Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 108: Dog Dragging
When I watched TV in the past, I always felt that the landlords in the drama were so black-hearted and treated their farmhands so harshly.

It was not until Qu Shaoyang became his own boss that he realized that people are lazy. If you don't urge them to work, who would really like to work?
If they don't work, these dozen young and strong guys will eat like gluttons all day long. Who can afford to support them?

Qu Shaoyang is not their parents, so why should he support them without asking them to work?

If you don't beat or scold your employees and can keep them well fed, you're considered a good boss. You can't treat them like ancestors, right?
"It snowed today, so it's hard to walk outside. Besides, we're all tired from the past few days, so we need to take a day off.

Starting tomorrow, you should start working." Qu Shaoyang said, waved his hand, told the guys to do whatever they wanted, and turned to leave.

"Shaoyang, Shaoyang?" Qu Shaoyang heard someone calling him from behind before he even entered his yard.

Looking back, it turned out to be Zhou Chuanren and Wang Mulin.

"Brother Zhou, Brother Wang, it's snowing, why don't you stay at home and sit on the warm kang? How come you two have time to come here? Come in and sit down."

Qu Shaoyang smiled and let the two of them into the house, and poured hot water for them.

"I came to see you because it's snowing. Hey, when the snow stops, let's take the dog and go hunting in the mountains."

Zhou Chuanren drank a sip of hot water before he told the Qu family the purpose.

“I tell you, after the first snow falls, it’s the best time to hunt.

The footprints of someone walking on the snow are clearly visible. Our Daqing Xiangtou will definitely lead us to catch the big fish."

In theory, there are many people who go hunting around Maoer Mountain. In previous years when Qu Shaoyang didn't come, Zhou Chuanren and others often went up the mountain.

Needless to say, the reason why he came to find Qu Shaoyang was because he had his eyes on the guns of the Qu family.

I have to say that when going into the mountains to hunt, a musket is more useful than a bow and crossbow.

Last year, Zhou Chuanren and his friends went hunting with Qu Shaoyang and his apprentice, and they had a great harvest.

Later, the master and his apprentice went to work in the mountains. Zhou Chuanren and his friends also went into the mountains several times, but they did not gain much.

Zhou Chuanren had always wanted to find Qu Shaoyang to go hunting with him again, but it was the autumn harvest a while ago and every household was busy. By the time they finished harvesting the land, Qu Shaoyang was leading people to open up the wasteland and had no time.

It was snowing, and Wang Mulin came to find Zhou Chuanren to discuss going into the mountains to hunt after the snow stopped.

Zhou Chuanren thought of Master Qu Shaoyang and his apprentice, and the most important thing was the gun.

As soon as Qu Shaoyang heard this, he knew why the other party came to him, they were coming for the gun.

"Okay, let's wait until the snow stops and then we can go up the mountain together."

Zhou Chuanren was planning to take the guns from the Qu family, and Qu Shaoyang also had his own ideas.

Dahuang and Qinglong are both one year old. The Liu family lives in good conditions, and the two dogs have grown to be quite big.

Qu Shaoyang had always been thinking about dragging these two dogs out and taking them to the mountains to hunt.

Dogs are not born knowing how to hunt; they need to be trained. This training process, in the words of hunters, is called "trailing".

You can use a person to drag it, but it is best to use a dog. That is, find a better big-headed dog to lead it, so it is easier to drag it out.

The Zhou family's Daqing is a good dog, a very powerful big-headed dog. If Dahuang and Qinglong can follow Daqing up the mountain a few times, they should be able to drag him out soon.

So, Qu Shaoyang agreed without much hesitation.

When the two heard that Qu Shaoyang agreed, they were very happy, so the three of them agreed to go up the mountain on the third day after the snow stopped.

As for why we have to wait until the third day after the snow stops before going up the mountain, it is because the wild animals in the mountains have not seen snow for a year.

When the first snow fell, the animals were also confused and basically found places to hide and did not move.

It was not until the afternoon of the second day after the snow stopped that the animals came out to look for food, leaving footprints on the snow. On the third day, when we entered the mountains, we could see animal hoof prints all over the mountains.

Zhou Chuanren and Wang Mulin sat in Qu's house for a while, chatted for a few minutes and then left.

After they left, Qu Shaoyang also came out of his house and went next door to find Liu Dongshan.

He told Liu Dongshan that Zhou Chuanren came to see him and wanted to go hunting together.

"Then I'll go with you. I don't have anything to do recently, and I'm bored sitting idle at home."

When Liu Dongshan heard that his apprentice was going hunting, he immediately spoke.

In fact, Liu Dongshan is not bored at home at all. The two kids are almost six months old, and it is the time when they are most in love with each other.

Liu Dongshan only has two children at his age, and he loves them very much all the time.

When the child grew up a little, Liu Dongshan gradually learned to hold the child and change his clothes.

When he is not working, Liu Dongshan can sit on the kang and coax his children all day without feeling bored.

The main reason was that Liu Dongshan was worried about Qu Shaoyang. Hunting was nothing special, it was very dangerous, so they went into the mountains to hunt together, emphasizing unity of individuals and cooperation of horses.

If someone really encounters any danger, others must dare to risk their lives and rush forward.

Liu Dongshan had a lot of contact with the Zhou family and had a good impression of the Zhou family's sons, but he always felt something was wrong with the Wang family father and son.

Wang Jiaxiang is too utilitarian and snobbish.

When he saw Qu Shaoyang was able to hunt blind bears, he was so enthusiastic that he wanted to recruit Qu Shaoyang as his son-in-law immediately.

Later, when he learned that Qu Shaoyang was a logger and was going to cut wood and make rafts, his face immediately changed.

Liu Dongshan didn't have a good impression of Wang Jiaxiang. He was worried that something might go wrong when his apprentice went hunting with the Wang family, so he had to follow.

Qu Shaoyang didn't know what the master and disciple were thinking, but he told Liu Dongshan his thoughts.

"Master, this is what I was thinking. Let's go hunting with them a few times and bring out our Da Huang and Qing Long.

From now on, we don't have to be with them anymore.

We have four guns at home, and there are a few smart and capable guys among them. We should train them and train a few gunners."

What Qu Shaoyang said before in front of Doctor Chen that he planned to do business was not empty talk. He did have this consideration, but the conditions were not yet ripe.

Firstly, he was not very familiar with the surrounding area, and most importantly, he was short of manpower and had no confidants available.

No matter how capable Liu Dongshan is, he is old after all. It would be better for him to stay at home and not run around anymore.

Xiaozhi is still too young. It will take at least seven or eight years for him to grow up.

People say that it takes three to be a hero. Qu Shaoyang was only born with a pair of hands. It is impossible for him to do everything by himself. He must have helpers.

Through this period of land reclamation, Qu Shaoyang found a few good ones among this group of guys.

He works diligently and spares no effort, and he is smart and not rigid.

Qu Shaoyang intends to train him, maybe he can become his right-hand man in the future.

In the future, as the business grows bigger, there will be more and more places to hire people, so we have to start planning now and train our own team.

Not only is he able to work, but a gunner who is good at shooting is also hard to come by.

(End of this chapter)