Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 70 The opportunity has come
There are more than a hundred people living in the big house.

At this moment, everyone was holding sticks in their hands, staring at Guan Shoushan with eyes wide open, ready to fight if they disagreed.

Guan Shoushan had never seen such a scene before, and he was scared at that time.

"Okay, you guys are awesome. Just wait for me." After saying that, Guan Shoushan walked out of the big house.

All the trees worked together to scare Guan Shoushan away, and they were all very happy.

So, they went back to bed and lay there for more than half an hour, then got up one by one, dressed, ate, and then carried their tools up the mountain to work.

From that day on, Guan Shoushan never dared to wake the woodcutters up too early again.

But this guy had a lot of bad intentions. He didn't dare to fight the guys openly, so he was secretly planning some evil tricks.

Originally, Guan Shoushan hoped that Yu Zhansong could serve as his right-hand man and subdue these wooden handles.

But Yu Zhansong didn't know what was going on, his health just wasn't getting better.

Yu Zhansong was injured by a punch from Qu Shaoyang. Although he asked a doctor to prescribe medicine, he still felt chest tightness and pain no matter how he took care of himself. He also coughed frequently and coughed up blood at any time.

When Guan Shoushan saw that Yu Zhansong could not be relied upon, he wanted to send a message to Anton, asking him to send a few more people over.

Coincidentally, Li Yongfu had to go back for something, so Guan Shoushan asked Li Yongfu to take the letter to Muzhi Company.

But Hengshan is very far away from Anton, and the round trip will take at least a month.

During this period, Guan Shoushan could only try his best to endure and not take the initiative to provoke those guys.

However, he also put a lot of thought into it, always thinking about how to sort out these wooden handles.

"Second boss, this is what happened. Gui Leng is short of manpower and the work is not done well.

Then, you take Xiao Qu with you to help." That day, Guan Shoushan found Shui Laowu and discussed with him.

In the mountain field, the second shop assistant is responsible for supervision, logistics and other matters, while how the work is done is the responsibility of the boss.

Guan Shoushan is the boss and Shui Laowu is the second in command, so they can only obey his orders.

"Okay, let's go over someday." Shui Laowu didn't say anything else. It didn't matter what he did. There was no need to argue about these things.

"Let's do it tomorrow. It will be over tomorrow." Guan Shoushan said in a neutral tone.

After breakfast the next morning, Shui Laowu and Qu Shaoyang led a group of tall and strong men to Guileng.

The woodcutters cut down the wood, cut it into small pieces or half-cut it into branches, and then gather it near the ice ditch or arrow path.

Then the wood is lowered down the mountain by sliding it, and then the people from Guileng pile it up.

When the peach blossom water flows in spring, the wood will be placed downstream into the river branches and arranged in rows.

It takes six to eight people to lift a log weighing thousands of pounds. All of them need to act in coordination and in unison, so shouting is essential.

Usually the one who shouts the slogans is the leader. In Shui Laowu's group, the leader is a man named Wang Haishan, who is in his thirties and loves to joke.

“There are lines after lines in the world, hey yo.

This line of work is not considered good, hey.

Everyone has their own rank, hey.

It’s not even in the 72nd row, hey.

Who left this line?

Lifting the big bar in the snow and ice, hey there.

"I will meet the King of Hell naked when I die, hey."

The Muba men are generous and unrestrained. They can use anything as a bargaining chip and don't care about these things.

This place was not too far from where the leader Guan Shoushan lived. The shouts from the woodcutters could be clearly heard at his residence.

Didn’t Guan Shoushan bring a woman with him when he came to the mountain village?
This woman was originally a concubine. After following Guan Shoushan, she became his concubine. She was very much loved by Guan Shoushan, and he doted on her, causing her to become even more arrogant.

Coincidentally, the woman's opium supply was insufficient during those days, and she became addicted, feeling extremely anxious and troubled.

The noise made by the woodcutters shouting was too loud, and the woman became more and more annoyed the more she listened, so she simply ran out and started cursing.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that this woman is pretty, dressed in red and green, with makeup on, and looks very charming and coquettish, but when she opens her mouth, she curses people with vulgar words. “You poor beggars, what are you howling for all day long?

It sounds like a wolf howling, and it's annoying to listen to. Can't you just hold it in? It's going to kill you, is it?"

The woodcutters have been in the mountains for several months. There are only men in the house all day long, and no women around. They are already itching to get close to women.

That woman rarely comes out on weekdays, and no one sees her, so no one thinks anything of it.

When they suddenly saw a handsome guy, these guys started to show their abilities.

Wang Haishan didn't care about that. He immediately changed his tone and shouted slogans to tease people.

"So flirty, hey.

So pampered, hey.

He is fat, hey.

Like an axle, hey."

When the woman heard this, she went crazy.

Not only did he spit at the wooden handles, he also picked up stones and threw them at them, cursing as he threw the stones, and the curses became more and more unpleasant.

The woodcutters did not tolerate any more and shouted even louder.

"How romantic, hey.

Pressing the kang, hey.

Missing a man, hey.

Riding on a pillow, hey yo."

Seeing that the shouts of the muban were getting more and more obscene, the woman knew that she was no match for them, so she went to find Guan Shoushan howling and asked him to vent her anger.

Guan Shoushan wanted to cause trouble for the Muba, but he had no one under his command. How could a single brother fight against a group of Muba?

There was no other way but to persuade the woman to be patient for the time being. When the man came, he would definitely not let go of the wooden handles.

It was true that he was trying to persuade them. Guan Shoushan had been very annoyed by the gangsters recently, and he was also very angry.

He didn't dare to openly look for trouble with the Muba, so he started to think of some dirty tricks.

"Xiao Qu, you are a capable person, and our mountain area is a place where many hidden dragons and crouching tigers are present.

There is a thing: our material transportation business is in need of someone who can take the lead, and I think you are a good candidate.

Well, I'll let you be the trough leader. From tomorrow on, you'll be in charge of dropping wood down the Arrow Road and the Ice Groove. How about that?
Don't worry about the wages. I'll talk to the cashier and he will definitely give you a raise."

That day, Guan Shoushan found Qu Shaoyang and flattered him with a fake smile.

"You lead the people to suppress the stubble first, and then hurry up and release the arrow cart."

There are generally several ways to transport timber from the mountain to the foot of the mountain.

Either use cattle and horses to pull it, or build snow paths and ice trenches for sliding.

There are no households near Hengshan, and it is impossible to hire so many households, so the only options are the latter two.

The arrow said that Shui Laowu had led people to repair it at the beginning of winter, but there had been several heavy snowfalls recently.

When it snows in Changbai Mountain area, sometimes it is not drifting snowflakes, but snow powder or even snow particles.

The biting mountain wind blew the snow into piles on the hillside, freezing it hard. How could the originally repaired arrow path be found?
The so-called "pressing the stubble" means digging out and repairing the arrow path buried by the snow.

Both stubble pressing and arrow shooting carts are very hard and dangerous jobs.

Guan Shoushan arranged Qu Shaoyang to be the head of the trough and let him lead the work, which definitely had no good intentions.

"The responsibility of these stubble-pressing and arrow-shooting vehicles is huge, and if they are not handled properly, an accident will occur.

Shaoyang, you are still young and inexperienced, I will go for you." Shui Laowu said worriedly, worried about his apprentice.

"Master, don't be afraid. I have a plan."

(End of this chapter)