Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 826 Found out?

It took more than a month to come to Laoye Ridge (Xihot Mountains), which was probably the most arduous trip down the mountain in the past few years.

I have breakfast before dawn every day and start cooking dinner after dark, just because I am worried that the rising smoke will be seen by others.

There are many lookouts in the mountains.

The pancakes and pastries I brought earlier are just fine, they are convenient and save trouble.However, the temperature was getting lower and lower at night, but it was not cool during the day. The dry food still couldn't be stored. Within a few days, mold began to appear, and the taste became weird, so I couldn't eat it anymore.

Next, what I ate every day was big ballast porridge made from corn, soybeans, Siberian melons and other things secretly obtained from the surrounding farms, plus game meat. Although there was no shortage of grain and oil, it took too long to eat, and eventually I got tired of it, just for the sake of it. Fill your stomach and fill your belly.

It was even worse at night. With only a piece of oilcloth to protect from the wind and rain, and pine needles to keep warm, it was very difficult to really eat in the wind and drink the dew.As the temperature gets lower and lower at night, even wearing thick hunting clothes becomes a little unbearable.

I couldn't eat well or sleep well, but I kept walking long distances during the day. Sometimes I would carry a twenty or thirty kilogram hammer around in the mountains and forests. I had to stay focused and be on guard against possible dangers at any time. Man or beast, both physically and mentally exhausted.

Even though these people are all mountaineers who are very good at activities in the mountains, it is enough.

"It's time to go back, but seeing so many sticks, I can't bear to part with them. I feel very conflicted!"

"Isn't there still next year? Come back this time next year and be better prepared."

"Why don't we come earlier?"

"It's useless if we come early. We want to bring more mallets at one time, and we have to use sledges to pull them in winter. If we come early, the weather is hot, and the mallets can't be stored for that long. We can only carry them for more than a month. The sticks that arrived weighed at least three to four hundred kilograms, which is already a lot! Just be satisfied!"

"You really can't be too greedy. These things will only count if you successfully get them back in winter!"

"Go back, we have to go back and have a good rest for a while. We will have to come back when winter comes!"

"By the way, Lao Wu, didn't you say that there are still many Lao Zhao after Darshan? Let's go back, do you want to think about it?"

"I just said that I was satisfied, so don't do it. Leave it to those people in the mountains. I don't want to become a public enemy in Lingnan and Lingbei. In the past year, many people have begun to dislike us and started to make plans for us. Fourth brother, I was kidnapped once last year and still didn’t feel like it was enough... Besides, we’re not far behind!”

Lu Lu said this very arrogantly, and several people laughed, but they also felt that this was not excessive at all. There is such a large area of ​​Feng Shui treasure land with long sticks, just come and take it if you have the ability.

The stored sticks alone are large and small, and there are at least two thousand seedlings. In this mountain, you can find a piece of seedlings at least twenty or thirty seedlings, and as many as forty or fifty seedlings. This is still trying to pick up fourth-grade leaves. The above are mined.

In the early years, the Fangshan people and Chinese who lived in Vladivostok, Shuangchengzi, Khabarovsk, Temple Street and other places were expelled decades ago. Maozi sprinkled ginseng seeds here again, and After protecting it for so many years, no one has entered it for many years.

Of course, there are many people who secretly dig Maozi around, but there are very few who dare to go into the mountains to do what Lu Lu and others do.

The processing of sticks is also an export project here in Maozi, but the sticks used mainly come from cultivated ginseng, and there are many ginseng fields around Laoye Ridge.

Just like their fur, minks are raised on a large scale for supply and demand, plus some hunting by hunters.

Generally speaking, these days, Maozi's awareness of the environment and species control is much more advanced.

Of course, the population is small, the area is large, and each person has quite a lot of resources on average. Therefore, even in another 30 to [-] years, hunting will still be a normal thing. As long as you have a hunter’s license, during the winter hunting season, you can Can hunt freely.

This is something you can’t envy!
"What should we do if we take these mallets back in winter?"

The amount was too large, and it seemed that it would not be easy to deal with. Liang Kangbo still had some difficulties.

"The fourth-grade ones will be transplanted in the ginseng garden to be built next year. We will get some ginseng seeds and scatter them in. Some of the fifth-grade leaves and sixth-grade leaves will be sold to Wei Chunan and the others. We will dry and take care of some ourselves. Keep them, especially those that are more than 150 years old, hide them well, and sell them when the time is right."

Lu Lu thought for a while and added: "These things cannot be sold in large quantities yet. They have to be released little by little. The quantity cannot be large, and they cannot be sent to the purchasing station. It will take a few years before we can do anything about it."

"Why?" Raymond asked somewhat puzzled.

"After all, the sticks in Laoye Ridge are somewhat different from those in Dahuang. Most of the masters who do appraisals are old and knowledgeable people. It's okay to send them to Wei Chunan and the others to deal with them. They are there to protect them.

The people at the purchasing station recognized it, and after passing through many departments, many people must have considered the origin of these mallets. If it is found out that we have been to Laoye Ling, then it will be fine, and we will put them on our heads. A hat, that would be troublesome. "

In Lu Lu's opinion, the most suitable time to take action was after [-]. That was the time when treachery was prevalent. A large number of garrisons were withdrawn from the border, and many people began to go there to make trouble. At that time, it was justified.

But after that period, it’s not good either. Control becomes strict and standardized, and it’s easy to get the name of smuggling.

Therefore, the best way to collect large items is to find buyers who are not short of money. Just sell them slowly. It is all money anyway.

Of course, it’s not time to say these words to a few people now.These are all situations that have not yet arrived. It is not a good thing to know in advance.

"You have to be careful!"

Several people had been there before, and of course they knew how serious it was to be labeled a label, so their expressions became serious.

"Let's go! Let's walk back, digging as we go. It will take us six or seven days. When we reach the river, it's time to find a chance to go back!"

After Lu Lu finished speaking, he put on his hunting bag and waved to Yuan Bao and the others. Several dogs immediately stepped forward to clear the way and walked towards the mountains.Along the way, five people lined up with ropes and sticks, and Lu Lu controlled the direction, searching all the way.Most of the time, I walked along the mountain and passed through a large dense forest. Every time I walked, I went up to the mountain peak to identify the direction. I also carefully looked around to see if there were any facilities hidden in the mountain and avoid them in advance.

In the afternoon, the weather gradually turned cloudy and started to drizzle. It was a bit painful to walk along the way.

The rain was not heavy, but it lasted for a long time. The forest was misty everywhere, and water droplets dripped from time to time. In the evening, several people got wet and clung to their bodies tightly, even the breath they exhaled The gas also turned into white mist, and the temperature suddenly dropped a lot.

I followed the line of sticks halfway up the mountain to the other side of the mountain and encountered a river, more than ten meters wide.

Lu Lu looked at the sky: "It's getting late. After we cross the river, we'll spend the night on the opposite river beach. I'm worried that it will rain heavily during this rainy night. If the water rises, we won't be able to cross tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, the leader found a place where the water flow was gentle, took off his clothes and pants, put the hunting bag on his head, and stepped on the water to cross the river.

The river water is very cold now.

After landing on the shore, everyone was shivering from the cold, and goosebumps were all over their bodies.

Unable to care about the moisture on their bodies, they all hurriedly put on their clothes, only then did they feel a little more comfortable.

"It's such a heavy fog, and it's not dark now. It shouldn't be a problem if we put together a fire to warm up, right?" Zhang Shaofeng glanced around and saw that there was a foggy area more than ten meters away.

Lu Lu also felt that there was no problem and put down the hunting bag he was carrying: "Find a place to put up the tent and heat it up. You guys are busy. The third brother will go with me to find some food for the dog and pack some on the way." The meat is back...we are not here, so we still need to pay more attention to the surrounding situation."

"rest assured!"

Zhang Shaofeng nodded and went into the forest to look for firewood. Lei Meng and Liang Kangbo were busy building a shed and seizing the time to collect pine needles from the feet of the pine trees.

It has been drizzling for a long time, but the pine needles at the base of the tree are only moist on the surface, but still dry on the inside. Without more preparation, I am afraid it will be a little sad at night.

Lu Lu was picking up pebbles on the river beach. The mud balls he brought had long been used up, so he could only make do with the selected pebbles.

Although the accuracy is a little off, for Lu Lu, the hit rate is still very good, and hitting small animals is not a big problem.

After picking up more than a dozen stones, Lu Lu and Zhao Yongke led Yuanbao and the others into the forest.

It was extremely quiet in the forest, probably because of the rain, and even the animals were too lazy to move.Fortunately, with Yuanbao and the others, they can always accurately find the location of small animals. Hunting is still simple and simple. All you have to do is find and shoot.

Not long after, the two returned with three pheasants, a jumping cat, and two more rare mergansers.

These things, such as pheasants, jumping cats and greyhounds, have been eaten by a group of people for a long time. Today, with these two mergansers, they can try something new.

When the three people who were already warming themselves by the fire with steam rising from their bodies saw Lu Lu and the others coming back, Zhang Shaofeng stood up and said, "Come and warm yourself up, we'll take care of the rest... Hey, we hit a duck!"

As he said this, he took the two ducks in Lu Lu's hand and looked at them.

"Let's eat this tonight...I'll make roast duck for you!"

While the three of them were taking care of the two ducks and the jumping cat to the river, Lu Lu and Zhao Yongke sat down by the fire, took hunting knives and divided the three pheasants into several pieces, and then fed them to several dogs.

More than an hour later, a few people filled their stomachs, and Liang Kangbo was on duty, while the others went to bed early.

In the middle of the night, the rain really got heavier. Liang Kangbo, who was guarding the door, had to shrink back into the tent. The rainwater made the oil paper crackle. Lei Meng, who was awakened, simply got up and let Liang Kangbo sleep. .

At this moment, Yuanbao, who was lying beside the fire at the door of Pengzi, suddenly stood up and screamed fiercely at the upper reaches of the river.

There was something unusual about the sound. Liang Kangbo, who had just laid down and had not had time to close his eyes, sat up immediately. When Lu Lu heard the barking of the dog, he sat up very sensitively, grabbed the gun in his hand, and listened attentively. , whispered: "Someone is coming, put out the fire quickly!"

He quickly woke up Zhao Yongke and Zhang Shaofeng who were still sleeping.

Raymond quickly put out the burning fire with his feet.

At this moment, a light flashed upstream, and the fire was extinguished, but the smoke could not be covered at once, making it easy to be discovered even in the woods.

"Let's go into the woods quickly!" He quickly put the mallet on his back, picked up the semi-automatic, and led the dog into the woods behind.

Zhang Shaofeng and others did not dare to be careless, and they all carried their clubs and followed.

Probably also noticing something unusual on the river bank below, the lights upstream also went out.

Lu Lu and the others climbed to the top and hid in the woods, looking down.

It's a pity that on such a rainy night, nothing can be seen.

After waiting for about two minutes, I saw a flashlight light suddenly light up in the middle of the river. As soon as it hit Pengzi, someone immediately pointed a gun at Pengzi and fired a series of shots.

(End of this chapter)