About a month after leaving Chang'an City, Luo Yong and others finally arrived in Liangzhou City.

Liangzhou City has developed commercial business. Even in this cold winter, many merchants can still be seen on the streets. Perhaps because the wind and snow were not heavy this day, Luo Yong saw many vendors driving camels, cattle and horses, carrying goods on the streets.

They walked along the way and passed many town stations along the way, and had already felt the development of commerce in the Hexi Corridor.

After Emperor Wu of Han included the Hexi Corridor into the territory of the Han Dynasty, he vigorously developed the system of military farming and border guarding with several emperors, and established political exchanges with the countries in the Western Regions, and finally successfully digested this land into part of the territory of the Han Dynasty.

The trade exchanges on this trade route gradually flourished at that time.

After the dynasty changed, the world was in chaos, and various forces dominated one side, and the trade routes were blocked. Until the Sui Dynasty unified the Central Plains, recovered the Hexi Corridor, and re-established contacts with the countries in the Western Regions. Gradually, commercial trade began to recover.

The Sui Dynasty gave considerable preferential and lenient policies to those Hu merchants who came to the Central Plains to trade. The Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui system, and the policies for Hu merchants at this time in the early Tang Dynasty were still the same.

The so-called difference between Hu and Han is, each according to its customs. Many times, the Tang government’s policies towards Hu merchants were even more lenient than those for their own merchants.

This makes active figures of Hu merchants everywhere in the Hexi Corridor and even the entire Central Plains region.

"Mr. I have the best jade here. Do you want to buy it? It is all unprocessed jade. The price is very affordable. The weather is too cold. If you are willing to buy it, it's okay to be a little lower."

As soon as Luo Yong entered the city gate, a Hu Shang came to them and caught Qiao Junlin and kept talking.

Needless to say, he must have regarded Qiao Junlin as the one in charge among them. This situation is not the first time he encountered this situation. Luo Yong just walked his own way and said nothing. As for the jade mentioned by the Hu people, he was not interested in it. He had never seen any sales methods in the 21st century and could not be fooled by this three-legged cat.

"Mr. You really don't buy a little? This year's snow fell too early. The Central Plains merchants whom I agreed to did not come to pick up the goods on time. I think he must not be able to come. I now have no money for meals except these jades... The price will be really cheap..." The young man in Hu was still chattering there.

Luo Yong followed the address that Erniang had told him in the letter, walked forward after entering the city, and then turned left...

"Do you know where Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop is open?" Luo Yong asked the Hu man who sold jade.

"What's the matter with Luo Erniang?" The Hu man was stunned.

"Sanlang!" Luo Erniang probably heard the news at this time and was coming from the other end of the alley. She saw a few people standing at the entrance of the alley. After walking in a few steps, she saw Luo Yong talking to a Sogdian there.

"Sister." Luo Yong was also very happy to see Er Niang.

When the jade seller saw this situation, he took advantage of the fact that he was not paying attention and then he slipped away with oil on the soles of his feet.

I originally wanted to slaughter a fat sheep, but I didn’t expect to meet Luo Yong and the others, Li Shi Luo Erniang’s younger brother, who is not the legendary Luo Sanlang?

Tsk, in the next three or five days, they will not show up again. After a while, they will probably forget themselves. It has been heard that in the eyes of the Han people, they all look similar.

"What did the Sogdian just now tell you? Did you buy his belongings?"

After entering the yard, Luo Erniang led Luo Yong and some people to the hall, poured hot water for them, and called someone to arrange food, and then sat down to talk to Luo Yong.

"Yan is going to sell jade, we didn't buy it." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"He said he had no money on him and wanted to sell the jade cheaply." A black man added.

"Tsk, don't listen to him talking nonsense. I see that he is in this Liangzhou city all year round, and he says he has no money all year round."

At this time, an old woman brought a large plate of pastries from the bottom of the kitchen.

"A liar?" The black man was surprised. He was so soft-hearted that he almost took out copper coins from himself and bought him jade.

"It's just a means of selling goods." The old woman said, "The jade in Liangzhou is cheaper than the Central Plains. Some people from Central Plains who came from afar did not know the market here, and were coaxed by others. They spent a high price to buy ordinary goods, and even thought they had taken advantage of themselves."

"That's the Sogdians?" Luo Yong used to be in Chang'an City, just like most people in Chang'an. He called these Hu merchants all the Hu people, and did not carefully distinguish their races.

This time I have to go to Guazhou to take up my post, and I will inevitably have to deal with those Hu merchants in the future and can no longer be as careless as before.

"That's it." Luo Erniang smiled.

"It is very strange for the Sogdians. Most of the Hu Shangs in this Liangzhou city are Sogdians." The old woman was obviously a talkative person.

The meals used by Luo Erniang started to prepare for the meals he used to entertain Luo from half a month ago.

At that time, she received a letter from Luo Yong from Chang'an City, saying that she was going to take up her post in Changle County, Guazhou and would pass by Liangzhou City at that time.

After reading the letter, Luo Erniang frowned. The Beijing official was well-behaved, but suddenly she said she wanted to go to Guazhou.

So far away from Guazhou, she was in Liangzhou City, and she only occasionally heard the merchants who came and went. Even the merchants in the Central Plains didn't go there. Most of them were to make money and the Hu merchants who could travel through the desert in order to do business, which was not comparable to ordinary people in the Central Plains.

A few days later, news came from Chang'an City that it was said that Li Shi Luo Sanlang was demoted from the capital and was going to Changle County, Guazhou, on their Longyou Road to become the county magistrate.

Luo Erniang was not surprised when she heard the news, nor did she say anything more. She just went to the city's livestock market, bought two good camels, and then prepared a lot of food at home.

Today, there are meat and vegetables on the table, and there are even three golden honey pomelos.

Apu and his friends had never seen the grapefruit. They tasted it for the first time. After a long journey for another month, they were very eager for this sweet and sweet fruit. After eating one grapefruit, they couldn't help but look at the other two grapefruits on the plate.

"I still want to eat it? I'll peel it with you." Luo Erniang saw it, smiled, and picked up a grapefruit from the plate to peel it:

"Don't look at the remoteness of Liangzhou City, and there are many merchants in this city, you can even buy it."

Apu could probably guess that the price of this grapefruit must be very high. Luo Erniang handed him the second time he handed the grapefruit to him, and Erniang said:

"Eat, eat more, and have a good rest in Liangzhou City these two days. The journey to Guazhou is quite long, and there is no such good thing in front of you."

The other two black men were a little heartless and each held a few petals of grapefruit and ate it sweetly.

"Did this welcome banquet cost a lot of money for my sister?" Luo Yong asked Luo Erniang with a smile while eating grapefruit.

"You can eat with peace of mind, I can still earn this little money back." Luo Erniang said to him with a smile.

Her cashmere deal is good, and she can earn a lot of money every day, plus the tofu shop run by Tian Chonghu and others.

Luo Erniang did not treat herself and the people around her too harshly when eating flowers, but she was also quite frugal. Even the canned food sold in her shop was reluctant to eat it often, let alone things like grapefruit, which was just a few that Zhao Chen had given her.

This time Luo Yong was going to Guazhou to take up his post, and just passed by her. The siblings and brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time. This time he had seen him, and I don't know when he would go next time.

At this time, she could not afford to save money, and she wanted to buy all the good things she could buy with him.

"Sister is still buying a house now?" Luo used a piece of grapefruit meat to stuff it into his mouth.

"Buy it. I just bought one a few days ago and spent a lot of money. Since the cement road to Chang'an City was opened, the price of houses in Liangzhou City has increased a lot. When the road to Mengmen Pass is opened next year, it is estimated that it will rise again." Luo Erniang peeled the last grapefruit in her hand and looked up and asked Luo Yong: "Will I still buy it then?"

"Buy it." Luo Yong said: "If the house is expensive, buy more land outside the city. If you have no time to manage it yourself, you will have people planted Ducai trees."

Apart from buying a house and land, Luo Yong couldn't give any good investment advice. Erniang and the others are also very busy now and have no time to run other transactions.

The few of them were already full of wine and were sitting in the hall eating grapefruit and talking. The grapefruit had finished eating and other tea fruit and snacks.

Apu and the others were also a little sleepy, so Luo Yong asked them to rest in the room that Luo Erniang had arranged in the morning.

Qiao Junlin was thinking about whether he wanted to leave some space for the siblings, but Zhao Chen came to the door.

"I went to Tianzhuang early this morning. As soon as I returned to the city, I heard that Saburo arrived." Zhao Chen was still like the same thing as before, and he spoke with a strong sense of vigor, and his whole body looked like he had no change from the past.

This guy is with Luo Erniang all day long. Luo Yong also guessed in his heart that he might be able to get together in the end. He thought that Zhao Chen was pretty good in all aspects, but he thought that he was a little older and that he was a little too old to match Erniang.

However, looking at these two people now, they have a good match. Ernie has been in Liangzhou City for so long and looks much more refreshing than before. Although Zhao Chen is about ten years older than her, he is also at the best age in a man's life.

Given the current situation of the Luo family, it would be a good choice if they could marry the Zhao family.

Erniang once said when she was in Lishi’s hometown, she didn’t want to get married, but now she doesn’t know what she is thinking.

No matter what, Luo Yong didn't want her to accept a marriage that she was not satisfied with because of family interests.

Luo Yong has now officially entered the officialdom. For various reasons, he gave up his original idea, whether it is growth or loss. Once he chooses this path, he will be destined to have many things to do in the future.

But Erniang and the others had no need to be like him. Luo Yong would become their protective umbrella, protect them carefully, and let them live the life they want.

"I've been away from Lishi County last time, and it's been a year in a blink of an eye. How about Zhao Dalang?" Luo Yong bowed to Zhao Chen with a smile.

"See what's wrong with me?" Zhao Chen also bowed to him and smiled, "Why are you polite to me if you haven't seen each other for some time?"

"I will not be polite to you." Luo Yong said with a smile: "You are here just in time. If you don't come at this time, I will find it myself after a while."

"What's the matter looking for me?" Zhao Chen's tone was a bit solemn.

"Of course it's a good thing." Luo Yong said, waved his hand to signal Zhao Chen to go to the yard with him, and Luo Erniang and Qiao Junlin also followed.

When they arrived in the yard, Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin worked together to search their luggage, and from the pile of miscellaneous items, they found a cloth bag the size of a head.

"This is..." Zhao Chen had a good eye. Seeing the things in the cloth bag were loose and looked like seeds, he had a guess in his heart.

"Yes, it's the pepper seeds." Luo Yong said with a smile.

This year, Qiu Liluo also left a lot of seeds, and originally planned to leave them to continue to cooperate with farmers outside the city to plant them again next year.

After Luo Yong was demoted, he discussed with his disciples and asked them to act in a low-key manner next year. Most of the pepper seeds left in the reserved seeds were brought out this time.

"You actually brought so many seeds with you!"

Zhao Chen opened the cloth bag in a few seconds, grabbed a few pepper seeds from it and looked at it carefully, then looked at the whole bag of seeds, and was happy for a moment. Since Luo Yong could take out this thing for him, it must be his.

Earlier, some merchants bought chili seeds from Chang'an City and went to Liangzhou City to sell them. Most of the people asked for a high price, with a seed of two cents and three cents, and at the highest, they could even sell for five cents.

The Zhao family bought it several times, but it only added up to a small bag. Later, some of it were bought by Hu Shang, a good relationship. Now there is not much left in the family.

"How much does these seeds cost?" Zhao Chen was not vague when he was doing business.

"A seed is a half, and you can take half of this pack of seeds and keep half of it with me." Luo Yong said.

"What are you keeping that half?" The price is so appropriate and it is a first-hand source of goods. Whether these seeds are planted by themselves or sold, the Zhao family does not mind too much.

"Of course I have to take it to Guazhou." Luo Yong said: "The money is too heavy and I can't take it, so I'd better bring some seeds lightly."

When Zhao Chen heard this, he laughed. It turned out that he was waiting for him here: "You can rest assured. Can you still carry such a lot of money and silk by yourself? I will arrange for my family to send it to you."
Chapter completed!