Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 559 Application for Land

The loaches were all delivered the night before, and they needed to spit out the sand, so they couldn't fit in. Even if they did, it would be inconvenient to clean the loaches.

So a few times, the clerk put the empty wooden barrels outside the shop, but someone stole a few of them. The loach barrels that could not be put away also disappeared for no reason a few times.

Hualei was very angry because she had to pay for the loach several times. However, she could not help but think of another way. So, she went to Diwozi Village to check the situation.

The Diwozi Village is actually quite large, and the usual entrance is still empty. I wonder if I can also apply for a plot of land, dig a diwozi myself, and then put the replacement and processing business in the diwozi.

If you can really apply, choose the entrance of Diwozi Village. It is still empty there and no one is willing to choose this place.

Because those who choose to hide in the cave know that there will be a lot of people coming in and out at the intersection, and it will be difficult to sleep, so no one chooses it.

However, the replacement business is quite good. If the shop can't put it there, it can be made in the shop over there and brought over by mule cart. And it can be placed in the cave to keep warm.

Yes, go ask first if you can apply for a place to dig a hole. If not, it should be possible to pay some money yourself. Hualei got on the carriage to go back.

Uncle Zhongsheng and Ziyan Ziyun, who had been following Hualei, found Hualei's idea incredible after hearing it.

If I apply for a dugout here to do a profitable business, that would be fine. However, not only does the business not make any money, but I also have to pay for the dugout. This mistress of mine is really weird.

Because she had an idea, Hua Lei went directly back to the county government office to find Zou Shitong, the magistrate of Mobei County. Some time ago, the county government office had been busy assisting the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue.

These people haven't had a day off for more than two months. They work from dawn to dusk every day. Sometimes, they have to work until midnight with lamps on. They are so tired that they feel dizzy.

Fortunately, Rong Jin and several of his men have been taking over from them in recent days, so they finally had some time to rest for a few days.

After going home and sleeping for two days, he came back to work with full energy. When Hua Lei found County Magistrate Zou, County Magistrate Zou had just finished his work.

County Magistrate Zou had dealt with Old Marquis Pei, had dealt with Pei Jingyang, and recently had dealt a lot with Pei Rongjin.

Therefore, how could I not agree to Hualei's proposal to apply for a diwozi plot of land to do replacement and processing business? Anyway, the place there is very big, and if it is not enough, I can continue to expand to the north.

There was no need for the county government to help, so Magistrate Zou didn't care at all. And as Magistrate Zou also cared about the people, he was also willing to support Hua Lei.

Hualei is obviously doing a good deed. Almost every pioneer has had a taste of loach soup, without having to pay for it themselves. How great is that.

Therefore, Hua Lei got two connected plots of land at the entrance of Diwozi Village. All the people living in Diwozi had to pass through here to enter or exit.

Hua Lei handed the application form for the dugout with the county government's seal to Uncle Zhongsheng, asking him to arrange for people to help dig the dugout as soon as possible.

A few days later, the cave was dug. Hualei specially installed a solid wooden door that could be locked. After delivering the loach soup in the evening, after distributing the loach soup, he cleaned the wooden barrel and locked it in the cave.

The other dugout is used to store the firewood that has been exchanged. When it is convenient, you can just take the firewood back.

When the loach soup is ready, come over and take the wooden barrel to the shop to fill it up, and then pull it back directly.

In this way, empty barrels would not be stolen, and barrels filled with loaches would not disappear without reason. The flower bud replacement and processing business finally went on smoothly.

At the end of the month, I took inventory of the flower buds and found that they were quite good. I exchanged the loaches and eels I got from here for the prices of the live goods, which were basically the same as the seasonings and labor costs I used, so I neither lost nor gained.

However, after processing and selling the exchanged loaches and eels in the restaurant, they did make a lot of money.

The main dish is the spicy loach made from flower buds, and the salted pork and eel soup tastes really good.

In addition, the ingredients are fresh and the price is reasonable, so many people like to eat it, especially as a side dish for drinking, the taste is even better. This does not include the loaches and eels that Rong Jin ate and Hua Lei gave away.

The firewood and foxtail grass piled up in the yard were not enough to offset the rent, but with the loaches eaten by Rong Jin, it was almost enough.

This shows that his replacement and processing business can continue. Moreover, this replacement and processing business is particularly popular among these land reclamation people.

Every day they happily turned the soil and caught loaches, which helped to improve the relationship between the members of each team.

After a while, another group of prisoners who were working on the new land also learned about this. So they asked their team leader to come over and ask Hua Lei if she was willing to exchange with them.

Compared with the people who were reclaiming the wasteland, their food was worse. For one meal, the common people had two mixed flour buns and a bowl of porridge. However, they only had one black flour bun and a bowl of porridge without any rice grains.

Therefore, when they saw Hualei helping to process loaches by exchanging goods, they also hoped that they could also exchange goods with Hualei.

He also considered himself a prisoner and inferior to others, so he proposed that Hualei could take 50% of the loaches to offset the seasoning and processing fees.

Because their time was strictly controlled. Even when they were off duty, they were escorted back to Diwozi Village by yamen runners. They had no free time to chop firewood or pull foxtail grass.

Even if it's only for a cup of tea, it's not allowed. So, I'm willing to give up a few more loaches, just hoping that the flower buds can be replaced with them.

The Diwozi Village where they lived was three miles north of where the common people lived. The prison in the Mobei town could not accommodate these prisoners. Therefore, the county government also planned a piece of land for them to dig their own digs and live in.

Moreover, the Ministry of Households was also in charge of the land they reclaimed, but the land they reclaimed was not mixed with the common people.

Therefore, Hua Lei readily agreed to their request and did not ask for 50% of the loaches from them.

Instead, they treated everyone equally, in the same way as ordinary people, without deducting 25% from the firewood. When the prisoners heard this, they were all in tears. This official was quite good. Thus, unknowingly, the business of flower bud replacement and processing grew again.