The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension-Chapter 973 - 949: Cooperation

"Family Head Wu, since you've come straight to the point, I won't hide anything either. We indeed plan to sell our snowflake salt to Jiangnan, where the price could at least double. We are just ordinary folks trying to make a living, just hoping to earn a bit more silver." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Wu Xiumin admired the youth, or rather the young woman before her, for her intelligence, wisdom, and candid nature. She didn't evade or conceal anything, instead laying everything out on the table.

"Mr. Jiang, since you are straightforward, I won't hide anything either. The purpose of my visit this time is precisely for your Li Family Village's snowflake salt. Selling your snowflake salt to Jiangnan is to earn more silver.

In that case, if you sell this snowflake salt directly to our Wu family, we can offer you an additional five taels of silver above the usual price. Of course, it's still a bit short of doubling your profits.

Once it reaches Jiangnan, naturally it can be done, but the expenses for travel, manpower, and other costs along the way will cut into the profits. Why not sell this snowflake salt directly to our Wu family?

We will cover the costs of transportation and manpower. For both our families, this would indeed be a win-win situation. What do you think, Mr. Jiang?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao pondered; her goal was to gather information from the outside world.

It wasn't necessarily to go to Jiangnan.

Compared to the developed technology of later generations, such a journey in ancient times was indeed a difficult trek.

Even now, Jiang Xiaoxiao wasn't accustomed to riding in horse-drawn carriages.

Isn't it said that leaning against a big tree provides shade? The Wu family before her clearly had abundant resources at their disposal.

If both parties cooperated, perhaps what she wanted might be easily obtained.

"Family Head Wu, our cooperation is indeed possible. However, I would like to add a condition to this cooperation with the Wu family."

Wu Xiumin smiled slightly, "Please, Mr. Jiang."

The refined youth before her would only pose a problem if there were no conditions at all.

"I only need the 'Di Bao' from each prefecture every ten days."

This request was beyond Wu Xiumin's expectations.

The 'Di Bao' was typically needed by influential family heads and officials to understand the court's trends, but why would a village kid want it?

"That can be arranged."

Wu Xiumin didn't ponder too much; it was a simple matter. Whatever their purpose, it didn't harm the Wu family's interests, and the other party clearly knew how to refine black salt into snowflake salt.

Otherwise, it was impossible to produce snowflake salt in large quantities.

The fact that the Li Family Village could produce its own snowflake salt had long been investigated by her.

No matter how meticulous Li Tieniu and his people were, they were still just country folk. How sophisticated could they be?

How could her people not have any news?

Through the investigation, the Li Family Village originally consisted of salt smugglers. These salt smugglers could now produce snow-white snowflake salt, indicating they possessed the formula.

The most obvious change in the Li Family Village was the addition of this Mr. Jiang.

And this Mr. Jiang happened to be a woman disguised as a man, making it most likely that Mr. Jiang was a young lady from a prominent family in the court. Observing his speech, demeanor, and presence clearly showed that he had received a good education.

He was completely different from the ordinary country villagers.

Since that was the case, why not cooperate?

Perhaps the other party was a lady from a fallen family, as long as they didn't infringe on their own interests, cooperating was feasible.

Moreover, she needed the snowflake salt route to open up certain pathways in the court, and to clear out some scheming individuals with their eyes on the family head position.

In that case, why not join forces?

The two parties renegotiated the contract.

This time, the snowflake salt was sold to the Wu family at 15 taels of silver per pound.

The existing over four thousand pounds of snowflake salt, which had been loaded onto carts and covered with sacks of grain, were now entirely loaded onto the Wu family's carts and taken away by them.

4,500 pounds of snowflake salt directly brought 67,500 taels of silver.

The remaining snowflake salt was to be delivered ten days later.

Wu Xiumin took her leave.

After sending off Wu Xiumin, Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed.

Fortunately, Wu Xiumin could provide some information, but it seemed Jiang Xiaoxiao also needed to find a way to establish a network of information spanning the north and south. Relying solely on the Wu family would not be reliable in the long run.

She desired information that no one else could imagine.

With such a large sum of silver pouring in, Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't hold back.

She divided the silver into three portions, ensuring the snowflake salt was shared equally among the Li Family Village, the Lin family, and herself.

As usual, she handed over half of the silver directly to Li Tieniu.

She instructed them to allocate a portion of the silver to improve housing conditions in the village.

Additionally, she wanted to continue assisting the Lin family in repairing the city walls, and also to bring in some refugees from the city.

With a large sum of silver, why not expand the village?

With more people, the village would become more prosperous.

Couldn't you see, just the 400 people they had managed to reclaim 400 acres of wasteland?

The 400 acres of wasteland were enough to feed the entire village.

To improve the wasteland, which was indeed barren, the root of people's hardship was the land. The land irrigated with spiritual spring water from her space greatly improved in quality, and the rice seeds produced in her space yielded a bountiful harvest.

She had the ability to improve this world, so why not do what she could to provide more people with a stable life?

Seizing this opportunity, she needed to select some promising individuals among the refugees, scattering them to form the network she required.

This was Jiang Xiaoxiao's only way to recruit people; she couldn't disrupt the villagers' daily lives, forcing them to work for her, which was unsuitable. By contrast, the refugees, whose lives were secured and with silver at hand, were eager for a stable life.

All that was required was for them to gather some information, without any risk or danger, a life many would fight for.

Moreover, more refugees understood that Mr. Jiang was their lifeline for a stable life here.

Working for Mr. Jiang, even if it meant dying, they were willing.

Of course, those dispatched were trained beforehand, possessing certain skills.

They also underwent specialized counter-investigation training, which Jiang Xiaoxiao had learned from Song Moting, along with some experience once taught by her son and daughter.

All this was used to train these people, ensuring they would be an elite team.

Even if they couldn't compare to real scouts, they might still prove to have genuine skills.