The carriage swayed forward, and Hua Zhi felt a little uncomfortable. Shaoyao took out a sour plum from her bag of snacks and stuffed it into her mouth. Hua Zhi's facial features wrinkled up because of the sourness, and Shaoyao laughed happily.
Hua Zhi poked her face, lifted the curtain and looked outside, "How long will it take?"
The people assigned to follow Hua Zhi were Yu Mu and Jia Yang, who were familiar to her. Yu Mu replied, "Miss, it will take about a quarter of an hour."
"This road is really amazing. Is this the road they usually take to deliver mushrooms into the city?"
"Yes." Yu Mu handed the reins to Jia Yang and concentrated on repeating Hua Zhi's words, "There weren't many goods at the beginning, but when there were more goods, they all got used to it."
Hua Zhi always felt that she had forgotten something, but now she suddenly remembered, "Who did you give the profit to in this deal?"
"It's the local wealthy Song family. The eldest son of the Song family, Song Qianqiu, is the official in the government office. He gets 30% of the profits."
"What kind of person is he?"
"My master described me as someone who is good at protecting himself."
Hua Zhi nodded slightly. Since Yan Xi had chosen him, he was not a criminal. His identity was enough to protect this deal.
It's interesting to think about it. People cannot live without food, clothing, housing and transportation, but no one has ever thought that opening a clothing store, a food store or an inn or a car dealership can make a lot of money. Those wealthy families even look down on it. So when she first started doing business, some people said that she was willing to be a lowly person. Later, although they knew that her business made money, they certainly didn't know how much money.
The same is true for the mushroom business. It may look insignificant, but the money made is definitely not small. Only those who have actually profited from it know this.
Most of the people who came to Jinyang to do this business were Gu Yanxi's people, but several managers who were in charge of the key technologies of mushroom cultivation were from the Hua family. When they saw Hua Zhiji, they thought they were dazzled. One of them even rubbed his eyes stupidly. When they looked again, it was still the young lady, so they quickly knelt down to greet her.
Hua Zhi raised her hand to support him, "Are you all right?"
"Yes, everything is fine. I earn more than in the capital." The servant who answered twisted his body awkwardly, "I just miss my mother a little bit."
Those who choose to come here are all unmarried children of the Hua family. All their family members are in the Hua family, and they truly share the same honor and disgrace.
"You can arrange your own time to go back every four months and stay at home for about four days. The round-trip fare will be paid by the Hua family." Looking at the people with disbelief on their faces, Hua Zhi smiled, "You have left your hometown to make money for me, so I can't treat you unfairly."
Several people couldn't help but feel happy and bowed to the young lady again.
To Hua Zhi, this was just a drop in the bucket. Her way of controlling her subordinates was that if she wanted the cows to run faster, they had to eat enough. But to the servants, this was compassion and a sign of the young lady's kindness. Therefore, when they accompanied the young lady to the mushroom cultivation site, they were all very enthusiastic and answered questions in great detail.
There is no basement here, and the planting area is right on the ground. Relatively speaking, the area is much smaller than that of the capital city. However, it is not bad to have reached this scale in just a few months. After all, that is the capital city full of aristocratic families. Although Jinyang is known as a small capital city, it is just a shell left now.
This time I came here just for show and to let someone know so as not to arouse suspicion. After understanding the situation, I returned to the city.
She was not in a hurry to go back, so she patted the carriage and told Yu Mu, "Let's go to the place in the north of the city where the noble ladies and ladies of Jinyang play together."
"yes."
Shaoyao's eyes lit up, "Huahua, you want to take me out to play?"
"Go show your face. Women are not so tight-lipped. Maybe I can get some information from them. I just don't know if anyone still remembers me."
Apparently there is.
As soon as Hua Zhi got off the carriage, she heard someone exclaim, "Aren't you the one Weiwei brought here? The one who was said to have returned to the capital?"
Hua Zhi recognized her. Her name was Wang Yu. She had a good relationship with Yu Weiwei and was the most frequent visitor among the group. She had met her four out of five times.
Hua Zhi bowed and said with a smile: "I am Hua Ling. I came here yesterday. Is Miss Yu here too?"
"How could that be possible? She hasn't been here since she got married." Wang Yu walked over and looked at Shaoyao, "Who is this..."
"My cousin is quiet, so I brought her here to broaden her horizons."
Wang Yu had just arrived, and upon hearing this, he led the two of them inside. "There is a new way to play in Jinyang, which is much more fun than before. There are a lot of people coming here recently. Follow me, and ignore those you don't know."
"Thank you very much."
Wang Yu glanced at her and said, "You don't have to thank me. After you left, Weiwei said that she considered you a friend. We have known each other since childhood. Since she is not here, I will help take care of you a little."
Hua Zhi's heart moved, and she developed some favorable feelings towards Yu Weiwei. To be honest, they were just friends for fun, and her intentions were not pure. However, she did not expect that she would need her care when she was not around.
"Last time I left, I heard her say she was going to get married. Is she already married now? How come it happened so soon?"
Wang Yu's lips curled up in a mocking arc, "There are always some people who like to think about things that don't belong to them. She is also annoyed. As for the details, you can ask her yourself. I can't speak for her."
"Of course I'm going to visit you."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the place. It was the same room as before, with both new and old people there.
The old friends still remembered this generous person. They had all won money from her, so they welcomed her very much and greeted her warmly.
Hua Zhi also responded one by one, intentionally or unintentionally, her eyes mostly falling on the white jade mahjong.
Her expression was exactly what the people here liked, and someone laughed, "It's obvious that she knows good from bad, and knows how to have fun?"
Hua Zhi shook her head, "This wasn't what we played last time."
Wang Yu sat down at an empty table and waved her over. "When you came last time, you didn't even know where this thing was. It's more fun than the dice, and easier to learn. I'll tell you how to play it, and you'll get it after watching and playing a few games."
Hua Zhi pulled Shaoyao to listen together. Shaoyao was now the quiet cousin and she really didn't say a word the whole time. Hua Zhi pretended to understand the rules and asked her if she understood, and she nodded.
Wang Yu called someone over to make up the table, and the four of them started playing.
Hua Zhi pretended to be a newcomer, and Shaoyao was a complete newcomer. The fight between the two was quite fierce, and as a newcomer, Hua Zhi suffered a lot of damage.
Seeing that she was as happy to give money as before, and that she was not talkative and did not ask questions, the girls and young women, who were now more or less short of money, became much closer to her, and when she was about to leave, they even made plans to play together again another day.
"etc."
Next to the stable, Hua Zhi was about to get on the carriage when Wang Yu chased after her. She motioned Shaoyao to get on first, then turned around and asked, "Miss Wang, what's the matter?"
PS: Hua Zhi here is Hua Ling’s name, it’s not a mistake. I will try to write this plot more compactly and not drag it out for too long.