On this post road from Changle County to Liangzhou City, there is also an inn every thirty miles, the same as the Central Plains.

The reason why it is a thirty-mile station is that in this era, most people can only walk thirty-forty miles in a day, whether they are riding a car, riding a donkey or walking.

One thousand seven hundred miles from Changle County to Liangzhou City, even if the cement road has been paved, it will take at least more than a month.

The journey has been long and sparsely populated, and the natural environment is also very harsh, and the items transported are quite expensive. Always beware of bandits inside and outside the pass, and the robberies blocking the road and robbing. In addition, the road is cleared and arranged by various towns and gates along the road, and the Zhao family is not worried about the shipping cost of 30% of the goods.

Many wealthy merchants and aristocratic families in Liangzhou City are unwilling to pass Yanzhi Mountain. Part of the reason is that the journey is long and the road is difficult, and there are many dangers to transport goods. If it were not for long-term operation in this area, they would have to come here for a while, which would have to be many difficulties and inconveniences everywhere.

After making an appointment to set off around Qingming Festival, Luo Erniang and her cashmere workshops began to inventory and pack goods after the New Year.

Cashmere products are still lightweight. One car can hold a lot of them, and the price is also expensive. Because of this, after being sold in Liangzhou City, it can still guarantee profits.

If you change the canned mutton from Changle Gongfu, not to mention the profit, you can’t even make the freight back. People in Liangzhou don’t need mutton to eat. No matter how much these canned mutton can be sold at a sky-high price, after all, no one is a fool.

Not only was Luo Yong and the others stumped by this transportation problem, but Du Gou and his team started making canned fish in Laizhou a few years ago, and used the water to transport goods south, and also suffered a lot of hardships in transporting goods.

For those canned fish, they must first go north along the coastline by boat and transport it to the estuary of the Ji River, and then go upstream along the Ji River, all the way to a river called Onozawa. When passing through this Onozawa, there is a canal called Baigou opposite, which is a section of the Grand Canal. Walking west along this Baigou, you can reach the eastern capital Luoyang, and this section is also a countercurrent.

Not to mention that the road is going upstream and transportation is difficult, just the forces on the waterway are mixed, which makes it difficult for people to move forward.

When the goods were first transported, although there were local merchants leading the way, they were still in many difficulties. Some were maliciously exploited and wanted to swallow them even the goods and people. Some were also used to being violent, making things difficult for nothing, and some were also those who were killed without blinking.

In order to operate this business road, Du Gou and his team not only spent a lot of money, but also lost a lot of money. They even filled in more than a dozen people and fought with the water bandits several times. Only then did they gain some reputation and convenience, and they could roughly walk on this waterway to transport goods and no longer suffer from difficulties everywhere.

There are still many benefits to sailing in the water compared to walking on land. Although it is going upstream, that ship can carry a lot of cargo. As long as the wind direction is right, it can sail all the way, and the freight cost is much lower than that of land transportation.

In a blink of an eye, people in Laizhou have been trading canned fish for several years.

At the end of last year, Du Gou heard that the court was going to lay a wooden track between the western capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang. It is said that the driving on the wooden track is very light and fast, and it is much faster than the cement road. So when the first batch of cargo was shipped after the Spring Festival this year, Du Gou also came out with the ship. He wanted to know whether the wooden track was indeed as great as the legendary one and whether it could bring convenience to their trading.

Du Gou and his team went smoothly, but even so, by the time they arrived in Luoyang City, it was already the end of February.

Aunt Luo happened to be looking for a shop in Luoyang City at that time. When Du Gou heard about it, he went to find her in person and introduced some of her friends in Luoyang.

Many aristocratic families in Chang'an City have homes in Luoyang, and the same is true for the Du family in Jingzhao. Du Gou came to Luoyang several times when he was young and made friends with some young men in Luoyang. Later, he became an official and also went to war with the army. He has been to Luoyang many times and is very familiar with him.

In recent years, he has often traveled between Laizhou and Luoyang, running around for the canned fish trade of the people of Laizhou. Now in this Luoyang city, he knows many people, both the gentry and the merchants and vendors, including many people who value love and righteousness.

Du Gou introduced his friends to Aunt Luo, which naturally provided her with great convenience and was well-connected. The shop of the new store was settled within a few days.

Before the new store opened, Aunt Luo invited Du Gou and his friends in her shop, and when she piled all kinds of fruits into hills and scattered the mat, she called her servants to come and move them to the fullest.

"Although Aunt Luo is a female, she acts more generous than an ordinary man." A few days later, some of the deep friendship met again in private. Someone sighed during the meal: "I don't know how much money can be exchanged for, so she said she gave it to me."

A middle-aged man next to him heard this and smiled, "That means she has made a great plan. Compared to this, those cans are nothing."

Soon someone echoed: "The debate is not like a very agile person, and he does have a strategy in his heart."

"I don't like those who are too agile. What should I do with people so smart?"

“It’s not a bad thing to be smart.”

"It's not about you, don't get up by yourself."

"No matter how capable she is, she is just a food shop. What's so great about it?" Some people disagree during the meal.

"You're wrong about this." Others taught him one after another.

"She said she had been at that table two days ago that she would buy a few orchards in Jiangnan in the near future."

"I heard from a few acquaintances in Chang'an City that this time Aunt Luo not only transported all the income of the sister's food shop in Chang'an City to Jiangnan to buy an orchard, but also helped the groceries in the north and south."

"It is rumored that County Lord Huihe took out all her fief this year."

"Not only her own fief, but also the girls she had friends with, but also the dowry they smashed into."

"Chang'an City was quite lively in those days."

"At first, there were people who were clamoring to quit the marriage, but they all stopped as they quarrel."

"Why don't you stop? When this wooden track is laid, the traffic between Chang'an and Luoyang is convenient. At that time, a large number of canned fruits will flow to Chang'an. For example, these canned bayberry cans can be sold in Chang'an City. I don't know how expensive it will be to sell in Chang'an City."

There are also some wealthy merchants, gentry from all over the world, and even some prestigious big families.
Chapter completed!