Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 432 Going to Western Xinjiang

Bai Yunhe spoke, his voice sounding somewhat lonely.

Hua Lei was stunned and asked, "You want to go to Western Xinjiang? Your father's place? You want to join the army?"

Bai Yunhe nodded.

"Why? Don't you, Wen Ju, have good grades? Moreover, haven't you already officially started working in the Ministry of Industry? Why are you suddenly going to Xinjiang again?" Hua Lei asked puzzled.

In her opinion, a child of an aristocratic family like Bai Yunhe, who had good results in the imperial examinations, had the protection of his family, and was employed by the Ministry of Works, would definitely have a place in the capital city in time.

Why give up the easy life and go to the frontier to suffer? When the government was stable and there was no war on the border, many sons of military families gave up military service and turned to literature.

"Because..., there is nothing in Shangjing City worth my nostalgia. I think Xinjiang may be more suitable for me. The sky is high and the land is vast there, and I will be able to make use of my talents." Bai Yunhe glanced at Hualei and said.

"Does Lord Bai also know about your decision? Do they all agree?" Hua Lei looked at Bai Yunhe and asked.

"There's nothing to disagree with. We are a family of military generals, and it's normal for family members to go to the border." Bai Yunhe replied, but his eyes avoided Hua Lei's gaze.

Looking at Bai Yunhe suspiciously, Hua Lei always felt that Bai Yunhe was in a bad mood today.

"Mr. Bai, have you encountered something that you can't solve? If it's silver, it's no problem. I said that I haven't used the money you deposited in the account, and I can give it to you at any time." Hua Lei said again.

Bai Yunhe looked at Hua Lei, took out a seal from his sleeve, pushed it in front of Hua Lei, and said, "Miss Hua, this is my personal seal for withdrawing money.

I will give it to you now. Please divide my previous dividend silver into three parts and exchange it for items from your farm, and send them to the Western Frontier military camp every season. Any items will do, as long as they are useful to the Western Frontier military camp. "

Hua Lei was stunned. She had not expected this. She looked at the private seal in front of her. The three characters "Bai Yunhe" in small seal script were straight and evenly rounded. Hua Lei had seen this before.

"In that case... that's fine, but Mr. Bai, you don't have to give me the private seal. If you find it inconvenient to go to Western Xinjiang, you can leave the private seal to your servant or Butler Bai.

"When the time comes, as long as they bring this seal over, I will ship the goods according to the order you gave me and offset your dividends. As for the price..., I will also give you the same price I gave Liang Xiangyi, how about that?" Hua Lei asked.

Bai Yunhe nodded, but did not take back the seal on the table. He said, "The price is as Miss Hua said. I would also like to trouble you to use the ship to transport it for me. The transportation fee can be directly deducted from these dividends.

As for what to send, I don't know yet. How about...after I get to Xijiang and learn about the situation, I'll write to you and you can deliver the goods to me according to the requirements in my letter. Is that okay?"

Hua Lei nodded and said, "Okay, that's no problem. I'll wait for your reply." After a pause, she asked, "However, Mr. Bai, for the dividends for each quarter, should I send the banknotes to the Dingxi Marquis' Mansion, or should I keep them in your account and wait for you to come back from Xijiang to withdraw them?"

Bai Yunhe's eyes darkened, he looked at Hualei and said, "No need, from now on, Miss Hua, please help me exchange the dividends for items on your farm and send them to the Xijiang military camp."

"Ah? This... Mr. Bai, although I am very happy that you buy things from my farm, if you exchange all the dividends every quarter, you will have no cash left."

Looking at Bai Yunhe, Hua Lei asked carefully, "Mr. Bai, you see, the business of wool sweaters and wool blankets has been very good recently, and the dividends every quarter are not small. How about I exchange half of the items for you and keep half of the dividends for you in the form of banknotes? Or leave it in your account?"

Looking at Hua Lei's cautious expression, Bai Yunhe couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Miss Hua, when I cooperated with you in the wool sweater business, my original intention was to hope that I could give you a decent betrothal gift.

But now I have no chance, so what's the point of keeping all this money? I might as well give it all to you in another way.

"No need, just replace all the items." Bai Yunhe insisted.

Seeing Bai Yunhe's determined look, Hualei sighed softly. After a pause, she asked again, "Mr. Bai, have you decided to go to Western Xinjiang? When are you going?"

"afternoon."

"Ah? So soon?" Hua Lei originally thought that this matter wouldn't be so urgent, but going in the afternoon? Why does this feel like running away?

What she didn't know was that at this moment in the Dingxi Marquis' Mansion, in Madam Bai's main room, a matchmaker was sitting there talking to Madam Bai in a very excited manner.

"Mr. Bai, if you want to exchange all your items, that's fine. However, I suggest that if you go to Xijiang, you buy a shop in the town first.

At that time, I will exchange some of the items you need in the barracks for you, and some of them for the soy sauce, vinegar, and wine on my farm, as well as soap, toothbrushes, and so on.

These things can be stored for a long time without spoiling. You can go to Xijiang to sell them. Just send a trustworthy person to look after the shop. In this way, you can have cash and also have money to send to the military camp. What do you think?"

Hua Lei suggested, "Besides, you can use the silver you earn from selling in Xijiang to buy more items, right? Let silver beget silver, and then silver will come in continuously, right?

Otherwise, if the sweater business doesn’t do well in a year or two, you won’t have the dividends to exchange for items on my farm, right?” Hua Lei said.

For some reason, Hua Lei felt that Bai Yunhe was in a bad mood today. It seemed that he had lost all hope and would not come back in a short time after going to Xijiang. So, she would let him open a shop in Xijiang to make money.

"If you open a shop in Xijiang and the sales are good, you can also help me share some of the pressure of sales. Many things are not easy to sell in Shangjing City, and I have a backlog of them."

In the last sentence, Hualei lied. She might have some items left over, but she would never have any unsold items. You know, Mobei has a huge spending power, and Liang Xiangyi and Uncle Zhou Ziren often come to Hualei Manor to buy goods. So she really has no worries about selling her things.