Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 192: I have what others don’t, and I have something new

"Yeah, okay." Hualei nodded.

“Also, Sister Ruyi, I think after you go to Chengyun Prefecture, you should first prepare to open a clothing shop, and then open a bookstore depending on the specific situation. Brother Tang will also need to take care of things when he takes office.

In this case, you may need to prepare more money for turnover within half a year, so that you don't get stuck with money by then." Hualei remembered Liang Xiangyi's situation at that time and reminded Ruyi.

"Oh, Sister Hua, this is exactly what I am most anxious about right now." Ruyi sighed. She did not hide anything and told Hua Lei about her actual situation, including her plan to sell her dowry and move to a farm in the capital.

Hua Lei thought for a moment and said, "Sister Ruyi, Brother Tang is going to Chengyun Prefecture to take up his post this time. According to the normal process, his term of office is usually three years. So think about it, will Brother Tang be transferred back to Shangjing City after three years?

I think it's unlikely. He needs to be promoted at least one level. After becoming a prefect, he needs to serve outside for three years before he can be transferred back to the capital. This will take a total of six years, and this is only possible under the smoothest and fastest circumstances.

"In the past six years, do you think you have left your dowry shop and farm in the capital, which are half-dead every year and only serve to feed the farmers? Are you happy about that?"

Seeing Ruyi was a little hesitant, Hualei asked again, "If you have a lot of money to circulate, it doesn't matter, but if you go to Chengyun Prefecture, open a clothing shop, and get the right to sell books for the imperial examination, you won't be able to afford the capital to open a bookstore, and your shop and farm in Shangjing City will have nothing to produce and you can only make a living. Are you willing to accept that?"

"Sister Hua, what do you think I should do?" Ruyi looked at Hua Lei.

"I think you should keep a house, a farm, and one or two shops in Shangjing City. That's enough. This way, you will have a place to stay when you return to Shangjing City. You can exchange the rest for silver and invest in Chengyunzhou.

In Shangjing City, Brother Tang's official position did not give him any advantage, but in Chengyun Prefecture, he was the top boss. No matter what shop you opened, such as a clothing factory, there would definitely be supporters among the subordinates and their wives. You did not need to do anything illegal, as long as they supported you normally, your business would not be bad. And if you had new styles, even more people would support you. Isn't that better than the shop in Shangjing City that was half-dead every year?

Silver is a common currency, and the silver earned in Chengyun Prefecture is not cheaper than that earned in the capital.

Once you have earned money in Chengyun State, you will have a lot of working capital. Three years later, no matter which city Brother Tang goes to, after you sell the shops and farms in Chengyun State, you can still go to the new city to buy new shops and farms.

Then I can replicate your operation model in Chengyunzhou, and I can still make money. When I return to Shangjing City, I can buy a new property."

"Sister Hua, how can you think so far ahead? Not only did you think about what will happen three months later, you also thought about three years later and six years later. You are really amazing." Ruyi praised Hua Lei sincerely.

"Sister Ruyi, don't praise me. I am also slowly groping my way. I think when you get to Chengyun Prefecture, if you can really open a bookstore, you should also put the rice grid and field grid in the bookstore. Although it may increase the cost due to transportation problems, if you can do what others don't, you will win over a large number of bookstores. At that time, with the convenience of Brother Tang's position to promote you, the bookstore will definitely be successful.

But the clothing shop can't use this method. There must be a lot of clothing shops in Chengyunzhou, with many competitors and great pressure. However, you can put new styles in, so that there are new styles every season, and you can have what others don't have, and what others have but I have newer. In this way, the probability of success of the clothing shop will be much greater. Remember, each shop must adopt a different business model to be successful. "Hua Lei carefully passed on her business experience to Ruyi.

"Sister Hua, I understand. Thank you." Ruyi stopped at the entrance of Qihua Courtyard. "I will think about it carefully. I will go back and discuss with my mother and grandmother to see what is the best way to do it. I will go back first today. When I came out, the second child was making a fuss. I was afraid that my mother and the maids and the old women could not handle it, so I went back to see first."

"Okay." Hualei nodded, and Ruyi turned around and took her maid back to Changfeng Garden. Hualei also entered the Qihua Courtyard and rested on the small couch.

Ruyi hurried back to Changfeng Garden. Seeing that her second son had been coaxed to sleep and Madam Han was leaning on the small couch next to her, she sat in her room and thought for a while. After a cup of tea, she went to Songheyuan to find Madam Pei. The next day, she put the two small farms and a shop in a bad location up for sale at the pawnshop.

Five days before the Chinese New Year, the Imperial College finally had a holiday. Hua Lei took Xiao Yuan to Songhe Hall to bid farewell to Old Madam Pei, because it was in mourning and it was inconvenient to spend the New Year at someone else's house. Although Old Madam Pei repeatedly said that the Marquis's Mansion had no taboos, Hua Lei still insisted on taking Xiao Yuan back to Qingyun Lane and then went to Yuanying Manor.

Because the Imperial College was on holiday, the team that was delivering vegetables and meat at Yuanying Manor also stopped working. Hua Lei asked them to take a good rest and adjust themselves.

For more than three consecutive months, the Imperial College did not need to deliver goods at the end of each ten-day period, but several restaurants still delivered goods, so they hardly had a good rest. However, they could not stay idle, so they took a day off and then ran to Baihua Manor to help pickle peppers.

Other tofu shops, braised food shops, bean sprout shops and the like have basically stopped operating, and restaurants no longer need to deliver goods because of the Chinese New Year.

Nowadays, unlike in the past, when people would go to hotels to entertain guests for dinner during the New Year, people here rush back home during the New Year. Business in restaurants and inns is very slow, so the restaurant owners simply take a holiday and open their doors after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Therefore, in Yuanying Village, except for the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and fish, which need to be fed every day, everything else has basically stopped.

During these few days, Hua Lei had all the feces in the chicken, duck, goose and pig pens on the farm cleaned up. All the pens were also renovated and covered with straw fans to keep them warm, so that the chickens, ducks, geese and pigs could have a warm and clean year.

I checked all the vegetables in the field, covered those that needed to be kept warm with straw fans, pulled out those that were frozen to death, and turned the soil to loosen it. I planted those that could be planted, and buried those that could not be planted with fertilizer to nourish the soil.

I cleaned all the houses on the farm, reinforced what needed to be reinforced, cleaned what needed to be cleaned, sprinkled some insect repellents and pesticides in the warehouse, cleaned up some dead corners, and it seems that the farm is almost tidy.