North and South groceries

Zhou Xin had been in charge of the Zhou Mansion for decades. He had never even seen the front yard and the back yard, the outside and the inside. The hundreds of girls in the Textile College were nothing to him. problem.

Within a few days of taking office, he had properly arranged all internal and external affairs, and Wu Lang and Qin Niang were finally able to relieve the burden from their shoulders.

The two said they were in charge of things together, but in fact it was mainly because Goro was in charge a lot, and Qiniang was just a helper, so Goro didn't complain, but she talked a lot.

After Zhou Xin took over the work of the two of them, he told Luo Yong that Goro was able to manage money and silk, and the accounts were very clear. He knew where to spend money and where to save money. For a young man in his early twenties For Mr. Lang, it is really rare.

Speaking of Wulang, this person is also a bit strange. Among the brothers and sisters in the family, he has been the worst at arithmetic since he was a child, and he is also a money fan. Give him dozens of copper coins and he can sit on the kang and count over and over again for a day.

When I grew up, I lived in Chang'an City. I was very popular and made many friends. A group of young people played around all day long. It is reasonable to say that this kind of people who love to make friends are good at spending money. Goro can't, he is very save money.

Compared with him, Luo Yong is like a reservoir with its gates opened, and the money and silk are like rushing water, rushing straight out without stopping for a moment.

Not to mention others, Luo Yong himself is sometimes afraid of spending money. He can't make ends meet, and his income can't keep up with the speed of spending money.

It's not just Chang'an City, the disciples from Changle County also communicated with him earlier, saying that Bai Yimao was going to build the railway track in Longxi, and the Changle County Government couldn't afford that much money for a while, so they went to find him. Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Anxi, discussed it.

Guo Xiaoke, that old man, now everyone in Chang'an City knows that he is digging iron ore in Hexi. Their old Guo family is prosperous, but this guy is also crying poorly with Bai Yimao. The reason is that mining is not easy and requires a lot of investment In terms of manpower and material resources, he was also short on money and silk, so he urged Bai Yimao to recruit Luo Yong's disciples into his group.

When Luo Yong got the news, the official documents of Bai Yimao and Ding Min also arrived at the court. Although the chances were slim, they still tried to apply for the court appropriation.

As a result, the application was rejected without any suspense, and it was reasonable. The road from Chang'an City to Longyou Road didn't even have a wooden track, so there was someone who built the railroad first on the Longyou Road. reason.

Many people in the court said that Bai Yimao, a young man, was too ambitious and foolish.

As for Ding Min, although his official position is higher than that of Bai Yimao, he is the governor of Guazhou, and Bai Yimao, the county magistrate of Changle, is his subordinate, but in terms of family background, he is not at all comparable to Bai Yimao, so this The matter must still be led by Bai Yimao.

After some consideration, Luo Yong agreed to allow his disciples in Longxi to invest in the railway construction this time.

Although it is said that the money will be locked up in this way, it is difficult to say how much economic return can be made for a while, and only dividends can be obtained year by year, but this is also the reason for his disciples to improve their status in Hexi. An opportunity for status.

Furthermore, for the sake of his old sister, Luo Yong naturally hoped that Bai Yimao could return to Chang'an sooner and settle down with Siniang.

Si Niang is 23 years old this year, she is considered a late married in this age, and Bai Yimao is one year older than Luo Yong, so she is 29 now.

Luo Yong also didn't want to say that when Bai Yimao finally came back from that Longyou Road, he would be 35 or [-] years old, and within a few years after the two of them got married, Bai Yimao would be [-] years old. When you reach forty, your appearance will definitely start to decline.

In order to allow Si Niang to live a married life with good looks and quality for a few more years, the Longyou Road Railway should be invested.

Longyou Road said that it wanted to repair the railway tracks. Although the court and China did not agree to allocate funds, they were very concerned about it.

At this time, when I heard that Luo Yong wanted his disciples to invest in the construction of the railway there, the emperor asked him to go to the palace to ask him what he thought. Let's talk about Siniang and Bai Yimao.

For some reason, this matter spread quickly inside and outside the palace city, saying that Luo Yong was going to spend a lot of money on Longyou Road for Bai Yimao's brother-in-law.

In fact, when Siniang and the others lived in Bai's house in the early years, there were rumors about Siniang and Bai Yimao, but at that time most people said they were not optimistic, thinking that the two of them were not in the right family.

In addition, Si Niang herself embarked on the road of doing business, which is even more inappropriate. Bai Yimao is the eldest grandson of the Bai family, how can their Bai family have a business mistress?

Nowadays, no one says this anymore, because the current Luo Yong is no longer a local official far away in the borderlands with an uncertain future. He has transformed himself into a potential stock above the court. Wuji wanted to win him over.

With the management of the Bai family for generations, coupled with the financial support of the Luo family, and the help of Luo's promising future brother-in-law, Bai Yimao's future career is naturally very optimistic.

As for Si Niang's business, we can discuss it slowly when the time comes. In fact, it's not a big problem. After all, she doesn't want to be the mistress as soon as she marries into the Bai family. Both Bai Yimao's mother and the mistress are both physically She's still healthy, and it's not her granddaughter-in-law's turn to take the lead for a while.

If the Bai family really minded, Luo Yong could find some other way out for her at that time, or she could go to the Textile College to become the principal, which is always much more expensive than doing business.

How about 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, the things that made Siniang so worried in the past, with Luo Yong's return, the development of their Luo family is no longer a problem.

She is now looking forward to Bai Yimao's return from Longyou Road as soon as possible, even if she quarrels with her every day, it is better than being separated by thousands of miles now.

Si Niang has always been responsible. When Luo Yong and Da Niang Er Niang were not in Chang'an City, Si Niang was older than Wu Lang and the others, so she naturally assumed the responsibility of taking care of her younger siblings.

Later, she slowly took on the business of the north-south groceries in Chang'an City. Xu Erlang and others helped her earlier, but now Xu Erlang and the others have gone to Luoyang to develop a new store. Mother is playing the leading role.

The relationship problem with Bai Yimao has also troubled Si Niang for many years, and she had endured it silently before.

Now all the problems are no longer problems, but she still has to bear the pain of lovesickness, only this time, she feels that she is extremely wronged...

Luo Yong also knew that it was not easy for Siniang, but with Bai Yimao's matter, he could only help here for a while.

A few days later, Luo Yong was negotiating the price of a batch of refined iron with a Hu merchant.

These Hu merchants who have settled in Chang'an have all kinds of livelihoods, loan sharks, and more secretive ones, and political investment. It is also very common for them to buy, sell, and hoard goods.

Seeing that the railway track on the Henan Road was about to be completed, Luo Yong reckoned that the price of iron in Chang'an City should also drop.

But Hu Shang said that the railroad track is going to be repaired on the Longyou Road, and the price of this iron will definitely not drop for a while.

"I said that if you want to lower the price, then you must lower the price. If you don't believe me, just keep this batch of refined iron in your hands, and wait for the day when Guo Duhu sells the black iron from the Black Iron Mountain to the Central Plains."

Luo Yong is very sure that the price of iron will drop sooner or later, but he doesn't know when, and he is anxiously waiting to use iron. The Textile College will build teaching buildings and dormitory buildings. Needless to say, this is a lot of money input.

The Hu merchant also hesitated, because he also knew in his heart that when the black iron from Longyou Road was sold to the Central Plains, the price of iron in Chang'an City would definitely drop, but he didn't know when exactly.

There is a lot of refined iron in hand, and it is difficult to sell it out for a while. If there are big customers who have the ability and demand to buy iron in large quantities, I am afraid they will use it right now. If the others are not urgently needed, They all want to wait until the price of refined iron drops.

The two of them were discussing, when a follower of Du Gou came to find Luo Yong, it was said that there was another person from Longyou Road.

"Someone came again?" The news here was only sent out a few days ago, and I don't know if I have arrived in Longxi, why did someone come again so soon, could something serious happen?

It's not good to say these things in front of the Hu businessman, so Luo Yong bowed his hands to him, saying that we can talk about it another day, and then left in a hurry.

Walking on the road, after a brief questioning with the person who sent the message, Luo Yong knew, but this time it was Guo Xiaoke's people who came. Because of a group of refugees entering the customs, they wrote a document and came back to ask the imperial court for instructions.

In other words, Lao Guo didn't make up his own mind about this matter, he would do whatever the government approved, and he wouldn't take the blame if something went wrong in the future.

I heard that this group of refugees is quite large, numbering in the thousands, and there are all kinds of beards among them. There are even a lot of beards who expressed their desire to come to Chang'an.

A few days later, it happened to be the [-]th day of the July [-]th Dynasty, and the officials really had an argument on this matter.

Many people are worried that there will be secret operations there, and things will be done, which will endanger the safety of the people along the way and Chang'an City. Not to mention Chang'an City, it is best not to let them enter even the border.

"If it is done carefully, there will naturally be a better way to sneak into the Central Plains. How can you use such a low-level method to mobilize the army and arouse suspicion?" Naturally, there are people who agree with these miscellaneous entry.

"Yang Chaoyi said so, if these miscellaneous beards go wrong in the future, can you afford it?" The opposition immediately said aggressively.

"Since I wear this official uniform, I can afford it." Yang Chaoyi's implication was to ridicule the other party's cowardice and fear of being unworthy of being an official, so he might as well go home and eat himself.

"Can you afford it? How many people are there in your family? If something goes wrong, I'm afraid it won't be enough to pay for your life." Someone over there ridiculed Yang Chaoyi's humble background and the small number of people in his family.

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Once there is a quarrel in the court, it will be very fierce, and everyone seems to have eaten gunpowder.

These lords who were born in the gentry are well-nourished and have good genes. Most of them are tall and tall.As for those officials who were former heroes of the founding of the country and military generals, let alone those officials who were a little timid, they would show their cowardice when they yelled at them twice.

Sometimes Luo Yong felt that standing on top of the court was like standing among a bunch of wolves, tigers and leopards.

Normally, as long as it was something that had nothing to do with him, he would not want to provoke these wolves, tigers and leopards, but this time the refugee's affairs were a little different. He knew very well how bad the natural environment and living conditions at the border were. The refugees risked their lives from thousands of miles to join the Tang Dynasty, how could they be driven out of the prison alive?

Looking for a gap where their quarrel was not too intense, Luo Yong finally stood up and spoke:

"I think that if we don't absorb those miscellaneous Hus on the spot and disperse them in the prefectures of Longxi, Longyou Dao is originally a place where Hus and Hans live together, and there are thousands of miscellaneous Hus, and it will not hinder anything."

Anyway, Luo Yong thinks that these people should be resettled first, after all, human life is at stake.

As for those who still want to come to Chang'an City, they should be resettled on the spot first. As long as they are quick-witted, they will always find opportunities in the future, and there is no need to bring this kind of matter to the court for discussion.

When Luo Yong said this, it was no surprise that many people immediately pointed their finger at Luo Yong.

It is said that he has everything, and some people even ask why Luo Yong has so much gold, silver and silk, because he invested in the construction of railway tracks and established the textile college.

I heard that he was recruited by the Turkic Khan when he was in Longyou Dao in his early years. Could it be that he had a relationship with the Turkic people at that time, and because the Turkic people supported him behind his back, they would have inexhaustible gold and silver money silk.

"Ridiculous!" Someone immediately retorted:

"There is no reason why you don't make friends, don't go to banquets, and spend money on building schools and investing in railroad tracks all day long. Are you a Turkic person who runs a charitable hall?"

Luo's family has a lot of property. It is said that monks can't run away from the temple if they can run away. Unless Luo Yong's head was kicked by a donkey, he wouldn't think about working for others. This is no different from setting fire to his own house.

"If you don't work carefully, what kind of heart do you have?"

"Young people who haven't been through the war, think that this peaceful world is for nothing, and anyone dares to be put in the prison."

"If those miscellaneous beards make trouble one day, where are you going to escape?"

When Luo Yong heard this, he laughed. This person actually asked him where he was going to escape. He probably didn't know how much investment he had made recently, and the money he spent was bleeding to the core.

"Why should I run away?" Luo Yong asked him.

"If you don't run away, then you'll just wait to die." The other party scolded.

Luo Yong shook his official robe, holding a coffin board posture of righteousness and awe:

"I, Luo Yong, was born as a Tang man, and died as a Tang ghost. If I die, I will die on the streets of Chang'an City. If you want to escape, you will escape by yourself. Anyway, I will not escape."