After descending from Huangmen Mountain and crossing the boundary of Inner Huangdi, we continued onward. Two and a half days later, we arrived at Gaokan and our group settled in Nanle. The next journey was to Weidian, and then we passed through Nanle Town to reach Damingfu. territory.
After calculating the distance, as long as there are no obstacles, we can reach Daming Mansion in four days.
In fact, if you go by water, the journey can be shortened by at least half.
But the reason why he still chose to take the dry road was because he had other considerations and needed to do one thing before entering Daming Mansion.
When Jiang Jing came out of the Huangmen Mountain stronghold, he took it upon himself to hand over all the stolen gold and silver to Gaokan.
In the treasury of the cottage, he combined the birthday treasures and entrusted them with 10% of the silver coins, so that Gao Kan suddenly had several boxes of gold and silver in his hand.
All these gold and silver were looted, and not all of them were scattered pieces.
After arriving at Daming Mansion, Gao Kan said that he had to do some activities and contact the superiors to get things done.
That would require spending a lot of money, plus money for purchasing autumn grain from Daming Mansion, so what he had with him was certainly not enough.
So he thought about finding a suitable place on the way to dissolve all the looted gold and silver and turn them into gold and silver cakes.
In the Song Dynasty, there were silver merchants and banks, which used bills as evidence. Except for scattered items, large sums were withdrawn in the form of gold or silver cakes, and there were usually no marks on them, so it was impossible to find out where they came from.
As long as Gao Kan dissolves all the gold and silver in his hands and turns it into this thing, there is no need to worry no matter how he uses it.
In the upstairs room of an inn in Nanle, Gaokan called Tian Mi and said to him: "Go find an inconspicuous blacksmith shop outside the city, tell the shopkeeper, and say that you are willing to rent his site for a day, and the price is good. .”
"I understand, young master, but what are we renting a blacksmith shop for?" Tian Mi nodded in agreement and asked again.
Gao Kan did not hide anything from him, and said directly: "The gold and silver brought down from the mountain are mostly exquisite jewelry. If you take them out, they will easily attract attention. Sooner or later, they will be melted and made into gold and silver cakes, which will be more practical."
"And this time when we enter Daming Mansion, we have to walk up and down, and there is inevitably a place to use money. We didn't bring enough with us when we came."
Upon hearing this, Tian Mi already knew what Gao Kan meant, and said: "Don't worry, young master, I will find a suitable place for you."
Gao Kan nodded and patted his shoulder and said, "Shopkeeper Tian, this time you and I share life and death, honor and disgrace, fellow practitioners. I intend to set up a business in the future, do business, and make it bigger and stronger."
After finishing his words, he paused again, glanced at Tian Mi's reaction, and then continued: "You must have noticed that my ambition is not to be prosperous and wealthy. The purpose of doing business is to accumulate money so that I can do big things. Therefore, in the future, I will be a businessman." Once it's done, I'm afraid I won't have enough energy to take care of it, and then I'll need someone to take care of it."
Just hearing this, Tian Mi's eyes lit up and his breathing became rapid.
How could he not understand what Gao Kan meant by this.
He quickly knelt down at Gaokan's feet to express his loyalty: "I am willing to go through fire and water for the young master, no matter what!"
Hearing this, Gao Kan smiled with satisfaction, and even helped him up and said, "Hey, Shopkeeper Tian, my family doesn't speak the language of the two families. In the future, when the business is built, I will teach you to be a great shopkeeper. It will take a lot of hard work."
"Don't worry, young master, I don't have any other abilities. I can just do some business." Tian Mi said straightforwardly without any hesitation.
After a slight nod, Gao Kan continued: "What do you think of Jiang Jing, the second leader on Huangmen Mountain?"
Hearing this, Tian Mi was a little confused for a moment, but he still said truthfully: "I dare not hide it from the young master. In fact, when I first went to Huangmen Mountain, I got acquainted with the second master. Based on the villain's many years of traveling in the world, this He is a man of great ability and ambition, not as good as the other careless people on the mountain."
"I think so too, and I'm interested in recruiting the second shopkeeper to join our team." Gao Kan responded.
"After all this calculation, when the second master leads the Huangmenshan brothers and is recruited by me, then I will try to persuade him to join the gang, and he will be responsible for settling the accounts in the future."
"Let me tell you first. Firstly, my family will not hide anything. Secondly, I hope you will prepare early and build a good team in the future."
"I understand!" Tian Milian said.
Gao Kan was so open and honest with him. Although he heard that Gao Kan wanted him to be the future general manager of the trading company and also entrust Jiang Jing to take care of the accounts, he seemed to be worried about him. He was a little angry, but he also understood the truth and had many ideas. move.
After saying that, he sent Tian Mi to do things.
Tian Mi went downstairs and led a few people, then left the inn and looked for a suitable place outside the city.
After he left, Gaokan called Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong.
They sat down in the room, each poured a bowl of tea, and then spoke: "Master Lu, Coach Lin, we have entered Nanle this time, and we only have three to five days to go to Daming Mansion."
"But before entering Daming Mansion, you need to dispose of the gold and silver on the car."
Lin Chong nodded when he heard this and said: "What the Master said is absolutely true. If the gold and silver are not disposed of, they will be dazzling."
"I have asked shopkeeper Tian to find a small blacksmith shop in a remote place outside the city. We will spend some money to rent it for a day and wait until the gold and silver are dissolved into gold and silver cakes. Firstly, it will be easier to carry and use, and secondly, there will be less time to go there. Please, let’s go on our way again.”
Gao Kan said, but looked at Lu Zhishen: "I invite you two to come over this time. I have one more thing to discuss with you."
"Sir, please tell me." Lin Chong replied.
After glancing at Lu Zhishen, Gao Kan said: "Both of you are experts. I wonder what you think, how about the Huangmen Mountain Village?"
"It's a good place to settle down." Lin Chong replied immediately.
Lu Zhishen said in a muffled voice: "It's good, but the place is a little small. People with a hundred and ten people can still move around, but it can't be done with too many people."
Gao Kan nodded in agreement: "What Master said is absolutely true, and I think so too."
The topic changed and he continued: "But it turns out that Huangmen Mountain is in the hands of Ou Peng. Although he is a big boss, after all, the world is rough and he is controlled by the government, so he does not dare to be too public."
"But we are different."
Hearing this, Lin Chong had already anticipated what Gao Kan was going to say to them, and was shocked.
"Sir, do you plan to take down Huangmen Mountain?"
Turning to glance at him, Gao Kan nodded and said: "This is my idea, so I invited you two to discuss it to see if this plan is feasible?"
Unexpectedly, after his words fell, Lu Zhishen said directly: "What is possible or not? It's not about whose name is engraved on it. It has the owner. Originally, there were people like Ou Peng on the mountain. It's not easy to attack. Now. They don’t want it themselves, so why do we still want it?”
Gao Kan did not expect Lu Zhishen to be so decisive, but it was exactly what he wanted.
With a happy expression on his face, he said: "What the master said is very true, so I think that after the second master's affairs are completed, I will take advantage of the opportunity to take down the land of Huangmen Mountain, and then request an official letter to give the mountain a reason. "
"By then, even if we have our own place to take root, we will have a place to go for big things in the future."
