Chapter 1068

After exchanging this person's things away, Li Long, while drying these Fritillaria, was pondering, and soon sorted out the clues.

First, being able to ride a horse and carry a gun over, it was highly likely that it was related to the Forestry Team; otherwise, it would definitely be checked by the Forestry Team in these mountains.

It was just unknown whether it was a forest ranger still working in the Forestry Team, or personnel who had already left the Forestry Team.

However, being able to accurately catch the time when he wasn't there to come here and collect the things and money exchanged for Fritillaria, Li Long guessed it should be Forestry Team personnel on duty.

Otherwise, it was impossible to know the situation here. This area was patrolled by Bolati, and Bolati had already acquiesced to the existence of these people in this area.

Then this person not only had to be familiar with Bolati's patrol time points, but also had to be familiar with the time points of his coming here, or was staring at him from somewhere, and ran over to play the time difference when he didn't come.

To find this person, it mainly had to be through Bolati, or Captain Aili.

Li Long asked the herb digger who had just exchanged Fritillaria for money about the detailed situation of the person who collected Fritillaria.

But that person didn't observe at close range, just was reminded by others when coming to exchange things, so he only knew a little. He only vaguely saw that the other party was a relatively young ethnic person.

This was also a bit troublesome to line up. Li Long thought about exchanging Fritillaria here today first. If Bolati came, it would naturally be just right. If he didn't come, then he had to find time to go to the Forestry Team.

Such a matter had to be solved; otherwise, it would have a great impact on the business of his wooden cabin.

Eating a little simply at noon, Li Long was still pondering this problem. He had already noticed that the negative impact of that guy coming over had already appeared.

Although the jeep was parked in front of the wooden cabin, there weren't many people coming to exchange Fritillaria. The scene of an endless stream like before was gone. Occasionally one came, and the Fritillaria in hand was only a few kilograms. He didn't know if it was a test or if there were other thoughts.

Until the Wu uncle and nephew appeared, it could be considered to have eased a bit.

Wu Bensheng brought his nephew over, and after seeing Li Long, said with a smile:

"Boss Li, you have encountered trouble this time."

"Are you talking about the matter of a forest ranger coming over to collect Fritillaria?" Li Long thought that what he said should be this.

"Yes, I tell you, with such a troublemaker, quite a few herb diggers don't dare to come. Even if you are here, they are worried that you can't suppress that person, afraid that when they come to exchange things, they will suddenly be collected by others, and the loss will be great. So, quite a few people are watching now."

Li Long also knew it would be quite troublesome, but this matter wasn't easy to solve, so he asked:

"Then why aren't you afraid?"

"At any rate, I have also been digging here for several years. I still know the ability of you, Boss Li. I know that guy only runs over to collect Fritillaria when you are not here. When you are here, he definitely wouldn't dare to come."

Wu Bensheng still had some ability to look at people. For two years, he would come to the wooden cabin to exchange supplies every year, and this year he simply did as Mo Linsheng did, directly exchanging for money here.

Although it was less money than exchanging outside the mountains, it was safe.

"If everyone thought like you, it would be good," Li Long shook his head. "Looking at the current situation, many people still don't quite believe me."

"There's no way around that. After all, those Fritillaria were all dug out with hard work. And this Fritillaria season doesn't have many days left. Everyone wants to exchange the Fritillaria in their hands for cash. Who dares not be careful? This year, they are all counting on these Fritillaria in their hands," Wu Bensheng said the heartfelt words of other herb diggers.

"It looks like, still have to catch that person, to solve this problem," Li Long said. "However, even if caught, some people might not necessarily believe it."

"But if caught, at least the hidden danger is solved, unless Boss Li, you can come over to collect Fritillaria every day from now on," Wu Bensheng placed the Fritillaria he brought on the table. "However, it's not that everyone doesn't believe it. Old herb diggers still know your strength."

"Come, come, come, handle the business first, talk about that later," Li Long pointed to the bags of him and his nephew and asked: "Pour them out to see? Exchange for money or exchange for supplies?"

"Exchange for twenty yuan of food, cooked. Exchange the rest directly for money. As for my nephew, let him see for himself."

"I also exchange for twenty yuan of food, no, exchange for thirty yuan of food, exchange the rest for money," the young man said.

Li Long smiled and counted out the food he brought one by one. As soon as he heard there was meat, Wu Bensheng licked his lips and said:

"Boss Li, the things you have here this year are not as good as previous years. In previous years, you hunted, and could also get some prey to boil into cooked meat, and then exchange it. We could also improve our food. This year, it's purely rice and flour food, no oil and water!"

"This time it's good, finally there is meat to eat, it makes me crave it to death!"

Li Long smiled and said:

"This year is not like previous years. I have too much work over there, and there is no suitable assistant to stay here, so it's not easy to get meat food."

"I see that the one who has a cold face and often carries injuries is not bad," Wu Bensheng said while picking food. "A few days ago when you weren't here, I found him to collect the Fritillaria for both of us, and he really collected it. I see his temperament is suitable for doing this."

"You mean Old Mo. I also want to, but he doesn't do it. He likes the freedom of digging herbs in the mountains," Li Long sighed. "Everyone has their own aspirations, no way around it."

With Mo Linsheng's personality, having knowledge and being able to protect himself, Li Long really hoped to be able to keep him to help him, but Mo Linsheng had his own mind, no way around it.

Wu Bensheng and his nephew's Fritillaria combined to less than five kilograms of dry goods, washed quite cleanly. Excluding the food, Li Long gave them two hundred and sixty yuan in cash.

Li Long also brought hundred-yuan banknotes this time, saying it was newly issued, but Wu Bensheng and the others were relatively cautious and didn't want them, still wanting 'Great Unity' notes.

Li Long didn't force it either. Anyway, the 'Great Unity' notes he brought weren't few.

The cash stored at home, the third set of RMB, some with signs of use, would slowly be spent.

Wu Bensheng and his nephew took the food and greeted Li Long, then left.

Li Long let them promote him when they ran into herb diggers, and Wu Bensheng agreed.

After entering the forest, Wu Bensheng said to the other two herb diggers waiting here:

"I told you and you didn't believe it. This Boss Li has great ability. The one who came to collect Fritillaria yesterday was just running over when he wasn't here. Today Boss Li came, and that person didn't dare to come. If he dared to come, Boss Li would dare to beat him!"

"He has a gun!" an herb digger didn't quite believe it.

"Hey! It looks like you are a novice! You shouldn't not know that Boss Li's jeep also has a 56-style semi-automatic rifle, right? This year he is too busy and has no time. Those who came last year all know that he uses this gun to hunt, and then boils the prey on the spot. You can even exchange Fritillaria for meat!"

"This year he has no time, so he just uses braised meat to exchange. Look, the meat in my hand, he doesn't have much left there. If you go late, it will be gone!"

Smelling the fragrance of the braised meat, these two couldn't help it anymore. Don't underestimate the temptation of meat to these herb diggers in the mountains now. They had been in the mountains for a month, hadn't eaten meat, and only ate those rice and flour, and people had lost quite a lot of weight.

Seeing that there was really meat, these two walked quickly toward the outside of the mountains with bags in their hands without prior consultation.

Of course, the exemplary role of the Wu uncle and nephew successfully exchanging things and money was also an important reason why they were willing to go out.

Perhaps it was the exemplary role of the Wu uncle and nephew, or perhaps it was watching for a whole morning and feeling that Li Long was relatively reliable here, so more people came to exchange things with Fritillaria in the afternoon.

Every time someone came, Li Long had to explain the problem of that person to them, and told them that if he wasn't there, let them not appear, so as not to be caught by others.

These people listened to Li Long's words, and also knew that this was the most secure way, and also agreed that if they ran into other people who hadn't come, they would tell them.

What made Li Long a bit surprised was that the most popular thing to exchange was braised meat. The braised meat worth several dozen yuan he brought was the first to be exchanged. Those who came later heard that cooked meat could be exchanged here, and the first thing they asked when they came was whether there was meat.

Hearing that there was no meat, one by one they felt a bit regretful.

This made Li Long think that he should bring more meat tomorrow.

When the sun was still a pole high, Li Long finished work. Today he exchanged nearly two hundred kilograms of sixty or seventy percent dry Fritillaria, not as much as before, but of course, it was actually not a small amount.

Because he still had to see Keyumu when he went back, Li Long wanted to go back earlier. He didn't wait for Bolati today, but Li Long wasn't very anxious. He thought about coming over tomorrow and talking about it.