North and South groceries

A large part of the reason why Aunt Luo and others went to Jiangnan to open a shop in the past was because they were optimistic about the prospects of tea trading in Jiangnan.

Now that the white daisy flowers in Longxi come out, and there are exquisite utensils specially used to remove the white daisy flowers, many merchants and wealthy households in the Central Plains have gone to Longxi to buy property. It seemed a little deserted.

Among the merchants from Chang'an who came with Aunt Luo and the others, there are some regrets now, and they feel that if they didn't come to Jiangnan, they would go to Liangzhou City. It is also good in Chang'an.

It is said that Longxi is going to change a lot, and many local merchants and wealthy households in Wu County also think so, and even on their Jiangnan side, many people have moved their minds to go to Longxi to buy property.

"Mother, look at our business in the south of the Yangtze River. We can't do well. If we make a decision early, we won't even be able to drink soup in the future."

On this day, several merchants who came from Chang'an City together with Aunt Luo and the others met to sit down at Auntie's food shop. Not long after they sat down, someone said something like this.

Ever since the incident with Yan'er last time, Aunt Luo has gained some prestige in Wu County, coupled with the support of merchants from the east of the river, Luo Yong's relationship, and Luo Siniang, who was made the head of the county by the emperor, The merchants in Jiangnan who came from Chang'an City now all follow Aunt Luo's lead.

"The white stacked flowers are a good deal. Who knows, how many people in the Central Plains are staring at them now. It must be too late when we rush all the way from the south of the Yangtze River."

Aunt Luo also wants to go to Longxi, Luo Yong and Er Niang are there, if she also goes, the three of them will be able to reunite.It’s just that what can she do after going to Longxi, don’t look at that Longxi seems to be very lively now, if it is serious about consumption power and market foundation, it is still not as good as Jiangnan, her sister’s food shop, after all, it is more beneficial to stay in Jiangnan for development .

"Then let's just watch?" These merchants who came from Chang'an City were obviously a little impatient, for fear that they would not be able to keep up with the wind.

"It's too late anyway, why don't you stay in Jiangnan and develop well." Aunt Luo has thought a lot these days, and at this time she has already come to a conclusion.

"Although the white stacked flowers are in full bloom, the tea here is also very good. In the spring of this year, many merchants came to collect tea. In addition, the silk is produced here, and the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River will not be too bad in the future. "

Aunt Luo asked people to go to the street food shop to buy some food, and when she came back, she took a few samples from her own shop, poured some rice wine, and chatted with these merchants.

"I don't know when will I have to wait?" A merchant sighed.

As big a commotion as Longxi is now, their family has been in business for generations, and they have never seen it once in several lifetimes. I am afraid that if they miss this one, they will never have such a good opportunity in the future.

"Why don't you ask the family members from Chang'an City to take a look?" Someone next to him suggested.

"Hey, don't mention it, they are useless, tell them to stay in Chang'an to make a living, let them go to Longxi... What is the situation in Longxi now, how dare you ask those who are useless to join in the fun." The man drank Taking a sip of sake, he sighed.

"My elder brother went to Longxi some time ago, I don't know what's going on now." Another person said during the dinner.

"If I hadn't brought enough money and silk, I'm afraid I wouldn't even think about buying property in Longxi."

"The land price in Longxi was originally very low."

"How can it be the same now?"

"I heard that your second mother bought a lot of real estate and land in Longxi?"

"She bought a lot."

"Hey, you guys from the Luo family take a long-term view, it's incomparable..."

"Look, ma'am, the place in the south of the Yangtze River will have the prospect of Longxi in the future?"

"Your brother Luo Sanlang, did you ever say anything?"

"I mentioned Jiangnan to him before, and he said that this Jiangnan is also a good place. If the sea transportation is prosperous in the future, the prosperity of this Jiangnan area may not even compare to Chang'an City."

"Sea freight?"

"Oh, that's so far away..."

The sea is so dangerous, and sea transportation can't be developed easily.

These people eat, drink, and talk, but they don't really want to go to Longxi, but they didn't catch up with the rapid development of Longxi, and they missed a good time, and they felt very sorry.

After all these merchants had left, it was very late, and the curfew in Wu County was in vain. The city was also very lively at night, and there was a night market.

Lanterns are hung in the shops along the street, the lights are reflected in the canals along the street, and there is a touch of water vapor in the evening wind. Shop business is often relatively good.

The business of this elder sister’s food shop in Wu County is also on track, and its reputation is very good. Aunt Luo is not only immersed in business every day, she also attaches great importance to the training of employees. Now in this shop in Wu County, she There are also a few capable people under his hands.

After staying for a while, she plans to open another shop in Yangzhou. With her good reputation on both sides of the canal, it should not be very difficult to start this shop, but the money has not yet arrived.

At the end of last summer, Mrs. Luo organized a cargo team in Wu County, and asked them to transport a batch of canned loquats and canned bayberry to Chang'an City. Chen Ji accompanied him, going upstream all the way, and finally arrived in Chang'an City after winter. .

This batch of goods sold very well, and the money and silks were added to the income of the shop in Chang'an City. Aunt Luo asked Chen Ji to go to North and South Grocery to exchange some goods and ship them to Wu County. Lucky here.

When the sum of money arrives, Mrs. Luo plans to set up an orchard in Wu County.

Although Longxi is currently prosperous, if they invest at this time, it is obviously too late.Although the real estate and land prices in Jiangnan are not very cheap, if it is true that Luo Yong said that there will be good development prospects here in the future, then she will be able to benefit in the future by setting up a property in Jiangnan.

Food shops and orchards are already in line with her business, even if they can't catch up with the opportunities like Longxi's, if they accumulate and manage carefully, they will not be too bad in the future.

What Mrs. Luo didn't know was that a big project was about to start in Chang'an City soon. The saint discussed with the ministers to build a road between Chang'an, the western capital, and Luoyang, the eastern capital.

There used to be a post road and waterway between Chang'an and Luoyang. In the past few years, a concrete road has been built. Now that the road is built again, it is the same wooden track as that in Changle County.

Just after the war between the Central Plains Dynasty and Xue Yantuo, the emperor said that he wanted to build roads. However, this time, there were few opponents among the ministers of the court and China, and most of them agreed.

First, Luoyang, the eastern capital, has a special status. The closer the connection between Chang'an City and that side, the better. Many families in Chang'an City also have businesses in Luoyang. If this wooden track is built, they will travel to and from Chang'an in the future. It is very convenient between Luoyang and Luoyang.

Secondly, it is naturally for transportation. There are thousands of miles of fertile soil in the Henan and North Rivers, and there are lands of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to transport taxes to Chang'an City every year. After all, it is upstream, and transportation is not easy. With the cement road, there is no one too many wooden tracks.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the forest coverage rate was very high at this time, and wood was very easy to obtain. There were also many craftsmen who could do carpentry in Chang'an. It was much more convenient to lay wooden tracks here than in Longxi.

The household department also gave me the money needed for laying this wooden track. In short, everything is ready now, and the only thing I owe is Dongfeng. As for Dongfeng, it's just...

"Have the documents for the coffin board arrived yet?"

"It's even a document. I don't know if he has written it yet."

"It should be written."

"After all, the matter of paving the road is different from him opening a workshop in Changle County to do some small business. How can he not report to the imperial court?"

"Hmph, that's hard to say."

"Because of what happened when I went back to Luo's house last time, maybe I'm still holding my breath right now."

"Hard to say."

"That's a coffin board."

"Then what's going on with Chen Jiao from Guazhou? Why didn't even he say a word this time?"

"Who knows."

"Tsk..."

Everything is ready in Chang'an City, just waiting to start the road construction, but before the road construction, there is still a cutscene to go.

After all, this wooden track was repaired from Changle County, and now Chang'an City is also repaired. It is best to ask Luo Yong to write a document, and then the court will praise him, and then Promote this technology, and then pave the wooden track from Chang'an to Luoyang, so it will be a matter of course.

Now that things are like this, Luo Yong didn't say anything and didn't even hand over a document. If Chang'an City didn't say anything, they just built roads like they did on their side. It's a bit...

So these days, whenever the officials in Chang'an City who are looking forward to building roads meet each other, they have to ask each other:

"The paperwork for the coffin board has arrived?"

"Not here yet?"

"Maybe it hasn't been written yet."

"It's better to find someone to raise some points."

"I'm afraid the coffin board is not ready."

"..."