At the beginning of winter last year, mutton was very cheap.
The Changle County government harvested a large amount of mutton, part of which was made into smoked bacon as in previous years, and the other part was made into canned meat.
Chenyuan Literature Network This canned meat is tenderer than bacon and tastes better.
The vegetable shop opens several jars to sell it every day.
The price is not expensive, but the consumption power of Changle people is still low after all, and it is not really affordable to eat it.
It's just a few wealthy merchants and some diners.
"Sister, do you want canned meat over there?
I have quite a few here."
Luo Yong said to Er Niang.
"Yes, why don't you want it?"
Erniang said happily after swallowing a mouthful of fried meat slices.
The meat slices are stir-fried, add some soy sauce, and add some spiciness.
The taste is really good.
Unfortunately, canned meat is hard to come by and white flour is expensive.
Even though their cashmere workshop is famous for its good food, they don’t dare to frequent it. eat.
Although those young ladies look much quieter and more delicate than the rough guys like Luo Yong and others, they are still growing up.
There are hundreds of young ladies who are growing up, so when it comes to eating, they can Er Niang was also very happy to get some free canned meat from Luo Yong.
As soon as they heard that their county was going to deliver canned meat to the cashmere workshop, many of the officials who were eating at the moment had expressions of pain on their faces.
Everyone also knew very well that there were so many people in the cashmere workshop, and the usual gift of three to five jars was not enough.
This time, at least thirty or fifty jars of the canned meat in their warehouse had to be lost.
When Er Niang saw that their flesh hurt, she pretended not to notice and continued to eat her fried buns with a smile.
When she was full, Luo Yong took her to the warehouse to get canned meat.
When I opened the warehouse, I saw that it was a big room with shelves full of canned meat.
This was just one of the rooms.
Luo Yong said there were two others.
"So many."
When she saw the pained expressions on those people outside, Erniang thought they didn't have many here.
"There isn't much left.
We have to eat it until winter."
The canned meat in the warehouses here is mainly for self-eating, and the canned meat for sale is placed at the vegetable shop.
"Let's make more this winter."
Erniang said and went to pick up the canned meat on the shelf.
"Madam, please don't get your clothes dirty, we can just move them."
Several officials who came from behind said hurriedly.
"I moved fifty jars with my sister, loaded them on the ox cart and sent them to the cashmere workshop."
Luo Yong said to them, and then said to Er Niang: "I wanted to make more last year, but there wasn't enough Eucommia gum.
I almost picked off the soles of my shoes."
"This year's batch of Eucommia gum will arrive soon," Erniang asked with a smile.
Earlier, Luo Yong told her that he had all the money from selling white folded cloth last year to be replaced by eucommia gum, which was shipped all the way from Chang'an City to their Changle County.
A few years ago, Luo Yong and the others started planting Du Zhong trees in Xipo Village, making Du Zhong Guo, and making rubber-soled leather boots.
People in many places started to plant Du Zhong trees.
Several years have passed in the blink of an eye, and now the earliest batch of Eucommia trees have been planted for many years.
Gum can be produced in many places in the Central Plains, especially in the Qinling Mountains.
I heard that many families have Eucommia gardens there.
There are large mountains at every turn.
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In the past two years, eucommia gum can be bought in various places in Chang'an.
The price is not as expensive as in the early years, but it is still expensive.
The poor people cannot afford it.
At least you have to be a small rich family to give it to your husband.
Put on those two pairs of rubber-soled leather boots.
Here in Longxi, the price of Eucommia gum is even more expensive.
The rubber pads they used to make cans this time were brought over from Changle County by Luo Yong and his disciples.
"I just received a letter two days ago, saying that I have arrived in Liangzhou City.
I will rest there for a few days and then come over with the Zhao family's caravan."
Luo Yong replied.
"It would be great if this wooden track could lead to Liangzhou City."
Er Niang said.
If this wooden rail can lead to Liangzhou City, then the many inventories in her workshop here will not have to worry about transportation.
The smoked bacon and canned meat made by Luo Yong can also be transported to Liangzhou City.
Sell on the side.
At the beginning of winter every year, the price of meat here in Changle County is much lower than that in Liangzhou City.
The population in Liangzhou City has increased in recent years, and although the prices in the city are not more expensive than those in the Central Plains, they are definitely not as expensive.
There will be situations like Changle County where winter mutton is as cheap as dirt.
"Sooner or later it will all work out."
As long as there is no war and no turmoil, development is inevitable.
However, in this era, wars always happen frequently, and it is almost impossible not to fight.
That night, another batch of fine iron was transported from Jinchang City via the wooden track.
The track was very busy during the day and there was almost no free time, so Luo Yong and the others mostly chose to transport goods at night.
Luo Yong's disciples made equipment, and there were many places where fine iron was needed.
The price of iron here in Longxi was quite expensive, much more expensive than in Hedong.
"The quality of this batch of iron is pretty good."
When the goods were being unloaded at the platform, Luo Yong also went over to take a look.
"It's just ordinary."
One of his disciples shook his head.
"Let's use it first."
Luo Yong himself knew something about it.
He took a look at the batch of goods that arrived tonight by the light of the torch.
The quality was indeed not good, but the price was not cheap.
"After the wooden track in Yiwu is opened, we will go to Yiwu to have a look."
Luo Yong, the disciple, said.
"We will leave this matter to next year.
We will make more cotton gins this year.
This iron will be enough to make cotton gins."
Luo Yong said.
It's so far from Yiwu to Jinchang.
Even if they put all their efforts into building the road, it will take at least half a year to complete it.
It will be almost autumn by then, and the Turks don't know the specific month of the invasion.
Luo Yong doesn't want his family to The disciples encountered war.
In the far west of the Arabian Peninsula, Apu finally convinced his tribe.
He took those tribes that survived the war and decided to cross the crisis-ridden food country and make a long journey to the place that Apu and the others talked about. oriental country.
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The reason why these people were reluctant to agree to go to Datang with Apu was partly because the journey was difficult and dangerous, and partly because they had heard that in that distant eastern country, dark-skinned people like them, They will be sold as exotic animals by local people.
However, Apu told them that his master gave him two magical seeds.
As long as they could grow this kind of food and donate the food to the king of the East, they would be able to gain protection from the war in that country.
Invasion, they will no longer be sold as livestock.
So they planted sweet potatoes by the Nile River, poured some water on the two seeds, and when they sprouted green shoots and grew to the length of a hand, they cut them off and inserted them into the soft and fertile soil by the river.
Then soon, they saw the vines sprouting shoots, growing longer and longer, and soon covering the entire ground.
A few months later, they dug out many sweet potatoes from the land, and these sweet potatoes were eaten raw.
It is sweet and crispy, and when roasted it is sweet and glutinous.
It is also loved by men, women and children in the tribe.
However, it is still a difficult decision for many people to leave the land where their ancestors have lived for generations and go to a completely unfamiliar country.
If the wars were not too frequent and the casualties were too tragic, they might not have made such a choice in the end.
Apu and his father led their tribesmen along the same road they took back, but they were detained just as they reached the border of Dashi Country.
This time, even if Apu took out the parchment that Hassan had given him before, it would not work.
Not only did those people refuse to let them go, but they also captured them to do coolies.
It was not until a few months later that Jia Hassan, a big food merchant, used the canning recipes he exchanged from Luo Yong to set up a canning factory in the big food country, made a lot of money, and gradually became a domestic business giant.
At this time, someone came to flatter him and told Hassan that a group of his servants had been detained by another family's forces and were working as coolies on the border.
They also told him that Apu and the others took out the parchment.
Of course Hassan remembered the parchment, and he also intended to continue to have a good relationship with Luo Yong.
The oriental boy was very unusual.
Maybe they would have other cooperation in the future.
If he gave him a favor at this time, he would be able to trade in the future.
It will be very beneficial in the process.
So Hassan asked people to negotiate with the family that detained Apu and his family.
That family was not friendly to Apu's family at first.
However, things are different now.
Apu's family has now continued the production of canned meat and has entered the empire.
Upper level, it would be very unwise to have a conflict with a group of slaves at this time.
A few days later, Apu and the others finally ended this painful months-long slave life.
Hassan's people found them, gave them food and clothes, and hired doctors for them.
After this catastrophe, the originally small tribe population suffered losses again.
Some people originally followed Apu with great expectations and wanted to go to the east, but ended up dying painfully in this desperate place.
"Can we really go to the East?"
When they set off again with Hassan's caravan, the tribesmen were filled with uncertainty.
"We will definitely make it to the East."
Apu told them firmly.
For those tribesmen who died, Apu felt very heavy and sad.
However, they died not because the path he chose was wrong, but because their tribe was too weak.
Apu's father is old and has abdicated the position of leader of the clan to him some time ago.
The old leader told Apu that as a leader, he must first learn to bear pain, because a weak leader cannot bring any hope to their tribe.
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