Chapter 469 - Chapter 469: Chapter 469: Caught by Chu Lan_1 (1/2)

Chapter 469: Chapter 469: Caught by Chu Lan_1

She chose to take the high-quality route with her materials, aiming to whet people’s appetites and apply the principle of hunger marketing to boost future sales.

True to her expectations, Sun Sanniang pestered Wei Ruo, insisting that she replenish the goods for her, and even claimed that she would raise the purchase price by another 20% if Wei Ruo agreed to exclusively supply Caiyun Room.

Naturally, Wei Ruo couldn’t agree to this. She could continue to supply Caiyun Room, but not exclusively.

Sun Sanniang had no choice but to go along with Wei Ruo’s wishes, as Wei Ruo was the only source of these goods.

Before Wei Ruo left, Sun Sanniang gifted her some tea leaves and courteously saw her out to the door.

The attitude was notably different from Wei Ruo’s first visit.

After departing from Caiyun Room, Wei Ruo then went to Daiyue Residence.

At present, there wasn’t much happening at Daiyue Residence, and its operations were relatively stable.

The current membership had reached an astonishing 189 people.

This number had already exceeded Wei Ruo’s expectations.

There sure were plenty of wealthy elite families in Capital City!

These members enabled Wei Ruo to earn a staggering 15,000 taels of silver in just two months!

This hefty sum was of great importance to Wei Ruo. With these silver taels, she could continue to purchase new properties and plots of land in Capital City.

Not only was the problem of setting up a Four Treasure House branch in Capital City solved, but she could also consider expanding to other properties.

We Ruo was now making a lot of money but also spending it quickly.

Most of her income came from engaging in businesses with the wealthy, as well as her partnership with Fan Chengxu.

Her expenditures were primarily concerned with purchasing properties and farmlands.

Essentially, apart from the small portion of silver she kept in hand to ensure liquidity, the rest was used to fund her expansion efforts.

After completing her tasks, Wei Ruo began inquiring about the land prices in the surrounding areas of Capital City, including Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, and Zhending Prefecture.

Wei Ruo planned to grow her new variety of cotton.

Her new cotton variety not only had the advantage of long fibers but also the plants themselves had excellent resistance to diseases and pests, cold tolerance, and high-yielding characteristics.

Such cotton plants were cultivated by generations of scientists from her old world, and her space instantly provided her with these top-tier plants.

How could she not take full advantage of it, increase production in the outside world, produce more cotton, and not only improve the comfort of clothings but also allow more people to wear cotton clothes?

This was crucial in dealing with the possible extreme cold weather in future.

Lands near Capital City were out of the question as most of them were designated for fresh vegetable growing for the nobles and dignitaries living in the city.

Not only were these lands expensive, but many of them were owned by the royal family and could not be bought or sold.

Wei Ruo had to consider more distant areas, looking for lands that were reasonably priced and suitable for development.

By the time Wei Ruo had ended her busy day, it was already dark.

Only then did Wei Ruo realize that she had been so engrossed in her work that she had lost track of time.

Fortunately, she was now at King Rui Residence, so she didn’t have to worry about coming up with explanations for the household when she returned late.

Wei Ruo and Xiumei got busy getting on the carriage and heading to King Rui’s Residence.

Xiumei was in the front driving the carriage, with Wei Ruo sitting inside.

At this time, there were very few people on the streets, and the Armed Forces Department had started patrolling.

Thankfully, it wasn’t curfew time yet, otherwise that would’ve posed a problem.

The carriage was about a hundred meters from King Rui’s Residence when it reached Suzaku Street.

“Halt!”

A group of government soldiers from the Armed Forces Department stopped Wei Ruo’s carriage.

Xiumei quickly halted.