Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 533 Leyang Prefecture

The next morning, Sister He Hua made some spicy and sour noodles for breakfast. Hua Lei asked her to make some more and sent them to Aunt Song's family.

After the family had finished eating, Hualei and her group packed up their supplies, left Songjia Village, and continued to head north. Before leaving, Hualei asked Qingqi to give five taels of silver to Aunt Song.

Auntie Song's eldest daughter-in-law brought over half a bucket of eels, loaches, small fish and shrimps, more than last night. Fearing that Hualei didn't have a container to store them, she gave the black wooden bucket to Hualei as well.

Aunt Song put a large basket full of vegetables on Hualei's carriage.

Fresh celery, green cucumbers, purple eggplants. There wasn't a lot of each, but there were many varieties. After the flower buds withered, they were collected. I really needed these ingredients.

After two more days of traveling, Hua Lei and the others finally arrived at the capital of Leyang Prefecture in the evening of the second day. As soon as they entered the city gate, Tian Xiaocheng, who had been waiting here for a long time, came to greet them.

It turned out that the boat from Yuanying Manor had arrived at the dock of Leyang Prefecture two days ago, waiting for Hualei and the others. Moreover, another boat behind the manor had just arrived at the dock at noon.

So there are quite a lot of supplies, it all depends on what Hua Lei needs. Seeing the list of supplies handed over by Tian Xiaocheng, Hua Lei glanced at it and her mind moved slightly.

The ships were delivering goods while they were moving, so the two ships at the dock were not fully loaded. After asking Sister Hehua and the others to re-count the supplies in the fleet, Hualei made a list of the food and supplies she needed and gave it to Tian Xiaocheng.

In addition, he made a list of supplies and asked Tian Xiaocheng to divide these supplies into two batches as quickly as possible and load them to the South Gate and North Gate of Leyang Prefecture for sale.

Leyang Prefecture is about ten days’ journey from the small town of Mobei by horse carriage. It is the last large prefecture that court officials pass through on their way to Mobei.

Further north in the state, there are two small county towns and several small villages, and supplies are relatively scarce.

Therefore, many aristocratic caravans passing through Leyang Prefecture would definitely need to purchase some supplies here after arriving in Leyang Prefecture to replenish the supplies consumed on the road ahead.

Tian Xiaocheng was asked to guard the north and south gates of the city so that he could sell his own products to those who needed to replenish supplies. Hua Lei felt that the business of his own products at this stall would not be bad.

Tian Xiaocheng left in a hurry with two lists. Hua Lei and others found a large inn and generously requested seven or eight rooms, as well as a large bunk bed room, for the group to rest.

Many people's bodies are almost smelly. In such hot weather, they can barely wash their faces and brush their teeth halfway through the day, but it is really troublesome to take a shower and wash their hair every day.

So as soon as she arrived at the inn, Hua Lei told the waiter to deliver warm water to each room. She asked everyone to clean up their personal hygiene and she also started to wash her hair and take a bath.

While soaking in the bathtub, Hua Lei's brain started to work. She had originally planned to stay in Leyang Prefecture for one day and two nights, but if possible, she wanted to stay one more day.

Tomorrow she wants to go to the most prosperous area of ​​the state capital and buy a shop or something. This is a spur of the moment idea.

Leyang Prefecture is well connected geographically, surrounded by many counties. It is seven or eight days away from Xuyang Prefecture in the southwest, and about eight or nine days away from Jingyang Prefecture in the east.

It takes about ten days by carriage to get to the small town of Mobei in the north, but only five or six days by horse. Mobei will definitely become more and more lively in the future.

As the nearest prefecture to Mobei, it will certainly benefit as well. At least there will be no shortage of convoys and personnel heading to Mobei from here. And Hualei has also read the regional annals.

It is known that in the capital of Leyang Prefecture, apart from the indigenous people, there is a large floating population, and it is a place where many commercial and tourist caravans stop and rest.

Therefore, there are many inns and restaurants around the state capital, and the business is still relatively good. Hualei certainly will not do business in inns and restaurants here.

On the one hand, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. On the other hand, mainly here in Leyang Prefecture, the business of inns and restaurants is already relatively saturated.

You just need to look at the unit price when you book the room. And when entering from the South City Gate, Hua Lei asked Pei Feiyang to ask about the prices of many inns and restaurants along the way.

Others thought Hua Lei was asking for prices and choosing an inn to stay in, but only Hua Lei herself knew that she just wanted to see the overall level of Leyang Prefecture.

Although it is not necessarily completely correct, it can reflect a very real situation from the side. If the price of each inn is very high, it means that the inn is in short supply, otherwise, the supply exceeds the demand.

From all the questions asked along the way, Hua Lei felt that there was an oversupply of inns and restaurants. Of course, Hua Lei still needed to investigate and verify this result.

However, Hualei wanted to buy a shop not to open a restaurant or inn, so it didn't matter if she didn't verify it. She wanted to buy a shop to sell the items on her farm.

Goose down quilts, wool quilts, wool sweaters, etc. Of course, sausages, cured meat, soap, toothbrushes, etc. are also sold. Anyway, the family's ships and the marquis's caravans often travel between Mobei and Shangjing City.

It is very easy to ask them to bring some goods. There are many merchant caravans parked here, so there is a market for these items. No matter whether they are traveling from north to south or from east to west, as long as there are many people, they can be sold.

The key is that I will be in Mobei for the next few years, so I can still take care of the business here. I just don’t know the price of the shop in Leyangzhou yet. I will go and have a look tomorrow. If there is a suitable one, Hualei will be ready to make a move.

While Hualei was taking a bath, her thoughts were racing.

When she got out of the bathtub, she talked to Rong Jin who also came back from the bath, but Rong Jin frowned. While helping Hua Lei wipe her hair, she spoke softly.

"Sister Hua, in the past, no matter what decision you made or what business you started, I never objected and I always supported you because I knew the pressure and burden you were carrying.

But, you don't need to fight so hard now, you have me and the Hou Mansion. Besides, your father-in-law and mother-in-law are back now, and Xiaoyuan is already a big man, they don't want you to fight so hard.

I hope you can be yourself, relaxed and happy. Even if you don't earn a penny from now on, let alone whether I give you money to spend, even your own dowry will be far from enough.

Besides, I've given you all my banknotes and good things, so you can spend them as much as you want. I can support you, really, don't worry, even if we have children in the future, they will have money to spend, don't worry."