In the following days, Gao Jie took Pang Weifeng and Ali to travel between the shops, workshops and fertile fields of Pang Kee to understand the situation and guide the work. During the inspection, Gao Jie also instilled some advanced concepts and technologies in later generations to Pang Weifeng, hoping that he could gradually understand them in his future business management.

And Jiao Miao and Zhao Jing still ran to the iron casting workshop every day, and they didn't see anyone all day long, and even Zhao Xun joined them later.

All three of them are nerds obsessed with manufacturing and research, and after getting the idea given by Gao Jie, they are naturally ecstatic, and the gang of three goes out early and returns late every day, forgetting to sleep and eat.

In addition to transportation, the caravan also has an additional task, that is, to collect news from all over the country, whether it is economic, political or military, as long as it is valuable, it will all be brought back and collected into the hands of Ren Jianwen, the sledgehammer in charge of the escort.

The members of the escort team of the old man Ren, in addition to the young backbones of Renjiazhuang and Jijiazhuang, also added many martial arts people in the local area, and the number has reached hundreds, but Gao Jie is still not satisfied, so he asked Ji Xun to help the escort team continue to recruit talents from other places.

Because Gao Jie believes that in addition to so many caravans that need to be guarded, all shops and workshops in Puzhou also need it, and at the same time, it must reserve enough manpower to deal with emergencies.

In Puzhou City, in fact, Gao Jie still has foreign aid.

In the yamen of the state capital, the three chief officials took good care of Pang Ji firm because of Luo Sigong, and Wang Yi, the head catcher, had already become Gao Jie's own person, so there was no problem in terms of public security;

Seeing that everything was in place, Gao Jie felt that it was time to continue north.

That night, Gao Jie gathered all his partners and backbones together for a farewell dinner in the first restaurant "Pang Ji Building No. 1" opened by Pang Kee Firm.

Ji Xun of the caravan, Ren Jianwen of the escort team, Hu Laosan, Wang Yi, Ali, Pang Weifeng, Qi Meiyue, Ji Longfeng, Jiao Miao, Zhao Xun father and daughter, etc., filled a large table. It can be said that there are many talents, Gao Jie sees it in his eyes, and feels happy and proud in his heart.

After toasting each of the partners present one by one, he told everyone about his decision to leave for Beijing tomorrow, and at the same time made division of labor and arrangements.

This time he went to Beijing, he decided to take Ji Longfeng alone, and the others stayed in Puzhou, continuing to consolidate and develop the Puzhou base with Pang Ji as the main body. Among those left behind, Gao Jie designated Ali as the military director, Pang Weifeng as the administrative director, and Qi Meiyue as the special adviser.

Originally, Gao Jie wanted Jiao Miao to go together, but who knew that the kid and Zhao Xun's father and daughter's transformation project of firearms was at a critical moment, where was he willing to go, in desperation, Gao Jie had to give up.

At the banquet, Gao Jie also invited a person, who was a rudder master of the Yi Gang in Puzhou, called Tianxing.

The news that Gao Jie is the junior brother of Wang Jiayin, the leader of the Yi Gang, has long been no secret in the middle and high levels of the Yi Gang, plus the number of Yi Gang is large and well-informed, Guo Tianxing has visited Gao Jie soon after he arrived in Puzhou, and he has been moving around often since then, and the relationship is very close. Invisibly, Gao Jie's Puzhou base has added the arm of the Yibang Puzhou rudder, a force in the rivers and lakes.

Everyone present had long known that Gao Jie was going to Beijing to visit his parents, so it was not surprising that he and Gao Jie said goodbye at the banquet, cherished each other, and left one after another late at night.

The last thing left was Qi Meiyue, she took Gao Jie's hand, she was reluctant, and repeatedly admonished: "Xiaojie, you have to be extra careful along the way, now the world is becoming more and more chaotic, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi are frequently rebelling, and there is only one person by your side, when you walk the rivers and lakes, you must not be reckless and competitive, understand?"

Gao Jie was moved and amused in his heart, and hurriedly admitted: "Don't worry, sister! I am cautious and timid, and I will never provoke right and wrong." Besides, although my other kung fu is average, my ability to escape is first-class, so you can put a hundred hearts, look at you like this, not like my sister, but a bit like my mother, hehe!"

Qi Meiyue gave him a popping chestnut, and said angrily: "I think my sister is wordy, right?!"

Gao Jie said with a smile: "Xiaojie doesn't dare, sister, you just tell a thousand more words, and I promise to listen carefully, never perfunctory, and I won't doze off!"

Qi Meiyue sneered, glanced at him and said, "A thousand sentences, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it when it's dawn." If you don't doze off, I won't be able to stay up! Forget it, my Xiaojie will definitely be blessed with great fortune! By the way, last time you told me that you were going to do business to foreigners in the future, and you wanted to find a powerful maritime merchant to cooperate, right?"

Gao Jie nodded and said, "That's right, if it's not my sister, you have a way!?"

Qi Meiyue smiled proudly: "Who is my sister, this little thing is not difficult for me! Do you remember the foreign ...... I gave you?" Pocket watches?"

When Gao Jie heard this, he took out the exquisite pocket watch from his bosom and handed it over, asking, "I've been carrying it with me, what's wrong?"

Qi Meiyue didn't answer, motioned for him to put it away, and then said with a smile: "Actually, this pocket watch was given to me by a sea merchant back then." ”

Gao Jie suddenly realized: "No wonder, I said how can my sister have such a rare and advanced thing!"

Qi Meiyue continued: "You are leaving tomorrow, my sister will tell you my family background now! My grandfather's name is Qi Yin, and he is the eldest son of Qi Shaobao, the former commander of the Dengzhou Guard and the chief soldier of Jizhou!"

When Gao Jie heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised. Qi Shaobao, that is the famous anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang, he turned out to be the ancestor of Sister Meiyue. No wonder Qi Meiyue can call the wind and rain in the business world, it turns out that she is also from a famous family.

Seeing Gao Jie's stunned appearance, Qi Meiyue was not surprised, and continued: "Grandfather Qi Yin has been following Taizu to fight against the Japanese invaders, and later unfortunately died in the Battle of Putian. The great-grandmother and grandmother blamed the grandfather for failing to take good care of his grandfather, so he left the Qi family with his young father and lived in seclusion in the city of Puzhou. The name of the father is Qi Congguang, martial arts since childhood, and likes to travel the world, once in Fujian when the sea met bandits, after the fierce fight, but with the leader of the bandits, became a close friend. The two then joined forces to form a fleet and went to Manila in the South Seas to conduct maritime trade, but a few years later due to disagreements with the local rulers, the Spaniards, they moved the trade and fleet to the Japanese slave island of Kyushu. Ten years ago, my father died in a martial arts battle with the Japanese people on Kyushu Island. His best friend later found my sister and brother in Puzhou, and since then he has been very kind to my relatives' family, and this pocket watch was given to me when he first met me. ”

The Nanyang Manila in Qi Meiyue's mouth refers to the city of Manila in the Philippines, "Nanyang" is the name of Southeast Asia during the Ming Dynasty, and is a concept centered on China, including the Malay Archipelago, the Philippine Islands, the Indonesian Islands, and the coastal areas of the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the small island country was called "Japan", but the people of the Ming Dynasty are generally accustomed to calling it "Dongying", of course, there are also people who hate or look down on Japan and call it "Japanese slave country", Qi Meiyue may be because her father died in Japan, and she has no good impression of that island country, so she called it contemptuously because of this "Japanese slave country".

After listening to Qi Meiyue's life experience, Gao Jie couldn't help sighing, and reached out to grab his sister's soft hair to comfort her.

Speaking of Qi Meiyue's grandfather Qi Yin, I have to mention the story of Qi Jiguang's beheading, which has been widely spread in Fujian and Zhejiang in later generations.

According to the "Xianyou County Chronicle", Qi Jiguang led the Qi army to fight against the Japanese in the Haimen area, and about 3,000 Japanese robbers went ashore along the coast of Haimen, preparing to rob in the area of Linhai and Xianju. Qi Jiguang ordered Qi Yin to lead his troops to ambush in the area of Huaguan Rock at the junction of Shuanggang and the west of the city, and sent his troops to feign defeat, leading the Japanese to the upper boundary ridge, and waiting for all the Japanese to enter the encirclement, and then the two armies flanked and annihilated them in one fell swoop.

As a result, Qi Yin was young and vigorous, eager to fight, and ordered a drum to charge without waiting for all the pirates to enter the encirclement, and as a result, some of the pirates escaped.

Qi Jiguang returned to the camp to raise the tent, and because Qi Yin did not act in accordance with the military order, he ordered it to be pushed out and beheaded. Chen Dacheng and other generals knelt on the ground and asked for a lenient punishment, leaving him to live to atone for his crimes. Qi Jiguang didn't agree, and said, "I am the commander of the first army, if my son violates the military order, he can not be killed, how can he lead the troops in the future? Who else will carry out the orders in the army?!" So he beheaded Qi Yin at the mouth of the water well on the street in Baishuiyang. Later, in order to commemorate Qi Gongzi, the local people also built a Taiwei Palace for him on Changfeng Ridge.

Although Qi Jiguang said that he was iron-faced and selfless, he killed his own son according to the military order, which was passed down as a good story by later generations, but for Qi Meiyue's grandmother and grandmother, he was too cruel and ruthless, so the two women left Qi's mansion with the young Qi Congguang and lived in seclusion in Puzhou, Shanxi. Qi Meiyue didn't mention this tragic incident just now, but just casually said that his grandfather was killed in the Battle of Putian, of course Gao Jie can understand.

Qi Meiyue saw that Gao Jie was very caring, and wanted to comfort herself, so she smiled slightly: "It's been ten years since my father died, and my sister has long been used to it, don't worry! Fortunately, my mother and grandmother are still at home, so that my sister is cared for and pampered by the elders, and the younger brother is sensible and capable, and now there is such a naughty Xiaojie as you, my sister is very satisfied!"

Gao Jie made a pitiful look and said, "Xiao Jie is not naughty at all, he is obedient!"

Qi Meiyue was amused by him and giggled, stretched out her hand and rubbed his hair lovingly, and then said: "So, you asked your sister to help find a powerful maritime merchant, which is the right person! My father's best friend, who is also my uncle, surnamed Li Mingdan, has been going back and forth between the Japanese slave country, Nanyang and Fujian all the year round, and when you feel that the time is ripe and you really plan to develop maritime trade, you can go to Fujian to find him, and this pocket watch can be a token!"

Li Danqi, as a top student majoring in archaeology, Gao Jie also had a lot of impressions, saying that he was a sea merchant, rather a big pirate. Born in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Li Dan was a Catholic and a well-known pirate merchant on China's southeast coast in the 17th century. With an armed fleet, he carried out commercial trade and ship robbery on China, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia and other divergent routes, and later became more famous as the great pirate Zheng Zhilong. Because of his strong style at sea, he was nicknamed "CaptainChina" by Westerners, or Jiabidan Li Dan. The word "Captain" is the name given to the leader of the Han Chinese during the Spanish rule in Manila.

Gao Jie was naturally overjoyed to learn that the sea merchant introduced by Qi Meiyue turned out to be Li Dan, he didn't care if this Li Dan was a maritime merchant or a pirate, as long as he had navigation technology and a strong fleet, he could hope to help Gao Jie implement a huge plan that had only recently been planned and was only in its infancy.