Female-to-male: I live on farming

The Seventh Prince Zhao Yu watched him retreat with a bit of staggering steps, sneered and threw the handkerchief in his hand at his feet. The servants serving on the side had already knelt down as usual to pick up the parrot's corpse and garbage on the ground, which showed the cruelty and sinisterness of the Seventh Prince.

"You go too. You must find out who is behind the Gu family and see which of my good brothers is involved in this."

Zhao Yu raised his eyelids and gave the order.

The man in dark tights who had been waiting behind him nodded in agreement. His face was dark, with a deep scar extending from his forehead to the corner of his mouth, making his already ferocious face even more hideous. One look at him filled people with fear, and they dared not look him in the eye.

After receiving Zhao Yu's instructions, he turned around and went out to do his work without saying anything.

Zhao Yu was obviously accustomed to his style of doing things. Although he was taciturn, he always did things steadily and properly. Whenever he took action, there was nothing he could not accomplish.

This person was specially selected by his mother to help him deal with those shady matters.

The governor of Yangzhou was actually quite loyal. Regardless of whether he was really loyal or had to be so, he did not suspect that he had ulterior motives. However, he was loyal but his abilities were mediocre.

If it weren't for the fact that he had worked diligently over the years, he would have kicked him out long ago.

Gu family, who is the driving force behind this?

Even the lord of a state couldn't find the person behind him. The last time he heard news about the Gu family, it was when his good brother, the Crown Prince, who had planted a chess piece in the Gu family, was defeated miserably, and instead a weak woman took control of the entire Gu family business with lightning speed.

He really admired his good brother's frustrated look.

The wealth of the Gu family is indeed not to be underestimated, and he does not necessarily have to have it. After all, the wealth of the entire Yangzhou is his purse. You know, Yangzhou is the richest province in the Great Yan Dynasty.

But he would not allow anyone to control that wealth in secret. Right now the capital is in a state of panic and a slight change could lead to a change in the situation.

If you can't get it, destroy it.

Gu Lanxi, who was far away in Liangzhou, had no idea that the Gu family had once again become a contestant in the power struggle, but she was not completely unprepared.

In recent days, people have been trying to find out about Glass one after another, some openly and some secretly, and some have even started to bribe people who have defected from Gu's Business.

"Master, the owner of the Gu Family Cloth Shop in Yangzhou has resigned with several people."

Gu Lanxi took the information presented by Gu Zhong. This was not the first time this had happened. Money has always been a motivating factor in people's hearts, and she could not prevent such incidents from happening.

"It seems that the people who attacked us are in Yangzhou." Gu Lanxi rubbed his temples, frowned, and spoke in a gloomy tone.

This is not difficult to guess, as most of the Gu family’s shops that have encountered problems recently are concentrated in Yangzhou.

Seeing this, Qiu Tong stood behind her and gently massaged her shoulders. She knew that ever since the master started selling glass in Yangzhou, Jinzhou and other places, the tasks that needed to be handled by the master had piled up half a person's height every day.

"It seems that glass is too coveted." Qiu Tong sighed softly.

Gu Lanxi tapped the account book on the desk with her fingers. The knuckles of her fingers were slender and white, like the finest mutton-fat jade, forming a sharp contrast with the ink-colored handwriting on the account book.

"Who wouldn't covet such benefits?"

Qiu Tong followed her master's green and round fingertips to glance at the numbers on the account book and nodded secretly. Indeed, in just a few days, the income from glass alone exceeded the total of the Gu family's other businesses.

This is not a profitable business at all, it's simply a money-making machine.

"Master, do you want to take care of it?" Qiu Tong asked with her eyes lowered.

Gu Lanxi leaned back in the chair, relaxed her body, slowly closed her eyes, and said softly, "No need. The people behind the betrayers got too much useful information from them, so naturally nothing good would come of it."

But she knew that group of people were not the kind of people who did good things for no reason, and she already knew their character very well.

"But Master, if this is the case, we may not be able to hide for long." Qiu Tong was obviously a little worried.

"It doesn't matter. Those businesses that have been suppressed should slowly withdraw and hide in the dark. The days of peace will not last long."

Although Gu Lanxi looked a little tired, she did not look worried. Qiu Tong knew that her master had his own plans in mind.

Her anxious heart finally settled down.

After all, in her heart, the head of the family is so talented that he never fights an unprepared battle and has never been defeated.

Merchants in Yangzhou can all feel that the situation has been somewhat tense recently. First, the Gu family got some crystal-clear glass from somewhere, which instantly caused an uproar in Yangzhou and other places.

Countless dignitaries would spend a fortune to buy a piece of glass, and the Gu family instantly became the hot commodity in everyone's eyes. Although the Gu family has always been a very influential family, the Li family and the Song family are also the same, not much worse than them. However, now because of the appearance of glass, the Gu family suddenly stood out and became the focus of everyone's attention.

There are many people who want to take over the Gu family business, but no one has ever succeeded, either openly or secretly.

Until the Yangzhou governor Yang Pingshan suddenly launched an attack, many stores of the Gu family suffered heavy losses at once, and other wealthy businessmen such as the Li family joined forces to try to take a piece of meat from the Gu family.

But what was strange was that the Gu family did not fight back against their attack as usual, but instead closed many stores.

"Master, the Gu family's reaction is a little strange. Are we sure we still want to take action?"

Li Chengjun, the eldest son of the Li family, glanced at him lightly, with a bit of displeasure in his tone: "Such a great opportunity is in front of us. It is obvious that the governor of Yangzhou has set his sights on the Gu family's glass. The two tigers are fighting, and we need to reap the benefits. If we successfully take over these stores of the Gu family, we can easily surpass the Gu family and become the largest merchant in Yangzhou."

Once he accomplishes this, his father will announce him as the next heir to the Li family. How could he miss such an opportunity?

"But...but I heard that the Gu family members who evacuated bought a lot of food and started to withdraw from Yangzhou." The old man was obviously much more cautious. He always felt that the Gu family's behavior this time was not like their usual style.

Li Chengjun was full of energy at this time, and he would not allow anyone to stop him. He said angrily: "I said I would take action, so why do you care about the Gu family? Yangzhou is no longer their territory. Aren't they going to withdraw and go bankrupt?"

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, the old man had to lower his head slightly, hide his worries in his heart, and go about his work silently.