Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 687 Selecting People to Go Down the Mountain

You can see the sunrise here, and the brilliant morning glow is the most charming.

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When Qian Duo woke up, he found that the old man and Zhou Guo were gone. He looked around the room and it was clean, as if everything that happened yesterday was just a dream.

He hurriedly got up and saw the old man in the martial arts training ground, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing him rushing out of the house in a daze, Zhou Guo patted his shoulder and asked, "What are you doing?"

Qian Duo turned around and looked at him, delighted, "Boss? Where have you been? You got up so early."

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I'm getting up to practice. Come, take me for a walk in the village."

"Okay, let me tell you that although our village is a little poor, its location is really good. There is a mountain spring in the backyard, so we don't have to carry water on weekdays..."

Zhou Guo followed him for a walk and thought the village was nice. There were a few vegetable fields not far below the village, about three or four acres in size, which was quite large.

She said, "I am leaving today. I have to go back."

Qian Duo was stunned. "What will we do if you leave? You are our boss now, you have to stay."

Zhou Guo said: "What can I do if I stay? Dig wild vegetables and hunt with you, or grow vegetables and raise chickens?"

More money means more silence.

Zhou Guo said, "I have to go out and find a job. Don't worry, you won't be idle for long. I'll pick a few people to go back with me. There's work waiting for them over there. As for you, just stay in the village and take good care of the house."

Qian Duo could only say, "Then how can I contact you if I have something to ask?"

Zhou Guo gave him the address of the shop in the county town and said, "That shop is mine. If you really need something, write there. I will bring a few people with me this time. They will know where I am after they have walked around."

The two returned to the village, and Qian Duo asked everyone to gather at the martial arts training ground.

No one knew what was going on, but it happened very quickly.

Qian Duo looked at these people and said, "The boss is leaving today. Before he leaves, he wants to pick some people to take with him. He may be gone for several months. Who of you is willing to go with him?"

When everyone heard that they were going to follow the big boss, they all raised their hands, "I am willing, I am willing, Second Boss, I want to follow the big boss."

"I'll go too. I'm willing to work hard and do anything."

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Many people are willing to go with us, almost half of them.

Zhou Guo didn't need so many people, so he said, "I only need about thirty or forty people. You choose the people, and remember to pick the good ones."

This guy has a lot of money and is good at picking. He knows better than anyone else who has good skills and picked out forty easily.

Zhou Guo's mouth twitched. He said there would be thirty or forty, and he really picked forty, not one less.

The people whose names were called were very proud. The second in command chose them, which clearly showed that he valued them. They were very capable and they felt it was a very honorable thing.

The rest of the people could only envy, and decided to practice their martial arts well, so that one day, they could also follow the boss to transport goods and do business.

After breakfast, Zhou Guo and the old man were about to return with their people.

Before leaving, she took out a hundred taels of silver and gave Qian Duo, "This is the food allowance for the village during this period. Although it is not much, it is enough to buy you winter clothes, shoes, socks, and bedding. It is also enough for food. After a while, when they come back, you will have more money on hand."

Qian Duo took the money in his hand and said happily: "Thank you, Boss. I will use all the money for the village."

What a pleasant surprise. Zhou Guo knew how much money he had. Even if he didn't give him money during this period, he still had money to use.

Zhou Guo smiled at him and said, "If the money is used up and we haven't come back yet, you'll have to make up for it yourself. You'll have to figure it out yourself."

Qian Duo said: "I know, I know, but this money will at least last until next year, it's enough, thank you very much, Boss."

She nodded, glanced at these people, and turned away.

The old man followed on one side, and forty people from the village followed behind him.

They walked down the mountain with their heads held high, because they knew that this time their journey down the mountain would be different from before. They were not going to find work, but to follow the boss to do business.

From now on, the hard days of eating coarse grains and vegetables in the village will be over. Maybe after they earn some money soon, they will be able to marry wives.

The people who stayed in the mountain were very envious. Seeing the group of people gradually disappear, they couldn't help but say to Qian Duo: "Second boss, when can we follow them down the mountain? The big boss's business is so big, forty people are not enough, right?"

Qian Duo said, "How would I know what business the boss is in and how big it is? Didn't you hear what she said? As long as you are good at fighting, you can be taken down by a punch. If the goods are stolen, can you get them back? No one, let alone the boss, would want you."

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When the group walked down the mountain, Zhou Guo clasped his thumb and index finger together, put them to his mouth, and blew a loud whistle. Soon, two horses came running over.

The people behind them saw that they still had horses and complimented them: "Master, you are amazing. These two horses are also amazing. They understand human nature and are still waiting for you."

Zhou Guo got on the horse and said, "We will go ahead first, and you guys will follow."

Everyone was stunned, and the bald-headed man said, "Hey, big boss, you can't leave. If you leave, where can we find you?"

Zhou Guo looked down at him and said, "We are going to Yunzhou. Don't you know the way here? Stop talking nonsense. If my people can't find the way in their own territory, you should go back to the mountains as soon as possible."

"Gee!" After saying that, he squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and rushed out.

The old man took a look at these men in their twenties and thirties and left. They were able to find a place to escape, so there was no reason why they couldn't find one. They must have retreated from the battlefield.

The remaining forty people were dumbfounded. After a while, they couldn't even see the horses' butts. They just stared at the dust and stamped their feet.

"Third, Third Boss, what should we do?"

The bald-headed man stared at the direction where Zhou Guo and the other man were going, and spat, "What else can we do? Chase them!"

The forty people started jogging, and after running for more than half an hour, they still didn't see the two people. They were really desperate.

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Zhou Guo rode his horse for an hour before stopping to rest. The old man subconsciously looked behind him and asked, "Are you really not going to wait for them?"

Zhou Guo didn't care. "She's not a teenage girl who just went out and can't find her way. Why wait for them? Let's go meet up with Hu Zi and the others first and ask them to go back and prepare. We can clear a piece of land on the other side of the mountain and build a house. These people will probably come here often, so we need to give them a place to live."

The old man said, "The manor is about to be expanded, why not build next to it?"