The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

"She was really lucky. She asked for a barren mountain as compensation for breaking off the engagement, and she ended up digging up iron ore when she was building the mansion."

Chu Runxue chuckled and looked at the person who passed the news to her: "Is she very happy, thinking that she is going to get rich? She didn't reveal such news. Is she afraid that Anyuan Marquis Mansion will share it with her?"

"Yes, Miss Heyi was very happy. She didn't tell anyone and secretly asked someone to dig it up. Maybe she didn't want the Anyuan Marquisate to have a share of it."

Chu Runxue raised her eyebrows slightly. She knew that in ancient big families, although the two brothers lived in separate houses, people on both sides thought they were one family and did not think of them as two families.

Chu Heyi dug up iron ore, but kept it secret. It seemed that she had a hard childhood and wanted money so much that she even hid it from the Anyuan Marquisate.

"It's okay, let her dig and make money. She is my sister and has suffered a lot since she was a child. We have to keep this a secret for her."

Chu Runxue was like a caring older sister, with a faint smile on her lips.

After all, she has more important things to do right now.

Dongfang Shuo and his men soon arrived at the battlefield of Changqing City. When he returned victorious, they had 300,000 soldiers to support.

She and the soldiers under Dongfang Shuo cannot live a hard life!

By then, the soldiers will find that following Dongfang Shuo is better than following the Chu family. The living standards have improved so much that no one will be nostalgic and will be loyal to her and Dongfang Shuo.

With Chu Runxue's operation, the news of the Queen Mother's 80th birthday this year spread, and the Queen Mother's birthday was in autumn.

"Have you heard that this year our Daqi Queen Mother is celebrating her 80th birthday. The Emperor attaches great importance to this. There are few such long-lived elderly people in Daqi. The fact that the Queen Mother can live to such an old age shows that our Daqi nation is prosperous."

Chu Runxue sat in the teahouse wearing a veiled hat, drinking tea and listening to the discussions around her.

Yes, the life expectancy of people in ancient times was not as good as it is today. Death in their thirties or forties was common, and it was extremely rare to live to seventy or eighty years old.

"I also heard that the emperor wanted to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday in the fall and hoped that the whole palace and the whole city would be filled with chrysanthemums, as chrysanthemums represent happiness and longevity."

"Ah, I heard that too. In previous years, we would put some osmanthus and some chrysanthemums, but this year we're going to put all chrysanthemums."

"Chrysanthemums come in green, yellow, pink, and white varieties... They are so beautiful when they bloom! Our Emperor Daqi is truly a filial man. I hope our Empress Dowager can live a long and blessed life!"

Xie Shaobai, who had just survived after lying in bed for several months, happened to be among the crowd in the teahouse and heard all the noises clearly.

The Xie family is a big flower producer. This year, as in previous years, the number of chrysanthemums and osmanthus flowers planted is almost the same.

If this situation continues, when autumn comes, chrysanthemums will be everywhere in the imperial palace and Shengjing City. Wouldn't the Xie family's osmanthus flowers be wasted?

Moreover, officials from all over the country would place chrysanthemums all over their provincial capitals to show their loyalty, hoping to wish the Empress Dowager a long life...

Officials from all over the country were very cunning. After filling up the city with chrysanthemums, they would write memorials to the emperor: "I have filled xx city with chrysanthemums. I wish the Empress Dowager a thousand years of longevity!"

Under such circumstances, how could other officials dare not follow suit?

By this calculation, what is needed is not just three or five thousand pots of chrysanthemums, but tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of pots!

Xie Shaobai was anxious and wanted to tell his grandmother about this as soon as he returned home, but he suddenly stopped and said to his personal servant, "I heard the news on the street today. Go and find out if there is any movement from my third uncle."

The servant went to inquire about it and came back to tell him: "The Third Master doesn't seem to know about this. He has been instructing his subordinates to take care of the chrysanthemums and osmanthus flowers as they did in previous years."

After hearing this, Xie Shaobai snorted coldly. It seemed that his third uncle was weak and could not obtain information from the outside world in time.

If Uncle San continues to manage the Xie family's business, the title of Xie family's number one merchant will be replaced after this autumn!

"Master, I just got some news that the Yang family has started to sell the osmanthus seedlings they cultivated and buy chrysanthemum seedlings instead."

Flowers need to be planted in advance, otherwise they will not be able to harvest in time and will result in losses.

Now it is summer, the flower seedlings have almost grown, but they need to be replaced in large numbers...

"The Yang family has already taken action, which shows that this matter is not fake." Xie Shaobai said.

The servant said, "Master, should we send someone to the palace to ask the noble man if this is true?"

Xie Shaobai hit the servant on the head with his fan and said, "The Yang family also has people in the palace. Since they dare to replace the flower seedlings in large quantities, this must be true."

"When will the young master go to inform the head of the family about this?"

Xie Shaobai sneered and asked, "Why should I tell my uncle?"

He lost his father when he was young, and in his mind, his third uncle was an elder he could respect and rely on. But last time, his third uncle listened to the words of Miss Chu and beat him with a hundred whips.

He remembered this grudge.

He would not deal with his third uncle either. He would just do big things without telling his third uncle and bring huge wealth to the Xie family. Then everyone would be able to see his abilities.

Uncle San has been frail and sickly since childhood, so he can definitely step down from the position of head of the family.

"Uncle San is not in good health, let him rest more and don't let him worry too much about this matter."

Xie Shaobai said, "I will go to the farm now and sell the osmanthus seedlings as soon as possible, and buy more chrysanthemum seedlings. I have to choose the best ones, because the chrysanthemums produced by our Xie family must be the best."

He waved his fan and said, "Once this is done, I will give Third Uncle and the whole family a surprise!"

Let them know that it was him who turned the tide, otherwise the Xie family would have suffered huge losses this autumn!

The servant was very frightened: "This... Young Master, there must be a lot of seedlings to be purchased. If such a big thing is not informed to the master of the family, wouldn't it be very serious if the master of the family knew about it?"

The servant had been following Xie Shaobai for a long time, so he knew that a matter like today's would not be solved with just 100 or 200,000 taels of silver, and would cost at least several million taels of silver.

It is absolutely not possible to not inform the head of the family about such a large amount.

Xie Shaobai put away his fan, hit the boy hard on the head, and said sternly: "So, this matter must not be known to my uncle. If you let the news leak out, I will pull out your tongue!"

The servant was so frightened that he fell silent and dared not say anything more.

When Xie Shaobai went out to sell the osmanthus seedlings on the farm, he found that the price had been very low. In previous years, it was thirty cents per pot, but now it was twenty cents per pot.

The price of chrysanthemums has increased from thirty cents per pot to forty cents per pot.

Xie Shaobai became more and more anxious, and immediately took out all the pocket money he had saved over the years - 200,000 taels, and asked someone to buy chrysanthemum bonsai.

Because he lost his father when he was young, his grandparents doted on him a lot, and even his mother would grant his every request.

What the Xie family lacks the least is money, so Xie Shaobai can have so much pocket money.

Unfortunately, for pocket money, two hundred thousand taels is indeed a lot, but for the market he wants to occupy, two hundred thousand taels is just a drizzle.

After pondering for a whole night, Xie Shaobai got up in the morning and suddenly came up with an idea!

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Note: The osmanthus you imagine may be like this, not the huge one.