Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 217 Business
Although the Double Gun Gang occasionally robbed houses and smashed kilns, these were not their main business.

At the beginning of spring, Chen Yunzhe led his brothers to deal in pig bristles.

During the Chinese New Year, every household slaughters pigs. After the New Year, they collect the pig bristles and sell them in Yingkou, making a lot of money.

In the summer, Chen Yunzhe led his brothers to several famous gold panning sites.

They collected gold sand from there, transported it to Beijing, Tianjin and other places, sold it at high prices, and then returned to Andong with the money to cast big-winged treasures and exchanged them with various shops.

By doing this back and forth trading, you can make huge profits.

After the autumn harvest, the brothers went everywhere to collect soybeans, and then brought them to Yingkou to sell.

Although soybeans are insignificant, they are a major export commodity. The two brothers have connections in Yingkou and can make a lot of money every year by trading soybeans.

When the snow fell, the Double-Gun Gang began to collect protection fees from the mountain areas in the lower reaches of the Yalu River and Hunjiang River.

For each mountain site, the fee ranges from three hundred to five hundred taels, depending on the size of the site, the number of woodcutters, etc.

The money was not taken for nothing. For one mountain area, at least seven or eight people, and at most ten people, would be deployed to watch over the area with guns.

Make sure no other gangs or individuals come to cause trouble, and also monitor Muba to prevent them from causing any trouble.

Of course, the food and drink expenses of these people in the mountain resort are all taken care of by the mountain resort. They cannot eat too badly and must have wine and meat for every meal.

The Mu Gang was the fat meat in everyone's eyes. Government officials, bandits, anyone who caught them wanted to take a bite.

When Qian Xiucheng opened the mountain farm, he had to give many answers to the gangs nearby, otherwise he would not have been able to open the farm smoothly.

The Double Gun Gang was well-known, and with the mountain area under their protection, other gangs naturally did not dare to act rashly.

Moreover, the protection fee collected by the Double Gun Gang was not high, and they also specially arranged people to look after the place, so many mountain areas were happy to employ people from the Double Gun Gang.

The gang members are in charge of looking after the place, providing them with a place to spend the winter, food and lodging, and money.

The cooperation between the two parties is pleasant and can be regarded as mutual assistance and mutual benefit.

“This year we opened a restaurant and a silk and satin shop in Yingkou.

Do you still remember that Qiyun? Actually, her real name is not Qiyun. Her surname is Shen, Shen Lizhen, and she is from the Yanzi Sect.

The two shops in Yingkou are managed by her and her subordinates, and they are mainly responsible for collecting information for us."

The Chen brothers did not treat Qu Shaoyang as an outsider, so there was nothing to hide.

Those southern girls who came to Tianxiang Tower before were actually not from Xiaoguo, but from Yanzimen.

Feng, Ma, Yan, Que, Heng, Ge and Lanrong belong to the eight hidden sects in the martial arts world.

The "Yan" here means "yan" and "yan", which means using female beauty to cheat.

Some called it the Beauty Trap, some called it the Fire Trap, but later on most people called it the Honey Trap.

The Yanzi Sect has many ways to cheat.

Setting up a trap to deceive people, defrauding people of bride price, etc., these are all considered very polite means, and the people who fall into the trap will at most lose money.

Many of the truly ruthless members of the Yan clan are after money and life, and will not stop until they have ruined someone's family and their loved ones.

Last summer, when the Chen Yunzhe brothers were dealing in gold and silver in the south, they rescued several young women who were being hunted.

Later I found out that those women were no simple people. They were from the Yan Sect, and they specialized in setting up scams.

That time they encountered a flash point and planned for a long time to get close to each other, but they didn't expect that just when the scam was about to be completed, they were discovered and hunted down.

The Chen brothers saved the lives of those women.

So when Chen Yunzhe asked the other party for help in setting up a group in Kuandian, the other party agreed.

This is why several southern girls appeared in Tianxiang Tower later.

In fact, all of this was set up for the Jiang family. They did not sign a contract with Tianxianglou, they just borrowed the land to make money.

After the affairs of the Jiang and Tong families were settled, Qiyun followed Chen Yunzhe directly, and the other girls also left Tianxianglou one after another. Some of them were tired of the wandering life in the rivers and lakes, so they followed Qiyun and Chen Yunzhe to Yingkou.

After that, the two sides reached an agreement, with Shuangqiang Gang providing the capital and Qiyun and others being responsible for the management, and they opened a silk and satin shop and a restaurant in Yingkou.

The main purpose is to collect all kinds of information and inform the gang in time.

"Next year, I plan to buy a few shops in Fengtian and start some kind of business.

Brother-in-law, what you said before we separated makes sense.

Robbery is not the right way to go after all. If the imperial court issues an order to suppress bandits one day, no matter how big the gang is, it will not be more powerful than the government.

We discussed it and decided that for now we can only manage it slowly and take it one step at a time.

If there is a chance in the future, I will clean up my gang, lead my brothers in business, and live a good life."

How could Chen Yunzhe, a man who read books of sages and took imperial examinations, be willing to be a bandit all his life?
Now that revenge has been taken, it’s time to think about a way out.

"Yes, big brother, second brother, it's best if you can think this way.

After all, a life of hardship will not last long, and it is difficult to have a good ending. It is still necessary to have a proper career and have children."

It is not difficult for the Double Gun Gang to clear their name.

The world is becoming more and more chaotic, and in the future all places will recruit local militia to organize militias.

Now that the Jiang family and the Tong family have both gone bankrupt, no one will pursue the affairs of the Chen family in the future.

As long as there is a chance and you can smooth over the relationship, you can then recruit them in the name of militia or militia, and maybe you can move up a level.

The two men, the uncle and the lady, clinked cups and chatted while drinking.

Brother Chen Yunzhe never treated Qu Shaoyang as an outsider and never hid the gang's affairs from him.

"Brother-in-law, if you ask me, you can get involved in this bristle and soybean business.

Not to mention anything else, you lead people to collect bristles and soybeans around Maoershan, Shuidong, Badaojiang, Tonghua and Tadian.

In summer, the goods are loaded onto ships and transported by water. In winter, they are loaded onto sleds and transported on the river, then transported along the river to Andong and Yingkou.

We can help you connect with old customers in Yingkou, and make a lot of money.”

Chen Yunzhe's alcohol tolerance was average, and as he drank a little too much, he put his arm around Qu Shaoyang's neck and talked to him about business.

"Yes, yes, brother is right.

We mainly operate in areas around Huairen, Fenghuangcheng, Andong, Liaoyang and Xingjing, and we cannot take care of everything here.

We are all brothers, we can't let others get away with making money, right?"

On the other side, Chen Yunhan also drank a lot and responded by patting the table.

“Thank you, big brother and second brother, this is really a good deal.

To be honest with you, I had originally planned to collect some mountain products and ship them to Yingkou this winter.

No matter whether it's hides and skins, medicinal herbs, wild game or anything else, they will definitely sell well there.

Since my two brothers have spoken, I might as well take the opportunity to collect the bristles and soybeans as well.

When the time comes, I will have to rely on my two elder brothers to help me get rich together."

Originally, Qu Shaoyang wanted to set up a distillery or a flour mill in Maoer Mountain, which would help him solve the problem of too much grain at home that he couldn't sell at a high price.

But this year, he is building a house at home and cannot take care of it. Besides, he does not have any relevant technical personnel on hand, so this matter is not easy to handle.

Therefore, Qu Shaoyang planned to wait for some time and then take people to Tadian, Shuidong, Dianzi Street and other places to trade hides, medicinal materials and other mountain products.

(End of this chapter)