Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 336 Let the messenger go
Qu Shaoyang waved his hand, and Chen Yunhan's men came forward with guns, took away the guns of the bearded men on the opposite side, seized their horses, and sent those men back on their feet.

Those bearded guys have never suffered such humiliation before.

But the situation was stronger than the people. The other side had forty or fifty people holding guns, and hundreds of wooden handles, also eyeing us covetously.

The group of bandits had no choice but to go down the mountain in shame and walk towards the village.

"Shaoyang, are you really going to let them go like this?" Chen Yunhan asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Just kill them all and be done with it. Keeping them around will only cause trouble."

Qu Shaoyang laughed when he heard this, "If they are all killed, who will go back and report it?

I don’t want these few people, I want to wipe out all the members of Zhan Dongshan gang, leaving no one alive.”

The Zhandongshan group was entrenched near Jiguanalazi, where the terrain was dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If Qu Shaoyang led his men to attack head-on, there would be heavy casualties, so he came up with this plan to lure the enemy out of its hole.

"As for this kid, he deserved to die. He was the one who caused the massacre of the entire village of Sandaimiaoling."

Qu Shaoyang raised his foot and kicked the dead man on the ground, still feeling unsatisfied.

Qu Shaoyang listened to Meng Lanxin's detailed account of the events surrounding the massacre at Sandaimiaoling. It was this man named Wu who took his men through Sandaimiaoling and took a fancy to a girl in the village.

He failed to tease people and was beaten by Tie Niu and others, and two of his men died.

In a rage, Zhan Dongshan sent a large group of people to Sandaimiaoling and massacred the village directly.

If that kid didn't reveal his identity, Qu Shaoyang might have beaten him up and spared his life as bait.

But since he revealed his name, how could Qu Shaoyang still keep his life?

Just shoot him to death, and use his life as a sacrifice to commemorate the villagers of Sandaimiaoling, which will also help to anger Zhan Dongshan.

"So what should we do now?" Chen Yunhan asked in a low voice.

It has been a long time since I last did such exciting work, and at this moment Chen Yunhan was actually looking forward to it.

"Send out a few scouts to follow them and find out the exact location of the Dongshan gang.

In addition, arrange for someone to send a quick message and gather all our personnel outside.

Let Meng Lanxin lead the team and ambush in the valley that I agreed with her in advance."

Qu Shaoyang had already made arrangements. As long as the people from the Dongshan gang showed up, everything that followed could be carried out according to the original plan.

"Okay, I understand." Chen Yunhan nodded.

Qu Shaoyang transferred two hundred patrol teams from Maoer Mountain, and Chen Yunhan brought two hundred militiamen from Kuandian.

Adding the people who followed Qu Shaoyang out at the beginning, and the dozens of servants of the Qu family, the total number was about four hundred and seventy or eighty people.

With so many people, they certainly can’t all live in the mountains, as that would make them too conspicuous.

The people who occupy the Dongshan gang are not fools. How could they dare to provoke so many people?
Therefore, Qu Shaoyang only let Chen Yunhan bring forty or fifty people to the mountain field.

The rest of the staff, led by Zhou Chuanzhi, Xingye and Meng Lanxin, lived in Dianzi Street and the villages around Shanchangzi.

Chen Yunhan immediately sent someone on a fast horse to report the news and gather people. Qu Shaoyang stayed behind to appease the wooden bosses.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. The rope is the rope, and the handle is the handle.

I opened a mountain farm just to make money.

As long as you work peacefully and don't cause any trouble, I can swear in front of the mountain god that I will definitely protect your safety.

The wages that should be paid will not be reduced by a penny." Qu Shaoyang said loudly, looking at the pale-faced workers with fearful expressions.

"Yes, yes, you all understand what the big cabinet said, right? We are all here to make money, and no one can go against money.

There are big cabinets over there to deal with the gang, you just do your work, don't worry." Ermaozi also spoke quickly to appease everyone.

The bosses were still somewhat uneasy, mainly because the Zhan Dongshan gang had a bad reputation.

Today, Dagui shot and killed Zhan Dongshan's son, and has become a mortal enemy with Zhan Dongshan's gang.

Who knows if those bearded men will go crazy and come to the mountain farm and massacre the entire farm?

At this point, they have already signed a contract with the counter, so it is impossible for them to run away. They have no choice but to stay and work.

Anyway, the big cabinet is here, and there are dozens of people with guns around it.

If the Zhan Dongshan gang really came to seek revenge, they would look for the big boss, and it has nothing to do with them.

After pondering for a while, the crowd felt a little relieved.

The ceremony of worshiping the mountain god had not yet been completed, but under the leadership of Ermaozi, everyone was slaughtering pigs, placing offerings, setting off firecrackers, calling the mountain, and worshiping.

After a series of ceremonies, Ermaozi led his men to cut down the first tree, and this year's work on the mountain officially began.

Under the leadership of Ermaozi and others, the wood fighters had clear division of labor and were busy with their own tasks.

For a moment, the whole mountain could be heard shouting, "Fall down along the mountain" and "Fall toward the mountain"

As they got busy, the fear in everyone's hearts gradually dissipated and they only thought about the wood in front of them.

Qu Shaoyang ordered people to carry the big black pig back to the tube house where the muba lived and put it away quickly.

Boil all the offal and bones, add sauerkraut to the bone soup, cut the offal into pieces and stew them with potatoes.

Chop the lard and water oil into pieces and pour them into the pot to refine the oil. Chop the pork belly and stew it with cabbage and vermicelli.

A big fat pig weighing about 300 pounds can be used with all its ingredients to make several dishes.

In the evening, when the woodcutters came back from work, the steaming dishes were served on the table.

Then boil a pot of sorghum wine, sit on the warm kang and have food and drink, it is so wonderful.

As they ate the delicious meal and drank the wine, the guys had already forgotten what happened in the morning.

Everyone was drinking, playing finger-guessing games, and shouting. As the mood took them, they didn't care about anything else and just drank as much as they could.

Qu Shaoyang had already signaled to Yang Guozheng and others that there would be plenty of wine tonight and they could drink as much as they wanted without anyone having to interfere.

Tomorrow morning, there is no need to rush to call them to work. Just let them sleep. As long as these wood handles do not leave the mountain field, it will be fine.

All the men were drunk and were lying on the kang, snoring loudly.

At this time, Qu Shaoyang and Chen Yunhan, along with their men, had already left the mountain area on horseback and headed straight for the ambush site that Qu Shaoyang had agreed upon with Meng Lanxin in advance.

On the other side, about twenty bearded men had lost their horses and could only walk back.

The mountain field is about sixty or seventy miles away from the mountain stronghold of Zhandongshanluanzi.

It's not a big deal if you ride a horse, but it would be a real pain if you have to walk over mountains and hills.

Especially since they didn't bring any dry food with them, they became hungrier and hungrier as they walked, and they had less and less strength, so they could only walk for a while and then rest.

We walked from noon until dark and finally returned to the village.

"Boss, it's bad, the second master has been killed."

The man with small eyes and a beard led his men and as soon as they entered the gathering hall of the mountain stronghold, they started howling at the top of their lungs.

"What the hell? Gou Shengzi, tell me clearly, who was killed?"

At the head of the Juyi Hall, a dark-faced, burly man sitting on a chair covered with tiger skin immediately stood up and asked loudly upon hearing what was said.

(End of this chapter)