A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 39

noon.

Dongshi street drums sounded as usual, and the business started.

Zou Luotuo, who lives in the Shengdaofang of Yanxingmen, the south gate of Dongcheng City, also pushed a small cart all the way to Dongshi early.

Zou Luotuo pushed a trolley and lined up to enter from the south gate of the east wall of Dongshi. Entering the gate is the ten-foot-wide North Street, and there is a five-foot-wide ring-walled street along the square wall.

"Steamed cakes, freshly baked hot steamed cakes!" Zou Luotuo pushed the cart along Beijie Street, slowed down, and shouted as he walked.

At this time, all the shops along the street are open to welcome customers, and there are many people on the street.

"Zou Luotuo, here are ten steamed cakes."

"Good class, shopkeeper Liu." Zou Luotuo hurriedly pushed the cart and leaned over, lifted the cover and picked ten hot and soft steamed cakes from the cage to deliver. "Chenghui, 150 money."

"The price has increased again, Zou Luotuo, don't be too greedy."

"The price of food has risen again. I can't help it. Small business is just to make ends meet. It's not as good as shopkeeper Liu and your big business." Luo Tuo smiled.

Zou Luotuo's real name is not Luotuo, but he is the eldest in his family. Everyone used to call him Zou Dalang. Later, the camel became more and more powerful, with high shoulders and a curved back, like a camel. Gradually, everyone called him Zou Luotuo instead of Zou Dalang.Zou Luotuo has been selling steamed cakes with a trolley in Chang'an for many years, and most people in Dongshi recognize him.

"The cost of a steamed cake is no more than five yuan. If you sell it for fifteen yuan, the profit is much higher than ours." Although shopkeeper Liu said so, he still took copper coins from the counter, but it was not Kaiyuan Tongbao, but Sui Five baht.The camel nodded quickly and didn't say much.

In fact, his [-] yuan a steamed cake was originally priced at five baht. If copper was used to open the yuan, it would not be so expensive. Although the imperial court asked to take back the old money and recast it, the folks still use a lot of Sui five baht and so on. , Copper Kaiyuan is too little in circulation.

Zou Luotuo was very happy to make the first business deal, put the money in the cash box of the car, and continued to push the cart along the street to sell.

Countless shops in Dongshi gathered together for business. During the heyday of the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty, there were tens of thousands of shops in Dongshi. In that year, a fire burned 24 rows and burned more than 4000 shops. Today, the southeast part of Jiugongge in Dongshi, A large area is still in ruins.

"Steamed cakes, fresh steamed cakes, Zou Luotuo steamed cakes,"

Luo Tuo hawked while walking, and his steamed cakes are considered a time-honored brand in Dongshi. Although there are cake shops, restaurants, etc. in Dongshi, there are also many small vendors like Luotuo who push carts or carry burdens along the street. They pay a sum of money regularly. That's fine.

The reputation of camel craftsmanship is also good. Although I have to get up early to make cakes and sell them hard, the business is good every day. This craftsmanship can support a large family.

"Camel, here, buy cakes."

He was about to go west along the South Street, but someone called him in the street south alley, and the camel answered, and pushed the cart across the ditch facing the street into this alley.

There are shops along the street in Dongshi, with shops in the front and squares in the back, and some folk houses.

Near the eight square gates, there are many mansions, which are not only for merchants to pile up business, but also for trading, and even for merchants to live, board and lodging.

Camels usually go west along the South Street first, and then they will hawk for a while at the southeast cross street, then turn to the southeast corner street and alley for hawking, and finally go home through the east gate of the south wall.

The person who called him was on the side of the pharmacy, and he didn’t usually go there because there were many ruins there, and there were far fewer shops, and the ruins left after the fire took up a lot of roads, making the road there very uneven. , it is inconvenient to push a trolley.

However, when business came to the door, the camel still pushed the cart.

"Fifteen cents a piece of steamed cake, my camel steamed cake is massive and heavy, yet soft and sweet."

"I want forty, can you send them to the front medicine store for me?"

"can."

Zou Luotuo didn't expect that there would be so many customers. He sold a steamed cake for [-] renminbi, but in fact his cost was only [-] renminbi, and he could earn [-] renminbi each. Wait to pay some tribute, but the profit is still good.

Although there are not many carts sold, which is not as good as those shops in the city, but he is still quite satisfied.

Forty of them, and the last one can net about five cents, which is also a net profit of two hundred cents.

The camel was very happy pushing the cart, and even had time to ask this somewhat unfamiliar guest.

"I used to be a dentist who ran between the east and west markets, mainly in various mansions. Recently, my boss wanted to open a pharmacy in the East City and hired me as the shopkeeper. Today I brought my boss and them here to look at the shop. I heard that your camel steamed cakes are good, if it is true, I will be the shopkeeper here in the future, and I will buy yours often."

The camel pushed the cart and followed, thanking him again and again.

All the way to the intersection, there are many ruins of shops that were destroyed by the fire before, and they were just abandoned there. After a long time, they became garbage dumps.

Forty steamed cakes were picked and delivered.

The guest also ordered [-] yuan to deliver it, Luo Tuo thanked him, and picked up two more steamed cakes to give to the shopkeeper, "Take care of it in the future." After finishing speaking, he happily pushed the cart and continued to sell. Sell ​​as you go.

Passing the corner of the street, several large carts loaded with goods came from the opposite side, and there happened to be several people leading horses there. The camels hurriedly pushed the carts to the side, but the wheels hit a protruding brick and overturned.

The steamed cakes also rolled out a lot, and the white steamed cakes were also stained with dirt, and the camels cursed bad luck.

At this moment, the shopkeeper brought someone over to help him pick up the car.

"These steamed cakes are stained with dust, we bought them, and they can still be eaten after being patted clean."

One of the young people said while picking it up, and asked the shopkeeper just now to withdraw the money, and still gave him fifteen cents each, and the twenty or so who fell on the ground were steamed and paid according to the price.

"These broken bricks and tiles are too much of a hindrance. Shopkeeper Zhao, borrow some tools like a pickaxe to dig it up and level it out. We will also start business here in the future." The young man pointed to the bricks and tiles that occupied the road.

Zou Luotuo packed up the car and pushed it aside, took the money, and thanked the young man repeatedly. Unexpectedly, the young man was so kind-hearted.

This incident also attracted many vendors and people to watch, and they all praised the young man for his kindness and generosity.

Xin Zhao borrowed some tools, and Wu Huaiyu led Chen Xing, Xin Zhao, Fatty Wu and others to dig there.

After digging away more than a dozen rotten bricks, one of the onlookers yelled, "Oh, there's an urn under there!"

A large pottery urn appeared on the ground. Xin Zhao wanted to cover it with a hoe, but many people had noticed. Amidst the shouts of the crowd, he reluctantly dug it open.

A pottery urn was dug out, and when it was opened, there were many things inside.

"Gold, I see gold!"

"Looks like there are pearls!"

"Money, a lot of copper coins."

"It seems that there are gold leaves."

"And pork loin and silver collar!"

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The scene boiled instantly, countless people rushed forward, and even more people rushed over after hearing the news.

(End of this chapter)