Wei Tu was not particularly surprised by the current state of "no one left in the Xue Family."
Otherwise, it would have been difficult for Second Madam Xue, an outsider who had married into the Xue Family, to steer the Xue Clan Trading Company for so long.
When a daughter-in-law ruled the household, it usually meant the husband's family was weak and lacked anyone capable of carrying the burden.
Of course, this only meant that the Xue Family's main branch lacked capable people. The Xue Family elders of the branch lines remained quite active to this day.
It was precisely these people who had cooperated with Alchemist Ji, making it easy and smooth for him to seize power.
The reason Second Madam Xue had previously been willing to offer such a vast enterprise to Wei Tu was not only for the sake of her own life, assets, and future prospects. Another reason was that she did not wish to let the branch lines benefit for nothing—letting the lesser branch swallow the greater clan!
In short.
Handing the enterprise over to him would harm the Xue Family's overall interests, but that was not necessarily the case for the Xue Family's main branch.
That was Second Madam Xue's great wisdom.
"The Xue Family's First Elder—Xue Xiongjun's son-in-law."
Wei Tu looked at the new identity recorded in the intelligence jade slip for Alchemist Ji, and his gaze flickered slightly.
"Negotiate first and see whether we can reclaim control of the Xue Clan Trading Company. If that fails... then we draw blades."
Wei Tu laid down the broad strategy.
Though he and Alchemist Ji were enemies, that had been during the era of "Alchemist Fu." Now that he had come here disguised, there was no conflict between him and Alchemist Ji... Therefore, if this