Chapter 128: Quality is not enough, quantity is enough

Bai Tao hummed: "I have enough money now."

What I mean is, stop it, I don’t want to sell it!

It costs twelve coins per pound to sell it to the mall, and if you buy it from the mall again, the cheapest price is eighteen coins per pound, and the price of thirty-five coins per pound after the heads are removed.

She was not stupid. Since she would have to buy more in the future, she might as well keep some of it at the beginning.

Mall: '...' It's becoming increasingly difficult to fool this old man.

At this time, in front of a shed on the outskirts of the city, Bai Dashan cleared his throat and loudly announced that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow would be the last two days to harvest crayfish.

"Let everyone know that we will no longer come to collect crayfish the day after tomorrow."

When they heard that the Baijiabao merchant would no longer accept crayfish in two days, those who had been relying on picking up crayfish to exchange for food these days felt confused.

Why don’t you accept it?

If we don’t collect them, the crayfish will be useless.

But after so many people and so many days of catching crayfish, the situation changed from being crowded at the beginning to later when each person could only find one or two sacks a day if they were lucky.

Apart from the poor people who had fled their homes and were still actively searching, some people in Qingzhou City who had their own livelihoods had already given up.

These days, the Baijiabao caravan has been transporting grain continuously, and everyone has extremely high expectations for them, so some people started asking about it.

"Manager Bai, are you still in Qingzhou?"

"Where are you going?"

Bai Dashan smiled and said, "We are a caravan, traveling all over the country, so we naturally have our own business to do."

He thought to himself, you are not from Taohua Village, why are you asking this?

Naturally, we go wherever our aunt goes.

"Thank you all for participating in these days. The mountains remain green and the water flows forever. The entire Baijiabao caravan wishes everyone peace and happiness for their families."

Bai Dashan finished his words, cupped his hands, and indicated that the exchange of crayfish for food would continue.

When Yang Song heard the news, he subconsciously looked at his master and asked, "Master, what should we do next?"
Lu Xiaohao: "It looks like the Baijiabao caravan will leave Qingzhou in two days."

It is normal to end it. Food has been delivered continuously in these days. But no matter how big the Baijiabao caravan is, consuming so much food is a huge burden for them.

"We will go with the caravan and blend in with the refugees."

Yang Song nodded: "I will follow your instructions."

In the past few days, Lu Xiaohao and Yang Song picked up a lot of crayfish. Especially after eating, Yang Song could carry two large sacks at a time.

The two of them also saved more than 200 kilograms of food. Although it was not much, if they lived frugally, it was enough for them to eat for a month on the road.

Of course, they couldn't just eat food, so they went into the city and found a shop, where they exchanged food for some dried meat and other items.

Three days later, when Huang Fuqing's cloth shop had high-quality long-staple cotton to sell, Bai Tao had already left Qingzhou with the people of Taohua Village.

"Auntie, where are we going?"

It just so happens that the agricultural assistance channel has been opened again, and there are many agricultural and sideline products for sale. Although the size cannot be guaranteed, it does not affect consumption, so white peaches are being bought.

Hearing this, he casually responded: "Let's go to Yancheng first."

After she dealt with Princess Deyang, she stayed in the inn and bought a map of this world from the mall for 500 coins.

After two days of research, Bai Tao felt that if he wanted to avoid the harm of the epidemic, he should go north.

The north is vast and sparsely populated. Compared with the Jiangnan region, officials there are more willing to accept refugees to open up wasteland.

After staying in Qingzhou for half a month, Bai Tao was not aware of the rebellion in Jin State and the imminent danger in Yancheng. Taohua Village now had 26 horse-drawn carriages and 35 wagons, so it was naturally not as easy as going into battle lightly.

But it was precisely because of the large number of horse-drawn carriages and carts that it was obvious that it was a large caravan, which attracted many people who had left their homes to flee the disaster to subconsciously follow them.

When the team of 1,800 people was walking on the road, no bandits dared to attack them, whether it was an open official road or a secluded path.

There were bandits who blocked the road and caused trouble before, but before they could utter the classic words of blocking the road, they were interrupted by the crossbow arrows shot by the people from Taohua Village.

We are sparsely armed and don't have many decent weapons, but the opposite side is different. They have spears, swords, and bows and crossbows. Only a fool would not run away.

Taohua Village is so brave, how can those who follow them on the journey feel at ease and reassured.

In fact, every time they set up camp, some people would quarrel and fight in order to occupy a spot close to the Taohua Village camp.

Because of the Zhou Yang family's previous gift of crayfish, and because Taohua Village would hire three or four men from the Zhou family to do the work for a day or half a day when they were needed, they were able to occupy the closest place.

Lu Xiaohao and Yang Song mixed in with the fleeing people, not too close to the Taohua Village convoy, and followed it in a low-key manner.

The pursuers passed by several times, but no one thought that the dusty man carrying a shoulder pole and a bag was Lu Xiaohao.

"Village chief, it's almost time." Bai Duoxi drove his horse to Bai Dashan's side and said, "My aunt didn't eat much red date porridge this morning, so we have to set up camp early at noon today."

"I'm going to make milk egg rolls and brown sugar rice cakes for my aunt."

Most people in Taohua Village can ride horses. Of course, they can only ride a little bit, but they are not very good at running.

When Bai Dashan heard this, he looked up at the sun above his head, raised his hand and shouted, "Stop!"

"This is a good place. We can see the road ahead and retreat to the back. Let's rest here."

"Attention, all teams, do your job and don't be careless."

"Duoxi, your kitchen team is responsible for the food..."

The Taohua Village now is different from when they first fled. Everything is in order, and everyone knows clearly who is responsible for what and who should do what.

Bai Tao looked at this scene and felt so proud.

This achievement was achieved through her teaching step by step, imitating military management.

"Others, old rules."

As soon as Bai Dashan finished speaking, the villagers who had been waiting for a long time and had no other work to do, rushed into the woods in groups of three or five, like chickens released from a cage in the early morning.

Bai Dashan never forgot to remind him: "Remember, if quality is not enough, we can make up for it with quantity."

I learned this sentence from Bai Tao.

"Village Chief, we know."

"Oh, village chief, you are nagging again."

"It's up to us this time. We will definitely win."

Unlike other refugees who were looking for wild vegetables, hunting rabbits and catching pheasants, the people of Taohua Village were rushing into the woods to find fresh and novel things to bring back for Bai Tao.

It’s good to find something new, but it’s okay if you can’t find anything. Even if you dig up some purple cypress, it’s better than coming back empty-handed.

Many people saw this scene, and after hastily securing a spot for themselves, they also hurried into the woods.

Among these people, Lu Xiaohao is also included.

Yang Song looked at the small figure of his master, his eyes full of anticipation.

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(End of this chapter)