Chapter 287 Caravan Departure
But the village chief no longer trusts them. Her own people guard Luhua Town like an iron barrel. In addition, Luhua Town has special geographical conditions, so even if he wants to let someone sneak in to take a look, it is impossible.
Of course, as the magistrate of Dongping County, he could find any excuse to enter the village chief's fiefdom to find out what was going on, but that was unnecessary, wasn't it?
Since we can't delve deeper into it, we can only wait patiently.
The fog-shrouded Luhua Town was bustling with the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking early in the morning.
Cui Qingyi didn't stay in bed today, and got up early to watch the excitement outside.
Today is the day when the caravan from Luhua Town sets out for Dongping County. Naturally, Cui Qingyi, the host, cannot be absent. Now that all the work in Luhua Town is on track and all the managers are able to handle things on their own, it is time for her to return to her village head's residence to take good care of her pregnancy.
Konjac stayed beside her, looking at the people loading the carts in uniform clothing of all colors and styles, and said with a smile, "Young lady, this idea is really good. If the people of Luhua Town wear this kind of clothing and go out for a walk, from now on, whenever they see this kind of clothing, they will know that it is our Luhua Town caravan coming."
Cui Qingyi was in a very good mood as she looked at the neatly organized caravan. "Whether Luhua Town can make a name for itself in Qinghe County depends on this."
In order to prepare for the first appearance of the Luhua Town caravan, Cui Qingyi made a lot of preparations, organizing everything from goods to personnel. Not to mention anything else, just picking out any person responsible for the sales of Luhuabai, the other party can continuously point out the advantages of Luhuabai for a quarter of an hour.
After staying in Luhua Town for a long time, Cui Qingyi even often came up with the idea that the feudal era also had its advantages.
For example, she sits in the position of village chief and has the final say in Luhua Town. This caravan was formed entirely according to her will, and everything in the caravan is a reflection of her will.
Fortunately, Cui Qingyi, who is almost fifty years old in her two lives, is no longer the kind of person who would be carried away by passion. She always knows what to do and when.
There wasn't much silver in Luhua Town. In almost a year, the money that had been used to raid the gambling houses and brothels had been used up.
Nowadays, the factory production and the monthly wages of the people in Luhua Town are all Cui Qingyi's private property. Cui Qingyi still has money. After all, she owns the Hongyan Teahouse and the embroidery workshop that cooperates with Gong Xiu. She also has a share in the pastry shop opened by the baking class students after graduation.
But Cui Qingyi did not intend to use her money to handle everything in Luhua Town. People have to go through the process of building something from nothing before they can learn to cherish.
Therefore, although the caravan looked neat and tidy, there were actually only a few horses. Even the carts used to pull the goods were made by the town's carpenters day and night. In other words, the people going to Luhua Town, Dongping County had to rely almost entirely on manpower to transport these things to their destination.
But no one in the caravan raised any objections. Everyone's eyes were filled with burning anticipation, and the people of Luhua Town were full of enthusiasm for this trip.
Many people in Luhua Town were walking out of the mountains for the first time. Chunmei and Daoxiang walked in the middle of the team, holding the shafts of the carts. They were a little excited when they saw the stone with the big words "Luhua Town" written on it. Many women in the team were like them, and the children walked with even more brisk steps. They felt that this was much more interesting than sitting in the school and listening to the teacher's lectures.
Cui Qingyi was not feeling well now, so the carriage she was riding in went ahead.
Seeing that the village chief's carriage disappeared in a short while, the caravan following behind unconsciously began to speed up. The managers and people in the caravan did not realize that even though they had many people, the village chief was the backbone of the team. Some managers knew that the village chief had gone ahead, and they began to feel uneasy.
Cui Qingyi hasn't been back to the county town for several months. Fortunately, there haven't been many changes here in the past few months. However, there are a lot more merchants coming and going in the market outside the city.
Konjac also lifted the carriage curtain to take a look. "The young lady's predictions are spot on. The foreign caravan is coming soon."
Cui Qingyi was rushing the factory to complete the work just for this period of time. Although the market outside Dongping County had already formed a certain scale, and there were caravans from Dajin coming to trade even when the foreign caravans were not coming, the number of merchants coming and going was the largest only when the foreign caravans were there.
If Luhua Bai from Luhua Town makes his debut at this time, he will surely become famous in the Dajin Merchants Group, which is what Cui Qingyi wants.
Seeing the sign of the Hongyan Teahouse from afar, Konjac sighed softly. When Cui Qingyi looked over, she said, "A while ago, a new teahouse opened in the county. They hired a troupe called Miao Jia, who are said to be from the capital. When I left the county, Qiao Yishi said that business was very good."
Cui Qingyi knew what it meant as soon as she heard it. It was a well-known fact that Hongyan Teahouse made money, so it was natural that some people would be jealous.
In this era, there is no such thing as intellectual property rights, so it is normal for people to imitate.
I believe that if Jiang Jiaban and Mao Leren had not signed long-term contracts with her, someone would have spent a large sum of money to poach her.
"What kind of play does the Miao Family Troupe perform?" Cui Qingyi was quite curious about this.
Mentioning this konjac made him even more angry: "Those people are so shameless. They just imitate whatever the Jiang family troupe sings."
Cui Qingyi...she never expected that after just a few months in Luhua Town, her cash cow would be in such a big crisis.
"Don't worry, let's go and take a look after the caravan matter is over." Let's see who is so shameless.
Someone immediately informed the owner of the Yunlai Teahouse of the Dongping Township Lord's return. The owner, who had a small mustache, was unconcerned when he heard the news: "What are you afraid of? I'm doing business in an honest way. Even if the county magistrate comes, he can't do anything to me."
The informant hastily apologized with a smile, "Of course, Third Master, you have such a strong background. I'm sure a mere village head wouldn't dare to argue with you."
The fact that the village chief was personally appointed by His Majesty is truly impressive in this small place like Dongping County.
Even though merchants in Dongping County were jealous of the money made by the village chief's Hongyan Teahouse, they did not dare to openly imitate him and compete with him for business. However, some people were very self-righteous and conceited. Once they got a little opportunity, they thought they were strong enough to compete with the village chief in Dongping.
To put it bluntly, even if Mr. Yun San was jealous of the way Hongyan Teahouse made money, he could have just opened a similar one somewhere else. But he came here just to squeeze Cui Qingyi out and make it impossible for Cui Qingyi to continue working in this place.
Mr. Yun San was drinking tea, leisurely waiting for Cui Qingyi to come. He was very sure that the village chief had suddenly returned because his own teahouse had taken away the business of Hongyan Teahouse. The village chief would definitely be impatient to come to his house to demand an explanation.
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