Wang Fangfang had lived in the Ge family mansion for several months with her mother and sisters, so she knew very well about Ge Shibo's days off.
Today is a day off, and as is customary, Uncle Ge should be at home!
So, she led Aunt Jiang and her entourage to the Ge residence to see her uncle.
The steward of the Ge family was somewhat suspicious. This orphan girl from the Wang family had no relatives in Jinling Prefecture. Why did she suddenly bring a mother and son to see the master?
Although he had his doubts, he still politely sent someone to arrange for the group to be led to the living room, while he went to inform the master that guests were requesting an audience...
Thank you~
When Qingsong saw the once shy girl now standing on her own, he felt both heartache and joy for her.
"No need to thank me. I can only bring you here to see Uncle, but I can't do anything else."
Fangfang shook her head, not feeling that she had done anything particularly important.
After Jiang Yue sat down, she quietly sipped her tea without disturbing Qing Song and Fang Fang's conversation.
She thought that after finishing her business, she would try to gauge Fangfang's feelings...
At this moment, in the study of the Ge family mansion, Ge Haoran, who had just bathed and changed his clothes, came to the desk to check the letters that had recently arrived in the mansion.
After he finished reading, his eyes were sore and sore. As he rubbed them, the butler's voice came from outside the room—
"Sir, Miss Fangfang has brought a mother and child with her to request an audience with you. Will you grant them an audience?"
"Hmm? Fangfang brought a stranger?"
Ge Haoran was somewhat suspicious. Fangfang's personality was very much like her father's, and in the past six months, she had never asked him for anything.
Why would they suddenly bring people to see him?
"See."
He made a decision immediately.
After a short while, Butler Ge led the way and invited the old man to take a seat.
“Ge Shibo”.
"Fangfang's here, have you eaten?"
Ge Haoran glanced at the unfamiliar mother and son, and nodded politely as a greeting.
Wang Fangfang was very touched when her uncle asked if she had eaten, and quickly said that she had.
He also introduced both parties, saying:
“Auntie, this is my father’s old friend, Uncle Ge.”
“Uncle Ge, this is the aunt who took good care of my niece in Peach Blossom Town, and that is her second son, Qingsong.”
Upon seeing this, Jiang Yue stood up and greeted her, saying:
"I have long admired Inspector Ge's reputation, and it is a great honor to meet him today. This trip has been worthwhile."
Although Ge Haoran was kind and gentle to Fangfang, he still had his own pride when dealing with strangers.
Hearing this, he raised an eyebrow and questioned:
"Oh? May I ask where I have heard of my name?"
Unfazed by the questioning look in her eyes, Jiang Yue calmly responded:
"Zhao Donglin, Manager Zhao, have you ever heard of Inspector Ge's name?"
"Is it that person from Huichuntang?"
"Exactly."
Ge Haoran's sharp edge subsided somewhat; it turned out to be Old Zhao.
"May I ask if you have received any letter from Elder Zhao recently?"
Jiang Yue tentatively suggested that if the other party received the message but showed no interest in her intentions, then she wouldn't insist on cooperating.
If the other party did not receive it, then we are getting closer to the truth that she was poisoned.
"Hmm? No, to be honest, I just took advantage of my day off to look through all the letters and invitations in the mansion, but there was no letter from Elder Zhao."
Ge Haoran spoke frankly, but then frowned, as if he had sensed something was amiss.
Could it be that someone intercepted the letter?
Why is that?
"I see. To be honest, yesterday my second son, along with several villagers who escorted me here to discuss business, arrived in Jinling Prefecture and stayed at an inn."
During dinner, we unexpectedly discovered that the food had been laced with a deadly poison. The perpetrators seemed confident of success; after hearing our mother and son's deliberate false report about the poison, they disappeared.
Jiang Yue stated the matter with a half-smile, neither humble nor arrogant.
Upon seeing this composure, Ge Haoran's expression changed from polite to somewhat serious. After careful consideration, he spoke:
"I will thoroughly investigate this matter."
"Then I'll have to trouble you with your advice, Ge."
Jiang Yue didn't make things too difficult for the other party. Since they had already spoken frankly, there was no need to beat around the bush.
Next, they began formal negotiations...
Ge Tidian went from being indifferent at first to wavering and being tempted in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
However, he pinched his thigh to calm himself down.
Replacing the medicine supplier rashly would likely provoke dissatisfaction and suppression from the Lin and Chunyu families.
However, the quality of the medicinal herbs currently supplied by pharmaceutical companies is really...
He recently discovered that the medicine was not very effective when he was examining the concubines in the harem, and he believes that other imperial physicians have also noticed this.
The imperial physicians' medical skills are one aspect, and the medicinal efficacy of the herbs is another; both are indispensable for treating illnesses and saving lives!
Moreover, they served the emperor and his harem.
No matter which important person falls ill and cannot be cured, the ones who will be blamed and lose their heads will be the ones to blame!
Old Master Zhao, once a royal physician, was a close friend of my father. Unfortunately, a tragedy years ago left him disheartened, and he left Jinling Prefecture for a remote rural area...
My father went there last year, hoping to find a place to retire, but he couldn't get away due to family matters and had to temporarily abandon all his plans...
His thoughts returned, and he looked at the woman earnestly, saying:
"Mr. Jiang, can the medicinal herbs from your village truly be supplied long-term with guaranteed quality?"
"That's natural. Manager Zhao originally included samples of medicinal herbs in his letter, but unfortunately..."
However, I still have samples in my bundle at the inn. My son can go to the inn to retrieve the bundle and take a look.
Jiang Yue was full of confidence: the seeds produced by the system were of absolutely the highest quality!
Furthermore, after nearly a year of exploration, the skilled herbal medicine growers in Wujia Village have independently developed methods to improve the quality of their herbs. In addition, with Da Niu's proficient processing techniques and strict supervision of the production line, the herbs produced have the same efficacy as those she processes!
Opportunity favors the prepared mind!
Even if Ge Tidian had too many concerns and refused her cooperation, she had other ways to promote the pharmaceutical factory in Wujia Village!
Ge Ti closed his eyes, then opened them and made a promise:
“Very well, if it is as you say, I can represent the Ge family and collect 30,000 catties of processed medicinal herbs every quarter.”
Thirty thousand catties?
It was close to half of the pharmaceutical factory's output value; after making that estimate, she had a clear idea of the situation.
He immediately instructed his son to quickly go to the inn to get the samples, but then felt it wasn't safe enough, so he suggested to Ge Tidian that he arrange for a guard from the Ge family to accompany him.
After all, the villain who poisoned her must be someone from the Ge family!
Ge Tidian was subtly implied, but he didn't take it to heart. He smiled and called the steward, who arranged for two guards to escort the boy back to the inn in a carriage.
After doing all this, he thought to himself, "Being recommended by Old Zhao to discuss business, he's definitely not someone to mess with."
A huge weight was lifted from Wang Fangfang's heart. Thankfully, Uncle Ge wasn't opposed to discussing cooperation, and thankfully she had helped Aunt Jiang!
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