The Nie Tian Branch had been forced to leave the core of the family back then, taking nothing with them. What little foundation they had now was all thanks to Nie Yun's mother's efforts. Their total assets probably amounted to only seven or eight thousand taels, and their liquid capital wouldn't exceed two thousand!
Because this information was no secret, Nie Chao had used his connections after being injured by Nie Yun to issue a punishment order for ten thousand taels of silver!
There was no way their branch could produce ten thousand taels. When the time came, their only choice would be to obediently hand over the Luoshui Golden Shield...
Although Nie Hen hadn't mentioned it earlier, he knew a bit about this. He just hadn't expected Nie Chao to go over full of life and come back a vegetable. Then Nie Chaoxing confessed and paid the fine, which left him somewhat confused.
