North and South groceries

Although Luo Yong has tried his best to deliver orders in a timely manner, his delivery speed is still far behind the speed of those Changan people placing orders.

Some people just received an order today, and immediately paid a deposit to place a second order.People don't have to stay in Lishi County, although it's okay to go south, as long as the delivery date is stated in the contract, Luo Sanlang has a good reputation as a coffin board, so he doesn't have to worry about being inserted by others Team.

As more and more people poured into Lishi County, the original guest houses were not enough to live in. Recently, someone opened two new guest houses in the city.

One of them is also very familiar with Luo Yong. It is the Niuji Grain Store, and his yard is also ready-made. Just move the grain from the warehouses in the backyard to another small yard of his family in the city, so that these warehouses can be cleaned. After cleaning, put the kang on the plate, and put all the things on it, it is a ready-made guest room.

But his house does not provide food, if you want to eat, you have to go to the food shop outside, or send your servants to buy food outside, and you don’t have to worry about it being cold, there is a small stove on the top of the kang, just heat it up, be more frugal Some people also cook for themselves.

A house like Niu’s house only costs five yuan a day, and the firewood is piled up in the yard, so you can get it yourself. There is also a well, so you have to fetch water yourself.

For many people in Chang'an, five cents a day is really cheap. The house is so big and the kang head is so big that seven or eight people can easily be squeezed in without spending a penny per person per day.

But for some small merchants, five cents a day is not a small amount, enough to buy a bucket of corn.If there are not many people coming, if there are two or three people, they would rather rent a hut from the people in the city, save two or three Wen a day, and have enough food rations.

In any case, the dozen or so warehouses of the Niu family can earn sixty or seventy renminbi a day, and the whole family is very happy.

The people in the city who are not well off are also happy to do this business, rent a small house, and get two or three yuan a day casually. If the house is better, the price will naturally be higher. Earn more.

Since late October, after ten consecutive days of heavy snowfall, it finally cleared up on this day.

Luo Yong drove the donkey cart into the city. As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw a lot of firewood sellers gathered under the inner wall of the city. Among them were strong men, old people, women and children. From time to time, people from the city came to buy firewood. The firewood seller helped deliver the firewood to his home.

In the autumn of this year, the people in the city also hoarded firewood at home, but after the winter came, many foreigners came here, and there were more kangs to be burned, so the firewood hoarded originally was naturally not enough.

Among these firewood sellers, quite a few of them looked very unfamiliar. Lishi County is only such a big place, and they have come and gone several times. in nearby villages.

Luo Yong drove the donkey cart to Xu's house, intending to meet up with Xu Erlang first, and then sort out the orders on hand to see how many orders can be delivered today.

Then look at what colors of wool they are short of recently, and then he can decide which colors to dye with his cart of wool.

As soon as his donkey cart reached the alley of Xu Erlang's house, he saw two young men entering the alley with a bundle of carnations. They were also unfamiliar faces. They walked fast, and Luo Yong drove the donkey cart to follow. Behind them, they saw the two people entering Xu's courtyard one after the other.

Looking at the other courtyards on both sides of the alley, it is also more lively than usual, almost every household can hear the sound of cutting bamboo and poking mats.

"I just heard from my two nephews that there is a young man driving a donkey cart in the alley. I guess it is you, Master." On the other side, Xu Erlang has already greeted him out of the yard.

"It turned out that your nephew came. I told you how they got into your yard." Luo Yong got off the donkey cart and led five pairs into Xu's yard. People were coming and going in the yard, and it was busier than usual. Quite a lot.

"My elder sister married and went to Fangshan County in the early years. Recently, she heard that there is a profitable business here, so she brought her family back to live for a while."

As Xu Erlang said, he unloaded the ready-made mats and wool from the donkey cart used by Luo, then helped five couples get off the donkey cart, and asked his son to fetch a handful of beans from the urn to feed it. .

"I just entered the city, and I saw many strangers selling firewood in the city." Luo said to Xu Erlang while stroking Wudu's neck with his hand.It has been snowing heavily for the past few days, and the snow on the road is very thick. Today's journey, the five pairs have also worked hard.

"Some are from nearby villages, and some are from other counties. Recently, many people in the city have relatives at home, and they all come here to find work." Xu Erlang explained to him.

Luo Yong nodded, and asked him again: "Is the mat going well recently?"

"I've done a lot." Xu Erlang said: "It snowed heavily a few days ago, and those merchants didn't rush to deliver the goods anymore, so I didn't ask anyone to bring you into the city."

"In the past few days, I have figured out a new method, and I will explain it to you later when the goods are finished." After a period of thinking, Luo Yong also combined the wet felting method with the needle felting method better.

In order to increase the speed of shipment, he must tell his disciples this method as soon as possible. He does not know what will happen to the business of peony cushions in the future. Since he can make money right now, he naturally wants to make as many cushions as possible and ship more. one.

After the master and apprentice checked the order and the latest stock, they went to the largest restaurant in the city.

This restaurant is opened by the Wang family, and the business has been very good recently. Luo Yong chooses to ship at his house, mainly because the lobby of his house is spacious enough, and the Wang family also welcomes him very much. reception.

People at that time did not have any concept of trademarks and brands. Generally speaking, those who were in business would open a restaurant with the surname Wang, or they would call it Wangji Restaurant, and those with the surname Niu opened a grain store, which would be called Niuji Grain Store, which was probably the case.

This Wangji wine shop is not only big, but also has two floors. In Lishi County, the specifications are quite high. The store also pasted two pieces of red paper on one wall of the hall, one of which was written by Luo Yong. On one side is the receipt and delivery of wool felt cushions, and on the other side is the status of orders and shipments of Heng’s Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The paper is large enough, the handwriting is clear, and the information is updated in a timely manner. The vendors in the village also come to have a look from time to time.

The hall of Wangji Restaurant is surrounded by walls, and it is also made of heated kang. The surface of the kang is very wide and the height is relatively short. It should be dug a little into the ground when it was made. The fine mat is on it, which looks relatively high-end.

At this time, there were people warming wine and drinking in the hall, and several people were sitting around eating hot pot, and some people didn't eat anything, just lazily leaning on the kang and chatting.

Luo Yong saw that besides meat and tofu, there were green vegetables on the table of those who ate hot pot, but the vegetable leaves looked tender and yellow, and they didn't seem to grow under the sun. Planted in the house.

Thinking about it, people are not stupid at this time, and the heated kang has come out. It is normal to plant some leeks, yellow cabbage and so on on the top of the kang to improve food in winter.

"Look! It's Luo Sanlang who is here!"

"I wonder how many orders Sanlang can deliver today?"

"Do you have mine?"

"It hasn't been shipped for more than ten days. We should be able to make a few more orders today."

"I'm not in a hurry to leave right now. I have to wait until the fifth day of this month and eat egg cake again."

As soon as Luo Yong entered the Wangji Restaurant, those who were sitting lazily became energetic immediately, and there were people running around the restaurant to tell each other that Luo Sanlang had come to Wangji Restaurant to deliver goods again, so that those who were about to line up People, hurry up and get the goods.

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time. Three orders can be issued today." Luo Yong said, and put a pair of woolen socks, cashmere sweaters and pants in his hand on the kang, took off his shoes and sat on the kang, and then touched the clothes from his arms. Make a few orders.

On the other side, Xu Erlang and his two nephews also brought in piles of mats from the donkey cart outside.

Luo Yong compared the orders, and shipped them one by one in order, deducting the deposit that had been paid before, and paid in one hand and delivered the goods in the order of the order.

Unknowingly, there are many people around the restaurant, some people have already placed an order, but it is not their turn to ship, some people have never placed an order, and there are many people in the city, just come to see lively.

After the goods were delivered, a few people in the restaurant stayed for a meal, and the store made another hot pot and set up a table of dishes.

Luo Yong didn't refuse either, it just so happened that he had something to talk to these people today, so he wasn't in a hurry to go back, anyway, he had to go to Xu's house later to share with his disciples their recent felt-making experiences, so he couldn't go back tonight anyway .

A group of people were eating hot pot lively, and then someone asked Luo Yong about his cashmere sweater and pants, and they obviously wanted to buy more.

After staying in Lishi County for such a long time, they gradually understood that although peony cushions are rare, the real rare thing is the cashmere sweater and trousers. Someone bought cashmere sweater and trousers before. Many people in the store have seen it, not only touched it, some even tried it on with the cheek, it is really very warm.

I also heard that cashmere is very rare, recently in Lishi County, some people are selling cashmere, such a small ball, the asking price is more than a dozen or so, if it is changed to Chang'an City, the price must be even more expensive.

There are those quick-witted businessmen who want to stock up on a batch of this thing before it becomes all the rage. When the price is really raised, they sell it again. Isn't it more profitable than the peony cushion?

"Cashmere is really rare." Luo Yong said: "But I do have a source of goods. If there is no accident, I should be able to get a lot next year."

What this means is that it is impossible to buy more this year. After all, there are still so many orders waiting in line. When Luo Yong ships all these orders, there is basically no cashmere left in his hand. There is still a chance next year or the year after next.

"I heard people say that in the south of Chang'an, there are many places in the south of Chang'an that grow a medicinal material called Eucommia." If there is cashmere, it depends on whether they can help them get Eucommia saplings.

"Saburo wants to grow Eucommia?" Everyone wondered.Well, why would you want to plant this?After all, Eucommia is a medicinal material, and no one would buy it for eating and playing, so how many markets can there be in total?

"Presumably you all know that the sage rewarded me with five hectares of land earlier. If I planted crops on such a large amount of land, I must be too busy." Luo Yong said.

"How much does Saburo plan to plant?" someone in the hall asked him.Luo Sanlang wanted to grow Eucommia ulmoides, so they just got him saplings, as long as they could exchange for the cashmere sweater and pants.As for whether those Eucommia ulmoides can earn back money after they are planted in the future, that is Luo Sanlang's own business.

"Why don't we have to plant one or two hundred acres." Luo Yong said.

"..." Everyone was speechless, why so many Eucommia?Don't you want to eat it as a meal?Thinking of Luo Sanlang's youthful pride, he might stumble this time.