Zhou Hansheng's thoughts were actually similar to those of Zhao Liya. After hearing Zhao Liya's words, he had a little hesitation that suddenly disappeared and he winked at Zhong Jing.
Zhong Jing had always had a tacit understanding with him, and he understood immediately. He only said that he and his party were members of the escort agency, and came here specifically to look for good wood. After asking around, he knew that there was one in the Five Peaks area, so he planned to see it in person.
The vast area around the Yanluoshan Mountains is lush with vegetation and forests, and there are especially many trees. Zhong Jing's words sounded reasonable. Li Zhu asked some other questions, and finally lost his guard and believed them.
Especially when Zhong Jing was very polite and sincere in saying that he wanted to ask them for help and would pay them, Li Zhu was even more happy.
He smiled and said: "Then you are lucky, you met my sister and the others, and our Guzhu tribe came. Don't worry, with our help, you can find any kind of trees you want!"
Zhong Jing smiled and thanked him.
That night, Zhao Liya and the others stayed at the Guzhu tribe for the night.
There are many paddy fields opened near the Guzhu tribe. Li Ying proudly told Zhao Liya that their rice crops are harvested three times a year, but the yield seems to be very low, so their life is not easy.
It belongs to the kind of normal year when you work hard all year round and can barely keep your stomach full, but if you want to eat more and richly, it is difficult to make a few sets of clothes.
They grow their own cotton and sisal and make their own clothes. They don't easily go out to buy them because they have no money. Some of them have never touched copper coins in their lives, let alone silver.
The only thing that needs to be exchanged with the outside world is salt, which is usually exchanged for raised chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep.
Because I don’t understand the trading situation outside, I sometimes get scammed.
Zhao Liya and his party were accepted as friends by them, and they steamed glutinous rice and killed sheep to entertain them in the evening.
Lamb bones and mutton cut into small pieces are boiling in the big pot, and they are steaming and fragrant.
Zhao Liya felt very sorry again.
Fortunately, I brought a lot of banknotes with me on this trip. When the time comes, I will take them out to buy more things and leave some banknotes for them.
They don't have sweet potatoes or corn here, let alone potatoes. They only have some soybeans, cowpeas, taro and the like that can be used as complementary food.
There is also a kind of potato, which is not a potato, but a plant with purple-red leaves that looks like a canna. The stem is like a ginger piece, but several times larger than it. The skin is white and the tip is a little purple. This stem
The pieces can be steamed or eaten like sweet potatoes, buried in the stove hole and simmered in ashes.
This potato is particularly oily and watery. It's okay to eat a little occasionally, but your stomach won't be able to bear it if you eat it regularly. Not only will it not satisfy your hunger, it will actually make you feel hungrier.
Tonight, Li Ying and the others steamed a lot of taro and chestnuts. Zhao Liya tasted it and thought it tasted good, with a very special and refreshing taste.
She made an agreement with Liying to bring some for planting when she goes back.
Next time you come, bring them some sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn and let them grow them. It will always be better than these.
By the way, I will also bring some to the people in Zhongshui Village.
Early the next morning, Li Zhu and Li Ying led a dozen strong young people to follow them to the Five Peaks.
With Li Zhu and the others leading the way, it was indeed much more convenient.
After walking for almost a day, we finally arrived.
It was dark and it was difficult for Lin Mao to move, so everyone found a suitable place to spend the night and planned to go out in batches to search early tomorrow morning.
Before coming, Zhao Liya had already drawn several pictures and described to everyone what huanghuali and small-leaf rosewood looked like.
The depths of Yanluo Mountain are almost unvisited on weekdays. Not only are the trees exceptionally tall, but there are also many wild animals. There are more hunting in the mountains than when Zhao Liya and others were in Yancun.
Although everyone brought some food from the Guzhu tribe, most of it had to be obtained on site, otherwise what would be available to eat.
Zhong Jing, Zhao Nan and others were highly skilled in martial arts and accurate with their arrows, and their shots never missed. Li Zhu, Li Ying and others were amazed and praised one after another, with stars in their eyes, admiration and admiration, and their attitude towards them also improved a lot.
Sure enough, strong people are more likely to win people's hearts wherever they are.
When Zhao Liya heard their exclamations and cheers, she couldn't help but look at Zhou Hansheng and smiled, thinking that Brother Zhou was reserved and did not take action easily, otherwise he would be worshiped by them even more.
After everyone had settled down, there were wild fruits on the hillside not far away. Li Ying took Zhao Liya to pick them together, and Hu Ling and Yu Xiaofang also followed.
Then they saw yams on the ground, and the four of them dug them up.
Zhou Hansheng took a few people to inspect the terrain nearby. The others were busy setting up traps and trip wires near their residence, collecting firewood, or hunting.
Wujianfeng is not a mountain peak, but a large area. There are several big mountains that can be counted.
Even if there are a lot of them, if you want to find huanghuali trees in this area, it is difficult to say that you will be able to find them tomorrow.
If you can't find it, you still have to come back here to spend the night, but you have to make the place safer.
As luck would have it, Zhong Jing and his men actually hunted a big wild boar.
They processed the wild boar well by a creek far away from the camp, and threw all the internal organs and other organs into the water to eat the fish in the water. They cut the meat into large pieces, cleaned them, and then brought them back.
Even after this treatment, the pure meat still weighed 1,670 pounds, which made everyone very happy.
I can have a full barbecue dinner in the evening.
Li Ying was extremely envious: "You are so powerful, so powerful. Big wild boars are particularly ferocious. We are most afraid of encountering such big wild boars when we go up the mountain. We don't dare to mess with them at all. I didn't expect you to be so powerful."
I had only been out for a short while, and I came back hunting such a fat wild boar.
You must know that from time to time, members of their tribe are hungry for meat and want to go hunting in the mountains. Wild boars are the most abundant, so they often become their hunting targets.
But they have always only dared to hunt small wild boars, and the big ones have been avoided.
Wild boars often appear in groups and are rarely alone.
They were even more afraid to do anything in groups.
Otherwise, the consequences will be more terrible than poking a hornet's nest.
Therefore, based on this calculation, there are actually only a few successful hunts throughout the year.
Everyone in the Guzhu tribe was as envious as Li Ying.
Zhong Jing laughed loudly: "What's this? Once we get the wood we need, I'll take you two days to hunt in the mountains. We specialize in hunting wild boar nests and we'll keep them for you to hunt countless numbers!"
Everyone in the Guzhu tribe was overjoyed and happily agreed, patting their chests and promising that they would help them get the wood soon.
They dare not mess with wild boars, tigers and wolves, but they are familiar with trees!
There is no tree in the mountains that they don't recognize.