359. The Invisible Canal
Speaking of which, since Yiwu paved this wooden track, the Huns seemed to have no intention of fighting, so they began to pave the cement road and started from the capital Yiwu City.
These Iws who sell melons live near Yiwu City. They often drive cars into the city to sell melons. The car is on the cement road, very stable and brisk.
Many Yiwu thought that the governor of Yiwu was not kind this time. He got such a great benefit from the Lishi Luosanlang, even the cement meter and the wooden track technology. In return, he actually paved such a short wooden track for them Changle County. This approach is too stingy. It is simply embarrassing to say it.
So this time, these melon sellers, Yiwu, heard Luo Yong's identity, took a few melons for him without saying a word, and they didn't have any money and gave them to him for free. Here, there is a little compensation.
Of course, they also respect the legendary Luo Sanlang. They just haven't respected it to the point where they wanted to treat him to so many melons for free. The price of these melons is not very expensive in their local area. They hired wooden carriages to transport them to Changle County. With those freight costs, it would be very expensive.
Luo Yong has often come here to buy melons for food recently, and he buys a small piece of 2 cents each time. The melon seller Yiwu was puzzled at the beginning. He heard that Li Shi Luo Sanlang was very rich, so why did he only buy melons for food for food every day? So he asked once.
"Don't you look at how many people are in my county government."
The magistrate Luo sat on the melon stall and told someone that the Changle County Duke Mansion has recently recruited a new group of servants, all of whom are big and thick men. They eat like wolves and tigers, and they wish they could even chew pots and bowls. Just take the melon back, and there is still some leftovers?
Luo Yong has not often gone to the warehouse to check out how much money and grain is left there. He just watched the money and grain in the warehouse be eaten up one by one. It is not the time to collect taxes now. Fortunately, there are still merchants in the city who are supporting him and collect some commercial taxes every month, so he can only make a living.
"It's not that there is a Jiangfang winery." The Yiwu, who sells melons, doesn't believe it. Don't think that outsiders don't know that the Jiangfang winery in Changle County is very profitable.
"That money can't be spent." County Magistrate Luo waved his hand.
"Why?" asked Yiwu.
"It's not that you still have to build a canal." said the magistrate of Luo County.
"Is it useful to save these melons money?" How big is it to build a canal.
"It's better than nothing." County Magistrate Luo sighed. When he had nowhere to make money, he could only save some money.
The melons were finished eating, Luo Yong looked at the sun and it was almost time to go back to the county government office. It was the spring plowing season, and most of the officials in the county government were busy.
This year, most local farmers in Changle County still planted Baidie. In the surrounding areas of Changle County, like in Dunhuang and Jinchang, there are also many farmers planted Baidie. I heard that there are many people planted in Yiwu. In addition, some of the aristocratic merchants and wealthy families have built manors in Hexi. I wonder what the price of grain in the Hexi Corridor is until the autumn harvest this year?
Luo Yong also thought about whether to put this batch of canned meat in autumn. If there is a grain shortage in Changle local area, this batch of canned meat will become life-saving food.
However, if there is no shortage of food, it will be winter after autumn, and a large number of mutton will pour into Changle County. At that time, they will have no principal to purchase this year's new mutton, nor will they have no money to hire people to process mutton, nor will they have enough Eucommia gelatin.
Many people traveled thousands of miles to Changle County to sell sheep, but the money they earned was less than their own local area. However, Luo used the batch of canned mutton they made last year, because the storage conditions were limited and they were not consumed in time, a certain proportion of bad canned food would definitely appear over time.
Therefore, even if you are worried about the food problem after the autumn, Luo Yong still makes people start selling canned food in the past two days. The weather is getting hotter and the price of fresh mutton is gradually rising. It is almost time to start selling canned mutton.
Those canned jars that were half a person tall opened were filled with jars of mutton, which were stewed with various seasonings. The taste was better than the mutton cooked by ordinary people. The price was equivalent to the fresh mutton on the market nowadays. The official vegetable shops were available for retail sales, and some people in the city also bought money and grain to exchange them, and only bought one and a half liters at a time.
There are also merchants who buy the whole jar. If they open the jar on the spot and leave the piece of Eucommia ulmoides, the price of this jar of canned mutton will be slightly cheaper than buying it zero. If they are not opened and taken away with Eucommia ulmoides, the price of Eucommia ulmoides will be added.
The jar is also divided into large, medium and small. The smallest jar is the most expensive. It is said that the best mutton is carefully cooked. The jar is exquisitely made, the rubber pad is thick, and the storage conditions are the best. Basically, there are no bad jars. The largest jar is the most cost-effective. Generally, small vendors buy this, and a few people buy one together.
Because this canned mutton is cheap and tastes good, it sells very well. Many merchants from Jinchang and Dunhuang heard the news and came to buy it.
Although Luo Yong has launched some dishes in Changle County in recent years, and Jinchang and Dunhuang are not far from Changle County, there are still a few people who have actually eaten these dishes in Changle County.
There are also many food shops in Jinchang and Dunhuang that imitate the dishes in Changle County, some of which are good and some are not good. But they often go to the food shop for dinner. Originally, there were only those wealthy families, the poor people in the city, and the families were only a few dollars, and they could not break them into two petals. Not to mention any food shop, it would be good to be able to buy some Changle County sauces from those peddlers carrying the loads.
The canned mutton that is being sold in Changle County this time is better than most dishes of this era.
When it comes to price, because of rail transportation, these two places are close to Changle County, so even if the freight is added, the price is not very high, and many people can afford it.
For a time, canned mutton from Changle County was continuously transported out, with carriages and jars. This scene reminded people of the scene of herders who kept driving herds to sell herds last winter.
Before the officials in the county government completed the spring plowing, they caught up with the canned mutton again. They shipped goods and collected money every day, counted inventory and calculated money. From dawn to dark, there was no time to relax.
There were also those who were dissatisfied with him, but they didn't dare to say anything. The Luo coffin board was definitely not easy to meet, not to mention that there was a Tang inspector above. Even the new Anxi Protector was very polite to them, the magistrate of Luo.
The magistrate of Tan Lao County resigned due to illness a few years ago, but his health has been cured in the past two years. He often traveled to and from Changle County and was very concerned about the local people's livelihood and the canal.
The old man would also help Luo Yong at the best of his ability, but it was a bit annoying. He now helped Luo Yong, which was better than when he was a county magistrate. In the past, there were a few thorny heads in the yamen, which was not as easy as it is now.
"...If I asked them to sell canned food in the past and do business with merchants, those people would not have to demolish the county government for me." On this day, the old county magistrate Tan and Luo Yong talked about these things, and they were also very moved.
"If you remove and build another one, your county government is very broken." Luo Yong joked.
"I think, but I don't have money or silk." The magistrate of Tan Lao shook his head and said, "Now the way to sell cans is earning little, and I can even save enough money to build the canal."
"After calculating, I can only sell it at this price." Luo Yong also sighed. If you want canned food to be sold well, you have to leave enough profit space for the merchants. Now the price they set is that even if the freight costs are added to the merchants in Dunhuang and Jinchang, it is still easy to sell goods.
"There are also merchants from Yiwu coming to buy them in the past two days." The Magistrate Tan of the old county is very familiar with the situation in the county.
"If this canned mutton is transported to Yiwu, the price will be higher." Just like the melons in Yiwu are transported to their Changle County, these goods have to run on the track for several days. Including the money for chartered cars, the cost of getting on the track, etc., the price will definitely not be cheap.
But there will definitely be people who buy it. After all, their canned mutton tastes good and the price is not very high.
As long as it is easy to sell goods and profitable, those Yiwu merchants will definitely come again.
"The wooden track in Gaochang will be more than a month before it can be repaired." said the Magistrate of Tan Lao County.
Last winter, they made too many canned meat in Changle County. According to the current sales speed, it will be easy to sell for at least three to five months, so he is now hoping that the wooden track leading to Gaochang City can be repaired as soon as possible.
After the wooden track in Gaochang is repaired, their Changle County will be closely connected with Jinchang, Dunhuang, Yiwu and Gaochang.
Every winter they buy live sheep at a relatively high price, so the surrounding herders will naturally gather in Changle County to sell sheep.
After spring plowing, the price of mutton is high. Then they will sell canned mutton at a relatively low price. The market will become popular and profitable, so naturally many merchants will come to Changle County to sell goods.
Between buying and selling, the attractiveness of Changle County will become stronger and stronger, the more prosperous the market, the more prosperous the people will become.
Chapter completed!