Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Li Xiangqian looked back at Li Long's excited expression. He looked at the silver coins that Li Long had placed on the table, and then asked:
"Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly, what's the big deal?"

"Today I went to the mountains and found a guy who destroyed my cabin. It turned out that this guy had a gun and also got a treasure out of the mountains..."

Li Long simply recounted the story of Xie Youcai.

"Are you telling the truth?" Li Xiangqian stood up after hearing this and immediately asked, "Are there really weapons and silver coins in the cave?"

"Yeah." Li Long pointed to the silver coins on the table and said, "I went in and looked around. There were dozens of boxes with guns, sabers, and this..."

"Where is Xie Youcai?" Li Xiangqian asked again.

"I handed it over to the forestry team - I don't have the power to enforce the law, so I can't arrest anyone, right?"

"..." Li Xiangqian glared at Li Long speechlessly. What kind of law enforcement power are you still thinking about at this time? Bring the person back first...

"Don't worry, Director. It will take them a while to finish interrogating the people. And my friend Bolati is slower than me in taking people back on horseback. I'm faster!" Li Long meant that, Director, don't hesitate here and pay attention to these trivial matters. Let's take the Director first!
"I'll call Director Qian first." Li Xiangqian made up his mind immediately after hearing Li Long's words: "Then go to the county."

The supply and marketing cooperatives are under dual management, with the superior supply and marketing cooperatives in charge and the county also in charge. Li Xiangqian first called Director Qian, who also took this matter very seriously and asked him to go directly to the county's responsible leader. After all, this matter was not actually under the supply and marketing cooperative system, but since it had fallen to him, it would be a bit unfair to Li Long if he didn't catch it.

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiangqian waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

Li Long drove a jeep to take Li Xiangqian to the county compound. Li Xiangqian got out of the car and took Li Long into the office of a deputy county magistrate.

After listening to Li Xiangqian's report and asking Li Long some detailed questions, the deputy county magistrate in charge stood up, walked around the office twice, and then started making phone calls.

Li Long could tell that the deputy county chief named Tan Yaohui had directly called the public security and transportation departments. After making the connections, he said:

"Let's go and sit with County Magistrate Hao."

County Magistrate Hao?
Li Long was a little bored. When he followed, Li Xiangqian whispered to him:

"County Magistrate Hao is the deputy county magistrate in charge of forestry."

Understood.

This needs to be ventilated.

Is it that complicated?
Li Long was thinking about reporting the situation to the supply and marketing cooperative, and they would send a car to take the goods back.

I didn’t expect to alarm so many departments and so many people!

"County Magistrate Lin, have you received the report on the Nanshan incident?" Tan Yaohui asked after entering Deputy County Magistrate Hao's office.

"What's the matter?" Hao Youlin was a little confused. "I haven't received any reply yet."

"That's what happened. Come here, Xiao Li," Tan Yaohui called Li Long in. "Our Xiao Li is an employee of our county supply and marketing cooperative and a part-time forest ranger of our forestry team." After Tan Yaohui said this, Hao Youlin glanced at Li Long, thought for a moment and said:
"Is he the advanced individual in ethnic unity in the autonomous region?"

"Yes, yes, haha, I thought you would have an impression." Tan Yaohui smiled and said, "Today he found a cave with supplies left by the bandits in the mountains. Come on, Xiao Li, tell County Magistrate Hao about it."

Li Long was not timid, after all, he had gone to the autonomous region for a meeting and had met higher-level leaders. He stepped forward and told the story again, this time in a more organized manner - he also emphasized the matter of handing the person over to Bolati of the forestry team.

After all, Hao Youlin is in charge of forestry, and this incident happened in Nanshan, so he must report it.

"Well, Xiao Li did a good job. But the forestry team may need more time. County Mayor Yaohui, what do you mean..." Hao Youlin asked Tan Yaohui.

"I mean to call people from the public security, transportation and other departments to go to the mountains together. To be honest, I am also a little curious. I know about Usman and Sherman back then, but I didn't expect that they still had a backup plan..."

"But this time..." Hao Youlin looked outside, "Is it enough time?"

"There are guns inside, and there are quite a lot of them," said Tan Yaohui. "We have to get these things back even if we have to work all night long."

The events of 1983 had only happened not long ago, and the situation in northern Xinjiang was relatively sensitive, so no one dared to leave a large number of guns in uncontrolled areas.

"Should I report this to the two above?"

"I came here thinking of going with you. After all, both our families are involved in this matter."

Hao Youlin laughed when he heard it.

The two deputy county heads went to report to the county's top two leaders, and then asked Li Long to take them to the mountains.

The team is huge, and it feels quite majestic.

The transport company drove two large trucks, one of which was filled with armed police officers transferred from the Public Security Bureau, and the other was empty, apparently preparing to transport something.

After entering the mountain, the sun was setting, and Li Long drove a jeep with Deputy County Chief Tan and Li Xiangqian. Deputy County Chief Tan asked Li Long some questions.

"Xiao Li, you said you have a wooden house in the mountains?"

"Yes." Li Long said, "My herdsmen friends in the mountains built it for me. A few days ago, a friend who went into the mountains told me that my wooden house was destroyed. I came to take a look and happened to discover this."

"The friendship between you and the herdsmen is really touching." Deputy County Chief Tan nodded, "Not bad, not bad..."

When the jeep was still two or three hundred meters away from the cabin, Li Long pointed and said, "It's over there, but if we park the car here, it will be closer to the mountain."

"Then stop here." Deputy County Magistrate Tan readily agreed. "It depends on the situation. If we can't finish the work today, we can go to your cabin then."

"Okay." Li Long stopped, and the convoy behind him also stopped.

In addition to the transportation company's car, the county also sent a jeep - the county magistrate's, Deputy County Magistrate Hao Youlin sat in it, along with an official from the county forestry department, and two officials from the public security and transportation company sat in a truck to lead the car.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and the public security comrades became alert.

When people arrived, Li Long was a little surprised. They were Bolati and Ali.

"This is a forest ranger from the forestry team." Li Long hurriedly explained loudly, "I will hand that person over to them..."

"The forestry team is also very responsible." Tan Yaohui smiled.

Hao Youlin also smiled. Although the forestry team was a little slow, at least they had people coming at this time, so it was not too late.

Li Long and Bolatieri had a brief chat, then they tied up their horses and joined the team.

Li Long led his men into the mountains.

When the team got near the cave, the sunlight was blocked by the mountains and trees, and the light dimmed.

When he reached the cave entrance, Tan Yaohui looked around and said with a sigh:

"If no one is leading it, it would be hard to find it here."

The comrade in charge on the public security side led people downstairs. When they were halfway there, they saw a fox running out with its teeth bared. However, it only bared its teeth for a moment before being knocked down by the public security in front.

No one wants to be bitten by this thing. Although rabies is not advertised here at this time, everyone knows that being bitten is painful.

The two deputy county governors, Tan and Hao, went down in the middle. The public security comrades inside were already shining flashlights. When they went in, they looked at the boxes and the contents inside and were also very surprised.

"This gun is an old gun, but it is sealed with butter, so it will definitely fire if it is fired." The public security comrade checked the gun with gloves on. "The sabers are also very sharp, and they are all sharpened. Some of them have old bloodstains on them. They may be sabers from previous battles."

As for silver dollars and foreign currencies, they have not been counted yet.

However, when the two leaders saw the loose and sealed silver dollars, as well as stacks of foreign currencies in the box, their eyes were opened.

"Comrade Xiao Li has a firm belief," Tan Yaohui sighed. "In the face of so much wealth, he did not waver at all and reported it to his superiors. He is a good comrade who can take on great responsibilities!"

He then said to Li Xiangqian:

"Comrade Xiang Qian, your supply and marketing cooperative has trained a good comrade. That's good. You have also made a contribution."

Such a big discovery, let alone the county, should be reported to the state, or even the autonomous region. No matter what, it is definitely a credit.

After that, Li Long basically didn't say a word the whole time. There was no need to say too much at this time, just follow the process.

There were professionals to do the transport and inventory, and he just took the time to chat with Bolati. Bolati didn't mind Li Long reporting the matter to the supply and marketing cooperative, but Ali was a little complaining. Li Long explained it quietly, and Ali understood. Li Long had two responsibilities, and this matter must not be done by the forestry team alone, otherwise he would be in trouble. Now both sides are involved and have made contributions, that's enough.

In fact, Ali was just saying that. Unlike Bolati, he knew that Li Long could take the man to the county and hand him over to the police. The forestry team was still passive, and now Li Long handed the man over to them first, at least they could not get rid of this credit.

"Our warehouse is almost full again. Come and get some when you have time." Ali whispered to Li Long.

"Okay, okay, I'll go over after this is done." Li Long also said in a low voice.

The wood used for the boxes is relatively good and is nailed tightly. The things in the boxes are basically unpacked, inspected, nailed shut and moved out, and then counted when they return to the county.

However, the items in the boxes are of different weights, with silver dollars being the heaviest and foreign currencies being the lightest. There are also several boxes of machines at the innermost part of this stone hall, which are said to be able to repair firearms and process bullets.

If this is taken away by someone with ulterior motives, it will be very troublesome.

There were old and new guns, some had never been fired and were wrapped in butter and oil paper, and some were already rusted.

Generally speaking, it’s not a particularly large warehouse.

Li Long is very strong, but it doesn't show at this time. He follows Bolati, carrying a box and moving it out with the large team.

Li Xiangqian was also moving things, but what he was moving was simpler. It was a machine part stored separately, weighing seven or eight kilograms. It was much easier than Li Long and the others.

By the time the goods were moved back to the transport truck, the sun had only half risen.

There are fewer people coming this time, so we have to move at least once more.

"Xiao Li, come here for a moment. I have something to tell you." After Li Xiangqian put down his things, he called Li Long over.

Bolati and his men continued to move things - after all, the head of the forestry department was here, so they had to show some performance. Bolati had worked as a forest ranger in the forestry team for several years, so he had some ideas.

"Xiao Li, your representation is secure this time." Li Xiangqian said in a low voice, "This is a great achievement!"

"Hey, I didn't think that much."

"You are really good..." Li Xiangqian sighed, "If I came across so many things, I don't know if I would be willing to hand them over - they are silver dollars, so many, if converted into money, it would be at least tens of thousands."

There should be more than that. Li Long guessed that these silver dollars were at least tens of thousands. According to the current price of two or three yuan per silver dollar, it was at least more than 50,000 yuan.

Now that he has handed the things over, Li Long must have a little regret, but when he thinks about how many guns are still there, Li Long feels lucky that he has handed them over.

"And that foreign currency..." Li Xiangqian continued, "That's US dollars... Our country doesn't have much foreign exchange right now, this thing is very valuable!"

Li Long thinks so. It is said that in order to get more foreign exchange, several major cities have even opened cultural relic stores to sell some domestic cultural relics to foreigners, who can only buy them with foreign exchange.

He suddenly remembered the two stacks of foreign currency he had taken away, which were still in his backpack.

If I take this to an antique shop in a big city, can I buy some good things?

Li Long was daydreaming here, and the people who were moving things had disappeared.

There were still a few policemen with guns guarding the place. Li Xiangqian and Li Long chatted for a few more words before they went into the mountains together.

Only halfway through the journey, they saw a large group of people carrying things back, and Bolati was still calling Li Long:

"Li Long, there's no need to go over there. We've moved everything..."

Li Longhan followed Li Xiangqian and was lazy for a while, and ended up getting nothing to do.

Two deputy county governors, Tan Yaohui and Hao Youlin, also helped move things, and Li Xiangqian and Li Long hurried over to replace them.

Both of them were in a good mood, and this trip was really an eye-opener.

By the time all the harvest was packed, it was almost dark.

Each car turned on its headlights. Li Long and Bolati, who was riding a horse, waved their hands and drove towards the county.

After sending the people off, Li Long drove the jeep back to the yard. Han Fang came over quickly to open the door again, with a surprised smile on her face.

Sister Yang had also come out to the kitchen door, ready to prepare food for Li Long.

Li Long closed the door and briefly explained the matter to Gu Xiaoxia before going to change his clothes.

"There really is a treasure?" Gu Xiaoxia was also a little surprised. "You are not hurt, right? That person... is so disgusting!"

"It's okay. I'm very capable." Li Long smiled. "When there was danger, I would have opened fire early."

After eating the noodles that Sister Yang ordered, Li Long returned to the house and told Gu Xiaoxia what Li Xiangqian had said.

"You are awesome then - representative, there is only one in our bureau."

The two of them chattered for a long time. Li Long remembered the two stacks of foreign currency in his backpack. He got up from the bed, went to the west room, turned on the light, took them out of his backpack, and saw that they were indeed US dollars.

And it’s the kind with a face value of one hundred dollars!

These two stacks must be worth at least 20,000 US dollars, right?

If you exchange it at the national price now, you can get 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, but if you exchange it privately, you can at least get 100,000 yuan, right?

Of course, it was just a thought. Li Long thought about it, grabbed a handful of silver dollars from his backpack, wiped them, and showed them to Gu Xiaoxia.

Having lived two lives, he would speculate with the greatest malice towards those who were outside delivering supplies to the gangs. Who knows if there was anything contaminated on them?

"This is US dollars?" Gu Xiaoxia looked at the two stacks of US dollars and widened her eyes. "It seems to be very valuable... But we can't use it here, right?"

Although the trend of going abroad was very popular in the 1980s, there was not such a big fluctuation in the northern Xinjiang area. To be honest, there were people who went abroad at that time, but most of them went to Australia and New Zealand. How should I put it? It can be said that the information was blocked, or it can be said that the ideological education was successful. People here really didn't have such a big idea about going abroad.

At that time, there were also people who went to the west to do business in the Soviet republics - of course, they were doing business on behalf of the government, but they were all official matters, and basically no one was willing to stay there for a long time.

The reform has already taken place, and I can clearly feel that life here will get better and better. Why go out?
I can't speak it, and I can't understand it. It's troublesome.

Of course, there is also the mentality of being content with the status quo.

So Gu Xiaoxia was just curious, and then stopped paying attention to the US dollars. She looked through the silver dollars and then went to wash her hands: "I don't know if there is any dirt on them after so many years. I have to hold the baby in the morning, so I have to wash it."

Hey, I went with Li Longxiang.

Now Haohao can obviously sleep through the night. When Sister Yang was taking care of him, Li Long often instilled in him the need to develop good living habits, such as taking a nap at noon and trying not to sleep in the morning or afternoon. In this way, the child can also sleep through the night.

It is quite convenient for Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia. At least they don’t have to get up frequently at night to have the trouble.

At that time, there were no diapers or urine pots, but there were urine pots. It was summer, and the two little boys quickly learned to pee while standing in open-crotch pants.

I learn quite quickly.

Gu Xiaoxia asked Li Long to put these things away. She thought for a moment and asked:

"Shouldn't we tell anyone about this?"

"Well, it's best not to talk about it for now." Li Long said, "Let's see how the county handles it. I guess it may not be publicized. This kind of thing is still quite sensitive at this time."

In 1985, the third year of the National Unity Education Month, Usman declared himself a Kazakh hero. Although he did many things that angered the people, in the eyes of some old Kazakhs, he was a hero who resisted Sheng Shicai's tyranny.

This thing is quite sensitive.

So Li Long didn't know how the higher-ups would handle this matter.

But for him, the matter was already reported to the higher authorities, and as for how the higher authorities dealt with it, that was their business. He would put the person who destroyed the wooden house in jail - Xie Youcai would definitely not have an easy time, and that was all.

Thinking that they both had to go to work tomorrow and Li Long had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to inquire about the situation, the two of them went to bed early. (End of this chapter)