North and South groceries

Within two days, the county official came to measure the land for Luo Yong.

When several officials walked outside the Luo's courtyard, they saw that the courtyard was very busy with people coming and going. The villagers carried baskets of hot tofu into the Luo's courtyard, and then came out with empty loads, one by one. The face is full of joy. After the spring plowing, Xipo Village has entered a season of making tofu.

"Sanlang is making fermented bean curd?" The officials avoided the villagers who were carrying burdens and walked into the courtyard. When they saw that Luo Sanlang was talking to an old man, they asked him with a smile.

When Luo Yong saw the people coming, he also knew that they should come to draw land for him, so he also greeted him with a smile: "No, the fermented bean curd in the house was traded for wool a while ago, and now there are all kinds of fermented bean curd in the warehouse. It’s empty, the villagers are free these few days, so I ordered some tofu from them to make fermented bean curd.”

"Sanlang Gaoyi, the sage is rewarded again, the document has arrived in the county, and the county magistrate asked me to come and plot the land with Sanlang." Those officials also behaved quite politely in front of Luo Yong.

"The children in the country are all thanks to the great love of the sage." Luo Yong dared not take the credit.

Welcoming a few officials into the hall, he asked Peng Er to make a pot of Huto: "You guys fill up your stomachs first, and after measuring the land, let's go to Xu's guest house for dinner."

"Naturally, it's important business." It took several hours to travel from Lishi County to Xipo Village. These people were indeed hungry at this time, so they didn't hesitate to pick up their rice bowls and ate.

While Peng Er was cooking Hoto for them, these people had already told Luo Yong about the current land situation in Xipo Village. Basically, the land near the village had been allocated. Fertile fields must go far away.

Farther away, there are two pieces of land that are more suitable. One is in the direction of Lishi County, which is quite far from their village, and it takes more than two quarters of an hour to walk.The other piece of land is in the opposite direction, behind Xipo Village, and it takes about a quarter of an hour to walk there.

After the officials finished eating a bowl of Hoto, Luo Yong had already made up his mind: "I still need the land in the direction of Lishi County."

"I also think that piece of land is better. Although it is a bit far from Xipo Village, it is on the side of the road leading to Lishi County, so it is convenient to travel." A bearded official wiped his mouth and said .

Now that it was agreed, they got up and left the Luo's courtyard to plot the land.

When passing Xu's guest house, Luo Yong went in and ordered a table of meals: "I want a fish-flavored shredded pork, a red stewed mutton, two plates of dumplings, a plate of jujube bean cake, and two fresh vegetables, and a cold dish. "

This time a total of four officials came, including Luo Yong, there are only five. The dishes in Xu's guest house are very generous, and it is enough to order these few.

People these days seldom have leftovers for meals, because most people came from difficult times, so they are generally very frugal. Today's day does not like extravagance, and there is not much extravagance in society.

Hearing the dishes that Luo Yong ordered, the staff members all had smiles on their faces. Although the scale and grade of this Xu's inn is not as good as that of the big inns in the city, the dishes here are comparable. famous.

Some time ago, Xu's guesthouse released a fish-flavored shredded pork dish. For a while, restaurants and guesthouses in the city competed to imitate it, and indeed some of them did well. No, no matter what you do, you can't taste his home.

In the past few days, I heard that suat oil can also be used to make soap. Many merchants bought suat oil at once. Many goats were killed in and outside the city at once, and the price of the mutton dropped.

Just at this moment, Xu's guest house launched another dish of red stewed mutton. It tastes really good, and there are people in the city who follow suit. As more people eat it, the price of the mutton gradually increases, and the mutton can be sold for money. , Sheep oil can be sold for money. Many farmers who have goats at home have made a lot of money recently.

"Sanlang, what do you plan to plant on these five hectares of fields?" After leaving Xu's guest house, they walked all the way to the location of the field.

"It's a bit late this year, and the manpower is also insufficient. Why don't we put some goats first."

Not to mention this year, even next year or the next year, Luo Yong will not be able to finish planting so many fields. I just don't know if the person above will be unhappy when he learns that Luo Yong uses the farmland he rewarded as pasture for stocking.

But today's emperor is not a narrow-minded person, and he especially values ​​reputation. Generally, it's nothing serious, so he probably won't come to find Luo Yong to make him unhappy.

Anyway, Luo Yong is honestly planting his own land and doing his own small business. He never thought of going against the law and making troubles, but he will not be trembling and watching people's faces all day long.

The five hectares of land that Luo Yong acquired this time are relatively fertile as a whole. Although it looks like barren land, it has been cultivated before. piece.

There is a stream not far from this piece of land. Luo Yong thought about digging a ditch from there in the future.

The measurement of this entire piece of land is much faster than last time. After measuring out the five hectares of land, and then putting wooden stakes as marks, the land is considered to be demarcated.

After finishing their official business, the group went to Xu's guest house for dinner in a relaxed manner. Seeing them coming, the Xu family brought out one after another hot dishes from the kitchen, and the table was full after a while.

Lin Wulang put two plates of freshly cooked dumplings on the table: "Just now I saw you coming back from a distance, so I put them in the pot to cook the dumplings. It's still hot."

"This dime is good. Even if you have money in the city, you can't eat it." When the officials looked at the two large plates of white dumplings, they laughed so hard that they couldn't see their teeth. Eat with chopsticks.

"Congratulations to Saburo, I heard that the saint is rewarded again."

It was almost time for dinner. There were quite a few people in the hall, some of them were merchants currently living in Xu’s guest house, and some of them were purely here for toothbrush. With a few friends, just stay here for a few days, and let's talk after eating.

"Rely on the great love of the sage." Luo Yong still said the same thing.

Don't think he doesn't know, now some people are congratulating him in person, but they are laughing at him behind his back, saying that he offered a soap recipe, and the sage rewarded him with five hectares of land.

If the soap party does not donate, it is not difficult to earn the five hectares of fertile land by virtue of the soap business. No matter how you look at it, this coffin board has made a loss-making business this time. Some people even speculate that the saint does not like it. Saburo, as for the reason, who can say clearly.

"What does Saburo plan to grow these five hectares of fertile land?" someone in the hall asked Luo Yongdao.

"I can't finish plowing for a while. I plan to raise a flock of sheep first." Luo Yong said casually, and he also picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth. Anyway, I have to grab one and have a taste.

"How many sheep does Sanlang plan to raise?" Someone asked immediately.

"There are so many fields, why do you have to raise hundreds or thousands of sheep." Luo muttered vaguely, chewing on dumplings.

"It's better not to raise so many." Someone in the hall kindly persuaded: "Now is the time when the water and grass are abundant, and you have to raise a thousand sheep in so many lands, so naturally there is no problem at all, but once it enters winter, the land will be full of sheep." The grass is all dry, what are you going to feed so many goats?"

This is actually a headache for the nomads on the grassland. It snows heavily in winter, and there is no pasture on the grassland to feed cattle and sheep. They have to slaughter these livestock, or they can only watch them starve to death. , and the slaughtered livestock under such circumstances often cannot be sold for a good price.

"What you said is true." Luo Yong swallowed the dumplings in his mouth, and said to the man with a smile: "Insufficient pasture in winter is indeed a big problem, so I plan to raise these sheep after weeding, hoping that they can grow. Hurry up, and they can be slaughtered in winter."

"Do you want to slaughter the sheep?" The locals now generally know about the slaughter of pigs, but no one thought of slaughtering the goat.

"I'm going to give it a try." Luo Yong said, and then asked the people in the hall, "I heard that there is a kind of pasture called alfalfa, which is very good for raising livestock, but I have never seen it in the local area. I don't know the grass species. Where to buy it from?"

"You mean clover?" A middle-aged businessman in the corner answered.

"It should be the clover." Luo Yong guessed that the clover should be another name for alfalfa.

"That clover was introduced to the Central Plains from the Dawan Kingdom when Mr. Zhang was on a mission to the Western Regions. Now it is planted in various horse farms and Chang'an." Another middle-aged man in luxurious clothes said over there. .

Looking at this man's appearance and clothes, and listening to his accent, he is obviously not a local, nor does he seem to be a businessman. It is very likely that he came out to visit friends for an outing, or he has heard various legends in Lishi County recently. There are quite a few people who came here to see what happened recently.

"I want to buy some grass seeds to plant, do you know where I can buy them?" Luo Yong cupped his hands at him.

"If Sanlang wants grass seeds, I can get them for you." Before the man could speak, another merchant said.

"What's the price?" Luo Yong asked him.

"A bucket of grass seeds is the same price as a bucket of corn." The man replied.

A bucket of grass seeds is the same price as a bucket of corn, which doesn't sound too cheap, but they don't have this item locally. Even if it doesn't cost, the transportation cost alone will be quite a lot.

"As long as you can save me from queuing, three times is enough." The other party added immediately.

Luo Sanlang's things here are indeed cheap and high-quality, but every time he has to queue up, it delays things.

"Hey, it's just some alfalfa seeds. You dare to open Haikou, Saburo. I can get you those alfalfa seeds. You can sell my batch now. I will leave tomorrow and deliver the seeds within half a month." Go to your house." Immediately, someone else spoke in the hall.

"Good!" Luo Yong was very happy, and agreed immediately: "I'll go and deliver your batch after dinner."

All of a sudden, the hall became very lively, and many people shouted that they could also get alfalfa seeds. Luo Yong got down from the kang, stood in the hall and bowed to everyone:

"I don't want a lot of clover seeds, but if you see other seeds that are not available in Lishi in the future, you can bring me a few. Although I can't afford any big money, I will save it once or twice. The thing about queuing can still be done, at most, I will stay up all night to catch up with work later.”

Because of the lessons learned by Yan Liulang, Luo Yong was also afraid that he would be released as a pigeon again, and the season for planting grass would be missed.

So this time, these forage seeds were bought by him in two batches, and two merchants were in charge of each, which was safer than one person. If both of them released him at the same time, then Luo Yong could only blame himself for his bad luck. too bad.

That night, Luo Yong gave away the goods from the two merchants. In order to fill the hole and avoid causing dissatisfaction among those who lined up behind him, Luo Yong stayed up for two more nights.

For the young people in the 21st century, it is not a big deal to stay up all night once in a while. Besides, there are second mothers at home. They can do things during the day, and soap can also be left to them. At night, when Erniang and the others were sleeping, Luo stayed up all night to make soap by himself.

Not long after, the news that Luo Sanlang was collecting seeds spread in the footsteps of the merchants who traveled from south to north.

The author has something to say:

Li Er: Luo Coffin Board is planning to farm the land honestly?

Luo San: Your Majesty, there are a lot of seeds in my space, but I just don't know how to get them out, and I'm so worried.