Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 178 Leading People into the Mountains
“There’s nothing much to say, if you encounter something like this, you just have to charge forward.

No matter how powerful the wolf is, what can it do? After all, it is still a beast. I don't believe that they are not afraid of guns.

Those who had guns brought out their guns, and those who had hunting dogs brought out their hunting dogs. They all brought dry food, liquor, gun dusters, traps and other things.

Tomorrow morning, we will set out into the mountains and follow the wolves' trail.

As long as we find the wolf pack’s lair, we can kill them all at once to avoid future troubles.”

Qu Shaoyang was enraged by this group of wolves. They were so damn arrogant. They actually dared to come into the village and cause trouble during the New Year, making it difficult for everyone to have a good New Year?
What else is there to say? Just kill them all.

"Yes, yes, Shao Yang's words make sense, but I just don't believe it, is there really a wolf demon?

Even if there are any, I don't believe they are not afraid of guns. Just kill them and don't let any of them escape."

The Zhou brothers and others all echoed in unison. They were all young men in their teens, full of youth and vigor, so they were not afraid of that evil.
Everyone discussed it together and roughly decided on the candidates, basically those who had guns or dogs at home.

Qu Shaoyang and Liu Dongshan had six quick-firing rifles and two muskets at home.

Liu Dongshan has to stay at home, so just in case, it is enough to leave him two muskets, and all quick-firing guns are to be used when going into the mountains.

Many of the guys at home can shoot guns and are good at it, so Qu Shaoyang plans to take a few of them with him.

Although the Chen family had only moved here a short time ago, this matter concerned the entire village and they could not stand idly by, so the brothers Chen Yunhan and Chen Yunzhe followed them up the mountain.

In recent years, many families living around Maoer Mountain have purchased muskets, so it is not difficult to pick out a dozen guns.

The rest of the people who didn't have guns brought bows and crossbows, as well as wolf clubs, animal traps and other things that could all come in handy.

So, after everything was discussed, everyone left and went home to prepare.

Qu Shaoyang and others also went back home to make arrangements for going into the mountains.

When Doctor Chen learned the news from his son, he immediately took his son to the home of Doctor He, the only doctor in Maoer Mountain.

Doctor Chen went there and explained his purpose. He wanted to buy some medicinal herbs and make some pain-relieving and bleeding medicines to prepare for people going into the mountains.

No one dares to say what the situation will be like when we go into the mountains to encircle and suppress the wolves this time.

If someone is injured, if there are enough medicines, at least some people can be saved.

When Doctor He heard this, he immediately said that Doctor Chen could use anything he had.

Doctor Chen selected medicinal materials according to his own secret recipe.

Doctor He has all common medicines, but he doesn't have some precious medicinal materials, such as musk.

The last ingredient in the secret recipe is also the most important one, Panax ginseng, which is even less likely to be found by Doctor He.

"Dad, there are musk deer in Shaoyang. We got two when we went up the mountain before the New Year.

I don’t know where to find old mountain ginseng.” Chen Yunhan scratched his head and said.

His son's words reminded Doctor Chen that the Qu family certainly had old mountain ginseng, and there were also several seedlings.

So, the father and his two sons took various medicinal materials, borrowed the medicine grinder and other tools for preparing the medicinal materials from Doctor He, and then went back home.

After returning home, Doctor Chen went to discuss with Qu Shaoyang again, saying that he wanted to prepare some medicine for Qu Shaoyang and the others to take with them in case of emergency.

The Li family has a secret recipe passed down from generation to generation, and the medicine they prepare for injuries can be taken internally or applied externally.

When these two medicines are used together, even a seriously injured person can survive and will not die immediately.

When Qu Shaoyang heard this, he thought it was great.

So without saying anything, he immediately took out two musk deer shells, and then found a seedling of old ginseng and asked Doctor Chen to take it to make the medicine.

When she heard that her father needed to prepare medicine, Chen Xiuyun immediately said that she had to go back to help. At this time, there was no need to care about the rules of whether to send New Year's greetings or not, so Qu Shaoyang agreed.

So Doctor Chen took the medicinal materials and brought his daughter back home, and then the whole family started grinding the medicine, purifying it, preparing it, making pills, and drying it.

Everyone worked until midnight and finally prepared the pills and powder.

Early in the morning on the second day of the first lunar month, just as day broke outside, more than thirty young and strong men in the village gathered together.

Leading more than twenty brave hunting dogs, each carrying a gun, knife, crossbow, wolf club, trap and other weapons, they set out in a mighty manner.

Before leaving, Chen Yunhan gave half of the medicine that he had urgently prepared last night to Qu Shaoyang and told him how to use it.

Qu Shaoyang put the medicine in his arms and kept it close to his body before leading his men into the mountains.

Yesterday afternoon, Qu Shaoyang led a few people, led a dog, and followed the footprints left by the wolves for a while.

The pack of wolves came from the north of the village.

After returning, Qu Shaoyang asked the old people in the village and was told that there was a place called Yelanggou about 50 miles north of Maoer Mountain.

From Tadian to Maoer Mountain, there are countless canyons of various sizes extending along the Yalu River.

People in Northeast China don’t call canyons canyons, they call them ditches or something like that.

The Wild Wolf Valley has steep mountains, difficult roads, dense forests and shrubs in the valley.

There are abundant animals of all kinds and the terrain is wide, which is more suitable for large wolf packs to hide and hunt.

It is said that a hunter once broke into the Wild Wolf Valley and never came back.

That area is also called a terrifying place by the old people, and hunters nearby basically don't go there.

This time, in order to completely wipe out the wolf pack, nothing else matters.

Braving the wind and snow, the group walked along the rugged snowy road towards the north of Maoer Mountain.

Qu Shaoyang was quite familiar with this section of road, mainly because it was in the same direction as the mountain field they occupied, but the mountain field was not that far from the village.

In fact, it was not until yesterday afternoon that Qu Shaoyang figured out why that piece of mountain land, which produced abundant prey, was occupied by no one.

The most important thing is that it is a bit close to the Wild Wolf Valley. Most local residents dare not go there, for fear of attracting wolves if they are not careful.

Therefore, it was not surprising that Qu Shaoyang and others were attacked by wolves there last year.

The northwest wind blew before dawn, rolling up the hard snow particles and snow balls on the ground, making them fly up and down, hitting people's bodies and faces mercilessly.

Everyone had to be extremely careful with every step they took as they walked through the mountains and forests. If they were not careful, they would probably fall into a snow pit.

Snow pits in the mountains and forests are usually in the cracks on both sides of the mountain trails.

Because of the strong wind blowing on the mountain, the snow was blown into the valley, filling the ditches and trenches.

On the surface, it looks no different from the surrounding snow, but you might fall down unexpectedly while walking on it.

Below the snow nests, there are mostly bottomless snow pits, very high above the ground.

After falling down, if you don't get rescue and help in time, and you are hungry and cold, it won't take long for you to be frozen into an icicle.

"Everyone, watch your step. There may be big snow pits ahead. Don't walk around rashly." The person leading the way spoke to warn everyone.

Today I can remove the stitches and drainage tubes. I will be observed for a day tomorrow. If nothing goes wrong I can be discharged the day after tomorrow. I can't wait to go home. I don't want to stay in the hospital for a day.

I will only update two chapters for now, I still need to recuperate.

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