Chapter 33
Seeing Xiao Bai Lang being so serious, Cheng Da Lei also became interested: "What kind of big deal?"
"In a month, it will be the sixtieth birthday of Yang Long, the King of Youzhou. At that time, there will be a batch of longevity gifts passing by from Qingniu Mountain. If the Cheng family is interested, our two families can join hands to take down these longevity gifts." Little White Wolf.
Cheng Dairen fell into deep thought, the thirteen states of the empire and one hundred and eight cities, the Qingniu Mountain was located in the northernmost Youzhou. The King of Youzhou, Yang Long, was one of the few kings with a different surname in the empire, he was the master of Youzhou.
"So... these longevity gifts are from Xue Banjiang?"
Little White Wolf nodded: "Xue Banchuan has occupied Heishi City and is now trying to appease the local forces. If he can get the support of the King of Youzhou, his position as city lord will be even more stable. So, the number of longevity gifts must be considerable, and from Heishi City to Youzhou City, Qingniu Mountain is a must-pass place. Now all the mountain strongholds in Qingniu Mountain are eyeing this batch of longevity gifts, I came specifically to find Master Cheng, don't know if Master Cheng is interested?"
"Since Xue Ban-chuan attaches such importance to this matter, he will definitely not tolerate any mistakes and will certainly dispatch a large army to escort along the way. Can our two families afford it? Why didn't Bai Dang-jia look for someone else, but instead came to me alone?" When it comes to matters of life and death, Cheng Da-lei still puts beauty aside and values his own life more.
"There are fifty people on Apricot Flower Ridge who can work together with Master Cheng. I'm looking for Master Cheng because of his Five Thunder Palm technique!"
"Uh..."
Cheng Dalai was speechless, and indeed, he had faith. He had seen Xue Banquan and the soldiers trained by Xue Banquan, who were not a mob at all. Wealth naturally interested him, but in this game of heroes competing for meat, Hama Village did not have the qualifications to compete.
"The Five Thunder Law is a divine art, often creating killing karma, and will invite heavenly punishment."
"Then... does Master Cheng's family mean they won't intervene in this matter?" Little White Wolf.
"For the time being, I have not made up my mind, let me think about it for a few days."
"A real man should be decisive, but you're so indecisive that I've misjudged you." Little White Wolf.
Cheng Dali smiled and didn't take Xiaobai Lang's provocation to heart.
"Never mind about the white porcelain, don't be in a hurry, I have another business deal to discuss with you?" said Cheng Dalai.
"What?"
Cheng Dalai led Xiaobailang to the greenhouse where they were cultivating chili peppers. He said to Xiaobailang, "Our mountain stronghold is planting chili peppers. If White wants to plant some on Apricot Flower Ridge, the yield will be much higher than other crops. When the chili peppers are ripe, I can exchange one catty of grain for one catty of chili peppers - wheat, soybeans, and millet are all acceptable. What do you think of this deal, White?"
The little white wolf looked at the green chili seedlings in the warm room, furrowed her brow, and finally waved her hand: "Cheng Dangjia, you'd better keep it for yourself. If Cheng Dangjia is unwilling to cooperate, there will be others who are willing."
After finishing speaking, the little white wolf swung her hand and left, looking at her departing back, Cheng Dalai sighed: I also want to rush to the crown with one anger, who will destroy whom, but the frog village's family property can't afford to be tossed around.
It's better to focus on growing my own peppers, developing agriculture isn't a bad idea either. But thinking of Xiaobai Lang's plump chest, Cheng Dairen was stunned... They say that having a big chest means being brainless, it seems this saying is indeed true.
He was sauntering in the greenhouse, taking care of his own peppers. The first pot of gold for the development of the mountain stronghold all relied on them.
Dai Lirong rushed out of the warm room and saw Xujinji talking to a young man. Xujinji looked impatient, while the young man, although flushed with excitement, was still being cautious.
"What's up?" Cheng Dairen asked.
"Cheng is the master of the house!" The young man hastily shouted: "I am from Zhu's stockade."
Xu Shenji walked over and whispered to Cheng Dali: "Zhu Xiaopeng from Zhu's village wants to borrow some grain seeds from us, they don't have any for farming."
Cheng Darui has some understanding of Zhujiashan, and Zhujiashan only has thirty or forty people. Of course, as a mountain stronghold with only six people, Cheng Darui is not qualified to mock the other side. However, this Zhujiashan is particularly poor, with old people and children in the mountain stronghold, and not enough labor to farm. This year they are so poor that they have even eaten all their seeds, which is why Zhu Xiaopeng has come to Zhujiashan to borrow grain with a thick face.
"Big landlord, lend us some for now, and when we harvest, we'll repay one dou with two."
"Want to grow chili peppers?"
"Chili pepper?" Zhu Xiaopeng heard this word for the first time.
Cheng Darui repeated what he had said to Xiao Bai Lang to Zhu Xiaopeng. Zhu Xiaopeng listened with half-belief and half-doubt: "Is this true?"
Xiaobai Lang can bluntly refuse Cheng Dali, but Zhu Xiaopeng doesn't have the courage to do so. In the end, although he still doesn't quite believe Cheng Dali, he still took some chili seedlings away.
Cheng Daire sold the first batch, feeling happy. Relying solely on one family of frogs, how many peppers can be grown? This is what he learned from those agricultural companies in his previous life, outsourcing planting to farmers.
After a few days, Lin Shaoyu and Huang San yuan returned from Luoye City. After sending Su Qing back, they bought two small pigs, dozens of chicks, and some cloth, salt, paper and pen that the mountain stronghold urgently needed this time.
According to the news they brought back, it is said that this matter of birthday gifts has even reached Luoye City. Many mountain bandits outside Qingniu Mountain are also sharpening their knives, and if no one from Qingniu Mountain takes action, they will not let this matter go.
These past few days, Cheng Dairen has already sensed the atmosphere of Qingniu Mountain. Everyone had no intention of letting this batch of longevity gifts leave Qingniu Mountain. Apart from Xiao Bai Lang, there were also a few other small mountain strongholds that came to discuss cooperative matters with Cheng Dairen.
Cheng Dalai politely declined, not because he didn't dare to, but because he wasn't capable. To say nothing of other things, just the chickens and pigs that Shanzhai is currently raising have already made the people of Hazhen Village struggle to make ends meet.
So this time, Cheng Dairen did not want to participate in this matter. He still grew his peppers, raised his little pigs and chickens, most importantly, he brushed off the robbery task.
Cheng Dairen, Qin Man, and Lin Shaoyu took turns on duty, gathering at the foot of the mountain every day. After more than a dozen days had passed, they had only managed to push their task progress to 5|10. What they had stolen were just some ordinary small merchants and peddlers, nothing but some insignificant things. Sometimes, they would even just snatch a button from someone's clothes and call it robbery. Not only that, sometimes they also had to escort the victims safely out of Qingniu Mountain. Cheng Dairen really couldn't bring himself to harm innocent people.
Just like Lin Chong and Lin the Monk before they went up the mountain, they had to submit a letter of surrender. If this happened to Cheng Daoli, he would absolutely not be able to provide such a letter.
Unconsciously, it was already the end of summer, but the weather was still sweltering. That afternoon, Cheng Dairen was on duty at the foot of the mountain and saw two people coming along the mountain path from afar.
