When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 25 Leading the Caravan to Saibei
On the official road leading to the northern frontier, a carriage that looked ordinary in appearance but was comfortably decorated inside was moving slowly, followed by nearly a hundred mule and horse carts carrying goods in a long line.

Gu Hua was leaning on the soft brocade cushion in the carriage, holding in his hand the five thousand taels of silver that the sixteen shopkeepers of the Gu family's shop had asked Fang Kuan to bring.

Gu Hua silently kept this feeling in his heart.

As long as those shopkeepers don't betray themselves and the Gu family in the future, she, Gu Hua, will earn them a good life that everyone envies.

This time, Gu Hua brought her with him. Xia He, who was sitting beside her, stared at her slightly bulging belly for a long time, unable to move her eyes away.

This...belly...

It doesn't look like he's gained weight.

Xia He raised her hand and rubbed her eyes again...

"Stop rubbing it, you read it right, it's just what you think."

After a long while, Xia He recovered from her surprise, "Is this the reason why the master asked me to take care of the young master last time?!"

Gu Hua opened her red lips slightly, "Hmm."

Xia He suddenly felt that her master was very beautiful.

Gu Hua smiled without saying anything and gently closed his eyes.

After that, Xia He still kept her duties, not caring about things that she shouldn't care about, and not asking things that she shouldn't ask.

She was trusted by her master and kept by his side, while Chunlan was entrusted by Gu Hua to stay in Gu Mansion to look after the main courtyard. Dongmei was not calm enough...

Xia He took a thin quilt from the side and covered Gu Hua with it. She found some fine cotton cloth and soft brocade for herself. Next, she was going to make clothes for the young master.

Gu Hua lazily lay on the cushion in the car with her hands on her belly. She was not afraid that Xia He would expose her identity as a woman because doing so would not do her any good.

The sound of horse hooves could be heard on the official road. This time, Mu Feng and Mu Xue were driving the carriage in front. After all, Uncle Lin was too old to travel long distances.

Gu Hua did not agree to let him come with him, and asked him to go to another farm of the Gu family to keep Uncle Ya company, so that the two old men in their fifties could enjoy their leisure time.

Doing business is hard work and sleeping in the open air is common.

They set out in early June, and the caravan entered the northern territory in early August, after a journey of more than a month.

The temperature here is very hot during the day.

It's a little chilly in the morning and evening.

Gu Hua was wearing a thin cloak and standing under the afterglow of the setting sun. From afar, he seemed to be integrated into the golden light, and his whole body was shrouded in a circle of sacred light.

Fang Kuan and Yan Minghua sat on a dead tree to take a rest. Looking at her from behind, there was a bit more admiration in their eyes, as she usually looked like a pampered young master from a wealthy family.

She never complained about the hardship or tiredness during the whole journey. Most of the time, she just ate dry food like them and continued on her journey. Although she was a rich young lady, they had never seen her be picky about food.

If Gu Hua knew what they were thinking, she would definitely tell them that they were overthinking. If she was picky about food, she would have died many times if she had been so picky about food during the apocalypse.

On this day, Gu Hua received a letter from Butler Fu and Su Fuyinghua, which was brought by a postman who was asked to deliver a letter to the north.

The third and fifth branches of the Gu family lost some money and came to the mansion to look for her. Knowing that she was not there, they wanted to take the opportunity to take away some of the valuable ornaments and other items in the mansion.

Butler Fu and a group of servants in the mansion forcibly stopped them, threatening that their master had left the family and if they didn't leave, they would send the troublemakers of the Gu family to the government for robbery. Only then did they stop. After reading Butler Fu's letter, Gu Hua took out the message sent by Su Fuying.

Gu Hua frowned slightly.

The letter mentioned that Su Fuying had originally followed the plan they had agreed upon, using some unfashionable fabrics to pretend to start a price war with the Wan family in order to trick the Wan family into falling into a trap, so that the more he sold, the more money he would lose.

But we are selling in limited quantities just to drag Wanjia into a deep pit. Either they can't recover the market conditions, or they will get deeper and deeper into the pit.

But things unexpectedly changed. The wealthy businessmen in Jiangzhou City learned that Gu Hua was going to the desolate and bandit-ridden northern Sai with his caravan and goods to look for business opportunities in order to save the economic crisis of Gu's family business.

Many wealthy families have made moves on the Gu family, hoping to take advantage of the absence of Gu Hua, the head of the Gu family, to get a piece of the pie. Even the Song family, one of the four major families in Jiangzhou City, has gotten involved.

Gu Hua held the letter, her eyes turned cold, and she murmured, "Just wait for me. When I unload the goods and come back, I will take care of all the four major families."

Fortunately, Su Fuying mentioned at the end of the letter that he followed Gu Hua's instructions and asked the embroiderer in the silk and cloth shop to make several sets of exquisite and gorgeous clothes according to the styles on the drawings, and gave them as gifts to several wives of officials she knew in the city in her name.

Because it was so beautiful and gorgeous, a lady couldn't help but wear it to attend the birthday party of the city lord's wife. Women's love of beauty comes regardless of age or region.

The clothes that this lady wore looked beautiful, generous and decent, and the city lord's wife asked her where she bought them.

As the wife of a subordinate, of course I told the truth.

After learning that it was the Gu family's silk and cloth shop that made the clothes, the ladies in Jiangzhou City would more or less go to the Gu family shop to have one or two sets of exquisite clothes tailored for them.

Which woman doesn't want to have one or two sets of gorgeous clothes that belong to her alone?

Following Gu Hua's suggestion, Su Fuying launched a VIP system in the store. Everyone who came to Gu's store to buy this kind of gorgeous clothes was recorded, and others later followed suit and imitated the clothes.

If the person who wears it meets the real owner, he will be laughed at. Therefore, other merchants who follow suit and make clothes of the same style also hate the Gu family's behavior of selling clothes and leaving their name on it.

"Alas." Gu Hua received the letter and sighed softly.

She knew that making new styles of clothes based on her drawings could only solve the immediate problem and could not support the Gu family business, which was now shaky.

Gu Hua looked at the carts filled with goods not far away. Inside were cloth, tea leaves, and some sundries that the people of Saibei liked...

These things may not be rare in the interior of the country, but when they are transported to the northern pastoral areas where materials are not abundant, they become valuable goods.

Whether the Gu family can rise again depends on the result of this barter.

Gu Hua stood straight with her slender and tall figure, staring into the distance with a determined look.

No matter what, nothing can happen to the goods this time, otherwise the servants and the shopkeeper at home who are looking forward to him to support the Gu family will really have to follow him, the boss, and be laughed at and starved for a long time in the future.

Gu Hua used her cloak to cover her increasingly pregnant belly. She would do the same now whenever she got off the carriage. She walked over and called Dagui, the eldest son of the housekeeper Fu, who was directing people to light the stove and cook.

Yan Minghua, who was limping on one leg and carefully checking the goods in the account book every day, and Fang Kuan, who was arranging people to feed the horses and mules.

Mu Feng and Mu Xue were also called over.

Everyone came over and sat in a circle, waiting to hear what Gu Hua had to say...

(End of this chapter)