When Gu Datian saw Village Chief Huang coming, he knew that the fish had taken the bait.

"Village Chief Huang also knows that we have spent a lot of money on this journey. Now we can only solve the problem of food and lodging in this valley. The silver we spend every day is not small. We braved the severe cold to go into the mountains, and we also want to prevent our tribesmen from going hungry in this winter.

After all, there is a limited amount of food on this mountain, and we are not so generous as to give away the food that is already in our mouths."

Village Chief Huang lowered his head feeling guilty. He knew that the villagers asked him to come because they wanted to get a piece of the pie.

"After all, this mountain is unowned, and in the deep winter, the wild animals on the mountain will be more ferocious. It would be safer for us villagers to go into the mountain together."

Gu Daping immediately jumped up in anger, "It's an ownerless thing, the mountain is right there, why are you looking for us?

"Is it safe to follow you into the mountains? Our ancestors have been doing this for generations, so how could we be more ignorant than you?"

You take advantage of others, but you make yourself sound so great.

Village Chief Huang said, "Little brother, don't get angry. I came here to discuss something with you.

Do you think this is okay? You guys take the majority and we only take a small portion. "

Gu Datian, "Village Chief Huang, I don't believe that none of you have entered that mountain forest in these years. If we hadn't proposed to go into the mountain today, you probably wouldn't know there is something on the mountain.

To tell you the truth, even if you look for survivors in the neighboring villages, they may not be able to find that place.

Now you're asking for a share as soon as you open your mouth. We really don't need your company, so let's each find our own!"

Village Chief Huang wanted to persuade him, but Gu Yi, who had been silent since he came in, finally spoke up, "Village Chief Huang, although we moved away from here, everyone has three or five relatives. It would be great if we could use this information to take care of our relatives, at least so that they can have an extra income."

Village Chief Huang's face froze. "But after all, it is next to Kaoshan Village. It is not appropriate to let people from other villages come."

Gu Yi, "You think we are not related, and although we have no hatred, we still have grievances. Do you think we will give you the benefits we have for free?"

Village Chief Huang faced everyone's mocking eyes and could only bite the bullet and say, "We will not share your harvest this time. We also implore you to let us villagers follow you into the mountains so that we can get to know the way."

Gu Dashi, "If it were Village Chief Huang, what do you think you would do?"

Village Chief Huang held his breath and couldn't utter a word of rebuttal.

He wanted to make things difficult for the other party when they were moving the graves, but the mayor had been following them around these days and had already made his attitude clear. If he really dared to make things difficult for them, their village might not be well received in Baini'ao in the future.

"Then I wonder what it will take for you to tell us the location of our village?"

Gu Yi, "Those who are beneficial should not do it, and those who are not beneficial should do it. What do you think, Village Chief Huang?"

Village Chief Huang: "..." I have little education, don't brag about your knowledge. (Bah, I have never been to school.)

"Just tell me straight, what do you want in exchange for taking our people into the mountains?" Village Chief Huang said anxiously.

Gu Yi, "You'd better not go into the mountains, otherwise if something happens one day, you might blame us.

As for you finding a place on your own in the future, that is your own destiny and has nothing to do with us."

After saying this, Gu Yi called out to the others, "We have to go prepare some dry food. Don't just waste time here."

Village Chief Huang gritted his teeth and shouted, "We won't let you take it for nothing. We don't want any of the harvest this time. We will also help carry the goods back."

Gu Datian patted the shoulder of the sturdy boy next to him and said, "These guys are all strong and durable. If you really can't do it, just run a few more times. I won't bother you anymore."

This was the limit of what Village Chief Huang could do. Seeing everyone disperse, he could only walk back with his head down.

But it didn't take long before he came back with people.

“We went back and discussed it, and we felt that what you said made sense.

We are not the kind of people who only take advantage of others. This time, as long as you take us into the mountains, we won’t ask for anything and will even help you.

And aren’t you looking at the day for the grave relocation? When the time comes, each household in our village will select a strong man to help you dig the grave.”

Gu Yi was silent, and glanced at his people, "We need to discuss this matter."

Village Chief Huang was afraid that something unexpected might happen, or that these people had selfish motives and gave their food supplies to their relatives and friends. "Then we will wait on the side, so you don't have to run back and forth."

When Gu Datian and his friends were discussing, they made quarreling noises from time to time, which made Village Chief Huang and his friends even more uneasy.

As soon as Gu Yi came out, they immediately surrounded him.

"For the time being, we have convinced everyone according to your idea, but words are not enough. Let's go to the mayor to get a written agreement."

"That's what I think." Now as long as the other party agreed, Village Chief Huang didn't even dare to bargain.

When they left, the Gu family members were all beaming with joy.

There are about forty households in Kaoshan Village, large and small, and they got the help of forty strong laborers for free.

They probably wouldn't be able to pick chestnuts and walnuts in the back mountain anymore, so they told each other that it was worth it to get so much labor in return.

As for telling relatives and friends, it was just a bluff. There were very few relatives and friends who survived those years. Even if they were told the location, they would not dare to confront such a large village.

Once things are settled, they can also go back early, which can save a lot of expenses.

Luo Gang even made a special trip to the Li family and learned that the family had no intention of moving, so he could only leave the address of Gaoling Village to them so that they could write to the old lady in the future.

As for the future placement of the Li family, he can only wait until he goes back and asks the old lady for instructions before making arrangements.

The process of excavating the grave was underway here. As a filial son and a good grandson, Gu Dashi could no longer hide. He was busy in the village with his clansmen all day long. When he left Baini'ao, he didn't even think of visiting the Li family again.

It was his behavior that made everyone more intuitively realize his coldness. On the way back, everyone avoided him intentionally or unintentionally.

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After the second snow fell, Gu Wenheng began to meet with various merchants still in the city in a high-profile manner.

He did not start by asking everyone to do this or that. Instead, he took them to the border town wall and told them about the difficulties these soldiers had faced.

At first everyone thought that the prefect might be after their money, but who would have thought that days like this would repeat themselves over and over again, and for more than half a month, Gu Wenheng hadn't even raised a single request.

His behavior made everyone even more puzzled. They didn't expect that he would turn around and put them aside and start walking with the people below.