Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Long was welcomed to the company headquarters by Wang Mingjun, and soon Boss Chen came over.

Also coming along was the company instructor, Zheng Xiangyang, whom Li Long had not seen last time.

Zheng Xiangyang fits the image of an instructor very well. He is about thirty years old, with his hair parted in the middle and his temples shaved. He wears glasses and has a pen in his chest pocket. He looks like an intellectual.

"Our instructor graduated from Beiting Normal University and was originally teaching at the division headquarters. Because he wrote good materials, the regiment leaders took a fancy to him and seconded him. After working at the regiment headquarters for a period of time, he came here to serve as an instructor." Wang Mingjun introduced, "He is an intellectual, knows a lot, and is a first-class writer. He writes several articles for the Corps Daily every year!"

Zheng Xiangyang smiled and shook hands with Li Long and said:
"No, no, the company commander praised me. I just like writing... By the way, Comrade Li Long, right? I read an article about you in the Autonomous Region Daily. It's amazing! A role model for getting rich!"

"Not only is it a role model, this time it's also a way for us to get rich!" Wang Mingjun said with a smile, "Comrade Li Long said that if we can make big brooms, we can collect them from our company. If we make a qualified broom, we can get 3.5 yuan. 3.5 yuan, Lao Zheng, we can do this job!"

Zheng Xiangyang did not agree immediately. After pouring water for Li Long, he asked about the details of tying the big broom in detail before saying:
"Captain, should we consult the regiment headquarters before we do this? Does this comply with the policies and regulations of our corps company?"

"Haha, instructor, don't worry about this. I have studied it a long time ago and have discussed it with the regiment leaders when I went to the regiment headquarters for meetings several times. Now the local area has been reformed and opened up. Although our Corps is different from the local area, we also hope to make the employees rich.

To become rich is not just about planting more land and producing more food, but also about finding a way in business. As for how to find it, it is like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own magical powers. We have Xiao Li's way, and we have the resources of Achnatherum splendens, so we can do this job!

Moreover, Lao Chen and I have agreed that it will be 3.5 yuan per piece. We will give 3 yuan to the employees and keep 50 cents in the company as the company's daily expenses. Xiao Li said that we should order at least 10,000 pieces. Just think about it, how much money this is..."

Zheng Xiangyang was somewhat moved.

Like Wang Mingjun, he settled down here after becoming the company instructor. When he was an educated youth, he had a salary, and if he had enough food, not only would his family not be hungry, but at least he would have some money left to send back home.

Now, there are families and children. Although being the chief of a company has its benefits, who doesn't want to live a better life? Contributing to the Corps Daily or the Division Headquarters newspaper is not only to make a name for yourself, but also to get the royalties and improve the family's food.

For the work that Li Long took over, the company will get 5,000 yuan. How much can he get?
After figuring this out, Zheng Xiangyang smiled brightly and said, "We need to talk about this in detail. Old Chen, let's have a good meal tonight!

The last time Comrade Li Long came, I was not here, and I have always regretted it. We must have a good chat tonight. Comrade Li Long, your elder brother is the old quartermaster of our company, and you are also one of our company members. You can't leave today no matter what, and we must have a good talk about this matter..."

“No, no, no, I still have to go talk to another company.” Li Long waved his hands hurriedly. This company was brewing wine, and judging from the instructor’s tone, his alcohol tolerance might not be worse than that of the company commander and the quartermaster. If he stayed, wouldn’t he be "besieged"?
“No, no.” Wang Mingjun joined in and said to Li Long, “Little Li, let me tell you, you don’t have to look for other companies to do the job of tying big brooms. Our company can do it all. Ten thousand brooms are not enough, right? Let me tell you, we can get you fifteen thousand!”

Li Long didn't expect Wang Mingjun to be so generous. He thought he was bragging because there were not so many poles near the company.

"You don't believe it, do you? Let me tell you, we may not have the same convenient conditions as you do in terms of sideline jobs, but when it comes to large-scale labor, we in the Corps have the advantage!"

Wang Mingjun saw that Li Long was a little skeptical, and he said confidently:

"Although our company has a small population, we can make it into an assembly line. A few households can work together to cut sedge, a few can work together to beat the poles, and the rest can be responsible for making the brooms. As for the final distribution of money, it will be calculated according to the amount of labor. Let me tell you, this efficiency is definitely much faster than those families in your village making the brooms one by one!"

"Not only is it fast, the quality is also guaranteed." Zheng Xiangyang added, "Each of our teams has a quality inspector. Unqualified products will be rejected on the spot and will not enter the next process at all. Don't worry, if we really want to confirm it, we can notify them today and we can prepare it as early as tonight."

Li Long has witnessed the efficiency of the Corps members working together.

Wang Mingjun did not immediately ask someone to organize it. Instead, he found several types of large brooms from the company warehouse and some employees' homes, and asked Li Long to determine the standard quality.

"This is it." Li Long pointed at one of them and said, "The Achnatherum splendens must be protected by a red willow pole. The bark on the pole must be peeled off. The pole is two meters long, and the Achnatherum splendens should be no shorter than 1.2 meters and no longer than 1.5 meters. A wire hoop will do, but the Achnatherum splendens must not fall off.

It must not fall off within at least three months of use. This is given to you by the autonomous region and represents the reputation of our autonomous region..."

"Don't worry about the quality. We do this all the time, and we are most strict about quality." Zheng Xiangyang is very confident in this regard. "If anyone fails to meet the standards, they will be fined. Our employees have experience in this area!"

After determining the standards, Wang Mingjun and Zheng Xiangyang immediately organized a meeting of the heads of each group to assign tasks. Soon Li Long saw people starting to notify each household, and then some people harnessed horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts to head into the sand pit.

At this moment, Li Long and Lao Chen went to check the leather in the warehouse.

"After you collected the hides in the spring, we didn't fight much afterwards. It's the busy farming season, as you know. Our Corps company is different from yours, and we have many tasks. In addition to farming, we also have other things to do." Old Chen said to Li Long while taking hides out of the warehouse:
"The company commander said he didn't know when you would come to collect them, so he would occasionally lead a few people to hunt when he had some free time, or when a herd of gazelles passed by nearby."

Looking at the thick stacks of leather, Li Long nodded and said:

"There must be at least a hundred of them, right? That's a lot!"

"No, no, I counted them," Lao Chen said with a smile, "Ninety-one skins, of which sixty-seven were intact and twenty-four were damaged. The company commander said that the intact skins would be sold to you, and the damaged skins would be given to you as a bonus."

"That won't work. We still have to settle the accounts." Li Long said seriously, "But spring and summer leather are not as valuable as winter leather."

"Don't worry about that. We will accept any price you offer." Lao Chen patted the thick stack that was obviously made of leather and said, "Last time you collected leather, the price you gave was good. The company commander said that he would accept you. You do this out of conscience and friendship. In addition, this time it is a big job, and he also remembers us. We will not feel guilty."

Since Lao Chen insisted, Li Long didn't say anything else.

"You guys in the company are really good at shooting. The percentage of intact leather is so high." Li Long looked at the leathers one by one. The leathers were well preserved. Although some of them were two or three months old, they were not bitten by insects. The high percentage of intact leathers was beyond his expectation.

"Of course not. We are a paramilitary unit." Lao Chen said proudly, "Although your local militia also trains, the length of training and the standards are not comparable to ours."

Li Long admitted this.

Sixty-seven full leathers, each one was sold at 45 yuan by Li Long. Actually, if a full leather is put in the purchase station, it will only cost more than 30 or 40 yuan. Li Long raised the price.

The leather cost three thousand and fifteen yuan, and Lao Chen and his men loaded all the leather into Li Long's car.

The jeep is basically full with so many leathers.

Old Chen had a solution and stuffed a few more cages of grain wine brewed by the company into the box.

Li Long was about to leave, but was stopped by Lao Chen and his men.

"The company commander and instructor have told us that we must not let you go today. Please don't make things difficult for me." Lao Chen said with a smile, "There is nothing urgent to do today. You have run dozens of kilometers to get here. If we don't keep you for a meal, won't the quartermaster scold me to death when he sees me next time?"

Well, if we bring our eldest brother Li Jianguo into the picture, Li Long will really be at a loss.

Li Long smiled bitterly, knowing that he had no choice but to drink today.

Less than half an hour later, Wang Mingjun and Zheng Xiangyang came back, and it seemed that the work had been arranged.

"Company, instructor, I want to tell you something before we eat. We can't work without words. I'll leave 5,000 yuan as a deposit, and ask Lao Chen to write me a receipt, how about that?"

It looked like a discussion, but Wang Mingjun and Zheng Xiangyang were both very surprised when they heard it.

Wang Mingjun waved his hands hurriedly:

"Xiaolong, we are family, there is no need for this. I can't help but trust you. You come here often, so isn't it a bit awkward if you do this?"

Zheng Xiangyang was actually quite happy. He didn't know Li Jianguo, and he didn't have much of a relationship with Li Long, he just followed the company commander and Lao Chen to say this on behalf of the company.

But in fact, Li Long's empty words did not mean that he had no doubts. In fact, he told Wang Mingjun about it on the way back. Wang Mingjun guaranteed that there was definitely no problem with Li Long's statement and he could guarantee it.

Now that Li Long took the initiative to offer a deposit of 5,000 yuan, it means that he really wants to do this job, and the last bit of doubt is dispelled.

Of course, Zheng Xiangyang would not think that he had overthought before. In the company, some people were rough and some had to be more careful. That's what he thought. Of course, he still had to say these polite words:

"Xiaolong, I'm following the captain's lead and calling you that. I'm telling you, this is not good. Just like the captain said, you're acting as if we don't trust you. Don't worry, we'll do a great job!"

"Well, I believe our company can definitely do the job well, but don't worry about the deposit. I may not come here for ten days. You can get the poles and sedge grass outside, but you have to buy the wire and hemp rope. This is the material fee."

In the end, Lao Chen accepted the five thousand yuan in front of the company commander and instructor, and then gave Li Long a receipt.

Next it's time to drink.

A 150-gram glass cup looks scary even though Li Long can drink a lot!

Although it's not drunk in one gulp, but it's a cup in three sips. Who can resist this thing?

The wine brewed by the company is not the 43-degree Xiao Laojiao that people are used to drinking in later generations, but a real Daqu wine with more than 50 degrees!
Just to show closeness, no family members were brought to the meal, nor were any other people invited. Only Wang Mingjun and Zheng Xiangyang, along with Lao Chen, were there to provide security.

There were three people against Li Long alone. Li Long initially calculated that he estimated that he had drunk at least more than one kilogram of wine!

Nearly three bottles!
The dishes on the table were also rich. In order to welcome Li Long, a lamb was specially slaughtered this year. Although September is the best time to eat lamb, the lamb is already edible at this time. The meat is tender and not very smelly.

There was a large plate of hand-pulled lamb, stir-fried lamb offal, a large plate of spicy chicken, candied potatoes, and spicy stir-fried wild mushrooms. What surprised Li Long the most was a plate of hedgehog meat.

"We are near a sand pit, and there is nothing else here, but there are a lot of hedgehogs, wild rabbits and the like." Wang Mingjun said proudly, "The kitchen team also knows how to prepare it, and it tastes good!"

The taste was indeed good and Li Long ate a lot.

Of course, when I woke up the next day, I didn’t know what the food I ate yesterday tasted like. My mouth felt bitter.

Fortunately, he did not make a fool of himself, did not vomit in the end, and was not knocked down by Wang Mingjun and the other three - at the beginning, Wang Mingjun and the other three were basically unanimous in toasting Li Long with wine, and after everyone finished a bottle on average, Wang Mingjun started to find trouble with Zheng Xiangyang. Once the two of them started fighting, Li Long was left with only Lao Chen, so he was easier to deal with.

Li Long didn't drink again in the morning. He was fine. His physique was much better than the other three and he recovered quickly. After waking up and drinking a glass of honey water, he was basically back to normal.

During breakfast, Wang Mingjun and Zheng Xiangyang both had pale faces and listless expressions, and it was obvious that they had not recovered yet.

So in the morning I only had rice porridge, scrambled eggs with chili, cold tomatoes, fried shredded potatoes, and steamed buns.

Very plain, but very appetizing.

After dinner, Li Long left. Wang Mingjun and Zheng Xiangyang accompanied Li Long's jeep around the corner and disappeared, then returned to the company headquarters together.

"Lao Wang, you said he gave us three dollars and fifty cents for this broom, so how much can he get? In other words, how much does he get for it?"

"Either four or five." Wang Mingjun took out two cigarettes, handed one to Zheng Xiangyang, and held one in his mouth, and said vaguely, "No more."

"I think it's at least six, right?" Zheng Xiangyang shook his head. "It must be a lot."

Wang Mingjun glanced at him sideways, took out a metal lighter, lit it for himself, took a puff, then handed the lighter to Zheng Xiangyang and said:

"Impossible. Xiaolong is not that kind of person. I tell you, he is like that. Xiaolong was brought up by his big brother, our old quartermaster, and he is a generous man. If the big broom costs six dollars, he would give us at least four or four and a half dollars.

"Old Li, the quartermaster, was generous in his work. When he was in the company, he ate as much white flour buns as he wanted when he was doing heavy work. If there was not enough, he would take the kitchen team to do side jobs, but he never let the backbone members down."

Zheng Xiangyang had doubts, but he had no evidence. He had never dealt with Li Jianguo, so it was difficult for him to comment on the matter.

Anyway, the company commander and Lao Chen had nothing but praises for the old quartermaster, so he could only feel puzzled and curious.

When Li Long was driving the jeep back, he could smell alcohol on his breath, so he simply opened all the windows and drove slowly, just looking at the scenery along the way.

I have to say that this place is far away from the county town, but it has more resources than those around the county town.

Sedge grass grows in large patches, and the red willows also grow in large patches and have become forests. There are so many poles that can be cut in the red willows. On any large red willow tree, there are three or four side branches that can be used as large broom poles.

He could also vaguely see people cutting poles in the red willow beach. In his opinion, some qualified people were not wanted.

The standard is high.

It seems that the cooperation with this company of the Corps can continue in the future.

The Fourth Team and Qingshuihezi were limited by the distribution of resources and the situation of manual labor. No matter how much they developed, a village could only have 10,000 at most. Liang Wenyu's village might have even fewer.

Therefore, if we really want to make the Stipa sphenanthera broom a career in the future, we must maintain the corps company.

At least in terms of resources, there is no shortage here.

Li Long went straight back to the county purchasing station. He had to put down more than ninety skins first.

There are 10,000 people on the Qingshui River side, more than 10,000 people in the Corps company, and the Fourth Squad is conservatively at more than 5,000. Add to that the village where Liang Wenyu is, and the mission of 30,000 should be accomplished.

However, Li Long did not take it lightly. In the first ten days, he would go to various locations to check the situation and bring back a batch of qualified products. If the progress was not up to par, he would have to continue looking for another partner.

However, Li Long believes that Qingshuihe Village and Wang Mingjun should give him surprises.

So my concerns are unlikely to happen.

Li Long stayed in the county for the past few days, occasionally making a phone call to inquire about the situation.

Whether it is Wang Mingjun or Meng Hai, you can get through to the purchasing station by phone.

On the fifth day, Li Long couldn't help but go to Team 4 to see what was going on.

The Stipa sphenanthera seen on the roadside had been cut bare, and the side branches of the poplar trees that could be used as poles had also been cut off.

When Li Long arrived at the Li family, he heard something that surprised him a little.

In order to make more big brooms, Xu Haijun took his men to the big ditch in the east to cut Sclerotium splendens. When they were arguing with the Ning family in the team, a fight broke out.

"Did they really hit each other?" Li Long was really surprised, it shouldn't be that serious.

"They really fought. There were only a few patches of Achnatherum splendens in the team. There were a few patches growing in the red willow beach in Dongdagou, and some of them were invisible to others. As a result, Xu Haijun and Ning Dawei were both cutting them there. Then Ning Dawei said that a bunch of Achnatherum splendens he had cut was missing. He asked Xu Haijun about it, and Xu Haijun said he hadn't seen it. The two sides started arguing, and then they fought."

"How did you deal with it in the end?" Li Long asked his elder brother Li Jianguo.

"What else can we do? The captain called Xu Haijun over and scolded him, but they didn't find out the truth in the end. Anyway, Xu Haijun said he didn't take it. There were two people from Xu Jun following him, and Ning Dawei also had his cousin with him. Both sides were beaten black and blue. The adults of the two families didn't mind, but the young people didn't talk anyway."

Hey, what's the matter?
(PS: 1. A broom costs 3.5 yuan, which has been corrected in the previous chapter; 2. I went to the state Chinese medicine clinic today to get medicine, and they said that my child has liver and kidney deficiency and spleen deficiency, so I should take the Chinese medicine slowly) (End of this chapter)