Located at the west end of the Hexi Corridor, there are two iron mine areas that Luo Yong and they can get with their hands. One is Jingtie Mountain and the other is in Hami, which is Yiwu at present.

Yiwu not only produces coal, but also produces iron. Changle County currently mainly buys iron from Yiwu, and the price is not cheap. After the iron ore on Jingtieshan is developed, the iron price in Hexi should drop.

The big family in Yiwu has more or less control over some iron ore coal mines. In the past, they mainly sold iron to make money. Now they find that this carbohydrate, that is, coal, has a good market.

In particular, there is a type of thorite that is adjacent to carbonite. Depending on its quality, it can be sold for three to five times the price of iron ore. If it weren't for the fact that there were many large and small coal mines in Yiwu, and they were in the hands of different families, the price of this thorite would probably be even higher.

Yiwu is unique in speaking, and has abundant iron ore and coal mines, and large areas of arable land. At present, the forest coverage rate is quite high and can produce timber.

People in this era do not have any environmental concepts. There is no restraint in cutting down trees. After all, humans were still in a very weak position in front of nature at this time. Which weak person would think about protecting the strong?

When laying the wooden track from Gaochang City to Yiwu City earlier, Yiwu was mainly responsible for producing wood. Gaochang does not produce wood, and they mainly contribute money and efforts.

This matter was also in charge of Guo Xiaoke in the middle. After the track was paved, a smooth four-corner transportation route was formed from Jinchang to Yiwu, from Yiwu to Gaochang, from Gaochang to Dunhuang, and from Dunhuang to Jinchang.

Changle County is located between Dunhuang and Jinchang, so it naturally enjoys the convenience brought by this transportation route.

In the spring of that year, Guo Xiaoke first asked his eldest son to take a team to Jiuquan to investigate the terrain, and then expressed his desire to lay a wooden track between Jinchang and Jiuquan.

Chen Jiao, the governor of Jinchang, felt that it was optional, and the governor of Jiuquan was very happy.

With the great efforts of Guo Xiaoke, the railway track was repaired very quickly. Construction was only started at the end of spring. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, Luo used them to eat the fish and shrimp transported from Daze.

On the east side of Jinchang City, there is a river called Mingshui, which originates from the Qilian Mountains. After descending to the Daxue Mountains, it enters Guazhou and flows into Daze from south to north.

These fish and shrimps were fished from the big lake, flowed upstream along the Ming River, and transported to the intersection of the river and the newly built wooden track, and then transported to the Changle area of ​​Jinchang along the wooden track.

There are no rivers and lakes in Changle County, so naturally there is no fish or shrimp. In the past, some people transported them from Dunhuang through wooden tracks. The quantity is not large and the price is quite expensive.

The fish and shrimp transported from Daze recently are really good quality and cheap, with high quality and high quality.

There is a Hehe Shou on the edge of Daze. At first, the Han family members were stationed in the border areas. Now, they have become like a town.

Because they live next to the Daze, many local people who are good at water catch fish and shrimps from the Daze, and there are also transactions in the local market, but the price is quite low. In the past, due to inconvenient transportation, fish and shrimps are not resistant to preservation, so it is difficult to sell elsewhere.

Nowadays, transportation is convenient, and many people in Heheshu go along the wooden track to the Changle area of ​​Jinchang to sell fish and shrimp.

There are fewer trips to Dunhuang. On the one hand, there are long journeys, and on the other hand, there are also rivers and lakes in Dunhuang, and the local area also produces river food.

In order to lay this wooden track, Anxi guardian Guo Xiaoke asked to build a concrete bridge on the Mingshui River, called Mingshui Bridge. The bridge has not yet been completed, but the wooden track from the edge of Mingshui River to Jinchang City has been put into use in advance.

Although it is just a wooden track that is neither long nor short, you can charge a lot of tolls every day, and you can also make money by renting a car. They even opened a school in Jinchang and other places to teach people to drive wooden rail carriages, but the wooden rail carriages are still purchased from car manufacturers in Changle County.

After this section of wooden track was opened, there were a few young ladies from the cashmere workshop who came from a hundred tents to catch the house, which was much more convenient than before.

From outside Changle County, take a wooden carriage and sit at the Mingshui Ferry, then take a boat from there, go downstream to Daze, pass through Daze and arrive at the north shore. There is a market on the shore. From this market to Baizhangguan, you have to walk for at least a whole day, and riding a horse will be faster.

The girls in the workshop just knew this road and hadn't walked it before, but their family members came along this road.

When I came to the cashmere workshop in Changle County, I met my daughter and brought her some food and food. When I left, I basically had large bags of bags, including copper coins, and cashmere sweaters, cloth, grain and other items that their daughter bought in this workshop and in Changle County.

Some young ladies' Ya Niang lived on the grassland and Gobi all their lives. At most, they had participated in markets on the grassland. They were very unfamiliar with towns and even spoke Chinese inadequately.

After these young ladies became familiar with life in Changle County, they had to worry about their homes. After they learned that the salt price in Changle County was much cheaper than that in the grassland market, they would always buy salt for a year for their family and put it in the dormitory. When the adults at home came to visit them, they would then take it back.

There are also various fine grains, high-quality and cheap fabrics, sauces, tea, etc. They will start when the price is most suitable, store them carefully, and wait for their families to come and pick them up.

When these outsiders entered the city once or twice, they were mostly nervous. After that, they had more times, and gradually became familiar with each other.

After this section of the wooden track was opened, many people from military families from Heheshu went to Changle, Jinchang to sell river food. When people from the market opposite Daze and the area where the Hundred Treasures were caught and caught fish, they also learned from Heheshu and started fishing.

These people who sell river food came ashore from the Mingqiao Ferry every night and took wooden carriages to Changle County overnight. Before dawn, they set up stalls in an open space outside the city.

For their river food transactions, Luo Yong specially led a few biogas lamps over, but did not charge them any money.

The arrival of these people selling river food greatly enriched the dining tables of Changle people. Luo Yong often went to this morning market to shop and bought whatever he wanted. Sometimes he asked someone to take it to the county government office or send it to cashmere workshops, and sometimes he mentioned Azhi and the others.

Azhi and Hengzhi had already held a drink earlier, but it didn't make it too grand. They just walked around the formalities that should be gone, and set up a few more banquets. After the wedding banquet, they were even a couple.

Luo Yong built a yard for them in Changle County, cleaned up and bought some furniture, so he asked them to live in first.

This is a temporary residence. Hengzhi is not only a very talented disciple for Luo Yong, but over the years, he has also learned too many secrets about Luo Yong. If Luo Yong is transferred from Changle County in the future, let alone how other disciples will arrange it. Hengzhi will definitely be with him.

Even though it was just a temporary residence, the couple had their hearts to set up the arrangements. Hengzhi still went to the Machine House to work every day, and Azhi worked at home to do needlework.

Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin sometimes crossed the meal and ate a home-cooked meal from them.

This time, Luo Yong organized a team to the Western Regions, and Qiao Junlin was also among them. The twelve of them were all young men.

Luo Yong asked Qiao Junlin to lead the team. A young man from Changle Academy expressed dissatisfaction and questioned Luo Yong in person that he was on mission to the Western Regions represented the national facade, and people with higher identities should be selected. Any of them had a higher background than Qiao Junlin, so why did Qiao Junlin lead the team?

Regarding this matter, Luo Yong finally decided to replace this person after discussing with Tang Jian.

Their team can not be called a mission to the Western Regions on behalf of the country. It was just organized by Luo Yong and approved by the court. The situation in the Western Regions is complex and dangerous. This person is too high and has too utilitarianism. Luo Yong is worried that he will put the entire team in a dangerous situation.

"This time the plan to go to the Western Regions was proposed by me, the team was organized by me, and the money and property were supported by me. The person who led the team should naturally be appointed and removed by me."

"Chang Le is still here. Even if you can't see the situation clearly, you won't have any worries about your life. If something happens there, how should I explain it to your family?"

To put it bluntly, since this person is dissatisfied, it is an unstable factor, and Luo Yong will never let him go any further.

After this person was taken off, Luo Yong exchanged a child from the Lishi Wang family to enter.

In recent years, many tea merchants in Lishi do business in Changle County. As the tea market continues to be opened, their business is getting bigger and bigger. Some tea merchants also come to Luoyong and arrange one or two children from their families to study at Changle Academy.

As for the young gentry who studied at Changle Academy, this time, any one who wanted to go was already in the team. Originally, there were nine people, but one of them was picked out at this time, and only eight people were left.

In addition, one is Qiao Junlin, one is from the Wang family of Li Shi, and two are from the Zhao family of Shuozhou, and there are still twelve people in total.

This team will follow the familiar caravans to the Western Regions together this autumn, when the number of caravans is the most common caravans to the Western Regions.

Luo Yong has met many Hu merchants in Changle County over the years. Not to mention how strong the relationship between the two sides is, at least it is relatively friendly. When these Hu merchants talk about Changle County, most of them have a good impression of it, which will bring great convenience to Qiao Junlin and his friends this time.

Before traveling, there was still a lot of preparations to be done. This time they went to the Western Regions, in addition to obtaining the method of firing glass, they also had the intention of exploring the Western Regions and spreading culture.

Qiao Junlin and the others are recently editing a book, graphic and textual, about a young man from the Western Regions who came to the Tang Dynasty, shocked by the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty at the beginning, and later gradually integrated into local life.

After telling a story, I basically showed off all the things they could show off. At the end of the story, the young man married a beautiful Tang Dynasty woman, lived in a big house, put on exquisite clothes, and ate various delicacies.

In addition, this book also contains some practical and down-to-earth content, such as some advanced farming techniques, threshing machines that greatly improve harvesting efficiency, tofu and bean paste making, etc.

These things can be taught to local people along the way, so as to gain respect from local people. While promoting the culture of the Tang Dynasty, they also add another layer of security for their trip this time.

"I heard that Yanqi Kucha and other places also planted beans and wheat, and went westward, but I don't know if it exists or not."

"If there is nothing, you will sow the seeds locally."

"A product of bean originated in China. Now it spreads it to the Western Regions, which is of great significance."

"Teaching the people of the Western Regions to make tofu and eat bean paste is also a blessing to the people." Dean Tang also teaches these students who are about to travel every day.

Luo Yong often went to the cast iron shop in the past two days, mainly to prepare one or two light and durable iron pots for them.

Their team will be out soon, and Luo Yong asked them to go out and teach people how to make tofu and bean paste. How can these things attract local people, they must also make delicious food and let them taste the taste themselves.
Chapter completed!