In Chang'an City, Wu Gao and others are following the caravan to Longxi, while in Changle County, Luo Yong and others are also making plans for the opening of a new store called North and South Grocery Store.
Changle County is too small.
Even though Luo Yong had expanded once a few years ago when he was renovating the city wall, as more and more merchants gathered in the city, more and more workshops, large and small, were opened.
Now, this The small town seemed a little cramped and cramped again.
Especially after winter this year, various merchants came from all over to buy needles, buy white folded flowers, and buy sweet potato seeds, plus the many herdsmen who drove their flocks to Changle County to sell live sheep. , these pedestrians and animals coming and going often make the streets in this small city that are not originally spacious appear congested.
After some further consideration, Luo Yong and the others decided to choose the address of this new store outside the city, on a wasteland not far from the wooden rail station.
When the canal work is finished, Luo Yong plans to encircle this area, that is, to expand a new city in the north of the city next to the original old city.
The area of this new city will definitely not be small by then, at least It should also be equivalent to the area of the old city.
By then, the main functions of the old area in the south of the city will be administration and residence, while the new area in the north of the city will mainly develop warehousing and bulk goods trade.
Workshops that require large areas, such as canning workshops and bacon workshops, will also be moved to the north of the city.
"Roast haggis, grilled haggis, six skewers for one penny, take your pick."
In the evening of this day, Luo Yong was planning to go to the street to see how the biogas lamps were being used.
As soon as he left the county government gate, he smelled the aroma of roasted haggis.
Since several vendors selling roasted haggis opened in their county two years ago, the roasted haggis business in Changle County is now basically monopolized by Jinchang people.
The canning shop sells free sheep to the water.
They arrange for people to camp there every day to rob it.
They also rented a yard in the city and brought their own women over to wash haggis and haggis in the yard.
Most of those setting up stalls on the street are young and strong men.
These Jinchang people are in a group, and ordinary scattered hawkers are no match for them.
Apart from anything else, they can't beat them just in terms of forcing sheep to enter the water.
Last year, a few people from Jinchang were playing a wild game.
They obviously couldn't use the many sheep in the water, but they insisted on occupying them.
If they couldn't use them, they dug a hole outside the city and buried them.
In this way, other stalls were lost.
With the source of raw materials, their own business will naturally be easier to run.
Later, several injured stall owners filed a complaint with the county captain Guo Fenglai.
Guo Fenglai asked people to find out the situation, and picked out the Jinchang traders who participated in the incident one by one, and immediately expelled them from the city and ordered them to That whole winter, I couldn't go to Changle County to do business.
Many of them came back this year.
Guo Fenglai heard about it and went over to beat them, saying that if they did it again, they would not be able to come in again through the gate of Changle County in the future.
Luo Yong also knew about this matter, and he had no prejudice against these Jinchang people.
No matter where they were, once there were too many of them, there would inevitably be a few bad ones.
Let’s just say that locals in Changle County have bullied tenants from other places in the past.
At that time, Huang County Cheng was responsible for handling the matter.
He not only asked the family to refund the rent to the tenant, but also made a big fuss at his house.
A note was posted on the door prohibiting renting for three months, and after that there were very few cases of bullying.
Luo Yong walked all the way to the street, and from time to time he would see a stall selling roast haggis, but there were not many stalls here.
More stalls were concentrated under the walls on both sides of the city gate.
The vendors set up thatched huts under the walls and put on biogas lamps.
They sold everything for food and most of the prices were relatively low.
It looked like a night market.
Every night when the workshops in the city were off work, Many people want to go to the night market.
Nights with biogas lamps are indeed much more lively than in the past, but the temperature is low in winter and biogas production is slow.
I heard that many merchants have reported to officials these days that the biogas lamps are much darker than before.
Some It goes out every time it lights up.
After winter came, the officials in charge of the biogas tanks in the county had already covered each tank with straw mats for insulation, and often filled them with high-calorie materials such as sheep dung and horse dung.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
At first, it was effective. , as time gradually enters late winter, the temperature becomes lower and lower, and now it is no longer easy to use.
Luo Yong went to the street this day and took a look.
The lights were indeed much dimmer than before.
As he walked, he would come across one or two extinguished lanterns.
It was obvious that the owner had not had time to relight them.
"County magistrate, do you think we should open those new pools?"
asked an official following Luo Yong.
"Let's open it."
Luo Yong thought for a while and added: "Let's open it today."
"Here."
The official agreed, then retreated, hurried back to the county office, called a few people, and went to the biogas tank together.
In autumn, several new large-scale biogas digesters were built in their county, mainly to prepare for the low temperatures in winter, when there would be no biogas available in the city.
Those biogas pools are now full of biogas.
If they are opened one by one, they should be able to last for some time.
However, it has just entered winter.
Judging from the situation in front of us, I am afraid that it will not last until next year.
Spring begins.
Luo Yong was still walking on the street at this time, followed by two policemen.
In the past, when Qiao Junlin was here, Qiao Junlin was always responsible for Luo Yong's security issues.
Sometimes Qiao Junlin would transfer people from the police force if he had something to do.
In the autumn of this year, Qiao Junlin went to the Western Regions with the students from Changle Academy.
This matter fell on the shoulders of County Lieutenant Guo Fenglai.
He arranged a duty schedule for the officers.
Every day, two people followed Luo Yong, regardless of the number.
Day and night, these two men would follow the county magistrate wherever he went.
When the magistrate fell asleep, they would also rest in the county government office.
At this time Luo Yong crossed the street and climbed onto the tower, followed by two officers.
Luo Yong and others had just climbed up the tower and heard an uproar on the street behind them.
Looking back, they saw that the methane lamps in one block had gone out.
Someone quickly lit oil lamps in the house, and many people started to I ran out of the house to see what happened.
Not long after, I heard someone shouting: "It's coming, it's coming, the marsh gas is coming again."
So people climbed up the ladder again to light the lamp.
When the biogas lamp was turned on, the flame looked bigger than before.
After a while, the neighborhood lit up again.
This time the lights were much brighter than before.
Luo Yong and the others stood on the city wall, watching the methane lamps in the city go off and on again.
Outside the city wall behind them, there was a large wilderness.
At this time, the cold wind was howling, and the deserted beach in the distance could be faintly seen.
Scattered firelight.
That is where herdsmen gather.
Because the canning workshop and the bacon workshop have limited daily purchasing capacity, they cannot buy all the sheep sent by the herdsmen that day.
These herdsmen had to agree on a trading day with the workshop, and then Then he drove the sheep outside the city, chose an open space, pitched a tent with felt, and settled there temporarily.
There are no living facilities outside the city, and even the water source is a problem.
These herdsmen live like this, which is naturally not comfortable.
If they have nothing to do during the day, they like to visit the city.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Especially the children from the herdsmen's families, who jump up and down in the city in groups, sometimes get into conflicts with the children in the city, and sometimes it's quite good to see them playing among themselves.
They wouldn't dare to start a group fight unless they wanted to spend two days in the county jail.
Although so far, I haven't heard of any children being arrested, they wouldn't dare.
When those workshops in the city are recruiting workers, But they don't like those who like to fight.
The vast majority of children from herdsmen families are willing to stay and work in the workshops in the county.
The city is so lively, with everything to eat and use, and there are so many peers and playmates.
Compared with the desolate and lonely Gobi grasslands, , I don’t know how much better it is.
Unfortunately, not every child can do so.
Some are too young to find a willing workshop, and some have family members who disagree.
Girls are a little better off.
If a girl of twelve or thirteen years old is sent to Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop and is well fed and clothed, she can get dozens of pennies a month, allowing them to do whatever they want.
Working in a workshop for a few years will bring more benefits than hastily marrying them off.
In addition to these practical factors, many parents do also care about their daughter and hope that she will live a better life in the city.
Moreover, there are female teachers at the cashmere workshop who teach people how to read.
This is really difficult in this era.
Yes.
It is relatively difficult for boys.
Whether in a tribe or a family, boys are valued more than girls.
If the boys are left in the city, then the tribe or the family will lose their offspring. strength.
However, it is very difficult to stop what people want.
I heard that some more enlightened herdsmen families have recently begun to consider moving the whole family to live in the city, especially when they see that the first batch of herdsmen who came to the city are now living a very stable and prosperous life.
"Ouch!"
Amidst the sound of the wind, there were faint sounds of one or two wolf howls.
There were still many ferocious beasts in this era, and tigers, wolves, and leopards were not uncommon.
There were no large wolf packs in their area, and they could only occasionally hear wolf howls.
When walking in the wild, you could also see the footprints and feces left by wolves from time to time.
I don’t know where to hide during the day, and most of them come out to look for food at night.
I hope that the children of the herders will not go out and run around at night so that they can use it.
I am also a bit worried.
When they build a new city next year and relocate the canning and bacon workshops, the acquisition and containment capacity of these two workshops will be upgraded.
Even if they can't collect everything on the same day, at least they can set aside space for the herdsmen in the city.
A place where tents are temporarily set up, and corresponding water and gas facilities will also follow.
"The county magistrate is worried that there are thieves hiding outside the city."
Seeing Luo Yong keep staring at the place where herdsmen gathered, a police officer asked.
"Does Lieutenant Guo have any arrangements?"
Luo Yong did not deny it, but followed his words and asked.
These herdsmen gather outside the county town.
Firstly, their own safety is a problem, and secondly, they are really afraid that thieves will get involved.
Changle County is a piece of cake in the eyes of many out-of-town thieves.
"The county lieutenant has arranged for scouts to go there in the past two days, pretending to be hawkers, and go to their side to sell wine.
It didn't take much time to successfully get in among the herdsmen and get a good idea of the situation there.
Clearly."
One of the guards said to Luo Yong.
When he said this, Luo Yong also remembered that Guo Fenglai had mentioned this matter to him a few days ago, but he was busy collecting supplies for Du Gou and others who were building canals outside, so he didn't think much about it for a while.
Go, after all, Guo Fenglai has always been very competent.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Luo Yong doesn't need to worry about anything.
He just reports many things to Luo Yong, and Luo Yong has an idea.
"There are only so many guards in the city, who will he arrange to go this time?"
In a small place like Changle County, most of the locals know each other.
When the time comes, this person will come and go, so it is best not to be exposed in person.
"There are two herdsmen in the workshop area who came to the city a few years ago.
Now the whole family is in the city.
They want to be servants.
This time, Guo County Lieutenant asked them to come over and said As long as the two of them obey the county's arrangements and pretend to be outside the county town for a few months this winter, The liquor vendors promised to send him back the news from outside the city in a timely manner, and they would be officially appointed as guards in the spring of next year.
"Those who can be assigned to Luo Yong's side are also the core and most reliable of the guards.
He is a well-informed person, so he is relatively well-informed.
"That's not bad."
Luo Yong said with a smile.
"It's more than good."
Another officer also said: "These two people are not only earning the money from selling liquor, but they are also paid another salary by the Yamen, which is very good for them."
Luo Yong also found it a bit funny when he heard it.
Otherwise, things have changed.
In the past, it was the two herdsmen who wanted to join the police force and envied the good treatment of these guards.
Now, the two of them have gotten a good job based on their strengths.
Although they are scouts, there is no danger just outside Changle County.
The income is really good, which makes these old policemen jealous. gd1806102: