A cone-shaped transparent glass bottle was moved to the dining table by the servants. There were water, apple juice, distilled wine, milk and even several dark blue ice cubes in the glass bottle. Under the glass bottle was a small golden bowl with coal and tobacco. A slender hose was inserted into the mouth of the glass bottle.
The servant lit the coal in the golden bowl, and the blue gray smoke rose thickly. After filtering the mixture in the glass bottle, it turned into milk white smoke, which rose all the time under the action of the waste heat of the coal.
Jing Qinghe bit the hose in his mouth and turned the small steel ball in the adjusting hole in the hose. Finally, he found a comfortable rhythm and sat in a wheelchair.
These complex combinations of utensils are the "healthy pastime project" that has been popular among the rich in xuanzhu County for many years. However, ordinary people who dislike the rich's pretence are more willing to call it "absorbent smoke" than the "Fairy Spirit" of eating Xia and spitting fog.
The tobacco industry is the mainstay of the top industry in the silver blood society, and no chamber of commerce can eat it alone. Now the three major tobacco companies in xuanzhu county have capital injection and cooperation from various chambers of Commerce. They are not only exported overseas, but also "Dongyang tobacco" is a famous brand even in Huiyao.
But of course, rich people also know that smoking and drinking are bad for their health, but they still have to enjoy it. Otherwise, why do you make so much money? Practice tactics?
So they invented a "smoking method" for the rich: first, let the smoke burned by tobacco be filtered through the "water base" mixed with apple juice, milk and distilled wine, and then slowly suck it through a hose. It is elegant and healthy, and the taste is still milk and wine. Both in style and taste, it is much higher than the way mud legs smoke.
As soon as hookah was introduced, it directly swept the whole xuanzhu county. Jing Qingchen is a hookah lover with serious "haze Mania". Even if he lies in bed, he should smoke hookah every day. Just the hookah utensils he has collected over the years can fill a room, even better known as the "treasure gathering hall".
In fact, Jing Qinghe has no disease in his body. In his position, he has already asked medical officials to use light therapy to comprehensively kill viruses. The reason why he is about to die at the age of 50 is not only because Huiyao people have a low average life expectancy (the vigorous vitality caused by spiritual activation actually loses life in advance), but also because of his haze addiction.
smoking is bad for your health.
After he took a few puffs of smoke comfortably, Jing Qinghe picked up his chopsticks, put a green vegetable in his rice bowl, coughed and said, "pick up chopsticks."
HuiFu hall remembered the sound of wine and preparation, but no one spoke. Everyone didn't want to eat at all and focused all their attention on the main table.
Originally, everyone was ready to cry twice and shed a few tears, waiting to eat Jing Qingchen's funeral dinner, and then greet the new owner with joy. As a result, Jing Qingchen was able to come out in a wheelchair today. Is he getting better? Or is it a reflection.
Many people look at Jing Zhengfeng, who has been drinking with his head down, and have a vague guess in their hearts. The owner of the house called for the fourth son Jing Zhengfeng to come back at the family banquet, indicating that he planned to get all the troubles together and solve them at one time.
The time is really running out.
And tonight, there will be a big earthquake in Jingjia.
Few people on the main table are in the mood to eat. Even Qinglan, an outsider, can detect the strange and heavy atmosphere. Only Yueyu and jingzhengtang eat and drink as if nothing had happened. However, Yueyu eats alone, and jingzhengtang will bring vegetables to his fiancee Feiwei.
Yue Yu couldn't help looking at Fei Wei. In fact, to be fair, the girl who charmed the third young master of the Jing family is not the best of the country - but she's certainly not ugly. The Jing family is also very selective in buying servants. The ugly girl doesn't even have the opportunity to be a servant in the Jing Garden - but I don't know whether it's because of the support of Jing Zhengtang or her own mentality, Feiwei gives people the feeling that she is a quiet temperament, which is trustworthy and dare not insult.
Suddenly, Jing Zhengfeng put down his glass and said, "come on, don't you..."
At this time, he glanced at Yue Yu sitting next to him, noticed Yue Yu's elegant and easy-going expression, and immediately vaguely confused: "... What's the matter with you coming to me? My time is very precious, unlike you who can have fun all day."
Jing Qingxiang spits out a white mist and snorts coldly, "why, can't you even deal with the mess of Qinghong help? Waste is waste."
Jing Zhengfeng was not angry. "After all, the Qinghong gang are a group of outlaws who dare to kill and fight. They are different from the rice insects raised by your Jing family. It will be a lot of trouble to manage."
The rice worm raised by Jing family? Workers, servants, or their people?
Many people were angry when they heard this, but few dared to stand up and shake their faces with Jing Zhengfeng. Hearing this, Yue Yu found out the details of Jing Zhengfeng from her memory and couldn't help looking at him.
Jing Zhengfeng is a wild seed left by Jing Qinghe outside. He wandered in the poor areas of the outer city since childhood. But according to Jing Zhengwei's analysis, Jing Qinghe should have been secretly observing the four sons, but he never took him home. He didn't announce Jing Zhengfeng's true identity to the public until three years ago.
At that time, Jing Zhengfeng was already the largest gang in the city outside xuanzhu county and the three leaders of Qinghong gang.
In xuanzhu County, gangs have always been an inseparable problem, and it is also the only gray area where various forces can compete with each other. Organizations like the silver blood Association, which includes officials, businesses, military and political affairs, naturally have many factions. Even the top 10 chambers of commerce are eyeing. The last 40 chambers of commerce change a group of new faces almost every ten years. The official military is also surging in the undercurrent and fierce competition.
All vested interests want to maintain their status, and the easiest and most effective way is violence.
However, the assassin organization did not accept the internal orders of the silver blood society, and the businessmen were not stupid enough to let Heyang army get involved in their competition - that was a direct dimension reduction blow to lift the table.
However, violent gangs can not be set up in a day, and the silver blood society has rules that do not allow violent internal fighting. It's OK not to leave evidence, but in case of being caught with evidence, the people of the silver blood society will divide themselves and eat them.
Naturally, gangs have become the choice of all chambers of Commerce. It's easy to train troops, easy to control, and throw away after use... Since the day the silver blood club was established, the gangs have always been the dark side of xuanzhu County, and those brave young people have joined the mercenary gangs, which is also convenient for the silver blood club to control and kill many birds with one stone.
Jing Zhengfeng became the leader of the three gangs at a young age. In addition to his outstanding personal ability, Jing Qingchen's secret help is absolutely indispensable. Because of Jing Zhengfeng's identity, the people of the clan dare not provoke him - nothing scares meat eaters more than violence.
Most importantly, they feel that Jing Qinghe is actually very optimistic about Jing Zhengfeng. In the whole family, only Jing Zhengfeng dared to spray with Jing Qinghe, which is enough to explain everything.
It is not impossible for Jing Qinghe to hold Jing Zhengfeng to the top
"Fugitives are hard to manage, because they have nothing, and those who have concerns are equal to weaknesses, and those who have weaknesses are equal to being able to take advantage of them." Jing Qingchen said faintly: "But you should remember that there are only two results for the fugitive, either become the latter or... Die. You can run amok with the identity of the fugitive now, but when you have concerns, you have to bear the counterattack brought by this identity."
To put it simply, it means "if you come out, you'll have to pay it back sooner or later" and "if you're floating in the Jianghu, you won't get hurt"... Yue Yu wants to sum up with a few famous gangster quotes, but the lobster on his hand is very fragrant. Eating it, he misses the opportunity to pretend to be forced.
Jing Zhengfeng snorted and did not refute.
Jing Qingxiang took another sip of Bai Xia and said, "look at you all... Only Zhengfeng and Zhengtang know that you should eat. Even if something happens, you are just wasting time."
Jing Zhengwu shook his head: "father, we are worried about your physical condition, so we don't want to eat."
You mean, I'm not worried about eating fat?
Mystifying, but how did this brother make complaints about every word? The heart of music is secretly tucking away, but Jingzheng hall explains quickly: "father, I, I am also very worried about you!"
"All right."
After taking a few mouthfuls of Bai Xia, Jing Qingxiang said slowly, "silver blood will have an opinion on the Jing family."
Hearing these words, the people who raised their ears and listened suddenly changed their faces!
The silver blood society is not only a union of chambers of Commerce, but also includes Dongyang consul Quan Yuan, prefect Yun Qinghe, Heyang army governor gaishiwen, Wanghai Duke huyanxiu and other forces. The silver blood society has opinions on the Jing family. This can be big or small. If one of them is not handled well, it may be the disaster of extermination!
"You don't have to be too nervous. In fact, this has a long history. I planned to deal with it in a few years, but... Cough."
Jing Qinghu coughed twice, took a mouthful of Bai Xia and continued: "our Jing family has mastered one-third of the plantations around xuanzhu county. There are five factories and three mines under our banner, and there are tens of thousands of workers and slaves who depend on the Jing family to eat."
"The silver blood association is not so much dissatisfied with the Jing family as with all the chambers of commerce with a large number of workers and slaves. Now the refugees from the Tianji district come to Dongyang District, the chamber of commerce can choose to hire cheaper and more hardworking Tianji people. At the same time, because the war in each district is about to start, the traffic is cut off, and a large number of goods cannot be transported out for sale, cough..."
"... there are many factors, and the most direct result is that our chamber of Commerce shrinks and develops, reduces workers' wages and even dismisses workers... When workers can't live, they will naturally start to make trouble, coupled with the incitement and encouragement of backlight organizations..."
Jing Qinghu breathed out a long turbid breath: "just our Jing family, there have been many worker riots in recent years, and the purpose of the silver blood association is to maintain the stable development of xuanzhu County... They hope that our Jing family can control the worker slaves and do not give opportunities to the anti light organization anyway."
"So..." he looked around and glanced at the four brothers of the Jing family. "If it were you, how would you deal with it?"
How to deal with it? Give money, give a lot of money, don't you have to run a horse and don't give the horse grass? There are many things to do with money, and it's close to home. You have to meet one?
Although the buttocks have been sitting in the position of capitalists, they still stand by the music language of the poor proletariat.
"Father."
Jing Zhengwu said in a loud voice, "the way to deal with these mobs is very simple."