Lu Xu thought about it, and at present, the best way is to trade.

Only if there is something that can be sold, at least to ensure that people do not starve to death.

Lu Xu silently thought about the map drawn by Yan Junqi and the landform dictated by the second uncle, all the way to the north, it seemed that it was not too difficult to transport the goods to Yonggu County. After Yonggu County, crossing Qianjiao Ridge is the territory of the barbarians in the past, and now Qiu Hu is a hundred households there, and his main responsibility is to take care of the barbarians, and it should not be too difficult to find them to escort the caravan......

Lu Xu pondered all the way, walked to the house, and thought about it, those are far away, their Guanyang Alliance is not so strong, he can't rely on himself, if you want someone to go, you have to mobilize well.

For now, all he can do is hurry up and prepare something for Qiu Hu and them.

It's hard to bring heavy ones, but you always have to bring some light ones.

Qiu Hu was about to leave on the sixth day of the new year, and now it was the fourth day of the new year, and it was almost dark, so Lu Xu had limited time to prepare, so he collected some dried vegetables from various families in the village, cut them all into small pieces, and wrapped them in oiled paper and flattened them.

I don't think about whether the shape is good or not, I can supplement some vitamins to make it work.

The other important thing is medicine. Anti-frostbite, wind and cold, bruises, diarrhea......

The road is slippery in the snow, and if someone is sick in the wilderness, it will not be too blind.

Lu Xu bought some cotton clothes and quilts, and although Tan Shishi and they made money this year, it was inconvenient to buy things on the mountain, even if every household made one or two cotton clothes and quilts, and the designation was not enough.

They live in the mountains all the year round, and their physique is generally better than that of the people under the mountain, but the children and the elderly are weak after all, and the north is much colder than the Guanyang side.

……

Lu Xu made up in the east and in the west, and it didn't take much to get together two big board cars.

Thinking that it was inconvenient for them to bring kitchen utensils on the road, Lu Xu also dismantled two iron pots from his kitchen and gave them to Qiu Hu.

In case the clay pot breaks down along the way, there is always a pot that can be used to cook rice.

Lu Xu's toss shocked the whole family, and the adults and children were all busy.

While helping to load the car, Lu Qing secretly observed this eldest nephew who was praised by everyone - he was not very old, naïve, imaginative, and did whatever he wanted, but he still looked good at doing things.

The most rare thing is what Lu Xu wants to do, no matter how unreliable it sounds, no one refutes it.

It seems that the whole family acquiesces that what he is doing is right.

Didn't he just say that he wanted to send something to Qiu Hu and them, and it was getting dark, and the family put down their jobs and began to help.

Without his demands, his younger siblings were all looking for jobs to do—

Hanlu and Xiaoxia prepared dry food, Lu Wen and Lu Zhou went door-to-door to buy things, and Lu Hui and Lu Xuan prepared the car without asking.

In just one evening, they prepared two truckloads of supplies, and they also worked together to help him think about the east and west.

How to install this, how to put that, how much is needed for something......

Lu Xu, uh-huh, I haven't thought it through yet, others have even loaded the car.

Not only children, but also adults are willing to accompany him to toss.

Basically no one in the Lu family has ever seen Qiu Hu, Lu Xu opened a shop in Guanyang, and when he brought his family to Guanyang, Qiu Hu had already left the army, and few of them even knew that Lu Xu and Qiu Hu were still righteous brothers, but this did not prevent them from preparing things for Lu Xu, and no one asked why they wanted to send things to someone they had never met.

Grandpa Lu only asked him how to send it, and Lu Xu said, "Push it over the river." ”

Grandpa Lu frowned, didn't say anything, but asked the third and fourth uncles to go to the river to step on the ice to try, he was not at ease, and personally took a hoe and a pickaxe to chisel the ice, and made sure that the ice was frozen thick enough to walk.

The ladies of the family complained about why they were in such a hurry, and at the same time turned things out of each house, dry food, butcher shops, pickles, pickles, needlework, crutches, robes, straw sandals......

As long as they think they can use it, they all pack it up, and it will be another car in a while.

The family is well organized, which makes Lu Qingsheng feel a lot of emotion.

When the neighbors heard that their family was buying cotton clothes, many people sent the new ones and asked why the winter was going to pass and they had to buy cotton clothes.

First, I felt that it was not easy to join the army, and after the battle, I had to move my family again. The most important thing in the world is to relocate to the land, it's not that they can't survive and escape the famine, who wants to leave their hometown?

Second, he felt that the Lu family was kind-hearted, not related to him, and willing to pay money to prepare so many things for these strangers.

The third aunt sighed: "We can buy and do it again if we are lacking, they move a village to that side, this road is cold and snowy, it is not easy." ”

She has been in Guanyang for a long time, although she doesn't know Qiu Hu, but she knows many people in Tan Shishi, Liang Shanbao, grocery stores, and mountain goods stores, and she is leaving all of a sudden, how can she not sigh.

"You won't see any stones in the future?" Grandma Lu is reluctant to Tan Shishi, almost all of their grocery stores are delivered by Tan Shishi, in addition to delivering and receiving, usually carrying things, helping with work, busy before and after, Grandma Lu often leaves him at home to eat, and also makes clothes for Tan Shishi, and treats Tan Shishi is no different from his own grandson.

As soon as he heard that he was going to the north and went to the barbarian pile, he was also worried, so he took out the new cotton shoes made for Lu Xuan and asked Lu Xu to bring them to Tan Shishi.

Early in the morning on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Xu and the others set off from the river.

Thanks to the cold weather this year, the river is still frozen after the New Year, and in previous years, the river has not been melted at this time, people can't walk, and the boat is not good, which is really troublesome.

Just in case, they still rushed early in the morning, the temperature was low in the morning, and the ice was solid, and Lu Xu got up trembling before dawn.

Except for the younger ones who didn't come, the three brothers Lu Qing, Lu You, and Lu Yu of the second generation, and the three brothers Lu Xu, Lu Hui, and Lu Xuan of the third generation, all came. The two of them had a car, one pushed, the other pulled, and Grandpa Lu told them to bring thick hemp rope to pull out in case the car fell under the ice.

Grandpa Lu instructed: "Be sure to look at it and pay attention to the underside of your feet." ”

The first was Lu Qing, who walked in front with Lu Xu carrying a lantern, "Don't worry, Dad, it's cold, you can go back to the house and rest." ”

Grandpa Lu waved his hand and watched them get on the river smoothly, and the three carts were all stable, so he put his mind at ease and stood on the river bank to watch them leave.

It's not safe to walk on the ice, but now there is no other way, thousands of miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate, they can't send anything valuable, and they always have to send a heart.

There was no danger along the way, except for Lu Xu reminding Lu Xuan to be careful on the road, and he fell down, the whole process was safe.

The ice is moving fast, and they are all young adults, after the initial caution, the second half is all skating and walking, and when they reach Guanyang County, the sun has just come out.

In the past, the busy South City Gate was quiet in winter, except for fishing, there was usually nothing to go out from the South Gate to the dock, they were full of six people and three cars, and it was quite a sensation -

The guards at the city gate thought that who was poor and crazy would go into the city to sell agricultural goods on the fifth day of the new year.

Seeing that it was Lu Xu, and knowing that they were here to see off Qiu Hu and the others, the city guards were also a little touched, and let them into the city without mentioning the entrance fee.

Lu Xu was familiar with the way to the compound rented by the Qiu family, the compound that had been empty and deserted and reduced to a warehouse a year ago, and now it was full of people, there were not enough rooms, and some people had set up tents in the courtyard.

As soon as Lu Xu knocked on the door, the first thing he saw was a yard full of tents and children running around.

It was a half-sized child he had never seen before, and they stared at him, and the child ran inside.

"Who are you looking for?" Hearing the movement, the old woman who was cooking porridge in the yard put down her spoon and got up and asked.

"Is Brother Tiger here?" Lu Xu saw that it was too full to get off his feet, so he asked the second uncle to put the car against the wall and put it in the alley, and find Qiu Hu first.

"Yes, yes." The old woman smiled a little timidly at the people in the city, friendly and cramped, and called for them to come in and sit down, and at the same time called for someone to come in and call Qiu Hu.

Qiu Hu and Liang Shubao were planning how to load things in each car and how to arrange personnel.

He lifted the curtain and came out, and saw Lu Xu stunned.

Qiu Hu was surprised: "Why are you here?!" ”

Lu Xu smiled: "I'll send something." ”

Qiu Hu: "Hurry up, come in and sit!" ”

Lu Xu looked left and right, how could Qiu Hu have the time to entertain him, and he was not polite, and said directly: "I won't sit down, see if there is anything I can help, I'll help you, you can fight, how to load things, you have to ask me and the stone, the stone?" ”

As he was talking, he heard Tan Shi outside the door say loudly: "Hey, Lu Xuan!" Fourth uncle, third uncle, Lu Hui, second uncle! How did you guys get here! ”

When Qiu Hu heard it, he also hurriedly came out, and looked, there were five people and three cars in the alley!

The things sent by Lu Xu are not expensive but practical, as soon as the car is unloaded, Tan Shi will be praised, Qiu Hu is not good at words, but he can also see Lu Xu's sincerity, he did not refuse, did not ask for payment, just stood aside silently to help them unload the goods, and distributed the things to the people in shortage.

Lu Xu is not wrong to be worried, they are short of cotton clothes and quilts, they bought some a year ago, rushed to do some, and bought some more after the year, and almost all the money Tan Shi earned was spent on it.

Those who received the clothes and quilts couldn't help but thank Lu Xu.

Lu Xu couldn't recognize them clearly, but they didn't hear Lu Xu's name a lot, especially during the Chinese New Year, which one of them returned to the village from Guanyang was not a big bag?

After Qiu Hu left, the people who were still in the village were also worried, worried about whether they could come back safely from going out to fight, worried that the relatives who were making a living in the county would get into trouble and no one would take care of them, worried that they would become a mess of scattered sand, unable to find work, and unable to eat......

As soon as Qiu Hu left, they all relied on this Lu Xu to lead them to make a living in Guanyang.

Before they saw it, they thought that Lu Xu was about the same as Qiu Hu, twenty or thirty years old, tall and mighty, full of tendons, bearded, not smiling, and majestic when standing there.

The results at a glance......

This......

Isn't that like a stone?!

Look, whiter than a stone, smaller than a stone!

They looked at it strangely, and looked at it, and Lu Xu was completely ignorant, and after handing out the items, he handed him the cotton shoes that Grandma Lu gave to Tan Shishi, and loaded the medicine, dried vegetables, pots, etc. on their publicly-owned board car.

This road is not passable, they almost all have to walk by land, now there are few livestock, time is also in a hurry, Tan Shi and Liang Shanbao relied on the popularity of the Guanyang Alliance, only to buy five donkeys, three mules, they temporarily modified three cars with roofs, ready to let too young children, too old people to sit.

The rest of the people had to walk, one by one, so that the children and women could get tired and sit on the carts.

After all, it mainly depends on manpower, let others pull it, sit by yourself, unless you can't walk, otherwise everyone will be embarrassed.

The more Lu Xu listened, the more he felt that this would not work.

It's so far away, and it's still winter, and after walking hundreds of miles, you will inevitably get frosty, tired, or unaccustomed to water and soil on the way.

Lu Xu took out the silver deed that Qiu Hu gave him yesterday.

They shared dividends a year ago, Qiu Hu was not there, Lu Xu saved Qiu Hu's and the start-up funds for next year's business expansion to the bank, Qiu Hu's share Lu Xu gave Tan Shishi, Qiu Hu gave him yesterday, and today he brought it back.

"There are few livestock in Guanyang, and the more you go to the north, you can buy as much as you can buy, regardless of ox carts, mule carts, donkey carts, at least so that women and children can get on the carts. After walking so far and wide, I will get sick when I arrive, and if I don't have a store in front of the village or behind the village, it is difficult to find a doctor, and it is fatal to get sick. Lu Xu couldn't help but say that he stuffed the silver deed to Tan Shishi, "You go and exchange it for silver, eighty percent for silver, two percent for copper coins, and it is convenient to supply some food on the way." ”

Seeing that Qiu Hu was about to resign, Lu Xu said again: "You buy livestock, and you can always use it when you go over there to open up wasteland and cultivate fields, even if you don't need it, you can't lose money if you sell it." This money was meant to be distributed to you, if you really don't want it, I'll invest in the stone and let him open a branch of the Guanyang Alliance over there. ”

Everyone was stunned, "Semicolon? ”

Lu Xu swore an oath: "That's right! Sooner or later, our caravan from the Guanyang Alliance will come to Yonggu County and your doorstep! ”

Chapter 103: The Semicolon Plan

"Semicolon? Is it just me opening a grocery store in my new home? Tan Shishi took the lead in saying that he and Lu Xu had been together for the longest time, and he could keep up with Lu Xu's train of thought the fastest, and immediately threw out a new question: "But what am I selling?" Brother Tiger said that there is a lack of everything over there......"

Lu Xu: "You rent livestock!" ”

Tan Shi blinked, "Huh? ”

Lu Xu: "It's definitely not just you who moved over, in the spring, you have to use animal power everywhere, some people have livestock, some people don't, when you have a surplus, you will rent it out, others have money, you will collect money, if you don't have money, you will change things, and slowly save more things, you can sell goods." ”

Tan Shishi's eyes lit up: "That's right! How I didn't expect that! ”

The two of them smiled, and Lu Xu continued to come up with ideas: "It doesn't matter if you don't have anything to sell, there are a lot of barbarians over there, and if the price is right, you can collect cattle and sheep for me, and if you are good to raise, you will kill them and make them into a jerky butcher shop." If there's anything we don't have here, you can keep an eye on it for me, and when I get all the manpower, I'll go over to you!" ”