Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Three days before Li Long went to Beiting for a meeting.

Jia Tianlong called the supply and marketing cooperative the day before to find Li Long and said he would come to collect the medicinal materials this morning.

It was Zhou Yuan who came to inform Li Long yesterday afternoon, which made Li Long feel a little embarrassed. After all, he was the section chief and had to run errands for him every day, so when he left, Li Long went to the kitchen to bring Zhou Yuan two pieces of dried yellow sheep meat.

There are a lot of dried meat hanging in my kitchen, which are accumulated slowly. This stuff is smeared with salt and dried, and placed in a basket covered with a cage cloth. Because there is a lot of salt, it does not attract insects and flies, and it can be stored for a long time.

Zhou Yuanle left happily with the meat in his hand. He didn't need it, but Li Long took the initiative to give it to him. What did that mean? It meant that the relationship was in place.

Zhou Yuan never acted like a section chief in front of Li Long - Li Long was a favorite of the directors of the state and county supply and marketing cooperatives, so he had a lot of face. If Zhou Yuan really acted like a section chief in front of him, he would not be qualified to be the section chief.

Since Jia Tianlong is coming, Li Long naturally has to prepare well. He originally planned to go to the mountains again today, but he has put it off to the afternoon - let's talk about it after Jia Tianlong leaves.

At around twelve o'clock in the morning, Jia Tianlong came with a truck - the same truck and the same silent driver as last time.

The truck drove into the yard and Li Long closed the gate. The first thing Jia Tianlong did after getting off the truck was to apologize to Li Long:
"Xiaolong, I'm really sorry to tell you this. I should have come here a week ago, but you know I'm responsible for purchasing medicinal herbs in the northern Xinjiang. The state-owned purchasing stations in our counties have all been withdrawn, and my old friends in other counties are doing it themselves. They have been urging me to go over and buy the medicinal herbs from them. After I received the payment, I was taken away."

"I understand." Li Long smiled and said, "It's normal. Old Jia, you are different from us. I am only responsible for one county, so you can say whatever you want. The area you are in charge of is large, so it is impossible for you to only consider my side."

Seeing that Li Long understood, Jia Tianlong was quite touched. After all, only a few people could understand him, and most people thought that he was the boss and wasting time was just being arrogant.

As usual, Jia Tianlong first burned incense on the jade, then teased Mingming and Haohao, and finally followed Li Long to the side room to look at the Fritillaria and other medicinal herbs.

Sister Yang teased Mingming and Haohao to prevent the two children from climbing out of the couch.

Although they are less than one year old, the two children's "naughty" attributes have gradually emerged. The bed car can no longer satisfy their exploration and desire for the world, and they are thinking about "prison break" all the time.

If the big truck didn't come in, Li Long would have let the two children out. After all, the ground was made of bricks and was usually swept clean, so there was nothing wrong with the children playing on the ground.

But now we have a big truck and we need to load some stuff, so we have to put the two little guys in a difficult position for now.

Most of the things in the compartment were bags of various kinds.

"These are Fritillaria, this one is all dried, about one ton or three or four." Li Long pointed at the Fritillaria and said, "This is licorice. You can see that this pile of bags contains Codonopsis, about four or five hundred kilograms; this pile of bags contains Cynomorium songaricum, also more than three hundred kilograms."

The Cynomorium songaricum and licorice were mainly collected by the purchasing stations; most of the Codonopsis pilosula were stocks pulled over from the forestry teams, and the purchasing stations also collected some.

Jia Tianlong went over to look at the Fritillaria first. He picked up a bag, untied the bag, reached in and took a handful of it, then sighed:

"Xiaolong, let me tell you, I have collected medicinal materials from five counties these days, and compared with them, the Fritillaria here is of the best quality. Those old guys are really not particular, they sell the things to me in the same state they collect them, without processing them at all. There are a lot of residues at the bottom of the bag, mixed with some soil, and they don't even sift it... They just like your Fritillaria more."

"Hey, this thing, clean it up, and give me a good price." Li Long smiled, "Would you like to see the mother-of-pearl first?"

"Okay, let's weigh the Fritillaria first, same as last time?"

"Of course." Li Long nodded, turned and walked out of the room to prepare the scale and large flat basket.

The process was the same as last time. Li Long and Jia Tianlong poured the Fritillaria into the flat basket, checked the quality, weighed it, and counted it; the driver did the physical work, carrying, pouring, and packing the Fritillaria.

Not slow in action.

The process sounds complicated, but it is actually very quick. The Fritillaria was weighed in more than an hour.

"One thousand four hundred and eight kilograms." Jia Tianlong added the total, "They are all special grade, sixty-five per kilogram, ninety-one thousand five hundred and twenty yuan..."

This is a big number, even more than last time!
Then there are Codonopsis pilosula, licorice, Cynomorium songaricum, and finally a few boxes of snow lotus.

Li Long cleaned up all the herbs very well. Jia Tianlong took a quick look and marked a high price for Li Long. Codonopsis pilosula was 27 yuan per kilogram, licorice was 1.5 yuan per kilogram, Cynomorium songaricum was 2 yuan per kilogram, and the snow lotus was the original price, 6 yuan per flower, all for a flat price. These prices were much higher than those of the herbal medicine company.

The final price was one hundred and five thousand yuan... it was almost a perfect amount, but Jia Tianlong rounded it up.

"Xiaolong, let me tell you, I almost gave you all my money this time." Jia Tianlong said half-truthfully, "That is, I shipped all the goods from those counties back to Kou, and only after I got the payment did I dare to come and take your things."

Li Long didn't quite believe it and of course just laughed it off.

"Don't disbelieve me. I'm telling you, among the four or five counties nearby, you collect the most Fritillaria. Although the people in those counties also bought the state-owned purchasing stations and started their own business, one of them was the deputy director of the original state-owned purchasing station, but he resigned and started his own private purchasing station. But overall, the amount of Fritillaria collected in this Fritillaria season is not as much as yours this time!"

Li Long naturally knew what was going on. He and the forestry team had qualified, so the source of Fritillaria was naturally rich - nearly half of the Fritillaria sold came from the forestry team. Of course, the cabin in the mountains also contributed a lot, mainly because the purchase price there was low, and the things exchanged themselves also had a certain profit.

Therefore, my profit from the 150,000 yuan is more than 60,000 yuan.

It's really easy to make this money.

Not to mention now, even if it was thirty or forty years later in the previous life, 60,000 yuan would not be a small sum. For the land that I had invested in the cooperative, the annual dividend would only be about 100,000 yuan, right?
How long has it been and the net profit has reached 60,000?

This was the eighties!
Li Long waited for Jia Tianlong to hand him stacks of money. After counting them, he planned to deposit most of the money as soon as possible after Jia Tianlong left.

"Okay, after receiving these goods from you, my cash is finally in stock. I can feel at ease now..." Jia Tianlong also breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's a good time to take a break. Let Sister Yang cook some food and we can have a drink." Li Long said with a smile.

"No, no," Jia Tianlong waved his hand. "Xiaolong, to be honest, I'm in a hurry here and need to get these herbs to Wucheng as soon as possible. The train I contacted will be dispatched today, so I won't stay here any longer. I'll come over next time and have a drink with you."

"It's time for dinner, we have to eat anyway." Li Long said, "It's too late to cook at home, let's go to the cafeteria and eat. After we finish eating, you can leave?"

"No, no, let's go now and eat in Wucheng." Jia Tianlong insisted on leaving. "There's really no need, Xiaolong. We've come to this point, so I won't be polite with you. We're really in a hurry..."

Li Long did not force it any more. He went over to open the door and watched Jia Tianlong and his team's truck leave. Jia Tianlong even stuck his head out from the passenger seat and waved at Li Long.

When the truck turned the corner and disappeared, when Li Long turned back to the yard, Sister Yang had already let Mingming and Haohao out of the stretcher. The two children were holding onto the edge of the stretcher, tentatively walking towards the side.

The little lamb would come over from time to time and jump around to play.

Luwazi asked Li Long to take him to Laomahao - these guys grew up too fast and had already shown signs of fighting, so they were no longer suitable to be playmates for children.

Li Long went to collect the bag of money and put it in the house, planning to save it in the afternoon. The house was not suitable for storing too much cash. Now that he had a purchasing station, it would be more reasonable to have a certain cash flow.

At lunch, Li Long told Gu Boyuan that Jia Tianlong was coming. Gu Boyuan smiled and said:
"That's great. I'm relieved. There are more than 200 kilograms of Fritillaria at the purchasing station, both dry and wet. You can bring them over when you have time and process them here, and pack them up before the next sale."

There is a lot of traffic at the purchasing station now, and people come to sell things every day. Gu Boyuan is busy with this alone and has no time to pack up those medicinal materials.

"Okay, I'll go and get it back this afternoon." Li Long said.

As a result, just after dinner, when Gu Boyuan and Gu Xiaoxia had not left yet, someone else came over.

Li Long went to open the door, and outside the door was Zhao Hui, who surprised Li Long a little.

"Hey, Boss Zhao, what a rare guest." Li Long reacted quickly and greeted the person with a smile, "I was just chatting with Lao Jia about you this morning, come in quickly!"

As soon as he heard Li Long's address, Gu Boyuan, who was pushing his bicycle and preparing to go out, knew who this person was. Li Long introduced Zhao Hui to Gu Boyuan. Knowing that he was Li Long's elder, Zhao Hui hurriedly greeted Gu Boyuan and handed him a cigarette.

Gu Boyuan took the cigarette, listened to their conversation for a few words, then said he was going to the purchasing station, and then pushed his bicycle away.

"My father-in-law helps me look after the purchasing station." Li Long explained, "Now there are a lot of people at the purchasing station every day, and we can't do without someone."

"That's a good thing." Zhao Hui said with a smile, "With the purchasing station, it will be much more convenient for you to collect these materials. I came here to see if you have a lot of furs in stock. If you have a lot, I will hire a car to take them away."

"About 200 to 300 pieces," Li Long said. "Spring is over, and the quality of leather is not as good as before, but with the purchase station, we can still get some leather."

Li Longcun took some of the common leather, such as sheepskin and rabbit skin, to the county leather factory, and kept the good leather such as yellow sheepskin and red deer skin. Although they were spring leather, not as good as winter leather, but a little bit adds up to a lot, and the price of these wild animal skins is not low, even if they are not as good as winter leather, the price is not much lower.

"So many?" Zhao Hui didn't expect this. "Then I really miscalculated. I should have brought a car with me."

Sister Yang brought some water to Zhao Hui, and at this time Gu Xiaoxia and Han Fang were ready to go out.

Zhao Hui had seen Gu Xiaoxia and the others before, and had greeted them when he came in. After they left, Sister Yang looked at Mingming and Haohao, and Li Long took Zhao Hui to the wing room to look at the leather.

There is a row of rooms on the east side, two of which are for medicinal materials, one for leathers, and another for sundries - the things that Li Long thinks are more valuable, such as tiger bones that have not been cleaned up, tiger bone wine, argali heads and northern goat heads taken from the mountains, wine soaked with northern goat blood, etc. are all here.

As soon as the compartment was opened, a strong stench of wild animals hit me in the face.

Li Long was not used to the smell, but Zhao Hui did not feel uncomfortable at all. He walked forward and looked at the three stacks of leather.

"This side is full leather, this side is slightly damaged leather, and this side is residual leather." Li Long introduced them one by one.

The slightly damaged ones in the middle were the most numerous, accounting for the majority. There were about 30 to 40 pieces of full-body leather, including yellow sheepskin, red deer skin, and wild goat skin.

Spring leather has almost no velvet, while winter leather has velvet, so winter leather is more expensive.

These leathers are not tanned, but simply treated with salt for corrosion prevention, so they are basically hard boards and not as soft as the finished products.

Zhao Hui simply looked through the whole leather, and then went to look at the other two piles of leather.

"Not bad, the leather is well preserved." Zhao Hui clapped his hands after reading it. Li Long took him to the well to wash his hands and closed the door of the wing room.

The main reason was that the smell was too strong and he was afraid that it would suffocate the two children.

After washing his hands, Zhao Hui shook off the water droplets and said:

"Comrade Xiao Li, you have a lot of leather here. I have to hire a car first. How about we come over this afternoon and load the leather?"

"Okay, how do you calculate the price of the leather?" Li Long asked the crucial question.

"Spring leather is not the same as winter leather. These leathers are of different sizes, and basically each leather has a different price." Zhao Hui said.

"Let me give you an example." Li Long felt that Zhao Hui was not as good at doing business as Jia Tianlong. "What is the price of a red deer or yellow sheep hide?"

Although he had already done business once, Li Long felt that it would be better to ask clearly to avoid disputes when settling the bill.

"The whole hide of an adult red deer is fine. My purchase price for spring hide is 70 yuan, and the purchase price for an adult yellow sheep is 60 yuan." Zhao Hui thought for a moment and said, "The smaller the hide, the lower the price. Of course, the current price is a little higher than last year. Do you think you can accept it?"

"This price is good. Go hire a car. I'll wait for you here." Li Long nodded.

This price is slightly higher than that of the county leather factory. As Zhao Hui said, the prices of various materials change every year. The price of spring leather this year is about the same as that of winter leather last year. So by the end of the year, the price of winter leather will also increase.

The county leather factory's purchase price for adult red deer hides is currently fifty-five to sixty per spring, which is not as high as Zhao Hui's.

Zhao Hui was also very happy when he heard that Li Long decided to sell. He could make at least 5,000 yuan from these two or three hundred skins. After deducting the shipping fee, there was still a lot left.

Zhao Hui went out with his bag, and instead of hiring a car, he went to the bank to withdraw money. He was different from Jia Tianlong. Jia Tianlong's purpose was obvious, he came here to get Li Long's Fritillaria, and he also knew that Li Long had a lot of Fritillaria, enough to fill a cart, so he would withdraw the money first.

Zhao Hui went to the north to do some work first, and had already sent a carload of goods. He came here to take a look, but he didn't expect Li Long to give him a small surprise. He didn't have the cash ready, so he had to withdraw it temporarily.

After withdrawing the money, he went to the transportation company to coordinate the car, and then came to Li Long.

Li Long had asked Sister Yang to bring the two children into the house. It was the time for them to take a nap, and they could avoid the pungent smell.

Zhao Hui inspects the leather very carefully, looking at each one carefully to see where there are tears, the quality of the fur, and whether there are any signs of splicing.

As he watched, he explained to Li Long:
"You bought most of these leathers from the purchasing station, right? Let me tell you, some people are really good at counterfeiting nowadays. They put together half of the leather, and if you don't look carefully, you will be fooled easily."

"Not all the leather comes from the purchasing station." Li Long continued, "Some are taken from the mountains, and some are winter leather. You should be able to tell."

"Yes, that's true. This leather is winter leather, and winter leather is more expensive." Zhao Hui is pretty good at this. He would point out if it was winter leather. Li Long guessed that he might have been fooled by spliced ​​leather. However, in the northern border, it is highly unlikely, because the resources are so abundant right now, so there is no need.

"The winter skin of red deer is five yuan more, and the same goes for yellow sheep." Zhao Hui wrote down the words in the notebook while looking at the skins, and then he showed one to Li Long.

Zhao Hui is more cautious and meticulous in doing business, which is completely different from Jia Tianlong's style.

Li Long watched and compared them secretly. In fact, everyone has their own characteristics. It's not about who is better, it's mainly about different personalities.

Every time Zhao Hui looked at a piece of leather, he would quote a price and ask Li Long to confirm, and then the hired driver would put the leather on the car.

Although the number of skins was much less than that of mother-of-pearl, it took more than two hours to empty the room of skins.

Li Long simply opened the door of the compartment and lit some sanitary incense to change the smell inside.

"There are a total of 278 skins, and the total price is 11,830 yuan." Zhao Hui held the notebook and showed it to Li Long.

"No problem, this is the number." Li Long had already added the number himself, and it was correct.

"Okay, now I'll pay, write a receipt, and you sign it for me, okay?"

"Okay." Li Long naturally had no objection.

Compared with the amount of money for Fritillaria, it is much less, about one tenth, but it is also a big sum. At this time, I can buy two tractors - oh, it seems that I can't buy two, and it is said that the price of small four-wheel tractors has also increased.

Li Long was thinking while counting the money.

After two rounds of business in the morning and afternoon, more than half of the inventory at home was gone. There were still some unripened Fritillaria, but not much.

The amount of money he earned was quite a lot, and it was the largest sum he had ever received since his rebirth.

It's worth celebrating! (End of this chapter)