Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 240 A gentleman loves money

Just like that, ten days later, a ship loaded with goods left the dock of Yuanying Village and headed straight for Western Xinjiang. Hua Lei carefully marked the best time to eat for each batch of pickled vegetables. If the time was too long, she would take them out and dry them to preserve them to prevent them from spoiling.

Lord Bo sent ten guards to help the crew board the ship so that it could be faster. For some items that could not be loaded, Lord Bo sent a team of horse-drawn carriages to load them and transport them to Western Xinjiang. For those that were not full, Lord Bo asked for a batch of soap and bamboo toothbrushes to load them, aiming to leave with a full load without any disappointment.

As Hua Lei's boat and his own carriage fleet filled with goods were winding away, Butler Bai finally gave Hua Lei the final payment, a total of 18,320 taels. Hua Lei rounded off the 20 taels and received 18,300 taels.

Butler Bai looked at Hualei in awe. Originally, the Marquis only wanted to buy 200 jars of salted duck eggs, which did not cost 1,000 taels of silver. Now, he spent 18,300 taels of silver.

Not counting the lotus root powder, my own master had made me pay a full 20,000 taels of silver notes, saying that the extra money was for the lotus root powder. This, this, this, the thing hasn't even appeared yet? The lotus root is still growing underground, and even the money for the lotus root powder has been earned. This is really a godly ability.

The most important thing is not this, but that the Marquis took the initiative to sign a three-year contract with Miss Hua, promising to purchase a batch of goods from Yuanying Manor and send them to Western Xinjiang every season.

This was something that Butler Bai couldn't understand. As long as the manor was there and he had money, he could always come and buy things whenever he wanted, right? Why did he have to sign a three-year contract and pay Miss Hua an additional 5,000 taels of deposit for no reason? You know, if he put the 5,000 taels of silver in the bank for three years, he could earn quite a bit of interest.

At this time, Butler Bai paid the balance of money to Hualei and returned to the Marquis' Mansion to report to Lord Bai. After reporting everything, he saw that Lord Bai was hesitant to speak, and he really didn't understand what his Lord Bai was doing.

Lord Bai looked at Butler Bai and said with a smile, "Xiaotong, you don't understand why I paid five thousand taels of silver so straightforwardly and signed a three-year contract, right?"

Butler Bai nodded.

“To be honest, I didn’t think I would be able to do such a thing half a month ago, but after talking with that little girl, I finally believed the saying, ‘When three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher.

That girl is only fourteen years old, but look at her ability and intelligence, I don't need to say anything. Look at her vision, I dare say that based on this girl's ability, intelligence, and vision, no other young lady from aristocratic family in the capital can compare to her.

She has certainly walked fewer roads than I have, but she has not necessarily read fewer books than I have. On the contrary, I think she possesses more wisdom than I do, although our focus may be different.

I have been in Xinjiang for decades, and almost every now and then I encounter soldiers who suffer from diarrhea and illness after eating rotten or spoiled food. I have been looking for ways to preserve food and have been trying to find solutions for the patrolling soldiers, but after all this time, I have not found a good solution.

It has been three years since I came back from Western Xinjiang. During these three years, I have spent every day in the study, reading a lot of books. What is the purpose? I just want to find a way out. But after so long, I still haven't found it. This time I just asked with the mood of giving it a try, but I didn't expect this girl to really know. Look."

Lord Bai pointed to the oil-paper wrapped things on the desk and continued, "This is the fried rice noodles and toasted steamed bread slices that I asked the kitchen to make according to the girl's recipe when I came back from the farm. It's been almost thirteen days, not only has it not gone bad at all, it still smells delicious. I think it will be fine if it is kept for a month.

With just a few words, she solved a problem that I hadn't solved for decades, huh? Do you think this is a trivial matter? No, it's not a trivial matter. This is related to the major issues of Western Xinjiang. With these fried rice noodles and baked steamed buns, our patrol soldiers can have staple food to fill their stomachs. She also made me dried vegetables and pickled side dishes that can be preserved for a long time. Although the taste is indeed not as good as fresh vegetables, it completely solved the biggest survival problem of our patrol soldiers in Western Xinjiang.

Don't underestimate a small change, the energy it brings is huge. I'm sure Liyun will be pleasantly surprised after receiving these goods. Many problems in Xijiang can be solved in the future.

The most important thing is that although this girl loves money, she gets it in a proper way. When I asked her if she had any good ideas, she didn't try to hide her intentions or deliberately manipulate me to gain benefits. Instead, she told me the methods directly and frankly, and there was more than one. She was also able to think of others and helped me make so many pickled vegetables because she felt that the food was not good and the taste was not good. She solved the problem of food for the patrol soldiers. Do you think I should thank her?

If she had asked me for a few hundred taels of silver for each of these methods, do you think I would have bought them? Yes, I would have bought them. But she didn't do that. She told me all these methods directly without reservation. To put it simply, she is my benefactor. To put it more broadly, she is the benefactor of the soldiers in Xijiang.

With just these few methods, the soldiers in the Western Frontier could eat less rotten and spoiled food, have fewer diarrhea episodes, and have more chances of survival. Tell me, how can I not thank her?

It's just a three-year order, so of course I'll give it a deposit of five thousand taels. I buy goods from Yuanying Manor, and I buy goods that are not available anywhere else. To put it bluntly, I'm still getting a bargain. Do you think her goods can't be sold?

No, there is Pei Canghai in Mobei. You know him, he is very smart and can sell any goods. Except for salt and iron, he can sell toothbrushes, soap, and rice wine as much as he can.

We do need toothbrushes and soaps, although the girl's words are exaggerated, but which words did she lie? No, I have used these soaps myself, although the effects may not be as obvious as the girl said, but they are indeed useful.

As for toothbrushes, she didn't lie to me. She told me the advantages and disadvantages of wooden and bamboo handles. If I wanted to buy one, she let me buy it. That's not cheating. With such a bright personality, she introduced her business in such a bright way, neither humble nor arrogant. How many people in Shangjing can do that?

I just like people with this kind of personality, how nice. Who in this world doesn't like money?