Chen Xueyan tasted a small amount of the fine salt on his finger and immediately exclaimed, "Fine salt! Absolutely fine salt! The taste is delicate and smooth, a thousand times better than the coarse salt I sold before!"
After saying that, he looked at Qin Chuan greedily and asked, "Fifth brother-in-law, how much of this salt do you have?"
Qin Chuan smiled slightly and asked in return, "How much silver is a bag of this salt worth?"
Chen Xueyan held up five fingers and laughed loudly, "At least three taels! If you sell it to noble families, wealthy gentry, or other powerful clans, you can get five taels!"
"So many?" Qin Chuan exclaimed in surprise.
A bag of salt can sell for so much money?!
He bought this salt from the system for only 2 yuan a bag, which is equivalent to only spending 2 wen (0.02 yuan), yet he can sell it for 5 taels of silver? Wouldn't that be more than 2,500 times the profit?
This is even more terrifying than the system's cashback rate!
It seems that during a major production boom, salt is more precious than grain or oil!
Chen Xueyan said excitedly, "Fifth brother-in-law, how many do you have? I'll take them all, and the price will satisfy you."
Qin Chuan chuckled: "Second brother-in-law, to be honest, I have this salt..."
"How much is it? Is it several hundred kilograms?"
"Uh, add 'ten thousand' at the end."
"Several million kilograms?!"
Chen Xueyan looked on in disbelief, then burst into laughter: "Fifth brother-in-law, impossible!"
"Then come with me!"
Qin Chuan led Chen Xueyan to the warehouse at the entrance of the Qin family's courtyard.
Upon seeing this warehouse, Chen Xueyan couldn't help but take a second look, marveling at its unique material, which was resistant to sun and rain, unlike wooden warehouses which were prone to insect infestation.
When Chen Xueyan entered the warehouse and saw the piles of bags of iodized salt, he was stunned and could no longer move...
"This is just one warehouse. Come on, I'll show you all the warehouses."
After Qin Chuan showed Chen Xueyan around all the warehouses, Chen Xueyan's legs were so weak they were trembling uncontrollably...
"Fifth brother-in-law, I...I...I'm really scared by you. This salt is enough to sell for ten million taels of silver. After selling all this salt, you could buy half of the country..."
Chen Xueyan's legs trembled uncontrollably, and Qin Chuan supported him to keep him from collapsing...
After a while, Chen Xueyan was finally able to stand up and asked Qin Chuan where he got the salt.
Qin Chuan said, "Don't ask that."
Chen Xueyan didn't press the matter further, knowing that his fifth brother-in-law was extremely influential and must have some secret methods that he couldn't reveal to others.
Qin Chuan walked alongside him and said, "Let's make a deal now. Would you be willing to help me sell salt?"
“Of course I’m willing,” Chen Xueyan said.
"Alright, we're family, so I won't stand on ceremony with you. For every bag sold, you get 60% of the profit, and I'll keep 40%."
Qin Chuan felt this was fair, since he was being asked to run errands and put in the effort. Sales was not an easy job, especially since it required traveling to various provinces and even neighboring countries.
To everyone's surprise, Chen Xueyan refused.
"Fifth brother-in-law, this is top-quality salt! I don't need to buy it; I'm just running errands for you. How can I take 60% of it? According to industry practice, I can only take 30% at most!"
"No need, we can each take half, that's settled."
After Qin Chuan finished speaking, he continued to instruct, "Take these 20,000 taels of silver notes first. You must recruit more people. The shelf life of this salt is only two years. You need to hurry up and recruit people and sell it as soon as possible. You can lower the price depending on the situation. You don't have to make 10 million, making a few million is fine too."
As he spoke, he handed a stack of silver notes to Chen Xueyan.
Chen Xueyan was shocked. His fifth brother-in-law's actions were... too frightening!
Millions of kilograms of salt, all for a sudden payment of 20,000 taels of silver... That's terrifying.
This is beyond being described as being richer than a country!
No wonder she looked down on his small amount of money; it's not surprising at all.
...
Qin Chuan invited Chen Xueyan to take a stroll through the Qin family courtyard.
After Chen Xueyan finished touring the Qin family's courtyard, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Fifth brother-in-law, how can you call such a big courtyard a small courtyard?"
Qin Chuan smiled. He and his wife had each come up with a few names, but neither of them was satisfied with them. The only name that they both agreed on was "Qin Family Courtyard".
Seeing that Qin Chuan only smiled and did not answer, Chen Xueyan sighed, "Fifth brother-in-law is really low-key..."
Now that the salt sale had been arranged, Chen Xueyan returned to the Su residence for the time being.
They agreed to discuss more details the next day, and since they were family members, they didn't need to sign any contracts; they just needed to clarify the accounts.
As night fell, Su Ruyan finally returned with Yuan'er and Juan'er.
The three women chatted and laughed as they entered, still discussing their day's events.
Upon seeing Qin Chuan, Su Ruyan gracefully curtsied and said, "Husband, I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you. You won't blame me, will you?"
Yuan'er and Juan'er quickly bowed and greeted him, "Young Master."
Qin Chuan took Su Ruyan's slender arm and said affectionately, "How could I blame you? I love you too much to ask. My dear wife, come with me..."
After saying that, he pulled Su Ruyan to the warehouse.
Yuan'er and Juan'er also came.
Su Ruyan's beautiful eyes widened in shock when she saw the warehouse full of salt.
She had seen this kind of salt before, but she never expected Qin Chuan to be able to get so much.
"Every warehouse?"
"Um."
Qin Chuan nodded.
Then, he told Su Ruyan about asking his second brother-in-law to help sell salt.
After hearing this, Su Ruyan suddenly stared intently at Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan looked at Su Ruyan and asked curiously, "Wife, what's wrong with you? Do you think I'm too foolish to share half the profits?"
"no……"
Su Ruyan shook her head, then clutched her chest, looking as if she was in great pain.
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