sinovels Chapter 1928 The Zhao Family Gang is to Hold a Gathering of Kings
Chapter 1928 The Zhao Family Gang is to Hold a Gathering of Kings
Chapter 1928 The Zhao Family Gang is to Hold a Gathering of Kings
Logically speaking, given Zhao Jun's level of education, he shouldn't have been able to say such a thing.
He learned this from Shen Qiushan in his previous life. Shen Qiushan always talked about how his family's ginseng king was shaped like a phoenix, weighed 305 grams, and was the first ginseng since the Kangxi Emperor.
My own Sancai Ginseng King weighs 420 grams, which is not as heavy as the Phoenix Ginseng King.
Therefore, our own Sancai Ginseng King is the best ginseng since the Kangxi Emperor.
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Manager Huang fell silent. He had never encountered anyone selling medicinal herbs and using such a gimmick.
However, Chinese people, especially the wealthy, love this kind of thing. They like words like "first" and "best," which are not allowed to be used in live-streaming e-commerce.
Seeing that Manager Huang remained silent, Zhao Jun said, "Manager Huang, could you please talk to the big boss again and tell him about the situation of our Kangxi No. 1? But the price is what it is, we can't negotiate a single penny."
After hearing Zhao Jun's words, Manager Huang was silent for two seconds before saying, "Alright, Zhao Jun, I'll call you back after I've finished communicating."
After saying that, Manager Huang hung up the phone.
When Zhao Jun came out of the small east hut, everyone except the children and Zhao Youcai stared at him.
"It's not decided yet." Zhao Jun smiled at everyone, then walked to his seat and sat down.
That's two million! The others weren't as calm as Zhao Jun. Li Baoyu sighed heavily, then smacked his lips and said, "Without a definite answer, I can't even enjoy my meal."
As soon as Li Baoyu finished speaking, a slurping sound was heard from the side; it was the sound of Zhao Jinhui eating bear paw.
The braised bear paw is almost as tender as a pig's trotter. The skin of the bear paw is soft, smooth, and slippery, and you can suck it into your mouth with one bite.
Li Baoyu turned his head and saw Zhao Jinhui shoveling rice into his mouth.
The sticky, gooey broth from the braised bear paw is poured over rice, and with a few torn scallion leaves, it's incredibly delicious with rice.
"Jinhui, can you still eat?" Li Baoyu asked. Zhao Jinhui puffed out his cheeks and mumbled, "When I'm upset, I have to eat something to calm down."
"Hahaha..." Laughter erupted from both tables. Wang Qiang asked Zhao Jinhui, "Jinhui, don't you want to lose weight anymore?"
“I’m not losing weight anymore,” Zhao Jinhui said. “I’ve made up my mind. From now on, I’ll go hunting in the mountains with my brother Jun. I won’t go hunting anymore.”
Zhao Jinhui understood perfectly well that even if he went hunting, he wouldn't be able to hand over a gun. By the time he arrived at the location, the battle would be over, and he'd just be letting the fat kid get away with it.
"You're the one who said that," Jie Chen said to Zhao Jinhui with a smile, "as if you're good at mountain climbing."
“Why can’t I do it?” Zhao Jinhui said, “If I’m looking, I’ll just follow along. If Brother Jun tells me to carry something, I’ll carry it. And if there are any other people around, I’ll take care of them.”
Hearing this, Xie Chen and Li Ruhai chuckled. Zhao Jun also laughed; Zhao Jinhui really thought of himself as a bodyguard. But to be fair, Zhao Jinhui was a formidable fighter, no less so than Li Baoyu.
"Alright, alright, listen to me first." At this moment, Zhang Yuanmin stopped the group and said to Zhao Jun, "Brother, I was about to talk to you when the phone rang."
"Yes, brother." Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun immediately said, "What is it? Tell me."
“Brother, do you remember?” Zhang Yuanmin said, “That day we were watching Sun Wukong, the Lion Demon held a rake-wielding gathering, and the Black Bear Demon held a robe-wearing gathering.”
"Ah." Zhao Jun didn't know why Zhang Yuanmin suddenly brought this up, but he still patiently asked, "I remember, what's wrong, brother?"
“What am I thinking?” Zhang Yuanmin said, “We have two ginseng kings in our hands now, how about we hold a proper ginseng king conference?”
"The Ginseng King Conference?" Zhao Jun frowned, and Xie Chen interjected, "Didn't we just finish the Ginseng King Conference?"
"What's so special about that?" Zhang Yuanmin scoffed. "Do they even have ginseng kings at their stalls?"
Zhang Yuanmin's question startled Xie Chen, but it also piqued everyone's interest.
Then Zhang Yuanmin added, “No matter what kind of ginseng he buys from us, he has to inspect the goods first, right? Like last time, when the big boss didn’t come, he brought that old man who knows about ginseng, and it was the same thing.”
"Whether you watch it alone or with a group, it's still the same thing. Why not have more people watch? It'll be more lively afterwards."
"Hey? Don't say that." Li Baoyu laughed, "What my brother Zhang said is really true. When we hold a ginseng king conference, we not only have the connections of Manager Huang, but we also know some bosses in Fusong. We'll find them all."
“Yeah, right,” Zhao Jinhui echoed in a muffled voice, “Back when we were in Fusong, it didn’t look very good either, there weren’t even many seedlings with five leaves.”
As he spoke, Zhao Jinhui raised his thumb and flicked it backward, continuing, "Our family doesn't even have five-grade or six-grade ginseng leaves, we only have two king ginsengs."
“Exactly,” Li Ruhai chimed in, “Holding the meeting at our home saves us the trouble of making a fuss.”
"What's the main thing?" Zhang Yuanmin continued, "With more people, we can push the price up. Like that snake-turned-dragon thing, we might be able to sell it for a high price."
"Yeah!" Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Li Ruhai said excitedly, "We won't do it like Wu and his gang. We'll do it like in the movies, we'll auction it off. Whoever pays the most money gets the ginseng."
As Li Ruhai finished speaking, a discordant voice suddenly rang out: "That's utter bullshit!"
No one but Zhao Youcai would say such a thing at this time.
When everyone looked at Zhao Youcai, he said irritably, "You've brought all those people here, but where are you going to put them up?"
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai pointed outside with his chopsticks and said, "These are all big bosses with so much money, and you're letting them live in this house?"
"What's wrong with this house?" Wang Meilan, who was standing nearby, was displeased and said with great dissatisfaction, "What's wrong with my house? It's great!"
"That's just your opinion," Zhao Youcai glanced back and said, "Didn't you watch TV? What do those rich people live in?"
"It seems so." At this moment, Madam Xie Sun chimed in, "Look at where Feng Chengcheng lives, what's that called... a mansion?"
As soon as Xie Sunshi finished speaking, the old lady next to her nudged her.
"Bang!" Wang Meilan slammed her chopsticks on the table and said with some annoyance, "We bought the TV too late and built the house too early. Otherwise, I would have built a mansion too."
"I think you look like a mansion owner," Zhao Youcai muttered under his breath. "I don't know what's wrong with you all day."
Zhao Youcai's muttering was so soft that even Wang Qiang, who was sitting next to him, couldn't hear it.
"Brother-in-law, what are you muttering about?" Wang Qiang asked. Zhao Youcai looked up and said, "I'm telling you, even if those big bosses don't mind, if you bring it to them and sell the ginseng king to them, won't the villagers be envious?"
"If anyone hears about how much or how much Old Zhao's family sells their clubs for, won't they be in trouble?"
Hearing Zhao Youcai's words, everyone fell silent. When Wang Haitao was causing trouble before, the Zhao family had already distributed the hunting dogs among several families.
That's terrifying!
But just then, Zhao Jinhui said, "Why don't we make the conference take place at my house?"
"Huh?" Everyone was taken aback, and then they heard Zhao Jinhui say, "My house is alright, no one lives there now, and it's close to Hebei and stuff."
After saying this, Zhao Jinhui paused, then laughed, "Besides, my family is rich, and everyone in the village knows that, hehe..."
In the village where Zhao Jinhui lived, everyone was well-off. Although no one was as wealthy as Zhao Weipeng, they all earned a considerable income from fishing and selling seafood.
At this moment, Zhao Jinhui asked Old Master Zhao, "Is it alright, Grandpa?"
"Why not?" Old Master Zhao agreed readily, after all, his grandson also owned shares in the Ginseng King.
"Is it alright, Mom and Grandma?" Zhao Jinhui turned around and asked Zhao's mother and Liang Xuemei at the table. The two women agreed in unison.
"Brother Jun?" Zhao Jinhui looked at Zhao Jun again. Zhao Jun blinked and said, "It seems... it really works."
Putting everything else aside, the wild ginseng that the Zhao family currently possesses is more than enough to support a ginseng king competition.
The two questions raised by Zhao Youcai are indeed problems, but moving the meeting to another location seems to solve the problem.
But Zhao Jun didn't want to hold the meeting at Zhao Jinhui's house, so he said directly to Zhao Jinhui, "Jinhui, it's fine to go to Jinxi or Hebei, but not at your house."
"Why, Brother Jun?" Zhao Jinhui asked. Zhao Jun replied, "Can't we just go into town or rent a courtyard somewhere? Why do we have to bring people home? What if we cause more trouble?"
“Right!” Wang Qiang chimed in, “Let’s find a place in the city, or like those rich people, a big hotel. That way, it’ll be convenient for those big bosses to stay, right?”
“Hmm, this works.” Zhang Yuanmin said, “Otherwise, with the conditions in our forest area, it would be really difficult for big bosses to stay here.”
"Alright, Yuanmin." Wang Qiang stopped Zhang Yuanmin and said with a smile, "Don't keep saying that the conditions in our forest area are not good. If you keep saying that, my sister might really build a house at home if she gets angry."
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this, but Zhao Youcai not only didn't laugh, he also glared fiercely at Wang Qiang.
Wang Qiang was taken aback, feeling somewhat confused. Then he saw Zhao Youcai wink at him, indicating that he shouldn't say anything.
Zhao Youcai understood Wang Meilan much better than Wang Qiang did; Wang Meilan was the type to flaunt her wealth. It was only because of the situation in the forest area that Wang Meilan couldn't spend money lavishly beyond food and drink. If this idea were truly given to her, she might actually decide to build a house at home.
Just then, Li Ruhai laughed and said, "Hey? Didn't Ma Lao Er say he wanted to add a second floor to his house? Hehe..."
Hearing Li Ruhai's words, everyone chuckled, but this time it was Ma Ling's turn to be unhappy. Thinking of her younger brother who always knew how to upset their parents, Ma Ling felt that even braised bear paws wouldn't taste good.
After the laughter subsided, Zhao Jun said to everyone, "If that's the case, then if Manager Huang calls again saying he wants to participate, I'll tell him to wait."
"What are we waiting for, Brother Jun?" Jie Chen asked. Zhao Jun replied, "We're going to hold the Ginseng King Conference, so let's go hunt wolves at Lushui River first."
"Why is that, brother?" Li Ruhai asked, puzzled. "We're going to Lushui River, and you still have to hunt wolves in the mountains for more than ten days straight. That's such a waste of time!"
“It won’t delay things,” Zhao Jun said. “We’re grazing on the mountains in Lushuihe; we might even be able to graze some big cargo.”
After saying this, Zhao Jun smacked his lips and said, "If we can take a trip to Laoheishan Mountain when we get to Fusong, that would be even better."
Laoheishan is Wu Baoguo's territory; it's a treasure trove for hunting.
Unfortunately, due to the mountain rules, the Zhao family gang could not go there.
Hearing Zhao Jun say this, the Zhao family members all smiled. They felt that making money from ginseng was too fast; a single triple-grown ginseng king was worth two million, and another transoceanic ginseng king was even more expensive. Wasn't this faster than picking up money?
Whenever the Zhao family members were excited and happy, someone would always come out to spoil the fun.
Just then, Zhao Youcai said coldly, "Are all your ginseng stored in cellars? Will they last until you come back from Fusong? Don't let them rot, or you'll have to dry them in the sun."
Upon hearing Zhao Youcai's words, the smiles on Wang Qiang and the others froze. Zhao Jun turned to Wang Meilan and asked, "Mom, these ginsengs have been left in the cellar untouched, haven't they?"
"No, no." Wang Meilan shook her head repeatedly, then pointed to the large square wooden board embedded in the tiles next to the stove, and said, "I haven't touched it at all. I just did as you said, watering it every two days, not much at all, just letting it dry."
The ginseng from the Zhao family was all wrapped in moss and stored in the cellar. According to Zhao Jun's instructions to Wang Meilan, every two days a little water was sprinkled on the moss to keep the wild ginseng inside fresh.
This method of preservation can keep the food fresh for about a month. If it's kept any longer, it won't keep well and will need to be dried before storage.
After listening to Wang Meilan's words, Zhao Jun nodded and said, "That's good. Then we can store it until before our Ginseng King Conference. It will lose some weight then, but not by much."
“That works great,” Zhang Yuanmin said with a smile. “If our Zhao family organizes a Ginseng King Conference, and then we bring out two ginseng kings, we’ll become famous in this industry.”
The Zhao family gang members were all wealthy and had plenty of free time, plus they were known for their wild and outrageous behavior. Upon hearing that their gang was going to hold a ginseng king conference, they all excitedly shared their opinions and views.
“Today, Brother Shunzi and Brother Sheng are taking care of the paperwork. They’ll come out with us afterward,” Li Baoyu said with a smile. “The Zhao family gang has grown even stronger.”
With Lin Xiangshun and Ma Sheng, plus Xing San who was not officially part of the group, the Zhao family gang now had eleven members.
However, Zhao Jun did not plan to let Xing San follow him around anymore. Although the old man was in good health, he was getting old after all, so it was better to let him enjoy his retirement at home.
“We still don’t have enough people,” Zhao Jinhui said, expressing his opinion. “The other members of the ginseng gang we met at the meeting all have fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, or even twenty-odd members. They all have more people than us. And then there’s Ru Hai and Xiao Yang, they’re still just kids.”
"What's wrong with the kid, Brother Hui?" Li Ruhai was not satisfied with Zhao Jinhui's words and immediately said, "Ma Lao Er and I have done just as much work as you guys, except for fighting."
"That's you!" Li Baoyu retorted as soon as Li Ruhai finished speaking, "Ma Yang is good at fighting, but you're doomed."
"Hahaha..." Amid the laughter of the crowd, Zhao Jinhui smiled and said to Li Ruhai, "I didn't say anything else about you two, I just said you two are children, is that wrong?"
Li Ruhai felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and at this moment Wang Qiang said to Zhao Youcai, "Brother-in-law, why don't you also join our Zhao family gang?"
"Get lost!"
This chapter makes up for yesterday's.