First, when everyone was wandering around the store, there was a small town forty miles southwest of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, but today it suddenly ushered in three teams of people, and three teams of people from different places.

This town is called Tie Town, the original name is Tie Village, because a year ago Datang began to build a town of 100,000 yuan, and several veterans of Tie Village retired and went home, and their hometown happened to be selected as the place to build a town.

This town has been operating an iron-making business for generations, and every household is a good hand at iron-making. The craftsmanship is all ancestral, and the skills are exquisite, such as the death of the father to the son, and the son to the grandson when he grows up.

If you extrapolate the history of iron-striking in the village, it can even be traced back to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

In ancient times, salt and iron were precious goods, but they were very poor in the iron-striking business, and there was a poem that specifically described the iron-striking people, which was relatively reliable: tinkling day and night, sleeping in an empty bed every day. No matter how hard you don't marry, you will live like a cow or sheep......

To put it bluntly, he is poor, so poor that it is difficult to find a daughter-in-law.

However, no matter how poor the life is, the skills of the ancestors cannot be lost, so the ancestors of the iron village have been living in poverty for generations, and it is a well-known muddy village in the surrounding area.

But since a year ago, that has changed dramatically.

The Tang Dynasty built a town, and the iron village was selected as a town.

It is said that the town of Chengcheng is not very developed, after all, the people here can only strike iron. But in fact, on the contrary, the business of the iron village suddenly boomed.

Today, there are three teams of people coming over from the Iron Village.

The first team of people is not surprised, it is a transport caravan that must come once every half a month.

I heard that the backstage of this caravan is very hard, and it is the Fan Yang Lu clan, one of the five major lords in the family.

I heard that the Lu family has controlled the Central Plains car and horse industry for generations, and all of them took refuge in the Zhao King of Xifu a year ago, and finally cooperated with the Zhao County Li family, who were also the five great families, to jointly obtain the right to transport the Northeast Iron Industry.

I also heard that since Fan Yang Lu and Zhaojun Li have taken refuge in the prince, the speed of making money is faster than grabbing money, and the Taiyuan Wang family, which was originally as famous as them, has gradually become inferior to ......

These are all heard, and the common people can only hear about them.

Although everything is hearsay, it does not prevent the people of Iron Town from becoming more and more familiar with the caravan.

For example, as soon as this transport caravan entered the town, a group of children hula came up, and one of the little ass babies with a bubbling snot ran the happiest and stepped forward to hug the caravan leader's thigh.

He was very familiar with the leader of the caravan, and said slyly: "Hello Grandpa Lu, did you bring Northeast toffee this time?" Last time you promised to bring candy to the baby, if you didn't bring it, I would wipe snot on your pants. ”

The leader of the caravan smiled, raised his slap and slapped it on the little baby's buttocks, and then shouted loudly to a blacksmith shop on the side of the street: "Old bolt come out, pull your mischief away, if it's too late, it's not safe, I will take your grandson to the Northeast and sell ......."

A hearty laugh sounded in the shop, but when he saw an old man with a dark face slowly walk out, he bent down and said to the caravan leader, "Third Master Lu is here." ”

The leader of the caravan frowned, and couldn't help but remind: "How many times have I said it, you are no longer hired by the Lu family, don't salute when you see the old man in the future, otherwise it will reach the ears of His Highness, and maybe I will think that my Lu family is oppressing the people." ”

"That can't, that can't ......"

The old bolt rubbed his hands, his smile became more and more honest, he skimmed the convoy behind the caravan leader, and suddenly said: "I am an old lady, the third master transported such iron this time?" ”

Lu Sanye smiled, nodded and said, "Thanks to His Highness's benevolent care, I will hand over the transportation rights of the Northeast Railway Industry to us." There are iron agents in the twelve provinces of Datang, but the transportation must be done by the Fan Yang Lu family and the Zhao County Li family. ”

He paused here as he spoke, looked back at the huge caravan, and then said: "This month, Lu Jiatong dispatched a total of twenty-eight caravans, each caravan escorted a variety of fine iron, but at least five hundred carts had to start. The old man had to fight for the status of his heirs, so this time he escorted a full seven hundred carts......"

"Seven hundred cars? I'm a lady! ”

The old bolt was stunned again, and jumped to see the convoy.

Lu Sanye chuckled softly and quipped: "You don't have to jump to watch, you can't see your head no matter how you look at it." The old man's convoy was so huge, it was two or three miles away. It is impossible for all of the seven hundred carts to enter the town. ”

The old bolt nodded, his face was cute. He suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "How many cars of refined iron are the third master going to unload this time?" ”

Lu Sanye stroked his long beard, stretched out five fingers with a smile, and said lightly: "No more, no more, only fifty cars are unloaded."

"Fifty cars?" The old bolt was dumbfounded.

Lu Sanye nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Unload fifty carts of fine iron, just fifty ox carts can be vacated, so that you can load the farm tools you built, and then I will continue to go south to Jiannan Road, not only to help the iron agents in Jiannan Road transport fine iron, but also to sell your agricultural tools and iron pots, all the way to sell, one stone and two birds, killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone." ”

It's a pity that the old bolt can't understand these business routines, and he is still surprised by the number of fifty carts of fine iron.

I saw that his eyes were dull, and he continued: "I am an old lady, a full fifty cars ......"

Lu Sanye laughed, stretched out his hand and patted the old bolt on the shoulder, and said, "What about fifty cars, the old man knows that you can eat it completely." Last time, I unloaded twenty cars, but it was consumed in half a month. ”

The old bolt touched his head and said with a smile: "Of course you can eat it, but I'm afraid that you don't have too much money on hand." But I heard from the dolls that your twenty cars were on credit last time, and the town hasn't paid you yet. ”

"No settlement, no settlement!"

Lu Sanye waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "Not only do you not have to settle the payment, but the old man has to give you money." ”

He suddenly approached the old bolt, and said in a low voice: "Last time your farm tools were sold very well, and they were robbed before they left Guanlong, although I gave you twenty cars of fine iron on credit, but also took away twenty cars of goods, after the goods were filled with fine iron, the old man still owes you money......

Speaking of this, he glanced left and right, and his voice became more and more low, and he continued: "But because the number is too large, the old man did not bring it." You go back and talk to your mayor's son, and ask him to take the account book to Chang'an to find the Lu family to get the money. In addition, my Lu family also has a single gift for him, which can be regarded as a friendship with His Royal Highness's personal soldiers. ”

The old bolt scratched his head and said honestly: "My son is no longer His Royal Highness's personal soldier, he said that he is now a veteran." ”

"It's okay to do this, it used to be a personal soldier." Lu Sanye smiled and told again: "Remember, when you go to Chang'an to get money, you must bring more people." The balance of the goods is very large, as high as 60,000. ”

"What do you say, sixty thousand?"

The old bolt's face was full of shock, and his voice suddenly became high.

Lu Sanye hurriedly pulled him and signaled not to shout loudly.