Cut off my army's food supplies? I'll open a portal between the two worlds and max out my

Li Wen's economic situation here has improved a lot during this period.

Li Wen's bulging wallet wasn't just because the Venus Group gave him a raise, nor because he went back to selling gold.

This matter arose from a chance encounter.

Previously, Li Wen placed an order with Liu Xing, which saved Liu Xing's OEM factory.

If it weren't for Li Wen's order, this factory might have already gone out of business.

Although the factory didn't get many more orders afterward, at least it was able to keep operating. To repay Li Wen's favor, Liu Xing wanted to treat Li Wen to a meal.

Later, when Lao Wang helped organize this dinner party, Li Wen also took time out of his schedule to attend.

During the meal, Lao Wang complained that it was really hard to find genuine wild ginseng these days. He tried to sell it through his WeChat Moments, but nine and a half out of ten sellers were fake. The remaining half were either "soaked ginseng" that looked like fish in a bath or were not of the quality he wanted.

Li Wen kept these words in mind.

The main reason is that a lot of mountain products have recently been collected at the market in Anxi Town.

The appearance of extremely precious resources such as salt and sugar at the Anxi Town market attracted herdsmen from the surrounding area to come and exchange for goods.

Besides the common cattle, sheep and animal furs, the most common items are mountain products.

First of all, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, even the best wild ginseng was extremely expensive.

This top-quality medicinal herb can be life-saving in critical moments, and even herders know its precious value.

Wild ginseng may be precious, but it's not enough to fill the stomachs of nomadic herders! Especially for those nomadic herders who often go hungry, they feel it's worth it to exchange this stuff for precious salt and sugar.

In any case, their activities covered a wide area, with traces of their activities found from the Yanshan Mountains to the Tianshan Mountains.

Many herders also frequently go up the mountain to hunt and gather wild produce.

After the reputation of Anxi Town's market spread, these herders used these items to barter.

Anxi Town is only so big, and these goods are not very popular in the Western Regions. Apart from some goods circulating in the market, everything else was transported to the modern world by Li Wen.

After all, modern warehouses have more advanced preservation methods.

Not long ago, Li Wen mentioned it to Lao Wang.

Old Wang got excited and even made a video call to verify it.

Li Wen said that he had acquired some mountain products through connections, all of which were obtained from experienced mountain hikers.

At first, Lao Wang didn't believe it, because there were no deep mountains or forests nearby, and Li asked where he could find an experienced mountain runner.

Li said they met in the north, and he also sent videos and photos to Lao Wang.

Old Wang's friend is a professional; he could tell from the video of the ginseng that what Li Wen had was genuine.

"Top-grade wild ginseng? Such a fine thing still exists in China?! And it's so well preserved! It looks like it was just picked not long ago!"

When Lao Wang's friend saw the video that Lao Wang had forwarded, he immediately drove over excitedly.

This level of ginseng is not something that can be measured by money alone. In addition, an elder relative has been experiencing frequent symptoms of weakness and urgently needs this kind of tonic. If used properly, it might even prolong his life!

Old Wang then took his friend to visit Li Wen and verified the information on the spot.

This is definitely a ginseng king that is over 120 years old, and it grew in a completely wild environment.

Li Wen was certain of this, because no one in the Great Zhou Dynasty could produce artificial breeding.

When the herdsmen used this thing to exchange for supplies, Li Wen didn't notice anything special about it other than that this ginseng was relatively large and of good quality.

When an expert took a look, they realized that this was a rare and highly sought-after ginseng.

Hmm... a ginseng king worth two hundred catties of salt.

How much does salt cost now? The cheaper salt I got from Lao Zhou only costs a little over 30 cents... which means this salt cost him almost 60 silver dollars.

"Manager Li... a flat price of 900 million. I know it might be a bit low for an auction, but it will save a lot of trouble. By the way, I, Fang Yu, owe you a favor!"

Fang Yu's tone was very excited. He really needed this kind of top-grade ginseng king, but unfortunately, his cash flow was limited, so he could only use his family's favors to make up for it.

Old Wang had previously mentioned Fang Yu's background to Li Wen in a veiled manner. Unlike Liu Xing, who was a rich second-generation with hundreds of millions in assets, Fang Yu was a truly powerful individual.

"Since he's Brother Wang's friend, he's also my friend. And to be honest, I don't know much about the market; I just accepted this commission to help sell it. I think the price is fine... but I still need to discuss it with my friend on the phone later."

Li Wen brought up his previous explanation.

He was a "buyer on behalf of others" when it came to ginseng.

"Okay! Manager Li, please help persuade that friend! This kind of ginseng king is indeed rare. The ginseng king that was auctioned last time was a full third worse in quality than your friend's, and it still sold for nine million. But that involved more than a year of preparation and promotion, and there were many handling fees and other expenses afterwards... The actual amount received may be far less than that."

Fang Yu patiently explained.

"Don't worry, although I can't guarantee it, I think it's highly likely to work."

After Li Wen and the other two left, he stood there for several hours, then called them to say that his friend had agreed, but the money would have to be after tax... This surprised Fang Yu, who then patted his chest and agreed to cover the tax costs as well.

Then he had Li Wen set up a company, and the money was transferred within two days.

Li Wen personally delivered the ginseng, and before leaving, Fang Yu kept emphasizing that he owed Li Wen a favor.

Afterwards, the old prince gave Li Wen a thumbs up, saying he was a loyal friend.

Li Wen didn't feel much about becoming a "millionaire" with just a few packets of salt. The only change in him was that he increased the amount of money he sent to his parents every month from five hundred to eight thousand.

He continues to meticulously plan and manage his business even in modern life.

In Anxi Town, he still ate at the Anxi military camp's canteen every day, patrolling the town and waiting for the messenger from Tongcheng to deliver the message.

Occasionally, under the guise of the orchard, they would purchase fertilizers and building materials for temporary use.

Especially with cement, Li Wen had already started drawing circles on a remote area outside Anxi Town.

He plans to build a traditional cement plant here in the future.

However, these things can't be rushed right now; we have to take it slowly.

The shelter is also developing steadily.

The shelter is growing bigger every day. After accepting hooligans for a period of time, the shelter now has a population of about one hundred people.

Li Wen originally thought the number of refugees would decrease, but to his surprise, more and more people were fleeing towards the Gobi Desert.

Li Wen specifically asked Jiang Tian to gather some information from the refugees, and learned that it seemed the Great Zhou was about to undergo a change of regime.