Although the shopkeeper Hu didn't know what he meant, he didn't ask much, thinking it was some taboo of the big family. This is also normal, even if any son of a family is in business, he will never come forward himself. After all, doing business is not a status affair for them.

"Shopkeeper Hu, I have a heart! Hao Mou has thanked you here, please take a seat!" In a secluded small private room, Hao Feng said very politely.

"Hehe, the grace of the prince's acquaintance, Hu Fu will never forget! How dare you slack off a little and forget the important task entrusted by the prince! The business bank has not been launched for a while, so I came here to investigate a little, but I didn't find anything, how dare I thank the son!"

Shopkeeper Hu naturally knew what Hao Feng said, although he insisted on refusing to sit down, but at Hao Feng's strong request, he no longer said anything villain, but called himself Hu Fu.

Hao Feng asked a little about other things, and he was also very satisfied with the methods and means of the shopkeeper Hu.

There are many dragons and snakes here, and there are many gangs and trading houses. Although Shopkeeper Hu is sophisticated and shrewd, he has no foundation in Huijiang Mansion, and the Dragon Shadow Commercial Bank has just been established, Hao Feng originally thought that he would inevitably be bullied and excluded.

I am also thinking about whether to make a secret move to eradicate or deter some other forces and organizations. But I don't want to do it in just over a month, Shopkeeper Hu actually got into some relationships with the government and solved everything very completely.

Although when the shopkeeper Hu talked about this, he was very painful about the money spent. But how could Hao Feng care about these things, laughed, and praised his approach. And from the beginning to the end, there was no mention of how to develop and run a commercial house.

When he was in Linhai Town, he had a long talk with Shopkeeper Hu a few times, put forward a big plan, and then told him all the business theories he knew.

As for how to implement these things, it is not his forte, so he naturally will not say anything more, and everything is in charge of the full-screen shopkeeper.

This point made the shopkeeper Hu sigh: "No matter what Hao Feng's purpose is, but such a proprietor is absolutely difficult to find in the world, and he is a cow and a horse, and it is difficult to repay his kindness! Even if the descendants of later generations have been slaves and maids to Hao Feng, it is also willing!"

He was silent on the surface, but he secretly made up his mind in his heart that he would help Hao Feng achieve his wish no matter what.

"Hehe, this matter is not an overnight effort, Shopkeeper Hu can do his best!" Hao Feng saw through his psychological activities, so he didn't say more, and refused the courtyard arranged for him in the commercial house, saying that he could stay in the inn for a few days.

In the following period, Hao Feng continued to go in and out of various places in Huijiang Mansion to secretly inquire about the news, but found nothing. In his spare time, he secretly taught Xiao Liuzi.

After more than a month, the business of the comptoir was basically on the right track. Du Erniu, who went to a nearby prefecture and county, returned and informed Hu that the first batch of supplies had arrived safely at their destination.

Although the transaction was not profitable, it successfully captured some markets and established several temporary strongholds. And the news from the inquiry will also be informed. No one has seen or heard of Long Changhai and his party.

Shopkeeper Hu naturally had some regrets, but praised Du Erniu's ability to do things.

Since then, he has arranged various matters every day, and he is very busy, so he rarely appears in the inn. Another middle-aged man who had partnered with him before and looked very sophisticated and sleek took his place, and Zhou Xuan was among the guests.

Under the careful teaching of Hao Feng, Xiao Liuzi's martial arts have gradually improved, and he will become a great weapon in time.

In addition to practicing hard, he also followed Hao Feng's instructions to select young and strong backbones in the trading house, and systematically taught some foreign kung fu with great characteristics of the earth, such as Baguazhang, Da Hung Boxing, Wing Chun, etc., and also added some training methods for special forces.

Soon, Xiao Liuzi emerged and was unanimously supported by many young backbones.

Seeing that everything was going on in an orderly manner, and there were no clues from Long Changhai and his party, and there was no trace of the immortal cultivators, Hao Feng couldn't help but have the idea of leaving.

That night, Du Erniu drove a carriage into a storage room of the trading house, where Shopkeeper Hu and Xiao Liuzi were already waiting. Du Erniu unloaded the vehicle, saluted the shopkeeper Hu, led the horse out, and guarded it outside to prevent others from approaching.

After a while, Hao Feng didn't alarm anyone, quietly came here, patted Du Erniu's shoulder, and motioned for him to go in with him.

After a meal, Hao Feng quietly left, leaving behind a reluctant little Liuzi, and the stunned shopkeeper Hu and Du Erniu.

Early the next morning, Xiao Liuzi hurried back to the inn and carefully pushed open the door of Hao Feng's room......

The shopkeeper Hu and Du Erniu, who arrived later, saw that Xiao Liuzi's account was lost, and walked out a little depressed.

"I, a lowly person, are valued by the prince, and we should do our best to help the prince achieve his wishes, how can we be passive and lazy......! The dragon among the princes, how can he live here for a long time, besides..."

"Ao, by the way, Erniu, you have to select the children under the age of twelve from the backbone family of the guild as soon as possible. Although I can't understand the things on those two pamphlets, they are not the backbone children and must not be passed on. ”

When Shopkeeper Hu saw Xiao Liuzi's expression, he knew that Hao Feng had gone to the empty building. First, he said a few words to Xiao Liuzi with some blame, and then instructed Du Erniu about Hao Feng's final explanation.

Du Erniu bowed down, although Xiao Liuzi was reluctant to leave Hao Feng, but after the mention of the shopkeeper Hu, he was also in good spirits.

......

"Presumably, with more than 100,000 taels of gold and silver as the backing, with the shrewd means of the shopkeeper Hu, we will soon be able to use Huijiang Mansion as the base point to distribute the Dragon Shadow Commercial Bank to all corners of Jiujiang County!

At this time, Hao Feng had already left the city, spent a little money, and mixed up with a merchant ship bound for Jiujiang County, while touring the scenery along the road, he was thinking about it with anticipation.

After all kinds of investigations these days, not only did there be no trace of Long Changhai and his party, but even the traces of the immortal cultivators were no clues. Although some people are drunk and hot, they are often full of envy and talk about the immortal cultivator's flight to the sky. But there is no specific news, it is all the same, and no one can say clearly.

However, Du Erniu mentioned that his father was a dart master when he was young. When he was going south and north, he encountered two people fighting and chasing in the air. At that time, his father and the others almost peed their pants in fright.

Later, the dart game was greatly injured in a fire and disappeared. His father was lucky enough to escape and led the family to Huijiang Mansion.

When Du Erniu was a child, his father would mention this matter every time he drank, and his words were full of envy for immortal cultivators. But where exactly he met, his father was vague, and it seemed to be a little taboo.

When Du Erniu became an adult, he gradually left this matter behind. It wasn't until Hao Feng asked everyone about some of their experiences and strange stories that he thought about it again.

At this time, his father had been dead for many years, so naturally he could not inquire in detail. But one thing is certain, the dart game where his father stayed was set up in Jiujiang County.

Anyway, Hao Feng had no clue how to find the traces of immortal cultivators. So, I'm going to go to Jiujiang County first.

However, he was not in a hurry, and was ready to slowly go up the river to gain some knowledge, after all, he was still very new to this world. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains along the way.

After the merchant ships entered the Huijiang River from the river, the three merchant ships in the same group gradually raised their full sails and went straight up.

After three days, the river gradually widened, the terrain flattened, the current gradually slowed, and the speed of merchant ships increased. After a day, it sailed out of the boundary of Huijiang Mansion and turned into the waters of "Qingjiang Mansion".

When we arrived at the boundary of Qingjiang Prefecture, there were obviously a little more boats on the river, and there were also hidden traces of people on both sides of the river. Although there are not too many, it is not as barren as Huijiang Mansion, and there are no people for hundreds of miles.

With the passage of time, more than 20 days later, the merchant ship entered the "Hujiang River".

This is the largest river area in Jiujiang County, with endless mountains on both sides, and the county seat of Jiujiang County is located in the upper reaches of the Hujiang River Plain.

The road was calm, and I didn't meet any water bandits and thieves, and I was about to sail into the "Fengling Gorge". This is the only way to enter the county seat of Jiujiang County,

After Fengling Gorge, the county seat of Jiujiang County is in sight.

At this time, the ships heading to the county town were all gathered together, as many as dozens of them.

But the expressions of the people on the boat were visibly nervous, and they lowered some small boats to communicate with each other. The guards on each merchant ship are also holding swords, standing on the bow of the ship to echo each other from afar, with a strong momentum!

Hao Feng had already learned from chatting with everyone on the boat that although after crossing Fengling Gorge, there were only three or five days left to travel from the county seat, but the Fengling Gorge river was narrow, the mountains on both sides were dangerous, and the mountains were connected.

Therefore, there are often water thieves and bandits here, and at most they actually form thousands of people.

Jiujiang County and its subordinate prefectures and counties have sent soldiers to encircle and suppress them many times, but with little success. When there were too many people to come, the bandits scattered in a hurry and fled into the mountains and forests, and the officers and soldiers could not do anything at all; when there were fewer people, they could not form an effective deterrent, but were attacked by the bandits and suffered heavy losses.

Over time, they turned a blind eye and ignored them, allowing the bandits to run rampant.

What's more, although this place is not far from the county seat, it is not inhabited, how can the Jiujiang County Government spend a lot of manpower and military salaries for the sake of the merchant fleet.

The merchant had no choice but to organize his own forces, hire Haoqiang with a lot of money, and fight with water thieves and bandits in Fengling Gorge several times. Although there were a few times when they were able to occupy a big position and defeat the bandits, they could not complete the battle and solve the problem fundamentally!

Merchants mainly seek money, and in the long past, they will certainly gain more than lose in fighting with the bandits! In the end, they can only strengthen the escort force of the merchant ships and send people to negotiate with the bandits to resolve the matter.

The negotiation went very smoothly, after all, the bandits are also for money, just a bite to eat, who is willing to play hard!

What's more, there is no merchant ship coming, which undoubtedly cuts off their vitality, so they don't think about it, and the conditions offered are not outrageous.

As long as the passing merchant ships take the initiative to leave some money to buy the road, they can pass safely.

In this way, both sides are also happy. In the past few years, I have basically not done anything!