On this post road from Changle County to Liangzhou City, there are also post stations every thirty miles, the same as in the Central Plains area.
The reason why there is a station every thirty miles is because in this day and age, the average person can only walk thirty or forty miles a day, whether by car, donkey, or on foot.
It's 1,780 miles from Changle County to Liangzhou City.
Even if the cement road is now paved, it will still take at least more than a month.
This road is far away, sparsely populated, the natural environment is very harsh, and the items being transported are quite valuable.
We must always be on guard against thieves and bandits inside and outside the customs to block the road and rob us.
In addition, the towns and cities along the road and the large and small gangs in various places are trying to clear the way and manage the 30% of the goods.
The Zhao family did not feel sorry for the freight charges.
Many wealthy merchants and families in Liangzhou City are unwilling to cross Yanzhi Mountain.
Part of the reason is that the road is long and difficult to travel, and there are many dangers in transporting goods.
If you don't operate in this area for a long time, you will have to come here temporarily.
Walking must be difficult and inconvenient at every turn.
We made an appointment to set off around the Qingming Festival, and Luo Erniang and her cashmere workshop began taking inventory and packing goods after the New Year.
After all, cashmere products are lightweight and can hold a lot in one cart, but they are also expensive.
Because of this, plus the high shipping costs, profits can still be guaranteed when sold in Liangzhou City.
If we replace the canned mutton from Chang Le Gongfu, not to mention the profit, we won't be able to earn back the freight at all.
People in Liangzhou are not short of mutton to eat.
No matter how much publicity and hype these canned muttons have, what will they be able to sell?
Go for the sky-high price, after all, no one is a fool.
Not only Luo Yong and the others were stumped by this transportation problem, but Du Gou and the others had started making canned fish in Laizhou a few years ago and used the waterway to transport goods south, and they also suffered from the hardships of transporting goods.
Those canned fish must first be transported northward along the coastline in small boats to the estuary of Jishui, and then go upstream along Jishui until they reach a place called Ohnozawa.
They pass through Ohnozawa and across the river.
There is a canal called Baigou, which is a section of the Grand Canal.
If you go west along this Baigou, you can reach Luoyang, the eastern capital.
This section is also a countercurrent.
Not to mention the difficulty of transportation along the way upstream, the intertwined forces on the waterway alone can make it difficult for people to move forward.
When we first started transporting goods, even though there were local merchants to guide the way, it was still very difficult.
There were those who were malicious in exploiting them and wanted to eat them alive, including the goods and people.
There were also those who were accustomed to being cruel and deliberately looking for trouble when nothing happened.
There are also those who kill people without batting an eyelid before showing off their knives.
In order to operate this trade route, Du Gou and the others not only spent a lot of money, but also lost a lot of face.
They even added more than a dozen people to fight with the water bandits several times, and then they earned some fame and convenience.
You can generally walk on this waterway to transport goods, and you won't be in trouble everywhere.
There are still many advantages to sailing in the water compared to walking on land.
Although it is going upstream, a boat can carry a lot of goods.
As long as the wind direction is right, it can sail all the way up.
The freight cost is compared to Ground transportation is much cheaper.
In the blink of an eye, Laizhou people have been trading canned fish for several years.
At the end of last year, Du Gou heard that the imperial court was planning to lay a wooden track between the western capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang.
It was said that driving on the wooden track was very light and fast, much faster than a cement road, so during the Spring Festival of this year When the first batch of goods was shipped out, Du Gou also came out with the ship.
He wanted to know whether the wooden track was really as good as the legend said and whether it could bring convenience to their business.
Du Gou's trip went smoothly, but even so, by the time they arrived in Luoyang City, it was already the end of February.
Aunt Luo happened to be looking for a shop in Luoyang City at that time.
Du Gou heard about it and went to look for her in person and introduced some of his good friends in Luoyang to her.
Many aristocratic families in Chang'an City have their homes and properties in Luoyang, and so does the Du family in Jingzhao.
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Du Gou came to Luoyang several times when he was young and made friends with some young men from Luoyang.
Later, he became an official and once He had been to Luoyang many times during the expedition with the army and was very familiar with it.
In recent years, he has often traveled between Laizhou and Luoyang, traveling for the canned fish trade for the people of Laizhou.
Now in Luoyang City, he knows a lot of nobles, merchants and hawkers, and many of them are very affectionate and righteous. person.
Du Gou introduced these friends of his to Aunt Luo, which naturally provided her with great convenience and good connections.
The space for the new store was secured within a few days.
Before the opening of the new store, Aunt Luo hosted a banquet for Du Gou and his friends in her own shop, and piled various fruits into a hill.
When the banquet was over, she asked everyone to call her servants to come and carry them as much as they wanted.
"Although Aunt Luo is a female, she behaves more generously than ordinary men."
A few days later, these two people who had a close friendship met again in private, and someone at the table said with emotion: "There are so many cans, I don't know how much they can be exchanged for."
Money, she gave it away as she said it would.”
A middle-aged man next to him heard this and said with a smile: "That shows that her plan is very big.
Compared with it, those cans are nothing."
Soon someone else echoed: "The debater is not like a very clever and agile person, he does have a strategy in his heart."
"I don't like those who are too smart.
What should I do if I want to interact with others?"
"Being smart isn't a bad thing."
"I'm not referring to you.
Don't try to get involved yourself."
"No matter how good she is, she is still just a food store owner, so what's the big deal?"
Some people at the dinner table also disagreed.
"You are wrong about this."
Others started teaching him lessons.
"Didn't she herself say at that table two days ago that she would build several orchards in Jiangnan in the near future?"
"I heard from a few acquaintances in Chang'an City that this time Aunt Luo not only sent all the income from the sister's restaurant in Chang'an City to buy an orchard in the south of the Yangtze River, but the groceries from the north and south also donated their money to help."
"It is rumored that Huihe County Lord has spent all of her food this year."
"Not only her own house, but also some of the young ladies she had befriended had their dowries thrown into it."
"Chang'an City was quite busy those days."
"At the beginning, there were still people making noises about breaking off the engagement, but the fussing all stopped."
"Why don't you stop?
When this wooden track is laid, travel between Chang'an and Luoyang will be convenient.
Then a large number of canned fruits will flow to Chang'an.
I don't know how expensive these canned bayberry and loquat cans will be in Chang'an City. " "Those little ladies are obviously making a good deal by investing their money in Aunt Luo."
"In this case, wouldn't they still have a share of Aunt Luo's orchard?"
"Otherwise, it is said that Naluo Siniang promised them that she would lend the money to her sister for use first.
After her sister earns money in a year or two, she will buy some land for a house in the south of the Yangtze River with them.
If her husband's family stays in the future, If they are not good, these little ladies will take their families and servants and go to the south of the Yangtze River to live in peace. " "Hahaha, that's not a bad idea."
"You know, these Luo family sisters are just businessmen, but if they raise their arms now, I don't know how many women and girls will echo them."
"There is another Luo Erniang in Hexi."
"There is a Qiniang down there."
"That one is still young and has been well protected by the brothers and sisters above.
He has not yet made his mark.
I just don't know what the future will bring."
"Just these three are enough to write a storybook."
"And their coffin board can write a book by itself."
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"I wonder how much property Aunt Luo can buy in Jiangnan this time."
"It must be quite a lot."
While these people were talking, Aunt Luo had already taken a boat to go south.
The layout of the shop in Luoyang had been decided, and the relationship that should be moved was generally moved to one side.
The rest could be left to others. .
They have been doing the business of Sister's Restaurant for many years.
Aunt Luo and her subordinates are already familiar with the business.
In addition, they have the experience of running a new store in Wuxian County with Aunt Luo.
This time, this shop in Luoyang City, There shouldn't be any problems if you leave it to them.
To be honest, compared with the women who work as managers in Sister's Restaurant, Aunt Luo is not the smartest and most capable, nor is she the one with the highest level of education.
However, without Aunt Luo, their recent fate would have been different.
I don’t know what it is.
In this society where the status of women is naturally low, these groups of hard-working women naturally have a strong centripetal force.
They regard this group as their destination and resolutely cannot tolerate betrayal.
This situation is similar to that of Luo Er.
My mother’s cashmere workshop in Hexi is quite similar.
After the news spread that the imperial court was planning to lay wooden tracks between Chang'an and Luoyang a few months ago, land prices in the Jiangnan area have been on an upward trend.
However, Hexi is still very popular, so the fluctuation in the Jiangnan area is not very big.
After all, Compared with canned fruits, everyone is still more optimistic about the business of white folded cloth.
However, there are also many big families and wealthy merchants who are considering purchasing some more properties in Jiangnan.
This has brought some competition to Aunt Luo in the process of acquiring orchards.
But after all, Aunt Luo has been operating in Jiangnan for such a long time, and it is difficult to acquire orchards.
She had an idea for this matter early in the morning and had contacted people early on.
Now as long as the money and silk are in place, she will soon be able to buy several places.
Over in Chang'an City, this time not only Nanbei Groceries and Luo Siniang provided her with financial and silk support, the Bai family also lent her a lot of money privately, and Hou Lin's wife's family also provided her with support this time.
She offered support.
What Aunt Luo didn't expect was that Mrs.
Zheng of Xunyang also asked her family to send a box of gold and silver, saying that she wanted to buy some canned loquats with her.
The Minister Zheng of Chang'an City had been coughing recently and asked her to send some cans this summer and autumn.
Canned loquats with him.
In addition, there are some wealthy merchants, large and small, squires from all over the country, and even some famous families.
Aunt Luo knew that they were investing, not just for herself, or perhaps just for Luo Yong, but because these people could see clearly that their Luo family was a rising family.
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