Shrewd wife of Lin brothers

Many officials were interested when they heard that Su Wan knew how to grow vegetables without soil. They had after all never heard such a thing before and wanted to get more of the inside information but of course, Lord Yan was no fool, he did not tell them anything and played coy saying that he too was unaware of the matter and only knew the surface knowledge.

Did they think that he was an idiot, who would tell them everything? He knew that these nobles wanted to grab hold of the formula and then present it as their own such that they could climb up the ranks as well. He was not an idiot to drop an axe on his foot, thus Lord Yan did not say a word about how the soilless vegetables could be grown.

Many of the nobles were dissatisfied but what could they do? After hearing about the incident at the yamen where Su Wan whipped Lai Jinfu until his skin was peeled off, they no longer have the courage to talk to her. What if she blamed them for going against the Emperor and peeled a layer of skin off their bodies as well?

This thing even stirred the Lai family. They could not grow decent vegetables even when they had fertile lands, if Su Wan grew vegetables without soil then she would become even more infamous than she was already!

Old Madam Lai sent a letter to her fifth daughter asking her to question Pei Huai and hand them the formula but of course Pei Huai refused. Not only because he wanted to keep his job but also because he knew that his mother-in-law did not have any good plans.

" You should stop acting up and live your life peacefully now that you have married me," Pei Huai told his wife whose face paled instantly.

" I will not say anything about how you have used my seal to hand more authority to the Lai family, it was I who was blind to fall in love with you after all but if you dare to affect the Pei family then I will have no choice but to send you back to your mother."

With anger brimming in her heart she rushed to her maternal house and told Old Madam Lai everything. When Old Madam Lai heard her daughter's complaint, she suddenly felt a bit worried. In the past, Pei Huai would listen to them as the county magistrates were under their palms as well but now that Su Wan was out of their control, they could not even control Pei Huai!

This was a tragic situation!

More importantly, she heard that the workshop that was making bricks and concrete had earned hundreds and thousands of taels in just a few weeks as it was something that not only commoners bought but also the government of the other cities bought as they wanted to use it to make roads.

She heard from Qi Zhen that Su Wan was going to use this money to build roads in the Big Ocean City and strengthen the port as well as the seashore such that small waves would not cause damage to the house closest to the ocean.

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If this goes on then her fame would be widespread and if something happened to her then her family would become the public enemy! No, she could not allow this woman to grow any further. If she was not standing alongside the Lai family then she might as well be nipped before she blooms.

Old Madam Lai patted her daughter on the back and said, " There is no need to worry. That woman...she will not have good days for long."