Chapter 405 What to buy cotton for?
Lan Feng's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "We must go back. Xue Lingxiao's mother is still in the hands of the Xue family, and the guards around Xue Lingxiao are all from the Xue family!"
Lan Feng was about to leave when he turned around and came back, bowing and saying, "Miss, it would be better if you write the letter to Shengjing yourself."
He knew how His Highness felt about the eldest lady. If His Highness saw the eldest lady's handwritten letter sent by carrier pigeon, he would be happy, right?
"Miss, please write it. I'll come and get it later." Lan Feng said very tactfully, and then he stepped back.
Xiao Jiuyue watched Lan Feng's departing figure without giving it much thought. She asked Lianxin to grind the ink, her eyes fixed on Jinwu. She said, "Jinwu, you two must find a way to prevent them from discovering the real salt well."
The government only knew that it was a small salt well and that the salt produced was coarse salt.
If people discovered that the actual output of the salt wells here was also fine salt, I'm afraid... something bad would happen.
"yes."
Jin Wu responded and went to find Hu Yi immediately. He had to discuss this matter with Hu Yi.
Hu Yi was discussing the creation of a new tool with Ai Qiushi. After hearing Jin Wu's words, Hu Yi immediately put the matter aside and said, "Jin Wu, let's talk about this."
Hu Yi, whose entire family had been wiped out once, knew very well that if he lost his life, he would probably lose everything, let alone making new tools for making salt.
When Hu Yi heard that someone was asking about the salt well, he became extremely serious.
Xiao Jiuyue did not stay in Yanjing any longer. After giving the instructions, he went straight back to Fu'an Village.
This trip to Yanjing was not in vain.
"sister."
When Xiao Jiayuan saw Xiao Jiuyue, he was extremely excited and said, "Sister, you are finally back. Aishan is here and he brought a lot of Polo bottles and grapes."
"You kid, you've got grape juice all over your body." Xiao Jiuyue looked at Xiao Jiayuan's clothes. It was grape juice that stained them.
"Sister, the grapes sent by Aishan are so sweet. Since you didn't come back yesterday, I decided to give everyone a pound of grapes, just like in previous years." Xiao Jiayuan grinned. He silently glanced at Xiao Jiuyue's shoulders. Now he is taller than his sister's shoulders. If he grows taller, he will definitely be taller than his sister!
Then, he can protect his sister!
"Well, you did a great job." Before Xiao Jiuyue entered the Xiao family, Aishan, who was wandering around the village, saw Xiao Jiuyue and immediately came forward to greet her: "Miss Xiao."
When Aishan saw Xiao Jiuyue, it was like seeing the God of Wealth!
Xiao Jiuyue is his benefactor. Without Xiao Jiuyue, he would not be here today.
"I sent grapes here. This time I sent 10,000 kilograms. However, I picked out some rotten ones. I guarantee there will be at least 10,000 kilograms." Aishan delivered the grapes directly to Xiao Jiuyue. Along the way, Aishan tried to go as fast as possible and took great pains to ensure that the grapes did not go bad.
"Well, thank you for your hard work. Has the Polo bottle arrived? Then we can pay the bill." As Xiao Jiuyue entered the yard, she saw baskets of grapes being carried out. She turned around and glanced at Aishan, who was indeed a talented person at transporting things.
Bill, please.
Aishan's eyes lit up when he heard these two words. With the final payment, he would be rich. He said, "Miss, I have also made the bottle you ordered from me last time."
Xiao Jiuyue didn't stop and checked the Polo bottle directly. Xiao Jiayuan whispered beside her, "Sister, I've already asked people to count it three times, no more, no less."
"Yeah." Xiao Jiuyue picked up the wine bottle. It was a transparent, thick bottle used to store wine, so the color must be very beautiful!
"Not bad." Xiao Jiuyue took quite a few of them, and the quality was the same as she imagined, or even better than expected.
Aishan immediately said: "We must do our best to make the Polo bottle that Miss Xiao wants to make."
After Xiao Jiuyue paid Aishan's bill and ate some grapes, he asked, "Do you still want to go to Xijiang to transport the Polo bottles?"
With such a big business, Aisan should not be short of money. The grapes have been picked, and she is a little curious about what Aisan will do next.
"No, the Polo bottles that Miss Xiao ordered will last them for several months. I plan to transport cotton instead."
Aishan said honestly, "The weather in Xijiang is very different from ours. The cotton there grows better than in South Vietnam. I've heard that shipping Xijiang cotton here can also make a lot of money."
When Aishan talked about making money, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "I can't sit still. The Polo bottles made in Xijiang will have to wait until next year at least. In the past six months, I can't just sit there and eat up all the money I have."
"A lot of cotton?" Xiao Jiuyue remembered the exceptionally cold winters here, when cotton was in short supply. She asked, "How much is there? How much is it?"
Aishan was not prepared and answered directly, "The price difference is nearly fifteen cents. Of course, it is not convenient to transport it. Although cotton is light, it is very large. A horse cart can't carry much cotton."
"Well, I want to ship a batch of cotton." Xiao Jiuyue asked Lianxin to ask Su for another sum of money and said, "I want to order 10,000 kilograms of cotton."
"What!" Aishan was so excited that he couldn't even speak. He looked at Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Miss Xiao, do you really want to order 10,000 kilograms of cotton?"
Aisan didn't expect that the cotton had already been sold before he even got it.
"Of course." Xiao Jiuyue nodded affirmatively, looked at Aishan and asked: "But, can you bring it back safely?"
"Yes." Aishan nodded affirmatively and said, "Miss Xiao, I know a lot of people. As long as Miss Xiao wants cotton, I can definitely transport it out."
After sending Aishan away, Xiao Jiayuan looked at her admiringly: "Sister, what do you want to do by buying so much cotton?"
"Of course we sell it. We make clothes and quilts. Who can do without cotton?" Xiao Jiuyue said, then thought for a moment before adding, "Not only can it keep you warm, it can also be used as cotton armor to block weapons."
Xiao Jiayuan looked at Xiao Jiuyue in shock and asked in disbelief, "Sister, how can cotton block weapons?"
Xiao Jiayuan looked like he was telling her he was undereducated, so he didn't lie to her. Xiao Jiuyue said, "Of course it can block weapons, but cotton like this won't do. It needs to go through many steps before it can be successful!"
Xiao Jiuyue had read a book before, and it had introduced her. She said, "There are many steps in making cotton armor. After countless hammerings, the final step is to make it stop expanding."
"Thick cotton armor is not only lighter but also cheaper than iron." Xiao Jiuyue said, her eyes brightening up. She wondered if she could develop the cotton armor? Who knows, it might even help the Xiao family. Most importantly, it could help the soldiers and reduce the harm to everyone!
But how to make this cotton armor?
Xiao Jiuyue only blamed himself for not looking carefully at that time. Now he vaguely remembered that cotton could be used to make cotton armor, which was a good thing even in the era of cold weapons!
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