Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 782 Concern

In particular, there was a letter from Xiaoyuan at hand. Although it had not been opened yet, Hualei felt that Xiaoyuan must have asked her to persuade her parents to agree to his transfer.

Putting down Hua Mancheng's letter, Hua Lei opened Xiao Yuan's letter. As expected, in addition to announcing the good news and telling her that she had become an aunt, it also asked her to persuade her parents to agree to his transfer.

Looking at the two thick letters, Hualei was in a dilemma as they expressed completely opposite decisions. After thinking for a long time, Hualei finally wrote a letter back to Xiaoyuan.

Tell him that if nothing unexpected happens, I will return to Beijing at the end of the year, and ask him not to apply for a transfer for the time being. Everything can be considered after I return to Beijing.

In her reply to Hua Mancheng and his wife, Hua Lei comforted her parents and told them that she would be returning to Beijing at the end of the year. She asked them to be patient and to persuade Xiao Yuan after she returned.

After writing two replies, Hua Lei took the letter sent by Master Pei. Unexpectedly, in the envelope, there was a greeting letter from Jin Nian and a few pieces of rice paper scribbled by Jin Shi.

On the fine rice paper, Jin Shi, who was not very good at using a brush, wrote words crookedly, some of which were horrible to look at. However, the general meaning could be understood.

He was talking about the delicious food and fun things in the marquis's mansion and in the capital city, as well as the companions he often played with.

Jinnian's handwriting was much better than Jinshi's, and it was already quite good. He told Hualei Rongjin about his study in the clan school in the letter.

The key point is that he studied very well and was often praised by the teacher, who said that he was smart and studious, and had the talent of his father Rong Jin, who was a third place in the imperial examination, and the style of his uncle Xiaoyuan, who was a top scholar.

He also learned riding and archery very well. His great-grandfather always praised him, saying that a general's family would not have bad sons. Anyway, he always said good things about him. Hualei couldn't help laughing when she saw it.

At the end of the letter, Jinnian also wrote a lot of greetings to Hualei and Rongjin. Although the writing style is still childish, it wins in the sincerity.

Hualei was very happy to see this, so she also wrote a letter back to Jinnian, expressing her concern and worry for him.

I was also pleasantly surprised to receive his letter, which encouraged him to study hard, listen to his great-grandparents, and not to worry the two old people. I wrote several pages of rice paper with great enthusiasm before I stopped writing with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

In the letter from Marquis Pei, he asked Hua Lei and Rong Jin about returning to the capital at the end of the year. Although it was only June, there was still more than half a year before the Chinese New Year.

However, Lord Pei was quite impatient for Hua Lei and Rong Jin to return to Beijing. He was already thinking about which department Hua Lei and Rong Jin would go to after they returned to Beijing.

Recently, he has been keeping an eye on various ministries for possible vacancies. He thought that if there was a suitable one, he would go to the Imperial Study and ask Emperor Shengwu for an appointment.

Hua Lei understood and appreciated Master Pei's thoughts. Of course, she followed his wishes and wrote a letter back.

In the Great Sheng Dynasty, if one had made great achievements in the local area, he would generally be promoted after his term of office. However, Hua Lei thought that he had not made much contribution in Xichang.

However, he should be qualified. In addition, Lord Pei has started to move around a lot now, so he should have no problem returning to Beijing by the end of the year.

Hualei missed her parents for three years and her children for more than a year. Just like the migrant workers in the previous life, they packed their bags and went out to work for a living, and rushed home to see their relatives and children for a living.

No matter what subsequent arrangements Emperor Shengwu has for her, Hua Lei really wants to return to Beijing for the New Year.

At the end of the letter, Hualei, as always, added greetings to Lord Pei and Madam Pei. She asked the two old people to take care of their health, eat well and sleep well. She also asked them to discipline their children when necessary, and not to be shy about their own ideas.

It took Hua Lei half a day to finish writing a few letters home, which she had sent out by the government post.

After dealing with the paperwork at the government office, Hua Lei continued to travel between various states, inspecting the spring farming and planting conditions in each state capital. This time, she went to Changtong State.

The sugarcane planted in Changtong Prefecture last autumn is ready to be harvested. Therefore, when the buds arrive in Changtong Prefecture, the people are harvesting sugarcane in full swing.

The sugar factory in the prefecture government was also making cane sugar and snowflake sugar in an orderly manner. Because of the purchase agreement from the imperial court purchasing department, Zhao Zhizhou did not dare to relax at all.

During this period, he has been personally supervising the work in the sugar factory. Seeing the snow-white sugar, Hua Lei nodded with satisfaction and instructed Zhao Zhizhou.

When there is enough snowflake candy, we will send it back to Shangjing City. Zhao Zhizhou wiped the sweat from his face and nodded repeatedly. He also thought so.

Then, Hualei took out another agreement and handed it to Zhao Zhizhou. This was a purchase and replacement agreement signed by Cui Zhizhou of Changliang Prefecture.

The agreement was that Cui Zhizhou of Changliang Prefecture wanted to use fresh lychees and the sugar factory of Changtong Prefecture to make snowflake sugar. This year, at the suggestion of Hualei.

Changliangzhou decided that in addition to selling some fresh lychees in magic bowl packaging, they also wanted to make canned lychees.

A lot of sugar is needed to make canned lychees, so they thought of the sugar factory in Changtong Prefecture. As long as Zhao Zhizhou agreed, they could pay with silver or exchange it with lychees.

They wanted to pre-order 500 kilograms of snowflake candy first, and when the lychees were ripe, they would need the snowflake candy. Zhao Zhizhou saw it and thought, of course, it was no problem. Regardless of the quantity and price, they were all acceptable to him.

Moreover, the middleman's name on the agreement was Hua Lei's, and it was also stamped with the prefect's seal, so Zhao Zhizhou was not worried at all.

He happily signed his name on the agreement, stamped it with his official seal, kept one copy for himself, and gave the other two copies to Hua Lei.

She was asked to hand over one of the copies to Cui Zhizhou of Changliang Prefecture, and the matter was settled.

Looking at the sugarcane piled outside the sugar factory, Hualei felt that in addition to the snowflake sugar needed by the Purchasing Department and Changliang Prefecture, there should be a lot of surplus brown sugar and white sugar this year.

So, they called Zhao Zhizhou again and ordered him to issue a notice to collect corn husks from the people's homes. Ten kilograms of corn husks could be exchanged for one kilogram of brown sugar. In addition, they should continue to collect corn after a few months when the corn harvest was good.

The snowflake candy produced nowadays is usually packed directly into clean ceramic jars of 20 or 50 kilograms for storage and sale.

However, there will definitely be many customers who buy by one or two kilograms, and some even only buy half a kilogram or a few ounces.