Xia Daohua knew Jiang's worries, so she thought that even if they couldn't get together, being able to exchange letters frequently would be a comfort to Jiang.

What's more, she still had some little thoughts in her mind, thinking that if she was lucky, she might be able to trick Jiang's smart, capable, broad-minded and emotionally intelligent sister-in-law into coming over.

Jiang's family is a rare family that is easy to take care of.

Even among sisters-in-law there is some competition and secret fighting, but everyone knows what is going on and has a bottom line and a sense of propriety.

If I could get help from Jiang's family...

Xia Daohua thought about it and sighed.

Limited by age and gender, it is actually difficult for me to gain recognition from adults. Especially when it comes to money and business, who would dare to trust a half-grown child without reservation?

This kind of thing is very rare in modern society, let alone in the conservative and backward time and space of the Great Chu Dynasty.

However, Xia Daohua's main purpose in writing the letter was to resolve Jiang's worries.

As for hooking up with my aunt, it was purely a side job.

After Xia Daohua finished writing the letter, she took a bag of copper coins and strolled out to the Fuwei Escort Agency, which was closest to Daohuaxiang. She found a caravan heading towards Beiguan Town and asked the caravan leader and escort to help deliver the letter.

After coming out of the escort agency, Xia Daohua saw a large crowd of people on the street, all heading towards the county government office. Out of curiosity, she followed them.

When we arrived near the county government office, we found that someone was ringing a gong to clear the way. Several tall horses with red silk tied to their horses were walking in front, followed closely by three wide carriages with blue silk covers, and behind them followed a row of horse-pulled carts, which were loaded with many large and small boxes and luggage, and a dozen young men and women in uniform.

Such a big new thing naturally attracted countless idle people in Jixiang County.

Xia Daohua is not a lazy person, but when she sees such a lively scene, she will stop and take a look.

The group of people ran towards the street behind the county government office.

It looked like a new county magistrate had arrived.

Xia Daohua approached an officer on duty near the county government office, handed him a packet of spiced watermelon seeds wrapped in oil paper, and tried to get close to him with a smile:

"Thank you for your hard work, my dear officer. I have a question for you: who owns all these magnificent carriages? The people in them all look very unfamiliar!"

The officer took the watermelon seeds and looked Xia Daohua up and down. Seeing that she was a young lady not even as tall as his shoulders, his temper softened a bit.

This young lady had a handsome appearance, a bright smile, and was neatly dressed. Her clothes were clean and fresh, and the material she wore was also cotton and silk. Although it was not particularly expensive, it was not something that ordinary people could afford. Her attitude became even more kind:

“My dear lady, the new master has arrived.

This is the first time we have seen such a grand ceremony.

No one knows what the new master's temperament is like.

Young lady, please don't be too trusting. If you follow the crowd to get close to the master, you might get bumped into or offend the master. Wouldn't that be unfair?"

After hearing this, Xia Daohua nodded obediently, bowed with a smile and said thank you: "Thank you for the advice, Brother Cha."

The officer felt even more relieved when he saw this. He waved his hand and urged Xia Daohua:

"All right, all right, move on. Don't hang around here any longer. If you want to see the fun, just go to the teahouse over there."

Xia Daohua glanced at the teahouse over there. The decoration was a bit old and business seemed a bit deserted. Despite such a lively scene, there were not many people in the teahouse.

The geographical location of this place is not bad, but why is the business of this teahouse so slow in such a good location?

Xia Daohua was currently focused on her teahouse business, so she naturally paid a lot of attention to various teahouses. Coincidentally, she also wanted to observe the new county magistrate's style, so she headed for the teahouse that was clearly a bit deserted.

After entering the room, the waiter listlessly welcomed her to the private room on the second floor.

Xia Daohua asked for a private room facing the street and by the window, but there were three or four rooms available, and she could choose any one.

Xia Daohua booked a room, gave him a tip of about twenty copper coins, and started talking to him.

When the waiter saw the copper coins, his eyes suddenly brightened up, and his original listless look disappeared in an instant. In the blink of an eye, he transformed from a river clam with its mouth tightly closed into a chatterbox.

No matter what question Xia Daohua asked, he could rattle off a long list of relevant content.

Xia Daohua couldn't help laughing when she heard it.

"What? Sir, why is business so slow here? Hey! Isn't it because of that previous incident with the county magistrate?"

The county magistrate has booked two private rooms in my house, where he often entertains guests for tea, talks about poetry and painting, and visits relatives and friends, but he always keeps the bills and never pays them..."

"When people learned that the county magistrate liked to hang around here, some of them, who liked to curry favor with him, came up to him, but they also didn't like to pay...

Many more people avoid it.

Everyone knows that Master Xie doesn't like the smell of money and hates businessmen the most. When we businessmen meet Master Xie, where is there any place for us to stand?

Those businessmen who used to drink tea in my shop no longer dare to come..."

Xia Daohua got a lot of information out of the talkative young man and felt that this person was useful, so she gave him another ten coins.

The young man was inexplicably excited and revealed some information:

The owner was planning to sell the store, but he hadn't listed it at a real estate agent yet because he was still a little conflicted and reluctant to part with this ancestral store.

Business was slow at the time, and the business was basically relying on past savings to survive. The boss wanted to see what the new county magistrate was like.

If the new county magistrate is a good official, he will persist and continue this business.

If the new county magistrate is not a good person, he will sell the store, return to his hometown, buy a few acres of land, rent it out to others for farming, and collect the rent himself to support himself in his retirement.

Upon hearing this, Xia Daohua began to observe the layout of the store more carefully.

She thought this place was really nice.

However, I had just planned to buy a shop to open a teahouse, and this teahouse appeared automatically. This kind of thing is too coincidental.

She planned to observe it for a while, and if the store was listed in a dental clinic, she would come back to ask for the price.

As for not going through the brokerage firm and doing business directly with the boss privately, Xia Daohua declined the offer.

She was not familiar with the laws of the Great Chu Dynasty, so how could she know if there would be any hidden dangers in transactions that did not go through a middleman?

After chatting with the waiter for a while, Xia Daohua ordered a pot of jasmine tea and some snacks, then sat by the window to observe the new county magistrate and his family moving their luggage to the house behind the county government office.

Apart from anything else, just the horses pulling the carts are all top-quality Hu horses.