The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

But she underestimated Xie Ningzhi's thinking. With just half a sentence, his true colors were exposed again. This time, it was difficult for her to defend herself at all.

"Wait! That's not right. You said you started in the twelfth year of Jingyun, but you were only two years old at that time."

Xie Ningzhi found the loophole in her words and denied it repeatedly. At the same time, with a hint of anger on his face, he changed the subject and said, "Tell me, what's going on? Explain it to me clearly."

Facing Xie Ningzhi's concerned eyes, Xie Shuting knew she couldn't hide it. Although the Xie family was not a noble family, they had two generations of officials and three people in the court.

His grandfather was a Langzhong in the Ministry of Personnel, his father was a county magistrate, and his eldest uncle was a sixth-rank director of the Imperial College. It was a disgrace to the Xie family that a family of officials had a businessman.

After all, the class division in the Song Dynasty was particularly serious, with scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Farmers and workers were integrated, and only merchants were at the bottom of the society.

If word got out that Xie Shuting was doing business, not only would Xie Tingwen be ostracized by the censors, but even his uncle Xie Tingyun would be affected, and the family's revival would be ruined.

Xie Ningzhi clenched his fists, pondered for a moment and said coldly: "Get out of here right now, if..."

"My grandfather knows about this and has agreed to it." Xie Shuting was unwilling to argue and said casually.

"This! Grandfather is so confused! Doesn't he know what kind of crisis this will bring to the family?"

"Grandfather knows! But he still agreed. However, he said something. Now I will pass it on to you, brother. If you can understand it, you will know what Grandfather thinks."

"What?" Xie Ningzhi asked, his mind already broken at this moment.

Xie Shuting stroked her eyebrows and smiled, "Grandfather once said, 'There is no such thing as scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. It's just a way of dividing people into different classes, and the people in power manage people of different classes. After all, when some things are beyond the control of the people in power, they have absolute say.' Brother! Is what grandfather said true?"

When Xie Shuting first heard this, she was also shocked. If she had not grown up under her grandfather's wing, she would have suspected that her grandfather and she came from the same time and space.

And what Xie Shuting is doing now is to make it impossible for those in power to touch the Lian family's business, because the Lian family, as businessmen, now controls half of the lifeline of the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Zhen of Song also noticed the threat posed by the Lian family merchant family three years ago and sent a number of inspectors from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the background of the owner of the Lian family merchant family, but they only obtained information about Gu Chong.

Emperor Song Zhen was obviously not very satisfied with this result, so he never gave up investigating the identity of the head of the Lian family. However, the news that Emperor Song Zhen was investigating the identity of the head of the Lian family was only spread in a small range.

Xie Shuting had anticipated the current situation long ago, and knew that she was not strong enough yet so she did not dare to show any cards. Therefore, the Lian family merchants had no overt connection with the Lotus Building.

Xie Ningzhi looked at Xie Shuting suspiciously, and was already extremely frightened. He looked at Xie Shuting blankly and said, "Little sister! Since grandfather knows, then father..."

"Only my grandfather in the family knew about it, as well as the two maids Lian Xi and Lian Yue." Xie Shuting admitted frankly.

"this......"

Before Xie Ning finished speaking, he asked with a suspicious look on his face, "What role do you play in the Lian family business?"

Xie Ningzhi already had the answer in his mind at this moment. He asked this question only in the hope that things could turn around. The Lian family's business was too big and the court would certainly not tolerate it.

Obviously, Xie Ningzhi's concerns were unnecessary.

Xie Shuting rolled up her sleeves and said calmly, "I am the owner of the Lian family business. I think after testing me, brother, you should have the answer in your mind now!"

Xie Ningzhi still found it hard to believe what Xie Shuting said, and asked with a flushed face: "Impossible! The Lian family business has only been developed for more than ten years. Although you started planning in the twelfth year of Jingyun, you were obviously only two years old at that time."

"What's wrong with two years old?"

At this point, Xie Shuting's expression became stern. "Fang Zhongyong! He shocked the whole village with his poetry at the age of five; Yin Keng! He could recite a thousand words a day at the age of four; Xu Ling! He was well versed in classics and history at the age of seven; Xiang Tuo became Confucius' teacher at the age of seven; Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of twelve; Cai Wenji could distinguish sounds at the age of six. May I ask, brother, in what way am I inferior to them?"

"He...they..." Xie Ningzhi was speechless for a moment, his eyes a little dazed.

"Brother, do you mean 'they are all men, and most of them are from aristocratic families'?"

Xie Shuting sneered and said sarcastically, "Brother, you are well-read. You know Xu Hui of the Tang Dynasty or Cai Yan of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Which one of them is not a woman?"

“But they were already six or seven years old when they became famous, and you…” Xie Ningzhi said unwillingly.

"And my little sister built the Lian family business when she was two years old, and controlled the lives of millions of people as a businessman?"

At this point, Xie Shuting suddenly stood up, looking down at the crowd with a domineering demeanor, and said in a cold voice: "Everything I do has my own principles. In order not to be threatened by others, I can only reach the highest point step by step, and use the capital in my hands to make my opponents afraid."

When Xie Ningzhi saw this scene, he was shocked and felt a little unfamiliar with Xie Shuting. There was a hint of confusion in his eyes, and also a little fear.

Xie Shuting calmed down, smoothed her sleeves, and acted like a girl. She sat down and said, "Brother! This is related to the Xie family. Please keep it a secret for me for now. I still have something to do."

Xie Ningzhi didn't know what to think, he nodded subconsciously and asked casually: "What's the matter?"

Xie Shuting did not speak, but looked in the direction of the government office, and said with a hint of loneliness: "The time is not right yet, brother, please do not ask any more questions."

"Okay!" Xie Ningzhi responded.

His look changed from fear at the beginning to worry in an instant. He knew the scale of the Lian family's business, which was no longer a secret in the Song Dynasty.

Thinking of his younger sister's fifteen years of hardship and fifteen years of planning, his heart was tormented.

Thinking of this, Xie Ningzhi slowly took out another letter from his bosom, placed it on the stone table, and said slowly: "This letter records things about Gongjing County. I have also carefully investigated everything you recorded in the letter before. I think there should be salt in that place."

Xie Shuting took the letter, quickly unfolded it and read it, then said with joy, "As expected! Thank you, brother."

"Since you call me brother, your business is my business." Xie Ningzhi said this, and forced a smile and said, "If you...if you need anything, come to me."

Xie Ningzhi just wanted to ease the relationship between the siblings. He knew that Xie Shuting was a person with her own ideas. If she didn't have courage and decisiveness, the Lian family business would not have appeared.

Hearing her brother's caring words, Xie Shuting's tone softened a bit, and she responded softly, "Okay!"

As soon as the brother and sister finished speaking, Lian Xi walked in quickly from outside the door, bowed to the two of them and said, "Miss! Brother Cao and Madam Cao are here?"

"it is good!"

As Xie Shuting spoke, she stood up, stroked Xie Ningzhi's hand, apologized, and left with Lian Xi. Watching his younger sister leave, Xie Ningzhi felt mixed emotions.