North and South groceries

It is said that since the Yiwu people laid this wooden track, it seemed that the Huns didn't seem to want to fight over, so they started to pave the concrete road, starting from the capital Yiwu City.

These Yiwu people who sell melons live near Yiwu City, and they often drive a car into the city to sell melons. The car runs on the concrete road very smoothly and briskly.

Many Yiwu people think that their governor of Yiwu didn't handle this matter kindly this time. They got such a big benefit from that Lishi Luo Sanlang, and even gave them the cement recipe with the wooden track technology as a reward. Changle County paved such a short wooden track, this way is too stingy, and it would be embarrassing for Yiwu to tell them.

So this time, these Yiwu people selling melons, upon hearing Luo Yong's identity, gave him a few melons without saying a word, and gave him free food for free. There was more or less a sense of compensation here.

Of course, they also respect the legendary Luo Sanlang, but not enough to treat him to eat so many melons for free. In Le County, with those shipping charges, it will be very expensive.

Luo Yong often comes here to buy melons recently, and every time he buys a small piece worth two cents. The Yiwu who sells melons was also very puzzled at the beginning. He heard that this Lishi Luo Sanlang is very rich. He actually only bought melons worth two cents, so he asked once.

"You don't see how many people there are in my county office."

Sitting at the melon stall, Luo County Magistrate said to people that the Changle County Government has recently recruited a new batch of servants, and they are all big and three rough men. Nibble, just take this melon home, what else is there left?

Luo Yong has to go to the warehouse to see how much food is left in it from time to time recently, and watch the money and food in the warehouse being gnawed down one by one. It is not the season for tax collection, but fortunately There are also these merchants in the city who support them, collecting some merchant taxes every month, just barely making ends meet.

"It's not that there are sauce shops and wine shops." The Yiwu people who sell melons don't believe it, don't think that they outsiders don't know that the sauce shops and wine shops in Changle County are very profitable.

"That money can't be spent." Magistrate Luo waved his hand.

"Why?" Yiwu asked.

"It's not that we need to build water canals." County Magistrate Luo said.

"Is it useful to save the money of these melons?" What a big deal it is to build aqueducts.

"Talk is better than nothing." County Magistrate Luo sighed, when he had nowhere to earn money, he could only save money.

The melons were also finished, Luo Yong looked at the sun, it was almost time to go back to the county government office, now it was the spring plowing season, and most of the officials in the county government office were busy.

This year, most of the local farmers in Changle County are still planting Baidie. In the surrounding areas of Changle County, such as Dunhuang and Jinchang, there are also many farmers planting Baidie. I heard that there are many people planting in Yiwu. In addition, Some gentry, merchants and wealthy households bought manors in Hexi. I don’t know what the price of food in the Hexi Corridor will be when this year’s autumn harvest?

Luo Yong also thought about whether to put this batch of canned meat in autumn, in case there is a food shortage in Changle, this batch of canned meat will become a life-saving ration.

However, if there is no food shortage, autumn will be winter, and a large number of mutton will flood into Changle County at that time. At that time, they will neither have the principal to buy this year's new mutton, nor have the money to hire people to process the mutton, let alone enough. Eucommia gum.

Many people traveled thousands of miles to their Changle County to sell sheep, but the money they got in the end was less than their own.And Luo used the batch of canned mutton they made last year. Because of limited storage conditions, if they were not consumed in time, a certain percentage of canned meat would definitely be damaged after a long time.

Therefore, even if he was worried about the food problem after the fall, Luo Yong had people start selling canned food in the past two days.The weather is getting hotter, and the price of fresh mutton is gradually rising. It is almost time to start selling canned mutton.

Those half-person-high canned jars were opened, and there was a jar full of mutton, which was stewed with various seasonings. The price of mutton is comparable, and there are retail stores in government-run vegetable shops, and people in the city also take money and grain to exchange, and it is okay to buy only one and a half liters at a time.

There are also merchants on the road who buy whole jars. If they open the jar on the spot and leave the eucommia glue, then the price of this jar of canned mutton will be a little cheaper than buying it at retail. If you take it away, the price of Eucommia gum will be added.

The jars are also divided into large, medium and small. The smallest jar is the most expensive. It is said that the best mutton is carefully cooked. The jar is exquisitely made, the rubber pad is also thick, and the storage conditions are the best. Encountered bad cans.The largest jar is the most cost-effective. Most small traders buy this jar, and some people buy a jar together.

Because the price of this canned mutton is low and the taste is quite good, it sold very well. Many merchants in Jinchang and Dunhuang heard the news and came to buy it one after another.

Although Luo Yong has introduced some dishes in Changle County in the past few years, and Jinchang and Dunhuang are not far from Changle County, there are still a small number of people who have actually eaten these dishes in Changle County.

There are also many restaurants in Dunhuang, Jinchang that imitate the dishes of Changle County, some are good imitations, and some are not.It’s just that those who often go to the food shop to eat, originally only those who are quite wealthy, those poor people in the city, there is not much money in their families, and a penny can’t wait to be broken into two petals, let alone go to any food shop It would be nice to be willing to buy some sauces from Changle County for seasoning from those peddlers.

The canned mutton that Changle County is selling this time is better than most of the dishes in this era.

As far as the price is concerned, because of the rail transportation, the two places are close to Changle County, so even if the shipping fee is added, the price is not very high, and many people can afford it.

For a while, the canned mutton in Changle County was continuously transported out, one car after another, and the scene reminded people of the scene of herdsmen driving their flocks of sheep to sell in a steady stream last winter.

The officials in the county government have not finished their work of spring plowing, but they have caught up with the business of canned mutton. They ship goods and collect money every day, take inventory and calculate money. From dawn to dusk, they have no time to relax. when.

There are also those who are dissatisfied, but they don't dare to speak out, Luo's coffin board is not easy to deal with, not to mention there is a Tang inspector above, and even the new Anxi governor's attitude towards them, the Luo county magistrate It is also very polite.

The old county magistrate Tan resigned due to illness a few years ago, but his health has recovered in the past two years. He often communicates with the Changle County Government, and is very concerned about the local people's livelihood and the water canal.

The old man will help Luo Yong as much as he can, but it is a bit annoying to say that he is helping Luo Yong now, which is better than when he was the county magistrate. There are also quite a few thorns in it, which is not as easy to handle as it is now.

"...If I used to ask them to sell canned food and do this kind of business, those people would have to tear down the county government for me." On this day, the old county magistrate Tan and Luo Yong talked about these things very much. So much emotion.

"Tear it down and build it up again, anyway, your county government office is very dilapidated." Luo Yong joked.

"I think, but there is no money." The old county magistrate Tan shook his head and said, "Nowadays, the way of selling canned food is very small, and it is not long before we can save enough money to repair the canal."

"After all the calculations, we can only sell at this price." Luo Yong also sighed. If the cans are to be sold well, they must leave enough profit margins for the merchants. Now they have set this price. For the price, the merchants in Dunhuang, Jinchang and Jinchang can still sell their goods very well even if the freight cost is added.

"In the past two days, merchants from Yiwu's side have also come to buy." Old county magistrate Tan is very familiar with the situation in the county.

"If this canned mutton is shipped to Yiwu, the price will be higher." Just like the melons from Yiwu are shipped to their Changle County, these goods will have to run on the track for several days, including the money for the chartered car , the cost of getting on the track, etc., the price will definitely not be cheap.

But there will definitely be people who will buy it. After all, their canned mutton tastes really good, and the price is not very high.

As long as selling goods is easy and profitable, those Yiwu merchants will definitely come again.

"The wooden track in Gaochang will take more than a month to be repaired." Old magistrate Tan said.

They made too much canned meat in Changle County last winter. According to the current sales speed, it will be sold in at least three to five months, so he is now looking forward to the wooden track leading to Gaochang City. fixed.

After the wooden track in Gaochang is repaired, their Changle County will be closely connected with Jinchang, Dunhuang, Yiwu, and Gaochang in the future.

Every winter, they buy live sheep at a relatively high price, and the surrounding herdsmen will naturally flock to Changle County to sell their sheep.

After spring plowing, the price of mutton is high, and then they will sell canned mutton at a relatively low price. The market is popular and profitable, and naturally many merchants will come to Changle County to sell their goods.

Between buying and selling, the attraction of Changle County will become stronger and stronger, the market will be more prosperous, and the people will be richer.

Although this is just a business, a businessman's behavior despised by scholar-bureaucrats, the old county magistrate Tan is now more and more aware that it is actually an invisible canal that is slowly nourishing their land in Changle County.