The city wall in Changle County has been under construction for almost a winter, and now it is almost complete, with only some final finishing work left.
This time when building the city wall, Luo Yong expanded Changle County a little more on the original basis.
Changle County relies on mountains to the south, and there is a large deserted beach outside the city to the north.
This time they enclosed part of this deserted beach inside the city, next to the workshop area, mainly as a land reserved for urban development. use.
If the workshop area in the northwest needs to expand in the future, it can be extended to this wasteland.
Also, as the population grows, some homestead sites need to be reserved in advance.
Due to the shortage of money and food, the old county magistrate Tan, the county chief registrar and others advised Luo Yong not to expand the city, but to just rest and repair the city wall on the original basis.
Luo Yong is usually easy to talk to and willing to listen to others' advice, but this time he refused to do as they said.
When he was searching for relevant information about the Tang Dynasty's battle with Gaochang in the space earlier, he also learned that in the years after this war, there were several wars between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks and Xue Yantuo.
The reason why the Central Plains was so decisive in sending a large army to the northwest this time is that the power of the Western Turks has grown in recent years.
The Tang Dynasty and the Turks were old enemies.
Back then, the Turks even reached the city of Chang'an.
Now, How can we allow it to develop and grow?
Under such circumstances, there are frequent wars on the border, and the situation in the Hexi Corridor will inevitably be more sensitive and tense, and people's livelihood will also be difficult.
After this time, they don't know when they will have to wait until the next time to repair the city wall.
So since they have repaired it this time, they might as well think longer term and repair it better.
The county magistrate and others always said that this deserted beach was too big.
From Luo Yong's perspective, it was not big at all, so how big could it be?
After all, Changle County was just a small town consisting of about 600 households.
Infinitely good literature, all in Jinjiang Literature City In the eyes of those noble men from Chang'an City, Changle County is also very small.
After all, Chang'an City is so big.
A street is hundreds of meters wide, which is incomparable to other places.
However, this Changle County is small and well-equipped, and the people's livelihood is not in decline.
Compared with some towns they passed along the way, the situation is much better.
When these young men were eating at a restaurant in the city, a soldier at the city gate who had just seen their way had already reported the matter to Guo Fenglai, and Guo Fenglai went to report it to Luo Yong.
Luo Yong was very happy when he heard that these people had arrived.
Although the number of people was slightly different from the news from Chang'an City, seeing that they still had the heart to sit out and eat leisurely, it would be fine for the rest of them to come.
Turn around and go back to Chang'an.
Thinking about how Luo Yong and his party also suffered a lot on the way from Chang'an City to Changle County, and now that war is about to break out again, it's not surprising that some people would retreat.
After these young men had eaten in the restaurant, as soon as they walked out of the door, they saw a servant waiting outside the door and said: "The county magistrate heard that all the gentlemen have arrived in Changle County just now, so I ordered you to wait here and lead the way with all the gentlemen."
"Thank you."
These young gentlemen said politely.
If it were in the past, people like them would not be so polite to the local policemen.
However, they had gone through a lot of things along the way, and their behavior was somewhat different from the past.
"Gentlemen, go this way."
"good."
Changle County is not a big city, and it is only a few steps from this street to the public house.
The officer led a few young men in front, and their carriage servants followed behind.
After several months of long journey, most of this group of people were tired from the journey.
People were coming and going on the street, and from time to time some vendors driving donkey carts and carriages hurried past them, raising a burst of dust, and the sound of rushing water came from a canal next to the street.
Walking further ahead, you will see the gate of the palace.
Next to the palace is the tofu workshop.
A little further up from the tofu workshop, there is a well with two waterwheels on it.
Two teenagers are pedaling the waterwheel.
He was still shouting: "Why is it not even an hour yet?"
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A group of half-grown men below were laughing and joking.
After entering the gate of the palace, what comes into view is a square courtyard, which is quite simple, but also clean and tidy.
At this time, a man walked out of the main hall in front.
He was slightly taller and rather thin.
Several of these young gentlemen had met Luo Yong before.
When he was in Chang'an City, he published examination papers, opened a grocery store, built an icehouse, planted peppers, and even made cream cakes.
Although he is humble, he can still be regarded as a romantic figure.
He also looks good, smiling all day long.
When the young ladies in Chang'an City gather, they often mention this person.
Looking back now, he is a little different from before.
He is a little taller and thinner, probably because he is too thin.
His cheekbones are somewhat protruding, and his overall temperament is a bit more sharp than before.
Luo Yong invited them to the hall and brought them hot tea and snacks.
He first welcomed their arrival, and then he was concerned about whether they had any difficulties at the moment, saying that if anything happened to them in Changle County in the future, You can come to him at any time.
Seeing that these people were not in good spirits, Luo Yong didn't say much and took them directly to the academy building and asked them to settle down and rest for a few days.
After the city wall was completed, their academy should be about the same.
School has started.
No one can tell what the situation is in Gaochang right now, and preparations must continue.
Fortunately, there is a lot of grain transported by Mawang Zhao's family from Zhangye and other places, plus Luo Yong's recent discount sales, after the city wall is completed, there will still be a lot of grain left in the palace.
The people of Mawang Zhao's family sell grain and Luo Yong, but they don't want money or silk.
What they want is bacon and liquor.
Luo Yong was also very cheerful this time and gave them a very low price.
Basically, it was very close.
At cost price.
However, the delivery date is set quite late, as long as it is delivered before next autumn harvest, which gives Changle County a considerable buffer space.
"With the war going on, few Hu merchants will be willing to come next year."
On this day, Luo Yong was checking the recent government money and silk expenditures.
The old county magistrate Tan beside him suddenly sighed and said this. "" Luo Yong put down the account book in his hand and thought about it, but didn't know what to say.
Infinitely good literature, all in Jinjiang Literature City It is not easy for a small border town like Changle County to survive in a turbulent situation.
After a war, the painstaking accumulation of the predecessors often turns to smoke in an instant.
If you want to be prosperous, it is not easy.
It’s very difficult.
How can we keep this prosperity and wealth for a long time?
"Master, are you here?"
At this time, someone asked outside the door.
"Come in."
Luo Yong said.
He is not the only one in this room now.
County Magistrate Tan, the County Chief Registrar and others are all there.
However, these people are also coming and going every day.
As time goes by, they are very familiar with each other.
Yes, if you occasionally see your disciples, there is no need to avoid them.
"This is the new steel needle produced today."
The disciple who entered the room handed a pottery plate in his hand to Luo Yong.
I saw several embroidery needles of different sizes placed in this pottery plate.
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Compared with the embroidery needles of later generations, they looked much rough.
Infinitely good literature, all in Jinjiang Literature City Luo Yong took it and looked at it.
He thought it was OK.
He picked up an embroidery needle and broke it hard, breaking it into two pieces.
"No."
Luo Yong shook his head, how could he sell such a fragile needle.
"I don't think it's possible either."
The disciple also said, "I just want to show it to Master.
I still have to think carefully about which step caused the problem."
"Maybe it's a matter of material."
Luo Yong said his guess.
The production of this embroidery needle involves the steps of steel frying, forging, small hole drawing, cutting, grinding, quenching, and tempering.
But how to make such a small steel needle while still ensuring its toughness and hardness is a very difficult topic for the craftsmen of this era.
"I'm afraid I have to start from scratch with the selection of materials for frying steel."
The disciple nodded.
"Go and do your work.
You don't have to report to me all the time."
Luo Yongyan said.
If he was concerned about the progress, he could go over and take a look at it himself, but it was only a few steps away.
"Here."
This time, Luo Yong did not use the needle workshop as a Changle County official camp, but asked one of his disciples to run it.
Although Luo Yong is the magistrate of Changle County, he is not obligated to always make money for public use.
The development of Changle County depends on the joint efforts of the people in the county and government officials.
The right way is to develop the economy and increase tax revenue. , instead of always relying on government departments to do business in person.
These disciples came all the way to Changle County to follow Luo Yong.
Although it was out of master-disciple friendship, Luo Yong could not let them suffer.
What's more, only when these disciples develop one by one can Luo Yong have greater power.
Nowadays, he is no longer the Luo Sanlang who just wanted to live a stable life.
Now that he has a desire to join the world, it is absolutely impossible without his own strength.
After the disciple left, the old county magistrate Tan, the county prime minister, the chief secretary, and several other people in the house also came over to take the embroidery needle and look at it.
Old magistrate Tan also followed Luo Yong's example and broke it with his hands.
Only he It was gentle and did not break.
"This is already good, why can't it be sold?"
The county magistrate and others said after seeing it.
“Compared to some thin needles on the market, it’s not that bad.”
"I heard that those needlework workshops are all ancestral craftsmanship, passed down from generation to generation, and they are not willing to let outsiders learn it."
"It's very rare for a disciple like you to be able to do this for the first time in this industry."
"There is still some heat left."
Luo Yong said with a smile.
Although his disciple's family does not have ancestral craftsmanship, he has his master who has copied the books for him from the 21st century.
This disciple is very patient and is willing to put in the effort to figure it out.
With the help of Luo Yong, given time, he should be able to produce an embroidery needle of higher quality.
If only embroidery needles of this ordinary quality could be made, then in the end it would probably only be able to run an ordinary workshop, which was not what Luo Yong wanted to see.
Keeping this plate of embroidery needles was useless, so Luo Yong asked some of the family members present to take a few embroidery needles home for use.
Although the quality was still a bit poor, it was free, so he just took some home for use.
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It's still ok.
So all the officials present took some, and old county magistrate Tan also took a few back.
The old wife of County Magistrate Tan is also used to being thrifty.
She was very happy to see him bring back so many needles today.
Hearing that Luo Yong thought the needle was of poor quality and asked his disciples to make better needles, the old woman said, "This is a great merit."
It is not easy for ordinary people to make money, so if they have one or two embroidery needles at home, they cherish them very much, collect them carefully, and use them carefully.
If it is broken, I don’t know how sad and regretful it will be.
If Luo Yong, a disciple, could really make a stronger and more durable embroidery needle, he would sell it for a similar price.
For many families with financial constraints, this is a great blessing.
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