Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 233 Competition
On Qianmen Street in the capital, Jia Qiang sat in a carriage and looked at the Qijiayan restaurant, which was a century-old restaurant.

But right next door to Qijiayan is the newly opened Qingfeng Building.

There are only two Qingfeng Towers in the capital, but now they have opened several in a row.

"Jia Hou, the Qingfeng Tower business here is really good!" Dai Quan, sitting opposite Jia Qiang, sighed with emotion.

"It's a good thing that business is good, but there are insiders involved!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

"Haha, I still have to thank Jiahou!" Dai Quan laughed.

Of course Dai Quan was in a better mood. This time Jia Qiang came to him for cooperation in opening several Qingfeng buildings in Beijing.

Qingfeng Restaurant is already the most famous restaurant in Daqian, and its secret recipe for making fresh food is even better. In addition, Qingfeng Restaurant is wealthy and hires top-notch chefs, which sets Qingfeng Restaurant apart from other restaurants.

For gourmets, there are two types of restaurants in the world, one is Qingfeng Restaurant, and the other is other restaurants.

In the past, Jia Qiang did not think of letting Qingfeng Tower grab too much business. One Qingfeng Tower in a city is enough to reflect the special status of Qingfeng Tower and allow its peers to survive.

This time he took the lead in opening several Qingfeng Buildings, not to make money.

If he really wanted to make money, why would he spend a lot of money to choose the current store locations.

The location of the store he chose was next to four Guogongfu restaurants.

Not only the restaurant, but also four other businesses of the Grand Duke's Mansion, each shop has competitors.

Both in terms of price and quality, these competitors are at a higher level than the four Guogongfu stores.

The reason why I recruited Dai Quan was to have a fair competition, not to rise to the officialdom.

With Dai Quan's participation in these businesses, even if it was only a small share, Dai Quan's money-grubbing temperament would not allow others to destroy it.

This is in the capital. It is good for Dai Quan not to bully others. There will be no chance for others to bully him.

Of course Dai Quan also knew what Jia Qiang meant, but he was willing to be treated as a spearman by Jia Qiang.

He took the money with peace of mind, and explained it to the Emperor, and got the Emperor's approval.

Although the Supreme Emperor has old feelings for the four princes and eight princes, he will not interfere with this kind of business competition.

Jia Qiang has investigated and found that the majority of the income of the four government offices is from these businesses in Beijing.

There are also some fields and villages, but after so many years of operation, those fields and villages can not provide much output for the four government governments.

It's not that Tianchan and Zhuangzi don't make money, but that most of the money they make cannot go into the four government offices, which is similar to the Rongguo House.

These Duke's mansions, which have lasted for hundreds of years, have cultivated a group of minions with intricate relationships. These slaves lie on the Duke's mansion and suck blood.

"Those are the people from the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division. They are driving away the guests heading to Qingfeng Tower!" Jia Qiang couldn't help laughing when she saw several government officials wearing the clothes of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division blocking one side of the Qingfeng Tower. said.

There were many officials belonging to the Four Kings and Eight Dukes in the Five Cities Military and Horse Department, and they sent several government officials out to cause trouble.

This was a counterattack against Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang's military power was in the south. Although he still had the high-level civil service of cabinet bachelor, he couldn't impeach him just because of a few government officials.

As for Jia Qiang sending people to beat up the government officials, this is probably what the other party wants to see.

As long as Jia Qiang really sends people to beat the Yamen servants, he may be impeached immediately.

In addition, Jia Qiang was able to deal with these government servants, and with the strength of the Four Kings and Eight Gongs, he was able to arrange for more government servants to come, in order to disgust Jia Qiang and affect the business of Qingfeng Tower.

Of course, this may be a test by the four government agencies to see to what extent Jia Qiang is prepared to limit this conflict.

"Five Cities Military and Horse Bureau, I want to see who gave them the nerve to touch my business!" Dai Quan said with anger flashing in his eyes.

Just as he was speaking, a young eunuch walked out of Qingfeng Tower.

"Take them all, and those who dare to resist will die!" The little eunuch came to several government officials from the Wucheng Bingma Division, and he waved his hand and said.

Three Jingying sergeants walked out from behind the little eunuch. Although there were more government officials, they seemed to have lost their souls after seeing the little eunuch and allowed the three Jingying sergeants to hold him.

Because the little eunuch is wearing the uniform of an internal official.

"Is this arranged by the internal minister?" Jia Qiang asked with a smile.

"It only takes a few days to transfer a group of eunuchs from the palace. Even if I give them the courage, they will not dare to touch these businesses again. The share I got is not for nothing!" Dai Quan said with a proud smile.

Jia Qiang's laughter came from the carriage.

That night, Jia Qiang left Jiahou's mansion quietly.

He first came to the Duke of Qi's mansion, and then summoned Jia Gong.

Now that he is using Jia Gong, he is becoming more and more comfortable. Jia Gong wearing the 'Psychic Jewel' has his aura condensed to the extreme, making him the most suitable for sneaking in.

Jia Gong climbed over the wall of the Duke of Qi's Mansion and entered the palace. With his speed, he could clearly explore everything in the Duke of Qi's Mansion in just one stick of incense.

Then Jia Qiang took Jia Gong to the Duke of Zhiguo's Mansion, the Duke of Xiuguo's Mansion and the Duke of Tuiguo's Mansion. Jia Gong also entered the mansion to investigate the situation in the mansion.

Jia Gong's most terrifying ability is that even if there are hounds kept in the house, he cannot detect Jia Gong's presence through his sense of smell.

After inspecting all four government offices, Jia Qiang planned the most suitable route in her mind.

He came outside the Duke of Qi's Mansion again, and entered the Duke of Qi's Mansion in a flash.

Because of Jia Gong's investigation, there were no hounds and few patrolling guards on his route into the Duke of Qi's mansion.

He quietly entered the Duke of Qi's mansion and first came to the bank.

Any big family has a public treasury where all the money in the house is stored.

This is also a means to prevent the loss of money. The bank has records of entry and exit, and will be counted from time to time.

Jia Qiang came to the bank and closed the bank door with a wave of her hand.

It was late now and there was no guard in the bank.

The door of the bank and the big lock were put into the inventory, and Jia Qiang entered the bank.

What you can see are boxes of silver and a small amount of gold.

On a cabinet, there was a wooden box containing banknotes. The wooden box was locked, but Jia Qiang put it away together with the wooden box.

It only took him five breaths to enter the bank. When he came out, the bank had been emptied. As soon as he came out of the bank, he opened the door again. The door was the same as before, protecting the empty bank.

Then he closed the door of another warehouse not far away. This was the warehouse of the Duke of Qi. There were all kinds of things in it, but they were all of great value.

Jia Qiang collected it quickly. He didn't have time to check the value at the moment, as long as he collected everything that existed.

He went to the three inner treasuries in the mansion, which were private treasury belonging to each family, and collected the same.

After everything was collected, they left the Duke of Qi's mansion via the planned route. Jia Gong was waiting outside the wall at the moment. When he saw Jia Qiang coming out, he summoned his divine war horse and took Jia Qiang towards the Duke's Mansion.

To be honest, stealing with Jia Qiang's level is really a dimensionality reduction attack.

It took him less than a stick of incense to enter the palace and emptied most of the property from the palace.

With the help of Jia Gong, the movement between the two princes' palaces took almost no time.

Jia Qiang visited four princes' mansions before returning to Jiahou's mansion.

When he returned to the main hall where he lived, under the protection of the powerful generals and his special instructions, no one in the house noticed that he was out.

Because Jia Qiang practices the "Maitreya Zen Lying" technique, he is not used to having outsiders around to prevent disturbing his practice, so at night, even Jade and Qin'er can only live far away.

Jia Qiang checked the almost full inventory, used the teleportation ability of 'Close Boots', and disappeared in a flash. When he appeared, he was already in the underground treasure house.

This underground treasure house, after he obtained the 'Close Boots', sealed the passage under the rockery.

At this time, even the most powerful eunuchs in the palace could not find this underground treasure house without an entrance.

He released today's results one by one, the first being a large amount of cash.

The four government offices combined have more than 400,000 taels of silver in cash and more than 2 million taels of silver notes.

The truly valuable assets of the four royal houses are not cash and banknotes, but items that have been passed down.

These families are all the founders of the country. When they first participated in the war, they collected a lot of good things. These good things are the foundation of the four royal houses.

Now these good things have been placed in batches by Jia Qiang in the underground treasure house and become his collection.

"It seems that this underground treasure house is still a bit small!" Jia Qiang looked at the mountains of treasures and shook her head.

These treasures cannot be seen in the light, at least until the four princes' mansions fall, he cannot let these treasures appear in the world.

What can be used is the gold and silver. Unfortunately, the Jiahou Mansion is most in need of gold and silver.

He stayed in the underground treasure house until the 'Near Boots' recovered their energy, and then returned to his room through teleportation.

The next morning, the chief steward of Duke Xiu's Mansion came to the bank. The person guarding the bank was the bank steward, who was the most trusted person of the master.

It has become a routine rule that the chief steward collects the money that the Duke Xiu's government needs every day in the morning.

After the chief steward signed, the bank steward took out the key and slowly opened the bank.

When the bank opened, the bank manager's eyes widened in disbelief.

He closed the bank door again and opened it again.

"The money is gone, all the money is gone!" he exclaimed.

The voice was full of fear and uneasiness. The bank was his responsibility, and the lack of money was his business.

All the money in the bank was gone, and he was afraid that his master would beat him to death.

The chief steward deliberately stood aside to avoid suspicion. After hearing the bank manager yelling, he came over to check.

He was also shocked when he found that the vault was empty.

"Don't go in here, don't touch anything, I'm going to report it!" The butler was quite calm, and he confessed in a deep voice.

Hou Xiaokang went to court. The second master heard the chief steward's report and hurried over. He also saw the empty bank account.

"Report to the official!" The second master thought for a moment and ordered in a deep voice.

The people from the Criminal Department came very quickly. After all, something happened in the Duke's Mansion.

The scene was not destroyed, and professionals from the Ministry of Punishment began investigation.

It's a pity that no matter how high their level is, they can't find any clues.

Jia Qiang, who has practiced the 'Maitreya Zen Reclamation', has an extremely light body. Coupled with his strength, it is impossible to leave any traces if he does not want to leave any traces.

The most important thing is that Jia Qiang collected the items in the inventory, so there are no traces of transportation.

Therefore, after repeated investigations, professionals from the Ministry of Punishments were unable to find out how the thieves took the money.

The investigation here is still ongoing, and the theft was discovered in the inner treasury of Duke Xiu Guo's Mansion, and all the items in the inner treasury disappeared.

As for the big house, all the second and third bedrooms were busy checking the inner treasury. Naturally, it was all empty in the end.

The Ministry of Punishment has not yet finished investigating all the crime scenes in the Duke Xiu Mansion, but it has also received a report from the Duke Qi Mansion.

The Ministry of Punishment sent another person to the Duke of Qi's Mansion. Not long after the people were sent out, the Duke of Zhiguo came to report the case again, and then the Duke of Jiuguo reported the case.

The Ministry of Punishment almost went crazy. Four government offices were stolen at the same time. What a huge case it was.

At this time, Jia Qiang was standing in the court hall, listening to the officials reading out the notes.

Waiting until the next court, people from the four princely houses were waiting outside the palace gate. After the master of the house came out, they came forward to report one by one.

Because there was a lot of commotion here, there were some meddlesome officials among the previous officials, so they went over to eavesdrop a few words, and made a surprising discovery.

Soon, the news of the theft of the four royal palaces spread among the officials.

Jia Qiang learned about it from her colleagues when she was working in the cabinet. This was news sent by the young eunuch.

"Master Jia, I heard that you have some business competition with these four royal houses?" Master Tian asked with a smile.

"It's just a small matter, some business affairs, how dare you taint the ears of the middle hall!" Jia Qiang replied.

Indeed, to the Cabinet, those businesses are really trivial matters.

It's just that Academician Tian wanted to find out whether the thefts of the four royal houses were related to Jia Qiang.

He didn't want to solve the case, but he was curious.

The four Duke's offices have put in a lot of efforts in handling the case of the Duke's office, which is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of Jia Qiang.

In addition, Jia Qiang's business has recently been in conflict with the business of the four princes' offices. At this time, the four princes' offices were stolen, making it difficult for Academician Tian not to suspect Jia Qiang.

"This is not a trivial matter. The way you pulled Prime Minister Dai in the capital was astonishing!" Academician Tian shook his head and laughed.

Jia Qiang was engaged in business confrontations with four government offices at the same time, and the amount of money invested alone exceeded two million taels. Anyone who had calculated the amount of silver involved would be amazed by Jia Qiang's handiwork.

In order to retaliate against the four princes, they spent two million taels of silver to cause trouble, and fought one against four. This shows how rich the Jiahou Mansion is.

(End of this chapter)