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Chapter 181 Finding an Agent
Xia Yichen asked with a smile, "Does Mu Hua mean to control the size of the stone tablet, giving people the illusion that it's too late to have their name engraved?"
Wen Yuxia responded with a slight smile, "Of course, the stone tablet should be large. In addition to engraving the names of the donors, some history of the county can also be added to the tablet. The history can be long or short, and the number of names on the tablet can also be many or few."
"Hehe, I understand," Xia Yichen nodded slightly.
Looking at the map, Wen Yuxia said, "Although the ditch excavation is divided into sections and contracted out, we still need to send people to check on it to ensure progress and quality." Xia Yichen agreed and decided to select a suitable person from the county government's constables to supervise the work.
Wuji County needed to dig two ditches. Magistrate Meng personally led a team to the site to supervise the construction. Xia Yichen sent Wen Yuxia to a neighboring county to purchase grain. The purchased grain was stored in the county government warehouse and distributed to each village according to the number of people. The village chiefs were responsible for providing meals for the villagers who were digging the ditches.
After half a month, about one-third of the two ditches had been dug when the Ministry of Works finally arrived. Xia Yichen met with them to discuss the specific construction plan for widening the river channel.
As the project gradually unfolded, everything proceeded in an orderly manner. Wen Yuxia took Bei Yi and Bei Er to Xinchuan County to raise funds and find fruit wine distributors.
After raising funds in all five counties, Wen Yuxia bid farewell to Xia Yichen: "Brother, I still want to go to other cities to find fruit wine distributors, so I won't stay here with you. Take care of yourself."
Xia Yichen said with a faint smile, "Mu Hua, give me a map of your travel route." Wen Yuxia said in surprise, "You're planning to walk the same routes I've taken?"
"Hehe, while you're looking for fruit wine distributors, you can also help me raise funds. By following in your footsteps, I can get the money to reinforce the riverbed."
After a slight pause, Xia Yichen continued, "Brown sugar, honeycomb briquettes, and pills also need distributors. I'll leave this to you. Just find one distributor in each prefecture."
With her spatial ability, transportation is a piece of cake for Wen Yuxia, while Xia Yichen incurs a fee for transporting goods.
Therefore, Xia Yichen only planned to supply goods to the prefectures, while the supply to counties and towns would be handled by the prefecture's agents.
Wen Yuxia nodded knowingly and smiled, "Brother, just prepare as many contracts as there are states in the Great Xia! I will promptly send the news back to Yunyi Tower after a state signs an agency contract, and have Brother Jinxuan deliver the goods to my door."
“Okay, I’ll have someone prepare the contract right now.” Xia Yichen originally thought that Wen Yuxia would find an agent first, and then he would go over to sign the contract. Wen Yuxia’s suggestion was obviously more convenient.
Carrying the contract prepared by Xia Yichen, Wen Yuxia led Nan Yi and the others away from Wuji County. Their first stop was Hanyang County, which is next to Wuji County.
Hanyang County belongs to Yazhou Prefecture. Upon entering Hanyang County, Wen Yuxia and her group immediately noticed its greater liveliness compared to Wuji County. Wen Yuxia led Nan Yi and the others directly to the largest tavern in the area.
Inside the tavern, Wen Yuxia explained her purpose and presented sample fruit wines and purified baijiu. The tavern owner and manager both praised them highly after tasting them.
The tavern owner was very interested in the fruit wine and expressed his desire to become the sole distributor of the fruit wine in Yazhou Prefecture. Wen Yuxia thought for a moment and said, "In other places, there is one distributor per county. It's not in accordance with the rules for you to be the only distributor in Yazhou Prefecture."
"Hehe, it's me, Mr. Xue, who's being greedy. Mr. Wen, could you let me become the agent for Hanyang County?" Mr. Xue said with a smile.
Having run a tavern for many years, he knew that fruit wine and purified liquor would become the most popular alcoholic beverages in Hanyang County, and immediately expressed his desire to become the distributor for Hanyang County.
Wen Yuxia hesitated for a moment before saying, "The Crown Prince is reinforcing the dikes in Wuji County next door. Before I came, he instructed me to raise funds in Hanyang County to reinforce the dikes and widen the river, saying that he wanted to develop the water transport industry of the Great Xia..."
Wen Yuxia stammered as she revealed that the fruit wine distributor was also responsible for supporting Xia Yichen's shipping business.
Mr. Xue declared arrogantly, "Water transport is much faster than land transport. We businessmen also benefit from widening the river. This money should be donated. I, Mr. Xue from Hanyang County, am willing to take the lead."
Meanwhile, the river channel project on Xia Yichen's side was progressing smoothly, and Chairman Zhang and Magistrate Meng had raised a new batch of funds, enough to support the remaining construction work.
Xia Yichen, along with his colleagues from the Ministry of Works, traveled between the five counties, urging laborers to widen the waterways. Wen Yuxia, meanwhile, shuttled between the counties searching for fruit wine distributors to raise funds for widening the waterways and reinforcing the dikes.
Days passed, and the appointed day with the fruit wine suppliers from five counties including Xinchuan and Wuji was fast approaching. Wen Yuxia returned to Lingyuan Village in Xinchuan County with her guards.
"Lin Zhuangtou, have Wu and Huang Zhuangtou move all the fruit wine and purified liquor to Warehouse No. 5 in the west of the city." To make it easier for her to move supplies into her spatial storage, Wen Yuxia had been renting a warehouse in the west of the city for a long time.
After Xinchuan County acquired a distributor, Lin Zhuangtou and his group no longer needed to supply Zuixianlou and other restaurants. The three village heads delivered all the fruit wine and purified liquor from their estates to Warehouse No. 5 in the west of the city.
Wen Yuxia sent Nan Yi to notify the fruit wine distributor in Xinchuan County to pick up the goods. She returned to the residence in the west of the city with the others. As soon as Steward Li saw her, he burst into tears, "Princess, you're finally back."
Wang Ping's family and the Wen family enjoyed a comfortable life in the mansion in the south of the city for several months, and they actually refused to leave. Every day, they bossed around Lu Zhigang's family of four, ordering them around to do chores.
Lu Zhigang had approached Steward Li several times about this matter. Steward Li had suggested that both families move back to the village, but the two families refused.
They also demanded that Steward Li send more food to the south of the city, otherwise they would move to the large mansion in the west of the city. Steward Li had no choice but to increase the supplies to the mansion in the south of the city.
Wen Yuxia said coldly, "This is my fault. I shouldn't have let you take care of the Wang and Wen families in the first place. Nan Er, you two go to the mansion in the south of the city and kick out that house full of shameless people."
Barefoot people aren't afraid of those wearing shoes, and the ruthless are afraid of the vicious. No matter how tough Wang Ping and his gang were, they couldn't do anything to Nan Er and his group, and could only watch helplessly as Nan Er threw their luggage outside the gate.
Nan Er coldly looked at the wailing and crying old woman Wen, and said with a stern face, "The Wen and Wang families have severed ties with my master and have no relation to each other. During the flood, Steward Li took you in because he was meddling in other people's business. Now that the master has returned, you should leave immediately."
“Uncle Lu, the letter of severance of kinship is on file at the county government office. If they dare to come here again, you should go to the county government office and ask the magistrate to make a decision for my princess,” Bei Yi’s voice remained gentle.