60. Dinghu people
Two hundred acres of land and sixty thousand pits, each pit must be three feet deep. Such a large project is not something that Wang Dang alone can complete.
"I'm really tired of taking care of all the brothers this time!" Wang Dang was also very ashamed when facing his own brothers.
Although they were shouting and shouting that they would sell it for someone, they were actually feeling uneasy. Anyone who could afford to buy someone would be able to offend a few of them. If one of them was not done well, Wang Dang and his brothers would have to get in.
Looking back on the past two years, their brothers went to many places because they often acted as porters for others. They thought they had seen the world, and they also learned to sell goods and sell them. As a result, they encountered the forced buyer. The two sides had a dispute, which attracted the official escort and was captured.
In the end, those who bought forcibly were fine, but local officials sentenced Wang Dang and others to cause trouble. They were punished for hard labor and built a road in that county for more than half a year. Fortunately, the brothers and others worked together and hugged each other tightly. Otherwise, they would not have to escape from the ghost place with all their hearts.
"What are you saying? Since we are brothers, we should support each other."
Among these people, the king is the best and the most righteous person. These men have always followed him. Now that his family is in trouble, how can they not help each other?
"If I could wait until the beginning of spring, I could dig a hundred such pits alone in a day." One of the men said, patting his chest.
"The soil is still frozen now, but it is difficult to dig. Why not wait until the beginning of spring and ask a few brothers to come and help, and gather twenty people to dig it out in a month." Needless to say, it was the think tank in their group.
"Since that's the case, when I and Na Luosanlang go to the city to get the documents done, I will go back to Dinghu County first. When the spring of the next year comes, I will come and dig the pit." With the appeal of Wang Dang, it is not difficult to find those twenty people just digging the pit for a month, because he has always been a chivalrous and righteous person, and many people in the neighborhoods owe him favors.
But this time he went back, should that kid Wang Shao take back, or should he bet here first? Take it back, before the money was paid, the person ran away first, and it seemed not very kind, so he bet here. Look at the kid's delicious food and drink, it's a bit disgusting.
Speaking of which, Luo Sanlang did not buy servants, and no one raised the bought servants with his brothers. What the family ate, Wang Shaopeng Er would eat with him, but he just did some work. Nowadays, no one needs to do work, and the Luo family itself also needs to do work.
Wang Dang was not a ungrateful person. Yesterday, those sent people came to Xipo Village with them. Luo Sanlang was so happy that he served the officials. The next day he just returned to the city to report, and did not ask for the arrest of them.
Otherwise, if a false accusation hat was taken off, their group would have no good results.
"Wang Da, I see the villagers here. They make tofu and sell tofu every day. They seem to be a little too busy. Why don't I stay here and earn some errands with them." The think tank just said again.
"You mean..." Wang Dang's family is also in great difficulty. He just came back from outside a few days ago and earned the money and grain. He originally thought that there would be no danger in the winter, but he never thought that his wife had miscarriage. The little money was not enough to buy her medicine, so there was no leftover.
"They have to make tofu and transport goods to Lishi County. They have delayed their efforts in making tofu. I heard that there are other business operations in Lishi County recently, and there are fewer peddlers and barracks. Why don't we stay here to help the villagers transport goods to the city, or sell some goods to the countryside?" the man said.
"You mean, I'll live in this yard?" Wang Dang reached out and wiped his rough, black and red face. He was good at everything and was very righteous, but this plan was really too detailed.
The son who thought he had lost it was found, and he lived in Luo's house with good food. Luo Sanlang promised him to use work instead of money. Wang Dang already felt that he owed the other party the kindness. What a good brother, is he going to rely on him?
"If Wang Da is unable to open his face, why don't I tell him?" said the medium-sized think tank with a goatee.
"I'll go and talk." Wang Dang waved his hand.
His brother is right. Although Dinghu County is next to the Yellow River, there are often merchants. Many young and strong local people make money as porters, and only three or five liters of corn a day. If the owner is willing to give two or three cents a day, he will be very generous.
Recently, he was in Dinghu County and heard that the money and food in Lishi are easy to earn, but because he had suffered a loss of unfamiliar life, he did not come here for a while. By chance, he came here and saw that it was indeed a good place. Just looking at Xipo Village, every household kept smoking, and there were ox, horses and carriages coming and going to the village from time to time, making a prosperous and prosperous scene.
But how to speak to Na Luo Sanlang is really a difficult task for Wang Dang.
On the afternoon of that day, Luo Yong always saw that Wang Dang was swaying around his yard, and he helped chop firewood and flew water. If there was a donkey cart, he insisted on carrying it back with his shoulders. Even if Si Niang and the others had some chicken food, he would help him.
After the trouble, Luo Yong looked at him in a bad way. He thought that this girl might be a human trafficker, right? He deliberately made a child and sold it to someone else's house, and then took the opportunity to contact him...
"Is there something wrong with you?" When asked, Luo's tone was quite bad.
"That..." Boss Wang whispered and finally said something with a tough bullet.
"The yard can be lived in for you for the time being. My disciples will come back in the morning. You will have to free up the place at that time." After hearing the other party explained his intention, Luo Yong was relieved. Thinking about the yard being empty and empty at this moment, they would live there, but: "Don't always come to the yard here if you have nothing to do. My sister has not married yet."
After all, Luo Yong was still guarding against these people. He thought that after two days of entering the city, Xu Erlang and the others would have to ask for help inquire. Since Wang Dang could gather this group of brothers by his side, he thought that he would have a bit of fame in Dinghu County, and it would not be too difficult to inquire.
After the matter was decided, Wang Dang and his brothers started to live in the village. They helped the villagers transport goods to the city. A truck of goods costs only four cents, and the cart was still the second-hand goods that they bought in the village.
Several young and strong people agreed to help a family push stone mills for three days, and then the family gave them their wheelbarrow that had been around for a while.
Nowadays, people in Xipo Village can earn some money and food, and they can't afford to buy a cattle for the time being. Buying a donkey is not a big problem. It is a car that needs to be eliminated, and it is a good deal to exchange for three days of work.
Speaking of donkeys, it is difficult to find the right one for a while, especially this winter, many Chang'an nobles came to Lishi County, and the price of livestock has increased a lot. At this moment, the villagers are looking forward to Zhao Chen's ability to drive another group of donkeys over in the spring of the next year. Luo Sanlang said that Zhao Chen should have to send wool over in the spring of next year.
It took six hours in the past three hours to go back and forth, and a truck of goods costs only four cents. Many villagers were also moved. At this moment, every household had saved some money and grain, and the villagers were not as hard as before. The four cents, roasting more frozen tofu and dried tofu will come out, and people can save a lot of light. But they still don’t trust these foreign ones, and they are hesitant for a while.
The first one to eat crabs was the Shuang'er family. Shuang'er's mother was also funny. He heard that Wang Dang's son was now in the Luo family's yard. Te Te also came over to tell Si Niang and the others to tell them to watch Wang Shao this day and not to ask him to run away.
So in this way, Shuang'er's parents loaded a large truck of goods on the wheelbarrow. They were originally careful that the other party would think too much, but they didn't know that the people who were deciding to be surprised at all. They even asked them to install it. Someone in front of them pulled the cart, and it would be okay if the people pushing the cart behind couldn't see the road.
When the two men pushed and pulled out of the village, many people ran out to watch the fun. The children in the village followed all the way to the entrance of the village before they were driven back by Luo Yong. Recently, they were caused by these things. He was also a little nervous. The children in their village were all semi-stocking, so it was too easy to do it.
A few days later, Xu Erlang and others also found out about the news from Dinghu County, saying that the king of Lishi is indeed the boss of Dinghu. Recently, Wang Dang and his brothers walked in Lishi County, and merchants who traveled between the two places recognized him.
In addition, Wang Dang's wife had a miscarriage earlier, and his eldest son sold her own. There are rumors in Dinghu County. As for the evaluation of Wang Dang, it is generally good, it means that he is righteous and occasionally mixed with a few bad reviews, and he is a reckless man.
After finding out what Wang Dang came from, Luo Yong could finally relax his nerves and no longer have to stare at his children like an old hen.
By the way, those decisive men did a good job of doing business. In just a few days, the market was opened in Xipo Village. The original car had become two and three.
It’s just because they are really hard-working and never think it’s too heavy to help people transport goods. Xiaofeng and Xiaoxue work as usual on their days. If some customers are really anxious, they are willing to give it to them on bad weather, and they only give it a few cents more.
It is clear how much goods you send out and how much money you collect. At the beginning, the villagers were afraid that they would be ignorant of money. After working together for a few times, they gradually felt relieved. The character of these men is indeed unspeakable.
In early December of the eighth year of Zhenguan, on the evening of that day, several Dinghu people came to Lishi County in the wind and snow. When the county staff saw that they were not dressed like merchants, they went up to ask, and told Yan that they were from Dinghu County and wanted to go to Xipo Village to find Wang Dang.
"I came to find Boss Wang. Xipo Village is nearly three hours away. It's probably a bit late to go there at this time. Why don't you go to Xu Erlang's house to ask?" A young servant said to them.
This servant also made bamboo chains at home on weekdays. A few days ago, when they were going up the mountain to chop firewood, they saw the stone bamboo, so they picked up a few large ones and cut them into the city to sell them. If the servant wanted to buy them, he would sell them half and half to give them away. After all, his brothers traveled to Lishi County every day, and it would be no harm to have a better relationship with these servants.
"Who is Xu Erlang?" asked a man.
"Hiss... Then Xu Erlang, he is Luo Sanlang's disciple. Your boss Wang now lives in Luo Sanlang's house in Xipo Village." The servant snatched the fur on his chin and sorted out the relationship for them.
If Wang Dang had a relationship with the Xu family, he naturally could not avoid Luo Yong. Since Wang Dang and others settled in Xipo Village, Luo Yong rarely entered the city. He asked Wang Dang to take Wang Dang directly to Xu Erlang in the city, and then Xu Erlang would ship it directly.
The wool that needed dyeing was also brought into the city. The copper coins for dyeing were directly released from Xu Erlang. Recently, he received a lot of payment for goods. When the weather was better, Luo Yong took the time to go into the city. The master and apprentice slowly calculated it.
Luo used that little thing, but Wang Dang and others had never collected money from him. From time to time, they would go over and ask if there was anything to bring to the city or if there was anything to buy.
Although the courtyard they live in is built by Luo Yong's disciples, it was Luo Yong's words that they could live in. They didn't spend a penny of money and food, and it was just for nothing to live in. What was it to help bring some things? Wang Dang and his brothers got closer and closer to the Xu family.
Besides, when the group went to the Xu family yard, they were indeed warmly treated by the owner of the family. The originally narrow courtyard had to free up two rooms for them to live in. The kang was warm and the meal was cooked. The corn and wheat flour were all fine grains.
After sleeping in the open for several days, I finally arrived in Lishi County and was very nervous. When I came to this family I didn’t know each other, I didn’t expect to be treated so well. Some people turned red on the spot. They decided that the Hu people were the most able to endure hardships. They were used to the wind, snow and the water of the Yellow River. Now they asked this hot food to burn it so much that they burst into tears.
"I think you are not in good health, how can you still sway in the wind and snow?" The sister-in-law of the Xu family pulled out a few pieces of unburned charcoal from the stove, put it in a small bamboo-woven stove, and handed it to the sallow woman: "You can use it to cover your stomach."
"Where can I use this? The kang is very warm." The woman had a girl on the left and a boy on the right. She and Wang Dang were both serious and able to endure hardships and live. If Wang Dang had not been arrested for being a hard laborer two years ago, she would have been living a good life this year, but she would have been rushing for one unlucky thing.
"How did you transport so many red dates?" The sister-in-law of the Xu family also sat down on the edge of the kang at this time. Just now, these people also caught a lot of dates for their family. She looked at the rag pockets and seemed to be filled with dates.
"My boss asked someone to bring back copper coins and asked his brothers to collect some dates. He said that the benefactor's family needs to use cakes, and the dates on Lishi are expensive." said the wife Wang.
"How much does the dates you have on Dinghu's side cost?" Xu Dasan said curiously.
"When the dates on Qiuli Mountain just came down, a bucket of dates was only the same price as a bucket of beans. I bought them home and dried them. At this time, it was the same price as corn." Mrs. Wang said with a smile.
"Take it seriously?" The sister-in-law of the Xu family opened her eyes wide: "In Lishi, such as the dry dates, no matter how much they are, they must be at the same price as wheat."
"I said that the dates here are expensive," said Mrs. Wang.
"Although the dates from Dinghu are cheap, I specially brought a truck of dates to sell, but I may not be able to earn much. It would be a good idea to bring some along the way like you." The sister-in-law of the Xu family thought about it and said again.
"If you can transport things from Lishi and sell them, and bring some dates when you come back, it will be cost-effective." Mrs. Wang also said.
Two women who had never met each other sat on the kang and chatted very well, from dates to grain, and from grain to live in the city.
Chapter completed!