Chapter 187: Starting preparations for cotton clothes

"What about sandalwood?" Li Xinyue wasn't surprised by the news of nanmu wood; she still preferred sandalwood, which had a higher system recycling price.

"I've made an appointment with a merchant caravan; they'll pull ten carts for me in half a month!" Although Tang Rui didn't know why Li Xinyue wanted this wood, she still completed the task.

Hearing the quantity, Li Xinyue frowned slightly: "Ten carts is a bit low. Next time, at least fifty carts, and the older the tree, the better!"

"Ah? That many?" Tang Rui was shocked. Did the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce need so much wood to make furniture?

"Yes! Just go and collect it; I want as much as you can get!" Li Xinyue seemed to see countless points waving at her.

"Understood, President!"

Then Li Xinyue looked at the goods on the list, surprised that the most ordered item was actually salt, followed by mirrors and glassware.

"How are we going to transport this salt out?" Li Xinyue asked a crucial question. The reason she only put a small amount of salt in the caravan was that she was worried about the goods being confiscated if they were discovered.

A small amount of goods could be explained away with some bribes, but if the quantity was large, the matter wouldn't be so simple.

Tang Rui thought for a moment and said: "That Shopkeeper Yan, who wants fifty carts from us, said that we only need to transport the goods outside Guansong Ridge, and he will handle the rest."

Li Xinyue was a bit worried that this was a trap set by the other party, and after thinking for a moment, she said: "Next time, I'll go with you to take a look."

"Then I'll take some people with you!" Jiang Jinshi finally found an opportunity to speak; he wouldn't be at ease if Li Xinyue went alone.

"If you leave, what will happen to such a large operation at Menghuzhai?" Li Xinyue was more worried that Menghuzhai would fall into chaos without Jiang Jinshi.

"It's fine! I trust Luo Feng, and besides, there's Old Man Feng and others to assist. A few days won't matter!" Jiang Jinshi's philosophy had always been to control the general direction himself and give the people below more room to gain experience.

Since that was the case, Li Xinyue didn't refuse anymore: "Fine! Then I'll spend a few days preparing the goods!"

After Tang Rui finished reporting and left, Jiang Jinshi leaned over to look at the list in Li Xinyue's hand.

"How was the harvest this time?"

"The profit is even higher than I imagined. And transporting goods out earns silver, while bringing wood back earns points. This business is truly simple!"

Li Xinyue had a smile on her lips. If business in her previous life had been this easy, she wouldn't have been so tired.

Hearing this, Jiang Jinshi felt relieved: "Then, should I continue recruiting people for Menghuzhai?"

"Recruit them!" Li Xinyue did the math for Jiang Jinshi: "I'll calculate the monthly pay for one bandit at an average of two taels of silver. Plus food, it's at most four taels of silver. So five thousand people a month is only twenty thousand taels of silver."

Jiang Jinshi reminded from the side: "That's not all! There's armor and weapons, which haven't been calculated yet, including using labor as relief to repair the city, the food for those refugees, and the logistics, right?"

Li Xinyue smiled confidently: "Not to mention the revenue of my Chamber of Commerce, just the fact that I use points to buy grain and then sell it to the commoners of the three cities gives me a twenty percent profit."

"Although it's a loss to exchange silver for points, it's still in a profitable state. What I lack is points, not silver. Now that I have a stable source of points, the points and silver in my hands will only increase."

"If it weren't for winning the hearts of the people for Menghuzhai, if I just opened up the non-purchase limit policy, the daily income would be an astronomical figure based on the current foundation."

"Even so, everyone still has to be grateful to buy it!"

Hearing Li Xinyue say this, Jiang Jinshi couldn't help but tease: "Tsk tsk tsk! You black-hearted merchant!"

Facing Jiang Jinshi's teasing, Li Xinyue responded calmly: "Likewise, you simple-minded bandit."

After the two finished speaking, they looked at each other and then both burst into laughter.

"Winter is coming soon. What are your plans for Menghuzhai?" Li Xinyue tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

Jiang Jinshi put away his smile and said: "The main issue now is heating. We've been looking for coal, but there's been no progress."

"I've already considered the clothing issue. Shopkeeper Chen is still recruiting embroiderers, so we can just make some thick clothes then. Cotton in the system isn't expensive!" Li Xinyue continued.

"And the cotton clothes we make can also be sold, but I don't know if many people will buy them!"

Jiang Jinshi scratched his head in embarrassment: "I was just about to discuss this with you! I didn't expect you to have already solved it!"

"Menghuzhai's clothing can be solved. If we can find coal, then the commoners in Beijiang won't die in large numbers this winter!" Li Xinyue sighed. She couldn't use her system points to buy coal; the gap in points would be too large.

"I'll put out the word to ask around and see if there's any news!" Jiang Jinshi was also helpless; this wasn't something that could be forced.

Li Xinyue nodded: "That's all we can do for now!"

Jiang Jinshi thought for a moment and said: "Then I'll help Shopkeeper Chen spread the word in the other cities too! Help him speed things up!"

"Sure! How is that carrier pigeon matter going?" Li Xinyue truly felt that in this era, not having a mobile phone was too inconvenient.

Sometimes she wanted to contact Jiang Jinshi but couldn't, and relying on people to deliver messages was very slow.

Jiang Jinshi was stunned. He hadn't really asked about this. That kid Zhang Zhengyan had found a group of people to train for a period of time, and then disappeared a few days ago.

Tang Xiao Yu was the same. Among the trio, besides Wang Hou who was still in Qing City, Jiang Jinshi didn't know where the other two had gone.

"I don't know. I gave them another month and a half! We'll know when the time comes!"

"Then hurry to Qing City! I won't keep you!" Li Xinyue stood up with the list, ready to plan the next caravan.

Jiang Jinshi had originally wanted to find more topics to chat about since it was rare for them to meet, but Li Xinyue was too busy, so he had to give up.

"Uh... okay!"

Jiang Jinshi scurried back to Qing City and asked Feng Chunsheng to cooperate with Shopkeeper Chen to find some embroiderers.

Feng Chunsheng was overjoyed to hear this, especially when he learned that finding embroiderers was to make cotton clothes for the Menghuzhai bandits.

Afterward, Jiang Jinshi summoned Luo Feng and said: "Luo Feng, I have a mission for you!"

Luo Feng's eyes lit up, and seeing that there was no one else around, he said: "Big Brother, what is the mission?"

It was no wonder Luo Feng was like this; everyone was so bored they were going crazy, so they would fight over any mission!

Jiang Jinshi grinned: "Take two more cities and expand the territory for Menghuzhai!"

Hearing this, Luo Feng was clearly different, breathing heavily as he asked: "Big... Big Brother! Which two cities should we attack?"

"I already have some ideas in mind! But I won't tell you. This is to train your abilities!" Jiang Jinshi spoke nonsense with a straight face; in reality, he hadn't looked at the map at all, nor had he decided which two cities to attack.

Luo Feng stood tall, his eyes full of fervor: "Mission guaranteed to be completed!" ===== CHAPTER 188 =====