North and South groceries

Not only is there road construction in Chang'an City, Dunhuang is also building roads right now.

The wooden track from Jinchang City to Changle County is very convenient, and those Dunhuang people are very jealous. Many local merchants and wealthy households in Dunhuang donate a little, and the funds for laying the track will be in place.

The wooden track had just started, and many rich merchants from Dunhuang came to Changle County to order wooden-tracked carriages.

There have been a lot of people ordering wooden carriages recently, some from Yizhou, some from Jinchang, and some from Changle County. Now that so many people from Dunhuang have come, the carriage workshops in the county have already backlogged a lot of orders. In rush work.

Rail transportation is very fast and convenient. Many people around Changle County have seen the benefits of this wooden rail and want to enjoy this convenience.

If you want to go on the wooden track, you must first have a good horse. A horse that is too weak will not be allowed to go on the track. It will run slowly and easily cause obstructions on the track. If an accident happens, it is very dangerous.

The second is to have a carriage. This is ordered by the carriage workshop in Changle County. Every carriage produced by them has a number. The carriages made in other places are not good and will not be put on the track.

Then there is a specially trained coachman.As long as these three conditions are met, then you can drive the carriage to the platform and line up. There are special staff there, and you can get on the track after paying a few pennies, and then the trains will start in order. Cars, there are too many cars recently, and one car will be dispatched in half a quarter of an hour.

Every morning, there are many wooden carriages waiting to depart on the platforms of Changle County and Jinchang City. There are relatively few in Changle County and many in Jinchang.

Many merchants and hawkers here in Jinchang want to go to Changle County to buy and sell goods. Because there are many workshops in Changle County, many people in the county work in workshops, and almost every household earns wages. Nowadays, there are not many people in Jinchang City. Few people go to Changle County to do business. Some sell grain and cloth, some sell rice wine and rice vinegar, and all kinds of snacks. The business is probably pretty good.

When it comes to buying goods, these vendors like to buy all kinds of sauces from Changle County. Since the magistrate of Changle County closed the tofu workshop in the county, all the employees of the tofu workshop have gone to the sauce workshop. The sauce is a must in Longxi, and the price is not very expensive, so ordinary people can afford it.

In the early days, some Jinchang merchants transported some Changle sauce to Hehe garrison. The soldiers on the frontier liked it very much and were often willing to pay a high price for it. Later, more merchants came, and the price gradually stabilized.

There is a lake named Daze next to Heheshu. Herdsmen often drive flocks of cattle and sheep to camp on the opposite side of the lake. Over time, some large and small markets have gradually formed on the edge of Daze, and there are also Han people. People who go there to do business used to mainly sell food, cloth, and caramel cakes. Later, more and more people sold needles, wine, and tea. Recently, I heard that many sauces were sold.

From Daze to Dunhuang, there is a river, later called Shule River, which flows from Xinghubo on the other side of Dunhuang to Daze in Guazhou, and was called Hulu River at that time.

There are some large shoals in the upper reaches of the Hulu River, which can be crossed by riding a horse. Some traders who go out to do business often enter and exit from here. Most of the little ladies who are herdsmen in the cashmere workshop also come from here. I heard that in the past Master Xuanzang also passed through here when he left the customs.

Outside the pass north of Jinchang, on the grassland next door between Daze and Baowen Mountain, there is an army station called Baizhang Shouzhuo. There are many soldiers and local tribes living there, and some Family members of military households, veterans, and a large number of exiled people.

In such a place, the folk customs are generally very tough. There were two young ladies fighting at the cashmere workshop earlier, one of them was from the guard of the hundred tents, and the other was also from a herdsman outside the pass.

The two lived in the same workshop, and they both had strong personalities. Over time, there was some discord. At the beginning of last month, after Luo Erniang paid the previous month's wages, some people were lifted from the warehouse. She came out of a pastry shop in Jinchang with a custom-made pastry. At that time, the two young ladies fought in public just to fight for a piece of pastry that looked relatively large.

These two little ladies were later arranged by Luo Erniang to be the steward who came from a military household, and asked her to take them with her and teach them about foreign affairs.

With such a strong and capable temperament, telling them to sit in the workshop spinning and weaving clothes all day is really suffocating. If it wasn't for the few delicious meals every day, the monthly wages, the quarterly They all have good-looking clothes, and they must be unbearable.

It's all right now, let them go to the cashmere workshop to do housework, so they don't have to work in the workshop all day, and they can eat and drink with public money. The two young ladies feel very refreshed, and the relationship between the two of them is better than before. a lot.

In this era when spiritual entertainment is very scarce, most people are more lively and full of curiosity about places they have never been to. Nowadays, many young ladies in the workshop are very envious of her two.

The people from Changle Academy have always told Luo Yong recently that they are going to study in Izhou.

This matter was agreed to by Luo Yong before Tang Jian, and now the "Song of Baidie" has long been widely circulated, and Changle County has also made a lot of money by selling Baidian cloth and Baidian seeds, and it is indeed time to honor it when promised.

According to Tang Jian's meaning, when the wooden track in Yiwu is paved, the Changle County Government will allocate money and silk to send their teachers and students from Changle Academy to go on a study tour, first to Yiwu, and then to Gaochang Take a stroll around Yanqi and other places, carefully experience the customs there, and come back in three to five months.

In this day and age, it is quite normal for a study tour to take a casual trip for three to five months, and it is also possible to travel for several years after a visit.

"It's about this time this year. After the wooden track in Yiwu is repaired, it will be winter in one or two months. If there is something good to swim, why don't we go again in the spring of next year." On this day Tang Jian and Luo Yong When it comes to studying abroad, Luo Yong said so.

Master Tang said: "Go in autumn, come back in spring, just in time, there is also a way to swim in winter."

This is not the first time that this matter has been mentioned, Luo Yong worried that Master Tang would be unhappy if he pushed back and forth again, so he said to him: "I heard some Turkic merchants mention that Yipi Duolu intends to attack Yizhou. I don't know if it's true or not."

"There is such a thing?" Tang Jian was skeptical. He had mentioned this study tour to Luo Yong several times, and every time Luo Yong persuaded him to go again next year. Originally, he wondered if he cared about Qian Bo. Thinking about it carefully, this coffin board is not such a stingy and dishonest person.

It's just that the Turks really dare to attack Yizhou?The Turkic side has also suffered from civil strife in recent years, and suffered another defeat in Gaochang in the past two years.

Last year, the Tang army fought with Xue Yantuo, and Yipidulu fought with Yehu Khan. The two sides fought their own way. The Central Plains and the Turks also lived in peace, and there were also exchanges of envoys. Tang Jian also said that Longxi should be able to Ansheng has been around for several years, and he doesn't know where Luo Yong heard the news, whether it is credible or not.

After finishing his meal, Dean Tang wiped his mouth and went back to Changle Academy. There is also a canteen in the academy. He just heard that the county government has good food at noon today, so he came over.

The young gentlemen from the academy pestered Dean Tang to ask about the study tour. These people have now learned a lot about the human geography of the Western Regions, and some of them specialize in learning the Turkic dialect. They are bored in the academy. For such a long time, I have long wanted to go out and make a living.

Tang Jian said that this year might not work, so let's go again in the spring of next year. These students quit, the gap in their hearts was too great, and it was too difficult to accept, so they all made a fuss, and almost destroyed the thatch on the roof of the academy. It's all over.

Tang Jian had no choice but to reprimand and appease them, he also told them what Luo Yong had said just now, and said that Luo Yong was still trustworthy, and told them to wait until next spring with peace of mind.

There was a lot of commotion in the academy, and the nearby people also heard about it. For some reason, the news that the Turkic people intend to attack Yizhou was spread.

It is early autumn, and there are many local merchants in Changle County, including many Turkic merchants...

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Turkic Khan Yipidulu was preparing to attack Yizhou. One of his cronies rushed in from the outside and said to him in a panic:

"It's bad! The news has leaked out! Now in the Dunhuang area of ​​Guazhou, everyone knows that I, the Turks, are going to attack Yizhou!"