Chen Xiaobei nodded and pretended to understand, but in fact he didn't understand at all. He couldn't understand why the emperor wanted to pay so much attention to such a barren mountain.
But these are not things he should consider.
After getting the serial crossbow, Chen Xiaobei turned around and bought several large water tanks, some ceramic flower pots, and five fishing nets in one go. After finishing all the work, he pulled a cart full of
Get ready to go home.
While Chen Xiaobei was busy shopping around, Chen Dayong, Chen Xiaobo and others also gathered at Chen Ping's home in Hetou Village.
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food.
Everyone was extremely excited when they gathered together. As soon as Chen Xiaobo met, he couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Chen Ping, when are we going to go up the mountain?"
Chen Ping chuckled, "We'll leave later. By the way, let's go from the village through the woods to the west into the mountains to avoid being seen."
"Yes, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better." Chen Dayong also quickly followed up.
"Also, I have to tell you one more thing. As the saying goes, a slow stream flows forever. Today, when we go into the mountains, we can't finish all the ginseng and Ganoderma at once. Each person can only get two ginseng and two Ganoderma. Do you hear me?
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"If anyone dares to take more, I will never take him with me again."
Chen Ping's words caused everyone to look at each other for a while. Chen Xiaobo was the first to speak, "Brother Chen Ping, it's not easy to go back. If we don't get more, we might be getting an advantage by staying there."
After hearing what he said, Chen Ping's face straightened, "Have you ever thought about it? Each of the six of us has two ginseng trees, that's twelve ginseng trees. How can we eat it in one go with just three pharmacies in Qingniu County?"
so much?"
"If you dig it out and can't sell it, wouldn't it be a loss if you throw it into your hands?"
Upon hearing Chen Ping's words, everyone immediately smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
"Brother Chen Ping is right, everyone should be more conscious and don't dig too much, otherwise they won't come with us in the future."
Chen Ping nodded, seeming very satisfied with everyone's attitude, "Also, I will take you there. Don't think about going there by yourself in the future. I can tell you that there are wolves in this mountain. How about you?"
If you follow me and encounter a pack of wolves, you know the consequences."
"Yes, there are ferocious beasts in these mountains. My grandfather told me about it when I was a child." Chen Xiaobo quickly helped him.
Chen Ping felt happy when he saw that his goal had been initially achieved.
This first step is considered the right one.
"Brother Chen Ping, let's go," he said while walking on the road. Some people finally couldn't wait.
Chen Ping nodded and led everyone out of the courtyard, and the group hurried towards the west end of the village.
The house on the farthest west was Carpenter Zhang's house. Seeing so many people walking past his door, he felt very surprised, "This is Captain Chen Ping. What are you doing?"
Chen Ping waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, okay, do your job as a carpenter, and stay out of things that have nothing to do with you."
Carpenter Zhang was speechless and had to turn around to work silently.
After all, Chen Ping was not very familiar with the way into the mountain. After walking around in this large forest for a long time, he finally came out of the dense forest, figured out the direction, and ran towards the mountain temple.
By the time we arrived at the mountain temple, it was almost noon and everyone was so hungry that their chests were touching their backs.
Fortunately, they were well prepared and had some dry food with them before going up the mountain.
Chen Ping sat on the stone steps in front of the mountain temple.
"We'll be there in five or six miles. Let's take a rest here and have something to eat."
Everyone sat down and ate, thinking about what they would do with the ginseng after selling it.
Chen Xiaobo chuckled, "I have to save enough five taels of silver to buy a donkey so that I can get a wife."
His words made everyone laugh.
Suddenly Chen Dayong stood up suddenly.
"What are you hearing?"
The sudden words startled everyone, but after listening attentively, nothing happened. Chen Ping couldn't help but laugh.
"Brother Dayong, I think you are scaring yourself. How could there be any movement?"
Before he finished speaking, a low howl came from a distance.
This time everyone heard it, and Chen Xiaobo stood up suddenly.
"It sounds like a wolf howling!"
"Yes, it's a wolf howling." Some villagers immediately echoed.
After a few snaps of their fingers, everyone suddenly came to their senses, turned around and ran down the mountain almost at the same time.
After running for about half a mile, several more howls were heard behind them, and this howl was already very close to them.
Chen Dayong looked back and saw several gray shadows appearing on the steps in the distance.
What should we do? If we keep running like this, we will be overtaken within two miles.
Turning around, he saw several big trees nearby. Chen Dayong immediately had an idea.
He walked a few steps and came to the foot of the tree, and jumped up after a few clicks.
After climbing up the tree, he shouted to everyone at the top of his lungs, "Stop running, get up the tree quickly."
Only then did everyone wake up from a dream.
After all, we grew up at the foot of the mountains, and climbing trees is a compulsory course.
Chen Ping was the last one to climb the tree. As soon as he climbed up, he was only ten feet high. Several gray shadows had already reached his feet.
A huge wild wolf suddenly jumped up and almost bit his heel.
Chen Ping was so frightened that he hurriedly shrank his legs. Then he climbed up twice more.
Now, it was safe. Chen Ping secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
A few wild wolves first roared and barked at the people in the tree, and they were busy for a while.
Fortunately, the tree was thick enough, and Chen Ping and others climbed high enough. These wild wolves worked hard for a while, but in the end they found nothing.
But these wild wolves obviously had no intention of leaving. They raised their heads one by one and howled one after another into the air. They howled more than a dozen times in a row, and then lay lazily under the tree.
He actually started to doze off.
At this time, everyone had also passed the initial panic.
Chen Ping shouted loudly, "Don't be afraid, everyone. Anyway, we have food and drink, so we just have to deal with these beasts. Sooner or later they will have to leave."
His words were echoed by everyone.
"That's it, we have food and drink, so don't be afraid. We will wait until dark and then leave as planned."
Apparently they were not aware of the danger yet, and they were laughing and joking.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei had returned from the county seat.
The reason why he came back so late was because Liu Rumei arranged for someone to teach him how to use a serial crossbow.
After more than an hour of training, Chen Xiaobei has basically mastered the operation of the serial crossbow. The most important points are to hold it steadily, aim accurately, and fire quickly. To put it simply, three words are fast, accurate and steady.
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Seeing that he had brought back a lot of these, Cui Hongyu was very puzzled.
"Husband, what are you doing with so many serial crossbows?"
Chen Xiaobei pretended to be mysterious and said, "The last time I went into the mountains, I heard a wolf howling. This is for self-defense."
Upon hearing this, Cui Hongyu also looked nervous, "If this is the case, then you should never go into the mountains again."