boyutpedia Chapter 186: Transport by Ship
Chapter 186: Transport by Ship
If Grandmother Pei continues to blame herself like this, Hualei will be embarrassed. If something like this happens again, she will not dare to tell Grandmother Pei. "Hualei lowered her head.
Old Madam Pei looked at Hua Lei and smiled. This girl was still so smart and insightful. She patted her arm and said softly, "Xiao Yuan's health is important. Send Qing Cheng to deliver the pills to Xiao Yuan." Hua Lei nodded and sent Qing Cheng to deliver the pills to the Imperial College.
During this period, all the canned fruits in Baihua Zhuang have been completed. The output of peaches this year is half more than that of last year, and the pear fruit this year is also very gratifying. In addition to the original varieties of peaches, Hualei has made a lot of pear paste candies and pear jams, which are also on sale. Business is very good.
Many old customers from last year also came to patronize the store, buying canned peaches, pear jam and pear paste candy. So Hualei's wallet has been bulging recently.
During this period of time, people on the farm are busy pickling various peppers to make pepper sauce and chopped pepper sauce. Last year, when they were pickling pepper sauce, the peppers grown on their farm were far from enough. Later, they went to nearby villagers to buy a lot of dried peppers to make chopped pepper sauce. After it was made, they all sent it directly to Mobei and were not put on the market in the capital.
So this year, under the advice of Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao, Hualei also planted a lot of peppers in Yuanying Village, and picked them all when they were ripe and brought them to Baihua Village, which had even more peppers at that time. As a last resort, they found a group of villagers nearby to work as temporary helpers.
Earlier, Hualei took advantage of the autumn when there were all kinds of mushrooms on the mountain and asked Uncle Fu to go to the north city near the mountain to buy a lot of shiitake mushrooms and other mushrooms. They washed them, chopped them up, dried them and kept them.
At this time, several new varieties were developed in combination with chili peppers, including original mushroom chili sauce, mushroom garlic chili sauce, original minced meat chili sauce, and minced meat garlic chili sauce. Together with last year's original chili sauce, a very rich series was formed.
After trying the mushroom chili sauce and minced meat chili sauce, Mrs. Pei praised them highly. With a wave of her hand, she handed over the banknotes and bought all the food. Hua Lei took the banknotes and felt a little worried for Mrs. Pei. She asked, "Grandmother Pei, how are you going to transport so much chili sauce to Mobei? I remember that the caravan of the Marquis' Mansion has just set out for more than ten days. It will take another month to return. How are you going to deliver so much chili sauce?"
Mrs. Pei was stunned. Oh, right, I forgot that I had just sent a batch of homemade wine to Mobei, and it was not certain when it would come back. But this batch of peppers was needed in Mobei. After eating the pepper sauce last year, Marquis Pei had asked me to take care of myself in a letter early this year. When Lei'er's pickled peppers came out, he would send a batch to Mobei.
In winter, Mobei has few vegetables and not much to eat. This chili sauce is added with mushrooms and minced meat. It can be eaten as a dish, with noodles, steamed buns, or porridge. It also warms the body. Not to mention the military camp needs it, even the common people are scrambling for it. But transportation is indeed a problem. Mrs. Pei pinched the corner of her clothes and felt a little embarrassed.
Hua Lei looked at Madam Pei and suddenly thought of Liang Xiangyi. Liang Xiangyi had told her before that if she needed water transportation, she could find her. She could also go to Mobei by boat, and the water route to Mobei was also very convenient, and there were many things that could be transported by boat.
So he asked, "Grandma Pei, I know a friend who can help us transport things to Mobei by boat. Do you want to try it?
This ship is quite large, and can carry more things than a caravan. Although the water route may be slower than the land route of a caravan, if we go directly to Mobei without having to go into a town like a caravan, the speed is still acceptable."
Madam Pei's eyes lit up and she asked, "Really? That's fine. Is her ship empty? If she really uses a ship to transport it, all the peppers can be delivered. There are still hundreds of jars of wine piled up in the winery that can't be delivered in time, so they can be delivered by ship. Jin'er's grandfather originally thought that the wine he delivered was not enough and not enough to sell. If there is a ship to help deliver it, that would be the best."
"Then I'll go and ask tomorrow?" Hua Lei asked.
"Okay." Mrs. Pei was also straightforward.
So, the next day, Hua Lei went to Liang Xiangyi's shop in Xicheng District and met Liang Xiangyi. When she asked about the ship, it happened that one of Liang Xiangyi's ships had just purchased a large amount of inferior cloth from Sucheng in Jiangnan a few days ago, and the cloth was being stored in the warehouse these two days. If Hua Lei wanted to use it, she could set off directly to Mobei in three days.
Hua Lei was very happy and made a decision immediately. She negotiated the price with Liang Xiangyi, paid a deposit, and agreed that the ship would load the cargo and set off in three days. However, Liang Xiangyi also suggested that it would be better to have a guide who could point out the general direction on the way and arrange for someone to contact when going ashore.
That's no problem. There are so many disabled veterans in the winery. Many of them return to the capital by water because they have difficulty walking. You can find someone to act as a guide with your eyes closed.
Hua Lei returned to the Marquis' Mansion and happily explained the situation to Old Madam Pei. Old Madam Pei was also happy, and immediately notified the winery to ship the goods in three days. Hua Lei also sent a message to Baihua Manor, in which all the pickled chili sauce would be shipped in three days.
After discussing with Madam Pei, it was too late to make preserved meat in these three days. However, we could kill a batch of pigs and pickle bacon. After more than 20 days of journey, we could eat the bacon in Mobei.
Old Madam Pei was happy. Oh, not bad, not bad. If the old marquis received the goods this time, he would definitely be satisfied. There was wine and meat, and he could eat and drink, and they were all his favorites.
No one knows a man better than his wife. Twenty days later, after Lord Pei had just received a batch of cured meat and bacon, he unexpectedly received a large shipload of goods, including wine and meat. He laughed happily. He had a really happy year with wine and meat.
Hua Lei quickly rushed to Yuanying Manor and found a few strong men on the manor to help the slaughtering team kill more than fifty pigs. They cut all the pigs into strips and pieces, marinated them carefully, and put them into ceramic jars.
Tian Xiaolian was asked to bring a group of women to pickle a batch of duck eggs and put them into the pottery jar. After more than 20 days of journey, the salted duck eggs arrived in Mobei and were almost ready to eat.
Three days later, Liang Xiangyi's boat arrived, loaded with wine, chili sauce, ceramic jars of pickled pork, and ceramic jars of salted duck eggs, but there was still a small space left empty.
Hualei saw that there was still space, so he asked someone to bring a batch of pear syrup, pear jam, and canned peaches from Baihua Zhuang and put them in.