Tao Shan followed the blood trail to look for the wolf's tracks, while Qin Fang observed around the trap. It was clear that the wolf fell into the trap and was pierced in the stomach by a sharp object, and then ate a wild rabbit with knockout and sleeping pills, and died from excessive bleeding while unconscious. The dying wild boar was obviously also dead because of this, but it is estimated that the wild boar's skin is thicker than that of the wolf, and the wild boar is much larger than the wolf, so the wild boar was pierced in the hind leg, and it has more blood than the wolf, so it has not died after a night.
"General."
Captain Lu and others finally arrived.
Qin Fang waved his hand: "Come quickly, bring up the wolf and the wild boar."
Soldier: "We have gained a lot right after arriving here. It seems that we are very lucky today."
Captain Lu: "This blessing was left by the previous team. You guys can forget about it."
Soldier: "Well, let's borrow some of your blessings."
Then everyone laughed out loud.
Several people worked together to drag the wild boar and the wolf up. The wolf was big, but the wild boar was fat.
"This wild boar must weigh about 500 kilograms, right? I've never seen such a fat wild boar before."
"When we were in the rural areas, we raised cattle and sheep that were this fat. But later on, the amount of feed for cattle and sheep gradually decreased, so they were not as fat as before." The person who spoke was once a barbarian from the rural areas, but now he is a Qi person.
Qin Fang recruited soldiers and brought in all of them, who were once barbarians. This made them very happy and grateful to Qin Fang. Because even the military camp was willing to let them in, it was clear that Qi State had no defense against them.
Qin Fang listened and thought: "Are you good at raising cattle and sheep?"
The soldier said, "We used to have no place to live, and we relied on cattle and sheep to exchange for food. So we used to worry about eating meat, but there was nothing else to eat except meat. If raising cattle and sheep is not successful, we probably won't even have meat to eat."
Qin Fang: "Go back today and I'll give you a few days off. Call all the people in Yunxiang County who are good at raising cattle and sheep to the general's mansion. By the way, you are good at raising cattle and sheep, but are you good at raising horses?"
The soldier said, "Yes. For those masters, raising cattle and sheep should be very different from raising horses, right? Hehe, I still need to ask about this."
Qin Fang: "It's okay, you can go tomorrow."
Soldier: “Yes.”
Qin Fang: "Captain Lu, arrange for them to search the mountain. We know that there are wild animals such as wild boars and wolves. Judging from the footprints around the traps, the wolves should be in large packs. If you encounter a pack of wolves, everyone will give a signal. Don't try to be brave. I hope everyone will go back the same way they came."
"yes."
Yang Haiyan was not idle today, she took Nanny Lian to go shopping again. Although Qin Fang had five thousand taels of silver and a monthly salary of one hundred and twenty taels, he could not live off his wealth.
She was planning to open a snack shop because of the butter issue. In the past, she opened a snack shop in a small town and kept the source of butter from Aunt Fan and her family. Now that she was in the county town, there were many people and gossips, so it was easier to hide the origin of butter. But in this era, butter was made. So she was planning to open a snack shop.
But I am planning to buy a dim sum shop, what for
Yang Haiyan: "Mother Lian, what do you think we should do for a living?"
Aunt Lian thought that the pastry shop had a good business in the past, with a monthly salary of 20 taels, which was better than the slightly better shops in the county town. So she understood: "Madam, are you ready to open a pastry shop?" Even though Yunxiang County was poor, there were still rich people, and no matter how poor it was, it would not be worse than the border town. Why did you open it
Yang Haiyan said: "The reason why we buy good snacks at the border is because they smell good, right?"
Nanny Lian said, "Indeed, I have tried quite a few snacks, but none are as fragrant as the snacks in our house." They had always thought it was the smell of goat milk.
Yang Haiyan said: "Of course it is because a kind of sesame oil is added. This sesame oil is only sold at the border, so when we arrive in Yunxiang County, it is not suitable for opening a snack shop." Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong both knew about the addition of butter, and Yang Haiyan explained to them that it was sesame oil.
Nanny Lian said, "Well, we can buy some snacks with sesame oil."
Yang Haiyan thought about it and realized that she could try to make small cakes and biscuits with butter. She could also make potato chips, sweet potato chips, and fried dough twists, all of which could be made with butter. Thinking of this, Yang Haiyan said, "Well, let's go buy a few shops. It would be best if the shops were connected to the farm and bigger. When the vegetables in the farm and the fruits in the orchard are harvested, we have to continue selling them."
Aunt Lian: “Ah.”
Yang Haiyan cares a lot about the location when buying a shop. A good location is of course good, but if you buy a good one, an ordinary location doesn't matter. It's probably the "celebrity effect", as long as the publicity is in place, it's fine.
For example, if the general’s wife opened a shop... if she advertised it this way, wouldn’t there be a small number of people patronizing it
The two of them walked around the street for a while, and Yang Haiyan smelled the aroma of snacks: "It smells so good over there, I know what they are buying."
Aunt Lian: "Let's go over and take a look?"
The two followed the smell and saw many small stalls selling all kinds of delicious food. The reason why there were so many delicious foods here was that this was the entrance to the courtyard of the county town.
Yunxiang County was poor, so there was only one academy in the county seat. However, everything in the academy was perfect, and it recruited children of the same level from the beginning of enlightenment. Of course, in addition to the academy in the county seat, there were also private schools, but most of the people in Yunxiang County went to private schools, and they basically went to the academy in the county seat. The reason was only one: the academy in the county seat was cheap.
Yang Haiyan looked at the small stalls and saw that many people were buying food. She couldn't help but say, "Even though Yunxiang County is poor, the business of these small stalls here is still quite good."
Aunt Lian said, "Indeed, it has only been a short while and more than a dozen people have come to the stall to buy steamed buns and steamed buns. The business is so busy... Madam, look, is that Cheng Ge'er?"
Yang Haiyan: “Yes, indeed.”
Qin Shoucheng, Kun Daying, Lu Dawei and others came to the steamed buns stall, and then this group bought steamed buns and ate them while going back to the courtyard.
Yang Haiyan looked for a while and then left with Nanny Lian.
Beast Mountain
"General, this should be a man-made mountain road, right? Although the vegetation is lush and it can be seen that no one has been here for many years, from the situation here, it can be seen that there used to be a road here, and the road was very narrow." Captain Lu said.
After a morning of searching, a team of soldiers discovered a road on the mountain.
Qin Fang thought for a moment and said, "Lord Yang said that no one has stepped into this Beast Mountain for more than 20 years. If this is a man-made road, then it is very likely that it was built by King Liang 20 years ago. After all, it was King Liang's territory at that time, and he ordered that no one be allowed to enter. Of course, there is another possibility that before this place became King Liang's territory, the villagers often went up the mountain, so they built this road."
Anyway, judging from the road conditions, there are still steps here. They were definitely made by humans and must have been built.
Captain Lu said, "I think it is very unlikely that the villagers could have built it."
Qin Fang nodded: "It is indeed very small. The villagers are used to building mountain roads, and they will not waste energy to build mountain roads. Besides, building these steps is a waste of manpower and material resources."
Soldier: "General, shall we go up and take a look?"
Qin Fang: "Yes. It is said that King Liang forbade the common people to enter here because he liked hunting. If this mountain road was really left by King Liang, it shows that King Liang likes hunting very much." Of course, who would build this mountain road? Yes, hunting is done along this road, why build this mountain road
Thinking about it this way, this mountain road becomes even stranger.
Qin Fang: "Well, let's take a team to take a look, and the rest of us will continue to search the mountain. Safety comes first."
"yes."
Qin Fang led Lieutenant Lu, Tao Shan and ten soldiers up the stairs. The stairs were blocked by weeds, so they had to clear the weeds on both sides of the stairs as they climbed up the mountain.
No one has entered the forest for 20 years, which is very dangerous. Of course, no one knows whether it is true that no one has entered for 20 years. However, it is credible that no one has entered for several years, which can be determined from the growth of weeds and trees in the forest.
As Qin Fang and his companions infiltrated, they could hear noises in the bushes. People were afraid of wild beasts, and wild beasts were afraid of people, so people avoided wild beasts, and wild beasts would run away when they heard the noises.
What's more, by the end of May, all things grow, and the wild animals in the mountains and forests are worried about having nothing to eat, so if they are hungry, they will not attack people unless they feel dangerous.
Qin Fang: "Everyone, pay attention. In addition to wild boars and wolves, there are also tigers on the mountain. Because the wild grass is too lush, it will affect our judgment, hearing and vision, so everyone must increase their attention."
"Yes, General, don't worry."
This step-by-step mountain road is really too long. When they got here, Qin Fang was sure that this step-by-step mountain road was definitely built by the villagers, because it was really too long and winding. They spent an hour on it. This project was quite large, and it was definitely built by the villagers. To be able to build this step-by-step mountain road, it must have taken a lot of financial and human resources, so Qin Fang thought that it was most likely the King Liang who died twenty years ago.
After an hour of waiting, there was still no result, so Qin Fang said, "Stop, this is almost the top of the mountain, let's go up the tree to check the situation and confirm our current position."
Tao Shan: "Yes." Tao Shan found a tall and straight tree, and then climbed up the tree easily. Tao Shan climbed to the top of the tree, looked in the direction, and then exclaimed, "General, I found it."
After hearing Tao Shan's words, everyone listened attentively.
Qin Fang: "What did you find?"
Tao Shan: "There is a small house in the southwest."