On the side of Chang'an City, Wu Gao and others were following the caravan to Longxi, and in Changle County, Luo Yong was also planning for the opening of a new store of groceries, North and South.

The town of Changle County is too small. Even though Luo Yong had expanded once a few years ago when he was renovating the city walls, as the number of merchants gathered in the city increased, there were more workshops of all sizes. At present, this small town seemed a little narrow and narrow again.

Especially after winter this year, all kinds of merchants who come from all over the country to buy needles and white flowers and buy sweet potato seeds, plus the many herders who drive the sheep to Changle County to sell live sheep, these pedestrians and livestock often make the streets in this small town, which are not originally spacious, seem congested.

After some consideration, Luo Yong and the others decided to choose the address of the new store outside the city, on a wasteland not far from the Muzhi Station.

After the canal is over, Luo Yong intends to encircle this place, and then expand a new urban area in the north of the city next to the original old city. The area of ​​this new urban area will definitely not be small at that time, at least it will be equivalent to the area of ​​the old city.

At that time, the old area in the south of the city will be its main functions, including administration and residence, and the new area in the north of the city will mainly develop warehousing and bulk goods trade.

Workshops like canned workshops, bacon workshops that require large areas will be moved to the north of the city at that time.

"Grilled lamb and grilled lamb, six skewers per cent, you can choose any choice!"

That evening, Luo Yong was about to go to the street to check the use of biogas lamps. As soon as he left the county government gate, he smelled the fragrance of roasted lamb.

Since two years ago, several hawkers selling roast lamb and croquettes in their county, the roast lamb and croquette business in Changle County has basically been monopolized by the Jinchang people.

The canned workshop has no money to go into the water. They arrange people to squat there every day to grab it. They rented a yard in the city and picked up their own women, specializing in washing skewers and skewers in the yard. The outside of the streets are mostly young and strong men.

These Jinchang people are in a group, and the ordinary scattered vendors are no match for them at all. Not to mention anything else, they can't rob them just about the powerful sheep from entering the water.

Last year, a few Jinchang people were having fun. They obviously couldn't use so many sheep to go into the water, but they insisted on taking over it. If they couldn't use it, they dug a hole outside the city and buried it. In this way, other stalls had no source of raw materials, and their own business would naturally be easier to do.

Later, several victimized stall owners sued the county magistrate Guo Fenglai. Guo Fenglai made people find out the situation, and then found the Jinchang vendors who participated in the matter one by one, and immediately expelled the people from the city, so that they did not get Changle County to do business all winter.

Many of them came back this year. When Guo Feng came to hear it, he went over and knocked it, saying that if they committed another crime, they would not come in again in the gate of Changle County in the future.

Luo Yong also knew about this matter. He had no prejudice against these Jinchang people. No matter where they were, once there were too many people, they would inevitably have a few bad ones.

Just say that the locals in Changle County have bullied tenants in another place in the past. At that time, the county magistrate Huang was responsible for handling this matter. Not only did he ask the family to refund the rent to the tenant, he also posted a note for rent for three months at the gate of his house. After that, he rarely heard of bullying customers.

Luo Yong walked all the way to the street, and at a glance, he could see a stall selling roasted lamb and miscellaneous lambs. However, there were not many here, and more stalls were concentrated under the walls on both sides of the city gate.

The vendors set up straw sheds under the wall and put on biogas lamps. They sell food and everything, and most of them are cheap, just like a night market. Every night, when all the workshops in the city are finished working, many people have to go to the night market to stroll.

The nights with biogas lamps are really much more lively than in the past, but the temperature is low in winter and the biogas output is slower. I heard that many merchants have reported to the officials over the days that the biogas lamps are much darker than before, and sometimes they are turned off as they are lit.

After the winter began, the officials in charge of the biogas pools in the county had already covered straw mats on each pool for insulation. They often had to fill in some sheep manure and horse manure, which were high in heat, and they also had to get some results at the beginning. As time gradually entered the deep winter, the temperature was getting lower and lower, and now it was not very good.

Luo Yong went to the street to look at it this day and found that the lights were indeed much darker than before. As he walked, he could encounter one or two extinguished lanterns. It was obvious that the owner had not had time to reignite it.

"County magistrate, do you want to open those new ponds?" asked an official who followed Luo Yong.

"Open..." Luo Yong thought for a while and added: "Open today."

"Here." The official agreed, then stepped back, hurried back to the county government, called a few people to go to the biogas pool together.

At that time in Qiuli, several new large biogas pools were built in their county, mainly to prevent the low temperature in winter and there was no biogas available in the city.

Those biogas tanks are now full of biogas. If they are opened one by one, they should be able to support some time. However, winter has just begun. Judging from the situation in front of you, I am afraid I will not be able to hold on to the beginning of spring next year.

Luo Yong was still walking on the street at this time, with two servants following behind him. When Qiao Junlin was there, Qiao Junlin was always responsible for the security issues of Luo Yong. Sometimes, Qiao Junlin had something to do, so he transferred people from the team of servants.

This autumn, Qiao Junlin and the students of Changle Academy went to the Western Regions together. This matter fell on the shoulders of the county magistrate Guo Fenglai. He arranged a duty schedule for the officers. Every day, two people followed Luo Yong, regardless of day or night. The two people would follow wherever the county magistrate was. When the county magistrate fell asleep, they would also rest in the county government.

At this time, Luo Yong crossed the street and climbed the city tower, and two servants followed him.

Luo Yong and others had just climbed the city tower, and heard an uproar on the street behind him. When they turned around, they saw that there was a block of biogas lamps that had gone out. Someone quickly lit oil lamps in the house, and many people ran out of the house to see what was going on.

Soon after, someone heard someone shouting: "Here's here, the biogas is here again."

So people climbed the ladder and lit the lights again. The biogas lamp started to lit up, and the flames seemed bigger than before. After a moment, the block lit up again. This time the lights were much brighter than before.

Luo Yong and others stood on the city wall, watching the biogas lamps in the city turn off and light up again. Outside the city wall behind them, there was a large area of ​​wilderness. At this time, the cold wind was howling, and scattered fires could be seen on the deserted beach in the distance.

That was the place where herders gathered. Because the daily purchasing capacity of the canned workshop and the bacon workshop was limited, all the flocks sent by the herders on the same day could not be purchased. These herders had to agree with the workshop to trade, and then drove the flocks outside the city, chose a piece of open space, set up a tent with felt, and lived there temporarily.

There are no living facilities outside the city, and even the water source is a problem. These herdsmen live like this, so naturally they can't be called comfortable. If they have nothing to do during the day, they like to come and go to the city to stroll around.

Especially those children from herdsmen, jumping up and down the city in groups, sometimes they will have conflicts with the children in the city, and sometimes they will see that they have a good time playing.

I don’t dare to fight in groups unless they think of going to the county jail for two days. Although I have never heard of any child being caught in so far, I don’t dare to fight. The workshops in the city don’t like fighting when they recruit workers.

Most children from herders' families are willing to stay in the county workshops to work. The city is so lively, with everything you need to eat and use, and there are so many playmates of their peers. I don't know how many times better than the desolate and lonely grassland Gobi.

It’s a pity that not every child can get what he wants. Some are too young to find workshops to accept, while others are disagreeable for their family members.

The girls are a little better. If a girl who is not married at the age of twelve or thirteen is sent to Luo Erniang’s cashmere workshop, eat well and dress well, she can still get dozens of cents a month. Let them do their work in the workshop for a few years, which will be more beneficial than getting them married to each other.

In addition to these realistic factors, many parents do think about their daughters, hoping that she will live a better life in the city. Moreover, there are female husbands who teach people to read in the cashmere workshop, which is really difficult in this era.

It is relatively difficult for boys to be more important, whether in a tribe or in a family, boys are more valued than girls. If all the boys are left in the city, then this tribe or family will lose their youth.

However, it is difficult to stop people from using it. I heard that some enlightened herdsmen families have begun to consider the whole family living together in the city, especially when they see the earliest herdsmen who came to the city, their lives are now quite stable and rich.

"Aowu!!!" A little bit of a wolf howl vaguely came from the wind.

There are many beasts in this era, and tigers, wolfs and leopards are not rare. There are no large wolves in their area. You can only occasionally hear the howls of wolves. When walking in the wild, you can also see the footprints and feces left by wolves from time to time. You don’t know where to hide during the day, and most of them come out to find food at night.

I hope that those herdsmen's children would not go out to run around at night... Luo Yong was also a little worried.

When they build the new urban area next year, the canned workshop and the bacon workshop will be relocated. At that time, the acquisition and shelter capacity of these two workshops will be upgraded. Even if they cannot be collected on the same day, at least they can set up a place for the herdsmen to temporarily lay down tents in the city, and the corresponding water and gas facilities will keep up.

"Is the county magistrate worried that there are thieves hiding outside the city?" Seeing Luo Yong staring at the place where herders gathered, a servant asked.

"Does County Guard Guo have any arrangements?" Luo Yong did not deny it, and followed his words and asked this question.

These herdsmen gathered outside the county town. On the one hand, their own safety is a problem, and on the other hand, they are indeed afraid that thieves will hang out. In the eyes of many thieves from other places, Changle County is a hot commodity.

"The county magistrate has arranged for scouts in the past two days, pretending to be a hawker, and going to their place to sell wine. Without much effort, he successfully mingled with the herdsmen and figured out the situation there." One of the servants said to Luo Yong.

Luo Yong remembered this after saying this. Guo Fenglai mentioned this to him a few days ago, but he was busy collecting supplies for Du Gou and the others who were building canals outside, and he didn't take it much to heart for a while. After all, Guo Fenglai has always been very competent, and Luo Yong doesn't need to worry about anything. He just told Luo Yong about many things, and Luo Yong had a digit in his heart.

"There are only so many servants in the city, who will he arrange to go this time?" Most of the locals know this small place in Changle County. At that time, the people are coming and going, so don't 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. County Magistrate Guo came here this time, saying that as long as they follow the county's arrangements, they will act as a vendor who sells wine for several months outside the county town this winter, and ensure that they will send back the news outside the city to him in time. When the spring of the next year begins, they will be called to officially become servants." Those who can be arranged by Luo Yong are also relatively reliable people in the team of servants, so the news is relatively well-informed.

"This is pretty good." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"More than just good," said another servant: "These two people are now earning the money for selling alcohol, but they are also paying another salary from the yamen, which makes them so beautiful."

Luo Yong also felt a little funny, otherwise why would the feng shui change? In the past, the two herdsmen were trying to join the team of employees and envy the good treatment of these employees.
Chapter completed!