Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 263 Sincere Help
The Donggang, Beigang and Xigang mentioned by Xie Taisheng are three mountain ranges stretching out from the main peak of Changbai Mountain.

The area enclosed in the middle is now Shuangdianzi, also known as Dianzi Street, which was later the county seat.

When Qu Shaoyang was drinking and chatting with Li Daishi last night, he heard Li Daishi talk about the topography and landforms of the area, and he had some understanding of it.

There are indeed large ginseng gardens in the three gangs at present, so Xie Taisheng was definitely not trying to deceive Qu Shaoyang.

"Thank you for your advice, old man. Now I understand. I will go to Xigang and buy some ginseng land." Qu Shaoyang bowed again to express his gratitude.

"Well, I wonder how much one pound of ginseng seeds and ginseng seeds cost? I'll leave some money as a deposit first."

Since the other party was willing to share the ginseng seeds and ginseng plants, Qu Shaoyang naturally couldn't just go through the motions, so he paid the deposit to avoid any trouble next year.

"Hey, why pay a deposit? Mr. Li is here, so why would I be afraid that you, Mr. Qu, will run away?
No, no, Manager Qu can just have someone bring the money in late August or early September next year."

Upon hearing this, Xie Taisheng quickly waved his hands and smiled.

Since you agreed to this out of Li Daishi's consideration, you might as well do your best to show your favor and don't let people think you are stingy.

"Yes, what Mr. Xie said makes sense.

My dear brother, just rest assured, your brother will guarantee that nothing will go wrong."

Li Daishi echoed from the side and almost patted his chest to make a promise.

Qu Shaoyang did bring a lot of silver and money on this trip, but he also had to collect mountain products, skins, pig bristles and other things, so it would naturally be better if he could keep more money.

So after Xie Taisheng and Li Daishi said this, he just went along with it and thanked them.

"Hey, brother, didn't you say you wanted to buy bristles, mountain products, and hides?

Mr. Xie has a large family and his children and grandchildren are all capable. He must have some goods in stock. You can discuss it with him."

Li Daishi looked at Qu Shaoyang with a smile, deliberately reminding him.

"Oh, yes, yes, old man, I have warehouses in Maoershan, Yingkou, Andong, and Fengtian, selling mountain products, hides, medicinal materials, pig bristles, etc.

If you have these at home, I can buy them at a high price." Qu Shaoyang immediately understood what Li Daishi meant and spoke quickly.

The Xie family was willing to give out ginseng seeds and ginseng plants entirely out of consideration for Li Daishi.

In other words, what they were afraid of was the power behind Li Daishi, the Han family.

In order to avoid trouble, he agreed to it out of necessity, and he must have been unwilling to do so.

Li Daishi didn't want to cause resentment among the Xie family because of this incident, so he wanted to help make up for it from other aspects.

It can be considered as a sweet reward after a blow.

Sure enough, after Qu Shaoyang said this, the faces of the sons of the Xie family all looked much better.

"Dad, we have a lot of pig bristles at home, right? How about showing it to Shopkeeper Qu?
No matter how much it costs, it’s okay to just buy a few candies for the kids.

Besides, we have saved a lot of hides at home. If Manager Qu offers a reasonable price, we won’t have to send them to Dianzi Street.” The eldest son of the Xie family said.

Xie Taisheng nodded when he heard this, "I do have some mountain products and hides to sell at home, so I'll trouble Shopkeeper Qu to help."

Qu Shaoyang came out to receive goods, so he was naturally happy. So he asked the Xie family to take out all the things. He looked at them one by one and set the price according to the quality.

Li Daishi had other things to do. Besides, it was not convenient for him to just stand there and watch the other person doing business, so he made an excuse to leave.

“Brother, there are still many things to do in the meeting room.

Well, you stay busy here first, and I'll go back to take care of some things.

Tomorrow, I will accompany you to visit other ginseng gardens." After saying this, Li Daishi left Xie's house first and returned to the meeting room.

Qu Shaoyang, with a few assistants, checked the quality of the goods and then gave a reasonable price.

This place is remote, with inconvenient transportation and few vendors. Most of the local products are transported to Shuangdian, also known as Dianzi Street, and sold to warehouses.

The warehouse collected mountain products and basically sold them to the shipyard, with a few shipped to Fengtian. Shuangdianzi was far away from the shipyard, with high mountains and dangerous roads, rugged and difficult to travel, and there were also wild beasts, so most of the time the only way was to go by water.

The Songhua River flows fast, and has more dangerous rapids and dangerous shoals than the Yalu River. Goods have to be loaded onto ships or rafts and sent downstream, which takes many twists and turns and dangers before they can reach the destination.

Therefore, many times, the warehouses would wait until winter, when the river froze over, and then use horse-drawn sleighs to transport goods directly to the shipyard.

Of course, transporting goods with a sled is not that easy.

Not to mention the cold weather and the wild beasts, the most important thing is that it is easy to encounter bandits.

Bandits are rampant in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, much more serious than in Fengtian.

In Fengtian, a group like the Double-Gun Group, which had about 200 people, was called a big group.

But in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, a gang of two or three hundred people is nothing. A large gang can have seven or eight hundred people, or even thousands of people.

It is difficult to transport supplies, and even good things cannot be sold at a good price.

Furthermore, Qu Shaoyang has warehouses in Yingkou, Andong and Fengtian, so he can supply goods directly without having to go through several hands.

In this case, the price quoted will definitely be higher than those of the shops on Dianzi Street.

The Xie family was very satisfied with the price Qu Shaoyang quoted, not to mention that Qu Shaoyang also charged for pig bristles.

It was also the first time that the Xie family knew that the pig's bristles could be worth so much money.

Recalling the past when they slaughtered pigs and used the bristles either thrown away or mixed with mud to plaster the walls, the sons of the Xie family regretted it very much.

The news that Qu Shaoyang was collecting mountain products at Xie's house somehow spread to the village.

Although the village is not big, with only twenty or thirty households, there are many good things, such as sable fur, bear bile, otter liver, ginseng, etc. In the end, we collected quite a lot.

So, in the following days, Qu Shaoyang, accompanied by Li Daishi, went to Shuangdianzi, Beigang, Chushu and other places, and ordered some ginseng seeds and ginseng seeds from local big ginseng farmers.

They were not very willing to share the profits, but because of Li Daishi's relationship, they had to agree.

Fortunately, Qu Shaoyang made up for it somewhat from other aspects, and both parties were quite satisfied in the end.

"Brother, I've been running around with you these days, and I've been a little late in meeting you.

You know, it’s not long before the Chinese New Year, and I have to pay my employer.

So, I can't accompany you to Sandaomialing and Donggang.

I'll tell you how to get there and who to find. Just mention my name and it will work."

Li Daishi had accompanied Qu Shaoyang for seven or eight days, which was very considerate of him. So after returning to the meeting room that day, Li Daishi said this to Qu Shaoyang.

"Oh, brother, I really don't know how to thank you.

If you hadn't been with me these days, I would have been completely confused and couldn't tell the directions, let alone ordering ginseng seeds from a ginseng garden.

Without the big brother's face, who would know who I am?

Brother, don't say anything, this little bit of money is a token of my brother's love, you must accept it."

Qu Shaoyang thanked Li Daishi sincerely, so he took out another fifty taels of silver and gave it to Li Daishi.

“No, no, I can’t take this.

We are brothers, and we have similar personalities. Isn't it my duty to help you?

Besides, you have done a favor to our family. It is not your brother's character to not repay the favor.

I can't take the money no matter what. It's expensive for you to come out to collect the goods. Keep it as capital."

Li Daishi refused to accept the money no matter what.

(End of this chapter)