In the end, Luo Yong spent a lot of money and bought a house where the officials were placed in the north and south groceries not far from the north and south.

People in this era are particularly superstitious. In addition to people's yearning for the bustling and prosperous Chang'an City, many people don't want to leave when they come. It is definitely a bad luck to let go.

So many people say that their house is not good and cannot make the residents prosperous. Some people have the financial resources and also have the intention to build a house in Fenglefang, but they do not want such a house no matter what.

Of course, there are also those who are willing to buy, but the price is down quite strongly. With the current real estate market in Fenglefang, the original owner of the house cannot accept such a price no matter what.

It was also their duty to catch up. Luo Yong happened to plan to buy a house in Fenglefang. He didn't believe in evil. So he sold it at a good price. The family happily left Chang'an City and went to settle down elsewhere. When they were away, they didn't need to spend any money. With this money, they felt more at ease.

Although this house is a private house, it is not small compared to the shop of North and South groceries.

At this time, most of the residences were very spacious and spacious. I remember that when this city just started to divide homesteads for the people, it was also very good.

Good family members with less than three can be divided into one acre of homestead land, which exceeds three, and add one acre for each of the three, and a low-ranking family member is five acre per acre.

In an ordinary family, if there are six people and a few slaves in the family, they can get three acres of homestead land. This is definitely an ordinary small family in Chang'an City.

So in this Chang'an City, the smallest house must be a base of one acre of land.

This is really hard to imagine in the 21st century, where the population is highly dense. Luo Yong has been here for a long time and is a little used to it. If he is asked to go back to live in a commercial house and pigeon cage in the 21st century, he will definitely feel cramped and depressed.

...

“The entrance is here?”

"Yes, it must be convenient to enter and exit when carrying ice cubes. The entrance should be close to the courtyard gate and pay attention to the angle."

"Build a slope from here? Is the slope slower?"

"It doesn't matter if the slope is larger. This slope is used to pass by. In addition, on the side of the main entrance of the ice storage, you need to create a vertical shaft. The ice cubes pass through the shaft when they enter and exit."

"I've found someone to start work in the past two days."

"It's better to start construction a few days earlier, but the construction period does not need to be too rush. Safety first. Dig slowly and build slowly. The arched brick surfaces on the top of the ice warehouse need to be arranged tighter. Don't be stingy with the materials and labor."

"I know."

The house that Luo Yong bought this time was very large, and the ice warehouse he planned to build was also very large, with a large ice warehouse divided into several small ice tanks.

When the time comes, store ice in winter, and in summer, the small ice cellars will be opened and used. This will minimize the loss of air conditioning and allow the ice cubes in the ice cellar to be stored as long as possible.

Chang'an City is hot in summer, with high humidity and rain often. In order to ensure the cooling capacity, this ice storage must not only be dug deep, but also do a good job of rainproofing and waterproofing.

I heard that at this time, most people used dry wells to store ice. The dry wells were dug big and deep. They threw ice cubes in before spring, and then sealed the ice wells. When it was time to be needed in summer, they opened the well to get ice.

This method is also relatively clever and has low cost, but after all, hiding ice is limited. In addition, when taking ice, someone has to climb into the well, tie the rope to the ice cubes, and then ask the people on it to lift the ice cubes. There are many dangers during the operation.

Luo used this ice warehouse to build it for a long time, so he decided to build it better.

If you want to build a better place, you can't be vague. Such a large ice warehouse, along with so many small ice cellars, must be built with blue bricks, and just buying bricks is a lot of money. You should know that many people's house walls are still tamped with earth in the past few days, and the price of blue bricks is not cheap.

Although there were bricks and tiles in Qin and Han tiles, until the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, bricks and tiles were not popularized on a large scale. Most people built walls with rammed earth and thatched as the roofs, and most of them were in Chang'an City.

However, if the people in Chang'an City have relatively abundant families, many people will still replace thatched roofs with tiles. On the one hand, the tiled houses are not prone to leaking water, and on the other hand, they are to prevent fires.

After coming out of the house there, Luo Yong was also secretly calculating in his mind how much money it would cost to build this ice warehouse.

Most of the money he exchanged for pepper seeds in the past few days was used by him to buy this house. Although Luo Yong still has a lot of pepper seeds now, he also has other things to do.

As time goes by, autumn pears have also come down. Aunt Luo and the others are busy collecting pears to make canned food. After this year's canned pears are made, Luo Yong plans to buy a batch from them and hire some people to give this batch of canned food to Luo Erniang who is far away in Liangzhou City.

When Luo Yong bought the shop for groceries in the north and south at the beginning of this year, thanks to Luo Erniang's help, Wang Dang and others brought a batch of soap cashmere from her. Although the Luo brothers and sisters did not distinguish so clearly, Luo Yong couldn't always use her on her side for nothing.

Canned pears are not rare in Chang'an City now, but they should be worth some money in Liangzhou City. If you can get some canned fruits from the south, Luo Yong also plans to send them some.

The same goes for Aunt Luo. When I bought the shop of North and South groceries, it can be said that they paid half of each of them. Luo Yong didn't have much money at that time.

They paid the money and then paid it. Later, Luo Yong decided to calculate it clearly with the aunt. Every time he brought it, how much goods he sold it into money, he had to remember it. And the staff meals from their north and south groceries were always delivered from the sister's food shop, and he had to remember it.

However, if Luo Yong directly took the money and sent it to him, the aunt would definitely not accept it. Then she would give her other things, such as Eucommia ulmoides, etc.

"Oh, why is it gone again?"

"My husband is going to get up early tomorrow, and we will restock another batch tomorrow."

"We're going out in the next two days."

"Why don't you hire a few more if you don't have enough staff?"

"I really didn't expect this book to be sold so quickly, and the stocking was a bit insufficient. I would like to ask a few men to take care of it."

"I'll give you the money first, and I will definitely leave a box with me tomorrow."

"It must be certain."

“…”

When Luo Yong walked to his shop, he heard a bustling bustling from afar. It sounded like the "Cuisine Edible Manual" in their shop was sold out again.

The booklet is a bit troublesome. It has pictures and texts. It needs to be printed separately. The pictures are divided into various colors. You must be more careful when printing, so the speed is a bit slow. Luo Yong had sent someone to print thousands of books before, but it has been sold out now, and the printed ones in the past two days are not enough to sell.

Most of the people who are anxious to buy booklets tomorrow and the next day are merchants.

They bought chili seeds and various chili powder and chili sauce from groceries in the north and south, and then bought some such brochures and shipped them to other places for sale. The price could be increased several times. Hengshun Luo has already made the reputation of chili. As long as it is not too closed, they must have heard of this chili at this time and do not have to worry about sales issues.

After finally sending these people away, the disciple saw that Luo Yong came over, and told him about the situation in the shop over the past two days and asked him if he needed to arrange a hand to help with printing.

Luo Yong said that he had someone to do, so he told them not to worry, just to run the business of the shop with peace of mind.

Luo Yong also expected that this booklet would be easy to sell. When this version of the booklet was first put into printing, it printed nearly 10,000 copies in one breath. It was also very much in this era. After all, there are only a few households in the entire Chang'an City these days.

As a result, he underestimated the purchasing ability of those merchants, especially those Hu merchants. When buying chili seeds and such brochures, they often had to pay for several trucks of goods, but they didn't even blink.

It seems that I have to hire more printers...

At this moment, in the palace wall.

"…Naru Yong has become increasingly unaware of the consolidation recently."

"How can the court orders officials to do the business of merchants?"

"Your Majesty treats him so generously, but he doesn't know that he has any gratitude. Not only does he do business as a merchant, but he is also so high-profile. He has lost all the face of the court."

"Have your Majesty ever read the book he published recently? It is a matter of being able to use opportunistic and sensationalism..."

Luo Yong had some disagreements with these royal relatives. In the past, he had done papermaking and hurt the interests of these people. Later, there was the incident of Prince Gong Li Boyi, and these people became even more disliked by Luo Yong.

However, they did not do anything to Luo Yong for a moment. They just ran to blow the emperor's ears if they had something to do. If this person wasn't quite hard now, he would have thought he would have been blown by these people long ago.

"You went to buy this booklet too?" The emperor sat there and listened for a long time, and finally spoke.

"The servants at home can buy them at will." Naturally, he couldn't say that he asked the servants at home to go shopping for groceries in the north and south.

The emperor said: "Just for these things, the suspicion of the countries in Chang'an City has become a little uneasy recently."

"This is still the case!" The man was secretly happy when he heard this. It was related to national security. Luo Yong was afraid that he would be in trouble this time.

"There is no obstacle. It's just a few people who are placed on the surface, and they are arranged to buy pepper seeds by the people there. I also bought a lot of this booklet." The emperor paused and said:

"Last time I saw these people floating like this, it was because of the Sixth Valley."

"The sixth valley is the God-given valley of God. How can Luo use the Luo Shizi pepper seeds to compare with it?" This guy flattered him when he saw the opportunity.

The emperor glanced at him without saying a word. After a while, he said again:

"Two days ago, a few Hu people dressed in Han people bought a few trucks of pepper seeds from groceries in north and south, and this kind of booklet. Wu Hou suspected that these people were identities, so he followed them all the way. Unexpectedly, these people finally entered your mansion."

"Your Majesty! Please be careful!" The man was so scared that he lay on the ground. Who could afford to be the charge of traitors and treason?

"How can I not believe you? It must be that those Wuhou made a mistake. There are many Hu people coming and going in Chang'an City, and there are Hu servants in each residence, and even Hu soldiers and generals in the army. This is not surprising at all." The emperor said.

"But." The emperor said again: "The pepper seeds are quite expensive. If it were not for your family's instructions, how could they have so much money?"

"This... I don't know about this..." The man was already sweating profusely at this time.

"The so-called family is a big business, and it is inevitable that we will lose our attention for a moment. Fortunately, only you know and I know about this matter today. If outsiders know about it, it will not only be your personal face, but our Li family will also be shamed."

"While sending people to buy groceries in the north and south, they come to me to say what they are today. If outsiders learn about it, how should they evaluate our Li family?"

"My name..." The man lay on the ground, shaking like a sieve.

"Forget it, go down." The emperor waved his sleeves and said, "I'm so happy to reflect at home. I'm not allowed to go out within half a month."
Chapter completed!