Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 118 Business
  Jia Jinggang's shortcomings are not without, Jia Qiang once tested Jia Jinggang using the treasure bow.

It is not a problem for Jia Jinggang to draw the bow, but it is difficult for him to accurately hit the enemy.

In Jia Jingang's current situation, it is impossible to learn new abilities. He made no achievements in archery when he was alive, and it is impossible for him to have archery abilities after being resurrected.

And Jia Qiang's 'Spiritual Warfare [Advanced]' can only have an effect on herself and cannot affect Jia Jinjiang.

Without archery ability, Jia Jingang has no long-range attack ability.

Jia Qiang tested a variety of methods, and finally had to give up the idea of ​​​​allowing Jia Jinguang to have long-range attack capabilities.

Without the ability to attack from a distance, Jia Jingang's speed must be improved. When encountering an extremely fast enemy, he cannot be beaten from a distance by the enemy.

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Lin Ruhai's life is becoming more and more comfortable, and the orders he issued will be completed soon.

The eight major salt merchants cooperated extremely well, so that every decree he issued would be implemented quickly.

Private salt production in Yangzhou City has almost disappeared, and private salt dealers have temporarily left Yangzhou.

He had previously investigated the evil deeds of the eight major salt merchants, but he had closed the cases one by one.

If it weren't for Jia Qiang's imperial mandate, Yangzhou's current performance in salt affairs could be considered the best since it had the Salt Patrol Censor.

However, Lin Ruhai had more time to teach Jia Qiang. Since there were less official matters, he taught Jia Qiang for two hours every day.

Jia Qiang did not consider Emperor Jingwen's imperial order. He had already thought about it. He really couldn't find any evidence of the eight major salt merchants. Without a chance to take action against a certain major salt merchant, he took out three to four million taels from his own silver. Turn it in.

By handing over three to four million taels of silver, at least he can have a passing standard for the imperial order this time.

Jia Qiang didn't know that Emperor Jingwen sent him to Yangzhou and gave him the task of an imperial envoy. In addition to asking him to come to Yangzhou to worship Lin Ruhai as his teacher and study hard, the most important thing was not for the money, but to prevent the Supreme Emperor from robbing people.

Jia Qiang's bravery was very important to Emperor Jingwen.

You must know that even if Emperor Jingwen has 5,000 Beijing Camps, he still needs a trustworthy general. The most important thing is that if he wants to ensure the combat power of these 5,000 Beijing Camps, he must have a powerful general to lead the army. .

Just like the Yangzhou Camp, General Luo Wu is a strong general. Once a war breaks out, his strength can resist the enemy's strong generals, allowing the remaining sergeants to maximize their strength.

Instead of using the lives of a large number of sergeants to fight against the opponent's heroes when the opponent has heroes and you don't have any, the losses will be immeasurable.

Jia Qiang was the most powerful general in Emperor Jingwen's hands. He could not let the Supreme Emperor bribe him, so he had to transfer Jia Qiang far away.

"Master Qiang, I want you to come over!" Old Butler Lin found Jia Qiang.

"What's the matter?" Jia Qiang put down the book in her hand and asked.

"It's the patriarch of the Xue family who has arrived!" Old Hakka Lin replied.

"Brother Xue is finally here!" Jia Qiang said happily.

He stood up and walked quickly towards the main house.

As soon as he entered the main room, he saw Xue Tong and Xue Pan. Xue Tong had to take his son with him wherever he went.

Originally, Xue Tong was seriously ill, and his idea was to leave some assets for the Xue family before his death, so that even if his son was ruined, he could support him for a while longer.

But after he recovered from his illness, his mind changed. He wanted to take Xue Pan with him and teach him slowly. He had plenty of time to slowly make Xue Pan change.

This was also painful for Xue Pan. Xue Pan no longer lived a life of leisure and debauchery, and lived under the care of his father every day.

"I've met Brother Xue!" Jia Qiang smiled and stepped forward to salute.

"I heard something happened to Brother Jia Xian, so I had to come immediately!" Xue Tong smiled and saluted, then patted Xue Pan beside him and shouted: "Don't call anyone yet!"

"Uncle Jia!" Xue Pan didn't care about being slapped by his father, and said with an honest smile.

When Jia Qiang saw Xue Pan, she couldn't help but think of Yinglian. Yinglian was now in the Lin Mansion, which was equivalent to avoiding Xue Pan's future disaster.

"Master Xue, just talk to Brother Qiang. This time it's Brother Qiang's business!" Lin Ruhai said with a smile.

His friendship with Xue Tong is not as good as that of Jia Qiang. As far as Jia Qiang is concerned, he can just be the companion of the master here.

"Brother Xue, please take a look at these contracts first!" Jia Qiang had no intention of hiding anything. He took out a large stack of Daqian official contracts and placed them in front of Xue Tong and said.

Xue Tong looked through the large stack of Dagan official contracts, and the more he looked through them, the more frightened he became.

"These?" Xue Tong asked hesitantly.

"It's all mine. The teacher is helping me take over it through connections, but with my ability, I am really unable to run these industries well after taking over. This reminds me of Brother Xue!" Jia Qiang smiled. replied.

"Brother Jia Xian, if you need anything, just ask it. Our Xue family will do our best!" Without the slightest hesitation, Xue Tong agreed, without even listening to the details Jia Qiang said.

As a successful businessman, he was not just for Jia Qiang's life-saving grace. This was of course an important reason, but Jia Qiang's ability was what made him decide to help unconditionally.

Jia Qiang's healing ability can be said to be a kind of guarantee, so that her family does not have to worry about the torture of illness.

In fact, he wanted to bring his daughter here this time, but he was worried about Jia Qiang's urgent matter, so he came first.

Although his daughter's disease was suppressed by the guidance of the immortal, Xue Tong always hoped to cure his daughter's disease instead of suppressing it with strange medicine.

Although the miracle medicine is good, no one can guarantee whether it will have any side effects.

In addition to Jia Qiang's healing ability, Xue Tong is also optimistic about Jia Qiang's future.

He guessed that the imperial envoy who was making a fuss in Yangzhou City but had been hiding in the dark was Jia Qiang.

The reason for this judgment is that Jia Qiang had connections in the palace when she boarded his ship.

Jia Qiang's strength, coupled with the coincidence of timing, businessmen like Xue Tong, through so many clues, can of course identify Jia Qiang as the imperial envoy.

In addition, Xue Tong was even more certain that Lin Ruhai's guard was also Jia Qiang.

He had seen Jia Qiang shooting water bandits on the canal, but he did not expect that Jia Qiang had done so many great things in Jiangnan. Killing hundreds of illegal salt dealers, annihilating salt gangs, killing Japanese pirates, killing warrior-level archers, etc., a series of things have shown Jia Qiang's power.

"Thank you, Brother Xue. I would like to ask the Xue family to provide some manpower to help me run these industries. In addition, I plan to open at least one Qingfeng Building in each of these cities and manage local industries through the Qingfeng Building. Among these businesses, the Xue family You can take part!" Jia Qiang said what she meant with a smile.

"This is also good for the Xue family. I have seen these industries and there are many shops. My Xue family has caravans all over Daqian. Except for some of the goods that are sold by ourselves, the rest are sold in bulk to external parties.

If the Xue family cooperates with Jia Xiandi, they can fully distribute their goods in Jiangnan. It is the Xue family that takes advantage of Jia Xiandi. The Xue family can get a lot of profits from it, so it does not take a share.

As for using manpower, there is no need to mention it. Every shop in the Xue family has trained spare manpower. Just transfer these manpower over! "Xue Tong thought for a while and said.

He has his own ideas and will not affect the relationship between the two parties for temporary gain.

Giving these industries to the Xue family to manage would increase the Xue family's influence.

Think about it, every shop in a prosperous city sells the Xue family's goods. The Xue family's caravan hardly needs to worry about the backlog of goods.

There are many hidden interests among them, all of which have been obtained by the Xue family.

"I like Raven Falcon Stone very much, and I want to collect top-grade Raven Falcon Stone as much as possible through these industries!" Jia Qiang is not proficient in business matters, so he just listens to what Xue Tong says, he continued.

"Top-grade Crow Falcon Stone, I'll go back and take a look. The Xue family should have some inventory. The quantity of these gemstones is scarce. How about I find a caravan to go to the West to buy it?" Xue Tong replied immediately after hearing this request.

"It's too risky to buy in the West. Let's collect it in Daqian first!" Jia Qiang shook her head and said.

He knew that if he really wanted to send a caravan to the West, it would cost lives. This was not a caravan, but batches of caravans going to the West. The caravans that actually came back were probably not even one out of ten.

He didn't want to severely damage the Xue family's vitality because of the top-grade Crow Falcon Stone. After all, we need to cooperate and do business together.

This meeting with Xue Tong was easier than Jia Qiang imagined. It didn't look like a business discussion at all. Xue Tong didn't use any business talk. He agreed to almost all Jia Qiang's requests and considered Jia Qiang's side. .

Even Lin Ruhai glanced at Xue Tong a few more times, wondering if Xue Tong was planning to steal his son-in-law.

Of course, he also knew that such worries were unnecessary. Although the Xue family was not a top family, they would not let their daughters grow up.

Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu are engaged, and other women who want to join have to stay young.

Just after the negotiation ended, the Xue family sent a large number of people to take over the industries in cities south of the Yangtze River. With Daqian's official contract and Lin Ruhai's greetings, they did not encounter any trouble in the cities.

Even if there is any force that wants to cause trouble, Lin Ruhai's current influence needs to be taken into consideration.

The concessions of the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou made the forces in Jiangnan aware of Lin Ruhai's troubles. No one wanted to offend a person who even wanted to give in to the eight major salt merchants.

Qingfenglou also began to open in various cities in the south of the Yangtze River. The MSG required for every Qingfenglou in the south of the Yangtze River was supplied by Feng's.

Each Qingfeng Building can get almost three months' worth of MSG, and Feng has gathered people to supervise this aspect.

Jia Qiang only selected and wrote down some of the rules and regulations that could be used for later generations in the early stages, and he did not need to participate in other business matters.

With the Xue family's ability in business, they quickly took over the management of all Jiangnan's industries, and Qingfeng Towers appeared in various cities.

Only three months later, Jia Qiang's Jiangnan business plan was realized.

At present, Jiangnan's business has been able to produce one hundred thousand taels of silver for him every month, not counting the industry on the canal and the output of eleven thousand acres of fertile land.

In three months, Xue Tong sent fifteen top-level Crow Falcon Stones. Unfortunately, the highest level of fused Raven Falcon Stones was only the fourth level of the mortal grade. The improved attributes were only 0.4 points. He was too lazy to embed them into his equipment.

He had no idea how many top-level Crow Falcon Stones he could obtain in Daqian. Even if top-level Crow Falcon Stones appeared, they were mostly taken away by big forces.

Xue Tong's Xue family's strength is only reflected in business, and the rest still relies on the Jia family. The fifteen top-level Raven Falcon stones are all due to their large-scale acquisitions.

Jia Qiang didn't have much time to think about business matters. The provincial examination would be coming soon and he needed to prepare for it.

Lin Ruhai's demands on him are getting higher and higher, and the homework assigned every day makes him unable to rest until late at night every night.

Jia Qiang simply stopped sleeping and practiced the 'Tai Xu Jing' to regain his energy, so that he would have more time to study.

Knowing that he had to prepare for the exam, no one in the Lin family bothered him anymore. But from time to time, a few women would bring some food and care for his health in this way.

Jia Qiang is sitting in the study room with an open book in front of her.

In the past few months, in addition to completing the homework assigned by Lin Ruhai, he also memorized most of the exam preparation books he could find.

He didn't need to sleep, so he had a lot of extra time, which he spent on reciting.

"Brother Qiang, you have to go to Jinling in advance. I suggest you leave in these two days!" Lin Ruhai entered the study and said looking at Jia Qiang who was studying diligently.

Lin Ruhai originally thought that Jia Qiang's participation in this provincial examination was just an experience, but through the homework during this period, he found that Jia Qiang was already qualified to pass the examination, which made him pay more attention to Jia Qiang's participation in the provincial examination.

"I decided to leave tomorrow!" Jia Qiang nodded.

"Here is the information of the examiner. In addition, I also have two friends in Jinling who are officials. You can go visit and they will give you the latest information.

Your ability is only one aspect of the exam. The most important thing is that your answers must conform to the examiner's preferences. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the examiner this time, so that's all I can give you! Lin Ruhai continued.

Lin Ruhai has been an official in Yangzhou for a long time. Although he has some friendship with officials in Jiangnan, the examiner this time is from the capital, and the information he can get is limited.

"Teacher, you have helped me enough. I am still young. If I fail the test this time, I will just take it as experience!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

"On the contrary, you are here to comfort me. It seems that you are not too nervous. This is a good thing. I hope you can win!" Lin Ruhai said with a smile.

"When I leave Yangzhou, the teacher will not leave the house!" Jia Qiang said with some worry.

"You don't have to worry about being a teacher. After the Ma family's shock last time, the salt merchants in Yangzhou are very stable!" Lin Ruhai waved his hand and replied.

"You still have to be more careful. If you don't agree, I will go and talk to the master's wife!" Jia Qiang insisted.

"Okay, I will listen to you. I will not leave the house while you are away in Yangzhou!" Lin Ruhai shook his head helplessly.

(End of this chapter)