Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 290 Explosives Blow Up the Sentry Post

Qu Shaoyang was a time traveler. Influenced by his past life, when it comes to guns, he wants the best and most advanced ones and looks down on all other ones.

But in fact, most people these days use old muskets.

The Linington breech-loading rifle was actually widely used in the imperial army and performed well on the battlefield.

If the Hanyang rifle had not appeared later, perhaps all the imperial troops would have been equipped with this type of gun.

So when Chen Yunzhe mentioned the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and the Linmington rifle, Qu Shaoyang also came to his senses.

Yes, he wants to do business now, not use it for himself, so of course he has to choose something that can make money.

Although the profit from selling this kind of gun is not much, it is cheap and many people buy it, so if you calculate it all, the profit is not small.

"Brother, I'll have to leave this matter to you. Please help me contact them later.

I will try to buy a batch and sell it to Shuangdianzi." Qu Shaoyang said happily.

"Oh, brother, I also want some explosives, the kind used in foreign countries for engineering explosives, the kind used for blasting mountains.

Please ask for me later if you can get more.

If there is still time, it would be best to get it back before the river thaws.

If that doesn’t work, we’ll have to wait until this winter.” Qu Shaoyang suddenly remembered something else and said hurriedly.

"What is this? Explosives, for blasting mountains? Which mountain are you going to blow up?"

The Chen brothers were stunned when they heard this. Isn't it true that his brother-in-law is playing so wildly now?

Why do we need to blow up the mountain even if we are not coming? What are we doing?

"We're not blowing up the mountains, we're blowing up the outposts on the river." Qu Shaoyang explained with a smile.

"Now that we have a mountain farm, shouldn't we be able to raft to Andong next spring?

If you haven't been to these checkpoints along the way, you don't know how dangerous they are.

What I mean is, we should take advantage of the fact that the river is frozen and the water level is low and just find a way to blow up those more dangerous sentry posts.

It won’t be so dangerous if we put the raft later.”

Qu Shaoyang's idea is not a whim.

After the Russo-Japanese War, when the Japanese seized the Russians' rights and interests in the Northeast, they established the Wood Planting Company on Maoer Mountain.

Then they specially invited people to come and conduct an on-site survey, and used explosives to blow up many sentry posts in the Yalu River.

After liberation, in order to ensure smooth water transportation, the country found ways to blast some rocks and sentry posts.

Therefore, there were very few dangerous places on the Yalu River later on.

In winter, the water level of the Yalu River is low and the river surface is frozen, making it easy to operate.

Qu Shaoyang thought that he might as well take the opportunity to blow up most of the sentry posts with explosives, so that their rafts would face fewer risks next year.

"You're amazing, you can even come up with this idea.

However, using explosives to blow up the dangerous shoal at Shaokou is no small matter, and a lot of explosives will be needed.

We pay for this? Then won't our work be in vain?"

Chen Yunzhe thought about it and felt that Qu Shaoyang's idea was good, but it would be difficult to implement.

The explosives alone would cost a lot of money, and we would have to hire professionals to operate it.

This is no joke. If you don't handle it properly, someone could die.

"Then how can it be said that we worked in vain? We can collect money.

The wool comes from the sheep, and the wool is collected from the rafts and boats passing by.

A set of rafts doesn't need much, ten taels will be enough. It's better than paying less for a stack of wood, right?
Moreover, Muba no longer has to tie his head to his belt when fishing, which is good for everyone.

I just don’t believe they dare not give it to me.”

Every year, there are nearly a thousand rafts floating downstream from the Yalu River and the Hun River. Ten taels of silver are collected for each raft, which is almost enough. Of course, Qu Shaoyang alone cannot do anything about this matter. He also needs to find a way to report it to the government office in the eastern region through County Magistrate Chen.

As long as the eastern government agrees, this matter will be easy to handle.

"Okay, I'll ask for you after the year." Chen Yunzhe thought about it and felt that what Qu Shaoyang said made sense.

Blowing up the sentry post so that the raft can pass safely is a good thing in every way.

After discussing the important things, Chen Yunzhe simply took out the account book and told Qu Shaoyang about the profit situation of several warehouses in the past year.

Those warehouses were jointly opened by Qu Shaoyang and the Chen brothers, so Qu Shaoyang naturally got a share of the money earned.

The goods collected here are sent to Andong, Fengtian and Yingkou, where they are purchased by the warehouse at the normal market price and then sold out.

Moreover, Fuxingxiang Warehouse does not only accept things from Maoershan. No matter where they are from, as long as they are sent to them, they will take them.

Therefore, these three warehouses were very profitable. They had only been open for less than a year, but Qu Shaoyang had already received a lot of dividends.

"In addition to the dividends from the warehouse, we also brought back the rent from the houses and shops owned by Xiuyun.

After you have counted the items, you can take them away." Chen Yunzhe pointed at the account book and counted them one by one for Qu Shaoyang to hear.

Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that this is a situation between a brother-in-law and an uncle, so it has to be even clearer.

The three of them had finished settling the accounts when Li and Chen Xiuyun came out from the inner room.

It was a rare family reunion, so Li suggested that she prepare some delicious dishes in the evening and invite Liu Dongshan and his family over so that everyone could get together and have some fun.

When Qu Shaoyang heard this, he immediately went to the Liu family to ask for help.

In this way, the three families got together, talking and laughing, and it was very lively.

The adults were laughing and chatting together, and the three little kids were not idle either, running from the east room to the west.

Xiao Zhi saw that there was no other way but to follow behind, fearing that something might happen to these three little ones.

As everyone was chatting, Li thought about the fact that her two sons still had no wives, and she couldn't help but complain a little.

He also gave the final order to Chen Yunzhe and Chen Yunhan that their lifelong affairs must be resolved during the Chinese New Year this year.

I'll find a matchmaker tomorrow and arrange a marriage for these two bastards.

"Mom, can you please just stop worrying about us? Lifelong events are not a joke.

The vegetables were not wild vegetables picked from the roadside, so you could just pick them and put them in the basket.

Then why not find someone who is compatible with you and knows you well?" Chen Yunzhe looked helpless and tried to explain.

"I don't care about that. I just know that you two are already grown up and you don't even have a wife.

I am too embarrassed to go out now, lest people ask me when they can have a drink at our wedding."

Mrs. Li refused to reason with her son and just kept making trouble.

God knows how many years she has been looking forward to her son getting married and having grandchildren.

Now his grandchildren are running all over the place and his grandson is nowhere to be seen. How can he not be anxious?

"Mom, please don't get involved in this matter, okay? I have my own ideas.

When the time comes, I will bring my daughter-in-law back to you."

When Chen Yunzhe saw that his mother was serious, he had no choice but to compromise.

Qu Shaoyang advised him in the afternoon, and Chen Yunzhe also figured it out himself.

Since he and Shen Lizhen like each other, there's no need to waste time and they should hurry up and settle the matter.

Otherwise, just like what Qu Shaoyang said, if one day Shen Lizhen can't wait any longer and turns around to marry someone else, he will regret it to death.

The child's pneumonia got worse and he was hospitalized. I stayed with my daughter in the hospital while my husband stayed at home to take care of our eldest. This batch of illness was very serious and the hospital was full of children with pneumonia.

The doctor said my daughter would have to stay in the hospital for ten days or half a month. There are a lot of people coming and going in the hospital, so the updates may not be stable. I can only do my best.

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(End of this chapter)