People who have difficulty getting up early, can't catch up with the morning market, or who are temporarily short of something, will go to the grocery store.

The dishes of the Guanyang Alliance grocery store are selected, the price is higher than the morning market, and the quality is more guaranteed than the morning market.

The grocery store business is rising steadily, Lu Xuan and Lu Xu check the inventory every month to see what is good to sell and what is not good to sell, if he sifts out what handmade products of slightly inferior quality, he will choose a day at the end of the month to carry out a big promotion-

Small pieces should be given away for free, and large items should be sold at a 5% discount or 6% discount.

As long as the cost can be recovered, there will be no overstock.

This is also a helpless move, Lu Xu's family background is not thick enough, and he is busy recruiting people to form caravans, often stretched, sometimes the money is not enough to spend, without waiting for Lu Xuan and Hanlu to pay him, he ran to the shop to ask for it.

Even the money earned by the ready-to-wear shop was basically used for him to turnover.

Lu Xu's small account book in Yan Junqi has become thicker and thicker.

Fortunately, he had already gathered the manpower of the caravan, and the goods were basically ready, so he could set off after the wheat was harvested and then loaded with grain.

This year, there is the door of the Luo family, and Lu Xu probably also heard that the grain tax will not be higher than last autumn, so not to mention that the Guanyang granary can be filled, there must be a lot of surplus grain that can be sold elsewhere.

It was a little difficult for Lu Xu to get the qualification to sell grain alone, but with the help of County Lieutenant Luo, he only planned to collect grain near Lujia Village and Luojia Village, and there was a lot of room for operation.

For this reason, Lu Xu has been living in the village for most of the time recently, ordering food from door to door.

ran all over Lujia Village, and he also walked through all the relatives in nearby villages, except for a few villages in Yinma Town, the village of the little aunt's family, and the villages where the third and fourth aunts' families were located, all of which were the focus.

The wheat was not finished, and he had already booked many cars.

Right now, just wait for the weather to be beautiful and stop raining, hurry up to harvest the wheat and dry it.

Lu Xu also organized people to make rain gear to prevent rain, from Guanyang to the north, it will take more than a month to take the waterway to the state capital and then overland.

In summer and autumn, it is impossible not to rain, and now there is no plastic sheeting, tarpaulin, what can be done is nothing more than to make a thick cover with grass, as long as it is strong enough, it can also play a role in preventing rain.

It was at this time that the second uncle and his entourage came back from the north, accompanied by Liang Shanbao, who Lu Xu hadn't seen for a long time.

When you go, you go to a boat, and when you go back, the goods on the ship become half a boatload of live sheep.

The boat docked at Guanyang Pier, which caused another wave of onlookers.

What a goat!

Someone kept shouting at the boat: "Where did you come back, you really went to the brute pile?" ”

The people on the boat also shouted: "Go!" ”

"The sheep were bought from the barbarians?"

"Yes."

It's been a bit of excitement again, and there are more people asking this and that.

Those who come to the pier to buy fish are not in a hurry to buy it, and those who sell fish at the pier are not in a hurry to sell it.

Lu Xuan hurriedly ran over when he heard the news, and saw the second uncle standing at the bow of the boat, "The eldest brother is in the village, shall I go back and call him?" ”

Lu Qing thought for a while, "No, let's just drive back to the village to clean up." ”

So many things on the ship, especially a flock of sheep, are not easy to arrange in Guanyang.

They didn't stop at the pier anymore and drove directly to Lujia Village.

This time, Lujia Village was a good sensation again, and when Lu Xu was shouted down from the mountain, the villagers had already helped unload the sheep.

These sheep came back from a long journey, and one by one they were wilted and crooked, and they were listless.

Seeing this, Lu Hui went home and brought two bundles of grass over, and the sheep grazing by the river, gradually became a little angry.

I don't know if I'm hungry, tired, or uncomfortable, or seasick.

The sheep were driven aside to graze and drink, and the herd began to unload again.

The people near the pier all pushed out their carts to help them transport them.

Lu Xu was puzzled: "Why is there still a sheepskin?" ”

Liang Shanbao sighed: "Don't mention it, there are several dead on the road, there is no way, we ate the sheep and skinned the sheep." ”

Lu Xu nodded: "Living creatures are not lucky, it is normal to have damage, and it is already very good to be able to transport so many." ”

This side of the dock was handed over to the third and fourth uncles, and Lu Xu led the second uncle, Liang Shanbao and the crew members to rest first.

Lu Xu counted as he walked, and when he saw that all the people at the time of departure had returned, the heart that had been hanging finally fell.

Finally, all the staff are safe! It doesn't get much better than that!

The fourth aunt hurriedly went home first, and called a few aunts in the neighborhood to help cook the dishes, afraid that they would be hungry all the way, so she asked Lu Fu Xiaoman and them to go to the third grandmother to buy some steamed buns and come back first, boil water and make tea, and let them eat something first.

The family couldn't sit down, and they didn't pay attention to it, so they directly put the table in the yard, sat at the base of the wall without a stool, picked up the steamed buns and began to eat.

Along the way, this was the first time they had eaten white flour steamed buns.

Lu Xu saw that the baskets were empty, so he asked Xiaoman to take the money and run again, and after a while, the two grandsons of the third grandmother's family came over with a big basket to send steamed buns.

Seeing this, the group hurriedly shouted that enough was enough.

White flour is expensive, how can they eat white flour to their heart's content.

Lu Xu didn't care: "You're welcome, there will be food in a while!" ”

He was tired from working on the mountain for half a day, so he grabbed a meat bun and sat in the corner, chatting with them while eating, "You didn't encounter any danger on the road, did you?" ”

Lu Qing: "I was fine when I went, but when I came back, I drove the sheep and walked slowly, and I met two waves of thieves." ”

Lu Xu was surprised, "Where is it?" Shuozhou or Longxing? ”

Lu Qing: "Longxing." ”

Lu Xu breathed a sigh of relief, if he was in Shuozhou, he would have to wonder if they were thieves or disguised thieves.

A big man said: "Those thieves didn't work, and when I saw that there were many of us, I tried to beat them but ran away." ”

Lu Qing nodded.

Lu Xu asked: "I didn't encounter any danger in Shuozhou, right?" ”

Lu Qing: "At the moment, Shuozhou is safer than Longxing. ”

Lu Xu was at a loss, "Why?" ”

This time, Liang Shanbao replied, "The road is full of military households who have moved north, and the military camp has specially sent people to patrol the official road, how can any thief dare to find bad luck at this time." ”

Lu Xu was surprised: "It's still moving!" ”

Liang Shanbao: "No, we live in that valley, and the neighborhood is almost full." ”

If it weren't for Qiu Hu's important position in the army and he couldn't leave for too long, they wouldn't have to brave the snow to set off during the New Year, but because they arrived early, they occupied a very good position.

If you go late, there are few places to pick, and the land allocated is not as large as the early batches.

Lu Xu took the opportunity to ask: "Brother Tiger Stone, are they okay, how are you doing over there?" ”

Liang Shanbao said to Lu Xu briefly, "Okay! Brother Tiger is valued in the barracks, there are many of us, and we have one heart, no one dares to bully us! ”

The military households who moved north were all acquaintances and companions, but it was still very rare to be able to go to a village like Qiu Hu and them.

It is precisely because of this that they can settle down immediately without adapting, and dare to occupy wasteland where the barbarians are infested.

Others were cautious and didn't dare to go out of the barracks, so Tan Shishi dared to take a dozen people to follow the patrolling army to the barbarians to exchange things.

Liang Shanbao boasted: "Fortunately, you and Shi are clever and have prepared a lot of salt and dried vegetables, nothing grows in winter over there, let alone vegetables, and you can't even eat grass!" Salt is also lacking! It's three times more expensive than our Guanyang, and there is no place to buy it! The stone took salt and exchanged a lot of jerky and felt with those barbarians, otherwise we wouldn't have enough things to build a tent and build a house, hehe, as a result, we didn't have much meat to eat in winter! ”

Lu listened attentively and couldn't help laughing, "Have the houses been built?" ”

"Nope! There was a lack of stones and trees, and the house was not easy to build, so we learned from the barbarians to set up tents first, and when we set off, my brother and the stones were preparing to cut down trees near Qianjiaoling. ”

Lu Xu nodded, it seemed that they were adapting well.

He didn't know that Liang Shanbao said it easily, but in fact, it was not easy for them to get there.

Stone to find barbarians to do business, first of all, language is the problem, he can speak well, but the chicken and duck are also blind.

Qiu Hu They were transferred from the west, although they were directly under the command of the general, but the hundred households who took care of the barbarians with him did not buy it, and Shangfeng was familiar with that person, which seemed to be fair, but in fact, he supported the other party.

Qiu Hu wanted to calm things down at first, but he brought so many people that the other party had to treat him as an imaginary enemy.

Later, Qiu Hu was annoyed when he retreated and retreated, and the two fought alone in the military camp, Qiu Hu won the beautiful show, but the other party was still not convinced, and also encouraged other military households to unite to resist their people from Guanyang.

The two sides clashed several times, grabbing land, grabbing water, grabbing things, because a little firewood had to quarrel and fight, and there was a stalemate for a month, until the other party's father, mother, wife and children also arrived at the barracks, his mother was sick and sick, and the military doctor saw it several times, because of the lack of medicine, Qiu Hu heard about it, and felt that he was a filial son, so he asked the stone to send them medicine.

They are not far from Shuozhou, and those who are not accustomed to water and soil are not bad, and those who come from the southerner counties have suffered a serious crime.

Those medicines were still prepared by Lu Xu and the stones before, and they used most of them on the road, and the remaining stones were originally intended to be sold, but when they saw that many people were sick, they took the initiative to send favors everywhere.

Fortunately, the hundred households were still sensible, and they saved their lives by thanking the stone for sending medicine, and feasted Qiu Hu and them, turning the conflict into a jade silk.

After that, he also found a reliable translator for the stone, and went to the barbarians to discuss business together.

Those barbarians saw that the stone was young, and they were scared and threatened, if it weren't for Qiu Hu shaking hands with the hundred households and making peace, the stone would not dare to go deep into the barbarian territory even if Qiu Hu was sheltered.

"It's all right now!" Liang Shanbao didn't mention how many fights he had with people after he passed, and how hard he fought, he only smiled and said interestingly, "You don't know how hard the ground is and how cold the weather is in that place, we planted a batch of seeds according to the cultivation season of Guanyang, and only then did the seedlings be exposed, and they all froze to death in a snowstorm!" Thanks to your cleverness, the stone brought many seeds, and we sowed the second batch, and it has grown so tall. ”

Lu Xu was dumbfounded, those seeds he was originally going to let Shi Shi open a grocery store to sell, but he couldn't sell the entire grocery store, except for an empty shop.

"Then do you have enough seeds, and enough food to eat?"

Liang Shanbao sighed, didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "It's not enough!" Thanks to the second uncle, they brought the grain over, and more than half of us used it as seeds. ”

Lu Xu was surprised.

Liang Shanbao continued: "No, I'm back to change food. ”

Lu Qing explained that Lu Xu's ship couldn't buy so many sheep at all, and half of those sheep were bought by Qiu Hu and them.

Liang Shanbao: "Knowing that you are short of people here, there should have been a few more people coming back, but there is really nothing over there, and everything has to be employed, so I can only come out myself." ”

Lu Xu smiled: "It's not a coincidence, I have found manpower, and I am also trying to do a grain business." ”

"Really?!" Liang Shanbao was pleasantly surprised, he knew that non-official businessmen could not resell staple grains, and immediately said: "Rice and wheat are not easy to change, just change some miscellaneous grains, let's not pick, beans, millet, barnyard seeds, no matter what, as long as you can eat a full stomach, anything!" ”

Lu Xu: "There are these, and Mi Mai also has them!" I set up stalls in eight villages, and I waited for the wheat to be harvested and the grain to be harvested. ”

Immediately, he briefly talked about how he formed a caravan and how to cooperate with the Luo family, the more Liang Shanbao listened, the more surprised he became, even Lu Qing was extremely surprised, how long had he been out, and Lu Xu had really formed the caravan.

At this moment, even the employees who had been quietly listening looked at each other and had some ideas.

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