Ouyang Xue did not expect that the welcome scene would be so big. Not only Gao Jiu came, but all the generals of the 41st Army were here.

Ouyang Xue was a little surprised. She didn't have such treatment when she came last time.

It turned out that the generals of the 41st Army knew Ouyang Xue’s true identity and naturally they were willing to come to greet her. On the one hand, they expressed their respect for her, and on the other hand, they also hoped to leave a good impression in her mind.

Ouyang Xue is a knowledgeable person, so she naturally handles such a scene with ease. She smiled and nodded to greet everyone.

Next, she introduced the people in plain clothes behind her to everyone.

These people, in accordance with Gao Jiu's request, hired experts from the rear in mining exploration, metallurgy, construction and other fields to assist the 41st Army in developing the economy of the Nanyang area.

Commander Wang expressed a warm welcome to these experts on behalf of the generals of the 41st Army.

Next, the 41st Army held a banquet to entertain Ouyang Xue and the experts. The reception of the 41st Army was very high and the banquet was arranged very luxuriously. Those experts and scholars were a little flattered when they saw that the generals of the 41st Army attached so much importance to them. What they didn't know was that the reason why these generals of the National Army were so grand was to leave a deep impression on Ouyang Xue.

Zhou Mingshan has different ideas from the generals of the 41st Army. He is very proud that he has a close relationship with Gao Jiu. Moreover, Ouyang Xue is Gao Jiu's future wife. Instead of pleasing Ouyang Xue, it is more effective to establish a good relationship with Gao Jiu.

The next day, Gao Jiu, Wang Jindong, Ouyang Xue and experts from Chongqing held a seminar on economic development in Nanyang.

The meeting also specially invited Nanyang Municipal Government and relevant personnel from the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to introduce the basic status of economic development in Nanyang.

After introducing the development of industry and commerce in Nanyang, a deputy mayor in charge of economy, said a little embarrassedly: "The economy in Nanyang has no characteristics. The development of industry and commerce before the war was relatively backward. Now it is in a war period, and all walks of life are in a very depressed way. I would like to ask experts to give me some advice on how to improve the economy in Nanyang."

Before coming, experts from Chongqing felt that there was no future in developing the economy in Nanyang, and they were not willing to come at all.

Because Ouyang Xue came forward, the government put a lot of pressure on them. Moreover, Gao Jiu promised to give them three times their salary and would pay them dividends in the future. Then they reluctantly agreed to come and take a look.

These experts have already thought about it. After arriving in Nanyang, they will return to Chongqing perfunctorily.

After listening to the introduction of the deputy mayor of Nanyang City, the head of the expert group said: "Nanyang City lacks resources and has no great development potential. Moreover, it is lonely behind enemy lines and the circulation of materials is difficult. Although we want to help, we can't do anything."

When Wang Jindong heard this, he was a little anxious. He didn't understand the economy, so he had to say to Gao Jiu: "Brother Gao, let's talk about it."

The members of the expert group knew that Gao Jiu had heard of Daming for a long time and knew that he was an anti-Japanese hero. However, they were still unwilling to say that Gao Jiu understood the economy. Before they came, Ouyang Xue told them that as long as they came to Nanyang, they would not disappoint them, because Gao Jiu had already guaranteed that there was great potential for economic development in the Nanyang area, and they did not believe this at all.

At this moment, the members of the expert group were looking at Gao Jiu, ready to refute him when he couldn't speak his ideas.

Gao Jiu introduced the mineral situation in Nanyang area that he had mastered to everyone.

The deputy mayor of Nanyang City, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and others were all surprised, but they didn't believe it. It's no wonder, if there were so many treasures buried underground here, how could these local snakes not know?

The leader of the expert group saw the expressions of Nanyang Municipal Government officials and knew that they did not believe Gao Jiu's words. He asked jokingly: "Mr. Gao, how did you know these situations?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "I have heard of it all. Whether it is true or false, why not go for a field investigation." Early the next morning, Gao Jiu and others accompanied these experts to Funiu Mountain for a field investigation.

Ouyang Xue was also a little uneasy in her heart when she was in the car. She asked in a low voice: "Brother Jiu, you are not familiar with the Nanyang area, how could you know where there are minerals?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "I heard that, I don't know if it's right, just go and have a look."

Ouyang Xue was very confident in Gao Jiu, and after hearing what he said, he felt at ease.

At this moment, they were sitting in the back seat of the car, and there was a driver driving in front of them. It was not convenient to say something quietly. Ouyang Xue quietly reached out and held Gao Jiu's big hand. Gao Jiu turned over and held her hand. The two looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of sweetness.

The members of the expert group sat in the truck carriage, and the bumps on the road made them very uncomfortable. Someone said, "Isn't this a nonsense? Just relying on hearsay to find minerals is just a mess."

The head of the expert group said: "Don't you want to go back to Chongqing? This is a good opportunity. As long as he can't find the mineral, we have a reason to go back. Therefore, if he wants to make trouble, we will accompany him and treat it as coming to enjoy the scenery."

An expert said self-deprecatingly: "For such a trip, this time, I can't find the mineral deposits, so I will return to Chongqing immediately."

The car everyone was riding in drove towards the mountain area. After reaching a valley, everyone got off the bus. Gao Jiu led the way in front and crossed a ridge. Gao Jiu pointed to a valley in front and said, "I once heard that there are gold mines in this area. I don't know if it is true. Please check it."

The experts of the exploration team didn't believe it at all. Everyone was very dissatisfied and lazy and unwilling to move.

Ouyang Xue advised them softly. For her sake, the members of the exploration team entered the valley for exploration.

Not long after, an exploration team member shouted in surprise, saying that the geological conditions here were fully in line with the conditions for gold generation. Now the members of the exploration team cheered up and began to explore seriously.

Not long after, everyone cheered again. The leader of the exploration team came to Gao Jiu and others and said excitedly: "There are really gold mines here. The mineral deposits have high composition and wide veins. Although the storage volume cannot be judged for the time being, it must be quite large based on experience. Moreover, the mineral veins are close to the ground and are easy to mine. It is really a high-quality mineral deposit."

Everyone looked at Gao Jiu with a look of suspicion, not understanding how he could hear such accurate news.

This matter is obviously unreasonable. If someone knew that there was a gold mine here and would have mined it by himself long ago, why would he tell Gao Jiu?

Although Ouyang Xue knew Gao Jiu’s magic, this incident was still a bit incredible. She couldn’t help but ask, “Brother Jiu, how did you know there will be a gold mine here?”

Gao Jiu has detailed information about the mineral resources in Nanyang area. These mineral resources have not been developed yet in this era, so Gao Jiu used them in advance.

Of course, this is a bit unfair to future generations, but now in order to fight against Japan, Gao Jiu can't control so much.

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Didn't I say it? I heard about it."

Wang Jindong said with some dissatisfaction: "Brother Gao, you have never been here when you came to Nanyang. When did you hear it? We have been in Nanyang for so long, why haven't we heard of it?"

The people from the Nanyang Municipal Government were very surprised and regretful. If they knew there was a gold mine here, they would have made a fortune. This would be cheaper for Gao Jiu and the soldiers of the 41st Army.

Envy, jealous and hatred, everyone looked at Gao Jiu with complicated eyes.

Gao Jiu smiled proudly and said, "I heard the blind cat hitting a dead mouse by chance, so I came to try my luck. Who would have thought it was true? It seems that this hearsay is also useful."

In the following days, Gao Jiu took the exploration team out to find ore all day. Not long after, he found several minerals that were easy to mine and had abundant reserves.

Seeing Gao Jiu so magical, the exploration team was too lazy to check the information. Anyway, they could directly find the mines with Gao Jiu.

The expert team from Chongqing was really convinced, so they worked with Gao Jiu and others to formulate an economic development plan for the Nanyang area.

Next, the mining infrastructure construction began. The mining company jointly operated by Gao Jiu and the 41st Army had 1 million oceans of cash and sufficient funds. In order to save expenses, the 41st Army stopped hiring workers and directly transferred a regiment to use the soldiers as workers.

The well-trained officers and soldiers were extremely efficient and greatly accelerated the construction of mining infrastructure. Soon after, the first gold mine began to be mined and produced.

In addition to gold mines, the mining company focused on building copper mines, cement plants and steel plants. Gold mines and copper mines are used to sell money and increase income. The products produced by cement factories and steel plants are used to build a large number of steel and cement fortifications in key areas of Nanyang. Of course, the copper and iron products produced in Nanyang area can provide a large amount of raw materials for the arsenal of the Taohuashan guerrillas. Gao Jiu is very particular in doing things, and he will purchase these raw materials according to market prices.

Driven by several large-scale mining of minerals, other supporting economic activities in Nanyang area have also become active, and the economic development of Nanyang area has shown a vibrant scene.

The huge profits brought by mining minerals have made Gao Jiu and the 41st Army make a lot of money and smile.

While guiding the economic development of Nanyang, Gao Jiu and Ouyang Xue and the medical experts she brought began to study the development and production of penicillin.

Gao Jiu stayed in Nanyang for two and a half months, and Ouyang Xue was also very happy and had been with Gao Jiu in Nanyang.

On this day, Mrs. Song, the wife's brother, came to Nanyang in person and discussed matters related to the production of penicillin with Gao Jiu. The three parties agreed to the shares. Gao Jiu accounted for 50%, Ouyang Xue represented the Ni family accounted for 30%, and the wife accounted for 20%. The specific operation was responsible for Ouyang Xue.

Afterwards, Ouyang Xue and Mr. Song left Nanyang together. After returning to Chongqing, they immediately established Southwest Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and began to develop and produce penicillin.

At Gao Jiu's suggestion, Chen John and Huang Shuigen came to Nanyang City and held a joint meeting with Gao Jiu and senior generals of the 41st Army. Zhou Mingshan also attended the meeting.

After consultation, the two sides agreed to establish a joint defense mechanism, support each other during combat, exchange materials with each other in daily life, and personnel can pass through freely. So far, the Nanyang area, the underground party anti-Japanese base areas in southwestern Shandong and Taohua Mountain formed a new iron triangle.

At the end of October, winter came, and Gao Jiu was about to set off to return to Taohua Mountain. He recruited 100 educated youths in Nanyang City and Zhumadian, of which 50 were young females. Gao Jiu's main goal was these 50 young females. He wanted to bring them to Taohua Mountain to solve the marriage problems of the leaders of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas who were in the marriage age and the old special forces members. It seemed that it would be too obvious if he only recruited young females, so he recruited another 50 young males. Of course, these young males were also very excellent. They were educated and strong, and could still become excellent special forces members after training.

After completing these things, Gao Jiu said goodbye to the generals of the 41st Army and embarked on the way back to Taohua Mountain.

On this day, Gao Jiu and others came to southwestern Shandong. At this time, Jiang Xiaomei and others had already returned here. Since there were no Japanese and puppet troops in this area, the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district and the underground party government agencies in southwest Shandong had moved to Zhiyuan County to work.

Gao Jiu stayed in Zhiyuan County for two days. The Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district had prepared 200 educated young people for him, including 170 young men and 30 young women.

Gao Jiu is about to leave southwest Shandong, and Jiang Xiaomei and her brother Jiang Yong come to see Gao Jiu.

After coming to southwestern Shandong, Jiang Xinshan saw his daughter doing so well, and felt that he was a little old and didn't want to go out and make trouble anymore. So he stayed in the southwestern Shandong Military Sub-district and became a martial arts instructor.

Jiang Yong was very envious of Gao Jiu's being a bandit in Taohua Mountain. He was unwilling to join the underground party, so he used the money given to him by Gao Jiu and recruited a group of young and middle-aged men and established his own anti-Japanese guerrillas.

Jiang Yong hoped that his subordinates would also have the combat effectiveness of the Taohuashan guerrilla special forces members, so he begged Jiang Xiaomei to come and ask Gao Jiu, hoping that Gao Jiu could help him train the guerrillas.

Jiang Xiaomei said, "Brother Jiu, my brother wants to follow you to Taohua Mountain. Please help him train some guerrillas."

Gao Jiu agreed without hesitation, and Jiang Yong took 10 guerrillas to Taohua Mountain with Gao Jiu.

On that day, Gao Jiu and others finally returned to Taohua Mountain. There is no need to say that the banquet was held on Taohua Mountain.

Years of battle made Gao Jiu feel a little tired. After returning to Taohua Mountain, he did not want to go out again for the time being and was preparing to spend the winter comfortably in Taohua Mountain.
Chapter completed!