After finishing the opening of Pang Ji Firm, Gao Jie was not idle.

Although Pang Weifeng is responsible for the operation of the business, he doesn't have to worry too much, but doing business is not only about buying and selling goods, but also about many channels and relationships that need to be sorted out. The original Pangjia firm could only be regarded as a medium-sized company, with only four or five shops, and there were relatively few businesses involved. Now that he has taken over Wang Ji, one of the top ten commercial houses in Puzhou, his strength has increased by about 40 times at once, which is also a great test of Pang Weifeng's management ability.

Gao Jie's arrival in Beijing had to be delayed, and no matter what, he had to help Pang Weifeng straighten things out first, and he had to wait for the business to get on the normal track.

At the banquet on the opening day, people from the top ten commercial firms such as Gu Shanghong were all present, and Pang Weifeng, under the instruction of Gao Jie, took the initiative to declare that he would write off the previous festival, which really made them overjoyed and grateful, and they all took the initiative to show favor and were willing to cooperate with Pang Ji firm.

They all know in their hearts that this Pang Ji firm is only afraid that Gao Jie will also have shares, and the backstage of this little ancestor is the commander of Jinyiwei, and he can't afford to offend, and now people can not blame the previous grievances, which is already very generous, and no one dares to have any bad intentions.

And the cooperation between Qi Meiyue's tooth shop and Pang Ji firm, because Gao Jie recognized his sister, naturally came to fruition, which not only solved the sales channels of bulk trading, but even helped Qi Meiyue a lot in the purchase channels of some rare goods.

The more scarce the materials, the more profitable, Gao Jie knows this very well, so the business of official salt naturally cannot be left out. In the past, the Wang family had some official salt resources, but because the background was not deep enough, the amount that could be controlled was very limited.

After Gao Jie took over, he immediately decided to expand the business of official salt, and while Luo Sigong was there, he asked him to help get more salt.

Salt is closely related to human life, whether it is from the survival of human beings, or from the progress of society and the development of modern civilization, salt has played an extremely important role in it. China is a country with abundant salt resources. The salt industry has a huge income and has always been an important part of the country's finances.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong implemented the "Guanshan Hai" and appeared after the earliest salt monopoly in China, all dynasties and dynasties have vied with each other, and various monopoly systems such as the salt and iron official camp of the Han Dynasty, the salt law of the Tang Dynasty, and the compromise law of the Song Dynasty have appeared one after another.

The Ming Dynasty was no exception, and the first sentence of the "History of the Ming Dynasty, Food and Goods Chronicles, and Salt Law" said, "The benefits of boiling the sea have been led by officials in all dynasties." At the beginning of Taizu, he established the salt law, set up bureaus and officials, and ordered merchants to sell mantle, and take one out of twenty to pay for the army." It shows that when Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang first established the Western Wu regime, he established a salt law, set up salt officials, and collected salt taxes. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the management system of salt was more perfect. The Ming Dynasty set up six divisions of the Metropolitan Salt Transfer, seven Divisions of the Salt Division, and a number of subdivisions under the Metropolitan Salt Envoy Division, which were responsible for the management of the specific affairs of the salt farms. It shows that the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to salt profits.

Therefore, without the salt introduction issued by the government, there is no way to become a salt merchant. Now, with Luo Sigong as the backstage, these are not problems, the supply of goods is huge, what they have to worry about now is whether there is enough transportation capacity, this problem, Gao Jie didn't worry about it, and directly threw it to Pang Weifeng to find a way to form his own caravan, and he was too busy to hire a caravan to help with transportation.

In addition to shops, Gao Jie now has a number of large workshops, such as the sofa he put out at the opening banquet, which is customized by his own furniture workshop, others such as textile workshops, ceramic workshops, hardware workshops, etc., all need to worry about using their brains, fortunately, when they took over the Wang family's industries, Gao Jie and they took over the people and things of these workshops by the way, for those who work, it is good for someone to pay wages, and it doesn't matter who is the boss.

In the suburbs of Puzhou City, there are still hundreds of acres of fertile land, after Gao Jie inspected, he suddenly thought that one of the important reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty was the frequent occurrence of natural disasters, resulting in starvation everywhere, and the displaced people everywhere, so the peasants really couldn't survive anymore, and they rose up one after another.

Gao Jie knew that his ability was limited, and he didn't think about saving China, but he just wanted to do his best to let the people of Puzhou survive more when the famine came.

He thought of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, as if these three crops had been introduced to the Ming Dynasty from foreign countries at this time, but not many people knew about them, and they had not yet been widely cultivated.

Because potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn are very suitable for growing in the cold areas where the original grain yield is very low and can only grow wheat, they are good food substitutes in these places in the north where the grain yield is not high. These high-yielding crops, which were introduced from the Americas, would become staple foods for the poor, not only to help people fight natural disasters, but also to sustain rapid population growth.

For this reason, Gao Jie went to find his cheap sister Qi Meiyue and asked her to help see where to find these three things. Qi Meiyue is worthy of being an intermediary, and she has great powers, and she soon got feedback.

On this day, on the mountain road more than 300 miles away from Puzhou, Gao Jie, Yu Hongzhi, and Jiao Miao were riding horses and rushing back. Their horses were loaded with three sacks containing the biggest harvest of the trip, the three crops that Gao Jie was looking for: potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes.

At this time, it has been almost a month since the opening of Pang Kee Firm, and the shops and workshops are basically on the right track, and Gao Jie has focused on planting farmland.

With the help of Qi Meiyue, he learned that in the suburbs of Ruicheng, more than 500 miles away from Puzhou, there was an old man who used to be a city magistrate in the south of the Yangtze River (an official in charge of farmland and crops in the Ming Dynasty), because he was obsessed with the study of crops, and after resigning, he returned to his hometown Ruicheng, so he bought dozens of acres of land on the outskirts of the city to plant some rare crops, including potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes.

So Gao Jie took Yu Hongzhi and Jiao Miao to Ruicheng a few days ago, and after several days of searching, the hard work paid off, and yesterday finally found the old gentleman surnamed Ma. Hearing that they were going to plant these three crops, Mr. Ma was extremely excited, took them to have a good look at his planting results, and left them to eat a few bowls of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes made of rice, and then gave Gao Jie three bags of seeds, but did not take a penny, and told him that if he encountered any problems during planting, he could consult him at any time.

Gao Jie understood that Ma Lao was a bosom friend, and he was not hypocritical, so he happily accepted this gift. After resting for the night, early this morning, the three began to return to Puzhou.

Along the way, the three of them hurried away without saying a word, and it was so quiet that Gao Jie was depressed. Yu Hongzhi is a stupid and rude person, he has no common language with Gao Jie at all, what he cares about is to ensure Gao Jie's safety, and Jiao Miao is even more stuffy, the whole person is like he doesn't exist, he doesn't say a word, take Ji Longfeng's words, if this eccentric teenager is not necessary, he can definitely not say a word for a few days.

This time, Gao Jie realized the benefits of having Ji Longfeng there. In the past, he always thought that this strange talk was too much and too pestering, but now that he is gone, Gao Jie misses him a little. Actually, Ji Longfeng also wanted to come this time, but because of the lack of manpower in the caravan and escort team that formed the trading house, Gao Jie hit Ji Longfeng with the idea and asked him to go back to Jijiazhuang and Renjiazhuang to get some manpower.

Who knew that Keelung was divided, in addition to bringing a lot of young players from the two villages, even his father Ji Xun and Ren Jianwen, the sledgehammer of Renjiazhuang, were pulled over by him.

Suddenly, with so many heroes joining, Gao Jie naturally couldn't stop smiling, so he arranged for Ji Xun to be responsible for forming a caravan, and Ren Jianwen to be responsible for training a guard team. Because Ji Xun had just arrived, Gao Jie was in a hurry to go to Ruicheng, so he left Ji Longfeng, who was full of reluctance, in Puzhou to accompany his father, and only took Yu Hongzhi and Jiao Miao, who were with him, on the road.

This way, boring, stuffy in his heart, Gao Jie felt tired from riding a horse, as if he was driving tired.

After galloping for nearly two hours, Gao Jie and the others arrived at the foot of Jiufeng Mountain.

"I heard that there are nine peaks in the middle of the strip, and the nine peaks are high in the immortal palace, and the true ancestor is out of Si, and the source of decency has been passed since then. Jiufeng Mountain is located at the southern foot of the Zhongtiao Mountain Range, with an altitude of 1,600 meters, not only the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, but also because of Lu Dongbin's seclusion and practice for 19 years and is famous, known as the holy land of Lu Xian Taoism.

Gao Jie was not in the mood to play in the mountains and rivers, he just wanted to end this boring journey early, and ran into the mountain road at the foot of the mountain without stopping. When he arrived at Lin Shen, Gao Jie suddenly heard the sound of crying and noise coming from a mile away, he frowned, and had a premonition that something was going to happen, so he turned around and reminded Yu Hongzhi and Jiao Miao, and rode straight forward.

After galloping for another quarter of an hour, Gao Jie saw dozens of people dressed as ordinary people squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, trembling with fright, the ground was full of littered luggage and packages, and around them stood more than 20 big men with weapons, some were scolding and scolding, some were rummaging through the luggage, and in the small ditch beside the road, there were two corpses dripping with blood.

Two big words suddenly popped up in Gao Jie's head, "robbery". This is the first time Gao Jie has been robbed since he was a man in two lifetimes, if he was still as powerless as in his previous life, it is estimated that he would have been caught and fled, but now he is a martial arts master, and he can be a hero, how can he not care about this kind of thing? !

What's more, he was bored to death on the way, and finally encountered a little exciting thing, he suddenly became excited, and sang loudly: "When the road is uneven, he roars, when it is time to shoot, he will shoot in Kyushu!" began his first chivalrous act of righteousness.