Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Chapter 651 Is this treasure real?

The next day, after settling down at home, Li Long drove his jeep into the mountains.

He did not go to Xiaobaiyanggou first, but went to the wooden house first.

Yesterday was Sun Jiaqiang’s first day on the job. I don’t know what the situation is like over there or whether there have been any leaks.

When the jeep drove up to the cabin, Li Long saw Bolati's horse eating grass nearby with three bags next to the horse. Bolati and Sun Jiaqiang were standing in front of the cabin, watching the jeep coming.

Li Long vaguely remembered that Bolati and Sun Jiaqiang had met last year. There shouldn't be any conflicts between them, right?

When the jeep stopped and Li Long got out, Bolati came over and asked:

"Li Long, did you leave this person here?"

"Yes." Li Long said, "I can't handle it alone, so I asked him to come and help collect the Fritillaria."

"Well..." Bolati pulled Li Long to the side, then turned his head to look at Sun Jiaqiang, and then said in a low voice:

"Can you trust me?"

"Maybe." When he asked this, Li Long was not very sure.

"I'm telling you, you know, I brought these Fritillaria without telling our forestry team. If he goes and sues..."

"That won't happen." Li Long waved his hand and lowered his voice, "First, he doesn't know where your forestry team is. Second, he also wants to make money. If he reports you, will there be a reward?"

"No, but we will be punished."

"That's it. There's no benefit in doing it. He won't do it." Li Long was in Kuanbolati's mind, but to be honest, he was not very sure.

After all, human hearts are hard to predict, and this thing is hard to test.

"That's all. Look, I got you three bags of Fritillaria this time. That group of people is so bad.

But they were smart enough to hand over the Fritillaria when they saw me holding a gun. I also told them that if they wanted to dig Fritillaria, they should go deep into the mountains or not destroy the grass..."

Bolati felt relieved and pointed at the three bags of mother-of-pearl with a smile.

Li Long went over and weighed it. A bag should weigh at least thirty or forty kilograms - fresh Fritillaria is quite heavy.

Li Long asked Sun Jiaqiang to bring the scale and weighed it. The three bags weighed 112 kilograms. Li Long put the Fritillaria away and asked Polati what he wanted.

"Money, meat, wine..."

This was a big deal. After Bolati was relieved, he immediately began to put forward his demands. He waved his hand like a Baiyi and said, "I want them all!"

"Okay." Li Long said with a smile, and then started to get things for him.

Sun Jiaqiang was helping on the side and was also very envious.

It means that Bolati doesn't trust me, otherwise, with so many Fritillaria, I would get more than 50 yuan, a huge sum of money!
But this also gave Sun Jiaqiang more confidence. Helping Li Long to exchange Fritillaria for supplies here, the prospects were really good.

There are many people going into the mountains to collect herbs this year. The old herbalists know that they can exchange supplies here. If the old ones lead the new ones, the news will spread more widely, and more people will come to exchange things than last year.

Can make money!
While loading the things for Bolati, Li Long asked casually:
"Were these people intercepted at Mantou Mountain? It's not close to here, right?"

"That's really not close," Bolati said while counting money. "Just think about it, there is a round thing in the mountain to the west of the Tasi River." He turned his head to look at Li Long and found that Li Long still couldn't understand it. He shook his head and continued:
"It's on that Mantou Mountain. There are several ditches where people dig for Fritillaria..."

He turned his head and looked at Sun Jiaqiang again, then lowered his voice and said to Li Long:
"I met a man. When I checked him, he said he didn't dig for Fritillaria, but was looking for something here. I heard that a high-ranking Han official had buried many valuable things here, such as gold... That man was looking for it there!"

Li Long was stunned for a moment. Is there really a treasure? And someone is looking for it?

Seeing Li Long's expression, Bolati smiled:
"See, you guys are very curious about this. But, we've lived here for so many years and never knew there were treasures there, so we said, it's fake, it can't be real..."

The topic was over. After Bolati counted the money and picked up the other things, he waved goodbye to Li Long, got on his horse and left.

Soon after he got on the horse, Li Long could see him taking a sip from the bottle. He shook his head. It seemed like this guy had a strong addiction to alcohol.

Sun Jiaqiang came over to help Li Long pour the three large bags of Fritillaria into the basin separately and began to wash them.

There is definitely no way to wash all the Fritillaria at once, and there is not enough space to dry them. When drying them, they cannot be spread as thinly as before, but have to be spread thicker and turned more frequently, just like drying grain.

Sun Jiaqiang looked at so many Fritillaria and said as he worked:
"If we dry these, we can get about 20 kilograms, right?"

"About that." Li Long calculated that four or five kilograms of fresh Fritillaria at the turn of spring and summer can be dried into one kilogram, and these can be dried into about twenty kilograms.

If the price of Fritillaria does not increase this year, it can be sold for around 800 yuan. If it increases, it will be around 1,000 yuan.

The money and supplies given to Bolati totaled about three hundred yuan, so I earned five hundred yuan this morning.

It is equivalent to Gu Xiaoxia’s annual salary.

It is indeed a huge profit.

"That's a lot. Those people must be so angry that they must be dying." Sun Jiaqiang said as he washed. "How far is it from here?"

"About 20 to 30 kilometers?" Li Long was not sure. He had never been there. Later, a national-level Shimenzi Reservoir was built in the mountains upstream of the Tashi River. It is said that the scenery is beautiful. But later, I don't know why it was not mentioned. I don't know if it leaked or something. Anyway, I didn't hear any publicity.

"That's good," Sun Jiaqiang was relieved, "Since they are so far away, there is a high probability that they will not come here."

Li Long knew that what he was worried about was those people coming over. If they knew that Bolati had a relationship with the owner of the wooden house, would they retaliate against this side?

After all, those people are a group, not just one or two people.

"From now on, you should open the door later in the morning and close it earlier at night." Li Long reminded, "Anyway, just pay attention to your own safety."

"Don't worry about that. I am very careful about my safety. Besides, there are only a few vicious people," Sun Jiaqiang said as he poured the washed Fritillaria onto the table. "Most people are still afraid of the power of the government. Now, I am also half of the official, haha."

Okay, since he thought so, Li Long didn't say anything more.

The three bags of mother-of-pearl had not been washed yet, and someone came to exchange things, so Li Long asked Sun Jiaqiang to do it. Sun Jiaqiang was still a little embarrassed, but seeing that Li Long did not say anything else, he wiped his wet hands on himself and went over to ask the man.

"Change to noodles." The man lowered his voice and it sounded strange.

Li Long turned his head and saw that the man had hair draped over his shoulders and his face was half covered.

He looked at it carefully, smiled, lowered his head and continued to work on his own things.

I never thought that there were actually female herbalists in the mountains.

However, this woman was probably afraid of being recognized by others, so she pretended to be a man and deliberately made her voice hoarse. I don’t know if Sun Jiaqiang could hear it.

The woman was holding a stick in her hand and would glance at Li Long from time to time, obviously being very wary.

"Want to exchange all for noodles?" Sun Jiaqiang asked enthusiastically, "Let me weigh these Fritillarias... 4.5 kilograms, quite clean, you can exchange them for more than ten kilograms of noodles. I suggest you exchange them for other things, such as salt, sugar, and matches."

The man hesitated, thought for a moment and said:
"I heard there's meat..."

"Yes, yes. The cooked venison is being air-dried," Sun Jiaqiang said, like a clerk who was selling his own products. "It tastes very good after being rubbed with salt. Oh, and we also have rubber shoes, which are the most practical shoes in the mountains..."

Finally, the woman left with four kilograms of noodles, four pieces of cooked venison, a pair of rubber shoes, and some other supplies.

When Sun Jiaqiang took these Fritillaria to clean them, he said:

"These Fritillaria are much cleaner than the previous ones. By the way, Li Long, did you notice that this person is not short, but why are his feet so small?"

Li Long smiled. It seemed that Sun Jiaqiang didn't realize that this was a woman.

He had no intention of exposing the truth and just let it go.

Before lunch, two more people came to exchange things. After the exchange, Li Long collected all the Fritillaria, loaded them into the jeep, and then drove Sun Jiaqiang to eat.

Sun Jiaqiang meant that Li Long should go to eat and he would stay here to watch. Li Long disagreed. If two or three people really came and snatched the Fritillaria, wouldn't he suffer a great loss?

The two of them went to Xiaobaiyanggou for dinner together. During the meal, Li Long also said that he would come here in the afternoon to inspect the work.

The people on both sides of Xu Haijun and Liang Wenyu who were having lunch here at noon understood that they had to bring the carrying handles in advance, otherwise there would be trouble later.

Today's lunch was pulled noodles and rice soup. Old Huang told Li Long that he spent more than an hour pulling noodles - these guys were too demanding, they were not satisfied with just noodles, they insisted on having pulled noodles.

But when he said this, Lao Huang had a smile on his face.

There are more than 20 people working as a gang leader, and he can earn 400 to 500 yuan a month just from the gang leaders. With so much money, he would be happy to cook, not to mention eating fried dough sticks, not to mention an hour, even if he worked the whole day!

After finishing his meal, Li Long sent Sun Jiaqiang back. He did not unload the Fritillaria, but unloaded some supplies and put them in the cabin. After waiting to see Sun Jiaqiang find another Fritillaria, he drove back to Xiaobaiyanggou.

He has to complete the acceptance as soon as possible.

At Xiaobaiyanggou, Xie Yundong and his friends were also waiting for Li Long to come. When they saw the jeep arriving, Xie Yundong had already prepared the notebook.

During each acceptance inspection, Li signs, the person in charge signs, and Xie Yundong signs. The number after the three parties sign becomes effective, and the final addition of these numbers is the total valid number.

Li Long was somewhat surprised to find that during today's acceptance inspection, the quality of the handles had improved and the pass rate was quite high, reaching 80%.

Of course, the best ones are the veterans led by the eldest brother, with a pass rate of 85%. The pass rate of the people led by Xu Haijun and Liang Wenyu is about the same.

Therefore, the total number of people carrying the banners this time is a little more than the last time, almost reaching two hundred.

Two cars can hold it. Unloading the truck would be more troublesome, which Li Long also thought of. He would have to get a few people back to help anyway, and he couldn't do it alone.

After nearly two hundred porters had completed the inspection, Li Long drove the jeep back to the wooden house.

Although this is his base, with Xie Yundong, big brother, Xu Haijun and Liang Wenyu watching over him, nothing will happen here. Even if outsiders come, they are not afraid with so many people here.

But it was different in the cabin, as only Sun Jiaqiang was there, and Li Long was afraid something might happen.

It would be quite troublesome if something really happened.

When the jeep drove to the point where the cabin was within sight, Li Long saw three people struggling with Sun Jiaqiang. His heart skipped a beat and he immediately stepped on the accelerator, honked the horn, and rumbled past.

There was another person not far away from the three people and Sun Jiaqiang. That person seemed to be watching a show, watching from a distance of twenty or thirty meters, neither moving nor speaking.

When they found Li Long's jeep, those people separated from Sun Jiaqiang, but did not leave.

The person didn't leave, which meant there was something to talk about, and he wasn't just here to bully people. Li Long felt slightly relieved.

He drove the jeep up to them, and after getting out of the car, he saw Sun Jiaqiang's face full of aggrievedness, but he still forced a smile at him. The three men were all in their twenties or thirties. Although they were weaker than Li Long, they were much stronger than Sun Jiaqiang.

The look he gave Li Long was somewhat unfriendly.

Li Long probably understood a little bit.

"What's going on?" Li Long asked Sun Jiaqiang.

"He looks down on us and sells at a high price!" one of the three people said hurriedly.

The man had long hair and was wearing a denim suit which not many people in northern Xinjiang wore at that time.

"I didn't ask you!" Li Long retorted to him, glared at him, and then looked at Sun Jiaqiang.

Sun Jiaqiang wanted to speak just now, but that person beat him to the punch, so he didn't say anything. Now seeing Li Long's resistance, he immediately said:

"They brought mother-of-pearl to exchange for something. I offered to exchange it for them, but they said it was too little..."

"If you think it's too little, don't change it!" Li Long understood and turned to the three people and said, "There are county towns, villages, and stores outside the mountain. If you think it's expensive here, go out and change it!"

These three people didn't expect Li Long to be so tough, and they were immediately suffocated.

Then the guy in jeans said unconvincedly:
"What? Is this how you do business? Do you still want to make money?"

"What? Do you think I'm doing charity here?" Li Long sneered at him, "You can change it or not. If you don't want to change it, just leave! Bargainers are not welcome here!"

The three men were feeling a little uncomfortable. The one behind them, wearing shawl hair and jeans, rolled up his sleeves, and that action meant that he wanted to fight.

Would Li Long be afraid of him?

In fact, he could tell as soon as he got off the car that these three people were not good people. Three grown men, each of them was carrying a mother-of-pearl in exchange for something that looked like a bag bottom. They might have come here to steal things.

Don't spoil them!

Sun Jiaqiang had actually been patient and explaining just now. Now he understood that the other party had no intention of changing, and Li Long had no intention of settling the matter peacefully. So when he saw the other party rolling up his sleeves, he immediately turned around and picked up a stick at the door of the wooden house, ready to fight.

"What? You want to fight?" Li Long laughed, "Come on, come on, all of you!"

He didn't draw his gun, mainly because he realized that these three people were relying on their numbers to suppress Sun Jiaqiang.

After all, Sun Jiaqiang doesn't have the same physique as me.

As for fighting, they were not prepared for it.

The man in jeans suddenly reached out to stop the person next to him, sneering and saying:

"You're not here sometimes, right? Do you think you can keep this wooden house if you offend us?"

Li Long sneered and said:

"I don't know if the house can be saved, but if it's really going to be destroyed, I'll be the first one to find you. If at least one of your six legs is broken, I'll take your last name!"

He turned to Sun Jiaqiang and said:
"Go sleep in the dugout tonight. I'll see who dares to touch this house today!"

The man in jeans originally wanted to intimidate Li Long, but he didn't expect to run into a tough guy.

This time we are in a difficult situation.

The one next to him who was about to take action couldn't help himself:

"Old Bull, what are you talking about? If you knock him down, you'll have everything! Can he bite the ball off?"

As he said that, he pounced on Sun Jiaqiang who was beside him.

I have to say, the fights among farmers are really not the kind of fights with punches and kicks like in martial arts movies. They basically start with pulling and wrestling, and when the opponent falls down, the farmer can pin him down and do whatever he wants to him.

Li Long didn't care about Sun Jiaqiang at first. Since the other party had started to attack, he reached out and grabbed the collar of his jeans. When he pulled the man over, he bumped his head into the other party's nose.

"what--"

Jeans screamed, covered his nose and eyes and sat down. It hurt so much!

The other one was a little slow to act. He grabbed Li Long's arm to rescue the old cow, causing Li Long to fall to the ground with his arm twisted. He was slapped in the face and his nose started bleeding.

He kicked the guy in the abdomen again. While he was holding his stomach in pain, Li Long had already gone to save Sun Jiaqiang.

As soon as Sun Jiaqiang was knocked to the ground by the other party who took away his stick, the man rode on Sun Jiaqiang and was about to hit him in the face. Li Long grabbed the guy by the back of his neck and dragged him to the side, saying to Sun Jiaqiang:
"Take the stick and hit him!"

Sun Jiaqiang was really ruthless. He picked up a stick on the ground and started hitting the man without any reason.

Li Long looked at the man in the distance.

"It has nothing to do with me. I'm just here to exchange things." The man raised the bag in his hand.

There are about four or five kilograms of Fritillaria in the bag, so it seems to be correct.

But to be honest, no matter how Li Long looked at it, he felt that this person had the mentality of a fisherman who benefits from it. No matter which side wins, he will take advantage.

But what about these three people?

Li Long was a little worried. After all, the fight had already taken place and the other party had said harsh words. If he and Sun Jiaqiang were not there, he was really afraid that if they let the other party go, they would burn down the wooden house.

At this time, Li Long felt a bit like he was in a difficult situation.

How to do?
Just at this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance.

Li Long asked Sun Jiaqiang to stop fighting and go exchange things with that person first.

He looked in the direction of the sound of horse hooves.

Polati is here.

Li Long smiled.

(End of this chapter)