Chapter 90 Caravan Returns Home

On September 23, Huajiabao invited chefs from the city. The martial arts training ground was lined up with more than ten rows of stoves. There were neatly arranged tables and chairs everywhere in the village. The Hua family killed 30 sheep and 5 cows early in the morning. Today, all the children in the village wore new clothes.

The aroma of mutton filled the air over the entire Huajiabao, but everyone gathered on the city wall and stared at the official road in the distance, waiting for the return of the Huajia caravan.

"The caravan has reached Hongshi Mountain. Don't block the city gate..." A member of the village protection team rode to explore the road early in the morning, and turned back to report after discovering the Huajia caravan.

"Xiao Shitou, how many cattle and horses did our caravan bring back this time? Did you see it?" A village elder of Huajiabao asked with a smile when he saw the member of the village protection team coming back.

"I didn't count them in detail. Our caravan ranked third in the caravan. I came back when I saw the old man in front of the caravan!" The team member had to answer when he saw the village elder asking questions.

"How come you don't know anything when I asked you to explore the way... and you're ranked third... that's incredible!" The village elder couldn't stop laughing when he heard this.

"How could I not know anything? I saw that our caravan's horses were in a group, stretching for more than a thousand meters. The cattle and sheep followed behind for more than 5 miles. I think our caravan has at least 700 or 800 people..."

At this point, the member of the village protection team was a little afraid to speak. There were only 52 people when the Hua family left, how come the number of people increased more than ten times when they came back? If he hadn't seen a few people in the front of the caravan that he knew, he would have thought he had seen it wrong.

"Go away, you unreliable thing!" The village elder cursed, and the team member could only scratch his head embarrassedly when he heard this.

Hua Kai rode in the middle of the caravan, and all the old members of the Hua family were excited to urge the new members to hurry up when they were about to get home.

After passing the Red Stone Mountain, Hua Xing came over and asked Hua Kai to ride in front of the team. All the caravan members got off the car. This is the tradition of the caravan returning home for many years, so that their relatives who were waiting for them from afar could see them earlier.

After passing Shegou Mountain, the silhouette of Huajiabao can be seen here. The Han and Jia caravans continued to move forward along the official road. Hua Kai saw a team of nearly a thousand people outside Huajiabao slowly walking towards here.

"Get on the horse and stand at the front of the caravan! Now you are the head of the Hua family. You should be welcomed by everyone when you lead the caravan back!"

Hua Kai saw his grandmother, mother and several village elders walking at the front of all the welcoming teams. Several uncles could only follow behind them. He wanted to go up to pay his respects to his grandmother and mother, but was blocked by his grandfather.

When the Hua family saw the whole village slowly walking towards the caravan, the front members of the caravan couldn't help but slow down their pace. The caravans, horses, cattle and sheep teams behind also caught up. Hua Xing rode on horseback behind Hua Kai's right, one horse length behind him.

At this time, Hua Zichen rode a BMW out of the welcoming crowd and came to Hua Kai. The core members of the family, such as Yu Jun, Hua Fu, Wei Baotou, and Er Zhuang, followed behind Hua Xing and Hua Zichen. Everyone rode their horses slowly towards the welcoming team.

When they were only a hundred meters away from the welcoming team, Hua Kai and others stopped their horses, and grandma, mother and several village elders came forward.

Hua Kai saw grandma trembling and walked to his horse, took the reins, gently stroked the neck of the BMW under his crotch, looked at the horse and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work!"

Hua Kai didn't know whether grandma was talking about the horse or himself, and at this moment his tears could not help but flow down. He dismounted and supported the grandma and said it was not hard, but his mother smiled at him with tears.

Several village elders also came to the horses of grandpa, uncle Wu and others to help them lead the horses. All the Hua family members dismounted at this time! Someone in the Hua family's welcoming team came forward and led their horses away. At this moment, this year's business trip was completely over!

Hua Kai walked in the front, and all the villagers of Huajiabao made way for him. When they reached the village gate, Hua Kai saw that the old men and parents of Huajiabao on the city wall were all staring at the caravan. They were looking for their sons or husbands to come back.

Arriving at the new martial arts training ground, the altar had been set up. Hua Kai took the incense handed over by the village elder and lit it. He bowed to the sky three times before getting up. The homecoming ceremony was over!

"Son, let mom see if you have lost weight after being away for more than half a year!" Huang Shuyun waited for the ceremony to end, and was the first to come up and touch Hua Kai's face and body, wanting to know if her son was injured.

"Mom, I'm fine! My father's revenge has been avenged, and the entire evil wolf village has been wiped out by us!" Hua Kai looked at his mother and said.

"Mom knows everything! Go home and change clothes!" Huang Shuyun took Hua Kai home to wash and change clothes, took off his armor and returned home. The caravan members completed their mission successfully.

All the old members were taken home by their relatives. The families of two members who could no longer go home took the urns in tears. Then all the horses and goods of the caravan slowly entered from the gate. Only then did the villagers of Huajiabao believe how rich the Hua family's harvest was this time.

More than 500 horses were seized from Hutuo Mountain, plus the original 640 horses of the Hua family, the total number of horses exceeded 1,000.

18 carriages were neatly placed in the center of the martial arts training ground. These carriages can only move when all the guests arrive tomorrow. But it is difficult for the thousands of cattle and sheep following the caravan to enter Huajiabao!

Hua Zihuan had no choice but to let the cattle and sheep stop outside the village. All the captives from Hutuo Mountain who followed the Hua family were not allowed to enter the village. Even so, the stables and cowsheds were full. Hua Ziqi and Hua Zijie were busy settling the new servants who joined the Hua family.

93 new members, 31 women and teenagers were all arranged in the main courtyard of Huakai. The remaining 62 members, including Han Jinsheng and Qing Geertai, were assigned to the new courtyard. Those who were not married could marry and have children in Huajiabao. This courtyard was all the welfare given to them by the Hua family.

128 of the 214 reserve servants were arranged in the main courtyard of Huakai. They were arranged by the housekeeper Huafu. Two or three people lived in one room. Of course, men and women were separated.

The remaining 86 reserve servants were all assigned to the four-person courtyard of Hua Ziqi, Hua Zijie, Hua Zihuan and Hua Zichen. Hua Xing did not have to manage family affairs at home and liked to be quiet. The previous maids and servants were enough.

There were also 143 slaves brought back from the grassland, all of whom were arranged in the courtyard of the Hua family workshop. The Hua family workshop occupied a large area of ​​Huajiabao. After the battle of Hutuo Mountain, many of these slaves had reached a loyalty value of more than 60 points. Huakai kept them here for great use.

After the members of the Hua family caravan dispersed, they went home to change their clothes and returned to the martial arts training ground. At this time, delicious food has been placed on all the tables, and all the villagers of Huajiabao can enjoy these delicacies at will.

The whole Huajiabao is as lively as a festival, and some affiliated villages of Huajiabao also come to enjoy the joy of harvest. As affiliated villages of Huajiabao, they can take some goods from Huajia at a low price this time. All the goods returned by the caravan from the grassland are slowly digested in this way.

After lunch at noon, Hua Xing came to the living room of the main courtyard. He came to discuss with Hua Kai how to deal with these goods.

Fur, animal bones, etc. are easy to say. Such a large group of cattle and sheep are all blocked outside Huajiabao. It is not easy for the Hua family to feed them.

Hua Kai asked Er Zhuang to call several uncles, Hua Yue, Wei Baotou, Han Jinsheng, Qing Geertai and other family members above the Qidong realm. Today is a family meeting.

Hua Zihuan and others also met Han Jinsheng, Qing Geertai and others for the first time. Hua Kai asked the newcomers to introduce themselves, and the family meeting began.

First, Hua Kai gave a general account of the business trip, focusing on the environment of grassland business and the Ordos tribe.

Then Hua Zihuan told all the things that happened in Huajiabao after Hua Kai and his party left.

"We must pay attention to the Shen family's affairs. Shen Yueru was unable to enter the gate of Huajiabao, and the Shen family has not made any other moves in the past few days. I'm afraid they will do something bad to us. Kai'er, it's best to let your fifth uncle or Yu Jun accompany you when you leave the village these days, and one of you two must stay in the main house at night."

Hua Xing couldn't help but remind Hua Ziqi and Hua Zihuan after listening to the Shen family.

"We must settle the account with the Shen family, and everything will be discussed after all our goods are sold. All the personnel have been arranged, so let's talk about the handling of the goods first." After talking about family matters, Hua Kai talked about the gains of this business trip.

"We will select some cattle and sheep ourselves, and let our villagers select the rest first. This time, all caravan members have the right to select first. Then, we will send people to the Huang and Geng families in the afternoon. If they need cattle and sheep, they can come to select them. All prices are calculated according to 80% of the market price." Hua Kai said that the distribution plan for these cattle and sheep was finalized, and the family's selection of cattle and sheep was in charge of the third uncle Hua Zijie.

"Next is the horses. We brought back thousands of horses this time. Everyone who wants them can go and select them early. Except for the horses I specifically mentioned, everyone can choose other horses at will... If the Huang and Geng families want horses, let them come and select them tomorrow!"

The caravan returned to celebrate, which was actually a distribution of goods. Those who had good relationships and were close to each other should choose first, and the profit from reselling them would be greater. Let the Hua family sell these cattle and sheep by themselves, and it is unknown when they will sell them, and the Hua family will not have the energy to take care of these cattle, sheep, and even horses.

"Kai'er, what if someone from the city's aristocratic family comes?" Hua Ziqi said at this time.

"Once they come, they can only start selecting horses the day after tomorrow. As for cattle and sheep, we'll give them to them if they want them. By the way, I want to pay everyone the wages for this caravan as early as possible, so that everyone can have money to buy goods. All new members can only take half of the merchant's wages according to their strength, and the reserve servants can take another half!" Hua Kai thought for a while and said.

Ordinary people mostly use bone coins and silver. Hua Kai now has more than 6 million bone coins, plus silver worth more than 1,200 gold in total. If these coins are distributed in Huajiabao, it will definitely make the prosperity of the entire Huajiabao rise by several levels.