After reaping two unexpected joys, Gao Jie was in a good mood, and suddenly remembered the old man Ali of the Hui nationality, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Shi, I still have a request, I hope you can help!"

Luo Sigong said, this kid has a lot of appetite, but he doesn't mind too much, and smiles: "Say it!"

"The elder Ali of the Hui clan of the Wang family who was captured by you, he is actually very good, and he loves me very much, you have old hands and eyes, think of a way to let him go?" Gao Jie gave Luo Sigong a cup of tea, and said with a smile.

"It's simple, there's no problem, but if you need time, it will be done in two days!" Luo Sigong was quite surprised when he heard that Gao Jie was for Ali's business, and then laughed and agreed.

He originally thought that Gao Jie still had any requirements such as official positions and wealth, although it was not difficult for him to do it, but he was also slightly disappointed in him. But when he heard that Gao Jie pleaded for an old Hui man Ali who met in Pingshui and just took some care of him, it showed that this little nephew was kind in nature and understood that Entu Bao was the quality he valued, and he couldn't help but have a higher evaluation of Gao Jie.

Ali was not the main culprit, not to mention that he was personally handled by a Jinyi guard commander, and it was not impossible to get Wang Quanzhong out. Although he had only fought Ali once in the Guandi Temple, he also recognized the strong martial arts of this old Hui man, and if Gao Jie could take Ali under his command, it would be of great benefit. As for whether Gao Jie can make him work sincerely, it is not for him to worry about.

Seeing that it was late at night, Gao Jie said goodbye to Luo Sigong and returned to the wing room arranged for him.

Thinking that he would be able to receive a huge Wang family's property and business in a few days, it was difficult for Gao Jie not to be excited. He came to the Ming Dynasty, possessed in the body of a small hunter in the countryside for just over a month, and has not fully adapted to this new environment, but he has encountered many adventures, not only has he obtained peerless miraculous skills, but he has become the young leader of the Holy Sect and a relative of the emperor, and now he suddenly wants to have a huge fortune, and he really has to digest and digest it.

As the saying goes: "It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business!" Now as the "second generation of officials", he directly skipped the step of "starting a business", but it is still unknown whether he can keep this industry that has fallen from the world. He has a lot of follow-up things, he has to go north to Beijing to teach, he has to go to the Wenxiang Sect ceremony, how can he have time to take care of this huge family business? But...... Where to find such a person?

In a feudal monarchy society like the Ming Dynasty, although the emperor hoped that a large number of capable people would work for him, he did not want the people of the world to be capable people. Therefore, 99 percent of the people are basically illiterate, except for those families such as imperial relatives, eunuchs and wealthy businessmen who can have the strength to make their children read and write, it is really difficult for the children of poor families to study and enter the world. And it is even more difficult to find a person who is both literate and knows how to run a business.

Merchants in ancient times is not a noble profession, scholars pretend to be high, few people are willing to give up the career of high and high status and choose a low status of business, to find such talents, can only be found.

Gao Jie secretly pondered to himself, not to mention Yu Hongzhi, Ji Longfeng, Li Hongji, Li Guo and Liu Zongmin, not to mention Yu Hongzhi, Ji Longfeng, Li Guo and Liu Zongmin, it is estimated that these industries will be handed over to them to take care of, and sooner or later they will close down. Alas, should I go to other businesses to poach people, or choose from the existing people in the Wang family?!

After a night of cranky thinking, Gao Jie was exhausted and fell asleep in a daze until the second half of the night.

Early the next morning, Luo Sigong had already gone to deal with the Wang family's major case of collaborating with the enemy, and Gao Jie was shouted by Yu Hongzhi. This reckless man is a big stomach, he ate dinner very late last night, Gao Jie felt that the food in his stomach had not been digested, but Yu Hongzhi had already felt hungry and yelled to eat breakfast.

Seeing that he really couldn't stay in bed, Gao Jie had no choice but to get up, finish washing, and let Yu Hongzhi call Ji Longfeng and Jiao Miao together. Shouting Jiao, Gao Jie didn't have much hope, this taciturn boy would definitely not follow.

Who knows, the contour stood out at the door, but saw Jiao Miao's back standing in front of a camellia. This Jiao Miao was thin, dressed in a white-washed coarse linen robe, wearing a scribe's gray hat, and carrying a huge bookcase on his back, exactly like a poor student.

Gao Jie was very surprised, after he greeted Ji Longfeng, he walked behind Jiao Miao and greeted: "Brother Jiao Miao, morning!"

Hearing this, Jiao Miao turned around, glanced at Gao Jie blankly, nodded slightly, and had no intention of speaking.

Gao Jie was bored with himself, with a black line on his head, he turned his head and greeted Yu Hongzhi and Ji Longfeng, and went out first. Jiao Miao's face was expressionless, and he followed at the end like a walking corpse.

The ancient city of Puzhou, with a long history and a large population, can accommodate four horse-drawn carriages in parallel on the streets, where people come and go. On both sides of the street, there are many shops, and there are snack shops selling breakfast everywhere, Gao Jie and others found a shop that built a pergola on the street and sat down.

Knowing that Gao Jie had money in his pocket, Yu Hongzhi and Ji Longfeng were unceremonious, shouting and shouting, they called a lot of breakfast, what mutton soup, meat buns, leek boxes, mash soup, etc., regardless of Gao Jie's painful eyes, they buried their heads and started to move.

Gao Jie looked at these two foodies, shook his head speechlessly, ordered an old tofu and a pancake, and then looked at Jiao Miao, who was sitting opposite him, and said secretly: "Xiao Jiao, you have to open your mouth when you order food!"

The anxious sat on the stool, still carrying his heavy bookcase, and had no intention of putting it down. After waiting for the guy to bring Gao Jie's breakfast, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the old tofu and pancake in front of Gao Jie, and then began to be in a daze again.

The guy was very smart, and immediately gave him the same breakfast as Gao Jie, Jiao Miao picked up the old tofu, and started to move gently.

Only Gao Jie looked at Jiao Miao stupidly, and said secretly: "Count you ruthless!"

The four of them were eating, suddenly heard a commotion, Gao Jie looked back, only to see the owner of a steamed bun shop on the opposite side of the street dancing a rolling pin in his hand, shouting and chasing out of the shop, and in front of him, there was a ragged little boy holding a big bun in both hands, and shoved it into his mouth as he ran.

The little boy's hair was messy, like a beggar, estimated to be six or seven years old, very thin, thin arms and legs, where could he run past an adult man, and in a blink of an eye, he was grabbed by the owner of the bun shop and picked it up directly.

Gao Jie had seen a lot of this scene in front of him in his previous life, but this was the first time he saw it in reality, when the boss was about to throw the little boy to the ground and serve him with a rolling pin, he moved, and instantly hugged the child who was about to fall to the ground.

The owner of the bun shop saw that the young man who suddenly appeared in front of him, although he was dressed ordinarily, his face was handsome and his bearing was extraordinary, and he didn't dare to continue to drop the rolling pin in his hand, but just pointed at Gao Jie, waiting to ask.

Gao Jie stretched out his hand to stop him, and said lightly: "Big brother, I will pay the bill for the buns he ate!"

When the owner of the bun shop heard this, he was not excited, and said with a smile: "This son, in fact, I am not a wicked person, but the small shop is a small business, and this Pang family kid comes to steal buns from time to time, I really can't afford it!"

Gao Jie didn't blame the boss in his heart, and said with a slight smile: "I understand, it's hard to be poor for a long time, and it's not easy for you, so I said that I gave him the money for his buns!"

The owner of the steamed bun shop sighed and said: "It's hard to help you for a long time, this son said it well, it's all because his father is too unhappy and suffers the child! Forget it, this time I look at the face of the son, these three buns can be regarded as relieving him again!" After speaking, he turned around and went back to the shop.

After listening to this, Gao Jie looked down and found that the little boy was carrying two buns in his patched clothes pockets, in addition to the one he was eating with his mouth. Seeing that the owner of the steamed bun shop had something to say, it seemed that the child was not a beggar, and there might be some stories at home, so Gao Jie picked up the little boy and followed the owner of the steamed bun shop into his shop.

The bun shop is not big, there are two small square tables inside, and now there is not a single customer.

Seeing Gao Jie coming in, the boss looked at him suspiciously. Gao Jie smiled and said, "I was just about to eat breakfast, boss, you can bring me a few steamed buns and two bowls of mutton soup!"

The boss was not doing well this morning, and he was in a very low mood, and suddenly saw that this young man came to take care of the business, and suddenly became happy, and replied loudly: "Okay, son, wait a minute!"

The little boy was carried in by Gao Jie, without the slightest struggle, and Gao Jie put him on the bench next to him and sat down, he swallowed the bun while sitting quietly, his face full of dirt, a pair of big dark and bright eyes staring at Gao Jie, blinking, looking cute and pitiful.

Gao Jie smiled and stroked his messy hair, and said softly: "Eat slowly, there will be mutton soup to drink later!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Jie felt that his eyes were dark, and he looked up and saw Jiao Miao carrying a large bookcase on his back, sitting silently opposite him with his breakfast.

Gao Jie turned his head to look across the street, Yu Hongzhi and Ji Longfeng were still working hard, so he turned back to Jiao and said, "What are you doing here?" After speaking, he smiled bitterly again, and said secretly, knowing that this nerd is dumb, wouldn't it be in vain to ask himself!

Who knows, Jiao Swen took a small bite of the cake in his hand, and suddenly said: "Accompany you!"

Gao Jie's eyes suddenly widened, he couldn't believe his ears, the iron tree bloomed, and this nerd actually spoke.

Before Gao Jie could figure out what was going on, the boss brought a few steamed buns and two bowls of mutton soup to the table, Gao Jie didn't think much about it, put the mutton soup and buns in front of the little boy, and said, "This is yours, eat slowly!"

The little boy's eyes rolled over Gao Jie and the boss, and then he took a big gulp of mutton soup.

When Gao Jie saw it, he smiled slightly, and then looked up and said to the boss: "Big brother, just now you said that this kid's father is not angry, what is the situation, can you tell me about it?"

As soon as the boss came to see that Gao Jie had taken care of his business, it was difficult to refuse, and secondly, there were no other customers in the store for the time being, so he also sat down at the table and told the situation at the child's home.

It turned out that the child's name was Pang Ziqing, and his father's name was Pang Weifeng.

Among the Jin merchants, except for those giant merchants like the Wang family who have a background and a background, most of the merchants are honest businessmen, they are not afraid of hardship, but they are afraid of death, and they will never dare to participate in the killing of the trade with Houjin.

The Pang family was originally a medium-sized merchant in Puzhou, and his ancestors were engaged in running department stores and grain stores, but in Pang Weifeng's generation, he was the only man. The Pang family is well-off, Pang Weifeng was sent to a private school to study since he was a child, and his father wanted to train him to gain fame and embark on a career in office, so that the Pang family could get rid of his business status and win glory for his ancestors. This Pang Weifeng is talented and extraordinary, but his ambition is not in the official career, but he is very interested in business, and when he was a teenager, he often helped his father run the shop, which is quite capable.

His father was old and sick, and after his death, his mother saw that her son had no intention of making a name for herself, so she had no choice but to let him take over the family business and continue to follow the road of business. Pang Weifeng is kind, attaches great importance to reputation, and is very business-minded, and has kept several stores of the Pang family in good order and thriving, and soon became one of the top ten businessmen in Puzhou.

Three years ago, there was a severe drought in Shanxi, and many grain merchants in Puzhou hoarded a large amount of grain, which caused the price of grain to soar, intending to make huge profits. Even though Pang Weifeng is a wizard in the business world, after all, he is weak, where can he fight those giant businessmen with deep backgrounds, and in less than a year, the Pang family gradually fell, making many people sigh, but they can't do anything.

Pang Weifeng is proud of his literary and erudite, is a high-minded and arrogant person, seeing that the family business accumulated by his ancestors was lost by himself, where can he withstand such a blow, frustrated, he began to drink and gamble, so not only all the Pang family shops closed down, even the ancestral house was pawned to pay off the debt, his wife saw that he was depressed all day long, either gambling or drinking, and soon ran away with others, leaving behind the elderly mother and young son Pang Ziqing.

Now, the Pang family lives in a small and dilapidated house in the slums in the east of the city, with no food for three meals a day, the old mother is sick in bed, and Pang Zi is young and young, so he is really hungry, so he goes to find someone to give alms. At the beginning, some people were still grateful for Pang Weifeng's efforts to stabilize food prices, and from time to time he relieved his old mother and young children, but after a long time, no one could stand it.

Xiao Ziqing and grandma have not eaten a grain of rice since yesterday, Pang Weifeng doesn't know where to gamble and drink, early this morning, the child is really hungry, so he came here to steal three buns, ready to eat one for himself, and leave two to take home for grandma and daddy to eat, so the scene just happened.

After listening to the boss's narration, Gao Jie was furious, and stood up and was about to take Xiao Ziqing to find his father Pang Weifeng to settle the account, but he heard Jiao Miao on the opposite side say lightly: "Finish eating things first, it's not good to waste!"