Chapter 677 Don’t try this on me, sister
Chapter 677 Don’t try this on me, sister
The wife of Marquis Dingyuan smiled faintly and said:
"Su Niantang, your grandmother is dead, and there is no one to protect you anymore. How nice it would be for you to marry a fool?
As long as you are obedient, the Su family will definitely give you a meal. I am thinking about you, but you are blaming me."
Su Niantang laughed heartily and said, "Stop pretending. You just wanted my mother's dowry. Unfortunately, I fell for your trick and gave you a lot of things."
Su Niantang looked at the boxes of dowry left by her mother on the table, including the gilded phoenix hairpins and pearl headbands.
These were my mother's treasures, but now they have become someone else's possession.
The wife of the Marquis of Ding'an pushed the account book in front of Su Niantang and said:
"Take your account book away and don't get in the way here. From now on, you will have nothing to do with our Ding'an Marquis Mansion.
Whether you are blessed or cursed in the future has nothing to do with us, and no one will stand up for you."
She looked Su Niantang up and down, her eyes looking at an insignificant old thing: "My Ding'an Marquis Mansion does not need a young lady like you."
At this moment, the door curtain was gently opened, and Lin Zao Zao walked in quickly and said:
"Sister, listen to me, don't be angry with mother, did you listen to someone?
Those people are just jealous of our sisterly relationship. I am sincere to you."
Su Niantang has always had a good temper, and Lin Zao Zao felt that just a little coaxing would be enough.
Su Niantang smiled at her, shook off her hand and said:
"Don't play sister game, Lin Zaozao, I don't buy it now.
I have already repaid your kindness in saving me, and from now on, we will go our separate ways."
After Su Niantang left, Lin Zao Zao frowned and said, "What happened to her? She has changed a lot recently!"
The wife of Marquis Dingyuan sneered:
"She's just a worthless creature. Let her be! After marrying a fool, she'll never make waves again.
They will get married in a few days, so it won't be a big problem. As for the farms and shops she owns, they won't be able to become a big deal.
As you said, the price of salt will get higher and higher in the future.
This time I plan to spend 500,000 taels of silver to secretly buy some salt, and then we can make a fortune."
Lin Zao Zao remembered that the price of salt in his previous life was ridiculously high, and later ordinary people could not afford to eat salt. That is to say, next month, the price of salt will rise sharply.
Lin Zao Zao nodded and said, "I still have more than 100,000 taels on hand, and I plan to invest all of it."
The wife of Marquis Dingyuan said:
"Zao Zao, from now on I will definitely treat you as my own daughter.
When you get married, I will buy you a dowry. With the support of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, you will definitely not have too bad a life. "
Lin Zao Zao nodded obediently and said, "Mother, I will definitely work harder."
How did Lin Zaozao catch the eye of Marquis Dingyuan's wife? It was because she could make money.
I don’t know how Lin Zao Zao got to know some of the news in advance. Since last year, she has been saying that she wants to harvest cotton and that she can make a lot of money by harvesting cotton.
At that time, the wife of Marquis Dingyuan thought she was talking nonsense and just invested 10,000 taels for fun. Unexpectedly, by winter, the money would have tripled.
She also said she wanted to invest in medicinal herbs, so she bought some, and sure enough, her money doubled.
With just a few business ventures, she earned more than 30 taels. Now, Lin Zao has become the God of Wealth in Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Bai Wanwan burst out laughing after hearing Naitang's words: "Planning to invest in salt next month? They'll lose a lot of money then."
Bai Wanwan had many salt fields built, and square salt pools were lined up along the mudflats. When the tide rose, seawater was led into the pools. When exposed to sunlight, a layer of fine white frost condensed on the bottom of the pools.
What is even more rare is the quality of the salt. Bai Wanwan had people pour the newly dried coarse salt into a large vat, dissolve it with boiling water, and then filter it layer by layer with fine linen to remove mud and impurities. The filtered brine was then put into a clean pool for re-drying.
After all this tossing, the salt grains that come out are as fine as snow, dry and fluffy when pinched in the hand, and when you smell it up close, it doesn't have the fishy smell of ordinary sea salt.
The salt on the market either has black residue or is grayish-yellow in color. You have to spend a lot of time picking it out before cooking. It is no match for the salt here.
It melts immediately when sprinkled into the pot, and the salty taste is pure. Even the restaurant owner came to see the product and praised it, saying, "This salt is even purer than the official salt!"
This matter was carried out in secret and had been going on for several months, so Bai Wanwan already had a lot of experience.
As long as the Jiang family raised the price of salt, she would start selling salt at a low price.
Therefore, the price of salt will definitely not get higher and higher. The Jiang family has now turned to Su Daji, so Bai Wanwan must find a way to bring down the Jiang family.
The concept of salt is the same as that of mineral water in the previous life, and neither requires much capital.
As expected, the price of salt skyrocketed the following month. Bai Wanwan was reading when she heard Old Lady Bai complaining:
"Salt is so expensive nowadays. How can people survive on such a small bag for only one ounce of silver?
There's another person at home who eats for free, Bai Wanwan. You eat for free at my house every day and don't do any work. What do you want to do?"
Bai Wanwan glanced at her calmly and said, "I buy and cook everything I eat myself. What does it have to do with you?"
The Lin family is disgusting. They don't even give them food to eat and they're like on guard against thieves every day.
Fortunately, Bai Banwan didn't worry about it. She had a better layout here than at home, and the scenery in this farm was quite nice.
"Huh! She lives in our house now, and all day long, she acts like a little girl. She does everything a 5-year-old does."
Bai Wanwan narrowed her eyes and continued reading.
At noon, Lexi fried two vegetarian dishes and made a crucian carp soup. Bai Wanwan drank a bowl of the soup and said, "Let's start selling our salt tonight! We'll use the lowest price, 10 wen per bag."
Zhiwei whispered, "Could there be any salt dealers?"
Bai Wanwan smiled and said, "Just queue up to get salt. Those who come here frequently will be blacklisted and not allowed to come."
The price of salt was indeed rising rapidly. Lady Ding'an was beaming with joy and said, "Soon! We'll be rich soon. Do you think we should start selling our salt?"
Lin Zao Zao calmly said, "I think we can wait another 10 days. The price will definitely be higher in ten days. If we sell it then, we will make the most money."
She spent a total of more than 100,000 taels of silver and stockpiled a lot of salt. As long as she sold it, she would become a millionaire.
The wife of the Marquis of Ding'an smiled happily and said, "I will do as you say."
If nothing unexpected happened, something unexpected would happen. The price of salt was indeed high for two days, but then it kept getting lower and lower.
The Jiang family's salt simply couldn't be sold. The Jiang family's head was so worried that his hair turned white: "Have you found out? Who is selling salt at a low price? If you find out, arrest them all."
"As the master said, we can't find out. These people are mobile and move very fast. We don't have time to catch them."
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