After seeing Li Wanyi, Zhao Feng immediately laughed happily, walked over and cupped his hands and said.
"Everything is fine. I didn't expect that after not seeing him for such a long time, the head of the Li family has indeed become more like a head of the family."
Li Wanyi smiled, waved her hand, and said to Zhao Feng.
"Mr. Zhao, please don't make fun of me. I am just trying to keep the Li family from falling under Mr. Zhao's guidance."
Just as he was saying this, he saw Shen Chuchu and Chen Rou coming from behind.
"Sister Li, don't say that."
"Who doesn't know that the Li family's business is getting bigger and bigger now, and there is almost no other salt business in the entire Zhou Dynasty that can compare with the Li family's salt business."
Chen Rou said this with a smile. When she heard this, Li Wanyi couldn't help but blush slightly and saluted Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu.
Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu also returned the favor. When the situation happened in the Li family, Li Wanyi complained to Zhao Feng for a while and had a secret feeling for Zhao Feng.
But later Li Wanyi realized that she didn't really like Zhao Feng at that time, but she just finally found someone she could rely on, and she also wanted Zhao Feng to help her solve the Li family's problems.
Fortunately, Li Wanyi is relieved now, and with the help of Zhao Feng, the Li family has secured the top spot in the edible salt trade of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Thinking of those things in the past, Li Wanyi couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Seeing that Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu did not intend to stay, Li Wanyi asked in surprise.
"I wonder if the two sisters are going out?"
Chen Rou nodded, glanced at Zhao Feng with a smile, then turned her head, looked at Li Wanyi and said.
"The two of us are going to the store to run some things, so you can just chat at home."
"When you come here once, you must stay a few more days before going back. Let us also fulfill our friendship as landlords."
Li Wanyi quickly agreed, and Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu left, leaving space and time to Li Wanyi and Zhao Feng.
Zhao Feng took Li Wanyi to the main hall and sat down. The maid immediately brought tea to Li Wanyi.
Zhao Feng and Li Wanyi exchanged pleasantries and chatted about the recent situation of the Li family. Only then did they learn that the Li family, in addition to purchasing some salt mountains, actually planned to extract salt from the lake water.
At the beginning, Zhao Feng not only gave Li Wanyi how to make refined salt, but also told her how to extract salt through some salt mines and brine.
Unexpectedly, Li Wanyi was able to learn and use it flexibly, and planned to extract edible salt in some salt lakes.
"Actually, this is the reason why I asked you to come to the capital this time."
After chatting for a while, Zhao Feng began to get down to the topic. Li Wanyi immediately looked at Zhao Feng and asked curiously.
"Mr. Zhao, is there something wrong with you?"
After Li Wanyi said this, she was worried that Zhao Feng was unwilling to let her help, so she hurriedly said.
"Mr. Zhao, just ask if you have something to do. If it weren't for you, the Li family would not be able to turn the corner. You are my savior, so your matter is the matter of our Li family."
Zhao Feng nodded gratefully. He did not expect that Li Wanyi would be able to repay her kindness and be willing to help him with all her strength.
Even without saying anything, Li Wanyi had already agreed. This was a sign of trust in herself, and she was also taking the entire Li family as a bet.
Zhao Feng sighed softly and explained to Li Wanyi.
"I was doing some cross-border trade some time ago, mainly exporting some things from the Great Zhou Dynasty to countries such as the Western Regions and the Xiongnu."
Just when she said this, Li Wanyi couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and said in shock.
"Mr. Zhao, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this matter, right?"
"It would be okay if we just sell some things to those countries in the Western Regions, but the Xiongnu are the mortal enemies of the Zhou Dynasty. Since last year, the situation has eased slightly."
"There are many things sold to the Xiongnu that require the approval of the imperial court."
Zhao Feng nodded. Of course he knew about this. After all, selling items to the Xiongnu was tantamount to subsidizing the enemy in disguise, so the court had always been opposed to it.
But this time, in order to support the New Deal and bring a lot of revenue to the court, Zhou Zhen couldn't control so much, so he asked Zhao Feng to do this.
"Don't worry, of course I know about this, but don't worry, His Majesty personally agreed to this."
"Actually, business matters are easy to talk about, but the things we sold to the Xiongnu were only some simple cloth and salt. As for ironware, etc., we did not sell them."
"It just so happens that the Huns always interfere in our business with other countries and frequently plunder our goods, which makes me a little uncomfortable."
Li Wanyi nodded slowly. If the current emperor knew about this and was sure of it, then there would be no problem.
"Mr. Zhao, do you want me to deal with the Huns?"
Li Wanyi said this with some dumbfounding. Although she was the head of the Li family and was currently ranked among the merchants of the entire Zhou Dynasty, how could she possibly fight against a country like the Xiongnu?
Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that Li Wanyi would really dare to think about it.
"Actually, you are half right. I asked you to deal with the Huns, but not with conventional methods."
"Your Li family sells edible salt. It is a well-known presence in the entire Zhou Dynasty. It is estimated that the people in the Huns also know about this."
"So I plan to ask you to sell a large amount of edible salt to the Xiongnu, just as your Li family."
Li Wanyi looked at Zhao Feng in shock. She didn't understand why Zhao Feng sold edible salt to the Huns after the Huns robbed Zhao Feng's goods.
Zhao Feng saw the confusion in Li Wanyi's eyes, so he lowered his voice and explained to Li Wanyi.
"These edible salts are different from the edible salts you sold to the people of the Zhou Dynasty. To be precise, they are a kind of poisonous salt."
Li Wanyi took a deep breath instantly.
Zhao Feng said slowly.
"There is also a section of coastline in Qingzhou. You must know that the sea water is salty and bitter. The reason why it is salty is because there is a lot of salt in the sea water."
"The reason why it is bitter is because there are a lot of impurities and toxic substances in seawater."
Zhao Feng slowly started to explain.
"And what I want you to do is remove some of the toxic substances in the seawater and produce sea salt to sell to the Huns!"
Li Wanyi looked at Zhao Feng in shock. As expected of Mr. Zhao, his thoughts were indeed different.
The Xiongnu robbed their goods, so Zhao Feng simply did the opposite and made the Xiongnu people ask for trouble in this way!
