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Because it was still early winter, the ice on the river was not too thick yet.

It's only about twenty centimeters. Compared to the half-meter-thick ice layer at its peak, the process of cutting through it is not too troublesome.

Zhu Chuanwen dug a few holes and lowered a few cages, preparing to catch some big and small fish to make fish sauce.

The whole day is spent eating the pheasants and rabbits brought home from Chuanwu Tao. After a long time, I need to change my taste.

Another ice cave was opened for the Xia siblings to play alone, allowing the two of them to experience a little bit of the fun of fishing.

"Yushu, Yuqing, you two be careful, don't leave us too far."

It is the nature of children to yearn for freedom, so when the siblings arrived in the mountains, they became a little wild, running, jumping, and yelling.

In other words, there was some instinctive fear of the woods and unfamiliar surroundings, which prevented the two of them from straying too far away.

But it's not like the two of them didn't want to explore more possibilities after they got acquainted with each other, so it was still necessary to give them some advice.

Although the creek is not too far from the village, in this era when wild wolves can enter the village at will, there is no absolute safety near the village.

At least when you get to a big town like Yuanbao Town, there won't be too many dangerous wild animals.

"I know Brother Chuanwen, the two of us won't go far."

"Brother Chuanwen, I will keep an eye on my sister and not let her leave."

After Yu Shu responded, Zhu Chuanwen was still a little bit conceited. After Yu Qing also responded, Zhu Chuanwen felt relieved.

In this family, it is obvious that the younger brother is more reassuring than the older sister.

Then Zhu Chuanwen pulled Chuanjie aside and continued their chat: "Tell me, what have you learned? Your second brother is useless. If our family wants to cross class, it mainly depends on your ability."

It is still too difficult to make money from farming. You can only guarantee a basic market. After being forced to open up by various idiots, the next step to make money quickly depends on business.

If Chuanjie can be stronger, Zhu Chuanwen himself can be much more relaxed.

"Brother, I learned a lot in Chun Hesheng, how to identify the quality of mountain goods, how to buy low and sell high, how to settle accounts..."

Xia Yuanzhang was quite serious about teaching Chuanjie because Yuqing was still young.

It can be said that at this stage, Chuanjie has received more teachings.

Chuanjie is also eager to learn more knowledge, so he talks endlessly.

"Chuanjie, since you are so confident, how about I give you a test?"

Zhu Chuanwen actually knows a lot about mountain products. Whether it is medicinal materials, ingredients or furs, how to determine the age and how to distinguish the quality, he should be said to know better than Xia Yuanzhang.

It has nothing to do with the length of contact. The main thing is that the quality classification in later generations is more systematic than in this era.

In terms of prices, Zhu Chuanwen is a little worse than Chuanjie.

But that is, freighting goods from north to south, buying low and selling high, and selling goods to the most suitable place are the core of making money for merchants.

"Brother, stop joking. You don't understand these things. You don't know as much as I do. How can you test me?"

Chuanjie replied disdainfully that Chuanjie was still confident in this aspect in the Zhu family.

"Who taught you to look at your elder brother like this?" Seeing Chuanjie's contemptuous eyes, Zhu Chuanwen gave Chuanjie a shudder in his head. Chuanwu can accept being looked down upon by Chuanjie, but Zhu Chuanwen doesn't accept it. Chuanwu is really ignorant and incompetent. Zhu Chuanwen's behavior is at most a disguise:
"Don't just look down on people after learning so much. We are all outside the customs and only understand this. You have been studying in Xiajiapu for a year, and your eldest brother and I have not been idle. When it comes to mountain goods, the eldest brother may not be I know less than you.”

In fact, Chuanjie and his master Xia Yuanzhang both had the same problem.

Because he is smart and has strong learning ability, he has been relatively successful in doing business since he was a child.

Without any setbacks, you will become more and more confident.

The business world is not a place suitable for relaxation. If you lose your vigilance, you will easily fall into trouble.

If you have not experienced any blows and have no ability to resist blows, you will easily be unable to stand up again if you stumble.

If you have nothing to do, it is still necessary to attack Chuanjie.

Chuanjie covered his head and looked at Zhu Chuanwen with an aggrieved look: "Brother, why do you like to do things now? How dare I look down on you? You can just ask whatever you want to ask?"

"Let's not talk about anything else. Just tell me which of the fish in this river are the most valuable?" Zhu Chuanwen pointed to the river and said.

"..." Chuanjie: "Brother, what I learned from Shopkeeper Xia is to identify mountain products, not fresh fish. Our warehouse does not collect fish."

"If you don't accept fish, seafood must have something to do with you. Since ancient times, no one can do without the delicacies of the mountains and seas. It's because you haven't learned enough."

Zhu Chuanwen turned his contempt to Chuanjie again.

"Brother, I haven't even been in the warehouse for a year. Please ask some common questions."

"Then let's talk about it. What's valuable in the winter forest?"

"Brother, there is no need to ask. The most valuable thing now is all kinds of furs. These are the most popular among high-ranking officials. Even the emperor in the capital now wears furs..."

After chatting for a long time, Zhu Chuanwen finally understood Chuanjie's study progress.

Not to mention business vision, negotiation methods, and store management, Chuanjie only learned a few common knowledge about Shanhuo.

Being a mountain trader who travels in the mountains is just enough to collect some mountain goods that I know.

But if you want to open a serious store and work as a shopkeeper at the counter of a warehouse station, there is actually a lot left to do.

Experience, vision, methods and other aspects need to be accumulated in the store for a long time.

It's actually still early to think of this child being of great use.

"Learn well in the store. It's not easy to have such an opportunity. Learn more about how to manage the clerks. When our family has a business, you can handle it."

Although there are some differences in management between the warehouse and the factory Zhu Chuanwen envisioned, it is still an experience.

"Brother, didn't our father say that our family wants to buy land and become landlords? Where is the business coming from?"

"If our family doesn't do business now, it doesn't mean that no one is good at it. It doesn't mean that our family isn't ready to do it. Just be prepared. Sooner or later, our family will do business on its own. It's impossible for you to do it in Chunhesheng for the rest of your life."

With Xia Yuqing in the Xia family, it was naturally not Chuanjie's turn to inherit the Xia family's spring and prosperity.

Originally, the Zhu family didn't care about other people's family fortunes, so it wasn't a loss.

But Chuanjie's way out should not be to work as a waiter for the Xia family.

The four people stayed on the mountain until three or four o'clock in the afternoon, after the sky had darkened.

The pair of sons of the Xia family reluctantly went down the mountain and returned to the village.

After arriving, the Xia family's carriage was already waiting at the door of Lao Zhu's house.

"Brother Chuanwen, the guy my father sent to pick us up is here. Let's say hello to the uncle and aunt and go back directly."

There are servants and carriages to take them when they go out. The children of the Xia family are treated like young masters and young ladies from wealthy families.

"Brother, I went to see my parents and went directly back to town."

If he comes back alone, Chuanjie will stay at home for one night and return to Yuanbao Town tomorrow morning.

But Tunli, who had accompanied the Xia siblings back, not only felt more at ease, but also wanted to go back together for convenience.

"It's a bit late. Let me see if your second brother is back. If he is back, let him see you off."

Zhu Chuanwen was still not at ease with this situation where bandits were everywhere, so these people went back together.

Even though Chun Hesheng has been developing in Yuanbao Town for a long time, the Xia family has been doing business for many years and has certain connections with local bandits.

But it's not all guaranteed. There are other people who are interested in fat sheep like the Xia family siblings. "Brother, we can just go back by ourselves. It will get dark if it is later, and it is not safe for the second brother to walk alone on the road."

It was not difficult for Chuanjie to understand Chuanwu's intention.

"You don't have to worry about your second brother, just bring him a gun."

What Zhu Chuanwen wanted to bring to Chuanwu was naturally not the old-fashioned muzzle-loading gun that Chuanwu brought with him for hunting.

The new rifles still have technological suppression against incompetent bandits, and they are enough to defend themselves whether they are daily necessities or rough-and-tumble goods.

Chuanwu was only given a muzzleloader to go hunting in the mountains, mainly so that after Chuanwu entered the mountains, he would not hunt for wild beasts without knowing the depth.

Hunting sounds great, but it's actually quite a dangerous activity.

You can tell by looking at the hunters who really make a living by hunting, very few of them die well.

Even if you have been strong all your life, one mistake will result in your death on the mountain.

Especially in the virgin forests in the Northeast, even with a rifle, it is not absolutely safe.

He only let Chuanwu use a trap, which was not suitable for a beast to confront him head-on, but it was also for Chuanwu's good.

Without particularly good equipment, this reckless man would not go into the mountains.

"Chuanwu, go to the town to see off Yushu Yuqing and Chuanjie." After a routine question, Zhu Kaishan naturally agreed and asked Chuanwu to see off the Xia family's children.

After causing trouble to the Xia family for so long, Chuanwu should do something for the Xia family and give back.

"Okay, Dad, I will go back soon."

For Chuanwu, whether it was being able to go to town or going out with a gun, Chuanwu liked it, so he accepted it without hesitation.

"We'll have dinner when Chuanwu comes back." After a few people left, Zhu Kaishan continued: "Chuanwen, come here, I have something to tell you."

"Dad, what's going on?"

Zhu Chuanwen raised his buttocks and sat on the kang. When he got a cup of tea, Zhu Kaishan obviously had something serious to talk about.

"In the spring of next year, our family will build a house, and the lumber needs to be prepared in advance. During this period, there is nothing going on at home. Let's go out and go to the nearby mountain farm to find out where the lumber is at the right price and order some. Send the wood as soon as possible.”

During this period of time, Zhu Kaishan did not do anything.

After sending the gold distributed to each family to the contact person.

Zhu Kaishan was busy with the matter of buying property for Lao Zhu's family.

In autumn, we must seize the time to open up wasteland and buy land.

Now we are busy preparing to build a house again.

Although there are many forests in the Northeast, they do not belong to individuals.

Except for the forests around the village which belong to the villagers, the rest of the forests actually belong to the Qing government.

Lao Zhu's family is not prepared to continue to be a gangster. Naturally, they cannot just cut down the forest at will like the bandits. They still have to purchase wood through formal channels.

Although Lao Zhu's family wants to build a large house with a courtyard within a courtyard, it needs a lot of wood.

But ordinary wood in the Northeast is not valuable, and a large part of the price of the wood comes from the labor of the lumberjacks in the mountain field, which Lao Zhu's family is responsible for.

"It's okay, Dad, let me get ready and we can go together." After thinking for a while, Zhu Chuanwen continued: "Actually, I can do this alone. It's okay for you to rest at home."

Zhu Chuanwen was actually quite familiar with it.

Mountain farms in this era are actually modern forest farms.

The mountain farm took the lead and contracted a forest area through the Manchu and Qing government.

Cutting down in winter is also due to the ice and snow in winter and the low friction on the ground, making it relatively easy to transport large trees out of the forest.

After spring begins, it will be difficult to transport large trees in the forest.

These lumberjacks can transform into river workers on the spot.

By tying the wood into rafts, the wood was transported to various locations through rivers for sale.

This is a very complete process.

This industry is so mature mainly because of the feudal emperors and nobles.

There was a need for large-scale construction projects. Very early on, there was no wood for building large houses and halls in areas that were easy to harvest.

It is necessary to go deep into the woods and Southeast Asia to purchase wood.

It is not surprising that the logging industry process has become so mature over a long period of time.

"Let's go together and walk back as quickly as possible."

Zhu Kaishan thought about it and decided to go out together.

Perhaps he is still not so reassured by Zhu Chuanwen's experience in the world of martial arts.

"Dad, the road in this forest is so difficult, why do you have to come out with me?"

The result of the vast territory and sparse population in the Northeast is that it is only a few hundred and eighty kilometers away.

Traveling outside in winter is naturally not a comfortable thing.

Although it was not as difficult and uninhabited as when the two of them went to Laojingou, the process was not pleasant either.

If Lao Zhu's family hadn't bought too much land, the farm work would be very heavy next year.

If you need to help the long-term workers and prepare a place to live as soon as possible.

There is no need to be in such a hurry to build a house. If the wood is ordered with Shanchangzi in spring and summer, the time will be much easier.

"What does this mean? If you don't live a good life for two days, you will forget the hardships you endured."

Zhu Kaishan scolded Zhu Chuanwu, he was still a very strong person.

"It's not like I can't stand it. I'm worried that you can't. I've been living a peaceful life for a few days this year. Can your body handle it?"

Zhu Chuanwen retorted to Zhu Kaishan.

Zhu Kaishan looked as strong as an ox, but he had suffered many injuries.

My body isn't that good either, and it's nothing until the injury doesn't recur.

But when an old injury relapses, no matter how strong Zhu Kaishan is, he still has to lie on the kang.

"Stop talking so much, let's find a town or village to rest for a while."

The two of them had just been walking for two days, and they seemed a little lost.

It can't be said that I am lost, the general direction is definitely correct.

Both Zhu Kaishan and Zhu Chuanwen have this confidence.

But there was no gathering place in the residential area, and there was no place to rest and reorganize.

Before we could see the sky, it snowed unexpectedly. Going out in the wind and snow was not comfortable.

"Then you need to find talented people who are easy to ask. No one is going out in this damn weather. Where can I find someone to ask?" (End of Chapter)