The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1168: Wang Meilan abandons politics to pursue business (November update 11)

Chapter 1168: Wang Meilan abandons politics to pursue business (November update 11)

Not only Zhao Youcai was curious, Zhao Jun and Zhao Weipeng also wanted to know how Wang Meilan planned to lead all the people in the village to become rich.

After all, the Zhao family's current ways of making money, such as hunting and releasing ginseng, do require manpower, but they don't require dozens or hundreds of people.

Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai, then gestured towards Zhao Jun and said, "Isn't this what our son said?"

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned, wondering why he had anything to do here?

At this time, Wang Meilan looked at Zhao Weipeng and said, "Brother, you are doing big business. My sister-in-law said that you should also help me with advice and counsel."

"Hey!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Weipeng stood up slightly, pulled the stool forward, and put on an appearance of listening attentively.

"Your nephew said that the gray leather... well, that's the squirrel leather, is getting more expensive every year." Wang Meilan said, "That stuff can be exported. This year, the first-class leather is nearly 40 yuan. I guess that in the future, the men in our family quarters will have to go up the mountain to get gray leather."

"Ah..." Zhao Weipeng really took Wang Meilan's question seriously. He thought for a moment before saying, "Forty yuan is not a small amount. How much do people in our village earn from catching a boat full of fish? Anyone would want to do such a profitable business. But..."

At this point, Zhao Weipeng paused for a moment, then asked, "Sister-in-law, we live in the countryside, there are squirrels but few. I don't shoot them, but I know that little thing is very effective. It can't just shoot them. You need a gun, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Meilan smiled and said, "We have guns at home."

"Come on, sister-in-law." Zhao Weipeng said with a smile, "The two guns at home are not enough for my family. So, do you want the villagers to come to borrow guns and then ask you to do them a favor?"

Boss Zhao didn't know the Zhao family's background, but Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai had some understanding at this time. The father and son looked at Wang Meilan in surprise.

"No!" Facing Zhao Weipeng's doubt, Wang Meilan slapped her thigh anxiously and said, "We have a lot of guns at home."

"That's quite a few guns." Zhao Weipeng said with a smile, "Just two semi-automatic and one modified one, right?"

"That's what your nephews used when they went up the mountain. You can't let others use it." Wang Meilan said, "Brother, you don't know that we have a lot of guns in our warehouse."

As she spoke, Wang Meilan slapped Zhao Weipeng and said, "Five hundred trees."

"How much?" Zhao Weipeng was so shocked that he almost broke his voice. Boss Zhao stood up from the four-legged stool in shock, and his eyes slowly swept over the three people of the Zhao family.

He had traveled extensively for many years and had seen people opening convenience stores, snack bars, and even repair shops in big cities, but this was the first time Boss Zhao had seen someone opening an armed forces department.

Although guns are not banned, why do you have so many at home?

"Uncle." Zhao Jun hurriedly supported Zhao Weipeng, and then explained: "Air gun, 5.5 air gun."

"Ah..." Zhao Weipeng breathed a sigh of relief, pulled over the four-legged stool and sat down, then squinted at Wang Meilan and said, "Sister-in-law, you should explain it clearly. You scared me."

"Haha." Wang Meilan smiled and said, "It's all my sister-in-law's fault."

Zhao Weipeng's mouth twitched slightly, and he thought about what Wang Meilan had just said, then asked, "Sister-in-law, do you want to sell it to them and let them make money by hunting squirrels?"

"Yes, yes!" Wang Meilan nodded repeatedly and said, "That's what I think. If you have money, just give me cash. Well, if you don't have money, let them take the gun first."

"Just buy on credit?" Zhao Weipeng asked. Wang Meilan nodded and said, "Yes, they buy two or three copies of the gun, and the money comes out of the gun."

Wang Meilan had a good idea, but Zhao Weipeng shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law, then everyone in your village will scold you."

"Huh?" Wang Meilan was stunned and said, "Why are you scolding me? Who doesn't make fun of a dozen gray skins in the winter? After buying my gun, there will be a lot left."

"Sister-in-law, to put it bluntly, isn't what you said the same as what I said?" Zhao Weipeng said, "Let alone ten or so gray skins, even if they beat a hundred gray skins, it's hard for them to think well of you. What else? Sister-in-law, going up the pole is not a business, and you can't sell guns all over the village, right?"

"Tsk!" Wang Meilan smacked her lips, feeling that this was right. At this time, Zhao Jun didn't care about any business secrets, and said directly to Wang Meilan: "Mom, I want to keep those air guns to sell at a high price. When the price of greyhound leather increases in the future, the price of this gun will definitely increase as well."

Zhao Jun knew that within two or three years, the price of air guns would skyrocket, more than doubling. Otherwise, Zhao Jun would not have spent 20,000 yuan to buy so many guns.

"Okay, Lan." Zhao Youcai said, "People are just like that. Don't take it to heart."

Zhao Youcai smiled and continued, "If you want to sell on credit, they will really come to take the guns. But after taking the guns, they won't pay you. What will you do? Go to the previous dealer to ask for it, but every dealer will say they have difficulties."

At this point, Zhao Youcai glanced at Zhao Jun and said, "Then our people won't have to do anything every day. We can just go around the village collecting debts."

Wang Meilan also came from that era and had seen many evil people, so she naturally knew that what Zhao Youcai said made sense. If that were the case, these families would have directly changed into debt collection companies.

"Alas!" Wang Meilan sighed. Seeing this, Zhao Youcai quickly changed the subject and asked Zhao Weipeng, "Brother, are those people in your village still treating you like that?"

"It's a big deal now." Zhao Weipeng laughed when he talked about this. We are all from the same village, and no one wants to make things too awkward with the people from the same village.

"So what did you do?" Wang Meilan asked quickly, and then she saw Zhao Weipeng wave his fat hand and said, "Whoever dares to challenge me, I won't accept his seafood."

Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan, Zhao Youcai: "..."

"It's not just marine life!" Zhao Weipeng smiled and passed on his experience to the Zhao family, saying, "Every family has its own problems. Who doesn't have trouble crossing a river? Who has the richest family in the village? Me!"

Zhao Weipeng puffed out his chest and continued, "He's been talking to us about this and that. Wait until he asks me for money. Do you think I can lend him the money?"

Wang Meilan became even angrier when Zhao Weipeng said this. She didn't just get along with these few families. She also moved around the village. If someone had difficulties and needed to borrow money, they would come to Wang Meilan for help.

In the past six months, Wang Meilan has lent a lot of money to the villagers, but these people obviously don't remember Wang Meilan's kindness.

"Later, when my father and mother went out, the villagers would greet them from a distance when they saw them approaching." Zhao Weipeng said with a smile: "You have to greet them enthusiastically, otherwise he would be waiting for you."

As he spoke, Zhao Weipeng quietly glanced at Wang Meilan and said, "My father became the village chief last year."

Wang Meilan: “…”

"Hahaha...Okay, Lan." Zhao Youcai laughed, stroked Wang Meilan's shoulder gently, and said jokingly: "Our home is not near the sea, you can't not take their fish."

Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai, but luck struck her heart. Wang Meilan's eyes lit up, and she looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "Son, do you think it's okay for me to stay in the village and collect mountain products?"

"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned when he heard this. He had long had the idea of ​​collecting mountain products in the forest area, but the time to implement it was not now, but ten years later.

After the hunting ban, the original forests in Yong'an were almost cut down. Zhao Jun wanted to buy a few hills and raise second-generation wild boars, forest frogs, and forest chickens in the mountains...

Mountain products such as fungus, mushrooms, ganoderma lucidum and chaga are all valuable things, and Zhao Jun also wants to get some of them.

But now Zhao Jun's energy is still on hunting. After all, mountain products are not valuable now, but bear bile and other things are valuable, and he can accumulate original capital quickly.

But if Wang Meilan is willing to set up this business now, it will undoubtedly pave the way for Zhao Jun's future.

"That's fine, Mom." Zhao Jun agreed, "Don't go too far with too many things, like bear gallbladders, big hides, etc., those things are too expensive. Let's just pick the ones that can make money, like gray hides, raw hides, all of which are fine. There's no need to rush to sell them after we get them, it's fine to keep them for a year or two."

At that time, fungus and pine nuts were not valuable, and there was not much profit in transporting a whole truck of them down the mountain. So Zhao Jun thought about stockpiling skins.

"Hey?" But Zhao Weipeng interrupted, "The wood ear, pine nuts, hazelnuts and other things in our forest are also fine. Sister-in-law, if you don't mind the trouble, you can collect a bunch of them and sell them to me. It just so happens that I can take them away when I transport timber next year."

Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan's eyes lit up when they heard what Zhao Weipeng said. Compared with hunting, the threshold for mountain picking is lower. Especially women, they go up the mountain in groups of three or two to pick mountain products, such as fungus and wild vegetables in spring and fungus in autumn, as well as pine nuts, hazelnuts and other dried fruits.

"Brother." Wang Meilan asked, "Little river fish, do you want some dried fish?"

"Yes." Zhao Weipeng said, "But we have to put in some brine, or it will get stagnant and go bad when it gets wet."

"Yeah." Wang Meilan nodded and said, "In fact, there are many good things in our forest area. Mushrooms and other things are very fresh. I will collect them and dry them when the time comes."

"Yes!" Zhao Weipeng said, "You can take care of any village within a mile, sister-in-law."

Zhao Weipeng raised his hand and said, "I heard from my brother that Zhao Jun's new house is ready for his wedding. When the time comes, you can all move in. You can use this house to store local produce. Anyone in the surrounding villages who has anything can come to your place to sell it."

Wang Meilan smiled at Zhao Weipeng's words and said, "I can go out and collect them every now and then."

"You're going to collect them?" Zhao Youcai frowned and asked, "How are you going to go? You're not like those two guys who come here to collect leather. They collect leather and roll it up in one bag. You collect fungus, pine nuts and so on. You collect several sacks at a time. How are you going to do it?"

Even if the family wants to buy a car, the car burns oil, not water. If you drive a car and collect that little stuff, the profit is not enough to pay for the gas.

"I'm going to drive the donkey!" Whenever Wang Meilan had something to do, she would think of her donkey. When guests came, she would think of killing the donkey to entertain them. When there was work to do, she would think of using the donkey to do it.

"That donkey is very obedient." Wang Meilan finally praised the little donkey and said, "I walk in front and it follows. Harness it to a cart, or a sledge in winter, and it will go for a stroll when it likes."

Zhao Youcai curled his lips when he heard this, but Zhao Jun blinked his eyes. The mountain people drove donkeys to collect mountain products, which made him think of someone.

"Can you move it by yourself?" Zhao Youcai poured cold water on Wang Meilan again, saying, "The big sack is full. If it contains pine nuts and hazelnuts, it will be very heavy."

"We have a group of people, what are we afraid of?" Wang Meilan said: "Bring Xiaomei and the others with us when the time comes. After we finish planting the land next year, we will start working."

As she was talking, Wang Meilan suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Jun, "Isn't there a piece of land to the north of our new house? Tomorrow you take my servants with you and go there to load the tent poles and fence it off."

"Mom, what are you doing?" Zhao Jun said, "Our backyard is big enough."

"Let's circle it first." Wang Meilan said, "When it gets warmer next year, I'll build a warehouse there and use it to load the goods."

As she spoke, Wang Meilan's eyes sparkled, and she said, "Let's see who dares not to choose me next time?"

Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai: "..."

(End of this chapter)