"Where did you get this knife?"
Luo Yong asked Siniang.
Metal products at this time were not like those in the 21st century, where you could just go into a small shop and buy them for a few bucks.
These things were very valuable.
"Hai Rigu gave it to me."
Siniang said with a grin. "" Luo Yong thought for a while, but couldn't remember who Hai Rigu was, so he had to ask his old sister: "What does Hai Rigu look like?"
"He is the oldest and most majestic among the barbarians."
Siniang said.
Speaking of the oldest one, Luo Yong was somewhat impressed, but he was not the most majestic among the barbarians.
Luo Yong privately thought that Siniang's compliment was quite worthy, probably because someone gave her a knife.
"You should keep this knife yourself, and don't cut Liu Lang and Qiniang."
Luo Yong instructed.
"Oh."
Siniang started swinging the knife again.
"If you can't take care of this knife, I will take care of it for you when the time comes."
Luo Yong still felt uneasy.
"I know."
Siniang agreed.
Since she agreed, Luo Yong didn't care too much.
Although it was a bit outrageous for the little girl to play with a knife, the Hu man was willing to give her the knife out of goodwill.
The Hu people at this time were not like what he had seen on TV before, wearing brightly colored robes, riding tall horses, with sharp silver swords, and being bloodthirsty and cruel.
After being here for so long, Luo Yong's impression of the Hu people is basically that they are tough and poor.
It was still spring at this time, and most of the Hu people who came with Zhao Chen were wearing thin clothes.
You must know that Shuozhou is further north than they are here, and it must be colder on the prairie.
For such a prairie man who does not even have a piece of warm clothing, a knife is definitely a very important property to them.
It is also his life-saving tool at critical moments.
However, the other party gave the knife to Luo Siniang.
Of course Luo Yong knew that it was because of his own relationship.
In addition to wool, Zhao Chen and the others also brought some lard and mutton oil this time.
Luo Yong worked overtime for two nights to help them make soap from this batch of oil.
He did not take any processing fees and made it.
They took away all the soap.
Some of these fats belong to the Zhao family, and some are brought by the Hu people.
Lard is rare on their grasslands, but mutton fat is quite common.
Luo Yong doesn't have high requirements for the oils used in making soap.
Whether it's suet, colon oil or even lymphatic oil, all of them can be used to make soap.
There is not much difference between sheep oil soap and lard soap, except that the saponification price is slightly different, and the soap made has a slightly fishy smell, which should be better if left for a while.
Zhao Chen and his party rested for a few days in the Xu family guest house, and took soap and fermented bean curd from Luo Yong, and then decided to go north.
Most of the wooden carts that had been used to transport wool were sold at low prices, except for some that were used to carry fermented bean curd soap and dry food.
Wang Dang and his friends bought a few of them, and the rest were taken over by the Xu family guest house.
There are many merchants coming and going, some of them just come here to buy goods, and they don't prepare their cars when they come.
They buy goods here and then buy them temporarily.
If they leave these wooden cars in the guest house, they don't have to worry about not being able to sell them.
"This time of separation, we won't see each other until next spring."
Zhao Chen cupped his hands to Luo Yong.
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"It's a long way here, be careful on the way to Dalang."
Luo Yong also said goodbye to him.
On the way north, they still decided to take the dry road, which would take more than half a month.
"Let's go."
Zhao Chen reached out and touched Wu Pair's big hairy head.
"Ang."
The donkey tilted his head and shook his forehead again, as if he didn't want to pay attention to him.
"Hahaha."
Zhao Chen laughed loudly.
Although this stubborn donkey had a bad temper, he was raised by his family since he was a child.
Now that he saw that it was living a good life here, he was very happy.
On this side, Luo Yong found Hai Rigu and handed a bundle in his hand to him: "I heard that the grassland is very dangerous and you can't defend yourself without a knife.
You gave the knife to my fourth mother before, and when you go back, Use this soap for another knife."
Hai Rigu was not polite at all.
He laughed and accepted the baggage.
He also said that he would come here again next spring.
Then he would bring a lot of mutton fat and ask Luo Yong to help him process it into soap.
The journey from the grassland where they live to Lishi County is naturally very long, but sheep oil can be used to make soap, which is absolutely great news for people on the prairie.
Living on the prairie, the materials they lack most are nothing more than grain, cloth, salt and ironware.
In the past, they used livestock to exchange for these materials.
However, due to the long distance and inconvenient transportation, after deducting the consumption and losses on the road, they It often takes a lot of livestock to exchange for a few supplies, which is really not cost-effective.
But things are different now.
The cashmere is so light and the price is so high.
There is almost no need to consider transportation costs and road consumption.
And now they have discovered that mutton fat can also be used to make soap.
When they slaughter goats, they can store the excess fat and use it to exchange for the supplies they need.
When the value of cashmere and suet is fully developed, it is hard to imagine how much life on the prairie will change.
While Hai Rigu and the others were on their way, they were thinking about how many lambs they would raise and how much cashmere and suet they would raise this year.
In Lishi County, a horse galloped out.
Sitting on the horse was Hao Jishi's most trusted subordinate.
He was holding a document and a neatly folded piece of white paper in his arms. .
What was written on that piece of white paper was the Luo family's method of making soap.
Not long after Zhao Chen and others left, Luo Yong wrote down his soap-making method on a piece of white paper and handed it to Hao Jianping, the governor of Shizhou, saying that he would offer prescriptions to the saint and asked Hao to help him.
"Why did you think of offering the party?"
Hao Jianping was also a little curious.
This Luo Sanlang was known as the coffin board.
He was watching him in Lishi County and never saw him trying to please anyone.
Why?
This time I suddenly thought of offering a prescription "The world is so big, how much soap can I make with my own strength?
Some barbarians came and went here a few days ago.
I heard that the grasslands are rich in mutton fat.
If I teach them this method of making soap, not only the grasslands will be The barbarians in the country can benefit from this, and people in the Central Plains can also use soap at a relatively low price. " Luo Yong knelt down on a peony cushion in Hao Prefect's house and spoke to Hao Jianping opposite him.
"You want to teach people on the grassland to make soap?"
Hao Jianping frowned.
"Although I have this idea, after all, the matter is serious.
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I am young and shallow, and I dare not act rashly.
Saints and wise men should make their own decisions."
Luo Yong cupped his hands and bowed.
"I think this is inappropriate.
If the barbarians are rich and powerful, they will definitely cause chaos again."
Governor Hao did not despise young Luo Sanlang, and directly expressed his opinion to him on this matter.
"I'm still young, and some of my thoughts may make you feel naive when I express them.
Please don't laugh at me."
Luo Yong said to Hao Jishi: "I think if you could live a prosperous life just by raising goats, there would be very few people on the grassland who would be willing to risk their lives for robbery, rebellion, or even war with the Tang Dynasty."
"Furthermore, when the trading of cashmere and soap becomes more and more important in the grassland areas, many grassland people will make a living on it.
If they still dare to cause trouble, we only need to stop these two businesses.
A huge blow to them.”
"How can we endure the hard times in the past when we are used to living a stable and prosperous life?
People's hearts are set on this.
By then we will be able to quell the chaos without spending a single soldier."
In the 21st century, no one will be able to fight wars every now and then.
If a strong country wants to deal with a weak country, it usually only needs to impose economic sanctions.
Cashmere and suet soap can indeed bring many benefits to the grassland people, but correspondingly, the more these two industries develop, the more important they are to the local people, and the more dependent the local people will be on these two industries.
So in the end, the Tang Dynasty, as the largest buyer, will of course have the absolute right to speak.
In terms of wealth and consumption power, which country in the world today can rival the Tang Dynasty?
After hearing these words, Governor Hao couldn't help but look at the young man in front of him with admiration.
He originally knew that Luo Sanlang was smart, but he didn't expect him to be so smart.
He had never heard what Luo Yong said today, and it was very refreshing for him.
These words were eventually recorded in the document, and his subordinate Bu Qu was sent to Chang'an City along with the soap-making method.
It's a thousand miles from Lishi County to Chang'an City.
If we hurry up, we'll be there in a few days.
When this document and the soap prescription were sent to the Taiji Hall, the saint was discussing with several officials, and the matter discussed was the Tuyuhun in the southwest.
Hearing that a document had been delivered to Shizhou Governor Hao, the saint reached out to take it and read it.
He first looked at the document written by Hao Governor, and then looked at the soap recipe presented by Luo Yong.
After a while, he smiled and said to the then Minister Zuo.
Fang Xuanling, who served as a servant, said: "Ai Qing, come and see what the governor of Shizhou said."
Fang Xuanling bowed forward, took the document with both hands, read it carefully from beginning to end, and then handed it back respectfully.
"Everyone, please take a look."
It was the first time for the current saint to hear such a novel concept.
At this time, he felt it was new, so he wanted to share it with all the ministers.
After everyone saw it, they felt it was refreshing.
Seeing that the saint was happy, they naturally couldn't help but say a few words of praise, saying that Narosaburo was talented.
"You have talent, but this word is really ugly."
The saint picked up the soap prescription written by Luo Yong and shook it at the ministers, causing everyone present to laugh.
It's a joke.
Those who can get into this position are basically human beings.
Luo Sanlang offered this soap recipe because he didn't dare to make any decisions because of the seriousness of the matter, but these people present were all It can be seen that this is actually a letter of nomination.
Even though it is just a small piece of soap or a thin piece of paper, the changes it will bring to the prairie are immeasurable.
Correspondingly, the people it can gather are also immeasurable.
This is for For today's saints, it is undoubtedly a great gift. gd1806102: