After Xu Jiuye donated a large amount of incense money, the abbot of Jiming Temple personally met with Xu Jiuye, the two sides politely talked a few words, Xu Jiuye and they successfully lived in Jiming Temple, under the special instructions of the abbot, the monk arranged a secluded courtyard for the Xu family, so as to facilitate Mrs. Xu's recuperation.

Li Mao and Xiaozhu went back to Qingliangmen to pick up Yang Da's family and the luggage on the boat to Jiming Temple, while Xu Ai took the little plug to boil medicine for his mother.

After Mrs. Xu took the decoction, she woke up in the evening, although she was still weak, her face regained some blood, and she barely said a few words to Xu Jiuye and then fell asleep deeply, and Xu Jiuye's hanging heart was only then relaxed.

Yang Da disposed of the passenger ship at a low price according to Li Mao's instructions, and when he arrived in Jinling, Yang Da's family could no longer eat the bowl of shipping.

Because Mrs. Xu was sick, Li Mao and Xu Jiuye were not in a hurry to start the next plan, and everything would be said after Mrs. Xu was well.

More than ten days have passed, Mrs. Xu's health has gradually improved, and others have also become uncomfortable, which is caused by overwork in the early stage.

After a serious illness from his wife, Xu Jiuye began to face up to his age and body, and decided to practice a set of internal strength health preservation methods taught by Li Mao, and also asked Mrs. Xu to practice with him.

Xu Ai has been taking care of her mother during the day these days, and cultivating hard at night, hoping that her cultivation will improve quickly, so that she can better protect her family and help Li Mao.

In order to commend Xiao Zhuzi and Xiao Zhuzi for following them faithfully all the way, Xu Jiuye accepted them as righteous sons and changed their names to Xu Dong and Xu Liang, and Xu Jiuye promised to help them each buy a family business in the future.

Xu Dong, Xu Liang, Yang Si, and Yang Nian worshipped Li Mao as their teacher at the same time, they did not have cultivation qualifications, but they could learn profound martial arts from Li Mao, these four people were the main force of the Xu family to settle down in Jinling, so they naturally had to learn some skills.

Yang Da followed his son and learned some techniques, but after all, he was old, and he could only strengthen his body at most, Xu Jiuye saw that he was honest and honest, and he had the heart to train him to become the future shopkeeper of the Xu family, so he taught him a lot of ways to do business.

Yang Da has been running merchant ships for decades, and he is not a stranger to the way of management, and under Xu Jiuye's guidance, he soon made great progress.

Yang Hongshi has been more low-key and silent since entering the Jiming Temple, and will go to the temple every day to worship the Buddha sincerely, as if to atone for the sins of these years.

Yang Da persuaded her many times, don't mind the previous things, now that the bully has been removed, she should forget the past and start over, but Yang Hongshi still insisted, if she didn't still care about her husband and son, it is estimated that she would have the heart to convert to Buddhism, and since then, the ancient Buddha has been a lifelong Buddha.

When he didn't worship the Buddha, Yang Hong's worked hard to do all kinds of housework, and in his spare time, he would buy all kinds of fabrics for Yang Da and his son to make all kinds of four-color clothes in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and did a lot, enough for Yang Da and his son to wear for many years, so scared that Yang Da and his son took turns to follow Yang Hong, afraid that she would not think of doing something stupid one day.

Li Mao is the busiest these days, and after Mrs. Xu's condition improved a little, he went out to contact the liaison personnel sent by Jingyunguan to Tang Kingdom, but no one came to contact him after several times of assigning a code, which made Li Mao distressed.

After waiting for seven days, Li Mao had to find a way to contact the foreign affairs personnel sent by the Tang State to the Song State, wanting to ask them about the movements of the Jingyunguan disciples.

Jiming Temple is not far from the main yamen of the Song Kingdom, Honglu Temple is responsible for the reception of foreign affairs of the yamen, the Tang State has a pedestrian department in the Honglu Temple of the Song Kingdom, responsible for the official contact activities of the Song State, but also for the Tang people who do business and study in the Song Kingdom.

Li Mao found Cheng Cheng, the commander of the Tang Dynasty, to inquire about the news of Jingyunguan, and Ling Chengkan told him on the face of Li Mao's Jingyunguan waist card that although Jingyunguan was also an official identity, he had never been under his control, and he could not contact him, so he could only ask Li Mao to go back and wait patiently.

In addition, Ling Cheng also warned Li Mao that although he did not know what mission Li Mao had come to Jinling to perform, he was not allowed to take any action without clear instructions from his superiors to avoid causing friction between the two countries and affecting normal diplomatic relations.

Li Mao didn't like Ling Cheng's commanding tone very much, and never came to him again after saying goodbye and going back, and continued to place the code every day, but never waited for the contact person of Jingyunguan to appear.

By December 7, Mrs. Xu had recovered, and there was still no news from the Pedestrian Division and Jingyunguan.

Li Mao decided not to wait, he discussed it with Xu Jiuye, no matter what went wrong with Jingyunguan, his group couldn't live in Jiming Temple all the time.

Xu Jiuye saw Mrs. Xu getting better day by day these days, his mood relaxed, and he also began to think about how to gain a foothold in Jinling City in the future.

However, the geographical environment and property situation of Dunhuang and Jinling are very different, and Xu Jiuye's large amount of business experience accumulated in the northwest does not have much effect here, and many things need to be started all over again.

Xu Jiuye and Li Mao discussed it and decided to leave Yang Hong's family to accompany Mrs. Xu, and the other soldiers were divided into three ways to familiarize themselves with the environment of Jinling City and look for business opportunities.

During the day, the three groups of people went to different places to collect all kinds of business information, inspect the commercial atmosphere of Jinling City, and pay attention to suitable houses; in the evening, they would invite the guest monk or the steward of the tooth shop to tell everyone about the customs and anecdotes of Jinling City.

After three days of rushing like this, the three groups of people had already investigated the general situation of Jinling City, and Xu Jiuye felt the need to hold a family meeting.

On the evening of December 21, the family meeting was held as scheduled, and all ten members of Li Mao's party participated, including Mrs. Xu and Yang Hongshi, and although they would not express any opinions, as long as they sat in the venue, even if it was a kind of participation, it meant that the ten of them were one.

The meeting was presided over by Xu Jiuye, who first announced the news that Mrs. Xu had recovered victoriously, and thanked everyone for their hard work all the way.

After nearly a year of arduous trekking, we came to Jinling City through Dunhuang City and Yuezhou City, and from now on we will take root in Jinling City, and no longer live that kind of wandering life.

Xu Jiuye's words aroused a strong resonance among everyone, this year has experienced too much, the Xu family of five from Dunhuang all the way back to Yuezhou City, originally prepared to return to the roots, but could not fulfill their wishes, can only go to Jinling City, a place that is also far away from their hometown;

Fortunately, they met Li Mao, the two families together, although there is a master and servant, but more like a family, although Jinling City is far away from home, but the environment here is elegant, the climate is pleasant, very suitable for life and living, can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune.

After more than half a month of recuperation, everyone has regained their physical strength and energy, and now they are most concerned about how to settle down in Jinling City and work hard for a stable foundation here.

Xu Jiuye sighed a few words and talked about the theme of today's meeting: "Everyone, through the in-depth understanding of Jinling City in the past few days, the old man has a lot of feelings, Jinling City is not only one of the famous male cities in Dongshengzhou, but also a very suitable place to live and settle, the old man has regained his confidence and is ready to do a great job here."

Jinling has a superior geographical location, convenient transportation, a large population, rich products, very suitable for business activities, the old man started with business, ready to continue to do the old business here, these days I inspected the market in Jinling, summarized the most profitable industries, first for you to introduce.

Today's commerce is nothing more than the following four major items: agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, catering, tea and sugar, medicinal herbs, spices, clothing and fur, real estate, transportation and security, gold, silver, copper and iron, jewelry and jade.

The agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, catering, tea and sugar are the industries that the people usually contact the most, and they are also the most enduring industries, but unfortunately we are outsiders, not familiar with industry habits, no stable purchase channels, and no long-term established reputation.

Medicinal herbs, spices, clothing and fur, this was originally the industry that the old man was most familiar with, and it was through these businesses that the old man accumulated a lot of wealth in the northwest and created the prestige of the Xu Family Chamber of Commerce.

Unfortunately, it is too far away from the northwest to be used in the past, and the entry threshold for local medicinal herbs and spices is too high to intervene.

Real estate, transportation and security are also lucrative industries, but we have no one in the government and the rivers and lakes, and if these two industries do not have the help of black and white, it will be difficult to move an inch, and they can only give up.

In the end, only gold, silver, copper, iron, jewelry, jade, copper, iron, lead and tin, and people's livelihood are left, but the upstream mining industry is official, we can't intervene, and the downstream ware industry needs a large number of craftsmen, and the single product production cycle is long, and the yield of single products is low, so it is not suitable for intervention.

There are countless business opportunities in the gold and silver, jewelry, antiques, jade and other industries, and the rich merchants in Jinling City are like clouds, and the consumption of these high-end luxury goods is very large, although there are already many famous shops in the local area, but it does not affect other stores to enter this field.

What's even more advantageous is that we have collected a lot of antiques, jewelry, and jade along the way, which is enough for us to open a relatively high-end shop, and if we spend a lot of money to hire a group of gold and silver craftsmen and professionals, we can open it smoothly.

As for other money-making businesses such as alum, lime, horses, etc., we are not familiar with and cannot participate.

Do you have any comments on my choice of jewelry and antiques industry? ”

Everyone remained silent, firstly, everyone was not familiar with business, and secondly, Xu Jiuye was highly respected among everyone, and no one would question his decision.

Li Mao was a little embarrassed to see the scene, got up and said: "Since everyone has no opinions, let's listen to the ninth master, I don't feel flustered if I have something to do." ”

That's when everyone agreed.

Xu Jiuye saw that everyone didn't have any suggestions, so he had to ask again: "I plan to open the store in Yuhua Lane, where there are many shops, it is a good place to open a store, what suggestions do you have?"

Everyone naturally agreed, and Xu Jiuye said helplessly: "Since this is the case, tomorrow I will take Li Mao to Yuhua Lane to choose a site first, and today's meeting will be dispersed." ”