About half an hour later, the carriage door finally opened, and the group boarded the train.
At 9:40, the small train departed from Qianchuan Forest Farm. After passing Shuangqiao Station, the locomotive was detached, a trolley was attached, and a load of logs was picked up on the side line.
Two hours later, the small locomotive pulled the original trolley out, and the carriages were reattached and headed towards Songjiang River.
By the time Sheng Xiping and his group arrived at Songjiang River, it was almost 2 p.m.
After getting off the bus, the group first went to find a place to eat, and then found a hotel to stay in.
Before they left, Sheng Xiping had already told his brothers that they wouldn't be selling in Songjiang River this time; they would be going to the county.
They had a leopard skin, a lynx skin, three deer skins, and two musk deer shells—all valuable items.
The Songjianghe purchasing station buys the goods and then sends them to the county. They definitely want to make a profit, so why don't they just sell them directly in the county?
It takes three days to get there, whether in Songjianghe or the county, you need to eat and stay. The only extra expense is the transportation cost to the county.
If those hides fetched a little more money, the travel expenses would be covered.
Since they came out together, Sheng Xiping didn't mention going to the Zhou family.
They brought so much stuff, they didn't want to show it off everywhere, so they stayed at the hotel in the afternoon and didn't go anywhere else.
The next morning, after eating something, the group went straight to the bus station, bought tickets to the county, boarded the bus, and headed straight for the county town.
From Songjianghe to the county seat, it's a journey of seventy or eighty li (about 35-40 kilometers), a winding mountain road.
The key issue is that the weather is also bad at this time. Everything is thawing, and the ground is slippery because it thaws during the day and freezes again at night.
On the way, we passed a place called Feijiling. The road was very narrow, with rocky cliffs on one side. The driver drove forward cautiously, and the passengers were all on tenterhooks.
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