Chapter 637 Is the Negotiation Going to Break Down?

Su Nuan looked at Ling Cang in surprise, "You..."

She paused after saying only one word, then looked at Bai Tong, "No, you must have misunderstood."

Su Nuan still believed Ling Cang on this point. If he wanted to kill someone, he would never use his brain to think of ways, he would just chop him directly.

Ling Cang's face was filled with confusion, and he said aggrievedly, "How could I possibly kill you!"

Ling Yun seemed to have caught Ling Cang's handle, and laughed with gloating pleasure: "Brother, you are scary whether you smile or not, so it's understandable that she misunderstood."

Ling Cang's face darkened and he simply stopped talking.

Su Nuan smiled and said, "Come on, clean up the table. There are still a lot of things."

Ling Cang took the teapot away.

Bai Xuehua moved the teacup away.

Su Nuan put the bag on the table.

"There are dishes that can be eaten directly, and there are also dishes that need to be cooked."

Bai Tong took a deep breath and said, "What a nice smell, such a fresh and sweet scent."

Ling Cang sniffed and didn't smell anything fragrant, just the fishy smell of sea water, but it wasn't unpleasant.

Bai Xuehua excitedly started to unpack the bag, "It tastes really good, it's all top quality stuff."

Su Nuan nodded, "Well, these scallops can't be eaten directly, they are good for making porridge."

"These prawns are boiled in water and then dried. You can peel them and eat them directly, but for those with weak teeth, they are good for making soup."

"Hmm... these dried oysters can be soaked and then used to make soup, porridge, or stir-fry."

"Also, they say this is called a sea hare, but I don't see how it looks like a rabbit."

"Dried baby squid, these two can be stir-fried and taste delicious."

"And this is a giant squid. They boil it, cut it into strips, and dry it. You can eat it directly. It's good for your teeth."

"And the little fish..."

Su Nuan introduced the seafood one by one, and finally took out a small bag of sea salt.

"This is sea salt, look at it."

Bai Xuehua was grinning from ear to ear, and when she saw the snow-white sea salt, she held it in her hands as if it were a treasure.

"Is this sea salt? Why doesn't it smell fishy? And it's so fine!"

After a pause, she said with disappointment, "It's okay to eat this yourself, but if you sell it... you'll get beheaded."

Su Nuan smiled and said, "The emperor is far away, and the capital is in such chaos that no one has time to take care of the periphery. No one is in charge."

"If you're brave enough, you can make some money during this period. Once the capital is stable, you can stop immediately."

After a pause, Su Nuan took the salt back and said, "It's better not to sell it. I'm afraid you won't be able to control yourself after seeing the huge profit."

Bai Xuehua laughed: "How is that possible? I'm not the kind of greedy person."

"But your salt is really top quality. I want as much as you can get. Just name your price."

Su Nuan shook her head. "I don't have a price here, and I don't know how to negotiate."

"How about this, you can talk to our Northern Territory's treasurer, Li Fengxing."

Bai Xuehua's expression changed, "Li Fengxing is still alive?"

Su Nuan asked in confusion: "Why can't Li Fengxing live?"

Bai Xuehua coughed dryly, a little embarrassed, "The Li family in the capital is a bit chaotic right now."

Su Nuan looked at Ling Yun, "Xiao Yun, please help call Li Fengxing over. Maybe there's something wrong with his family."

"Let's see if he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to seek revenge or just ignore them for now. It's only a matter of time before the Li family naturally splits apart."

Ling Yun nodded, "Okay, I'll go call him."

Li Fengxing also lived in the front yard of the City Lord's Mansion, but he was often not there during the day.

When Ling Yun found his room, he saw him about to go out.

"Li Fengxing, Nuannuan is calling you. She wants you to discuss business with Bai Xuehua."

Li Fengxing frowned, nodded, and walked towards the inner house.

Ling Yun felt that he had designed Su Nuan's garden in the wrong place. It would be more convenient if it was placed outside.

Suddenly, he came up with a good idea to build an elegant hall in the outer house, specifically for Su Nuan to discuss business.

This way, people don't have to go to the backyard to find her every time they come, and it also avoids gossip from others.

Ling Yun felt a little relieved when he thought of this, and he quickly caught up with Li Fengxing.

When Li Fengxing arrived at Nuanxiang Garden, he saw Su Nuan and the others eating seafood.

He raised his eyebrows and smiled: "If you want something delicious, don't call me. If you want to do hard work, come to me."

Su Nuan glanced sideways, "Isn't this calling you? Try them all and see how to set the price."

Li Fengxing saw the fine white salt at a glance. He dipped a little with his hand and put it in his mouth.

"This is the salt we usually eat. It has to go through many processes, wastes wood and labor, so don't sell it."

Su Nuan's mind moved, and she suppressed her laughter and said, "But this is very profitable now. I think we can do this business until the capital is stable."

"Once the capital is stable, we will stop immediately and leave some for ourselves to eat."

She admired Li Fengxing very much. He pointed out the difficulty of salt production in one sentence, which gave her more room to raise the price.

As expected, Bai Xuehua's face turned serious as she asked, "Then how much do you think is a reasonable price per pound?"

A solemn expression also appeared on Li Fengxing's face.

Su Nuan reached out and grabbed some of the seafood that could be eaten directly and put it on the tea tray.

She quietly stepped back and let the two profiteers negotiate.

She waved to Bai Tong, and Bai Tong immediately ran over obediently. The two of them leaned against the wall and started eating snacks.

Su Nuan bit a dried shrimp in her mouth and said, "Was the traveler beaten?" Did the woman leave?

Bai Tong understood immediately and nodded, "I beat him up, I scolded him and beat him up."

Su Nuan gave her a thumbs up.

Sitting at the negotiation table, Ling Yun felt like a duck hearing thunder and could not understand anything about business.

He simply came to Su Nuan and asked, "Why are you still fussing over a few cents short of one ounce of silver?"

He asked because he really didn't understand, not because he thought haggling over a few cents was meaningless.

Su Nuan patiently explained, "This is the saying that a slight error can lead to a huge mistake. Think about it, a difference of one ounce of silver is one cent, a difference of one catty is ten cents, and ten catties is one hundred."

"In some places, one catty is sixteen taels, and the difference is even greater."

Su Nuan didn’t know how Bai Xuehua calculated the weight, but now in the north, one pound is ten taels.

Bai Tong said, "In the countryside, one catty is calculated as sixteen taels, while in the city it's calculated as ten taels. However, if you compare the two, the weight of one catty isn't much different."

Su Nuan nodded, "Anyway, in the north, one jin is worth ten liang."

"Xiao Yun, do you know where in Yuan Country there are places that have sixteen taels?"

Ling Yun nodded, "It's just in the remote places because they don't have new scales, but most of the time in the capital, it's one jin and ten liang."

Su Nuan nodded, "Well, don't worry, as long as someone uses it."

While they were chattering away, Li Fengxing and Bai Xuehua had already entered into a negotiation, haggling over a penny.

Su Nuan exclaimed: "Wow...that's amazing, thank goodness I don't do business."

Ling Yun also sighed: "Doing business is so troublesome, I don't understand it."

Bai Tong yawned and said, "I don't understand either. I prefer hunting in the mountains and fishing in the rivers."

Su Nuan glanced sideways, "When will you be home?"

Bai Tong asked tearfully, "Are you driving me away?"

Before Su Nuan could answer, Li Fengxing and Bai Xuehua slammed their hands on the table and said in unison, "No! You're courting death!"

Su Nuan was dumbfounded. Is the negotiation going to break down?