"Yingying, since you know about alum, do you... do you know the source of this stuff?" Bai Mudan pressed.

Liu Yingying bit her lip slightly. Of course she had it!

The store has as many as you need!

However... all these things require points to redeem, but she had already used all her points to redeem medical supplies back in Wangjia Village in order to save people!

She is now truly penniless...

"Yingying... what are you thinking about?" Bai Mudan called softly, noticing that she seemed lost in thought.

"Um..." Liu Yingying came back to her senses, "I can find a way to get alum for you, but you have to tell me how many bolts of cloth you need to dye?"

White Peony: "Two hundred thousand!"

"Then the demand must be quite high..."

Liu Yingying mentally estimated that dyeing 200,000 bolts of cloth would require at least 100 jin of alum.

In the mall, alum is priced at 100 points per pound.

It will take about 10,000 points!

Wow! That's a bit difficult!

White Peony: "Yingying, is something bothering you?"

"I guess this thing will be hard to come by, but if you have a way, you can name your price, and I'll go talk to Ye Qingyuan about it!"

If this batch of goods cannot be delivered, the Ye family will have to pay at least 100,000 taels of silver in compensation!

Seeing how understanding Bai Mudan was, Liu Yingying spoke directly: "Mr. Bai, to be honest, such a large demand would require at least five thousand taels of silver. What do you think..."

She didn't cheat Bai Mudan; she had alum, but Ye Qingyuan had to willingly hand over the silver!

She didn't force Ye Qingyuan!

Bai Mudan then led Liu Yingying to the largest restaurant in the county town, and instructed someone to go to the Zhiye residence to deliver a message to Ye Qingyuan.

In fact, Ye Qingyuan has been quite troubled lately because the fabric is not dyeing properly.

Although he was from a wealthy family, 100,000 taels of silver was nothing to him.

But business people are very averse to losing money...

Upon hearing from a servant that Bai Mudan had invited him to the Minghua Restaurant to discuss matters related to the dyeing workshop, he immediately rushed over.

"Li Zhu, what do you want to see me about?" Ye Qingyuan hurriedly entered the private room on the second floor and saw Bai Mudan and a beautiful woman sitting there chatting and laughing.

"Qingyuan, let me introduce you. This is Liu Yingying, whom I mentioned to you before!"

"Yingying, he is Ye Qingyuan, the richest man in Furong County!"

Bai Mudan introduced the two of them.

Liu Yingying glanced at Ye Qingyuan.

She thought to herself, "So he's the richest man in Furong County. He looks to be only in his thirties, much younger than I imagined..."

"Greetings, Mr. Ye!" Liu Yingying smiled faintly and nodded slightly.

Her status was that of the Lady of Lihe Township, who received a salary from the imperial court.

Ye Qingyuan was just a wealthy businessman, and Liu Yingying was of higher status, so she didn't need to act inferior!

"I, Ye, have met the Lord of the Township!" Ye Qingyuan bowed, his posture humble.

"Come sit down, I have something to tell you..." Bai Mudan pulled him to sit down and then told him about alum.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingyuan immediately looked at Liu Yingying excitedly; "Does the Lady of the Township truly have a way to solve my predicament?"

Liu Yingying nodded calmly; "That's right!"

Ye Qingyuan: "As long as the village head can provide alum, five thousand taels is not a problem! However... however, I have never seen such a thing before. Could you let me see the effects of this alum first?"

Merchants are indeed shrewd!

Even with the white peony as a guarantee, Ye Qingyuan still needed to witness the effects of this product with his own eyes.

Liu Yingying nodded in agreement; "That's no problem, but I left in a hurry. How about this, I'll bring alum to the dye shop at this time tomorrow, and we can meet there?"

Ye Qingyuan naturally agreed.

After leaving Minghua Restaurant and parting ways with Bai Mudan, Liu Yingying walked alone on the street.

All I can think about is how to get points...

Soon, the opportunity came!

A thief stole an old lady's wallet while she was shopping on the street, and the old lady was so upset that she sat down and cried.

"You damned thief! This is my grandson's life-saving money!"

Liu Yingying looked up and saw the thief running quickly towards an empty alley across the street.

She narrowed her eyes and chased after him...

Soon, deafening screams echoed from the alley.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have gained 500 points!]

Liu Yingying, carrying the thief who had been beaten half to death, went to the old lady who was buying vegetables and returned the wallet to her.

"Sir, is this your wallet?"

The old woman stopped crying, took the money bag, tore it open, and found an extra string of silver coins inside.

She remembered she didn't have that much money, and looked up at Liu Yingying with some confusion; "Miss, this..."

Liu Yingying smiled; "Old man, take this money to see a doctor for your grandson!" With that, she turned and grabbed the thief, heading towards the yamen (government office)...

The old woman immediately understood what was going on.

He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Liu Yingying's departing figure.

"Thank you, my benefactor!"

In front of the yamen, Liu Yingying handed the thief in her hand to Cheng Zhuo.

He also learned from Cheng Zhuo that Lord Shen was truly angry this time and was preparing to write a memorial impeaching Prefect Lin.

Upon hearing this news, Liu Yingying frowned slightly.

The officialdom is a dark place. Can Lord Shen really shake the big tree with his own strength?

The sun was gradually setting in the west, and Liu Yingying didn't plan to go back today; she hadn't finished taking care of her business yet.

So I found a guesthouse and decided to stay there for the night.

Little did she know, from the moment she appeared in Furong County this morning until she walked back into the inn, a pair of eyes had been watching her from the shadows the entire time...

Since Ning Mama returned to the capital, Sun Boguang has kept his mother's instructions in mind: to find an opportunity to investigate Liu Yingying, and preferably to keep an eye on her every move.

The mother also instructed that it would be best if this woman could be made to disappear from the world quietly!

But Liu Yingying lived in the countryside and didn't come to the city often, so even if Sun Boguang wanted to do something, he couldn't find an opportunity.

If he were to rashly go to the countryside to cause trouble for Liu Yingying, it would be too conspicuous, so that wouldn't work!

Fortunately, he finally found his opportunity today.

Sun Boguang's original plan was to follow Liu Yingying to a secluded corner, then kidnap her in a sack, sell her off in a secret place, and leave no one to know how she died...

Having witnessed the thief's fate firsthand, his legs were still trembling, and he couldn't help but feel relieved over and over again.

Fortunately... fortunately he didn't act rashly.

Otherwise, the thief's fate will be the same as his!

"It seems I can't deal with this woman by myself alone. I need to think things through more carefully..."

Sun Boguang cracked his knuckles, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes, then turned and disappeared into the crowd...