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The Du Family's words were filled with excitement, and even Wan was shocked by them.

"The Tang Clan's store has the same kind of secret jam as the Ye Clan's, and the price is even half the price?"

"That's right. Within a day, the Ye family's store was full of customers. Aside from the jam, other businesses were affected as well."

Wan frowned.

"But our prices are set according to the price of the ingredients. Other than the labor fee and the price of the ingredients, we didn't earn much. The jam was only made because the Ye Family was the only one that did jam business in Qingzhou.

If the price is halved, then the cost would not even be enough! "

"That's the truth. However, no one in the Ye Family would admit it now other than them. They would only give others the suspicion that they want to cover it up."

What the Du Family said made a lot of sense, and Wan of the Clouds found this difficult to deal with.

"Either the Tang Clan used inferior materials or they wanted to destroy the Ye Clan. Whatever the reason, their purpose was almost achieved.

"The Tang Clan has also lost their supply of fresh fruits. The Ye Clan's losses this year can be seen. Even if we were to fight a price war, we would not have any stocks available."

The Du Family also sighed:

In the past, selling fresh fruits would not earn much money. Ever since the Ye Clan did the jam business and took over the Tang Clan's orchard, not only did we get all the fruits every year, we also got a higher price.

However, the Tang Clan's wolves were ambitious. Seeing that the jam business was earning money, they had thought of ways to obtain the Ye Clan's secret recipe. Even now, the supply of fresh fruits had been cut off.

Sigh ~ When we just came back from the capital, the Tang Clan had been declining. Every year, we would have to send a lady to the clan in exchange for the family's support.

Later on, the Ye Clan did the jam business and helped the Tang Clan. It truly is the heart of man. "

Du Shi was angry, sighing deeply.

"Mother, now is not the time to be angry. We must guard against the Tang Clan from attacking other factions?"

"Are you saying that the Tang Family wants to take care of the Ye Family in all aspects?" Du Family cried out in alarm.

Wan nodded.

"I wasn't sure at first, but today I'm sure. Mom, think about it carefully. First, Tang Yan wanted to take my life, then the business of the Tang Clan's Ye Clan.

If I didn't know martial arts and died outside the city, the Ye Family would be in great pain. After that, you guys will be immersed in grief and naturally have no way to deal with the attack. The Tang Clan could do a lot of things.

At this point, what happened? will completely destroy the Ye Family. "

The Du Family was shocked, but soon after, a look of lingering fear appeared on their faces:

"You're right. Send someone to inform your father and Zhong Qing to pay more attention to the academy."

"Let Father be careful, second brother is very busy!" Wan was a little inattentive.

Du did not understand:

"What is Zhong Qing busy with? This is a life and death situation for the Ye Family!"

"Mother, since we've already seen through their intentions, it's not that serious. When something happened to me at the Tang Clan Manor, I asked second brother to ask for some compensation for me! We can't just not retaliate and only take advantage of the situation! "

"That's right, that's right. I've been busy and confused, so I'll let Zhong Qing handle this matter. If he bites the Tang Clan's highest level, even if he doesn't bite, he can delay the Tang Clan."

A-Wan laughed.

"Exactly."

Once things were clear, everyone began to act separately.

The Du Family had been doing business for decades, and they had many channels in their hands. When the Du Family got married, they took away one-fourth of the Du Family's wealth, including a quarter of their connections.

What the Du Family needed to do was to use their connections and find a new supplier for fresh fruits as soon as possible. On the other hand, there are many businesses in the mall that have connections. Maybe I happen to know a person that is useful to you, but is useless to me.

After figuring out the crux of the matter, Du Family quickly sent out a message to a family member that they were on good terms with, paying a visit to them.

Wan didn't stay idle either. Even though Du told her not to go out before she left, she followed right after Du left.

The horse carriage left the city and headed straight for the Ye family's manor.

In the carriage, Wan was reading the account book. On the table, there was another thick account book.

Xiao Xi served him by his side, pouring a cup of tea from time to time and handing him a piece of dessert.

Soon, the carriage stopped outside the manor. Wan quickly finished flipping through a few books and got off the carriage.

The manor was the Du Family's dowry. Although it was very big, it was made of stone and had poor production. Previously, when they rented it out to the tenants, they didn't receive much rent. So, the Ye Family didn't really care.

It was only a few years ago that the Ye Family started the jam business and turned this place into a workshop.

The manager of the manor was a steward named Zhao, who stayed with the Du Family. After the workshop was renovated, he would take care of it.

Wan and the others walked to the front, but no one answered for a long time.

A-Wan lost her patience. She hopped onto the wall with Xiaoxi on her toes.

When she entered, Wan realized that there was no one in the workshop.

Puzzled, Wan took a quick tour around the manor and found that all the tenants were at home, not a single migrant worker was around.

Doubt rose in his heart.

But Wan didn't have time to worry about it. She had more important things to do today.

The two of them quickly found the steward's house and knocked on the door. Soon, a sixteen to seventeen year old girl came out. The girl had fair skin and a slim figure. He was also dressed in fine silk.

If it weren't for her wishy-washy eyes, Wan thought she was a lady of some family.

The girl opened the door and saw two girls dressed in male clothing.

Wan of the Clouds was exasperated.

"May I ask if this is Manager Zhao's house?"

"Yes, why are you looking for my father?"

"So it's Miss Zhao. We are from the Ye family and we have some business with Manager Zhao. I wonder if Miss Zhao can help us call Manager Zhao."

The girl was confused and disoriented by the Zhao family's Miss. She had completely forgotten that the Ye family was the owner of the manor.

"Come in, let me call for my father!"

Very soon, Chief Steward Zhao arrived.

The supervisor looked to be around 40 years old and was slightly fat. His skin was slightly black and he was wearing a simple and unadorned outfit. It was just ordinary thin cotton.

When the overseer saw Wan, he ran up to her enthusiastically and said,

"It's the Third Miss, right? Why is the third young miss here personally today? "

Wan gave a faint smile.

"Yes, Uncle Zhao, you can call me Wan!"

"This old servant doesn't dare!"

Wan's smile became even brighter.

"Uncle Zhao, you really don't need to be so polite. These years, Second Brother and I have missed you a lot. So you were here!" Wan was excited.

Supervisor Zhao's eyes reddened:

"Miss …"

So his name was Zhao Quan, and he had been following Master Du since he was young, running around the North and South Commodities Trading Company and practicing his skills.

When the Du Family got married, Master Du gave him to the Du Family and followed Ye Siyuan and his wife to the capital.

After the Du Family's child was born, he took over the job of a wet nurse and servant, taking care of Ye Zhongqing and Wan.

When Wan was eight years old, Yun Yi took her out of the city to meet bandits. In order to protect the two of them, he was seriously injured.

After that, Madam Du felt very guilty, thinking that he also had a wife and children, so she stripped him of his servitude and even gave him a sum of money to leave with his wife and children.