North and South groceries

Azhi and the others stopped and stopped along the way. The road from Chang'an City to Liangzhou City was made of concrete, and there were many merchants coming and going.

From time to time, they would meet one of those caravans carrying cashmere, suet soap, and white drape.

This time they took the road to the south, and there is another road to go from the north, but it takes a detour, first from Chang'an City to Lishi County, and then from Lishi County to Liangzhou.

The road to the north is not deserted in winter. At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, there are many villagers and merchants who sell agricultural products from the east of the river.

At the Chengzhou market in the north of Guannei Road, the imperial court transports a large amount of canned mutton southward every year. For this transportation, it is inevitable to issue some corvees, most of whom are local people in Guannei Road.

There are also some merchants and peddlers who deal in cashmere and suet soap. Every year after winter, they also walk in the middle and north of Guannei Road, and the east of Longyou Road. Luo used the concrete road paved by those disciples before, There is a constant flow of businessmen and pedestrians.

As soon as Azhi and the others left, they had gone from the beginning of autumn to the depths of winter, and after they passed through Liangzhou City, there were far fewer people. It was the most difficult time when they crossed Yanzhi Mountain.

After passing Yanzhi Mountain, the road became much smoother, but everyone in the caravan was very vigilant, saying that they were afraid that thieves would appear and loot money and goods. Azhi heard about it and was also a little scared. Fortunately, they traveled along the way. There was no danger, and finally arrived at the sandbar at the beginning of spring.

When passing through Jinchang City, Ah Zhi also saw a wooden carriage. This kind of wooden carriage is also available in Chang'an. The ones in Chang'an City look much simpler.

Ah Zhi and the others were really tired from walking all the way, so they naturally wanted to take a wooden carriage at this time, but there were a lot of horses and camels in the caravan, which was not easy to deal with, so they finally decided to come together.

They walked on the post road next to the wooden track, watching the carriages coming and going on the track, running fast.

Both sides of the road are often surrounded by large stretches of barren rocky beaches, occasionally passing some village farmland, the farmers have already started tending the fields at this time, and some farmers are picking stones on the barren beach, as if they want to open them up for use Planting flocks of flowers, I heard that finch flowers can grow in any kind of field, even in saline-alkali land where there is no grain.

On the side of Changle County, Luo Yong and the others heard from the merchants who came in a wooden carriage that the team of tea merchants coming from Chang'an City is coming soon, and they also said that they saw a black Kunlun man, it must be Apu .

So everyone went out of the city early to meet them. Hengzhi was working in the machine workshop. Hearing the news, he washed his hands and face and ran out. He didn't have time to change his clothes. The Kunlun people also followed Luo Yong and them to the outside of the city. to meet their patriarch.

A group of people waited outside the city, but no one came. The Kunlun people ran to the high place on the slope to look and look, very anxious.

After finally seeing the caravan faintly in the distance, these Kunlun people greeted them one by one, yelling that Luo should use a language they could not understand. By this time, Chinese had already been thrown into the sky by them.

Luo Yong and the others also greeted him at this time, and Hengzhi ran to Ah Zhi and helped her take the burden on her shoulders. Ah Zhi's luggage was also in the car, and the burden on her back was mainly to put some food, copper coins and Water, not heavy.

These two people were standing face to face, one had just finished a long journey for several months, and the other was just running out of the workshop, and the clothes were dirty one by one. At this time, the two looked at each other and smiled, looking It's quite right.

Luo Yong had already received a letter from them from Chang'an City earlier, and knew that Du Gou would come this time, and also knew that his legs and feet were inconvenient, and walking was even more difficult than ordinary people.

At this time Du Gou got off the donkey he was sitting on, and the young man next to him handed him a wooden stick, and he leaned on the wooden stick and walked up to Luo Yong step by step.

When he came out of Chang'an City earlier, he was originally riding a big horse, but later that horse died while crossing Yanzhi Mountain, and he didn't know whether it was exhausted or frozen to death.

Fortunately, the people in the team took good care of him and supported him all the way. Finally, he passed Yanzhi Mountain and arrived in Zhangye. The donkey was bought by the two of them in Zhangye.

Last year, he was first exiled and then pardoned. He traveled all the way to Chang'an City, and then traveled thousands of miles from Chang'an City to Changle County. The money he saved in these years was basically spent. , came to Luo Yong.

He put down the wooden stick in his hand, bent down to bow to Luo Zuo, only to see that his wide sleeves were rattling by the strong wind on the wasteland, his posture opened and closed, and his movements were meticulous.

Luo Yong stood in front of him, accepted his gift in silence, and then reached out to help him up at the right time: "It's been a hard journey, let's go to the city to talk about it."

Both of them had red eyes at this time.

After entering the city, Luo Yong asked Apu to meet up with his clansmen, and Azhi and Hengzhi also had something to say, so Luo Yong only focused on receiving Du Gou.

As for their residence, Apu had been rewarded by the court before, and in Changle County, Luo Yong also decided to allocate a yard for him.

When Luo Yong first came to Changle County to take office earlier, the yard was still a deserted house. Later, it was repaired and repaired, and they used it as a warehouse. Because it is relatively close to the place where the Kunlun people live, this time Luo Yong let people use The yard was moved out, repaired, and returned to Apu's name.

For the time being, Du Gou and Azhi were arranged in the Changle County Government Office. After a while, Luo Yong would also organize a wedding for Hengzhi and Azhi, and then they would be able to live together.

There is also the young man who came with Du Gou, temporarily living with Du Gou in the county government office, and can also take care of Du Gou's daily life.

There are also people who work in their county office, but most of them are cooks, yard sweepers, and laundry workers. There are very few people who specialize in serving people, and they are mainly brought by themselves like Huang Xiancheng. Luo Yong There is no one who has ever bought here.

When the two were alone, Du Gou solemnly bowed to Luo Yong as a teacher, and Luo Yong also solemnly accepted it.

After the ceremony, Luo Yong helped him to the wooden couch, and the two had tea and talked across the low table.

Luo Yong said that Du Gou came at the right time. He wanted to build water conservancy in Changle County early in the morning. He had asked the county officials to go to investigate several times before. After the autumn harvest, he planned to start work.

For a small county like Changle County with a small population, this is really a big project. The cement workshop has already begun to produce gray cement with a new formula. By the fall of this year, it should be able to supply the water for the construction of canals.

"After a while, I will ask the county officials to tell you the results of their survey in detail, and then you can go up the mountain to have a look. How this canal will be repaired in the end will be up to you. "

"There's no need to worry. You just need to take care of your health these days. If you don't have enough money, just ask your teacher for it."

As Luo Yong said, he took a wooden box down from the side shelf and handed it to Du Gou across the low table. Several large and small silver cakes and silver nuggets.

When Du Gou heard Luo Yong's words and saw this box of silver money, he also laughed.

During the previous journey, he was also a little apprehensive, not knowing what would happen after meeting Luo Yong.

As a result, Luo Yong not only received him warmly today, arranged a way out with him, but also carried the box of money with him.

"The apprentice accepted it." Du Gou said with a smile.

"Just accept it with peace of mind, don't tell your senior brothers, lest they say I'm biased." Luo Yong joked.

All of his disciples are now able to earn money, and some of them have even more wealth than Luo Yong, so why would they be envious of the box of money from the new junior brother.

It's just that there is a new junior junior from a high family background, and the big guys are still a little awkward at this time, and don't know how to get along with each other.

Today's reception banquet was held in a restaurant newly opened last winter. The restaurant was big enough and the food was delicious. Luo Yong sent someone to book the banquet early. At this time, everyone washed off the dust and went to go to dinner.

When the sky was getting dark, Du Gou changed into clean clothes, rode his donkey, led by the accompanying young man, and went to the banquet with Luo Yong.

In order not to make Du Gou look special, Luo Yong also rode five pairs this day. He usually does not ride on weekdays. Changle County is only this big in total. Walk, there is no matter of a few steps.

There was no one on Luo Yong's side to lead the donkey, so Qiao Junlin walked beside him with his sleeves wrapped around him. He didn't let Luo Yong lead the donkey, and Luo Yong didn't let him lead the donkey either.

Wu Duo is a bully and fears nothing. He is very docile in this small county on weekdays. After being cleaned up by Qiao Junlin a few times, he is very honest with him. At this time, he will go wherever Qiao Junlin points out, very obedient and obedient .

The few of them were walking on the street when they saw someone coming out of a nearby shop with a ladder, holding a burning wooden stick in his hand, and lighting a lantern hanging under the eaves.

Du Gou thought it was an ordinary lantern at first, but he didn't know that after the lantern was lit, it didn't show at first, but after a while it became brighter and brighter, and finally it lit up the front of the shop.

At this time, I turned my head to look at the street in front and back, and I saw many shops coming out to light fires, some climbing up and guarding ladders, and some were screwing a switch on the wall below, and some women, children and children came out to watch People light the lamps.

Du Gou and the others stopped on the street and looked at it for a long time. In less than a quarter of an hour, the lanterns on both sides of the street were lit up one by one. The streets are all illuminated, and even a thin gap in the concrete road under your feet can be seen clearly.

"What kind of lamp is this?" Du Gou asked in surprise.

"This is a biogas lamp." Luo replied with a smile, with a bit of pride on his face.