By now, branches of the milk tea shop had opened all across Capital City.
And Lin Ke's strategy for expanding his milk tea shops could be called a resounding success.
One simple word: franchising!
As it happened, Elder Huang, one of the managers of the Breathing Soil Pavilion with considerable authority, wanted to open a milk tea franchise.
However, so many people now wanted franchises that they had already started lining up.
And since the applicants were all wealthy or influential, Shopkeeper Tong had simply established a rule forbidding anyone from cutting the line.
Thus, Elder Huang also wanted to do his best to satisfy Lin Ke's request.
Otherwise, with everyone knowing that Lin Xuanji and Lin Ke were as incompatible as fire and water, how many would risk offending someone in the gentleman realm just to curry favor with Lin Ke?
Lin Xuanji had merely stepped down from his position as Minister of Rites. His cultivation, at least in the sixth realm, was still there, as were everything he had accumulated over so many years.
Ordinary people would never dare offend him.
Then again, Lin Ke could also be considered one of the peerless talents of the age.
With such extraordinary talent and great power in his hands, he naturally had no shortage of people eager to curry favor with him.
Whoever stood behind Elder Huang presumably had no fear of Lin Xuanji, so purchasing the Lin Residence was the perfect opportunity to establish a connection.
As he pondered this, Lin Ke lifted his milk tea and took a sip, savoring it.
After milk tea had made a name for itself, Lin Ke and Shopkeeper Tong had immediately discussed upgrading the quality of both the tea leaves and the milk.
Compared with the artificially flavored milk teas of Lin