It looked like this group of people were discussing business. Some of them were sitting and watching the show. Chunxiao saw people coming in and out from time to time. If they were discussing business, this would not happen. Just then, a waiter came over and asked them if they wanted any refreshments.
"Little Brother, is that room over there where guests discuss business?"
The waiter glanced at her and said, "Miss, that's the party hall our inn has built for merchants. Anyone doing business can come in and chat."
Wow, a third-party business platform, this is a great place. "So anyone who wants to do business can just go in?"
"Of course, but you have to pay some silver to our inn to get in. 500 coins per person."
When Chunxiao heard this, he stood up immediately.
"Aunt, where are you going?" Shuwen was listening to an opera, and he didn't hear a word of what she had just said to the waiter.
"Come on, follow your aunt, Xingfu, you just stay here and wait for us to come back." Xingfu didn't understand but nodded quickly.
Chunxiao went to the counter, paid one or two taels of silver, and received two tags. When he arrived at the house, he handed the tags to the gatekeeper, who immediately opened the door for them.
After they went in, they realized that it was actually very large. At that moment, there were about 20 people discussing their own affairs. When they heard the sound of the door opening, some people turned around to look and then continued to chat.
Chunxiao took Shuwen to stand in various places, wanting to listen to what everyone was talking about. Basically, they were introducing sources of goods and buyers.
"If you are not here to sell cotton, then what business are you doing?" The businessman came over again.
"Uncle." Shuwen smiled foolishly and looked at Chunxiao.
"My family grows cotton. Qingzhou will not allow cotton planting next year. We want to come here to buy land, but there is no land for sale in Wanfeng. We can only ask around." Chunxiao told the truth.
The other man looked at her for a long moment. "You came to Wanfeng to buy land?" He suddenly laughed. "You've come to the wrong place. There aren't many good plots of land for sale in Wanfeng."
Chunxiao gave Shuwen a wink.
"Uncle, we are not familiar with this area. Let's see if we can pick up the rabbit that hit the tree. You have a big business here. Do you know where we can buy land?"
Two people nearby came over after hearing them say they wanted to buy land. "Let's go to Pengdong to buy land. There's a lot of land and few people there, and the land is much cheaper than here."
"It was like that before, but now it's hard to say. With the decrees from Qingzhou and Yuzhou, quite a few people have come to buy land in the past few days."
Shuwen looked at the cotton merchant again, and the other party smiled again, "They are right. If you want to buy land, you have to go to Pengdong County. The sooner the better."
The two thanked each other, looked around inside, and found that there was nothing valuable to them, so they left in a hurry.
"Aunt, it turns out that the groom didn't lie to us. We can really get some information here."
"We have to hurry to Pengdong County." If she remembered correctly, Wanfeng County used to be Sanchuan County, and Sanchuan County used to be Pengdong County, and Pengdong County was next to Dongjiang Prefecture.
The two found happiness and went directly to the previous horse shop. The previous horse driver had left long ago. When he heard that they were going to Pengdong County, the people from the horse shop told her that the journey would also take 5 days, but it would cost 7 taels of silver for one way.
"It took five days to come here from Qingzhou before. Why does it cost seven taels of silver to go to Pengdong for the same distance?" Shuwen felt that they were extorting money.
"You can go to other horse dealers and ask. The further north you go, the more expensive it is. And now it's the New Year. If the price is less than 7 taels, no one will take your order. It's up to you whether to go or not. Otherwise, you can go and compare prices." The horse dealer's attitude was a bit arrogant.
Chun Xiao didn't want to waste time. "7 taels is 7 taels. Are we leaving today or tomorrow?"
"Today's departure is too late. We will depart at 11:00 AM tomorrow. Please pay a deposit of 2 taels of silver first."
Chun Xiao paid the money and felt relieved. After leaving the horse shop, she finally showed a relaxed expression. "We still have some time today. Do you want to go shopping?"
Both of them waved their hands and said, "Things here are so expensive, forget it. There's nothing to buy."
In the end, the three of them went for a walk on the street, but they spent most of the hour just looking around. They all felt it was boring, so they returned to the inn.
Early the next morning, they set off in a carriage. The driver told them that it would take three days to reach Sanchuan County.
The mountain scenery along the way was a bit desolate, and when they were bored, they would snuggle up to each other and sleep.
"Brother driver, we went from Zuoyuan County to Wanfeng before, and the driver said the route was very safe. How about from Wanfeng to Pengdong? Is the route safe?" Shuwen was really bored.
"When you go from Wanfeng to Pengdong, remember to take the official road. There are soldiers patrolling the official road. If you take other roads, it will be difficult to say for sure."
"You mean there are bandits?"
"Hejian is in chaos, and Dongjiang Prefecture isn't much better. There are always people who want to survive. Tongzhou is okay, but if you go to Dongjiang Prefecture, you really have to be careful. This is no joke. We won't leave there unless we pay a high price."
Shuwen sat back down across from Chunxiao and asked, "Aunt, do you think it's dangerous for Pengdong to be so close to Dongjiang Mansion?"
"Didn't you hear what Master said? Tongzhou is still safe. Although Pengdong is next to Dongjiang Prefecture, it also belongs to Tongzhou Prefecture. We should be careful and everything will be fine."
At night they sometimes rested in a town and sometimes in a post station. After three days, they finally arrived in Sanchuan County.
The driver said that it would take another two days to reach Pengdong. They arrived in Sanchuan County in the afternoon. The driver said that they would not leave today. If they left at this time, there would be no place to stay at night, so everyone found an inn to rest early.
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