Chapter 6 The Bookstore's View
Seeing Gao Jin and Mulan enter the tent, the old military soldiers in the tent laughed at Wei Lianhai. Everyone knew the relationship between Lao Wei and Boss Gao. The two fought desperately with the Japanese pirates in North Korea and entrusted their lives to each other's lives. They didn't know how many times they had. In the end, they lived from the Shura field to this day.
Lao Wei was desperate and married and had children, but in the end his wife died of dying from childbirth and the child was not saved. Since then, although some people have arranged to re-sell the old Wei, Lao Wei never found a woman. Later, when he went to the frontier to go to business, he brought an abandoned baby back and took him into an adopted daughter. However, he, an old widower, would not take care of the children, and finally raised him by Gao Lao.
In the eyes of Lao Fang and the other three old soldiers, Mulan is Gao Jin's maid and a family member in the future. Although she is concerned about routine ethics and does not allow women to show up outside, most of the women here have a tough habit, and there is even less attention in the military households.
Mulan and the others have also grown up since childhood. They are hard to tell, but their clothes are very good and they look good. There will definitely be no problem with having children in the future. In their eyes, these two are a perfect match.
Their old soldiers are all old brothers who have been in love with each other. Although the caravan is called the Gao family caravan outside, whenever there is a big event, Gao Chong will definitely sit with everyone and discuss the matter clearly. However, since ancient times, snakes have no heads and always have backbone. In Lao Fang and others' hearts, if Gao Da is the boss, then Old Wei is the second boss. Old Wei is a adopted daughter like Mulan, so it is naturally the best to marry Gao Jin.
"Laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh."
Seeing Lao Fang and the others winking at Mulan and Gao Jin, Wei Lianhai cursed with a tiger's face, and then took the small bag of silver coins and destructive jewelry that Mulan handed over. As for the cover, he didn't even look at the cover and said directly: "You just send these leather materials."
Gao Jin knew that there were only four people in the caravan who could read and write. In addition to himself and Mulan, the uncle Wei and his father Gao Chong were in front of him. The matter of keeping the book in the caravan was always under the control of Wei Lianhai, and even the transaction and seizure of goods were the same.
His own caravan has a strong shadow of military force. Gao Jin knew that his ancestors were from the Qi family army. The most precious thing in the family was Grandpa Qi's military books. After he learned to read and started escaping, his father Gao Chong asked him to recite Grandpa Qi's "Ji Xiaoxin Book" and "Military Training Documentary". He played with Wang Dou and Chen Sheng since he was a child. His father taught him martial arts, whether it was gun skills or knife skills, to teach these friends, but only Grandpa Qi's military books, his father forbidden him to show off and reveal them.
I didn’t think it was like this in the past, but now I feel it is strange. Not to mention that the words on the military books are ugly and there are many mistakes and missed. How could I have military books from the general banner of the garrison in my family be born?
Any seizure in the caravan must be handed over to Wei Lianhai. When the merchant goes back and distributes the money according to everyone's credit, this is the rule set when the caravan was originally established. Over the years, many people have come and gone through many people in the Gao family caravan, but the rest agree with this rule.
Seeing Wei Lianhai holding a bald brush with a half-blade of the pipe and recording it in the account book crookedly, Gao Jin didn't find it funny. The caravan was able to run business outside the border for so many years, but people's hearts remained undisturbed in life and death. It's up to now, relying on these clear rules of reward and punishment.
After the record was completed, Wei Lianhai blew the ink on the account book before saying, "Let's go back later to see if you are injured. Mulan, go back to the tent to clean up a bunk."
After driving Gao Jin and Mulan away, Wei Lianhai collected the account book and cursed at Lao Fang, who asked him when he would do things for Gao Jin and Mulan, and said, "You women are not so slutty!"
"Old Wei, Mulan is seventeen this year. She should have had a baby and become a mother at this age. What should she do if she drags on her?"
"What do you know? After this trip, my elder brother will take Erlang to Camel City. Erlang will have great prospects in the future. How can he get married so early?" Wei Lianhai cursed. Mulan is his adopted daughter. Although he has taught him all his skills, he treats Gao Jin as his own son. In his opinion, Mulan, the adopted daughter, is just a concubine for Gao Jin, and as for his wife, she still has to find a good family.
"You old thief, Mulan is so filial to you!" Lao Fang and the others looked at Wei Lianhai with confidence and could only curse. After all, this is the matter between the two fathers and daughters, and they can't control it.
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Back in the tent, Gao Jin saw his father who was untied. It was a full body armor. The armor rings were not painted, and some had rust spots. He hurriedly stepped forward to help his father remove his armor. After buying it, he found that the armor was not light, at least twenty kilograms above.
After removing the armor, he took off the cotton coat lining inside. Gao Jin saw an arrow wound on his father's left arm, which was a scratch. The wound did not penetrate deep into the flesh, but he did not dare to neglect it. The rust on the iron tools these days is enough to cause tetanus.
"Dad, I'll go boil water and salt and help you wash the wound."
"No need to make trouble, just wash it with clean water and apply sore medicine."
Looking at Gao Jin's concerned expression, Gao Chong felt warm, but he still refused Gao Jin's suggestion to boil water to wash his wounds. The outside world was bitter and cold, and the caravan was also in short supply. Even the camels had to pick up the feces to dry, and throw them into the brazier to keep warm at night.
"Dad, you have to listen to me in this matter. You must disinfect the wound with burned salt water."
Facing Gao Chong's eyes, Gao Jin did not give in at all. He knew that boiling water was a troublesome for the caravan, but no matter how troubles were, it was not as important as the body. Gao Chong defeated under his son's firm gaze and muttered, "It's up to you, I didn't have it before..."
Gao Jin ignored his father's mutter. In his opinion, it was a big fate that his father was injured or infected. He was unwilling to bet that the "clear water" that precipitated from the "mud" would not cause wound infection.
In the tent, in addition to the father and son, there was also an old military man named Chen. Seeing Gao Chong being defeated in front of his son, he laughed and said, "Erlang, I'll go boil water, look at you, Da!"
Old brothers who have been doing this for many years will not know where Old Chen is. If Gao enters and leaves the tent to boil water, I am afraid that when he comes back, Boss Gao will have treated the wound by himself.
"How do you know that boiled salt water can disinfect wounds?"
After Old Chen went out, Gao Chong asked Gao Jin. Since he woke up, his son has changed a lot. Although he was relieved, he was inexplicably curious.
"It seems to be in the book."
Gao Jin couldn't explain, so he could only answer casually.
"Fuck, I don't know what book you're reading yet. At home, no, where is this book in the fortress?"
"When Mulan and I went to Shenmu Fort, we saw it once in a bookstore."
Seeing Gao Jin's answer firmly, Gao Chong was speechless for a moment. He said nothing about whether there is a bookstore in Shenmubao, but his son always cared about him, so he couldn't continue asking questions.
"Dad, when the uncles and uncles are injured in the future, they will also use burned salt and boiled water to clean the wound before applying medicine."
A group of old soldiers in the caravan are not young. They are healthy when they are young. Some wound infections can be withstood by their physical fitness. But now the uncles and uncles have begun to decline. If they are really injured, they dare not bet on the probability of pursuing them.
"When you really see blood fighting, how can you be so troubled?"
Gao Chong frowned, but the last sentence was just this. He had fought a big battle with the Japanese pirates in Korea. At that time, Emperor Wanli transferred Zhejiang soldiers. Although Grandpa Qi passed away for many years, those Zhejiang soldiers were still the foundation of the Qi family army. He also saw that the Zhejiang soldiers used salt water and pepper water when cleaning the wounded soldiers. Unlike other places, they were bandaged.
"But we don't fight now. Dad, there is a lot of coal near the Cave River. I found a free book about geometry in the bookstore in Shenmubao. I will go out for a walk tomorrow. If I find an open-air coal mine, we can pick up a car and use it all the way."
Gao Jin said that when he woke up, the bowl of "clear water" that Wei Lianhai fed him was precipitated for a long time, but it still smelled like "raw water". He didn't dare to think whether it was dirty or not. If he could find some open-air coal mines, he would definitely find a way to instigate the caravans to boil water.
"You're very light, you think you can find a mine after reading this book."
Gao Chong looked at his confident son and couldn't help but sniff, saying, "There is coal near the Kuye River. He also knew that every year the flood in the upper reaches of the Kuye River, the families in the fortress would go to the river to catch charcoal to make fuel." However, most of the Kuye River is outside the wall, and there was no Mongolian tribe looking for any coal mines. As for the Laoshizi Bookstore, Gao Chong was too lazy to pay attention to it.
"How do you know if you don't try?"
Gao Jin was naturally sure. He used to be a geology major, but later he went to the city geology team to conduct a geological investigation on both sides of the Kuye River. The content was the coal and mineral resources of the Kuye River. Although the current landforms were different, the location of the mine would not change. As long as the reference is found, it would not be difficult for him to find ore, but it also depends on luck. After all, the caravan business must be the main focus.
"You are much bolder and more eloquent, but you really get to know each other after falling out of your head!"
Gao Chong finally hopes that his son will make a fortune. No one would have thought that falling off the horse would have such a drastic change. It is always a good thing to get better. As for mining coal, just like Gao Jin said, how can you know if you don’t try it? If you can really find an open-pit coal mine that can be easily mined, it will be no harm to the caravan.
Gao Jin didn't say anything else, and at this time, Old Chen also came back with a bowl of boiled salt water. He followed Gao Jin's words and only boiled a small pot of water, which had green salt in it. Now he was just waiting to cool down.
Chapter completed!