Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 256: Running a Mountain Farm
It is already very good to have a rich mine, and Qu Shaoyang is quite content.

Therefore, they adopted the suggestions of Han and Hu and temporarily gave up the mining at the Mantianxing outpost and focused on the Sandaogou end first.

Afterwards, Han, Hu and a few men, carrying dry food, water, etc., wandered around Sandaogou for several days, and as expected, they discovered several more gold veins.

Upon hearing the news, Qu Shaoyang was naturally overjoyed.

With this gold mine as a guarantee, I can really show my talents and do some real work in the future.

There were a lot of things going on in the gang, and Chen Yunzhe was anxious to go back. Once the matter of the gold mine was resolved, he would leave.

Before leaving, the uncle and the woman had to have a few words.

Qu Shaoyang instructed Chen Yunzhe to control the gang members and stop them from doing evil.

Let them base themselves around Daqinggou and try to move towards the security team.

If there is a chance in the future, Qu Shaoyang will definitely find a way to whitewash the Double Gun Gang and recruit them.

Chen Yunzhe was not stupid, so how could he not understand his brother-in-law's intentions? So he readily agreed and promised to restrain the people in the gang.

In fact, the Two-Gun Gang basically doesn't engage in robbery nowadays. They have plenty of ways to make money, and their lives are a hundred times better than those of other gangs.

“By the way, brother-in-law, I know some old customers from the south, and they said they want a lot of wood.

Can you do this? If you can, we can earn the money ourselves.

If that doesn't work, I'll look for the big cabinets in those mountain farms." Chen Yunzhe suddenly remembered this and quickly asked Qu Shaoyang.

"Sure, what's wrong with that?
I will be in the whole mountain area near Maoer Mountain later. How much wood do you need? I will get it for you."

It’s just a mountain field, no problem for Qu Shaoyang.

Now he doesn't even have to go to the county to go through the formalities. He just needs to register at the inspection office, choose a better piece of mountain land, and then hire some woodcutters.

"Okay, then it's settled. I'll open a wood warehouse in Anton, and we'll have another profitable business."

Chen Yunzhe was very happy when he heard this.

"You still have to be an official. Now it's different. It's convenient to do anything."

It would be a lie to say that Chen Yunzhe was not envious.

Isn’t the purpose of studying hard for ten years to one day enter the official career?

It’s a pity that fate played a trick on him. He was once a good scholar, but now he has become a bandit.

"Don't be anxious, brother. There will definitely be opportunities in the future. Just be patient for a while. There will always be a day when the clouds will clear and the sun will shine."

The world will become more and more chaotic in the future. As long as one of the Chen brothers has a gun and doesn't do too many evil things, there will always be a chance to achieve success.

After a detailed discussion between the husband and uncle, Chen Yunzhe bid farewell to his parents and returned to his village.

Qu Shaoyang also began to prepare for matters related to the gold factory and the mountain field.

At the gold factory, Han and Hu have already selected a vein of minerals, and now they need to prepare all the preliminary work.

At the very least, we need to build a place for the metalworkers to live, as well as meeting rooms and other facilities.

As for the mountain field, it is even easier.

There are many virgin forests around Maoer Mountain. Choose a place with good terrain and rich tree species.

Arrange people to go into the mountains to build houses first, then recruit some woodcutters, and then we can start work in winter.

For this purpose, Qu Shaoyang specially sent a letter to Dazhuzi, hoping that Dazhuzi would come and be the boss.

This is a gold factory and a mountain farm, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. The guys at home all have their own errands, so there really is not much manpower available. Fortunately, on the tenth day of August, Xingye and several guys, leading 150 to 60 people, returned to Maoer Mountain.

Most of them are from Shandong. They couldn't make it in their hometown, so they crossed the ocean to come to Guandong. After arriving, they found that they didn't know where to go.

It just so happened that Xingye went there with official documents from the Inspection Office to recruit people.

When they heard that there was a place to settle them here, and those who wanted to work could work, and those who wanted to open up wasteland and farm could be loaned rice and tools, many people were tempted and followed Xingye to Maoershan.

The autumn harvest has just begun and it is not yet the season for reclaiming land, so these people can only do short-term work first.

So Qu Shaoyang told those people that the gold factory and the mountain field were going to build houses, and asked them if they were willing to go over to work. He provided them with three meals a day and also paid them wages.

Those who can cross mountains and seas to come to Kanto are all strong young men. They come here just to make money, without being picky about what they do.

Furthermore, when they came here, they heard from others that logging, rafting, gold panning, and ginseng digging are all relatively profitable livelihoods in Guandong Mountain.

Now that you have the opportunity to join the Wood Gang or the Gold Gang, wouldn’t you be happy?
More than a hundred people were easily arranged and will be managed by Xingye for the time being. We will make another decision after a while.

"Sir, I have already made an agreement with the middlemen in Jinzhou and other places. I have asked them to recruit people and send them to us."

Only after settling this group of people did Xingye have the opportunity to talk to Qu Shaoyang about this trip.

"Okay, you did a good job. I'll give you a big red envelope during the Chinese New Year."

Xingye is now experienced and can handle things in a steady and sophisticated manner, so Qu Shaoyang doesn't have to worry about the tasks assigned to him.

The autumn harvest is approaching and the patrol team is very busy, patrolling and guarding the crops at night.

Not only do we have to prevent the Koreans on the other side of the river from stealing food, we also have to keep an eye on wild boars, black bears and the like to prevent them from entering the land and causing damage.

After all, not every household has a gun. Sometimes wild animals enter the fields and cannot be driven away, and the patrol team has to go over to help and shoot the animals to death.

During the day, most people don’t have time to rest and have to go to the fields to help harvest their own crops.

Qu Shaoyang has been very busy these days and has no time to take care of his own family.

Thanks to the helpful efforts of Jiang Chunfu, Xingjia and others, Qu Shaoyang didn't have to worry about anything. All the work in the fields was arranged and the crops were harvested and transported back one after another.

The flour mill and the winery were almost completed, so we took the opportunity to start stockpiling raw materials, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, sorghum, etc., collecting as much as we could.

Taking advantage of the good weather, the flour mill hurried to crush the potatoes and sweet potatoes, and then settle and dry the flour lumps to be used for making flour in the winter.

After a busy day, the Mid-Autumn Festival is here.

In previous years, Qu Shaoyang would arrange people in advance to go to Tonghua City to order some mooncakes and distribute them to the employees.

He originally wanted to order some this year, but Chen Xiuyun said that Xingye's wife's family originally ran a dim sum shop that made mooncakes, tiaozi cakes and other things.

Since we have enough people at home this year, we might as well make some mooncakes at home. It saves money, has plenty of ingredients, and tastes delicious.

Qu Shaoyang naturally had nothing to say and let Chen Xiuyun and the others do whatever they wanted.

It’s true that Xingye’s wife Taohua’s cooking skills are quite good. Except for the first two pots that were not cooked well, the ones that came out of the oven later were all of very good quality.

Qu Shaoyang thought it was a good idea and simply asked Chen Xiuyun to lead everyone to do some work.

It's the holiday, so give some to the patrol team and the guys at home so that everyone can have a good holiday.

In this way, Chen Xiuyun led the wives and maids in the family to work for several days in a row and baked hundreds of kilograms of mooncakes.

The patrol team and the family members each received one pound of the food, and some were also sent to some relatives and friends to try.

(End of this chapter)