Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 384 The bull’s head is wrong.
"Very good! Once the county-run bee farm is built, I will ask my brother-in-law to help me promote you to the county seat!"

Hearing this, Sun Maocai was suddenly delighted, and then he quickly said, "Thank you in advance!"

"Eh~"

Hearing this, Zheng Kaitao quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me. If you don't help me with this, you won't have this good thing again."

After saying that, he ignored Sun Maocai's suddenly frozen expression and stood up with the list, ready to leave.

When Sun Maocai saw Zheng Kaitao was about to leave, he immediately came to his senses, quickly chased after him and reached out to stop Zheng Kaitao.

"Director Zheng, you can't leave now! We're going into the mountains to dig out beehives tomorrow, and we'll need you to mobilize them!"

"fine!"

When Zheng Kaitao heard what Sun Maocai said, he waved his hand without thinking and said, "You are still here to watch over me! I will go back to the county to deal with the work at hand, and then come back in a few days to hear your good news."

As he said this, he did not forget to reach out and pat Sun Maocai on the shoulder, as if to say, "I trust you very much."

"This"

Sun Maocai couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he saw this.

If Zheng Kaitao doesn't show up, and if anything goes wrong in the future, wouldn't he be the one to take the blame?
In fact, Zheng Kaitao also thought about the risks involved in digging beehives in the mountains, so he didn't want to show up.

Otherwise, he would not have offered such good conditions to Sun Maocai.

What's more, it's obvious that Sun Maocai wants benefits but doesn't want to take responsibility. Where in this world can such a good thing exist?

Soon, he ordered someone to drive the carriage away from Jinshan Fort, leaving Sun Maocai standing in his yard with a gloomy face.

At this point, if he wants Zheng Kaitao to help him with his connections so that he can get promoted and make money, he has to bite the bullet and do this job well.

In order to do this well, in addition to asking Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and others to work harder, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and others.

Don't let something happen to someone before the beehive is dug out, that would be a huge trouble.

Originally, he was thinking of putting the responsibility on Zheng Kaitao and letting Zheng Kaitao organize this matter.

Unfortunately, Zheng Kaitao was not fooled.

Thinking of this, his expression changed drastically, and finally he sighed, hurriedly left home, and rushed towards Xu Guanglu's home.

"Brother Maocai, how come you have time to come to my place?"

When Xu Guanglu saw Sun Maocai suddenly running up to him, he was stunned for a moment, then asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Not to mention that Sun Maocai has always had some problems with the Xu family. Just considering Sun Maocai's style of liking to show off, he should be notified to come over!

"that."

Sun Maocai saw Xu Guanglu's puzzled look and felt a little embarrassed for a moment. Then he hurriedly said in a deep voice: "Guanglu! I came here to discuss something with you."

"Oh!"

Xu Guanglu nodded when he heard this, then smiled softly and said, "Then let's not stand outside the yard, let's go inside and sit on the kang first!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked ahead, leading Sun Maocai into the house.

Although he was not very fond of Sun Maocai, after all, everyone who came was a guest, and at least when it came to hospitality, he could not be criticized.

Soon, he and Sun Maocai sat down face to face on the fire pit. He poured tea for Sun Maocai and asked, "What do you want from me? Do you need to come here in person?"

"It's actually nothing!"

Sun Maocai didn't take Xu Guanglu's teasing seriously and answered directly, "Today, Director Zheng Kaitao gave our brigade a task and asked the workers in our bee farm to help dig beehives in the mountains.

As you know, he is not only the leader of the county, but also has a city leader standing behind him, so I didn't dare to reject this matter directly. I planned to ask the opinions of the bee farm workers first.

Guess what happened when they were asked this question? They all thought this was a good opportunity to practice, and the two bee farms even competed with each other, all hoping to perform better so that Qiangzi would come back to see their achievements.

When I saw this situation, I didn't want to discourage their enthusiasm, so I could only nod and agree.

However, there is a very troublesome problem. When they go into the mountains to dig beehives, how can their personal safety be guaranteed?

After thinking about it, I thought, why don't our brigade send a team of militia to protect them?

Anyway, in previous years, we would organize militia training in the autumn, so this time we can just regard it as advance training.

what do you think? "

After saying this, he looked at Xu Guanglu nervously, fearing that Xu Guanglu would reject him outright, or would find out that he was trying to cheat.

Fortunately, after listening to it, Xu Guanglu didn't think much about it at all. He nodded and agreed directly: "I think it's okay. This way, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone."

After saying that, he silently calculated in his mind which militiamen should be sent first and which militiamen should be sent later.

In fact, he was not a fool and could naturally see that things were not as simple as Sun Maocai said.

However, after experiencing the incident in which the apiary almost went bankrupt, he also knew that the workers in the apiary really needed to find an opportunity to practice properly.

Otherwise, even the smallest problem would have to be dealt with by waiting for Li Guoqiang to come back, which would be too troublesome.

In addition, the militia company was originally scheduled to arrange autumn training, so they could take this opportunity to get this done to avoid suffering when the weather turns cold in the future.

"Great!"

When Sun Maocai heard that Xu Guanglu had agreed, he could not help but praise with some surprise: "Then I will go and tell the workers at the bee farm to prepare well and go into the mountains early tomorrow morning."

"to make!"

Xu Guanglu nodded, and then said seriously: "Then I will gather the militiamen and divide them into four groups. They will take turns to go into the mountains to protect the workers in the bee farm. This way, the work in the fields will not be delayed."

After saying that, he sent Sun Maocai, who had already gotten up from the kang, out.

In this way, Sun Maocai managed to dig beehives in the mountains. However, he did not know whether he could dig enough beehives to allow the county-run apiary to take shape.

As far as he knew, twenty production teams were selected under the county-run apiary.

According to the calculation that a production team needs at least 10 beehives, that means 200 hives need to be dug up.

More importantly, there is only one month left until winter. This means that the workers in the apiary have to dig up at least six beehives every day.

Is this possible?

Thinking of this, Sun Maocai's heart was instantly poured with a bucket of cold water, and his brows slowly frowned.

You know, at the beginning, Li Guoqiang only dug up one or two beehives a day on average.

Although one of the reasons is the shortage of manpower, Li Guoqiang's technical level can completely make up for the gap in manpower.

As a result, it is very likely that only one or two beehives can be dug up in a day.

Wouldn't that mean the deal with Zheng Kaitao couldn't be completed?

The more he thought about it, the more Sun Maocai frowned, and he felt more regretful in his heart.

Previously, he was completely blinded by the temptation of promotion and did not think of such a crucial point.

What should I do now?

If he had known it would be like this, he might as well not have done so much trouble!

Now, we can only take one step at a time and see what happens.

Soon, time passed and it was the early morning of the next day.

Li Xiuqin and Ma Guifang left home early and went to the apiary. They arranged the work for the day and then went to the entrance to the mountain with the first group of subordinates.

At this time, Sun Maocai and Xu Guanglu had also come with a group of ten militiamen, and each of them was carrying a gun and bullets, looking like they were ready to go to the battlefield.

Afterwards, after a brief mobilization meeting, Xu Guanglu led the team and escorted Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and others into the mountains.

Moreover, since Sun Maocai was worried about the efficiency of digging beehives, and the workers in the apiary, Li Xiuqin and Ma Guifang, were also secretly competing with each other, so naturally, they split into two groups, each going in one direction.

At the beginning, both groups were full of confidence, thinking that they could perfectly apply the various techniques taught by Li Guoqiang in practice.

However, after climbing over several hills and not even seeing the shadow of a bee, their faces slowly fell.

At the same time, this also made them understand that some things sound easy, but it is not the case at all when they are done.

"Xiuqin, why don't we stop and rest for a while, and think of a solution! Otherwise, it won't make sense to keep looking like this!"

Xu Guanglu glanced at the sky and found that it was already noon, so he hurriedly spoke up to give some advice.

"Ok!"

Hearing this, Li Xiuqin glanced at Xu Guanglu, then nodded somewhat unwillingly and agreed: "Then let's find a place to eat nearby first, and then see how to find it!"

Hearing this, everyone else couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly, under the leadership of Xu Guanglu, found a relatively open woodland, sat on the ground, eating dry food and wiping the sweat from their foreheads.

After they had eaten their fill, they looked at each other, then gathered around Li Xiuqin and asked in a low voice, "Director, what should we do next?"

Hearing this, Li Xiuqin's lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.

In fact, she has no idea now.

After all, she had thought of and tried every possible method before, but she just couldn't find any trace of a bee.

If she hadn't firmly believed in her heart that Li Guoqiang would never fool her, she would probably have thought that the knowledge Li Guoqiang had taught them before was all false.

Little did they know that all this was because Li Guoqiang had already cleared out all the bees in the forests near Jinshan Fort.

Moreover, it is already autumn, and even if there are bees, it would be difficult to see them with just a dozen pairs of eyes.

Even if you find it, it is very easy to lose it.

If Li Guoqiang knew that they went into the mountains to dig beehives at this time, he would definitely be so angry that he would be speechless.

Because the technology he taught Li Xiuqin and others was a technique that could only be used in the spring when the flowers were in full bloom. Using it in the autumn would be totally irrelevant. How could it be useful?

While Li Xiuqin was racking her brains to think of a solution, on the other side, the team led by Ma Guifang was also hit hard by the reality. Everyone was wondering if Li Guoqiang was hiding something.

Otherwise, why did they search several hills without finding any trace of a bee?
They clearly did everything according to what Li Guoqiang taught them, but in the end they came away empty-handed and gained nothing.

Under such circumstances, let alone one day, even if they were allowed to go into the mountains for a month, they probably wouldn't be able to dig up a few hives of bees.

Thinking of this possibility, Ma Guifang could no longer bear it and immediately suggested going back to find Li Xiuqin and others to see if the same situation existed in Li Xiuqin's group.

Li Xiuqin thought about it for a long time, but ultimately couldn't come up with any better solution. The only thing she could think of was the same idea as Ma Guifang.

Just like that, at around three o'clock in the afternoon, both groups returned to the entrance to the mountain at the same time, and after asking each other questions, they all felt a little discouraged.

Originally, they were thinking of making some achievements to let Li Guoqiang take a closer look. But now, after this incident, they finally understood why the county-run apiary could not be established.

In addition, this also made some of them completely give up the idea of ​​replacing Li Guoqiang.

"you"

Not long after, when Sun Maocai heard Xu Guanglu come over and say that Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and others had worked hard in the mountains all day but found nothing, he was stunned and asked in disbelief, "Are you kidding me? How could this be possible?"

"Ouch!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guanglu immediately said in a somewhat annoyed tone, "Brother Maocai, how could I possibly joke with you about something like this? If you don't believe me, you can go to the bee farm and ask them yourself."

"This"

When Sun Maocai heard what Xu Guanglu said, his face suddenly turned very ugly.

Although he was aware of the difficulty of digging beehives, he did not have such high expectations for Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and others. As long as he could dig up three or four beehives, he would be very satisfied.

However, no matter how hard he thought about it, he never expected that Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and others did not even dig up a beehive, nor did they find any trace of a single bee.

If that’s the case, how can he complete the deal with Zheng Kaitao?
Thinking of this, his face instantly became as if he had been constipated for decades.

"that."

Seeing this, Xu Guanglu raised his eyebrows, then asked suspiciously, "Are you okay?"

(End of this chapter)