"How do you sell the wood here? What is the yield of the lumber quarry? ”

Hearing Liu Ximing's words, Wu Niu's eyes lit up.

He looked at Liu Ximing cautiously, "Is Xianggong planning to buy some wood?" ”

Liu Ximing was noncommittal.

Wu Niu looked at the team behind him and rubbed his hands with some excitement.

"There are fir trees, pine trees, cypress trees, etc., if you buy them on the spot, the price ranges from three to eight yuan, and if you want to ship them out of the mountain, the price will at least double."

"As for the yield, the small ones cut wood all day long, and they can pick more than 1,000 trees a year, of course, if the lord thinks it is not enough, most of the villains know the place of picking wood in this mountain, and they can ask around for the master."

Liu Ximing looked at Wu Niu, "You have quite a lot of connections." ”

Wu Niu smiled.

A man behind him interjected: "If it weren't for Brother Da Niu's prestige, we wouldn't be able to occupy such a good position, and it is much easier to get out of the mountain here than inside." ”

Liu Ximing looked at the dozens of people here, and silently estimated in his heart that such a lumber quarry would earn a few hundred taels of silver a year, and he really couldn't make any money.

"There are at least more than 50 woodquarries opened by businessmen in Qinling, and more than 100 woodquarries such as villains, so the lord doesn't have to worry about the supply of goods."

Wu Niu saw that Liu Ximing had not spoken for a long time, so he hurriedly spoke up.

Liu Ximing changed the topic with a smile: "Seeing that you are working so hard, why don't you give up this business and do things at my house?" ”

Well?

Wu Niu and the people behind him were all shocked.

Wu Niu turned his head to look at the person behind him, and said cautiously: "Master, I'm used to being idle, I'm afraid I won't be able to do the work of the master's house." ”

Liu Ximing looked dumbfounded, this is the first time that someone has said the words of refusal so directly.

In Shunqing, everyone wants to enter the Liu family to do things.

Lei Hong listened to it funny, "Hahaha, Brother Wujiang, they are afraid of being abducted by your family to do coolies." ”

"Hahaha"

Liu Ximing also reacted suddenly, he really felt a little suspicious to recruit a group of wood pickers in Shankaka so suddenly.

He hurriedly showed a friendly expression at Wu Niu and the others, turned around and pointed at Li Biao and the others.

"Don't worry, my family doesn't lack you laborers, see if they don't have them, look at the clothes on their bodies, these are my family's guards."

"Master Ben is looking at your heaven and earth for the hardships you have been living for, and you are busy surviving all year round, but you can only earn a few taels of silver, so you have compassion."

"Li Biao", Liu Ximing looked at Li Biao, "You come and tell them how much silver you can get in a year." ”

"Hehe, you guys listen well, I pay three taels a month, and it is thirty-six taels a year, in addition, clothes, shoes, socks, food and accommodation are all managed by Long Xiang Brigade, this money basically can't be spent, my mother said that she has to save for marrying her daughter-in-law."

Li Biao's expression was honest, but the words he said were quite artistic, he didn't say that he was now the commander of the pro-guard regiment, and his salary was similar to that of the battalion commander.

But his appearance is indeed too deceptive, hearing that such a half-sized man can get thirty-six taels a year, a group of middle-aged men are all sweating.

Of course, there is more envy in my heart.

"Heard, if you come over, of course you won't be able to get so much at first, but at least there are more than a dozen taels a year."

"Master Ben also saw that you are logging in the mountains all the year round, and you must be hard-working people, so I thought about it, so you should think about it yourself."

Liu Ximing looked at Wu Niu with a smile and turned around to discuss.

At present, the foundation of the Liu family has been established and has the foundation for rapid development, and the physical fitness of these lumberjacks is needless to say.

Logging is similar to mining, it is a collaborative work, and the discipline and coordination are much stronger than that of ordinary farmers, which is simply a good seedling for becoming a soldier.

Wu Niu and a group of men behind him muttered and discussed for a while, and a group of people sent Wu Niu over to negotiate again.

"Master", Wu Niu's face was a little embarrassed, "Over the years, the officials and soldiers and rogues have tried to trick us into working hard, but I am really a little afraid of being deceived, it's not that I can't trust the master, it's really ......"

Liu Ximing frowned, but fortunately, he had been working with the masses for so long, and his mentality was much calmer.

"That's it, my family is in Shunqing, you send a few people to Shunqing to inquire about the style of my Liu family in Nanchong County, and then talk about this when you figure it out?"

"Thank you, thank you", Wu Niu knelt down and kowtowed happily.

Liu Ximing took two steps forward to help him up, took out two taels of silver from his arms and handed it to him, "This little money is for your people to wrap up." ”

"Li Biao, Jingguo, let people unload a bag of rice from the car and leave it for them to satisfy their hunger."

"Old man......"

Wu Niu held the silver and his hands trembled slightly, he didn't expect Liu Ximing to be so atmospheric, and he couldn't find anything to say for a while.

"Brother Da Niu......", a group of wood-pickers behind him muttered, and a young man came over and bit Wu Niu's ear.

Wu Niu looked back at his companion, and a look of determination flashed across his face.

"Plop"

Dozens of men all followed Wu Niu and knelt on the ground and bowed to Liu Ximing.

"Thanks to the master, what if we sell my life to the master, the master is so good, I don't think he will lie to me, I am willing to go with the master."

"Hahaha, please get up."

Liu Ximing didn't expect that his trick of winning people's hearts would make Wu Niu and others directly obedient, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help everyone up.

"I'm going to Shaanxi on this trip, you guys do something for me first, and when I come back from Shaanxi, I'll take you to Shunqing, how about it?"

Wu Niu hurriedly wiped the mud on his hands and said, "But according to the master's orders." ”

"You just said that you know all the timber pickers in this mountain, and you have a way to gather them all together and join my family together, and then I will count you as a great achievement."

Wu Niu grinned, "Don't worry, don't say anything about it, there is no problem in this matter." ”

"Okay", Liu Ximing patted Wu Niu on the shoulder happily, "I have collected all of your wood, and you can help me keep an eye on it, if there is good wood in the mountain, I will also take it all down." ”

Wu Niu has nearly 300 trees in this lumber quarry, all of which are big trees with a diameter of more than 40 centimeters.

Liu Ximing spent one hundred and fifty taels of silver to accept all of them, and directly put all the mountains of wood into the space in front of everyone, which shocked Wu Niu and others to think that they were heavenly beings.

"Brother Wujiang's hand Sumeru mustard seed technique is magical, if you don't see it with your own eyes, how can ordinary people believe it? I wonder if this immortal Buddha is true? ”

Lei Hong and others, who were watching the scenery on the side, saw it and all sighed.

When people who don't know hear him say this, I'm afraid they think they've crossed into the Xianxia plane.

There's no way, the feudal superstition true fragrance theorem Liu Ximing really can't get rid of it.

Seeing that the matter was properly handled here, Liu Ximing arranged for the pro-guard regiment to send a few people back to Shunqing to report quickly, and also asked the family to send some people over to help settle Wu Niu and others.

He himself left some more living supplies for Wu Niu and the others, and continued to set off.

From Lizhou to Hanzhong more than 200 kilometers, but all the way is full of mountain roads, Liu Ximing and his team of more than 1,000 people walked for six days before arriving in Chuxian.

"Well, I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree......"

"Bang"

Seeing that they were about to walk out of the southern section of the Qinling Mountains, the group encountered a group of ragged thieves on the edge of the Han River.

As soon as the leader of the head came out and shouted a few words, Qu Changjiang Deshen, who was in charge of leading the way as the vanguard, directly took out his musket and shot it.

"Ahh

A scream came, and Jiang Deshen's shot hit just right, hitting the leader's right arm at once.

"Where did you come from, even my king Tota dares to offend, brothers."

The leader was shot before he could finish speaking, and suddenly he felt not only his arm hurt, but also his face began to hurt fiercely.

At this moment, he didn't care why Jiang Deshen and the others had muskets, and directly shouted at a group of brothers to rush forward.

"There are bandits, go and report it, and the others, prepare to shoot", Jiang Deshen shouted.

As a pioneer, Jiang Deshen has the responsibility of commanding.

Hearing his order, the two of them ran out of the vanguard song quickly, turned around and galloped back to report the news.

The rest of the hundred-hundred-hundred-man began to raise their guns and aim at his orders.

"Shooting"

"Bang" "Bang"

Seeing that the bandits had reached a distance of almost a hundred paces, Jiang Deshen shouted, and more than a hundred muskets rang out, although the accuracy was very bad, but it also hit more than a dozen people, successfully slowing down the bandits' footsteps.