After returning to the capital, the eldest daughter saved her entire clan with her medical skills.

“Dad, don’t ask for a price if you don’t know the market. Old Wang next door sold his calf for three taels of silver. We have two of them. If you ask me, even five taels of silver is too little.”

Fearing he might sell the calf too cheaply, Mr. Li half-jokingly compared it to the price his neighbor was paying for his calf.

The old man knew perfectly well that Old Wang's cow next door had sold for three taels of silver, but it wasn't a calf; it was a cow that had been growing for more than half a year and was almost an adult.

The daughter-in-law's words were clearly an attempt to take advantage of her benefactor's lack of knowledge and to deceive her.

"Five taels is enough, my benefactor, you don't need to listen to the second son's family."

Xue Ruanruan could easily tell that Li was deceiving her; her shifty eyes and sneaky demeanor made it easy to guess that she wasn't telling the truth.

However, she didn't care at all. Buying the calf for five taels of silver was just a favor to the future top scholar and the old man.

As for the two cunning women, she didn't even notice them.

Those who are short-sighted and only care about trivial gains and benefits will eventually suffer great losses.

They mistook a pearl for a fish eye; once the top scholar was recognized by the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, both of them would regret it.

She took out five taels of silver from her pouch, handed it to the old man, and then told the driver to drive the carriage into the yard. She loaded the two calves onto the carriage and left.

Unbeknownst to her, inside the low-ceilinged room, a pair of shrewd and bright eyes were watching her, only withdrawing their gaze when she left.

The two calves were so cold they couldn't stand up. After returning home, Xue Ruanruan put the calves into her spatial storage. The space was filled with spiritual energy and the temperature was just right.

Thinking that there was still a lot of monkey wine left to take out, he made a special trip to the market to buy a few large wine vats.

The shop owner was overjoyed to receive such a big order and immediately agreed to deliver it to his door.

Monkey wine is a rare treat, so Xue Ruanruan planned to only let her family members in the mansion taste it, and to wait until her father and brothers returned in triumph to host a welcome feast for them.

The Regent's Palace, Study

Murong Xun held a brush pen and carefully reviewed the memorials, occasionally marking them with a red cross, which meant that another family would be completely wiped out in the capital.

"master"

Yueyin arrived from outside, covered in a layer of white snowflakes. Without bothering to brush them off, she respectfully knelt and bowed to the person in the chair.

"how?"

"We have done everything you instructed, grinding the grain into rice and flour, and setting up porridge distribution points at the entrance of the government office."

"How is that batch of medicinal herbs? What are Uncle Zhang's plans?"

Murong Xun had no intention of making money from grain; it was a matter of life and death for the people. He had already used it as disaster relief grain for the imperial court, cooking it into porridge and distributing it free of charge to the surrounding people.

When Miss Xue brings out more food in the future, the scope of disaster relief will be expanded and distributed to the people who are severely affected by the disaster.

In short, we cannot allow grain merchants who arbitrarily raise prices to profit from our profits.

Since those unscrupulous merchants wanted to profit from this, he decided to thwart their plans and make them lose everything.

A fierce glint flashed in Murong Xun's eyes, and his face turned terrifyingly gloomy.

Uncle Zhang praised the batch of medicinal herbs highly and was reluctant to let anyone help him, so he processed them himself.

Some simple and easy-to-process medicinal materials have been incorporated into the medicine with remarkable effects. Illnesses that previously required more than ten doses to cure can now be cured with just three doses.

Speaking of this medicinal herb, a look of surprise appeared on Yueyin's originally calm face.

During his early missions, he suffered extremely serious injuries, and his life was hanging by a thread. He almost didn't make it back.

Over the years, he has been relying on various medications to barely suppress the pain and torment caused by his old injuries, but he has been unable to completely cure them at their root.

Although Uncle Zhang had carefully prepared medicine for him many times, it could only alleviate the pain at most, and could not completely eliminate the effects of the injury.

Whenever he encountered continuous rainy weather, the excruciating pain that penetrated to the bone would surge like a tidal wave, causing him unbearable suffering.

When Uncle Zhang returned, he used the medicinal herbs that the divine doctor girl had given him to prepare two doses of medicine. After taking the medicine, his whole body felt much better and he never felt pain again.

"Well, so good."

"Master, you would never guess that the batch of vegetables and fruits was the most profitable. The vegetables and fruits, which cost tens of taels per catty, were snapped up by the stewards of wealthy families and were all sold out the next day."

Yueyin is calm and rarely shows her emotions, but she couldn't help but laugh and reveal her big teeth as she spoke.

He was in charge of selling vegetables and fruits, and at first he was apprehensive, worried that they would freeze and spoil if he couldn't sell them.

He then took a subordinate dressed as a farmer and carried two baskets of vegetables and fruits to the market to try selling them.

It was his first time selling fruits and vegetables, and he was unsure of himself, so he planned to wait and see before making any decisions.

In the bitterly cold winter, the market was deserted, with only a handful of small vendors guarding their stalls in the cold wind.

The only things they sell are common vegetables like sweet potatoes, Chinese cabbage, and radishes; there's no fruit at all.

The fruits and vegetables they brought were fresh and brightly colored. Everyone had never seen such fresh vegetables and fruits that looked like they had just been picked from the tree in winter, and they all curiously gathered around them.

At first, everyone just watched and chatted amongst themselves, but no one was really willing to buy anything.

The steward of a wealthy family happened to be wandering around the market, looking for rare delicacies for his extremely picky young master.

Unfortunately, they happened to pass by Yueyin's stall, so they stopped immediately, picked out a few fruits and vegetables, and then returned to their residence.

Because of the high price, the two baskets of fruits and vegetables were eventually sold out. Yueyin had a sudden inspiration and went to Yingkelou, the most popular restaurant in the capital.

The shopkeeper was a close friend of his, and out of respect for the Regent, he agreed to buy all the remaining fruits and vegetables.

The next morning, the shopkeeper led his men to the mansion to look for him.

They said the fruits and vegetables they sold to them yesterday were very popular with the customers, and they wanted to buy more.

Upon hearing this, Yueyin felt more confident and increased the price by 30% on top of the price her master had previously agreed upon.

The owner of Yingkelou Restaurant not only didn't think it was expensive, but looked like he had gotten a great deal, and happily took away all the remaining fruits and vegetables.

I later heard that the market suddenly became much busier the next day, all of them looking for fruit and vegetable vendors.

However, he no longer cared. He had completed the task assigned by his master ahead of schedule, and unable to contain his joy, he hurriedly returned to the Regent's Palace to report the good news to Murong Xun.

Murong Xun nodded without saying anything. This was almost exactly what he had expected, so it was nothing unusual.

The only concern now is that there aren't enough goods to sell.

"Master, why don't we discuss it with the divine physician again and bring forward the delivery date? This little bit of goods isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap. It's very frustrating not to make money."

Yan Xiao witnessed firsthand how Zhang Shu's pharmacy flourished even more after receiving new medicines, with money flowing in like water. She thought it would be even better if the divine doctor could provide more goods.