The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension-Chapter 958 - 934: Snowflake Salt

The two villages directly drove the horse convoy back to the threshing ground at the entrance of the Li Family Village.

Jiang Xiaoxiao understood that Lin Dawang followed them over probably out of embarrassment. He, however, wanted to claim some credit, after all, these were horses and carriages, who wouldn’t be tempted? After getting off the carriage, he didn’t ask Lin Dawang’s group to unload, since each family’s goods were purchased with their own silver, there was no need to split equally.

"Village Chief Lin, this time our cooperation has been excellent, and since it’s everyone’s effort, why don’t we split these horses and carriages between the two? There are ten horses and twelve carriages, so how about half for each village?"

Lin Dawang was somewhat displeased; their village had sent out thirty-eight people this time.

The Li Family Village only sent out eighteen people, less than half of them, yet they still could take half of the credit, which seemed a bit unfair. If it weren’t for themselves, could these people really defeat two hundred bandits relying solely on the people from the Li Family Village?

"Mr. Jiang, this arrangement isn’t quite suitable!"

Li Tieniu glared, "Lin Dawang, why do you think it’s not suitable? Without Mr. Jiang’s efforts, do you think you could have beaten those two hundred bandits? Mr. Jiang put in the effort to train everyone, allowing them to keep their lives.

Even though these horses and carriages are being split, half of the share for our village actually belongs to Mr. Jiang. He contributed both effort and silver, so why shouldn’t he get these benefits?

Moreover, your village was able to smoothly bring back the salt thanks to Mr. Jiang. Before we left, we clearly stated that one-tenth of the profits from this trip would go to Mr. Jiang."

Li Tieniu was genuinely grateful to Jiang Xiaoxiao.

He had been a great help to them.

Not losing any lives was a sign of strength.

Lin Dawang listened and realized, damn, the reason was compelling.

If he thought about it, he felt a bit guilty.

Every time their village went to trade salt, even with more people, there were still casualties.

This time, they sent out only a third of the strong labor force, less than half of usual, and still received a generous income without any losses. They should indeed be grateful to Mr. Jiang.

He hadn’t even brought up his achievements, and even suggested splitting the horses and carriages only between the two villages. If he made a fuss, it might seem narrow-minded.

He laughed heartily, "Mr. Jiang, please don’t take it to heart, I’m just a simple man with a one-track mind. Indeed, I’ve overlooked your contributions. Let’s split these horses and carriages into three parts: one for you, one for our Lin Family Village, and one for the Li Family Village.

In any case, Mr. Jiang’s contribution to this matter is undeniable, and we people from the Lin Family Village are not ungrateful."

These words were indeed grand.

Jiang Xiaoxiao agreed with a smile; although she hadn’t mentioned wanting anything from this matter, if she asked for nothing at all, it would seem too insincere.

Initially, she truly wanted to help Li Tieniu.

The brother and sister of Li Tieniu were indeed good people, and now adding Lin Dawang, it also wasn’t bad. Given their sincerity, she naturally wouldn’t refuse.

Two hundred taels of silver in times like this were clearly not enough for Jiang Xiaoxiao to establish herself.

At some point, money or silver becomes a necessity for survival.

Of course, she wasn’t worried about not surviving.

Just felt that there was still a long way to go, and she couldn’t only look at the present.

After dividing the goods, Lin Dawang and the people from the Lin Family Village expressed immense gratitude before driving the carriages back to their village.

Of course, Li Tieniu acted very straightforwardly, dispatching young villagers with their own carriages to help them transport the salt back. Otherwise, with just their few carriages, Lin Dawang couldn’t carry all that salt.

Villagers smiled brightly upon seeing so much salt.

When sold, this salt would be exchanged for silver, which when taxes were paid, would allow villagers to survive.

At least there was no worry about the young and old in the family being drafted.

Jiang Xiaoxiao pulled Li Tieniu to sit down in the yard.

"How do you plan to sell this salt?"

Li Tieniu scratched his head, "In past years, we packed separately and sold along the villages on the way."

That’s how they did it in previous years, distributing to dozens of surrounding villages, it was not enough to sell.

Especially when selling along the main road to the county seat, where salt is scarce, if they dared to be bolder.

Exchanging with nomadic herdsmen on the grassland, where salt is even more scarce, since both people and horses need salt, prices could rise further.

But what followed was not a big deal compared to the journey back, this didn’t seem like much.

"Isn’t there any risk in this tedious process?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao absolutely couldn’t believe it.

"Risk? Of course, the authorities are strict; if caught, it could mean execution. Fortunately, officials are greedy and can be bribed with some silver, not a guaranteed death. Compared to bandits, officials are easier to deal with."

Li Tieniu sighed, "We can’t compete with big salt merchants, we naturally have to work harder."

"What if you sell this salt to wealthy households inside Yanmen Pass or inland, perhaps it could fetch a high price!"

Li Tieniu smiled bitterly, "Mr. Jiang, the wealthy wouldn’t want our salt; we can’t get snowflake salt, so we have to be content."

Jiang Xiaoxiao shook her head, "Come tomorrow morning, we’ll talk more."

As she called over Li Tiehua.

The little girl was happy to follow Jiang Xiaoxiao’s instructions.

While Li Tieniu left scratching his head in confusion.

The night passed in silence.

The next day, Li Tieniu arrived on time.

He saw his sister Li Tiehua yawning as she brought out a box.

Jiang Xiaoxiao followed, "Tieniu, look at this."

Li Tieniu glanced at the box, then paused, hurriedly rubbing his eyes, and incredulously moved closer.

"Is this... is this snowflake salt!?"

Pure white as snow, fine and delicate white, it looked like glittering snowflakes of silver.

"Yes! I’ve already taught Tiehua how to purify snowflake salt. The rest depends on you working a bit harder, processing it ahead and transporting it to the county seat, it should sell at a good price!"

Ten taels per jin, how could it not be profitable?

Li Tieniu knelt down with a thud, pulling his sister; Li Tiehua also knelt.

"Mr. Jiang, seventy percent of these profits belong to you. Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for giving us a path to prosperity."

Yesterday he even discussed with the clan elder. They only had fifty taels currently, and even if they managed to sell it for fifty taels, that would be lucky. However, the village had over 120 people, and taxes would require over a hundred taels.

It was still not enough.

The family had already been drained of resources.

Now, if they sold as snowflake salt, the price would increase tenfold.

Fifty taels turned into five hundred taels instantly.

All thanks to Mr. Jiang’s ability.

"Tieniu, Tiehua, please stand up. I will take half the profit, the rest belongs to the villagers of Li Family Village, but remember, when selling salt, never reveal your background or the Li Family Village, or it would bring trouble."

She didn’t want to cause trouble under good intentions.

Bringing fatal disaster to the villagers.

Li Tieniu nodded urgently, the clan elder was right, following Jiang Xiaoxiao, they would definitely have better lives in the future.

The important thing was that their friendship with her was different from others.

Now the important thing was not to chill Jiang Xiaoxiao’s heart.

Whatever Mr. Jiang said, they would do.

Just listen and be earnest in their efforts.