Chapter 27

Silence, a silence as still as death!

No one had expected that Jiang Feng would suddenly erupt so thoroughly, completely tearing his face off with Longteng Marquis, offending the kingdom's top vassal to the point of death!

For a moment, even those vassals who were on good terms with Jiang Han Marquis could not help but feel a chill for Jiang Feng.

And the neutral people dared not even look at Jiang Feng, fearing that Longteng Marquis would misunderstand them, fearing that Longteng Marquis would mistakenly think they were supporters of Jiang Feng.

The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became eerily quiet.

And at this moment, a sharp clapping sound, *clap clap clap*, rang out.

Jiang Chen stood up leisurely from his seat: "Well said, well said indeed! You truly live up to being my father, Jiang Chen. I'm just curious, you so-called vassals, you so-called nobles. Do you really have no backbone at all?"

"Is the territory of our Eastern Kingdom to be defended by you soft-spined, sycophantic mediocrities?"

"Do you have no dignity as people of power? Apart from sycophancy and bullying the good while fearing the evil, can you really do nothing else?"

"Is your skill only to suppress your colleagues, seize their territories, and plunder their interests?"

"And you, the Danwang Garden, right? A mere businessman, do you have any official rank? Have you ever contributed to the kingdom? Where do you get the nerve to lecture a vassal with a Second Rank Vassal Order in such a pretentious tone?"

"Who gave you the nerve? Are you so arrogant that the king doesn't know? Those who understand the times are the wise, right? You can see the situation clearly, right? Fine, I want to see what kind of situation you Danwang Garden claims to see clearly. Terminate cooperation? I spit! I hereby clearly tell you, Danwang Garden, you are being blacklisted by the Jiang family!"

The Grand Master of Danwang Garden sneered: "Blacklisted? Who are you trying to bluff? Your Jiang family is just a fallen vassal. Blacklist our Danwang Garden? Without our support, your semi-spiritual vein territory can only be used to raise pigs."

Jiang Chen smiled faintly: "Is that so? The Third Master of the Alchemist Hall, what do you think about the Grand Master saying that our semi-spiritual vein land can only be used to raise pigs?"

The Third Master of the Alchemist Hall chuckled and rubbed his nose: "Using semi-spiritual vein land to raise pigs is a waste. Our Alchemist Hall is willing to spend ten million taels of silver to sign a five-year contract with the Jiang family! No, ten years, twenty years... No, the term is up to you!"

What?

Everyone, including Longteng Marquis, thought they had heard wrong. The Third Master of the Alchemist Hall actually offered ten million taels to sign a cooperation contract with the Jiang family in such a situation?

If it were in another context, just signing a cooperation contract, a purely business deal, would be nothing.

But in this situation, the Alchemist Hall's move was clearly risking offending Longteng Marquis to openly support the Jiang family.

This was indeed strange.

Who didn't know how powerful the Alchemist Hall was?

Who didn't know how shrewd the Alchemist Hall was?

In such a situation, it wouldn't be strange if the Alchemist Hall had no stance. But now, the Grand Master of the Alchemist Hall personally stood up to express a stance, which was very strange.

When did the Jiang family connect with the Alchemist Hall, and have such a strong relationship?

Everyone didn't think the Jiang family had such a great face that the Alchemist Hall would openly support them.

The Grand Master of Danwang Garden's face changed: "Master Qiao, isn't what you're doing inappropriate?"

The capital's three major spiritual medicine forces, the Alchemist Hall was the first, occupying half the market.

Shennong Hall and Danwang Garden together occupied the other half of the market.

Basically, although the three were in fierce competition, they each had their own unwritten rules. They generally wouldn't maliciously snatch each other's business.

This was an unwritten rule that everyone adhered to.

The Third Master smiled faintly: "Master Wang, I clearly heard you say you were terminating business with the Jiang family. If not, why would our Alchemist Hall intervene? We understand the rules of business. If you don't do the business, we will pick it up. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

Whether it was the explicit rules or the unwritten rules, the Alchemist Hall was not at a disadvantage.

The Grand Master's face turned ugly. The reason he openly suppressed the Jiang family and blacklisted them was to curry favor with Longteng Marquis.

After all, business is business. If the Jiang family's semi-spiritual vein land fell into Longteng Marquis's hands, it would be like doing business with Longteng Marquis. For Danwang Garden, there would be no loss, and it could even take the opportunity to improve relations with the top vassal, which would only benefit Danwang Garden.

Moreover, he was sure that even if he said he would blacklist the Jiang family, the Alchemist Hall and Shennong Hall would definitely not step in to snatch the business.

After all, a five million tael business per year was not enough to make those two take the risk of offending Longteng Marquis.

What the Grand Master didn't expect was that things would go against his expectations.

Not only did the Alchemist Hall step in, but they also doubled the offer, increasing the cooperation amount by a factor of two. This attitude was very clear: they were supporting the Jiang family!

The Grand Master was very puzzled. He was really puzzled. The Alchemist Hall was so shrewd. Was it worth offending Longteng Marquis for such a small benefit?

Could the Alchemist Hall not see the bigger picture?

The banquet had clearly reached a point where it could not continue.

Seeing Longteng Marquis's dark face, all the guests tactfully got up to take their leave. This banquet, which Longteng Marquis originally intended to show off, had turned into a face-slapping for the Jiang family.

This scene was full of strange elements.

In any case, the peaceful situation in the Eastern Kingdom was likely to be broken.

Because Longteng Marquis was very angry!

The consequences of the kingdom's top vassal being angry were clearly very serious.

And the representative of the royal family, Princess Gouyu, had a complex mood. She, who originally had a bias against Jiang Chen, suddenly found that this arrogant and sharp-tongued guy actually had some backbone and charisma.

Jiang Chen's fierce scolding, his calm and composed demeanor in the face of various nobles, and the mysterious and unfathomable support from the Alchemist Hall, all made Princess Gouyu admit to herself—

She had misjudged Jiang Chen!

...

After the banquet, as they walked out the door, the Grand Master of Danwang Garden stood at the entrance, sneering at Jiang Feng: "Jiang Feng, you and your son are finished. Offending Longteng Marquis, your Jiang family will have no way to move forward in the future."

"Master Wang, I'm curious. As a businessman, is it really that interesting to be a vanguard for others, to be a dog for others?"

Jiang Chen chuckled, a look of disdain sweeping past the Grand Master.

"Jiang Chen, you can be arrogant, but your days are numbered." Master Wang gritted his teeth.

"You're right, your days are numbered. Danwang Garden, heh heh... The capital may be big, but the spiritual medicine business doesn't need to be a three-way stand-off."

Jiang Chen finished speaking, spurred his horse, and galloped away.

Master Wang, an old man, was almost driven to the point of spitting blood by the arrogance of this young man. He was extremely frustrated today.

The business with the Jiang family was lost, and he had played the role of the bad guy for nothing, gaining no benefits and instead receiving a scolding.

However, Master Wang did not dare to be unhappy, nor did he dare to vent his anger on Longteng Marquis. Although Longteng Marquis was the one who caused Danwang Garden to lose this business.

"Never mind, losing a business is a small matter. Even if we lose it, it won't hurt the foundation of our Danwang Garden. It's the Alchemist Hall that has offended Longteng Marquis. If we can seize this opportunity to suppress the Alchemist Hall, our Danwang Garden might benefit from it."

Master Wang's thoughts were very flexible. Thinking of Longteng Marquis's great influence and the rumors circulating in the circle,

The greater Longteng Marquis's power, the greater the threat to the Eastern Kingdom. And now, Miss Long Juxue has been chosen by a hidden sect.

Given time, the Long family replacing the Eastern family to become the ruler of the kingdom is not impossible.

"Longteng Marquis, with great ambitions. I hope this day will come soon. When that time comes, our Danwang Garden will seize the opportunity to bring down the Alchemist Hall. Taking over the capital's top spiritual medicine force will be a sure thing..."

Thinking of this, Master Wang's mood suddenly improved.

Back at the Jiang Han Marquis's residence, Jiang Feng's mood gradually stabilized. Today's outburst was satisfying, but the consequences were also very serious.

If they were in their own territories, the Jiang Han territory and Longteng Marquis's territory were far apart, and they wouldn't fear Longteng Marquis.

After all, without the king's order, vassals could not随意征伐.

But now, everyone was in the capital, and everyone knew that Longteng Marquis had connections everywhere in the capital, with ties to all kinds of people.

And many princes and ministers in the court were on good terms with Longteng Marquis.

Seeing Jiang Chen's serious expression, Jiang Feng smiled: "Kid, you've got guts. You've really made your old man proud today."

"As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog son. Your performance today was also very strong."

Jiang Feng stared at Jiang Chen with a playful smile: "Kid, stop pretending. Quickly tell me, why did the Alchemist Hall stand up to support us in that situation?"

"The world is bustling, all for profit. The Alchemist Hall must have their reasons for doing this," Jiang Chen smiled. "Father, I only have one thing to say: the days when our Jiang family is mocked and at the mercy of others will never return!"

Hearing this, Jiang Feng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Dust, many vassals said today that we father and son were hiding our strength, playing the tiger while pretending to be a pig. Could it be that you have been hiding your strength all along, even keeping it from your old man?"

"Playing the tiger while pretending to be a pig?" Jiang Chen's lips curled into a smile. "I think they're overthinking it. Our Jiang family doesn't need to pretend to be a pig, and they are not tigers at all!"

When he said this, Jiang Chen's tone exuded an undeniable confidence. His confident smile made Jiang Feng suddenly feel that he couldn't see through his son at all.