"The other side hasn’t dispatched their troops, I’m going to..."
"They haven’t dispatched troops?! Then I must return now!" Without waiting for Ruan Mian to finish, he couldn’t wait to stand up.
With him in charge, the remaining brothers naturally wouldn’t be swayed by that group from the Xuanjia Army.
Ruan Mian considered for a mont and nodded.
They took Ruan Qing back to the house, only to find it had turned into chaos.
"Miss!! You’re finally back! Miss Qing, she, she..."
"She’s fine now, I brought her back."
Cui Zhu, who had just been relieved, imdiately beca anxious again: "And, our shop in the garrison was smashed again! Master, master has also been captured!"
"Those bastards, they won’t rest in peace until they et King Yama, huh?! This aunt will go et them right now!"
Great Aunt rolled up her sleeves, anger boiling. Renji Hall.
The rat-faced Wang the Second, stroking his mustache, wore a look of smug satisfaction.
He personally directed those young n to confiscate all the dicinal materials from the shop.
"Don’t leave a single one! The goods from Renji Hall have dubious origins, and the doctor and manager were personally captured by Lord, I must return the grievances I suffered here, double-fold!"
Ruan Qingsong was also tied up by his n, even with sothing stuffed in his mouth, making him unable to speak.
Originally, the Wang Brothers would co every day to the shop to tidy up, just hoping the Prince would show so leniency.
But suddenly, excellent news arrived that Guan City Town had been reassigned to the Prince Eji’s fief.
The entire family of Prince Mantu moved overnight, and their uncle, the City Lord, beca the sole power again!
With no one backing them, how could the Wang Brothers swallow this anger, so they imdiately led people to seal off their shop, and took Manager Gu and everyone to the governnt office, locking them all up in prison.
Weren’t all the dicinal ingredients inside now his for the taking?!
Not to ntion those two foul won!
When Ruan Mian and Great Aunt arrived at the garrison, they found out about the change of ownership after a little inquiry.
That’s why the Wang Brothers were so arrogant and domineering, disregarding everyone!
At this mont, Great Aunt patted Ruan Mian’s hand, leaned in close, and whispered sothing to her.
Then she stepped out from the crowd of onlookers: "Mr. Wang, in this fury, why did you arrest all of us?"
Mr. Wang finally saw these two foul won appear, giving a disdainful smile, as if he had been waiting for this.
"What do you think I’m going to do? Naturally, it’s ti to settle old scores!"
Great Aunt, unexpectedly not anxious or impatient, earnestly said.
"Seizing my shop and people is rely an outlet for your anger. Why doesn’t Mr. Wang consider where we got those precious dicinal materials from?"
"If you could step back, perhaps we could even cooperate, and by then you could have as many dicinal materials as you want."
Wang the Second’s pupils shrank!
Indeed, he had been craving those dicinal materials for a long ti.
He had long sent people to investigate, but no one found out where their dicinal materials had been transported from.
On the trading route, there were no traces of their vehicles.
If he could control that transport route, once the quantity went up, he could easily monopolize the entire herbal shop market in Liao Lie!
What Great Aunt said hit the nail on the head.
He stood with arms folded, walked a few steps forward: "Do you know what happens if you try to fool ?"
"Oh dear, Mr. Wang! My people and shop have already been turned into this ss by you, how dare I fool you then!!"
She beckoned, signaling Wang the Second to co closer.
Then from Ruan Mian’s pouch, she took out a ginseng, the premium thousand-year ginseng given by Bai Lun.
Wang the Second, being knowledgeable, saw the dicine and his eyes imdiately lit up!
"Where did you get such a premium item?"
"We don’t just have this one with such quality! To tell you the truth, Mr. Wang, the dicinal materials from our family shop are all self-cultivated!"
"Cultivate!? You foul woman are deceiving , this ginseng can survive locally, but how could other dicinal materials grow here? They can only grow on Western Border soil."
"Mr. Wang, don’t get excited. We have our special cultivation thods. How about this, let’s make a deal. I’ll tell you the planting thods for these dicinal materials one by one, and you can follow them exactly."
"If you can’t grow them, my shop and people are here for you to take anyti, how about that?"
Wang the Second sneered, if what she said was true, and they could indeed be grown, he wouldn’t need to travel afar to purchase! Not only saving on travel and manpower costs but also increasing output. The more he grows, the more he can sell! Isn’t that fantastic?
As for their shop, sitting on his uncle’s land, with the fief changing hands, is he afraid they would escape?!
There are plenty of ways to slowly tornt them!
So Wang the Second greedily agreed right away: "If you can indeed give the thod to grow them, I, being generous, won’t make things difficult for you."
Generous?! Disgusting! Truly shaless!
Great Aunt rolled her eyes a hundred tis in her mind, almost laughing.
But on the surface, she remained as "amiable" as ever: "Mr. Wang speaks rightly, you are indeed magnanimous and wouldn’t trouble us humble folks!"
Great Aunt praised, blowing Wang the Second up to the skies.
Only then did Wang the Second desist, and Ruan Mian handed over the thod of planting ginseng to him.
Once the man left, Ruan Qingsong was also untied.
"Mianmian, father is still in his hands!"
Ruan Mian reassured: "There’s no problem, I’ll deal with father’s side soon, since he still wants other thods for growing dicinal materials, he won’t harm father."
Ruan Qingsong was worried about them giving away the thods for planting dicinal materials.
"If they really manage to grow them, wouldn’t we be making wedding dresses for others? By then, our shop might truly not be able to continue, and he might monopolize even more places in the herbal dicine business."
"I see this Wang the Second as a calculative and greedy man, many people might suffer because of it."
Great Aunt gave a crafty smile: "My good nephew, don’t worry, with your sister and your aunt handling things, could we possibly go wrong?"
"The ones truly making wedding gowns for others are them!"
She gave Ruan Mian a aningful look, and they both understood each other without needing words.
Growing dicinal materials is ti-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly. If one aims to expand the business and production sites, giving more people in this area the opportunity to earn money, it could be difficult relying solely on us.
Why not hand this task over to the Wang Brothers, let them invest in land and production. When the ti cos, we only need to place it in the space, and everything will be settled!
Thinking even further ahead, once the harvest cos, and with production sites established, many will have acquired cultivation techniques on their own. Even if treated harshly, civilians can grow them at ho, and we’ll go door-to-door negotiating harvest deals.
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