Jinling City is the seat of Yingtian Mansion in Jiangnan Province and the center of the entire southern province.
Over the past thousands of years, countless literati and romantic figures have emerged. Even the Taizu of this dynasty also raised troops in Jinling, and based on this, he forged the state of Chu.
"The beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial state of Jinling." Although Taizu did not establish a capital here, with the name of Yingtian Mansion, others also understood the importance of Jinling in the entire Chu.
After dealing with the salt merchants' matter in Yangzhou, Jia Hui also led his troops to this thousand-year-old city.
Although Jinling is extremely prosperous today, since Taizu established his capital in Shenjing and many noble families moved to Shenjing, the prosperity of Jinling has slowly shifted to Shenjing City.
Although Jia Hui is only an earl, he is not considered to be the top nobleman in Shenjing City.
But at this time, there are no noble families still living here in Jinling City.
Although there are still four major families, the real power of the four major families is within the city of Shenjing.
The Jia family left behind the cousins of Ningrong Ergong. The Shi family was the same as the Jia family. The Wang family was the family of Wang Zisheng, the younger brother of Wang Ziteng.
As for the Xue family, after the death of Duke Xue, the master of Ziwei, the main line of the Xue family has long since declined.
In addition, the head of the Xue family passed away early, and the younger members of the Xue family are still young. If it were not for the protection of the Jia family and the Wang family, I am afraid that the errands in the palace and the household department would be almost impossible to keep.
After Jia Hui arrived at Shenjing City, he was like a pebble on a calm lake, directly detonating a crowd of nobles.
As soon as they entered Jinling Rongguo Mansion, Ningrong Street was already crowded with people who wanted to come and visit.
Even those who were not qualified to visit would still take this opportunity to send generous gifts in an attempt to establish a relationship with the main lineage of the Jia family.
"The third master, the second master of the Xue family, the second master of the Wang family, and the grand master of the Shi family sent greeting cards, saying that they would come to visit the third master tomorrow!"
"I only accepted invitations from the other families from three families who are close to the Jia family. The rest have been returned according to the third master's wishes. There are also people who gave gifts from outside. I also sent people to send them away!"
In the Rongqing Hall, the housekeeper Jin Cai carefully reported the situation outside to Jia Hui.
Seeing that Jia Hui was not dissatisfied, I was relieved.
"By the way, Third Master, several princes from Jinling also want to come and pay a visit to Third Master. After all, he is Third Master's kinsman. I will promise them to tell Third Master. If Third Master is not available, I will refuse." That’s it!”
"well!"
Jia Hui looked at the greeting card in his hand and felt dizzy.
This is also the reason why he is unwilling to come to Jinling.
This is the old county of the Jia family, and there are too many old relatives and old friends. In addition, Jia Hui is now a military officer, and I don’t know how many people want to come and curry favor with me.
Looking at the greeting card in his hand, Jia Hui watched it for a while and then ordered to Jin Cai:
"Go to the mansion's storeroom to select generous gifts, and then send them to each household according to the greeting invitation. Tell them that I am busy with official duties and have no time to receive them. If you are free in the future, I will pay you a visit!"
"I have to be busy with official duties during this period and it is not convenient to see guests. If anyone posts again, I will reject it directly!"
"Also, tell the elders in the clan that I am hosting a banquet at my house today and invite them to come over and talk about it!"
"Yes, little one, let's do it right now!"
Jin Cai responded, then went down to prepare.
Jia Hui traveled all the way and was a little tired. After being served by several maids, he washed and dressed up. Then he left the house again and came to the Xiuyiwei Yamen to start counting Jinling's belongings.
Those antique calligraphy and paintings have been placed separately, waiting for subscription by salt merchants, so there are only gold, silver and copper coins here.
While counting and sealing up, it was soon dark. After dispatching a sentry horse to station here, Jia Hui also returned to Rongguo Mansion.
"Third Master, the food is ready, and the four masters are waiting in the side hall!"
Seeing Jia Hui coming back, Jin Cai quickly stepped forward to report.
"I understand, let the four gentlemen take their seats first. I'll change my clothes and go now!"
After that, Jia Hui went straight to the backyard and changed into casual home clothes.
In the living room, the four princes of the Jinling Jia family have already taken their seats. They are Jia Daiyuan, Jia Daili, Jia Dailiang and Jia Daimu.
At this time, several people seemed very reserved, looking out the door from time to time.
"I've met the third master!"
Seeing Jin Cai saluting at the door, the four old men of the Jia family stood up quickly and hurried to the door, just in time to see Jia Hui walking towards them.
"I've met my uncle!"
The four of them did not dare to make excuses and quickly saluted Jia Hui.
Seeing this, Jia Hui took two steps quickly to lift up a few people, and then said:
"Masters, please stop saluting. You don't have to be so polite at home now!"
"Please take a seat!"
Pulling several people to the table, Jia Hui quickly asked them to sit down.
Seeing this, several people did not dare to object and had no choice but to sit down again.
"These great masters are the elders of the clan. You don't need to regard me as an uncle. Just treat Jia Hui as a junior!"
"Yes, yes, uncle said yes!"
Although Jia Hui was so polite, the four of them would not dare to do this. Not to mention their grand master of Jinling, even the grand master of Shenjing City would not dare to treat Jia Hui like this.
Seeing this situation, Jia Hui stopped trying to persuade him. He picked up his wine glass and smiled at the four of them:
"I just came to Jinling today. I am really busy with official duties. I should have visited the great masters at their home, but now I can only gather you here! Come, Hui, give me a toast to the great masters!"
Several people looked at each other and quickly raised their glasses to drink.
"Come on, come on, I don't know what the tastes of these masters are, please try the food here and see if it suits your taste!"
Several people were helpless by Jia Hui's enthusiastic attitude. They didn't know what to do, so they had no choice but to listen to Jia Hui's words and keep drinking and eating.
After drinking for three rounds, Jia Hui put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at the four people and asked with a smile:
"I heard that the four great masters asked Jincai to send a message and wanted to see me. Could it be that something happened in the clan?"
"It's okay, nothing happened, it's just that my uncle came from afar, and the clan just wanted to say hello to him!"
How could Jia Hui believe this, so he continued:
"Mr. Yuan, we are all members of the Jia family, why should we be so polite? If you have anything to say, you can just say it. I have many things to do these days, and I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in Jinling for a few days before I leave!"
Seeing what Jia Hui said, the four of them looked at each other, and Jia Daiyuan said:
"To be honest, uncle, the four of us came here because we really have something to ask of uncle."
"You also know that since the death of the former crown prince, our founding family has been implicated, and many people have been dismissed from office. As a result, the Jia family has also declined. The eighth house in Shenjing is okay, but our twelfth house has not lived well in these years. It’s getting worse every year.”
"Isn't this the uncle who has gained momentum? There are many young people in the clan who are idle all day long. This is not a long-term solution. There are also some clan members who were implicated and lost their official positions before. They want to ask the uncle to show mercy and give us some advice. !”
After Jia Daiyuan finished speaking, the four of them looked at Jia Hui cautiously, wanting to see if Jia Hui was willing to help.
At this time, Jia Hui felt a little happy after listening to Jia Daiyuan's words.
He is not afraid that his tribe will ask him for an official position, but he is afraid that his tribe will cause trouble all day long.
I will definitely need a lot of top leaders in the future. Since I have to choose, why not choose someone from the Jia family?
As long as they have real abilities, I don't mind promoting them. This is also the norm in this era. You don't have to worry about others making irresponsible remarks.
This is why Jia Hui invited them here today.
Although the Jia family in Jinling are not as evil-doing as those in Shenjing, they are not all good people, so it depends on how they choose to let Jia Hui help them.
Thinking of this, Jia Hui already had an idea in mind.
