Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 395 The Chen family's grandson is born
Last year, Qu Shaoyang led his men to defeat Zhan Dongshan and Mantianhongluanzi, which can be said to have intimidated the bandits within a radius of hundreds of miles.

With this foundation, it will be much easier for the security team to operate.

In the past, local wealthy families had to pay tribute to the gangs, not only silver, but also food, daily necessities, etc. It can be said that the burden was heavy.

Now that we have a security team, although they also charge some fees, they are much less than Hu Zi’s offerings.

Moreover, the security team does not harass the people. They take it as their responsibility to protect the country and the people, and from time to time they also do some work such as repairing bridges and roads.

Zhao Zhengguo, Zheng Tiezhu and others also kept in mind Qu Shaoyang's instructions that they were not allowed to scare or harass the people under any circumstances, and if discovered, they would be severely punished.

Therefore, although the security team was established not long ago, it is very popular among the local people.

"We have received a lot of errands recently. After a while, the brothers in the security team will escort some local big households to transport ginseng for sale.

The batch of guns sent by the adults is just in time. There are enough guns and ammunition. The ordinary gangs will never dare to provoke us."

Zhao Zhengguo is the eldest disciple of Changfeng Escort Agency and has quite a bit of business acumen.

He was a bodyguard and understood this business better than anyone else. With him leading the escort, nothing would go wrong.

Qu Shaoyang nodded when he heard this and said, "Okay, don't worry about how much money we make, the main thing is to let everyone go out and gain some experience.

When you go out, be careful and remember to bring more people with you. "

The security team cannot just rely on daily drills; the most important thing is practical experience.

Going out to escort a caravan and encountering various situations along the way are the best experiences for security team members.

There were a lot of people at the welcoming banquet, and Qu Shaoyang couldn't keep chatting with Zhao Zhengguo and the others because there were people waiting to toast him.

So everyone chatted for a while, drank two glasses of wine, and then Qu Shaoyang returned to his seat.

Everyone ate and drank until quite late and the banquet ended.

Under Li Zhengwen's arrangement, Qu Shaoyang and others lived in the backyard of the assistant office. The space was large and sufficient for their use.

The next morning, Li Zhengwen led several clerks and runners to sort out the government office's accounts and handed them over to Qu Shaoyang for inspection. He also reported to Qu Shaoyang on recent affairs.

It hasn't snowed yet, so construction hasn't started on most of the mountain sites yet.

Li Zhengwen led his men to check the number of mountain fields around Shuangdianzi.

Most of them have come to help the government pay taxes and obtain certificates, but some have not come yet.

"Sir, I am planning to take some people to the mountain field to collect the debts in the near future. Please rest assured that nothing will be missed." Li Zhengwen finally guaranteed.

"Well, you did a good job. The work is clear and organized, and the accounts are well-documented." After reading the account books, Qu Shaoyang nodded and praised.

"The Taotai has ordered that we use three years of tax revenue to blow up the dangerous shoals and sentry posts in the upper reaches of the Songhua River.

Zhengwen, I told you before to find a few wooden handles that are familiar with the north flow, especially the head oar, have you found them? "

Qu Shaoyang was not very familiar with Beiliu Shui, and Li Zhengwen was even less familiar with it, so they had to find a few people who were familiar with the terrain and water conditions to lead the work.

"Found it, found it, there are a few old rafting poles on Dianzi Street.

I have already told them that as soon as the river freezes over completely, they will take their men to blow up the sentry post.

However, I heard from those woodcutters that although the Beiliu River is short, it has many dangerous rapids and strong currents. "Li Zhengwen responded quickly.

Qu Shaoyang had also heard about what Li Zhengwen said.

Beiliushui has a short distance, from Liangjiangkou to the shipyard, a distance of seven or eight hundred miles. There are forty-nine dangerous shoals and dangerous outposts with names, not to mention the other smaller ones.

Among them, places like Big Stone Dragon, Small Stone Dragon, Water-blocking Stone, Broken Cart and General Stone are all famously dangerous.

Therefore, the north-flowing water is more deadly than the south-flowing water, and many logs are buried at the bottom of the river every year. It is precisely because of this that Qu Shaoyang has to lead people to find a way to blow up all the dangerous shoals and bad sentinels along the way, just to make it safer to release rafts in the future.

It hasn't snowed yet and the river isn't frozen, so blowing up the sentry post is obviously not an option.

So Qu Shaoyang followed Li Zhengwen and his men up the river, investigating the mountain areas and collecting taxes.

In October, there were several consecutive heavy snowfalls, the sky and the earth were covered in white, and people started working in various mountain fields.

Qu Shaoyang and his team crossed mountains and rivers to investigate all the mountain areas within their jurisdiction, and also inquired about the situations of bandit gangs in various places.

By late October, the temperature dropped sharply and the upper reaches of the Songhua River were completely frozen over, with the ice surface strong enough to support people.

At the beginning of winter, Qu Shaoyang brought people and explosives and began to blow up the sentry posts one by one according to Lao Muba's instructions.

This year Anders and Eric did not come with us, but stayed in Maoer Mountain to study explosives. Those who followed Qu Shaoyang here can be said to be the apprentices of the two foreigners.

At the beginning, Qu Shaoyang was not very reassured and watched these people drill holes, fill explosives and blow up the sentry posts.

After a few times, I felt relieved when I saw that these people were operating in a standard manner.

So, Qu Shaoyang dispersed the men, divided them into several groups, and went downstream to dig blast holes in advance.

After the blast hole is drilled, the person in charge of blasting will directly load the explosives and detonate it.

This way, the speed is much faster.

Qu Shaoyang led his men and worked on the ice in the wind and snow all day long.

Some places are far away from the villages, so everyone can only live in tents in the wild. It can be said that they can't eat or rest well, and they are cold all day long.

Fortunately, many outposts were blown up one after another, and everyone's hard work finally paid off. No matter how hard and tiring it was, they were happy.

In this way, Qu Shaoyang led his men down the Songhua River, blowing up dangerous shoals and sentry posts everywhere.

On the other side, Liu Dongshan also led his men to blast the sentry posts along the Yalu River.

We will try to blow up all the remaining checkpoints this year to make the river channel more unobstructed.

The two heads of the family were away, so Chen Xiuyun and Lin Ruolan were left to manage the household.

On Chen Yunzhe's side, Shen Lizhen gave birth to a boy weighing six kilograms on September 16th.

When the news reached Maoer Mountain, Qu Shaoyang had already taken his men to Shuangdianzi.

When Chen Xiuyun learned the news, she immediately arranged for someone to deliver a letter to Shuangdianzi. As a result, Qu Shaoyang took people to investigate various mountain areas.

By the time Qu Shaoyang returned to Dianzi Street and learned the news, several days had passed.

Qu Shaoyang is extremely busy and definitely cannot attend the full moon party.

On the Qu family's side, Meng Lanxin was pregnant and should not be running around or working hard. Qu Jiang and Qu Laokouer had not returned from the gold field yet. Xingye had gone out with the caravan, and the snack shop had just opened not long ago.

Chen Xiuyun is so busy that she has no time to go back to her parents' home.
There was no other choice, so Chen Xiuyun had to prepare a generous gift and send it to Chen Yunzhe to congratulate the Chen family on the birth of their eldest grandson.

After some days, the people sent to Fengtian came back and brought back news from Fengtian.

Both Shen Lizhen and her child are doing well. The child is strong and there is enough breast milk.

There were a bunch of maids and old women taking care of the family, and Li was also there, so she told Chen Xiuyun not to worry.

Doctor Chen and Mrs. Li could understand Chen Xiuyun's difficulties, and sent a message to Chen Xiuyun telling her not to worry and to get together again when they had time.

(End of this chapter)