After this incident, the situation in Jixiang County has stabilized.
The relationship between Xia Daohua and Wang also became much closer.
Eunuch Wei sent a steady-looking middle-aged man to buy a small shop near Daohuaxiang and start a business selling dried fruits and roasted nuts.
The so-called roasted nuts are roasted melon seeds, chestnuts, walnuts, etc. They are fried with some seasonings until cooked and then eaten as snacks.
The prices are generally not cheap, but not particularly expensive either.
During the Chinese New Year, families with children will buy some fried food to take home, both to entertain guests and to comfort the children.
However, that person's main responsibility was not to make money from business, but to run errands and pass messages between Xia Daohua and Eunuch Wei.
Eunuch Wei is illiterate, and he always feels that for many things, writing on paper carries the risk of being stolen, which he always feels is unreliable. It would be better to discuss things face to face.
On the first day of opening, the owner of the snack shop came to visit Xia Daohua and told her that he was the person sent by Eunuch Wei.
If you have any questions, you can ask him to pass on the message. There's no need to be polite.
Xia Daohua accepted this "kindness". She knew that this godson of Eunuch Wei was not only to run errands and pass messages between her and Eunuch Wei, but also had the "mission" to monitor and supervise her.
Although Eunuch Wei did not dare to offend her openly, he also did not dare to allow her power to be displayed openly and tempt others. Wouldn't it be a great loss if it were to be used by the enemy?
So he had to look at her fearfully, trying his best to make sure she was on his side.
Xia Daohua could understand this concern and didn't mind whether the other party would use any means against her. She just smiled and congratulated Wei Jizu on the opening of his new store and wished him a prosperous business.
Wei Jizu didn't understand why his godfather sent him here in person to keep an eye on this little girl. After all, whether it was passing messages, running errands, or secretly monitoring, he could ask one of his subordinates to do it.
Wouldn't it be a waste of his talent to let him do it?
But although my godfather is illiterate, he has never made any stupid moves. Since he has arranged for me to do this, I have to do it well.
Wei Jizu never expected that he would get the task just a few days later.
The little girl actually asked him to pass the message to his godfather without any hesitation.
What’s even more terrifying is that after receiving the news, my godfather came over in person!
The two of them went to Yang's Teahouse to drink tea, which lasted for a whole incense stick of time. Afterwards, they even specially invited the county magistrate's wife, Wang, to join them!
Wei Jizu was full of questions, but he didn't dare to ask until his godfather spoke. He just pretended he didn't see it!
Wei Jizu stood guard outside the door honestly. Even when the waiter came to serve tea or water, he took it with his own hands and brought it into the house himself, not allowing others to approach.
The effort was not in vain.
After finishing the tea, his godfather came out with a rosy face, patted his shoulder happily, and gave him a ten-liang gold ingot to pay the bill.
Even if they drank the best tea in the store, they wouldn't be able to spend all the ten taels of gold!
Why is godfather so generous today?
Wei Jizu bowed and saw his godfather, Eunuch Wei, and the county magistrate's wife, Mrs. Wang, who were both smiling, out of the teahouse. He stood up and watched the smiling little girl Xia Daohua follow the two of them out. He wondered what good thing had happened to his godfather while staying behind to clean up the mess.
Wei Jizu calmly put the gold ingots in his arms and took the money bag to pay the bill. In the end, he only spent two taels and eight cents of silver, which was enough.
Ten taels of gold ingots are equivalent to one hundred taels of silver.
I made a lot of money on this trip!
Wei Jizu returned to the snack shop happily, but the more he observed the summer rice flowers, the more he couldn't suppress his curiosity.
Wei Jizu's curiosity was soon satisfied.
Eunuch Wei instructed him, "Have Xiao Qi pick a few people to help. They need two stewards and two guards. As for the rest, let him handle it himself."
Wang was also telling Si Xi, "Bring up the records of all the servants in the family. I'll see if there's anything useful."
Xia Daohua happily became a hands-off boss.
However, she still contacted Xia Youtian and Erlang, and after discussion, she decided to ask her fifth uncle Xia Youliang and fifth aunt Cheng what they thought.
Xia Daohua planned to open a red brick workshop and a cement workshop. The red brick workshop had a meager profit, so Eunuch Wei and Mrs. Wang didn't think much of it.
But for the Xia family, the profit from the brick kiln is much higher than that from farming.
Previously, County Magistrate Yang and Wang had dealt with several grain stores in a swift and decisive manner. They also selected a portion of the confiscated real estate, put it together with the convicted female relatives, and arranged for it to be sold by the official teeth in Jixiang County.
The women were sold quite quickly, but the real estate was not in demand.
Firstly, the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey was too good, and the local merchants were frightened and planned to wait and see; secondly, the fact that the land was previously designated as government land and allocated to refugees for cultivation made these local merchants dare not take action.
Not only are they afraid to sell, some merchants with questionable backgrounds are also trying every possible way to cover up their past mistakes, and are even secretly selling some land to prevent being held accountable in the future.
After Xia Daohua inspected the area, she took a fancy to several plots of land.
She bought a small farm covering an area of less than 30 acres, right next to the southern suburbs of Jixiang County and closer to Kyoto.
Although the place is small, it has everything.
There is a naturally formed hill with many wild trees and grasses, as well as many small animals.
There are three or four acres of sloping land that have been reclaimed, but the yield is really not very good. There are about twelve acres of good farmland and six acres of sandy land.
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