Chapter 149 Transport River
After much discussion, Zhao Liya had an idea. "I remember we saw a huge river when we came here. We only saw that the river led to the Five Peaks Mountains, but we didn't see where it led to. Why don't we look around here? If we're lucky, the river happens to be nearby. Wouldn't that save us a lot of trouble?"
Everyone was happy at first, but Yu Xiaofang hesitated and asked, "But, do we still have to build a ship?"
On second thought, transporting by ship is much more convenient than carrying it out manually.
Zhong Jing and others laughed when they heard this.
"No need to go to such trouble. Just throw the processed wood into the water and use two small bamboo rafts to follow it so that the wood won't get caught in the water."
Zhao Liya nodded and smiled, "Yes, generally speaking, huanghuali wood won't sink in water and will float away. Only a very small number of them will sink. Small-leaf red sandalwood, on the other hand, is not like that. It's like a weight and sinks as soon as it enters the water."
Everyone became excited and wished that day would come immediately so that they could go find the river.
Even if the river is more than ten miles away from here, it is much better than relying on manpower to transport it out!
Therefore, this big river must be found!
The next morning, everyone split up. Those who needed to go out of the mountain and head to Haikou Town left the mountain immediately, those who needed to find a river found a river, and those who needed to find a place to camp found a place to camp.
Zhao Liya was still in the same group with Zhou Hansheng and also went out to look for the river. The main reason was that Zhou Hansheng refused to let other people team up with them.
Getting in the way.
He and Aya are not as efficient as them.
The higher you climb, the farther you can see. When the two of them reached a high peak, Zhao Liya looked towards the southwest. In the distant valley, there seemed to be a faint light shining, much like the reflection of sunlight on the water.
"Brother Zhou, how about we go over and take a look?"
"good!"
The two of them memorized the direction and moved forward through the thorns and bushes. After walking for about an hour, when they turned a corner, the view in front of them suddenly opened up!
It really is a big river!
They came from the mountains, so the journey was naturally long. When they went back, they deliberately chose to walk through the flatter valley at the foot of the mountain. They estimated that it was only about fifteen or sixteen miles to reach the rosewood area.
Everyone was excited.
This saves a lot of trouble.
Zhong Jing had to admit defeat and said with a grin, "Sister Xiaoya is truly our lucky star! I've noticed that my luck has improved since I met her, especially my financial luck, hahahaha!"
Everyone laughed after hearing this.
Although it is still not certain whether this river leads to the river next to the Guzhu tribe, everyone has an idea that it is probably about 70% correct.
They immediately cut down some bamboo and tied them together to make a simple and small bamboo raft. Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng planned to go there themselves, and Li Xu and Li Ying volunteered to follow.
That’s perfect. I need to go out and bring some help in.
The bamboo raft floated down the river. Half a day later, the terrain gradually became wider and roads were found in the forests on both sides.
Although it is a very simple road with weeds growing on both sides and even covering the road in some places, you can still see that it is a road.
Where there is a road, there are people.
In other words, this area is not so remote anymore.
After a while, Li Ying laughed excitedly and said, "Look, brother, this place should be not far from our tribe! Brother Zhou, Sister Xiaoya, this river really does lead to our tribe! We're here in just half a day!"
Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng looked at each other and smiled.
"It seems we found the right one. That's great!"
They continued to drift and landed at a suitable place. Several people from the Guzhu tribe were working nearby. When they saw them, they ran over and said, "Chief, Miss! What are you doing? What are you doing—"
Everyone looked at each other in surprise.
Everyone knew that the clan leader and the eldest daughter, along with a few brothers, had gone into the mountains with the guests to look for something. But how could they have returned from the river?
Li Zhu was very excited. He pointed at the river and said with a smile, "This river is amazing! We took a boat out from the deep mountains and came back in just half a day! It's incredible!"
"Really?"
“We really didn’t know this before!”
"Oh, that's amazing! Will it be much more convenient for us to go into the mountains in the future?"
Li Ying smiled and said, "The most important thing is that I can go very far!"
The people of the Guzhu tribe were even happier now, and they surrounded them and went back to the tribe.
They all know that the deeper they go into the mountains, the greater the chance of finding good things.
This route is very safe. The water flow in most sections of the river is very gentle, and even if it is occasionally a little faster, it is limited. In short, it is controllable.
Since we have discovered such a shortcut, there is of course no need to travel over mountains and hills.
Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng discussed and decided to take a boat when they went in.
It is obviously too late to build a ship now, so it is better to rent one.
There are boats in the Guzhu tribe, and there are more than ten boats that can carry more than ten people. Zhao Liya and her friends rented them all at once.
In addition to the boat, you also have to buy rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, pots, pans and other daily necessities to bring into the mountains.
Vegetables were replenished every three or four days, and there were wild vegetables in the mountains that could be used in combination. There was also plenty of game in the mountains, and with Zhou Hansheng, Zhong Jing, and their brave and skilled subordinates, there was no shortage of meat, which solved a lot of problems.
There must be enough rice, meat and salt. If you do physical work, your body will not get enough nutrition and will not have the energy to work.
Once you've agreed to rent a boat, you need to hire people. Once you've decided how many people to hire, you can go shopping.
Then, manpower and supplies went into the mountains together.
Once these are settled, Zhaonan, Zhong Ming and others who are rushing to Haikou Town to transfer ships should be able to reach the port of Wanning Town.
As long as all the logging tools and manpower are in place, we can get to work.
Lizhu told the tribe that he was looking for people to do the work, and the daily wage was thirty cents - thirty cents could buy almost five pounds of rice, almost two pounds of meat, and needed to sell thirty eggs to exchange for it.
In addition, those who go to work are provided with three meals a day, including enough rice.
Most people in the tribe had no concept of thirty cents and were not quite sure how much it was, but they all understood that five pounds of rice a day could feed a family and there would still be some left over, and everyone was tempted.
All the young and strong men rushed to sign up.
No one wants to miss such a good thing!
In the end, a total of 300 people were selected, all of whom were young and middle-aged men over 20 years old and under 40 years old.
After selecting the people, Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng went to Wanning Town to purchase.
The Guzhu tribe had no donkey carts or even donkeys. Instead, they raised many sheep and cattle.
Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng had no choice but to plan to hire a car to transport the things back after arriving in Wanning Town.
(End of this chapter)
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