Chapter 171 Turning the Information Gap into Money - A Blessing in Disguise This is
Li Long put down the bicycle he was about to push away and came to the Mizoguchi.
The people in the sideline team had just finished eating. When they were clearing away their dishes, they were still looking at this side.
Xie Yundong originally wanted to follow, and Tao Daqiang also wanted to follow, but Li Long waved his hand and said no.
He actually vaguely guessed the other party’s intention.
The two men were riding horses. When they saw Li Long coming, they got off their horses.
“You said you can collect fritillaries, is that true?” the ethnic man in charge of translating asked Li Long.
Li Long thought of one thing. These two herdsmen, including the other people he saw in Diwozi before, were not carrying guns.
The forestry team is no longer equipped with guns?
"Take it." Li Long was secretly surprised when he saw the urea bag on their horse.
That bag is bulging with a lot of stuff!
"Do you have a scale here?" The man asked, "We have collected some caladiums here and want to sell them to you. Look..."
"We have collected them. First, I have to look at the goods. After all, the sizes are different and the prices are different. Well, because my people dug up your caladiums, the price I paid was higher, and some of it was a fine for you. If I charge you now, the price won’t be that high.”
Translation. The person told the other person what he said.
The team leader’s face changed after hearing this, he asked a question, and translated and said:
"Then how much do you pay? We won't sell anything less."
"Let's take a look at the situation of the Fritillaria first."
Li Long pointed to the bag on the horse's back and expressed own meaning.
He turned around and found that several people from the sideline team were staring at him. Knowing that they were nervous about him, he smiled and said it was okay.
Two men from the forestry team took off the bags on their horses, opened them and motioned for Li Long to come over and take a look.
Li Long took a look and found that most of the caladiums inside were about the same size as those dug by Xu Jianjun, but some were smaller, as big as half a broad bean. Also, the caladium inside is not clean and contains a lot of mud. It was most likely dug in the morning or in a relatively wet place.
Li Long grabbed the mouth of his pocket and shook it. After seeing that the bottom was roughly the same, he raised his head and said to the man:
"Three yuan a kilogram, how about it?"
The translator was obviously relieved when he heard the price. He didn’t even translate for the team leader. He nodded and said:
“Okay, at this price, it’s okay!”
Li Long weighed the bag and said:
"This bag is ten kilograms, right?"
Because the fritillaries are wet, this urea bag contains more than half of the bag, Li Long It should feel like this much when you carry it.
"How much did you pay?" The translator actually didn't know how much the bag contained. Who would bring a scale when going into the mountains these days? It was basically an estimate.
“Thirty yuan.” Li Long put down the bag and said, “There is no scale, so let’s just calculate it like this.”
"Okay." The translator turned to the team leader and said, the team leader nodded vigorously, and the translator agreed.
Li Long took out the money. He still had more than fifty yuan in his pocket. He took out three big unity cards and handed them to the other party.
The translator quickly reached out to take the money, and the team leader reached out to take it from the side.
Li Long pointed to the ground and said:
"I will be here every day. If you want it, I will accept it."
"Do you still have money?"
"If you have Fritillaria, then I will have money." Li Long smiled, "I can certainly collect it."
"Any amount "Are you willing to accept it?" The translator's voice suddenly became louder, "You can accept it?"
"Yes," Li Long thought. Make more money!
He remembered that Chen Hongjun said that the purchasing station received thirty-five kilograms of dry Fritillaria. The price of caladiums in spring is five to six kilograms per kilogram in the sun, and the price of caladiums in early summer is four to five kilograms per kilogram in the sun.
Taken together, fresh caladiums cost about five or six yuan per kilogram. The bag of caladiums Li Long is carrying now can dry about two kilograms of dry goods, and it costs sixty or seventy yuan.
Double the profit, just talk about it, how cool it is!
He knew very well that these forestry team members should have collected the fritillaries from people like Xu Jianjun who secretly dug the fritillaries. They had no business, so both parties were happy.
The two people left. Li Long came to the bicycle with his bag, tied the bag to the back seat of the bicycle, and said to Xie Yundong:
"Brother Yundong, please pay attention to safety at night. , there are so many people coming to the mountains recently, it’s a bit chaotic.”
"Same for you." Xie Yundong also warned.
"Don't worry, I have a gun." Li Long patted the small caliber on his back, then got on his bicycle and went to Dongwozi.
Back at Dongwozi, it was almost dark. He pushed his bicycle directly into the small house and locked the door. Then he entered the big house, raised the door from the inside, and lay down on the wooden kang.
There were a lot of things going on this day. Li Long stayed awake for a while, reviewing the day's activities.
Ili Fritillary or Tianshan Fritillary is also a well-known medicinal material in the region. Li Long guessed that many people will go into the mountains to dig Fritillary secretly in the near future, and this situation will continue until the second half of the next century. It has not stopped in the past ten years.
Every year, Li Long would hear in the news that the police or forestry department had caught people digging for caladiums in the mountains, and the amount of caladiums seized amounted to dozens of kilograms.
With the forestry team helping to collect it, Li Long felt that he had to go down the mountain to get some money tomorrow.
Although the two rooms here are locked, Li Long would not put valuables here, such as guns, money, or jade. Basically, he would take them down the mountain after receiving them.
Early the next morning, Li Long had a simple breakfast here. After packing, he put all the fritillaries in a bag, put them in the back seat of the car, and rode to Harimu's place.
"Li Long, we will transfer to Summer Ranch in two days and say goodbye to you in advance." After seeing Li Long, Harimu said first, "See you in the autumn!"
"Okay, I'll come and see you off the day after tomorrow." Li Long nodded and said, "Do you need me to bring anything from the bottom of the mountain?"
"No," Harimu waved his hand hurriedly, and pointed at Dongwozi. Said, "Did you know? Because of you, we now have a lot more food and tools. We will have a great time this summer! Those Dosons said that Samarum is very good. They will bring some things over in the next two days and take them away when you come over tomorrow."
" Okay." Li Long was not polite. After saying goodbye to Harimu and the others, he rode back to the county town.
He weighed the fritillaries first and found that the two bags combined were less than 14 kilograms, so the weight he weighed at that time was basically the same. Feeling a little proud, he dried the fritillaries in the wing of the big yard, and found other jade, leather, and other items in a spare room. After that, I looked at the antler of the roe deer and found that the salt mud had completely dried. After carefully cracking it open, I found that the antler inside had dried, so I took two pieces of deer antlers to the purchasing station.
"Hello, Comrade Chen, I'm here to sell roe deer antlers." Li Long took the initiative to say hello when he saw Chen Hongjun sitting behind the counter reading a book.
"Roe deer antlers? It's rare. Let's take a look." Chen Hongjun saw it was Li Long and said with a smile, "Comrade Li, you always bring surprises to me."
Li Long placed two pieces of deer antler on the counter. Chen Hongjun picked up one piece, smelled it, and looked at it carefully.
“Yes, this deer antler is well preserved.” Chen Hongjun admired after reading it. “Someone also brought a piece of red deer antler yesterday, but it turned out that it was not well preserved. I touched it lightly and the outer velvet skin It's rotten, and it obviously won't be preserved. "
"Use the old man's method," Li Long said with a smile, "Look at these two paragraphs..."
"The antler of roe deer antler is no better than that of red deer, but the price is not cheap either. Now the price of red deer antler has increased, 16 yuan per 100 grams, and roe deer antler will give you 14.5 yuan."
"Okay. "Li Long naturally had no objection, so Chen Hongjun put the two sections on the scale and weighed them.
"The two sections total one kilogram and one hundred and fifty grams, which is worth one hundred sixty-six yuan and seventy-five cents. Come on, make an invoice, and sign your name."
Collect the money. , Li Long was about to leave, Chen Hongjun said to him:
"Spring is almost over now, and the good things in the mountains are slowly coming out. Take what you can receive. During this period, we will focus on collecting goods. The price is also good.”
"That's just right. I collected some caladiums and will dry them and deliver them to you." Li Long said with a smile, "I also have a few pieces of skin, I'll bring them together then."
"Okay, wait. Your message." Chen Hongjun watched Li Long leave at the counter with a smile.
Li Long took the money and first went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy a box of small-caliber bullets. After loading them, he went to the Big Meat Canteen and had a delicious meal of noodles.
After seeing Li Long, manager Zhong Guoqiang asked with a smile:
"Comrade Li, I haven't seen you recently, what are you busy with?"
"I've been in the mountains recently," Li Long said while peeling garlic. "Manager Zhong, I see there are a lot of people eating here, much more than before."
"Haha, isn't it hot here? Well, there are more people coming out to find work and do some small business. When will you catch fish again? Some of my regular customers said that the fish you brought me was not as good as before. Not bad."
"It will take more than half a month." Li Long shook his head and said, "I am working on the procurement task of the supply and marketing cooperative in the mountains. I can't stay down until I finish it."
"Understood. Understood." Zhong Guoqiang nodded, "When you come back and you have time to catch fish, bring me some big carps."
"Okay, okay."
After eating noodles, Li Long returned to the compound, found two sacks and a shovel, packed some corn, pumped up the bicycle, got on it and rode up the mountain.
There was still smoke floating in the Xiaobaiyang ditch. Li Long found Wei Zhonghua and said to him:
"I plan to dig a pit where you found the wild boar. The pit will be deep when the time comes. Wild boar, let me share some meat with you."< br>
"Okay, okay." Wei Zhonghua nodded immediately, "Do you want me to go over and dig?"
"No." Li Long waved his hand, "You just make up your own tricks, and I will try. Let’s see if it works.”
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there were no shrubs in that area, Li Long would have thought about going there to set a trap.
Went to the ditch with the shovel. The other editors all looked envious. They really could do whatever they wanted. What a cool life they had!
Li Long arrived at the ditch and took a closer look. He was surprised to find traces of new arches, which indicated that the wild boar should have come again early this morning.
Li Long found a suitable place and started digging.
He didn’t dig a big hole this time, just a pit two meters square and one meter two and a half deep - just such a pit took him more than three hours, and by the end he had dug it. Regret it.
But now that you have dug it, grit your teeth and dig it to the end.
After digging, Li Long rested for a while, spread the excavated soil, and then went to the nearby woods to cut some poplar branches and spread them on the pit, and then cut some grass to camouflage it. .
When this was done, the sun had set and the mountain breeze had become cooler. He hurriedly sprinkled the corn particles he brought around the pit, and finally sprinkled the most on the grass above the pit.
Because it was just an experiment, Li Long wanted to try his luck. After doing this, he hurried back.
Li Long didn't even stop when he passed by Xiaobaiyanggou and Harry Mudong's Nest. He rushed all the way to his wooden house. When he arrived at the wooden house, it was completely dark.
Li Long was so tired that he no longer had the energy to cook, so he simply locked the door and went to sleep. Fortunately, I had noodles for lunch and I was very hungry, otherwise I would have woken up hungry that night.
Early the next morning, Li Long got up, made a fire and cooked porridge for himself. After eating, he went to Harimu's place first.
"The boys brought you some skins, some stones, and a piece of antlers." Harimu pointed to the things placed in front of the winter nest, "You take them away quickly, we will do it tomorrow Just leave."
"I'll come over to get it in the afternoon. Now I'm going to Xiaobaiyanggou to check on my people's labor situation."
"Okay, just remember to get it." Harry. Mu is also busy and has no time to greet Li Long now.
Li Long rode his bicycle to Xiaobaiyanggou. When Xie Yundong saw him, he said to him:
"The two people from that day came again last night and did not find you. They said that if you are free today, Wait for them at night."
"Okay." Li Long knew that they must have got the fritillary again.
This is a lot of stuff!
Li Long rode his bicycle and took the sack to the place where the pit was dug. He was disappointed to find that there was no movement on the pit. The grass and leaves had dried, and some of the pit was exposed.
Li Long then got some grass and leaves to cover the exposed area tightly, and then dug some soil and put it on top.
Hurrying back to Xiaobaiyanggou, Li Long said to Wei Zhonghua, who was looking forward to it:
“No, the wild boar didn’t go there this morning.”
Wei Zhonghua was a little disappointed. Li Long comforted him instead:
"This is normal. The wild boar has very mobile movements. There are a lot of things to eat outside now, so it will not always stay in one place."
Waiting until the afternoon, Li Long finally waited for the two men on horseback from the forestry team.
Seeing Li Long, they were obviously relieved. After dismounting, the translator said to Li Long:
"Yesterday, you were not here, and we had a lot of caladiums. Today, Some have been handed in, look at the rest..."
Li Long had actually seen it. The urea bags on their horses were still quite bulging, but it didn't seem to be as much as that day.
(End of this chapter)