sinovels Chapter 1627: The Pang Family also cares about the King of Ginseng
Chapter 1627: The Pang Family also cares about the King of Ginseng
Chapter 1627: The Pang Family also cares about the King of Ginseng
In Yong'antun, the most imposing house is undoubtedly the Zhao family's new house.
In Yongsheng, the best house is not the home of the forestry secretary Zhou Chunming, nor the home of the village head, but the home of old Pang.
The head of the Pang family is called Pang Zhendong, also known as Blind Pang.
This Blind Man Pang is different from Blind Man Yang. Blind Man Yang is a respectful title given by the locals to top gunners, while Blind Man Pang is really blind.
Pang Zhendong has a prosthetic left eye. In those days, no matter how rich he was, he did not have the technology, so Pang Zhendong's prosthetic eye was a glass ball, which is what people in Northeast China call "liú er liu er".
Pang Zhendong's father was nicknamed Pang Sanyan by people in the underworld because he had a big mole between his eyebrows, which looked like an extra eye on his forehead.
So someone once joked that one of these father and son had three eyes, and the other had lost an eye, and this was just right.
This is quite a derogatory statement, and the father and son of the Pang family are not ordinary people. Pang Sanyan once learned martial arts from Shao Yunjin, and later Shao Yunjin left his hometown. Pang Sanyan gathered a group of people to form a gang, which has been developing till now.
When Pang Zhendong took over the Pang Family Gang from his father, the Pang Family Gang was the Yong'an Forest District, which was the number one gang in Shibadaogangzi at that time.
Today, the Pang Family Gang is still the number one gang in Yong'an. The Pang Family Gang is centered around the three Pangs, father and son, with eight apprentices of Pang Zhendong and more than a dozen helpers.
These people only worked for Pang Zhendong for three months a year. During these three months, even the lowest-level helpers of the Pang Family Gang could earn over a thousand yuan.
From this we can see that the Pang family gang is indeed powerful and wealthy.
The Pang Family Courtyard is located in the southwest corner of Yongshengtun. The courtyard is separated from the neighbors on the left and right. The walls are all made of red bricks. In those days, the walls were not too high. For example, the wall of the Zhao Family's new house was only about one and a half meters high.
The same is true for the Pang family compound, but there is a half-meter barbed wire fence around the wall of his compound.
The barbed wire is made by wrapping a small piece of wire around the No. 8 wire, twisting the two pieces together, leaving the four ends open and separating them. When the pliers are used to pinch the small piece of wire, they are pinched diagonally, which makes the two ends of the small piece of wire pointed.
Such barbed wire can stop a lot of people.
The Pang family has four and a half rooms, and the half room is connected to the north of the west room. This half room does not face the sun, so the room looks dark.
At this time, Pang Zhendong, Pang Gaoming and Pang Gaosheng, father and son, gathered in this small house.
A nail was hammered into the west wall of the room, and then a rope was tied with four bear gallbladders, three large and one small, hanging on the rope.
Judging from the condition of the bear bile, it was just recently killed.
At this time, Pang Gaoming looked at the four bear gallbladders hanging on the rope and said to Pang Zhendong with a smile, "Dad, this trick of yours is really good. Tell Han Shengli about the blind bear that we released into the wild last year. We can't kill it, so let him kill it."
Although bears only go into the barn after the first snowfall, they will start preparing for hibernation from summer.
They not only find suitable warehouses, but also renovate them.
The Pangjia Gang releases bears from the mountains during the months of July, August, September and March every year. During this process, they will find traces of bears in some tree holes and stone caves.
If it were an ordinary miner, the gunner would have to think about the warehouse as soon as the snow fell in winter.
But the Pang family gang are not ordinary mountain miners. They collect ginseng, which is wild ginseng.
Although the bear gallbladders could be sold for a lot of money, Pang Zhendong was a very cautious person. He was afraid that someone with ulterior motives might use the location of the bear's crotch to deduce the location of the old bear they had released into the mountains.
Therefore, Pang Zhendong never hired anyone to kill Xiong Cangzi over the years. Moreover, he strictly controlled his subordinates. In this regard, Pang Zhendong had some unique methods.
I don't know what happened this year, Pang Zhendong actually told Han Shengli the location of Xiong Cangzi. And Han Shengli was also very capable, he killed eight bear gallbladders and gave half of them to Pang Zhendong.
At this time, Pang Zhendong looked at the four bear gallbladders hanging up and said, "Gao Sheng, let your wife watch over them. If the gallbladder of the blind bear starts to swell, dip it in hot water immediately. When it is completely dry, take it to Lao Zhao's house to sell."
"Hey, Dad." Pang Gaosheng heard this and responded, "I've told her everything, don't worry."
"Dad." At this time, Pang Gaoming asked Pang Zhendong, "Do you think this trick will work?"
"Can...right?" Pang Zhendong responded without seeming to be very confident, and then Pang Gaoming asked again: "Dad, can't we sell that old mountain dog to that idiot?"
Upon hearing this, Pang Zhendong slowly shook his head and said, "No."
After Pang Zhendong said these two words, he paused for about two seconds before continuing, "That's the Great Immortal Boy, a true Grass Immortal. Whether he sells to Lingnan or Lingxi, there is no way the industry doesn't have any information about him."
"Dad, could it be that the whole branch was split?" Pang Gaosheng also doubted and asked, "Could it be a little fairy boy?"
After Pang Gaosheng finished speaking, he saw Pang Zhendong was slightly stunned, and then he continued: "As for the great fairy boy, it must be the mountain god and the old headman who are very pleased to let them encounter this mountain fortune?"
"What do you know?" Pang Zhendong's face darkened when he heard this, and he asked, "How did the names of the Cangwang Mountain and Cannv Peak come about?"
Canwang Mountain and Cannu Peak are the ones on the left and right of the pig-hunting god of the Zhao army back then.
After hearing what Pang Zhendong said, Pang Gaoming and Pang Gaosheng remained silent.
At this time, Pang Zhendong said, "Besides, how many years has the Mu guy been with Shao Tianpeng? How can he make a mistake between a big fairy boy and a small fairy boy? How big is the difference?"
"Dad." Pang Gaoming frowned and said, "We three have been to the Cangwang Mountain and Cannv Peak before. Since we started your business, we have been there once or twice every year. What did we ask for?"
There are many rules in the mountaineering trip, especially when it comes to speech. Saying the wrong thing is not allowed, and speaking nonsense is not allowed either.
For example, when digging ginseng, you cannot say "dig", you have to say "lift" or "invite" to show respect.
"That's right!" Pang Gaosheng echoed, "We didn't invite anything when we went to Canwang Mountain. We invited five Miao Bangchui in total, and there were still three that were not big enough."
In the wild ginseng farming industry, no one will buy wild ginseng that weighs less than one cent and three cents, as the industry says it is not heavy enough to weigh.
Hearing what Pang Gaosheng said, Pang Zhendong said, "You know nothing. That place is called Shenwang Mountain. How can there be no ginseng?"
These days, children listen to their parents. The same is true when they grow up.
Although fathers are reserved and do not know how to express their love, their strictness makes their children respect and fear them.
Seeing that Pang Zhendong was unhappy, Pang Gaoming and Pang Gaosheng immediately stopped talking.
At this time, Pang Zhendong said: "Before the emperor, the hunting office was in Wula, in Lingnan, but the grass-hunting immortals all came to our Lingxi. Why?"
"For our Cangwang Mountain?" Pang Gaoming followed Pang Zhendong's words and asked tentatively, and then saw his father nodded and said, "Yes, we came to Cangwang Mountain and Cannv Peak."
"Dad, please don't be angry when I say something to you." Pang Gaosheng said, "We have searched that area so many times, but we didn't find anything. Old Shao took my grandfather up the mountain and walked through it so many times, so why can't you find it?"
After hearing what Pang Gaosheng said, Pang Zhendong said unhappily, "You know shit."
After saying this, Pang Zhendong said, "Your grandfather said that the old guy was the one who led them to Cangwang Mountain and waited until dark. When they got there, they didn't even take a nest. At dawn, they spread out sticks and lined up. They were all the same in that old forest. Who knew where was where?"
The Pang brothers were startled when they heard this, and then they both lowered their heads.
Soon, Pang Gaosheng raised his head with a smile on his face and asked, "Dad, it's just like when we go to find Laozi. We go there in the middle of the night and finish the queue the next day, and then leave when it gets dark?"
After hearing what Pang Gaosheng said, Pang Zhendong said nothing, but just glared at his second son with his one eye.
When joining the gang to go into the mountains, they have to set up camp at a place, which is called "Nawozi" in the industry.
After settling down, people usually spend about half a month wandering around the mountains, and sometimes even longer.
As Pang Zhendong said, when Shao Yunjin took them to Canwang Mountain, they always traveled at night.
At that time, there were no flashlights, and you could just hold a torch to see the road ahead. In this situation, even experienced hikers would easily get lost. Especially in areas with gentle slopes, you would be confused the whole way.
Think about how capable Zhao Baotou is. Didn’t he get lost last year?
As Pang Zhendong said, Shao Yunjin led his disciples up the mountain the night before, and they were busy all day after arriving at the place at dawn. Then, when it was dark, Shao Yunjin led them out of the mountain. In this way, no one knew where they had been led by their leader for the past day and night.
And from what Pang Gaosheng said just now, we can know that Pang Zhendong has been leading the team in this way over the years.
Of course, they don’t do this every day. They are only so cautious and secretive about some precious places.
"Dad." At this time, Pang Gaoming asked Pang Zhendong, "I remember what you said, that old Shao always took my grandfather and others to the mountain at night, and never went up the mountain. So why did we go up the mountain at night?"
Matashan is a Northeastern dialect, which means getting lost in the mountains.
"He has some good stuff." Pang Zhendong said seriously, "The general who used to fight against the grass fairy in the past, all the pictures he drew are in his hands. Can he wipe it out?"
As soon as Pang Zhendong said this, the Pang brothers immediately became interested. Pang Gaoming asked hurriedly: "Dad, the map is useful during the day, but is it still useful to look at it at night?"
"We don't know what the map is, but it must be useful." Pang Zhendong said confidently: "Anyway, he has never been to a mountain when he leads us on a night walk."
"Dad." Pang Gaosheng asked again, "Then why have we never heard you mention this?"
"What's the use of chicken feathers?" Pang Zhendong said with a gloomy face, "If someone has this good thing, it must have been passed down from generation to generation in his family. How can I give it to you?"
After hearing what Pang Zhendong said, Pang Gaoming and Pang Gaosheng remained silent.
"Alas!" Pang Zhendong suddenly sighed and said unwillingly: "The ones I lead you to roam at night were all led away by Shao Tuzhua during the day. So, your grandfather used Xing Lao San to drive Shao Tianpeng out that year. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have gotten anything."
When Pang Gaoming and Pang Gaosheng heard this, they both looked solemn. Their hidden treasure land was just a common ginseng for the Shao family. Just as Pang Zhendong said, if the Shao family had not been driven away, the Pang family would have been hopeless.
"Alas!" At this moment, Pang Zhendong sighed again and said, "At that time, Qi Daya said that the Shao family gang and Xing Lao San were fighting, but he didn't say there was a great fairy child."
"Dad, how would he know?" Pang Gaosheng said, "Qi Daya is one of us, how would he know that the Shao family has invited the great immortal boy?"
When Xing San gave the King of Ginseng to Zhao Jun last year, he told Zhao Jun about the conflict between him and the Shao Clan. Xing San said that it was a man nicknamed Qi Daya who mediated the conflict, and that Qi Daya was from the Pang Clan.
When Zhao Jun visited the Shao family in Qiaotou Village, he also heard Shao Tianpeng mention this past event. Qi Daya told Pang Sanyan about the conflict between them and Xing San, and Pang Sanyan used the mountain rules to stop the Shao family from helping the mountain guards.
But listening to the conversation between the Pang family father and son just now, they should have recently made the acquaintance of an old member of the Shao family gang, and learned from that person that the Shao family gang had lost the ginseng king.
At this time, the father and son of the Pang family turned the topic back to Xing San. Pang Gaoming said, "Dad, big brother, the Zhao family is so rich, could it be sold to that great fairy boy?"
"I said no! No!" Pang Zhendong said impatiently: "Who wants to sell the immortal child? How can we not know the news?"
"Dad, I said that what they are selling is not a big fairy boy, but a small fairy boy." Pang Gaosheng said this to Pang Zhendong at this time, and he had said this once before.
Seeing Pang Zhendong frowning, Pang Gaosheng was afraid of being scolded, so he quickly explained: "Didn't Daohua Pharmacy accept Miao Xiaoxiantong last year? Didn't they say that he was invited from Shibadaogangzi? They also said that the one who went there was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he ended up with a whining old woman."
At this point, Pang Gaosheng tapped the windowsill with his fingers and said, "Aren't these Zhao Xiaozi and Wang Meilan?"
Hearing what Pang Gaosheng said, Pang Zhendong frowned, then glared at Pang Gaosheng with his one eye and cursed: "Fuck you! You don't listen to anything. Didn't you say that the little fairy boy was invited out last year? How many years has it been since the big fairy boy was invited out? Are you a idiot?"
Pang Gaosheng was scolded by his father and couldn't even raise his head. Seeing this, Pang Gaoming hurriedly advised Pang Zhendong, saying, "Dad, where did you find the fairy boy that Zhao Dazhao hired?"
"Then he must have found Lao Xiazi." Pang Zhendong said, "He runs in the mountains every day. Isn't it normal for him to run into Caoxian Temple?"
"That's not right!" Pang Gaoming said, "I heard from the old man at Daohua Pharmacy that Zhao Xiaozi can also swallow gold from his sleeves. This is not an amateur!"
After hearing what Pang Gaoming said, Pang Zhendong stared out the window with one eye, with no expression on his face.
Swallowing gold in the sleeves is a trading method invented by ancient merchants. In the past, people's sleeves were wide, so buyers and sellers would indicate the price with their hands in their sleeves to avoid being seen by bystanders.
They use the left hand to determine the price, with each finger representing a digit, and five fingers representing ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands. Then the three sections of each finger represent one to nine.
In fact, when Zhao Jun went to Daohua Pharmacy, he did not use the money in his sleeve to negotiate the price with the old doctor, but greeted him with the old gang gesture. As a result, when the news reached the father and son of the Pang family, it was split.
But from this, the Pang family father and son could also conclude that Zhao Jun was no rookie in the industry, and even if he did not have strong kung fu skills, he definitely had the guidance of an expert.
Zhao Jun never expected that Blind Pang's family was so successful. He said in the big pharmacy that he came from Shibadaogangzi, but they actually cut him off.
Seeing that Pang Zhendong didn't say anything, Pang Gaosheng stepped forward and whispered, "I've seen that young Zhao twice in the field. Although he's young, I think he's quite evil. Let's first say we sell bear gall at his place, and then try to get him to tell us something. I think it's going to be tough."
"Dad, if it doesn't work, forget it." Pang Gaosheng had just finished speaking when he heard Pang Gaoming say, "I've been asking around these past two days and heard from Mrs. Gu in Yong'an that Old Third Xing treats Zhao Jun like his own son. If the immortal child hasn't been sold, I think he's in Zhao Jun's hands.
But the Zhao family has guns and dogs, and they are relatives of Zhou Chunming. Another thing is that Xing Lao San is no ordinary gunner, and the old man doesn't care about his life. We can't deal with such a person."
The soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the tough ones, and the tough ones are afraid of the desperate ones. Although it is difficult to judge which category the Pang Family Gang belongs to, they are definitely not desperate ones. And Xing San is exactly the one who is desperate.
So when he met Xing San, Pang Zhendong had no idea what to do.
But thinking of the Great Immortal Child, Pang Zhendong narrowed his one eye and said, "Won't the Zhao family do anything the day after tomorrow? I'll go there then and meet them!"