them there." Magistrate Luo wrote lightly.

"Then I have to thank you sister." Master Qiao said.

"No need." County Magistrate Luo said, "My sister is a girl, and it is because of you soldiers who guard the frontier that she can do some small business in this border area with peace of mind. General Qiao is so polite, it is really frustrating." .”

"Haha, since you said that, then I won't say any more. You and your elder sister are both kind and righteous people. The soldiers will remember your kindness in their hearts." Qiao Shiwang laughed. road.

"It's too good to be true, it's too good." Luo Yong repeatedly declined.

In fact, the reason why Luo Yong proposed to let Luo Erniang send this batch of cashmere socks out may not be because of this consideration. Luo Erniang wants to do cashmere business in the Hexi Corridor and establish a good relationship with these frontier soldiers. , naturally also has benefits.

After the two talked a few more words, Qiao Shiwang and Luo Yong mentioned the compass and alcohol. The compass is really light and practical, and the alcohol is a life-saving thing.

Luo Yong then told him that he had already told Jingzhong how to make the compass, and as for the alcohol——

"Earlier, Li Shangshu was on his way to Changle County, and he also mentioned alcohol to me. Now he has brought the craftsmen from Changle Winery to Chang'an City. I don't think it will take long. The alcohol produced in Chang'an City Then it can be transported to the military camps everywhere." Luo Yong said.

When Master Qiao heard this, there was nothing he didn't understand. Li Daozong's stick must have directly asked Guan Luoyong to ask for a recipe and a craftsman.

That stupid brain, what can he do here? If the emperor wanted a prescription, he wouldn't speak up by himself, so Li Daozong had to stand up and do this thankless thing?Could it be that he was frightened by the resignation last time, so he wanted to use this method to please his superiors?

Qiao Shiwang thought about all this in his heart, but he didn't show anything on his face. He praised Luo Yong for his understanding of righteousness, and at the same time chatted with him about what this war brought to them in Shazhou and Guazhou. Influence.

"Business routes are impassable, and people's livelihood is difficult." County Magistrate Luo didn't have the nerve to say that his county government was so poor that it was almost impossible to get rid of it, and only said that people's livelihood was difficult.

Master Qiao looked at his heart and said, look at the thriving scene in Changle County, where the people's livelihood doesn't seem to be difficult, it's difficult here, and the people in other places can't survive.

Thinking this way in my heart, I said to Luo Yong: "When I was in Gaochang earlier, local merchants came to ask me if there was still liquor for sale in Changle County this year."

"Then how did you answer?" County Magistrate Luo regained his spirits immediately.

"I said yes. It was sold at half price a while ago, but I don't know what the price is now." Qiao Shiwang replied.

"Okay!" County Magistrate Luo was so happy that he almost took both of General Qiao's hands to express his infinite gratitude to him.

Liquor, even if it is sold at half price, the profit is huge. Now that the war has just ended and this year’s grain has just been harvested, the local grain price in Changle County has fallen below the lowest level in history. It couldn't be more appropriate.

Because Qiao Shiwang's advertisement was really good, when they were leaving, Luo Yong ordered two large carts of liquor to be brought out from the winery and gave them to them.

General Qiao declined a few words, and then happily accepted it. He had just won the battle, and today he took the wine back for all the soldiers to try it out, very happy.

"Next time someone asks, you can tell them about our needles in Changle County." County Magistrate Luo reluctantly sent the person to the city gate all the way.

This Qiao Shiwang is a talent, look at how well he advertised this time, it may be the right time, now that the war is just over, if the [-]% discount is not mentioned, those merchants may hesitate a little bit, and say this It's [-]% off sale, so there's no suspense, that's [-]% off, anyway, the battle is over, hurry up and buy it, if you miss this crop this year, you don't know if there will be such a good thing next year.

Those soldiers who fought in wars would fight wherever there was a war, and they often had to travel far and wide. Qiao Shiwang is a prestigious and prestigious military general. If he is willing to help advertise, he must be at least one of them. Top hundred.

After seeing off Qiao Shiwang and the others, County Magistrate Luo rubbed his hands and walked back to the county government office. He started to collect grain along the street. He collected new grain and old grain, but the price was a little different.

This time, he didn't try to save trouble, and planned to ask the wine shop to brew more liquor of different grades. When the time comes, the merchants who come to buy goods will choose the expensive one or the cheap one.

Luo Yong originally planned to talk to Qiao Junlin about this matter, but on second thought, Qiao Junlin is studying recently, so he arranged this matter himself.

For the students of Changle Academy, none of them could compare with Qiao Junlin in terms of hard work. If someone like Qiao Junlin was born in the 21st century, he must be promising.

It's not like Luo Yong, who lived in his twenties in a daze without even a single skill. If he had been willing to study hard back then, it would be better if he studied medicine in college, then he would be so awesome now.

Look at Sun Simiao, everyone has retired to the mountains and forests, and Lao Li always wants to invite him out of the mountains. How can he be like Luo Yong now, a seventh-rank sesame official in a small border county, life is not easy.

All in all, it is a good thing to love learning, and Luo Yong must support it.

"Magistrate Luo, is the general from Yumen Pass here today for something?" Luo Yong was collecting grain on the street, when a shopkeeper asked this question.

"It's nothing serious." Luo Yong waved his hand and said with a smile, "It is said that the merchants from Gaochang will come to Changle County to buy wine in the near future, and they told us to make preparations early."

"It's true!" The shopkeeper was very happy when he heard it.

Although many merchants from the surrounding areas have come to buy needles from them recently, Changle County is quite lively, and the business of each shop is probably relatively good, but who is afraid that the business will be too good, the merchants of Gaochang Most of them are rich, and their spending is relatively generous.

"Really? The merchants from Gaochang are coming?" The people in the nearby shop heard about it and ran out one by one.

"What the county magistrate said, how can it be false?"

"When did the magistrate say that?"

"That's just now, I heard it with my own ears."

"That's great. I'm going to the countryside to buy two sheep in the past few days."

"I'm afraid no one will sell it."

"As long as the price is reached, how can no one want to sell it?"

"..."

The streets here are noisy, everyone is happy when it is said that the merchants from Gaochang are coming.

In an alley not far from the downtown area, in the courtyard of the Lu family, Nan Axiu was packing her things at this time.

A few days ago, she and Lu San got married. They have known each other since they were young, and both of them are also interested in it. Now they have become a young couple, and it is time for them to be newlyweds.

"Axiu, you can pack up, Sanlang will be back soon." Lu San's aunt asked in the courtyard.

"Soon." A'Xiu responded, and the movements of her hands accelerated a bit.

"Why did you take out this quilt again?" Grandma Lu came into the room and saw that Axiu was rolling up the bedding, but she put the new quilt aside and only picked out a thin quilt and an old mattress to roll up.

"I heard that the kang in the cashmere workshop is very hot, so there is no need to bring so many bedding." Axiu smiled shyly at Grandma Lu and said in her mouth.She has not been in the house for a long time, and she is still somewhat unfamiliar with the people in this family.

"Hey, you took it out again. When Sanlang comes back, I have to take it apart and put it back in again. Why bother?" Grandma Lu put her two withered, black and thin hands on her dress Wipe it off, then reach for the quilt again.

"You take it with you. Sanlang is in this house, and I can still make him freeze. It's almost time for him to pay his salary. You can go at ease. There is food and clothing in this house... ..."

"Let me do it." Seeing that she was going to help her fold the quilt, Axiu said hastily.

"Okay, you can come." Grandma Lu handed her the quilt in her hand and told her to pack it.

"When you enter the cashmere workshop, you just have to work hard and don't forget about your family. When the monthly rest comes, Sanlang will pick you up."

"It doesn't matter whether you choose to learn how to knit sweaters or not. You should work and work on weekdays. After finishing the work, you can just eat and sleep well. It's also good to meet a few girls who work together. Yes, it's just that you need to be careful in everything, don't let people coax you..."

While rolling up the quilt, Nan Axiu listened to her grandmother talking to her.As I listened, my eye sockets became a little wet.

During the days when she was married to the Lu family, Granny Weng treated her very generously, and her siblings also respected her, not to mention Lu San, wishing to spoil her like a little girl.

After Nan Axiu hesitated again and again, she finally said: "If I still don't want to go, I will stay at home to serve Weng Po and take care of my younger siblings."

——Also, being with Lu San every day.

"Stupid girl." Granny Lu smiled, "While this old bone of mine can still move, how long will you wait if you don't go now?"

"Ordinary women can learn a lot of skills. What a blessing. I heard that in the cashmere workshop, there are female teachers who teach people how to read when they are not working at night. I have never heard of such a good thing in my life. , you are not willing to go?"

"I'm not willing to part with it either, but I just can't let go of this family." Hearing that Grandma thought of herself so much, the tears in Nan Axiu's eyes couldn't stop rolling down anymore.

When she was in her natal family, Ye Niang always told her to think about her family and her younger brother, but it seemed that she had never seriously thought about her. Now that she is married, it seems like she is really a daughter of someone else.

"There's nothing I can't let go." Grandma Lu sighed, and said, "You are the daughter-in-law of my Lu family, and the burden on your shoulders is heavier. Now that you and I can still move, you just have to worry about it." Go at ease."

Not long after, Lv San came back and sent Axiu to the cashmere workshop while it was still early.

Lu Aweng and Grandma Lu didn't go, and just sent them to the gate of the courtyard. The two younger ones wanted to follow, but they were dragged back by the old couple. The young couple went out together, and the two younger ones followed them lively.

Lu San carried the quilt on his shoulders and the bundle in his hand, and Axiu carried an empty wooden bucket. The two of them walked out of the alley in front of their house together, walked along a slope for a while, and arrived at the street. After crossing the street and walking for a while, you can see the cashmere workshop.

Lu San had never felt that the cashmere workshop was so close to his home, and when it came time to say goodbye, he was even more reluctant to part with him.

"I'll just go in by myself, you can go back."

Axiu came over to check with the manager of the cashmere workshop earlier, and he told her to come to work in the next few days, today she brought bedding and other things, and she will go in and settle down later, and she will start working early tomorrow morning.

"Then I'll come see you later."

"Ah."

Seeing Axiu walk into the cashmere workshop step by step with the quilt on her back and the burden on her back, Lu San didn't know whether to feel more relieved or more reluctant.

He has liked Axiu since he was a child, if someone else's little lady has something, he hopes that Axiu can have it too.

But he used to be a poor boy with a big family behind him, so he didn't dare to think too much. Now that Axiu has become his wife, as long as he can do it, he is willing to do it for her, even if Axiu is chosen. I went to school to knit sweaters, and the contract was signed for three years.