Traveling back to the Northern Song Dynasty: Picking up a princess as my wife

Li Zhen's trading company has finally resumed normal operations. Apart from the seal mark on the gate, everything else is almost the same as before.

Having learned from this experience, Li Zhen, through Cao Hua's connections, found several partners in other places, generating a certain flow of funds and goods by buying low and selling high. In fact, Li Zhen knew that whether the trading company was profitable or not had little impact on him, and he still submitted the list of materials that needed to be purchased to Fang Zhen.

In addition, Li Zhen also contacted Brother Dao in the south by phone, wanting to buy some "harder" equipment. As long as the goods were in good condition, the price was no problem either.

Although it's unclear why Li Zhen needs such a large quantity of weapons and equipment, Dao Ge says that as long as the money is right, even armored vehicles can be provided. Whether Li Zhen is buying so much weaponry for rebellion or to sell is none of her concern.

Li Zhen brought back many valuable items this time, including paintings by Emperor Huizong of Song, as well as numerous Song Dynasty official kiln porcelains, various jade artifacts, and pottery. The other items were easy to handle, but the paintings by Emperor Huizong were a bit troublesome. Experts determined that both the painting style and technique were indeed those of Emperor Huizong, Zhao Ji, and the paper and dyes were also from the Song Dynasty. However, the paintings were too new, appearing as if they had only been painted recently.

Li Zhen didn't offer much explanation; he simply handed these things over to Cao Hua, leaving the decision of how to handle them to him.

After the items Li Zhen brought from his spatial storage were appraised, his account quickly swelled by over two hundred million yuan. Looking at so much money sitting in his account, Li Zhen felt a surge of excitement; he never imagined he had actually become a tycoon.

The first thing Li Zhen would do after getting money was to go shopping. With the convenience of traveling between the two worlds, he decided to make money like crazy.

Since Zhao Yingluo is in her hometown with her child, Li Zhen is the only one in the house now. He is lying on the sofa and taking out his phone to search for various near-expiry foods online.

In fact, with his current wealth, he could buy countless supplies, but near-expiry food is more cost-effective. If he could just bring these near-expiry foods to the Song Dynasty, he could then find a way to exchange them for gold and silver treasures.

What was the most scarce resource in the Song Dynasty? It was grain, of course. Through his observations and experiences over this period, Li Zhen was well aware of the extent of the food shortage in ancient times. Natural disasters and wars drastically reduced the population of the people in that era. Even though the Jiangnan region in the south of the Song Dynasty was rich in grain, most of it was controlled by large landowners and high-ranking officials, so most ordinary people were starving.

Li Zhen browsed through rice shops online, emptying almost all of their stock. Whether it was regular rice or premium rice, Li Zhen bought it as soon as it was available.

To avoid attracting unwanted attention, Li Zhen contacted the seller after placing the order, offering to handle the shipping himself and personally deliver the goods. Overnight, online stores selling rice and other grains all put up "sold out" signs. Goods that hadn't sold for the past two or three years had been completely bought up by a mysterious person, and they didn't even have to handle the shipping themselves—the person came to pick them up on their own. Wasn't this like a windfall?

The next day, Li Zhen set off in his BMW. He decided to personally travel to the Northeast region, following the address provided by the merchant. Since he possessed a mysterious space, he didn't need to worry about transportation. On the other hand, he feared that transporting such a large quantity of grain to his trading company would attract the attention of relevant departments. His company had just been reopened; he couldn't afford any more problems.

After driving for two days, Li Zhen finally arrived at the address of the first merchant.

"Beep beep beep... Hello, is this XXX store? This is Li Zhen. Yes, I've arrived at the place you mentioned. I drove here."

Less than twenty minutes later, a white Jetta pulled up in front of Li Zhen's car. The door opened, and a young woman in her early twenties got out.

The other person spoke somewhat shyly: "Hello, you must be Mr. Li Zhen, the shop owner. I am the shop owner."

After some conversation, Li Zhen followed the young girl named Liu Ning into their village. The village mainly grows rice, and this year's rice harvest was abundant, but the selling price remained low. So, Liu Ning, who had worked in e-commerce for a few years, put the village's rice online. Unexpectedly, Li Zhen noticed it in less than a week and bought it all.

Upon arriving in the village, Liu Ning led Li Zhen to the village chief's house, where a large table of sumptuous food and wine had already been laid out.

Upon hearing the sound of a car outside, the village chief warmly led several people out to greet them.

"Hahaha...That's great! Welcome, Mr. Li Zhen, to our village. Come, come, come inside. I've specially asked the villagers to prepare a feast of pork stew."

Faced with the village chief's enthusiastic welcome, Li Zhen felt a little embarrassed. He had originally thought Liu Ning's shop would be some kind of company, but it turned out to be in a village. One of his reasons for coming here to pick up the goods in person was to avoid being scammed; for this reason, he had specifically brought several woven bags without any markings.

Although it was Li Zhen's first time visiting Northeast China, he was deeply touched by the warmth of the local people. They didn't even talk about buying rice; they immediately offered him several cups of pure grain liquor, and his bowl was piled high with various kinds of meat that the village chief had served him.

Liu Ning, who was standing next to Li Zhen, seemed to notice Li Zhen's awkwardness and asked, "Is this Mr. Li's first time visiting Northeast China?"

Li Zhen smiled and nodded: "It really is my first time. I wouldn't have had the chance to come if I hadn't bought rice this time. We've had some wine and food, so tell me the truth, how much rice do you actually have?"

Liu Ning looked at the village chief, whose face was beaming. The village chief said, "Our whole village has had a bumper harvest this year. We estimate that we have about two hundred tons of rice. Don't worry, Mr. Li, as long as you can buy all of this rice, we can discuss the price. You definitely won't lose out."

Seeing the other party's sincerity, Li Zhen readily agreed, "How about this, give me an account first, and I'll transfer a deposit to you. Then I'll send someone over tomorrow to deliver some woven bags, which you can use to pack the rice."

Upon hearing Li Zhen's words, the village chief became agitated: "Mr. Li, aren't you a trustworthy person? No deposit required, I believe in your character."

Finally, at Li Zhen's repeated requests, Liu Ning gave Li Zhen an account number, and he immediately transferred 50,000 yuan to that account as a deposit for this grain purchase.

Although the village chief and others repeatedly asked Li Zhen to stay overnight in the village, Li Zhen declined, saying he needed to find a warehouse in the nearby county town, and then drove off with Liu Ning.

Li Zhen possessed a mysterious spatial dimension, but he dared not conjure up so much grain in the village out of thin air, even if no one noticed. He planned to first find a large warehouse in a nearby county town, and then transport the grain there by vehicle, which would make his operation much easier.