Changsheng Prefecture, located in the east of the Kyushu border, is a continent with human beings as the main race, Changsheng Prefecture has four seasons, geography is also diversified, plains and mountains and flowing water, rivers and lakes depend on each other, Changsheng Prefecture is the continent with the most cities in the entire Kyushu Island, and each city is relatively solid, cleverly built, whether it is a farm or a city The supporting facilities are also relatively perfect.

Human beings, God has endowed them with wisdom and dexterous limbs, and human beings have exerted themselves to the extreme in construction and commerce, as long as there are places where humans gather in the entire Kyushu border, there will be commerce, trade, trafficking and even smuggling, which also makes Changsheng Prefecture a very rich continent, where all kinds of trade exchanges meet.

Linhai City, a peninsula city near the sea and back to the mountain, is a treasure land with excellent feng shui, the major ports trade frequently, the city is lined with shops, all races have chambers of commerce rooted in this commercial city, here since ancient times to the present talent generation, I heard that the world is rumored that the ruler of today's Changsheng Prefecture "Changsheng King" was born in this city.

In a pharmacy with the sign "Jishitang", an old white-bearded man lay weakly on the counter, waving a piece of bamboo with his hand to drive away the flies that came to harass him.

"Lao Bai, have you sent the batch of new medicinal materials that are going to arrive today?" a young man said to the old man as he walked out of the inner hall.

This person is the owner of this pharmacy, named Shang Buqi, was picked up in the mountains when the old shopkeeper Shang Gongju went to the mountains to collect medicine, Shang Gongju had no children and no daughters and raised Shang Buqi as a son for 16 years, when Shang Buqi was two years old, he was thin and sick all year round, and at this time Shang Buqi could only stand on his own due to his weak body, but he could not walk, so Shang Gongju gave him a name called "Buqi" , I hope he can walk early, fortunately, Shang Gongju is doctor still runs a pharmacy, since he was a child, all kinds of precious medicinal materials continue to enter Shang Buqi's body, and finally at the age of five, his body gradually began to improve, and he is no different from a normal person. The good times didn't last long, but his body was a little thin, and his complexion was always white. When he was fifteen years old, Shang Gongju traveled the mountains and rivers with the people of several medical centers in the city as usual, looking for precious medicinal materials, but accidentally fell into the mountain stream and did not see anyone alive or dead.

"Shopkeeper, I haven't sent it yet, I heard that there have been bandits on the commercial arteries between the major states recently, specializing in robbing caravan goods, and I heard that many people have died," the white-bearded old man said with his hand combing his white-beard that had been glued together, while his face was full of cowardice.

This white-bearded old man was a beggar picked up by Shang Buqi from the street in the year Shang Gongju died, Shang Buqi saw that he was pitiful and took him in as an old man, and the old white age was similar to Shang Gongju's age, which also made Shang Buqi particularly kind to him.

Shang Buqi frowned, "Then the official family doesn't have an explanation?"

"Manage, I heard that the states also sent officers and soldiers to protect the caravan, but I heard that the officers and soldiers did not scare the group of bandits, and killed a lot of officers and soldiers, some people said that the gang of bandits was organized, and the robberies were all well-trained, called the Lock Horse Gang, and the officials of various countries were angry, saying that this was a serious provocation, and a joint escort force should be established."

Shang Buqi pondered, although Shang Gongju is a doctor, Shang Buqi is not too interested in medical skills, but too much to take care of the medicinal materials business, in Shang Buqi's mind he is a businessman, he has always wanted to make his medicinal materials business bigger and even expand other businesses, because his mind is still relatively flexible, in recent years, the medicinal materials business is not bad, there is already some capital recently is planning to go to a slightly farther city to open a medicinal material branch.

Just do it, never drag the mud and water, "Lao Bai, pack your luggage, and set off for Xingcheng the day after tomorrow"

"Okay" Lao Bai grinned, Lao Bai never asked why, as long as the shopkeeper said it, he did it, and he did it properly.

The next day, Shang Buqi called the remaining guys in the store to talk about his idea of opening a branch, and promoted a middle-aged medical craftsman Wang Dafu, who had already helped take care of the business when Shang Gongju was there, to be the acting shopkeeper.

Shang Gongju chose the next store to open in "Xingcheng", just because Xingcheng is a mountain city, surrounded by mountains and pleasant scenery, and more importantly, Xingcheng is surrounded by high mountains, and there are many more precious medicinal materials in it than the mountains near Linhai City, which is convenient for his future business plans.

It takes more than ten days from Linhai City to Xingcheng, and the road is not far, just because you have to enter the mountain terrain when you walk halfway, and you have to take a winding mountain path, and you have to bump all the way. Lao Bai finally drove the carriage into the mountains, it was dark in the mountains very early, the cries of various insects were endless, as soon as he entered this mountain road, Shang Buqi was secretly happy that his judgment was not wrong, at this time he had found wild medicinal materials under many stone walls or trees, and there were many precious medicinal materials on the cliffs in the distance, Shang Buqi was secretly happy in his heart, and it seemed that he had seen his branch open and make a fortune.

On this day, Shang Buqi took Lao Bai to finally enter the city, Xingcheng because it is a mountain city, the population is relatively small, and the mountain forest area is very suitable for planting some medicinal materials, Xingcheng is located in the middle of nowhere, the natural rental price of the shops in the city is relatively small, Shang Buqi found a not the most prosperous area to rent a relatively large shop, but also with a large backyard, it took a few days for Shang Buqi to recruit a few handymen in the local area, the store was renovated, and the Jishitang branch was opened, why Shang Buqi wanted to choose this city with a relatively small population, and also rented a not prosperous area, because Shang Buqi wanted to use this place as a medicinal herb planting place, to provide a supply for his medicine shop, and there are many wild medicinal materials in the mountains of Xingcheng is an intangible wealth.

Shang Buqi recruited some mountain people in the mountains, selected a few suitable places in the mountains, and planted herbs in a large area, and then he went to several small local mountain villages to buy wild herbs. Most of the mountain people themselves don't believe in this kind of good thing, and the herbs that are all over the mountain don't cost money, and now they can be exchanged for money? After a few farmers with herbs were harvested and paid by Shang Buqi, this spread of ten to hundreds, and every family started to collect medicinal herbs, and Shang Buqi regularly sent people to buy them, purchased them at a very low price, and then transported them back to Linhai City to make them into finished medicines and sell them at a high price.

The power of the people is great, and in less than a month, Shang Buqi has already prepared a batch of truckloads of medicinal materials to be transported back to Linhai. On this day, there was a lot of joy in the Jishitang of Linhaicheng, and the whole shop owner gathered at a table and toasted and drank.

"Hmm...... Not. The shopkeeper, the master really didn't see the wrong person, the master Jiuquan must be very happy to know that you have taken care of Jishitang so well" Wu Dafu said to Shang Buqi with a little unclear tongue at this time.

"Uncle Wu, our Jishitang will not end here, it will get better and better in the future"

Shang Buqi looked around at the guys around him again, "Everyone can't treat you well, do it!"

"!" the guys echoed with joy on their faces

The next day, people came and went in the front hall of Jishitang, and today's business was exceptionally good, and Lao Bai was also busy greeting guests at the counter.

"Boss, boss, bring me ten Shen Qi Pills. ”

"Boss, I want three too. ”

"Bring me five. ”

This Shen Qi Pill is not a cherished pill, but the formula is absolutely exclusive, it is one of the many formulas handed down by the ancestors of Shang Gongju, but it is very practical, to say that this pill may be useless in the inland, but it is very good in the port city, the main effect is to help people stabilize the qi and blood, and in the process of going to sea, it will not make your blood tumble, seasick, vomiting. It can also make your qi and blood stable and not consume too much strength, so even sailors who grow up to sea have to prepare a few, and some large ships are purchased in batches, especially large passenger ships are necessary, which is also one of the main financial routes of Jishitang.

"Uncle Buqi, is it fun in the mountains?"

"Uncle Buqi, are there monkeys in the mountains?"

"Uncle Buqi, do monkeys eat people?"

At this time, there was a girl in pink clothes sitting at the table, her black hair was combed with two ponytails, her big eyes were like a clear lake, which made people feel like looking in the mirror, and unconsciously gave birth to a pure heart.

At this time, Shang Buqi was no longer able to answer any questions from this little girl, and the helpless expression on his face was fully revealed.

It has been two hours since the morning to answer these kinds of questions, from breakfast to lunch.

This little girl is called Lu Yun, she is an old neighbor of Jishitang, when Shang Gongju was alive, the two families moved around frequently, Lu Yun was only five years younger than Shang Buqi, but Lu Yun was the granddaughter of Lu Heng, the shopkeeper of this Junlai restaurant, and was usually called Shang Gongju's grandfather, but Shang Buqi was the son of Shang Gongju, and naturally he was older.

"Yun Yun, don't bother your Uncle Shang, go out to play with your mother, Daddy and your Uncle Shang still have something to discuss" At this time, it was Lu Yun's father Lu Bufeng who spoke, saying that when he was a child, Shang Buqi was often held by Lu Bufeng to tease him, although the generation is equal, but Shang Buqi still has to treat him as an elder in terms of age.

"No, no, no, I'm going to play with Uncle Buqi, and I'm going to listen to him tell the story of monkeys eating people."

Shang Buqi sweated a little and thought to himself, "When did I say that monkeys eat people, it's all your own thoughts."

"Yun Yun is obedient, next time my uncle goes out to bring you a gift, okay?"

"......," the little girl pondered

"Well, it's okay, but I want two gifts, let's pull the hook hook" Lu Yun smiled and pulled his fingers with Shang Buqi and ran out happily.

There were only Shang Buqi and Lu Bufeng left in the house

Lu Bufeng can be said to inherit the family business, his mind is full of business, the family's Junlai Restaurant has one in the east and west of Linhai City, and he also bought a medium-sized merchant ship to trade goods in other places.

"Brother Qi, last time you said that you wanted to expand your family business and want to do a business other than medicinal herbs, this time you have a good opportunity."

"Oh, brother, tell me about it," Shang Buqi asked with interest

"Does Brother Qi know about Luohou Prefecture?"

"Of course I know, just in the north of our Changsheng Prefecture, there is mainly the Luohou clan over there, they are similar to ordinary humans, but their skin is red or dark red, they are brave and ruthless, and I heard that they are not closed to the country all year round, and they don't have much contact with other big states."

Shang Buqi asked suspiciously

"Brother Qi knows in more detail, but you still don't know the recent news, the news that my merchant ship brought from the sea a few days ago, the new king of Luohou Prefecture ascended the throne, and it is necessary to reform and innovate and develop exchanges with several other big states, and now the policy welcomes trade caravan merchants from various countries to carry out trade activities in Luohou Prefecture."

"If that's the case, it's really a good opportunity, the species in each state are different, Luohou Prefecture has been closed for many years, and this time it's open, if you start trading, you can make a lot of money" Shang Buqi also felt that this was a great opportunity.

The two discussed in the restaurant for a while, and then went back to prepare, and after preparing for a month, they would purchase some goods and take the Lu family's merchant ship to Luohou Kingdom.