Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 23 Enrollment
  In the next few days, Wentian went to Qingfeng Tower early in the morning every day and saw that the business of Qingfeng Tower was getting better and better.

The extremely delicious dishes not only retained the original customers, but also attracted a large number of new customers.

After only a few days, although Qingfeng Building only has two floors and more than ten tables, it is still full no matter whether it is noon or evening.

There were even customers waiting on the sidelines, just waiting for the tables in Qingfeng Tower to be vacant.

After a period of observation, Wentian calculated the maximum demand for fresh food when the Qingfeng Building was full. This made it unnecessary for her to come here every day, but only needed to turn the fresh food into the food according to the demand. Just send the liquid to Qingfeng Tower.

Jia Qiang went to Baicaotang to retrieve the second batch of medicinal materials, but it would take longer to order medicinal materials later.

The medicinal materials he needed were not commonly used and very precious.

He placed another order with Shopkeeper Sun. The difference from before was that the order he placed was not one order, but consecutive purchases in batches.

Now he no longer has to worry about the source of the money in his inventory. Qingfeng Tower can now bring him as little as nearly a hundred taels of silver, and sometimes even as much as two hundred taels of silver.

With the speed at which Baicaotang can bring in the medicinal materials, the money earned by Qingfeng Tower is enough to pay for it.

After purchasing the medicinal materials, Jia Qiang practiced the 'Jia's Hundred Turns Refining Technique' again. After six hours of life and death experience, his strength reached 30 points, which is kilograms.

This power, even without skills, is no problem against ordinary people, and it finally gives him some power to protect himself.

It's a pity that there has been no news about the big gun, war horse and treasure bow. The main reason is that he has too little experience in this world and has almost no friends.

The sophisticated Lao Shun Tou could not help him in this regard.

How could Lao Shuntou have access to this level of information? He would have to at least have access to big guns, war horses and treasure bows.

At this generation of the Jia family, although they are still a member of the lords, as well as the mighty general Jia Zhen and the first-class general Jia He, the Jia family has actually left the army long ago, leaving only the shadow of their ancestors in the army.

Even these lingering shadows will slowly disappear as the Jia family has no successors in the army.

Lao ShunTou is a marginalized old servant. Even if he didn't leave Jia's house, he wouldn't be able to get relevant information, let alone the current situation.

Without big guns, war horses and precious bows, Jia Qiang first laid a solid foundation for herself.

These days, his martial arts training is based on "Yan Gong Bing Shu 5". The methods for laying the foundation for soldiers recorded in it are just right for him.

On May 10th, Jade surrounded Jia Qiang, arranging Jia Qiang's Confucian shirt from time to time, and hanging the sachet made by herself on Jia Qiang's waist while her face turned red.

Jade is in charge of the family's money expenditure. Although Jia Qiang spends a lot of money in martial arts training, she is not stingy at all when it comes to Jia Qiang. She prepares it entirely based on the treatment of the young master of the Jia family.

Just like this sachet, the small sachet looks ordinary, but this sachet is worth two taels of silver.

The other jade pendant on Jia Qiang's waist cost almost ten taels of silver. The folding fan in her hand was made by a famous artist and cost more than ten taels of silver.

These were ordered by Jade Cui based on what he had learned in Jia's mansion, and they also gave Jia Qiang a little more aura of wealth and elegance.

"This small bag contains broken silver, one yuan each, to reward the servants!" Jade took out another money bag and explained.

Jia Qiang looked at Jade with a smile. The chattering Jade looked particularly cute at this moment.

"I'm going to school, you're well prepared!" he said with a smile.

Since his home is very close to the Imperial College, he does not live in the Imperial College, but Feicui is worried, fearing that Jia Qiang will be looked down upon by his classmates.

Under Jade's worried eyes, the carriage started slowly.

The carriage didn't travel long before it arrived at the Imperial College. Once there, it was impossible to enter anymore. Jia Qiang got off the carriage.

Looking at the black, red and blue gate of the Imperial College, the inscription "Jixian Gate" shows the grandeur of the Qian Dynasty.

Some familiar students entered the door beside him. These were all in the same year as him.

It's just that at the age of twelve, he seems to be extraordinarily different among this group of people who are at least in their twenties.

Jia Qiang followed these same years and entered Jixianmen.

"Are you Jia Qiang?" A voice came from behind him, causing him to turn around and look. The person who spoke was a young man of similar height to him, also wearing a Confucian shirt, and equally different.

"I am Jia Qiang. I don't know your name? How do you know me?" Jia Qiang nodded curiously and asked.

"Sure enough, we are the same year as Jia Qiang. My name is Li Hongkang. When my brother confronted Wen Hong in the Gongyuan, my examination booth was not far away!" Li Hongkang stepped forward and said with some excitement.

Jia Qiang had some illusions. The other party seemed to be seeing an idol.

In fact, what he did was extremely stimulating to teenagers, even older students would get excited every time he mentioned it.

If this matter hadn't been deliberately suppressed, Jia Qiang would have been even more famous.

A young literati who is not afraid of power and resists tenaciously. This spirit is in line with the values ​​​​of literati.

Maybe many literati can't do it themselves, but they will definitely regard this spirit as the target of worship.

"Brother Li is joking, there is no confrontation, he almost became a prisoner!" Jia Qiang said with a helpless smile.

"Then Wen Hong was beheaded. It's a pity that the person behind it was not traced. How disgusting!" Li Hongkang said slightly dissatisfied.

The two of them talked while walking towards the inside.

With Li Hongkang by her side, Jia Qiang no longer feels lonely.

"Brother Jia, does he know the situation in the Imperial College?" Li Hongkang looked around and approached Jia Qiang and asked.

"I don't know!" Jia Qiang shook her head and replied when she saw the mysterious look on his face.

"It seems that you haven't inquired about it. If you don't know the rules in the Imperial College, it will be difficult to make close friends!" Li Hongkang said slightly proudly. He then introduced: "The students in the Imperial College are divided into several groups. The top ones are the imperial clan members, followed by those who are officials in the family. There are two types of them, one is admitted by oneself, the other is the gifted quota, and the rest are students from poor families. Students rarely cross class. comminicate!"

Jia Qiang nodded. He didn't want to make any friends, mainly because his identity was a bit embarrassing.

"You two are the same age, Lang Li'an is so polite!" Someone else joined the exchange between Jia Qiang and Li Hongkang.

When the two of them saw this person, they couldn't help but laugh.

Because the student who greeted them was similar in age to the two of them.

Li Hongkang had previously introduced that the students of the Imperial College were divided into several groups to distinguish between classes, but students who were still as young as children in their teens would not be able to integrate into those classes.

The main reason is that students who are too young and consider themselves adults will not play with children.

This is why Jia Qiang became friends with Li Hongkang when they first met. Look at the students around her who are obviously older and a head taller. Even if they want to make friends with them, those students will ignore them.

"My name is Jia Qiang, and this dear friend is Li Hongkang!" Jia Qiang introduced with a smile.

"Brother Lang, your accent sounds like you're from the capital, too?" Li Hongkang looked at Lang Li'an and asked curiously.

He is different from Jia Qiang. He has seen all the top five in the Beijing Academy Examination, except Lang Li'an.

"I entered the Imperial Academy on the recommendation of my family!" Lang Li'an explained sheepishly.

"Are you from Langhou Mansion?" Li Hongkang seemed to be very familiar with officials in Kyoto. When he heard that he relied on family connections to enter the Imperial Academy, he thought of Langhou Mansion.

"I am the third son of the Lang family!" Lang Li'an replied without concealing it.

Jia Qiang was slightly surprised. Even though he didn't know much about the situation in the capital, he had heard of the name of Langhou Mansion.

The House of Lords is also divided into factions. King Xue of Jia Shi is the Founding Lord, while Lang Houfu is the Emerging Lord. There is not much contact between the two parties. Instead, they compete for military power.

Lord Xiang's family can ask the emperor for a place in the Imperial College, but it will only ask for direct descendants, because the opportunities to apply for a place in the Imperial College are extremely limited, and it is impossible to ask for it at will.

From this, it can be seen that Lang Li'an's status in Lang Hou's mansion, coupled with the fact that he introduced himself as Lang An's third son, this is the third direct descendant of this generation.

(End of this chapter)