Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 60 The Tycoon 2
Beijiwu and Xiaqiu went to Xiaqiu's tent together to get the money.

On the way, Tuoba Niu took the initiative to come over.

"Master Wu!" Tuoba Niu said obsequiously, "Master Wu, my ox is worth eight taels, my donkey is worth one tael, my horse is worth eleven taels, and my sheep is worth seven coins. Is that alright? They'll all be delivered to your door! No need for payment for your trouble!"

Beiji Wu was too lazy to do much and simply said, "Then prepare five cows, ten donkeys, and twenty sheep."

Tuoba Niu hurriedly said, "Okay, this is the total..."

"Sixty-four taels," Bei Jiwu answered directly. "Don't accept the old, weak, or sick; if anything happens, I'll hold you responsible!"

Tuoba Niu did the calculation and found that it was indeed sixty-four.

"Don't worry, Master Wu, I'll give you four more lambs and two more puppies. Don't you want a horse?"

Arctic Warriors have no need for horses, and Xiaqiu has no gold or silver to trade, so they choose to trade with horses; ten horses are enough for their needs.

Beijiwu thought for a moment, "Let's have three more cows."

Tuoba Niu quickly replied, "Alright! Don't worry, Master Wu, I'll take my men and deliver all these livestock to you. Or you could buy two more cows, so I only need to keep two men to take the rest home and deal with them myself."

64+40……

Beijiwu said, "That's 104 taels of silver. How about we make it 100 taels?"

Tuoba Niu calculated for a few seconds before saying, "Master Wu, I only run a small business here, and I still have a few brothers in the village who need to eat and support their families. How about I give you two more sheep and two donkeys?"

"Alright then." Bei Jiwu didn't bother with formalities and took out fifty taels of silver. "This is the deposit. I'll give you the rest after I send it over."

Tuoba Niu accepted the silver with both hands and said happily, "Don't worry, Master Wu, I'll go and prepare it right away."

Beijiwu and Xiaqiu returned to their tent. Xiaqiu carefully placed the scroll in a box and then gave Beijiwu ten horses as a gift.

After acquiring more horses, Beijiwu bought saddles and reins, and also spent money to have horseshoes made.

He bought a sewing kit, salt, oil, soy sauce, vinegar, seasonings, and some grains, and finally left ten taels of silver for emergencies.

On his way home, Beijiwu tallied up his gains.

10 horses, 11 cows, 12 donkeys, 26 sheep, 2 puppies, 1 oxcart, and some farm tools.

Including the three oxen and two horses at home, he is definitely richer than Wen the Rich Man now!
Eating knife-cut noodles every meal won't be a problem anymore!

Beigong Dingbian rode his horse closer to Beijiwu and asked, "Chieftain, can you manage to raise so many cattle and sheep?"

Beijiwu smiled and said, "With so many people in the village, we can definitely raise them. After we return to the village, we'll have the villagers build a few cowsheds, horse sheds, and sheep pens. We'll also keep one of these dogs at my house and the other at the granary."

"Build production team compounds around the granary and canteen area to take care of the public livestock!"

Of course, Beijiwu couldn't manage so many things by himself, but fortunately, he had many subordinates.

Mu Lin sat in the car, cuddling two small dogs, while Ai Dake carefully looked around.

Aside from the Hu people riding horses and herding cattle and sheep, the surrounding area consisted of vast wastelands, while the official road was so open and unobstructed that it was frightening.

"Chief, could those merchants from the same city be setting an ambush to kill us?"

His words not only frightened himself, but also made Tuoba Niu and other Hu people nervous.

Border merchants often have armed forces to protect themselves from risks, such as thugs.

Without any support, they wouldn't dare do business with a group of even more savage grassland bandits.

Of course, these people's biggest advantage is their official background; they can buy someone's life with money.

Beijiwu revealed a mocking expression, "Unless they don't want to take this path anymore and oppose me every day, I'm already being very restrained to avoid causing any deaths. If they insist on a fight to the death, do you think our Mountain Farmers tribe is afraid of them?"

A group of over a hundred mountain farmers is already very strong, even stronger than Hutou Town!!

With a strong and well-equipped army, and a very capable leader, which nearby village would dare to provoke them?

A large group of people returned to Beitian Village in a grand procession, arriving at the village entrance around four or five in the afternoon.

Beigong Dingbian sent someone on horseback in advance to fetch the livestock, including cattle, sheep, donkeys, and horses.

Li Hong, Li Bing, Jiang Rong, and Gao Conglian all happily came over to greet them.

"gentlemen!"

"Clan leader!"

Hundreds of people knelt and kowtowed respectfully to Arctic Martial Arts.

"Get up, take these livestock back and raise them."

Beiji Wu instructed his men to do their work, then said to the stunned Tuoba Niu, "I'm not sure if these cattle, sheep, and donkeys will survive. Come back in a month, and if eight or nine out of ten are still alive, I'll give you the rest of the money." Tuoba Niu was shocked and hurriedly said, "Master Wu! That won't do, the brothers still need to eat."

Beijiwu said with a smile, "If you're out of food, you can come to my place for a meal. You can bring your family too."

Tuoba Niu and several other grassland men nearby did not dare to lose their temper. Tuoba Niu dismounted, knelt down, and kowtowed to Beiji Wu.

After kowtowing three times, Tuoba Niu finally raised his head. "Master Wu! Please, Master Wu, have mercy! These cows belong to my village. It's not just my business. Please, Master Wu, give me a way to live!"

Tuoba Niu continued to kowtow.

The other grassland men also dismounted and kowtowed to Arctic Warrior.

If we fight, we will definitely lose.

Beijiwu laughed and said, "It's not like I said I wouldn't give it to you. Do I look like one of those businessmen who care about money? It's just that you deceived me at first and deliberately took advantage of me, which made me not trust you. But it's all in the past now, and I'm not a gossipy woman. Come back in a month."

"It will be exactly what it is, not a penny or a tael less, as long as no more than one or two out of ten of these cattle and sheep die."

"Whether it died from overwork or from illness, I won't lie to you. If you're worried, you can leave someone here to keep an eye on it. I'll provide food and lodging."

Seeing this, Tuoba Niu quickly and resolutely said, "Then I will go back first and come back tomorrow. I will personally take care of these livestock for Master Wu for the next month. What do you think, Master Wu?"

Beijiwu said with satisfaction, "Alright, as you say, you can take the silver back."

"Thank you, Master Wu!" Tuoba Niu stood up, led his brothers onto their horses, and headed home.

After walking a distance, one of the Hu people glanced at the village that had disappeared from sight behind him, then shouted to Tuoba Niu ahead, "Brother, did that man keep his word?"

Tuoba Niu was also thinking about this, "It should count, otherwise it means it will be given next year."

The other Hu people readily accepted the offer. After all, half was enough, and they would be fine as long as they could get a little more of the rest.

Doing business on the border depends heavily on strength and reputation. Arctic Wu gave the impression of being someone who wasn't short of money, so he accepted the forced credit.

The villagers of Kitada Village moved the things that Kitamoto Takeshi had brought back back to the Kitada family's warehouse as if they were at a market.

Beijiwu stood on the wall watching the people working.

"Hurry up! Be quiet! Move all those farm tools to the east warehouse!"

"Put the sickles away, and take the hoes to the commune!"

"Li Hong and Li Bing carried the grain I bought into the house! The children took the needles, thread, seasonings, and bronze mirror inside!"

"Hurry all the sheep to the backyard to graze, and all the chickens to the chicken coop, don't let them mix together!"

The number of cattle, horses, and donkeys in Beitian Village has increased dramatically, and 26 sheep can now be considered a flock. The yard simply cannot hold so many livestock.

Li Hong and others were busy running around.

After moving everything inside, everyone busied themselves feeding and watering the cattle and sheep. By the time they had all sorted out the livestock and vehicles, it was almost dark.

Two fine horses were kept separately in the backyard, and the sheep were also temporarily allowed to graze freely in the backyard, being herded into the cowshed to sleep when it got dark.

Considering that the two dogs would not get used to being separated, they were both kept at home, and a donkey was kept in the backyard.

Too many donkeys would be too noisy, so they were kept in individual households. There were thirty households in the village, and they could afford to keep more than ten donkeys and cows.

Currently, Beitian Village has more than 60 livestock, but only a little over 100 people.

Arctic Martial realized that the next step was to recruit more people.

Late at night, Li Hongxiulan, Jiang Rong, and Gao Conglian slept on the kang (a heated brick bed) with Beijiwu, while the girls and young girls slept in the inner room.

The night shift was assigned to the donkey; it would bray whenever something happened.

Li Bingxianglan heard women calling in the first half of the night and donkeys braying in the second half, so she couldn't sleep well all night.

When I got up early in the morning, there were two dead wolves in the yard.

Jiang Rong went out of the main room and saw the large wolfhound on the ground. A rosy smile appeared on her charming and alluring face.

"Look, we're all getting to eat meat again! This is a male wolf, we'll butcher it, clean it up, and give the master a good nourishing meal~"

Gao Conglian looked at Jiang Rong with a smile, "You can't even take it anymore, and you still want more? Won't that make you feel so good!"

Jiang Rong rolled her eyes at her nonchalantly, "I wish I could die from pleasure! I wish I could die from pleasure!"

The two women were already somewhat proactive, and now that they're living a wealthy life with the tycoon, they've become even more shameless.

(End of this chapter)