Chapter 31 Do you still need to kill pigs?
This mountain in the southern suburbs of Baojiao County is the top of the "Lian Family" in the county. The Lian Family is one of the eight major surnames in the entire Baojiao County.
It is said that one of the owners behind the Chaitie Shop is the Lian family.
The entrance to the mountain was even more strictly controlled than in the countryside. A dozen or so well-dressed servants leading hounds, all of whom seemed to have practiced martial arts, guarded the entrance to the mountain.
"It costs 800 coins to collect herbs in the mountains and 100 coins to cut firewood, all within one day, no time limit." At the pass, the mountain guard of Lian's family said to Chen Ku who was about to enter the mountains.
"Is it so expensive to cut firewood?" Chen Ku was curious.
The servant of the Lian family smiled lightly and said: "Are you really not aware or are you pretending that you don't know? The firewood on this mountain is a redwood tree that can be made into high-quality mangrove charcoal. How can ordinary woodcutters afford it?" Only the charcoal shops in the city come in."
Chen Ku understood.
He thought in his mind: "Charcoal is more expensive than firewood."
Those are only used by wealthy families. The best quality charcoal is sometimes even used as a tribute to the court and palace.
There is also a charcoal seller in Dachen Village. He works hard every day to cut firewood and burn charcoal, but his family can never afford it. Even when he sells charcoal in winter, he can't even afford good cotton clothes, but he would rather the weather is colder. Some, you can sell the charcoal at a better price.
Chen Ku paid 800 cash.
The mountain guard of the Lian family wrote him a 'ticket' and said, "This is a receipt for collecting medicine. There are also people from our master's family patrolling the mountain. If you meet you and you show him the receipt, you will know that you are entering the mountain legally." of."
He didn't say what would happen if he sneaked into the mountains.
But looking at the fierceness of these people, it would be easy to kill them if they met.
"Thank you, I'm going into the mountains."
Chen Ku went into the mountains. It was around eight o'clock in the evening. It was autumn tiger season. It wasn't too early for it to get dark. There was light in the forest, and the road into the mountains was easier to walk.
But he knew that he would have to go back at twelve o'clock at the most.
It's not that there is a curfew in Yaowangtang, but that he still has to do work during the day. Now he is working two jobs and needs to maintain his strength.
Half an hour after entering the mountain, we reached the depths of the mountain forest and soon had a big harvest.
"As expected of a mountain forest with special soil, this Poria cocos can actually grow so old! It must be thirty years old. It's such a good thing, it's worth four taels of silver!"
Not long after, another ten minutes passed.
"There is something good again. Such a large piece of Anomatis has leaves as big as a child's hand. In this condition, even if it is fresh, it can be sold for ten taels per catty..."
Chen Ku looked at the Anomatis growing in a large area of dead leaves and vines at his feet. He dug them all out, then shook off the soil and weighed them. It was a big handful, at least two or three taels.
Another two, three, and two were entered into the account.
"What a place! What a place!"
Chen Ku drove the fine dog transformation, which was like entering Baoshan.
This is mainly due to the fact that within a few days in Yaowangtang, he has used hundreds of medicinal materials, regardless of wet or dry, which is equivalent to mastering hundreds of scent media. He just needs to 'search Linsuoshan' according to the scent. alright.
As time passed, it soon reached midnight.
Chen Ku calculated the harvest in the basket.
"Tonight, I will earn at least a dozen taels of silver! As expected, collecting herbs is my main business! Becoming a member of the Medicine King Hall is just a promotion channel. The income from the four hours tonight is probably that of the masters of the Medicine King Hall. For example, today’s income is not as good as mine!”
I heard that the average master of Yaowangtang earns more than 100 taels of silver per month, which is equivalent to the manager of a company in his previous life. All in all, his daily income is four to five taels.
But Chen Ku can make more than ten taels in one night.
If it could be like this every day...
"Sooner or later I will become the richest man in Baojiao County."
Chen Ku felt a little proud when he thought about it.
But it’s not realistic to think about it.
After all, there are only so many medicines in the mountains. According to his method of collecting, he will collect all the good medicines from the past within a month or two.
"Maybe, in just a few months, I can buy a big compound in the inner city of the county."
House prices in the inner city cost at least one thousand taels for a decent courtyard.
Just when Chen Ku was thinking about the harvest.
Suddenly,
Nose twitching.
"What does this smell like?"
He had been driving the Xinquan for four hours continuously and was not tired yet. However, at this time, he suddenly smelled an extremely terrifying smell.
Immediately, after comparing the smells in my mind,
Chen Ku's face turned pale!
"This, this is the smell of tiger urine, the smell of tigers! Tigers! There are actually tigers in this mountain!"
Chen Ku's forehead was soaked with sweat. He had cooked tiger whip at Yaowangtang, so he could naturally recognize the smell.
Although he has practiced martial arts, with his current physique.
If you encounter a tiger in the forest, you may not even have a 20% chance of winning.
"Get down the mountain quickly!!"
Chen Ku smelled the smell of tigers, and the only thought in his mind was "escape", and he immediately did not dare to stop at all.
Spreading his legs, he looked like a thin phantom dog walking through the dense forest, breathing in the wind.
However.
When he withdrew.
But his nose was even more keen to smell it. A bloody smell appeared directly in a mountain stream two or three miles away, and moved towards this place at an extremely fast speed!
He actually chased me! !
at this time.
If someone could look down from a high altitude, they would be able to see a ferocious adult tiger, as tall as two people, rushing over mountains and rivers, creating a fishy wind along the way.
"What happened, what happened! It actually came after me. Could it be that it was a hungry tiger that hadn't eaten for several days?!!"
Phew~
Chen Ku spread his legs, and the explosive power and speed of the thin dog were brought to the extreme at this moment, constantly widening the distance between him and the evil tiger's scent.
Finally, not far away, I saw a torch. It was the mountain ranger of the Lian Family!
"Who?!" the mountain ranger from Lianjia shouted in the distance.
Chen Ku saw someone there, and at the same time, the smell of the evil tiger in his nose seemed to stop somewhere in the distance.
At this moment, he seemed to be able to make up a picture in his mind.
A majestic tiger with black spots and yellow stripes squatted on a big rock with ferocious eyes, staring in his direction, but turned away unwillingly because he smelled the scent of other people.
"I am a herb collector and I have credentials to enter the mountain!"
Chen Ku stepped forward and showed his credentials. Seeing this, the three-person team guarding the mountain softened a little and warned: "It's better to be careful when going up the mountain at night. There are many hungry wolves and tigers in the mountain. Not long ago, one appeared Demons are not warriors above the level of strength. It is best to go up the mountain together in the future.”
"Thank you for your advice, I'll go down the mountain now." Chen Ku exhaled.
Until the final descent.
Still a little scared.
Dekui retreated quickly and met the mountain guard in this mountain.
Otherwise, with a slap from a tiger with a palm force of at least two thousand kilograms, he would have almost become the evil tiger's dinner.
"This is the terrifying deterrent power of the beast!"
Chen Ku thought about the second condition for opening the transformation diagram, and secretly clenched his fists:
"Kill it sooner or later!"
At night, I hid the things in a place outside the city and thought to myself:
"Get up tomorrow and rent a temporary residence in the outer city. It's not good to hide things outside all the time."
It was almost midnight in the evening, and Chen Kucai entered the back door of Yaowang Hall. He lied that he had gone out for a drink and came back late, and then entered the courtyard with an apology look on his face.
But he didn't expect that when he returned to his house.
I saw Zhang Erniu, at this time, still driving piles under the moonlight.
"It's so late, why don't you go to bed?" Chen Ku couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Erniu said with a straight face: "I am already thirty years old. I am no younger than you. How can I sleep at this age... I will be one year old in a few months. If If you can't stay in Yaowangtang, what will you do to give your family a good life in the future? Go to sleep and I'll practice for another half hour."
Chen Ku couldn't help but remain silent, and then he had nothing to say.
Respect the fate of others.
The next day, early in the morning, Chen Ku discovered that Zhang Erniu was the first one to get up.
And with the contact with several guys in the house these days, I also got to know most of their personalities.
Zhang Erniu rolls, from morning to night, as if he wants to roll others to death.
Che Ping is the complete opposite. He doesn't even bother practicing martial arts during morning classes every day. He has never been seen practicing martial arts at other times. He looks like he has completely given up on himself and is completely ruined. It seems that he doesn't think about the future at all. Can stay in Yaowangtang.
Huang Wenbao also has his own characteristics. He does not roll or lay out, but he is used to following the apprentices in the inner courtyard every day. At the same time, he is keen to serve tea and water to the masters.
Three people, one roll, one swing, one lick, a small room, just like a small society.
As for Chen Ku...
After finishing the work at noon and resting for an hour, I rented a yard in the outer city and moved my things.
At the same time, he came to a butcher shop, went in with a smile on his face and asked sincerely:
"You guys still want to kill pigs?"
