The Si Niang and the others brought these bunches of grapes from the aunt. When they were enjoying the cool air in the yard after dinner that day, everyone ate half of them, and the rest were tied and hung in the well.

The next day, Master Zhao came to class. When he went back at noon, he asked him to bring two buns back. The rest of the rest were taken out to eat in the evening that day, which was no longer as fresh as the day before.

In the next few days, there were no fruits at home. The peaches and plums were out of season, and the persimmons, jujubes, pears had not yet come down. There were grapes, but the price was too expensive.

Si Niang and the others didn't have much money in their hands. They couldn't spend it as generous as the aunt. Someone in the market picked up grapes to sell. Si Niang looked at the goods and asked for the price. After all, she didn't buy it. It was not as good as the ones they bought, and the price was more expensive than the ones they bought, so they didn't buy it.

Goro and Liuro came back from the school with snacks, which were nothing more than some malt candy.

These two are adapting well in school now. The main reason is that Goro is more popular. Liuro is protected by him, so basically he can't suffer any losses.

Liulang is gentle and a little timid. In the eyes of outsiders, there may be some sluts. But after entering school this time, Luo Yong found that Liulang's personality is actually quite strong.

The little guy is quite serious in his studies. Every day after school, no one talks about him. He can finish the homework assigned by his husband seriously. It is very rare at a young age.

When I was young, I chattered at home all day long, just like little chickens. Now that I am older this year, I gradually reveal their personalities.

Children always grow up very quickly, and it won’t take many years to grow up and each has its own lives.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival is in a few days. What do you all want to eat?" When eating breakfast that day, Luo Yong asked about these at home.

"You have to eat grapes!" The girl Qi Niang said the first one. In fact, what she wanted to eat the most was the cold melon, but the sister said that the cold melon was out of season and would not be able to eat it next year. The grapes were not out of season yet, but the price was too expensive, so Si Niang refused to buy it for her.

"You want to eat canned food!" Si Niang also said.

"What else?" Luo Yong asked again.

"Dumplings." Goro said.

"What do Liulang want to eat?" Luo Yong asked when Liulang looked a little reluctant to speak.

"Pancake flakes." Liulang said.

Luo Yong laughed as soon as he heard this, saying, "We won't eat that on the Mid-Autumn Festival. If you like it, I will make it with you tomorrow and the next day."

The children were very happy to hear that they would have pancakes tomorrow and the next day.

Luo Yong asked Azhiheng and Qiao Junlin if there was anything they wanted to eat, but these people said they didn’t. As for Hou Lin, he would go out with others to enjoy the moon and have a drink on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

A colleague from the Imperial Academy invited Luo Yong out for a drink, but he pushed him. He was not a friend who had a good relationship, so why should I have a drink together during the holidays?

A few days later, Luo Yong began to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at home. On such a big festival, you must buy a chicken. You can buy it in advance and keep it in the yard so as not to find a suitable one at the moment.

The mutton must also be ordered in advance. After autumn, the price of mutton in Chang'an City will become very high. Everyone wants to keep cashmere long. It is obvious that winter will begin in a few months, and each one is reluctant to slaughter the sheep, resulting in the high price of mutton.

As for the wishes of the children at home, they must be satisfied unconditionally. Dumplings and grapes are easy to handle. I greet Aunt Luo in advance and asked her to bring them from there. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Aunt Luo must also come to have a meal.

It’s that can. During the holidays, Luo Yong wanted to get these children in the family that they didn’t usually eat. They canned peach meat, canned pears, and these are sold in Sister’s food store. They are not new. Luo Yong was wondering if he would go to the Wang family to buy two canned oranges, but this year’s new canned food must have not been shipped yet. I don’t know if there are any old canned foods last year.

Luo Yong had not taken time to go to the Wang family's shop, but they found it themselves and brought him a few canned foods transported from the south.

These cans are very large, and they are as big as the jars for making wine. They can probably hold at least thirty kilograms. In addition, the weight of the cans will cost about fifty kilograms.

"But canned oranges come out this year?" Luo Yong guessed.

Calculate the time, is it a little early? This season is almost the time when oranges are ripe. It takes a month to make canned food and ship it to Chang'an City.

"This time it's not canned oranges." The elder of the Wang family smiled and his face was full of pleats: "Sanlang is very knowledgeable, so he must have known this thing."

"What is this?" Luo Yong heard this and was surprised.

"Lychee." The man said solemnly with a smile on his face.

litchi!!?

Luo Yong opened his eyes wide!

It is still the early Tang Dynasty. There are still hundreds of years before the era of Yang Guifei, who "a concubine riding on the red dust, no one knows that it is lychees coming." Even a hundred years later, not everyone knows lychees, let alone at this time in the early Tang Dynasty.

The Wang family is also very fierce. At this time of the twelve year of Zhenguan, they actually made canned lychees!

"Sanlang really knew this thing!" Seeing that Luo Yong knew the lychee, the person who came was even more happy.

"The road to Lingnan is far, and these canned foods are really hard to come by." The so-called Lingnan is located south of the Nanling Mountains, which is the later Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places. For many people nowadays, it is a very distant and wild place.

"It's really hard to come by, so please try it carefully." The man bowed to Luo.

Their Wang family used to do a lot of business, but after all, they were just an ordinary merchant selling silk and rice. They could still be ranked in Lishi. When they came out, how many people knew that they were from Lishi Wang.

The situation is very different now. After the canned transactions over the past two years, not only can I earn a lot of money, but almost everyone in Chang'an City knows that there is a Wang family selling canned food in Lishi. Whether it is the aristocratic family or the common people, they probably know it.

Their Wang family was naturally grateful to Luo Yong for being able to open up this situation today. He took a few cans to the Wang family to discuss cooperation with them, giving them a huge opportunity.

The Wang family still has some good men after all, and they dare to fight and dare to make trouble. Now they have brought back a batch of canned lychees from Lingnan. As an elder of the Wang family, he is naturally very proud.

After seeing off the Wang family, Luo Yong also felt emotional.

A few days ago, he talked about the concept of logistics with Wang Dang and others. Wang Dangben resolutely led his brothers to create a Dingda Express. Two years ago, he cooperated with Wang Huaijin to produce canned food and taught him the technology of making canned food. Then the Wang family has now opened the canning workshop to Lingnan. Tangren's fighting spirit and pioneering spirit are far beyond his imagination.

A few days ago, Luo Yong saw some of the contents of Qimin Yaoshu about livestock breeding. One of them was about the domestication and management of horse herds. The book said that black sheep must be removed.

Luo Yong felt a little complicated when he saw this passage. What is a bad sheep? It is naturally those free and unruly horses.

This is true for horses, but humans are the same. But people at this time of the Tang Dynasty probably have not been completely domesticated.

People like Wang Dang, people from the Zhao family, and those from the Wang family who dared to open canning workshops in Lingnan, etc. If it were horses, these horses would probably be semi-wild.

Unable to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Luo Yong immediately opened a canned lychee.

Perhaps to avoid air leakage due to bumps, a layer of mud seal was also sealed outside the can.

Knock on the mud seal, wipe the can with a cloth towel, then pry the bottle with a knife, and a slight sound was heard. Soon, a faint lychee fragrance spread throughout the house.

"Brother, what is this?" None of the children at home had eaten lychees. When they smelled the lychees for the first time, they couldn't help but drool.

"Brother, is this canned food delicious?" Si Niang quickly took out the pottery bowl and placed it on the table.

"Who knew." Luo Yong smiled. He had never eaten lychees in this life.

Hou Lin and Qiao Junlin were all in their houses, and they all came here at this time. Azhi was in the yard. She was thinking about whether she should avoid it, but before she could move, Luo Yong called her to go over and eat canned food immediately.

Hengzhi was also a good guy. He was not seen on weekdays, but he was at home today, so he naturally got a bowl of canned lychees.

The children of the Luo family ate lychees for the first time in their lives. They all ate lychees and wanted them after eating them. Luo Yong didn't stop them, and each one made another bowl of them.

After Hou Lin and others finished a bowl, they stopped asking for it. Since the lychees were produced in Lingnan, they could make canned food there and hired a porter to carry them to Chang'an City one by one. The preciousness can be imagined.

Let’s look at the Luo family’s children who don’t raise their heads…

Forget it, my brothers can afford it, but what else can others say? Besides, they still eat canned food by themselves.

"I heard that the Lingnan Road is steep and it is not easy to carry a load." After eating the sweet and delicious canned food, Hou Jianshu couldn't help but sigh again.

"As long as someone wants to eat canned food in Chang'an City, it will come from someone who builds roads." Luo Yong said with a smile. The production of canned fruits may be an opportunity for development for those southerners.

The gentry also always said that the people were suffering and advised the king to reduce labor service and pay less taxes.

It is also true that it is lighter to labor and taxes, but it often cannot change the current living conditions of most people. Only development is the fundamental solution to this problem. Even if the people living in the Central Plains have a slightly heavier taxes and labor, they will probably live better than the people in the wilderness.

In a place like Lingnan, how much tax can you get throughout the year? It’s still a little bit more to say whether you collect it or not, but are the people in Lingnan living well?

Those who are far away from the sky and the emperors do not know how many corrupt officials, bandits and powerful people will breed. At that time, people all said that the people of Lingnan were barbaric and vicious. If they were not barbaric and vicious enough, how could they survive in such an environment?

"Do you have any arrangements for the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Luo Yong asked Qiao Junlin.

"No." Qiao Junlin finished eating the canned food at this time and was fiddling with the spoons in the pottery bowl all at once.

"Then you come and help me. I will hold a self-service dinner at the Ma Family Guesthouse that day." Luo Yong said with a smile.

These canned lychees cannot be eaten in vain. I always need to help you with some promotions. Besides, Luo Yong was originally planning to promote a few more spicy dishes, so I might as well take advantage of this opportunity to join us.

"You guys will go there to eat at that time."
Chapter completed!