Chapter 65 County Supply

Leader Qin nodded and said, "I thought so too. Since you hadn't mentioned it before, I didn't dare to make the decision on my own."

"It's okay." Su Yue said and raised her hands. Leader Qin quickly unlocked her door, and then Murong Li and several other servants.

"You guys should hurry up and get some more things. If you don't have enough silver, just come to me for it." Su Yue said this and led his men into the city.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city must have been greeted by Qin's leader, so they did not question them and let them into the city.

It is now past noon, and there are not many people in the city. The shops are open, but you can hear some shouting occasionally.

Su Yue and his party first came to a bun shop. After buying all the buns in the shop, they asked a servant to send the buns out of the city for the Su family to eat first.

Then he found a larger inn and asked a servant to go out of the city to bring the Su family back into the city.

Then we came to the place where the horses were sold.

"How many horses does Yue'er want to buy?"

Su Yue took a look at the horse market. There were not many people selling horses in the market, and the horses were not very strong. Most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.

She thought for a moment and said, "There are 20 to 30 people in our Su family, plus the carriages for carrying things. We need to buy at least five horses. How many are you planning to buy?"

Murong Li said, "I only need to buy one horse. Once I have a carriage, I won't have to accompany my grandmother."

"Have they got enough money for a carriage?"

Murong Li whispered, "They should still have the money to buy a carriage. Grandmother has already made preparations."

Murong Li admired Madam Yun very much. She had predicted that this day would come to the Yun family long ago and had made preparations early on. When the emperor confiscated their property, only a part of it was seized, and the rest was exchanged for silver notes.

After being exiled, Madam Yun only had some silver bills left.

Those banknotes are enough for the Yun family to live on, so there is no need to worry.

"Madam Yun is indeed a wise person." Su Yue couldn't help but admire.

Murong Li agreed: "She is indeed very wise. Let's not talk about them. Look at which horses she bought. These horses don't look very good."

Su Yue also whispered: "It's okay, I have a way to make them healthy and strong."

Murong Li knew what she meant as soon as he heard it, and without saying a word, he followed her to a man selling horses.

The horse was a little lame. The seller was sitting on a stone bench next to it. Few people came forward to ask about it, so he smoked his pipe with a helpless look on his face.

Seeing Su Yue and the other two approaching, he put down his pipe, stood up, and asked with a smile, "Are you two guests looking to buy horses?"

Su Yue: "Let's take a look first."

"Sure, sure, take a look. My horse just has a slight limp in its left leg, a disability it acquired when it was young. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with it. It won't affect its ability to pull anything..."

When the seller saw that the two of them didn't leave, he kept talking.

A lame horse is praised as the only good horse in the world.

Su Yue glanced at him. He was really trying hard to sell the horse. She pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay, stop bragging. You'll be exaggerating. How much do you want for this horse?"

The seller smiled awkwardly and said, "I won't cheat you, just fifteen taels of silver. You won't buy anything more than that."

"You are quite honest." Su Yue did not bargain with him. She saw that the clothes the seller was wearing were very old and had turned white from washing, but they were still neat.

She took out fifteen taels of silver and gave it to the seller, and gave the horse to the servant who followed behind.

Afterwards, Su Yue bought five more horses, one was a foal, and two were strong horses, all of which were very thin.

One is an old horse. He is fed with spiritual spring water and will soon be able to be used as a strong horse. He bought it because it looked cheap.

The other horse looked like a war horse, with a slight injury on its left eye, but otherwise there was nothing wrong with it.

Murong Lizhi chose a horse of good age.

Then the group came to the place where the carriage was to be built.

The carriages were ready, and each of the seven horses was equipped with a carriage.

After everything was matched, Su Yue started to go shopping.

The first store they went to was of course the grain store. The county town was not very big, and there were four or five grain stores. Su Yue went to two of them and bought all their stocks.

The two families met a big customer and sold it to Su Yue without hesitation.

Let Xiqin lead the other families.

Then came the pots, pans, bowls, all kinds of knives I could afford, and various cooking seasonings. Of course, I bought a lot of salt.

The restrictions on buying salt in this county town were not that strict. Su Yue bought ten kilograms of salt at one time and would buy more when she saw it in the next city or town.

After that, there were ready-made clothes and cloth, which were suitable for their current wear. The space was filled with silk and satin.

Su Yue went on a shopping spree, buying everything she should and shouldn't buy.

Then he asked the servants to pull the things into the inn, and sent the ready-made clothes to the Su family for changing and washing.

Then it was Murong Li’s turn, he also bought a lot of things.

It was already noon when the two returned to the inn. Su Yue collected most of the items in the space before everyone saw what they were, leaving not much outside.

After everyone had a comfortable bath in the inn, Su Yue brought the Su family, young and old, to a large restaurant and directly booked an entire floor of the restaurant.

When the Yun family saw the Su family, they followed Su Yue's example and first found an inn, and then found a big restaurant to eat a big meal.

As for the remaining families, those who had money found an inn to stay in, those who had money went to the restaurant to eat, and those who had no money just ate something casually in the inn.

Su Yue didn't know whether Doctor Xie's family had any money, so she asked a servant to deliver some banknotes to them. Doctor Xie refused to accept them, so she didn't care about it anymore.

As for Leader Qin and his men, Su Yue directly gave them one thousand two taels of silver notes, which made the officers very happy.

There were forty officers in total. When they were at Hutouling, several died, several were disabled, and only thirty were left with good hands and feet.

They also found an inn and did some shopping before going out for dinner.

Su Yue ordered five tables of delicious dishes at the restaurant. Everyone had eaten meat along the way, so their stomachs could handle these big meals.

There was no distinction between master and servant, everyone sat together to eat.

When everyone saw the tables filled with delicious food and wine, they couldn't help but feast on them.

Everyone ate voraciously, just to fill their stomachs, and they didn't look like aristocrats at all.

Su Yue also ate with gusto. She ate regardless of whether the food tasted good or not.

The meal cost fifty or sixty taels of silver. Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. The old marquis and his two sons even had a pot of wine.

This was the happiest meal I had since my exile.

After dinner, everyone went to the county town in the afternoon to buy some personal items.

Especially women.

They went out with someone, and Su Yue also went shopping. In the morning, they bought things that everyone used, and in the afternoon she also went to see if there was anything suitable for her.

Murong Li, Caixia and Su Yan, the three followers, insisted on going with her no matter what. Su Yue had no choice but to go with them.