Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

This model of the pastoral team will not exist for long. In a few years, the pastoral team will be disbanded, and Yushanjiang and his men will pay to buy the cattle and sheep - of course, the money for the cattle and sheep is just symbolic, after all, they have been the ones grazing.

It is just like when production teams contracted production to each household.

Of course, they will have to pay management fees and contract fees for the grassland later, just like farmers’ land.

Li Long was not very clear about other expenses.

At that time, herders were more independent, but that is not the case now. The current model is a bit like the Corps.

Therefore, Yushanjiang and his team could not directly reject the pastoral team's request.

Xiao Kelai knew Li Long a little. Not to mention the house repairs for the Jiang family in Yushan in the first two years, this year's sheep washing pool saved the animal husbandry team a lot of sheep washing fees.

But Li Long is an advanced individual in ethnic unity in the state, and he has actually done a lot of things.

Many herdsmen and several small tribes under the jurisdiction of the pastoral team are quite envious of Yushanjiang and his team for having a friend like Li Long.

We can provide supplies to build winter shelters, repair water pipes, and repair houses.

How good!

It is normal for the pastoral team to complain about the loss of income due to Li Long and his colleagues, but if there is someone like Li Long in their tribe, they will definitely be very happy.

Who doesn’t want to have such a friend?

Xiao Kelai looked at Li Long's official manner and said with a smile:

"These things can be discussed. I am Yelaya's uncle."

Yelaya's uncle?

Ye Laya was the original broadcaster in the pastoral team. Because Li Long renovated the house for Yushanjiang and Halimu's family, it attracted reporters from the autonomous region's daily newspaper. Ye Laya, as a broadcaster, provided materials and was then seconded to the county radio station. No one knows what she is doing now.

"Yelaya has now officially become an announcer at the county radio station." Xiao Kelaiti said with a smile, "When she came back, she said she wanted to thank you very much. Without you, she would not have become an official announcer."

There aren't many ethnic minorities in the county, but they are not a minority either, and the radio station needs announcers from ethnic minorities.

"She seized the opportunity herself." Now that she knew someone, it was much easier to talk. "Xiao Kelaiti, tell me, what do you think of the animal husbandry team?"

"Originally, the team leader wanted to lend us the tractor to cut grass," Xiao Kelai said. "Now, I'll listen to you. After all, the tractor harvester is yours."

"Whose grass are you cutting?" Li Long asked. Last year, when I was cutting grass for the animal husbandry team, I was cutting grass from other small tribes.

What about this year, is it the same?

"Actually... it's the team leader's pasture." Xiao Kelai had a good impression of Li Long and didn't hide it. He said, "The team leaders all have their own cattle and sheep, but they don't let them go. The pasture and cattle and sheep are left to other people..."

Xiao Kelaiti didn't finish his words, but Li Long knew what was going on.

Wherever there are people, there is society (not the underworld). Whether it is a pastoral team or a forestry team, as long as there are interests involved, don't think it is a clear pool.

Xu Chengjun is the captain of their fourth team. Will he still consider his own family, let alone these herdsmen?

Of course, it is normal for the leaders of the pastoral team to have cattle, sheep and pastures. Giving the cattle and sheep to other herdsmen to graze is not exploitation, and it may even be a good thing for these herdsmen. For example, the pasture allocated to the leaders of the pastoral team will most likely be closer to the settlement, the pasture will be more fertile, and the area may also be larger.

If we let them herd sheep, the wool they hand in can be counted lower, and they can be put at the front for sheep washing, and the supplies distributed by the team can also be given to them in advance.

There is nothing new under the sun. Li Long could come to this conclusion without any analysis.

pretty close.

Why put a comma? Because the review does not allow it to be continuous.

If that was the case, then Li Long had no scruples. Since it was not a business matter, he did not need to act as a representative. He could discuss the price purely from a business perspective without any psychological burden.

If he is cutting grass for the pastoral team, then as a representative, he still has to be cautious.

"That's bargaining." Li Long smiled and said, "Xiao Kelaiti, tell your leader that I cut grass for Yushanjiang and his men because we are friends. And I will definitely finish cutting grass here before going to cut grass over there.

In addition, the price of mowing grass had to be determined. We used a lawn mower to mow wheat outside, and it cost two dollars per acre. Mowing grass is not much easier than mowing wheat, but the plot is larger, so it can be cheaper, but it cannot be less than one dollar and fifty cents.

In fact, if your animal husbandry team has money, you can definitely buy another tractor or a harvester. It will be much more convenient to cut grass than using a sickle."

"We also want to buy one, but the harvester in your purchasing station is gone," Xiao Kelaiti said with a smile.

Apparently, he was in no hurry at all.

Anyway, it was the team leader's business, he just came here to run errands and pass on a message.

"Is that so?" Li Long smiled awkwardly. He had forgotten about this matter. "Then tell your team leader as I said. Regarding this matter, I will definitely take care of my friends first. As for you, if you want to fight, you can wait until we finish fighting here. Of course, you can also ask others to help you. After all, the wheat is almost harvested."

"Okay, okay." Xiao Kelai said, "I understand."

"If I'm not in the mountains later, you can discuss and tell Yushanjiang directly, and he can make the decision." Li Long added, "I don't have to be in the mountains every day, there are also things going on in the county."

"I know, I know. You have a lot of things to do. You are busy."

Xiao Kelaiti and his companions were considered guests coming from far away, so Yerjiang and his companions were already cooking meat, and asked Xiao Kelaiti to eat before leaving.

Xiao Kelaiti did not refuse. Life in the pastoral team was not very good, and it was normal to eat meat once every half a month or a month. So how could he refuse such a good opportunity to have a full meal of meat?
Li Long and Xiao Kelai went to the winter den. Li Long kept Yushanjiang. After chatting for a few sentences, he found that it was similar to what he had guessed.

Yushanjiang went home and stayed there for less than half an hour before the leader of the pastoral team found him.

After all, the entire pastoral team only has one small four-wheel tractor, and now Yushanjiang has driven another one, so they will definitely ask about it.

Although Yushanjiang was doing well in the tribe, he was still inferior to the people in the pastoral team. After just a few words, he found out that the tractor was used to cut grass.

Fortunately, Yushanjiang himself was quite vigilant and said directly that the tractor and harvester belonged to Li Long, so the leader of the pastoral team sent Xiao Ke to bring them over to discuss with Li Long.

"It's okay. I'll remind Talihar and the others later and tell them that both tractors are mine." Li Long didn't care. "But in this case, after we finish cutting the grass, the tractors can't be parked at your place. They have to be driven to the county or parked at Qingshuihezi..."

"Then let's drive to the county!" Yushanjiang felt that Qingshuihezi was not safe either. This tractor could be started and driven away with just a crank, so he was very worried.

"Wait a few more years." Li Long said, "Wait a few more years, and the animal husbandry team will be disbanded. The cattle and sheep will be yours, and the pasture will be yours too. By then, with tractors, no one will care about you anymore."

"Really?" Yushanjiang used to feel that he had support with the pastoral team, but now that he has a tractor, he feels it is inconvenient.

"Really? Don't worry. It's absolutely true." Li Long smiled. "It's okay. The sun is out and we'll be able to cut grass soon. We'll definitely cut your grass first. If I'm not here for the next two days, they'll come and do the same. If they really agree to one dollar and fifty cents, or even one dollar, you can go and cut grass. If we cut grass for a hundred acres a day, several sheep will come..."

Yushanjiang was not used to this yet, but when he thought about it, he could earn several sheep a day, so why not fight?

Yushanjiang was not the only one who knew about this. He also told Talihar about it. After all, two tractors are faster than one. Yushanjiang also leaked the news, but it was nothing more than knowing it. Anyway, Li Long was considered a relatively wealthy person now, so it was normal for him to be able to afford a tractor.

While Xiaokelaiti, Yerjiang and others were looking at the meat in the pot, Li Long came back carrying a sack.

Xiao Kelaiti asked Li Long what was in the sack.

"Wild mushrooms." Li Long took out a black tiger paw mushroom and showed it to Xiao Ke.

"Will you eat? Is this good?"

"It's delicious." Li Long smiled. "Not only do we eat it, but my purchasing station also buys it. One kilogram of this is two yuan." "Two yuan?" Xiao Kelaiti's eyes suddenly lit up.

In the eyes of many people in northern Xinjiang, Uyghurs are better at doing business than Hakkas. Xiao Kelaiti is a Uyghur, and he became interested when he heard this, "Are you really going to accept it?"

"Yes, I'll give you 10 yuan for dry ones and 2 yuan for fresh ones, but they have to be clean." Li Long said with a smile, "If they're not clean, the price will drop. Look at what's in my pocket, they're all clean."

Xiao Kelai has seen this kind of mushroom before. The people in the animal husbandry team all have their own pastures. There is no flat grassland in Ma County, but only alpine meadows. The mountain environment makes black tiger palm fungus more common.

"If you really want it, I'll get it...but your purchasing station is quite far away."

"You can bring it here." Li Long knew that the resources of the animal husbandry team were no less than those of the forestry team. It was just that the lifestyles of the two sides were different. The forestry team mainly confiscated the herbs from the mountain herders, while the animal husbandry team could pick them from their own pastures.

As long as there is money to be made, can't the tradition of not eating mushrooms be broken?

of course.

If pigs can be called big-eared sheep, what else can they be called? At this time, the whole nation in the neighboring country was still raising pigs. Even in the early 2000s, when the Chinese people went to Kazakhstan for a meeting, the people in the Kazakh outposts were still eating pickled pork and black bread.

What does this mean? Some so-called religious beliefs really restrict human nature.

Far away.

Li Long saw that Xiao Ke was interested, so he immediately said:

"In fact, there are morels in May, which are more expensive. The fresh ones are three yuan per kilogram, and the dried ones are fifteen to twenty yuan. But those are hard to pick. Now these are very easy to pick. If you look carefully in a day, you can find a sack. Look, I have already picked up half a sack in a short while - a sack is 40 to 50 kilograms, and the good ones are 80 to 90 yuan, how great!"

The black tiger palm mushroom was used to weigh the food down, and the sack Li Long took was also big, so this sack was really not light.

Xiao Kelaiti became even more excited when he heard this.

He didn't want to pick mushrooms himself, but to mobilize some herdsmen's families on the grassland to pick them. Li Long bought them at two yuan per kilogram, and he bought them at one yuan per kilogram. He could make twice as much money by selling them!
Do you think the sheep of the herdsmen in the mountains are willing?
Of course they would! There are only three or five mushrooms per kilogram. If you want to exchange them for three kilograms of noodles or two kilograms of rice, do you think they would do it? If you want to exchange them, they will run faster than horses!

Xiao Kelaiti made up his mind and immediately smiled at Li Long:

"It's a deal, if I get some mushrooms, you can take them..."

"Don't worry, everyone is here. I'll take whatever you have." Li Long patted his chest, "I still have some credibility."

"If you don't trust Li Long, then don't stay here." Several herdsmen also said, "Don't worry, he keeps his word and is trustworthy!"

Xiao Kelaiti lost interest in eating meat at this time, so he thought about returning to the herding team and riding his horse to several pastures to tell people about it. But then he thought it was not right, he should buy a few bags of rice and flour, carry them to the mountains, and leave a bag of rice and flour in each household. In this way, he could collect mushrooms in two days.

As soon as the harvested mushrooms are sold, you will know whether this business is successful.

It won't take more than three days, and the most I'll have to pay is a bag of rice and a bag of noodles, which is still affordable.

Xiao Kelaiti also has his own pasture, but he entrusts it to others for grazing. The reason why he doesn't want to go into the mountains is that he wants to live in the plains and see if he can find a profitable business.

Isn’t it available now?
Li Long occasionally promotes the purchasing station to collect things, but it is also a helpless move.

At that time, there was no TV station in the county, and the radio station did not broadcast regularly. People basically listened to the regional radio station and the Central People's Broadcasting Station. The scope of radio broadcasting in the county was still small.

The purchasing station wants to expand its scale and attract more people to sell things. At present, it is just word of mouth.

However, those middlemen who make a living by collecting supplies from ordinary farmers and mountain people do not want the news of the purchasing stations to reach the ears of these grassroots people. If it does, they will go and sell their goods themselves. How can they make money?

So whenever Li Long encountered this, he would promote it as much as he could.

After a few years, maybe two or three years, the county TV station will be established, and then we can advertise.

Li Long vaguely remembered that the county TV station was established in 1987 or 1988. When it was first established, it broadcast martial arts films from Hong Kong and Taiwan every day, and children at that time especially loved to watch them.

Maybe at the beginning the county had nothing to record except news, so they used these to attract audiences.

After Xiao Kelaiti finished his lunch, he rode away in a hurry. At this time, the sun had dried the rain on the grass. After resting for a while, Yushanjiang and his men also started to cut grass. Before cutting grass, Talihar and his men came over and brought Li Long several sacks of black tiger palm mushrooms.

"We had nothing to do in the morning, so we decided to go hunting. We didn't see many animals, but there were a lot of wild mushrooms in the mountains, so we picked some." Talihar said with a smile, "You can take them away, we have no place to dry them."

Li Long smiled. These sacks of black tiger paw mushrooms weighed at least 200 kilograms, which were not light!

The jeep was almost full.

Li Long had been thinking about picking some mushrooms in the afternoon, but now it seems that is not necessary.

So while Yushanjiang and the others went to collect grass, Li Long drove the jeep down the mountain.

The mud was almost dry in the sunny places, so when the jeep drove out of the mountain, it didn't bring much mud with it.

After driving onto the Wuyi Highway, Li Long did not return to the county town immediately. Instead, he turned off the highway and drove all the way to the bank of the Ma River.

After he turned off the engine and got out of the car, he took a basin and towel from the jeep and used water to wash the car.

The mud on the surface of the car was easy to wash, but there was a lot of mud stuck inside the four wheels. Li Long used a stick to clean it out for a long time.

Fortunately, there is plenty of water here, and there is no need to worry about mud and water flowing down and dirtying the ground.

Normally, car washing is done in the big yard, but not today.

After washing the car, Li Long looked around. The water was quite heavy and there were rocks washed out by the river. Li Long had nothing to do, so he walked down the river for a hundred meters.

Sure enough, there is gold sand in the sand by the river, but it is very little and you can see it. It is not easy to find it, and it feels like the gain does not outweigh the loss.

But occasionally you can see stones similar to jade. Li Long saw two pieces, but the quality of the jade was very ordinary.

At this time, the resources were still abundant. In the following years, when the river was low, people could be seen searching the river with bottles every day. By then, even jade of this ordinary material would be picked up.

Li Long vaguely remembered that he had read novels online in his previous life. When gambling on stones, those relatively dry iron dragons were all brick materials, but ten years later, when he read similar novels and real life, as long as there was a little green, they were all top-grade.

Just like the ordinary jade materials that you don’t value now, after ten or twenty years, its value will increase many times.

This is the way the world is.

After the car was dried, Li Long came back from downstream with a fist-sized jade material in his hand. The texture of this jade material was good, so he took it back and kept it, maybe he could make something out of it in the future.

When Li Long returned to the county, it was still early. He drove to the purchasing station and prepared to dry the mushrooms in the yard behind the purchasing yard.

I have a lot of mushrooms, so I took them home to dry, but there isn't enough space.

When the jeep drove into the yard of the purchasing station, the seven or eight people who were still waiting in line made way for it. Sun Jiaqiang quickly came out and followed the jeep to the backyard.

When Li Long turned off the engine and got out of the car, Sun Jiaqiang said to him:

"Boss Zhao called and said he would come to collect the leather tomorrow and asked if you could be there. If you can, please call him back."

Zhao Hui didn’t go far?
Li Long was a little surprised, but since Zhao Hui was there, he let him come over so that he could sell the leather.

"Xiao Sun, you unload the mushrooms first. I'll go answer the phone." Li Long said, "I'll come over later and we can do it together."

"Okay!" (End of this chapter)