North and South groceries

In the third month of the lunar calendar, the season of spring plowing was about to begin. Luo Yong's disciples who went to Chang'an City those years ago also followed the caravan of Ma's Trading Company from Chang'an City back to Lishi County.

These people went to Chang'an City last autumn, and gained a lot of knowledge along the way. When they arrived in Chang'an City, it seemed that the door to a new world had been opened. Now that they have returned to their hometown, they have some desire to show off in their hearts. the meaning of.

But when I came back, I didn't see them in just a few months, and Lishi County was much more lively than when they left. The Xu family brothers even opened such a large guest house at the entrance of Xipo Village.

Luo Yong learned that they would come to Xipo Village this day, so he booked two banquets at Xu's guest house early on.

"There are several accents in this hall. Just now I was so dazed, I thought I was in a guest house in Chang'an City." During the dinner, one of Luo Yong's disciples said with emotion.

Don't look at it as just a rural guesthouse, there are merchants from all over the world in this hall. When they speak, they speak with mixed accents from different places. Some people just talk in their hometown dialect so loudly that the locals can't hear them at all. understand what they are saying.

"It can't be compared with the guest houses in Chang'an City." Xu Dalang smiled a bit stiffly.

"There is nothing incomparable, and there are also small guest houses in Chang'an City."

"Even if the place is a small guest house, the price is not cheap. When we first went there, fortunately, Ma Jiulang helped us find a small courtyard with a reasonable price to live in first."

"Ma Jiulang came back with you this time?" Luo Yong asked.

"No." A disciple replied, "He left Chang'an with us, passed Tongguan and then headed east. He said he was going to the Jiangnan area to have a look."

"Master, have you ever heard that there are also a large number of swallows flying from Ludi to the Jiangnan area." Another disciple said.

"I haven't heard much about it." Luo Yong heard this from his disciples once before, and he didn't pay much attention to it afterwards. Now it seems that there is new news.

"I heard from a businessman in Chang'an City who often travels to and from the Jiangnan area that Yan Erfei of Nalu Real Estate does not use carnation chains, but pottery chains." The disciple said.

"Ceramic chains can also bear weight?" Before Luo Yong could speak, Xu Sanlang couldn't help it. Ceramics were not so strong in their impression.

"It's not very good, so there are many merchants who collect bamboo chains from Chang'an City and resell them to the Jiangnan area. Their cars can be replaced with our chains, and they can still be used." Another disciple next to him explained.

Obviously, these disciples who went to Chang'an City had studied and discussed this issue together before, and they all knew it well.

"Tsk, did they deliberately make it according to our size?" Someone immediately dissatisfied.

"The pottery chain is not easy to use, so they haven't thought of any solution?" Luo Yong asked.

"I heard that we are studying the production of iron chains, but the parts of the chains are small and difficult to forge. Some of them are made now, and the price is quite high. Generally, few people can afford them." The disciple who knew the matter said.

"That's fine." Luo Yong nodded and said, "We can also buy iron chains from them when their technology for making iron chains matures."

It seems that the Qian Brothers don't just copy other people's technology, they also have a certain spirit of research and enterprising. It doesn't matter if they are asked to develop and develop, to be honest, Luo Yong doesn't want to stand out at all.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

But if several big trees can grow side by side in the same forest, the situation will naturally be much better.

The master and the disciples ate food and wine in Xu's inn and talked about their experiences. This meal lasted from noon to evening, and then they broke up.

After dinner, Luo Yong naturally wanted to go back to his own courtyard to rest, and his disciples were temporarily placed in Lixu's guest house.

The courtyard of Xu's guest house is big enough and there are enough guest rooms. Luo Yong has set up a few Datong shops for his disciples to live in. After a period of time, these disciples will stay here in Xipo Village to help Luo Yong with farm work. She solved it, and Luo paid for it.

The Xu family brothers were still unwilling to ask for it, but Luo Yong insisted on giving it. Such a large group of young and strong people wanted to eat and drink, how could the Xu family pay for it, and it was not for them to do work for the Xu family.

It's just that the price is discounted after all. Basically, the daily turnover of Aunt Luo and his wife will be enough for their daily expenses.

After a period of time, thick smoke billowed everywhere in and outside the village of Xipo Village, and the people in a radius of tens of miles knew that it was the disciples of Luo Sanlang's family who were burning soil and dung.

Wang Dang and the others have dug a lot of soil pits recently, and now they just need to fill them with fertilizer and plant saplings in them.

The soil manure that has just been burned can be used directly if it is not good, and it needs to be let go to get rid of anger. Fortunately, Luo Yong stored up a lot last autumn, and he didn’t grow winter wheat last year, so the fertilizer is just right now. They are all used to plant saplings.

The closer it was to the Qingming Festival, the more uncertain Luo Yong was. He didn't know whether the merchants who signed a contract with him last year would be able to come to the appointment this year.

These days, the traffic is inconvenient and the information is blocked. Even if the other party breaks the contract, Luo Yong has nothing to do with them.

After waiting and waiting, until mid-March, a caravan transporting saplings finally arrived in Lishi County.

Luo Yong was very happy when he heard the news, and rode a donkey all the way to meet him.

Along with those people was Ma Silang from the Ma family, also Ma Feiyang's own brother.Uncle Ma's family has many brothers. One of them ranks fourth and the other ranks ninth. This is the case when men and women are ranked separately. If they are combined, there will be more.

Ma Silang came back this time just to pay for Luo Yong.Some time ago, Luo Yong found the Ma family in Lishi County, and negotiated with them about borrowing money. The Ma family promised that when the merchants who transported the saplings arrived, they would arrange for people to come and pay the money. Now this Ma Silang has come. .

The reason why he didn't lend the money to Luo Yong in advance was also because the Luo family had no adults and lived in a place with few people at the entrance of the village. He was afraid that some people would have evil thoughts again if they knew that his family had a lot of money.

"Everyone must have worked hard on this journey. I prepared drinks at the Xujia Guesthouse in front of me. Let's go there to rest first." Looking at the carts of Duzhong saplings with leaf buds, Luo Yong The smile on his face couldn't stop.

"Luo Sanlang, you're welcome." The merchants walking in front also smiled and bowed to Luo Yong. The journey was really hard, and it was great to have ready-made drinks.

"Please trouble Shiro to follow along." After exchanging a few words with the merchant, Luo Yong greeted Ma Silang again.

"Don't bother, don't bother." Ma Silang smiled.

Although he came to pay the money, he was also the first one anyway, which is almost equivalent to saying to those people in the city that their Ma family is the first one in front of Luo Sanlang.

Don't look at this Luo Sanlang's young age, he has a lot of face, and the future development is also worth looking forward to. Their Ma family is very willing to invest.This time, the matter of Eucommia saplings sounds a little unreliable, but Luo Sanlang may have some other tricks. Besides, it’s okay even if he loses money. The most important thing is to pay back the money slowly. What about those good things, are you still worried that he can't pay them back?

The Xu's guest house is just a little in front of the entrance of Xipo Village, the tall courtyard, which is particularly conspicuous in this wild and barren land.

There is a tall building in front of the yard, the hall is downstairs, and the big yard at the back is very spacious. It is a square guest house. It is very clean. The first impression is good, and the price is fair. The brothers in the store seem to be decent People, the merchants who passed by are also very relieved to live here.

There are several tables of food in the hall at this time, and they don't care about the order of serving the dishes. It doesn't matter whether it's cold or hot, just set up a big table, for the porters who have been on the road for more than a month. Speaking of it, it looks very rich.

"Let's plant saplings first," said the merchant.

"Okay, let's order the saplings first." Luo Yong knew that he was worried that someone would steal the saplings while eating. The saplings were not easy to transport. It was a long way from Qinling to Lishi County, so he should be careful.

After ordering the saplings and paying the price agreed previously, Luo Yong also fulfilled his promise and signed an order contract for cashmere sweaters and pants with the other party, and they sat down to eat.

The porters didn't care about that much, they just ate the saplings themselves first after counting them, and a group of people ate Hesai's nonsense, and after eating, the guest house provided them with hot water for bathing.

Luo Yong saw that these people were really dirty, so he asked Lin Wulang to go to Luo's yard to bring him a piece of soap.

A piece of stinky soap like candy cake was placed on the table and cut into many small pieces, and each person gave them a small piece.

Luo Yong has been working slowly lately, and he has accumulated some soap at home. He makes pieces of these soaps into sugar cakes and puts them on the shelves. He is not in a hurry to sell them. When they really sell, he doesn’t have enough of them. of.

At this time, he came over with a wet cloth towel, and demonstrated the use of this soap to everyone. This thing is easy to use. Although it was the first time he came into contact with it, he understood it after looking at it, so they each took a piece to take a bath.

"Is this stinky soap really useful?" The porters all left, but the merchant and his close relatives did not leave in a hurry. A merchant is always keen on business opportunities.

"Try it." Luo Yong handed him the soapy wet cloth in his hand.

The merchant didn't think too much, took the wet cloth and began to wipe the back of his hand.

Among them, he was one of the cleanest, and he was expected to be able to wipe out nothing, but in the end...

"..." Looking at the cloth towel with a large black patch in the middle, even though he was nearly fifty years old and had seen countless scenes since he was a small peddler, he couldn't help his old face turning red and his ears burning hot for a while.

This, this, this, he just wiped it a few times, why is this cloth towel so black?