Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 130 Establishing Prestige
A few days after the Luming Banquet, there were a lot of guests in Xue Mansion every day, all coming to visit Jia Qiang.

In addition to those of the same year, there are also officials from Jinling who, even if they do not know Jia Qiang, will send greetings and gifts.

"Uncle, there have been a lot of rumors about you in Jinling City in the past two days!" Xue Pan said to Jia Qiang after the guests left.

"What rumors are they?" Jia Qiang probably guessed that the reason why so many people came to visit was caused by the attitude of Hui Le, the guarding eunuch that day. He was curious about what the rumors were outside.

"You said that you are a relative of the emperor, and you hid your identity and took part in the provincial examination just to make a splash." Xue Pan replied.

If he didn't know Jia Qiang's background, he would really believe those rumors.

"What nonsense!" Jia Qiang said angrily and funny.

Little did he know that this rumor seemed ridiculous, but it was very close to the truth.

"Master Jia, there is a post from the Jia family in Jinling!" The housekeeper of the Xue Mansion came in with a post in his hand and bowed to report.

The reason why Jia Qiang is called Master is because Xue Tong, the head of the Xue family, and Jia Qiang are brothers. This is not a polite word from outside, but something Xue Tong has seriously explained.

"What does the Jinling Jia family have to do with me?" Jia Qiang said as she took the post with confusion.

If the lords and ladies of the Jia family are lying on the Jia family to suck blood, then the Jia family of Jinling is lying on the Jia family of the capital to suck blood.

The Jia family's old house in Jinling still has things from the Jia family in the capital. Some people from the Jia family in Jinling are guarding the old house and also living in the old house.

Originally, he was planning to stay a few more days to have fun in Jinling.

No one is looking for trouble in the Qingfeng Tower in the capital. After leaving the capital, those who can cause trouble for the Qingfeng Tower should think about the reason why no one dares to touch the Qingfeng Tower in the capital.

"The elders of the Jia family in Jinling asked you to go over. They will report to your ancestors that you won the election!" he said after reading the post.

"Master Jun, the dishes you ordered from Qingfenglou were delivered on time. You didn't even give any money to Qingfenglou. What else could you do to offend?" The shopkeeper was confused. Another Qingfenglou opened two days ago. He I helped out for two days, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing when I came back.

The Jia family has a total of twenty rooms, eight of them went to Beijing, and twelve stayed in Jinling.

"Xue Pan, do you know where the Qingfeng Tower in Jinling is?" Jia Qiang thought of Jinling's business and looked at Xue Pan and asked.

"Which yamen do you belong to?" This is her own property. Jia Qiang walked over and asked the officer.

"This place was originally a restaurant, and my father bought it for more than double the price!" Xue Pan replied proudly.

"The chef hired by Qingfeng Building is the best chef in Jinling. Coupled with the secret seasoning recipe, everyone will say that the food is delicious!" .

"If you have nothing to do at home, why not take me to Qingfeng Tower?" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

Just as Xue Pan finished speaking, a group of sergeants came to the front of Qingfeng Tower. There were thirty sergeants in this group. They lined up to block the front of Qingfeng Tower.

Xue Pan was a little curious and picked up the post and read it.

"Is there anyone looking for trouble?" Jia Qiang couldn't help but ask when he saw such a good business.

"I refused. I'm too lazy to pay attention to them!" Jia Qiang continued.

"Who are you to meddle in other people's business?" the officer asked Jia Qiang coldly.

Qingfeng Building is a three-story wooden building located in the center of Jinling.

He was waiting for news about the Western-style gunboats, and had made an appointment to return to the dock in the next two days. When the Western-style gunboats came back, he planned to leave Jinling.

When I arrived in front of the Qingfeng Building, I saw that the three-story Qingfeng Building was packed with people, and there was an endless stream of guests.

"With the honor of my Xue family, who dares to cause trouble!" Xue Pan said with his eyes wide open and an arrogant look.

The two mounted their horses and left the Xue Mansion. The guests who came to visit afterward could only leave messages and gifts.

"What about the Jia family in Jinling? Even the Jia family in Beijing has nothing to do with me!" Jia Qiang waved her hand and said.

Only then did Jia Qiang know what the officer meant. He had never thought that someone in Jinling would be so bold as to use the army to ask for the secret recipe.

"This military master, do you know what offended Qingfenglou?" The shopkeeper of Qingfenglou came out quickly and bowed to the leading officer and asked.

"I'm also suffocating at home!" Xue Pan said happily.

"What we ordered is Qingfenglou's secret recipe. What do you mean by just giving us food?" the officer said with a sneer.

"This can't be built in a short time, right?" Jia Qiang looked at Qingfeng Tower and asked.

Jia Qiang shook his head. He would not blame Xue Tonghua for lavishing money.

"Of course I know, that Qingfeng Building is still the site I chose!" Xue Pan replied proudly.

When he first talked to Xue Tong, he hoped that Qingfeng Restaurant would open as soon as possible. This kind of restaurant with a secret recipe is particularly easy to manage. As long as the source and secret recipe are controlled, Qingfeng Restaurant in various places can be controlled.

Jia Qiang couldn't help but laugh. The reason why he dared to open Qingfeng Tower in various cities in the south of the Yangtze River was because he had the Qingfeng Tower in the capital as an example.

As for the money spent, you can tell by looking at the Qingfeng Tower in the capital that the money spent can be earned back soon.

After reading the post, he tossed it aside.

The shopkeeper was stunned and looked at the waiter next to him. The waiter quickly stepped forward and explained something in the shopkeeper's ear.

"The Xue family, what a small businessman?" The officer said sarcastically, not caring about the Xue family at all.

"This is my Xue family's business!" Xue Pan couldn't hold back and said first.

The Jia family's industry and part of Jinling's output were all invested in the Jia family in Jinling.

But now it's really annoying. So many people come to visit every day, so he doesn't even have time to play.

"Why didn't you go when I asked you to deliver food last time?" The officer looked at the shopkeeper with hawk-like eyes and asked.

"Tell me which yamen you are from?" Jia Qiang asked repeatedly, her voice a little louder.

"First of all, tell me who you are and how you are speaking to me?" the officer asked, not wanting to pay attention to Jia Qiang at all.

"This one is Yayuan Jiaqiang in this period's provincial examination!" Xue Pan replied first.

"It turns out you are a civil servant. Only when you become a Jinshi can you be qualified to talk to me!" the officer said with a smile.

Jia Qiang's brows furrowed. This officer was a fool and had no reason to explain at all.

"Wait a minute and I'll call a reasonable person over!" Jia Qiang said in a deep voice.

He signaled Xue Pan to stay, and the white horse sprang out from his body and quickly disappeared around the corner of the street.

When the officer saw Jia Qiang leaving, he looked at the shopkeeper again. He was just here to ask for the secret recipe. As for the rest, it was all trivial.

"Hand over the secret recipe, otherwise Qingfeng Tower won't have to do business!" He said coldly.

"Is there no room for reasoning in Jinling?" The shopkeeper was also helpless. He had the Xue family behind him, so he still had some confidence.

"Argue with my garrison, which one dares to tell you?" the officer announced his identity. It's a pity that Jia Qiang is not here. If he knew that he was from the garrison mansion, he might not have continued the trouble.

The shopkeeper's face turned pale. What kind of place is the garrison mansion? It has access to the palace. It is much closer to the palace than the Xue family, an imperial merchant.

At this moment, the sound of heavy horse hooves came, and at the corner of the street where Jia Qiang disappeared, a giant horse stepped on the bluestone ground. Sitting on the giant horse was an equally huge man, wearing armor and pulling down his chin, whose face could not be seen. Chinese.

This is Jia Qiang who found Jia Jinguang and released him from nowhere. Jia Jinjiang came to the officer.

Jia Jingang carried an intimidating aura, which was amplified by the size of him and his horse, as well as his armor.

When the officers and sergeants behind them saw him, they all drew their weapons in fear.

Since they were in Jinling City, the sergeants did not carry long weapons, and all they wore were knives.

At the moment when the sergeants drew their swords, Liangpin Sharma moved. Jia Jingang opened his big hand, just like an adult hitting a child. He did not use a weapon, but just slapped it with his palm.

The sergeants were standing in a row. Liangpin Sharma passed in front of them in just two breaths from left to right. Jia Jingang's big slap was given to each of the sergeants.

The sergeants flew out one by one, unable to get up for a while.

It's better to hold back, otherwise there would be nearly thirty corpses.

After taking care of the sergeants, Jia Jinguang came to the officer and looked down at the officer.

Even though the officer was a fool, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Facing such a terrifying existence, he didn't even dare to move, for fear of suffering the same fate as his men.

Jia Qiang rode a white horse and walked over calmly.

"Can we talk now?" Jia Qiang asked calmly.

"I am Ren Fei Baihu of the Defense Mansion!" Ren Baihu quickly announced his identity, hoping to use the Defense Mansion to suppress the opponent.

"Guardian Mansion?" Jia Qiang was slightly startled. He didn't expect that he was actually from the Garrison Mansion. He thought for a moment and said, "Tie them all up and let the Garrison Mansion find me to get them!"

Jia Qiang knew that the guarding eunuch Huile recognized the beads, and this matter was easy to handle.

He also wanted to use this incident to let Jinling know that Qingfeng Tower had a background.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Maybe there are people here in Jiangnan who don't take the powerful people in the capital seriously, so he uses the garrison to deter those who want to interrupt his business.

Ren Fei and hundreds of households were stunned. Who is this person? He dares to detain even the people of the garrison.

At the same time, he was scared. His desire to obtain the secret recipe from Qingfeng Tower was not the idea of ​​Hui Le, the garrison eunuch of the garrison mansion, but because he wanted to make some money.

On weekdays, as long as he reported his name to the garrison house, others would give him more or less face, which gave him a lot of benefits.

When Qingfeng Restaurant opened, he ate there several times and found that the business at Qingfeng Restaurant was really good.

It's not like he hasn't inquired about the details of Qingfeng Tower. He heard that it was the property of the Xue family in Jinling, which reassured him.

If it were other yamen, they might still have some scruples about the Xue family in Jinling, but the garrison mansion was different. Huile, the garrison eunuch, was from the palace.

In addition, what he asked for was a secret recipe. As long as he got it, even if someone came to visit him afterwards, he had already written down the secret recipe, and the method of making money would be left behind anyway.

"I'll write a post and find someone to send it to the garrison!" Jia Qiang turned to Xue Pan and ordered.

"Why don't you go find some pen and ink!" Xue Pan turned to the shopkeeper and shouted.

The shopkeeper didn't know Jia Qiang's identity, but Xue Pan belonged to the young master, so he quickly went to get pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

At this time, the officer was held in Jia Jinggang's hands. The clerk from Qingfeng Tower found a rope and was tremblingly tying it up.

The officer was taken care of by Jia Jinjin personally, and he almost made the officer's tongue stick out with a little force.

In the garrison, a sergeant ran into the lobby.

"Report!"

"What's the matter?" Hui Le, the guard eunuch, asked as he was admiring an ancient porcelain vase.

"Ren Baihu was detained and a post was sent to him!" the sergeant reported after sending the post.

"Since when have there been such brave people in Jinling who dare to stroke the tiger's beard in the garrison mansion?" Hui Le, the garrison eunuch, held the ancient porcelain vase in one hand and took the post and opened it with the other.

When he saw the content in the post, especially the name at the back, the ancient porcelain bottle in his other hand relaxed.

With a 'pop' sound, the ancient porcelain bottle fell to the ground and shattered.

The guard eunuch Hui Le couldn't bear to feel sorry for his ancient porcelain vase. He read the post several times, and the cold sweat on his head couldn't help but flow down.

He is not a foreign minister. He was born in the palace and knows the situation in the palace better than the foreign minister.

That day he saw the beads on Jia Qiang's wrist. It was the Emperor's favorite thing and had been with him for decades.

But she was rewarded by the Supreme Emperor to Jia Qiang, which shows the importance of Jia Qiang in the Supreme Emperor's heart.

Such a person was offended by the sergeants of the garrison. Hui Le, the garrison eunuch, felt that he was even more unjust than Dou E.

"No, this gentleman is not looking for trouble in the garrison mansion, but to establish his authority!" The garrison eunuch Hui Leduo was shrewd, and he figured out the reason in a moment.

"Since you want to establish your authority, let's establish your authority!" He murmured.

The fear on his face weakened. As long as he didn't really want to deal with him, it would be up to the adult to do it.

As for the reputation of the garrison, does he, a eunuch, care about this?

"Prepare a generous gift for me, and pack all the books in the study for me, and come with me to Qingfeng Tower!" Hui Le, the guard eunuch, gave the order in a deep voice.

The entire garrison immediately started functioning under his command.

The young eunuch and the sergeant of the garrison moved quickly, and it didn't take long to sort out the gifts for eight carriages.

There were three carts full of generous gifts, and five carts full of books.

The guard eunuch Hui Le doesn't like reading, but he likes to be arty. Collecting books is his hobby.

Since he was interested in it, and since this was the place where Jiangnan literary style flourished, many people gave him books.

He put these books in his study for show. When he thought that Jia Qiang was a newly promoted scholar, he thought of giving away the books in his study.

Not only did he want to apologize for this incident, but he also wanted to make friends with Jia Qiang.

He will return to Beijing in two years, and he may have to rely on Jia Qiang then.

Over at Qingfeng Tower, in addition to the guests of Qingfeng Tower, there were also many people who heard the news and came to watch the excitement.

Qingfeng Tower confronted the garrison mansion, and Qingfeng Tower also tied up the people of the garrison mansion. This kind of big event is rarely seen even in Aurous Hill.

Jia Qiang found a seat on the first floor and sat down with Xue Pan. Xue Pan was also a big-hearted person and yelled for the kitchen to serve the food.

(End of this chapter)