He turned around, his tone so cold that there was no warmth at all: "Mother, you are joking. If he were my son, I would have his legs broken."

In other words, he had shown mercy because of his deceased elder brother.

After Xie Lin left, he went back to his room and lay down.

When he heard that Xie Shaobai was caned, the old lady was crying beside him, constantly calling him "darling" and "baby", and also warned him: "Don't make such a mistake again in the future!"

Xie Lin also heard that when Xie Shaobai was in extreme pain, he cried bitterly but gritted his teeth and said, "Grandma, I hate my third uncle!"

After Xie Lin heard this, he sneered, "Since you hate me, just send him to the manor. He will be a nuisance if he stays in Shengjing City."

When Xie Shaobai learned that he was going to be sent to the farm to recuperate, he was filled with resentment and had a big tantrum.

The old lady even came to Xie Lin to plead for him, "He was just caned fifty times, and he is not in good health. Wouldn't it be more painful for him to go to the manor? Let him recuperate at home."

"It is precisely because he was injured that he was sent to the manor to recuperate. No one will disturb him there, so he can reflect on the mistakes he made."

The old lady said a lot of words to plead for mercy, but Xie Lin was unmoved. Finally, Xie Lin stopped talking to the old lady and went back to his room to rest, citing the excuse of coughing and feeling weak. The old lady then left helplessly.

On the second day, Xie Shaobai was sent to the farm. He cursed all the way there. After a few days at the place, he stopped when he saw that he could not turn the situation around.

One of the maids who took care of him was called Guyu. She was very pretty and smart. She was very attentive when taking care of Xie Shaobai. She washed him, applied medicine to him, and took care of his excrement and urine every day.

For a time, Xie Shaobai, who was seriously injured and frustrated, was very dependent on her.

However, that morning, Guyu went out and did not come back until dark. Xie Shaobai did not allow anyone else to serve him and went to look for Guyu in anger.

It was about an hour after dark when Guyu came back from outside.

Xie Shaobai lost his temper with her and smashed the teacup, "You also dislike me, don't you? You don't want to clean for me, right!"

Guyu immediately knelt down and said, "I have no such intention. It is my blessing to be able to take care of the young master. The young master may not believe it, but Guyu came back so late today, all for the young master."

"for me?"

"I went to the street today to buy some daily necessities, and I heard that the emperor wanted to fill the whole city with chrysanthemums to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday in autumn. Now the price of chrysanthemums has risen to fifty coins per pot, and the price of osmanthus has fallen to fifteen coins per pot.

"I know that the eldest young master was sent to the farm to reflect on himself because of this incident, which made the third master unhappy. But I think that what the Yang family is doing now is the right thing to do. If the Xie family does nothing, they will definitely be outdone by the Yang family when autumn comes."

Xie Shaobai snorted, "How could this young master not know this? But Third Uncle is going too far. It would be fine if he didn't make the Xie family stronger, but he also wants to punish me!"

"It seems that the only one who can help the Xie family is you, Young Master."

Xie Shaobai was surprised: "Me?"

Although he didn't want to lose his prestige, Xie Shaobai had to admit: "I only have 200,000 taels of silver. If I replace all the osmanthus flowers with chrysanthemums, I won't be able to get it without several million taels of silver."

Guyu looked at him with bright eyes: "I have a way to help the young master get the silver."

"What method?"

Guyu leaned over and whispered the method into his ear. Xie Shaobai frowned, but as Guyu continued speaking, Xie Shaobai's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Master, I believe that the Xie family can only be saved if you help. I have heard that if a family starts to go downhill, it will continue to slide downhill and it will be difficult to return to the top. Although the Third Master is smart, he is in poor health and lacks energy. The future of the Xie family still depends on you, Master."

The more Xie Shaobai listened, the more he felt that this was the truth.

The Xie family would not be able to succeed without him.

He must take action and cannot let other families get ahead of their Xie family. He must get the position of the head of the family!

As soon as he thought about it, Xie Shaobai immediately asked Guyu to arrange it!

You beat him so hard that he couldn't get out of bed, right?

Let him be confined to the manor for a year, right?

Very good, when the Queen Mother’s birthday comes in autumn, he will definitely make a big splash!

Let everyone see that the Xie family cannot rely on Xie Lin!

Xie Shaobai had no idea that everything he did in the next half month had been reported to someone else, and that person was Chu Runxue.

"Xie Shaobai has already invested two million taels of silver. The market price of chrysanthemums is now sixty coins per pot, but in order to put pressure on the head of the Xie family, Xie Shaobai is willing to pay a higher price in secret to buy chrysanthemums."

Chu Runxue was sitting by the window, enjoying the breeze and drinking tea. The sun was shining brightly today, the tea was clear, and the fragrance lingered on her lips and teeth. Chu Runxue felt that the weather was really good today, and everything was going the way she wanted.

"As long as the price offered by the eldest young master of the Xie family is good, I will ask my men to sell the chrysanthemums to him."

A mere few million taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for the Xie family, but this time she wants to tear a huge hole in the Xie family from Xie Shaobai.

The road ahead will be much easier.

This will be the surprise she prepared for Dongfang Shuo. If he wants to seize the throne, how can he do it without soldiers but money?

"Yes, Miss." The subordinate responded.

Chu Runxue drank tea and admired the flowers in the yard. "Lower the price of osmanthus a little bit. We will buy them quietly and ask someone to take good care of them."

"Yes!"

Chu Runxue sipped her tea and frowned slightly. She felt that the osmanthus flowers she bought were not as much as she had imagined, as if someone else was also buying osmanthus flowers at this time.

But soon, Chu Runxue smoothed her brows. It must be because she arranged too many people to buy osmanthus flowers at low prices in various places, and they had not yet summarized them. This gave her the feeling that they did not buy much.

No one may know that her move is a common method in the modern stock market - buy low and sell high!

Who has such a keen sense of smell?

If there is, that person must be an economic genius.

However, genius is so rare that only one can be found in a century.

Since fate has placed her in this dynasty, she is the chosen one and no one can fight against her.

Thinking of this, Chu Runxue felt relieved again.

"By the way, I agree with my sister about mining iron ore and smelting iron. We must help her well and don't let anyone know..."

As Chu Runxue was speaking, an idea suddenly came to her mind - maybe it was time to find a rich husband for Chu Heyi!

In this era, women regard their husband's family as their heaven after getting married. Will Chu Heyi share her iron mine with her husband's family?

At this time, Chu Heyi, who was "remembered" by her, came to the gate of Xie's family.

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