Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 264

When Mrs. Ling knew about this, she blamed her sister-in-law for being too willful.

The border is unstable now. If something happens to her during her visit, her family might not be able to live in peace.

However, she didn't dare say these words in front of Ye Xin, for fear that Ye Xin would blame her.

She finally realized how much her husband valued this younger sister.

Ye Xi asked the escorts to follow the route that had been marked. What she was looking for was a place suitable for growing her exotic seeds.

The Great Zhou attached great importance to grain, so she did not dare to try to persuade farmers in areas with fertile land to switch to crops of unknown origin.

It should only be attempted in places that are unsuitable for growing crops or where the land is barren.

After all, it doesn't matter what the locals grow, and the cost to her is not too high.

If these crops are really grown, she will open a chain of restaurants in the future that specializes in providing these exotic crops, which would be unique.

The ideal is very beautiful, but she doesn’t know whether reality can allow it to be realized, but she has to try, right?

At first, she never thought that Ashan could really bring back the seeds she wanted.

In this era, many mature industries are controlled by large families or aristocrats, and it is difficult for ordinary people like her to stand out.

Her Zhiwei Restaurant lasted for five years, during which time many imitating restaurants emerged.

If she had not signed a ten-year contract with the Hu people, she would probably have closed down by now.

Their journey was not always smooth. They encountered some small robbers from time to time, but they were all chased away by the escorts. They tried to take the official road which was relatively safer.

Half a month later, they arrived at the farthest destination of this journey, a border town in the west - Huyang City.

This was their first stop. She took a look and found that there were no poplar trees here at all. She didn't know why it was given such a name.

Later I learned that the "Poplar" here is actually a person's name, named in memory of a general who died heroically.

Huyang City is indeed a border city. Although there is no desert, it still has to endure some wind and sand from time to time, which are blown in from other places.

She observed the local area and found that there was not much rain, so the locals used water by digging wells, and irrigation of the fields was a big problem.

The fields are basically planted with sorghum, and the yield is not good.

She asked the locals, and they said that most of the people here transported grain from other places to trade.

The locals here cannot leave because the imperial court does not allow them to migrate. They have to stay to help defend the city and also to contribute to the soldiers defending the city.

After more than a month, the several seeds she brought have sprouted and grown well. She took good care of them, fearing that the seedlings would die.

There were those little incidents along the way, one of which was when Ye Xi's potted plants were knocked over, which made her very sad.

Those escorts all thought that this customer was mentally ill. Instead of caring about gold and silver, he cared about these "weeds".

They didn’t know that the main purpose of Ye Xi’s trip was these little seedlings.

Ye Xi lived in an inn in Huyang City. It was a remote place and there were not many good inns. She chose the most expensive one, but the decoration inside was not very good.

She felt that she couldn't ask for too much, after all, it was a cold and bitter place.

If it weren't for guarding the border, there wouldn't be soldiers and civilians here.

Outsiders like her were even rarer, and she didn't know that she had been targeted since she checked into her room.