54. Teenager proud
Although Luo Yong has tried his best to rush to issue orders, his shipment speed is still far less than the speed of those Chang'an people placing orders.
Some people just received an order today, and immediately paid another deposit and placed a second order. People don’t need to stay in Lishi County. Even though it’s okay to go south, just as long as the delivery date is stated on the contract, Luo Sanlang’s coffin board has a reputation, so there is no need to worry about being inserted into the queue.
As more and more people flock to Lishi County, those hotels were not enough to live in, and recently some people have opened two new hotels in the city.
One of them is also very familiar with Luo Yong. It is the Niuji Grain Shop. His yard is also ready-made. As long as the grain from the warehouses in the backyard is moved to another small courtyard in his house in the city, he will clean these warehouses, then put them on the kang, put them on the right place, and it will be a ready-made guest room.
But his family does not provide food. If you want to eat, you have to go to the food shop outside by yourself, or send your servants to buy food outside. You don’t have to worry about getting colder. There is a small stove on the kang. Hot is like that. Frugal people also cook their own food.
For a house like the Niu family, only five cents a day, the firewood is piled in the yard, and you can get it yourself. There are also water wells, so you need to fetch water by yourself.
For many people in Chang'an, five cents a day is really cheap. The house is so big and the kang is very big. You can squeeze out seven or eight people at will, and each person can't spend a penny every day.
But for some small merchants, five cents a day is not a small amount, it is enough to buy a bucket of corn. If there are not many people coming, two or three people, they would rather go to the people in the city to rent a small house and save two or three cents a day, and the food will be settled.
No matter what, the Niu family's more than a dozen warehouses can earn 60 to 70 cents a day, and their family is very happy.
The people in the city who are not well-off are also happy to do this business. If you rent a small house, you can get two or three cents a day. If you have a better house, the price will naturally be higher. If you provide food, you can earn more.
Since late October, after ten consecutive days of heavy snow, it finally cleared that day.
Luo Yong drove a donkey cart into the city. As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw that there were many firewood sellers gathered under the walls inside the city, including strong men and elderly people and women. From time to time, the people in the city came to buy firewood. As long as the price was negotiated, the firewood sellers would carry firewood to their homes with help.
In the autumn of this year, the people in the city also stocked up firewood at home, but after the winter came many people from other places, and they had to burn more firewood, so the firewood they had stocked up was naturally not enough.
Among these firewood sellers, many people look very keen. Lishi County is just such a big place. After a few times, even if you don’t say it, you can at least get familiar with it. It should be from a nearby village.
Luo Yong drove the donkey cart to the Xu family, planning to meet with Xu Erlang first, then sort out the orders on hand, and see how many orders you can place today.
Then look at what color of wool they are missing on hand recently. Then, it will be better to decide which color to dye the wool they have in their car.
As soon as his donkey cart reached the alley of Xu Erlang's house, he saw two young young men entering the alley with a bundle of stone bamboos. They were also unfamiliar faces. They walked fast, and Luo Yong drove the donkey cart to follow them, and then he saw the two men entering the Xu family's yard one by one.
Looking at the other yards on both sides of the alley, it was more lively than usual. Almost every household had the sound of cutting bamboo and poking mats.
"Just heard from my two nephews that there is a young man driving a donkey cart in the alley. I guess you are here, Master." On the other end, Xu Erlang had already come out of the yard.
"It turned out that your nephew is here. I told you how they got into your yard." Luo Yong got off the donkey cart and led five pairs into the Xu family's yard. He saw that the yard was much more lively than usual.
"My sister married to Fangshan County in her early years. Recently, she heard that we had a profitable life here, so she brought her family back to live for a while."
Xu Erlang said, unloading the prepared mats and wool from the donkey cart that Luo used, and then helped the five pairs to get the donkey cart off and asked his son to take a handful of beans from the jar and feed it.
"I just entered the city and saw many strangers selling firewood in the city." Luo Yong stretched out his hand and stroked the five pairs' necks, and said to Xu Erlang. It has been snowing these days one after another, and the snow on the road is very thick. Today, the five pairs have also worked hard.
"There are people in nearby villages and other counties. Recently, many relatives have come to the city's homes, and they all come to find work." Xu Erlang answered his doubts.
Luo nodded and asked him again: "Have the mat still been done smoothly recently?"
"I did a lot." Xu Erlang said: "It snowed a few days ago, and the merchants did not urge the delivery anymore. I didn't ask you to bring you a message to the city."
"I have figured out a new approach these days. I will tell you in detail after the goods are delivered." After a while of thinking, Luo Yong also combined the wet felt method with needle felt method better.
In order to improve the shipment speed, he had to tell his disciples this method as soon as possible. He didn't know what the deal of peony cushions would be like in the future. Since he could make money now, he naturally had to make as many cushions as possible to ship more. If he could make one order, he would make one order.
After the master and apprentice passed the order and the recent inventory, they went to the largest tavern in the city.
This tavern was run by the Wang family and has been doing well recently. Luo Yong chose to ship it at his house, mainly because the hall of his house is spacious enough and the Wang family welcomes him very much. Every time Luo Yong goes there, he can be received very enthusiastically.
At this time, people did not have any trademark and brand concepts. Generally, those who were in business, opened a wine shop, or called Wangji wine shop, or opened a grain shop, or called Niuji grain shop. This is probably the case.
This Wangji Restaurant is not only a large place, but also has two floors. It is local to Lishi County, and the specifications are quite high. The store also pasted two red papers on one wall of the hall. One of them describes the order and shipment situation of Luo using the wool felt seat cushion here, and the other is the order and shipment situation of Hengshi Car Manufacturing. The paper is large enough, the handwriting is clear, and the information is updated very timely. Many vendors who do not live in their stores often come to check it out.
"Cashmere is really rare," said Luo Yong: "But I have a source of goods. If nothing unexpected happens, I will get a lot next year and the next year."
What this means is that it is unlikely to buy more this year. After all, there are still so many orders in line. When Luo Yong gives these orders, he will basically not have any cashmere left in his hand. There will be still a chance next year and the next year.
"I heard that in many places south of Chang'an, there is a medicinal material called Eucommia ulmoides growing." There is cashmere, it depends on whether they can help them get Eucommia ulmoides seedlings.
"Sanlang wants to plant Eucommia?" Everyone said wonderingly. How could he want to plant this? Eucommia is a medicinal herb after all, and no one can buy it for fun. How much market can there be in total?
"I believe you all know that the saints gave me five hectares of land earlier. If I had planted crops, I would have been too busy." Luo Yong said.
"How much does Sanlang plan to plant?" someone in the hall asked him. Luo Sanlang wanted to plant Eucommia ulmoides, and they just wanted to get him saplings, as long as he could get the cashmere sweater. As for whether the Eucommia ulmoides can be earned back after planting them in the future, it is Luo Sanlang's own family affairs.
"Why do you have to plant one or two hundred acres?" Luo Yong said.
Chapter completed!