sbdcsierra Chapter 1825 The Tiger General Who Shines in the Crowd
Chapter 1825 The Tiger General Who Shines in the Crowd
Chapter 1825 The Tiger General Who Shines in the Crowd
There are no large snakes in Northeast China, and snakes like the giant gorilla don't exist there either. At most, there are some non-venomous snakes, some of which can grow to about two meters long.
Pheasant necks and burrows typically grow to a maximum length of 50-60 centimeters. A burrow that's a meter long, as Dai Chunhua described, is rather frightening.
A soil ball that can grow to such a large size is as rare as a ginseng weighing over 280 grams.
At this moment, Zhao Jun thought of what Li Baoyu had said before: "Beside the immortal herb, there must be a strange beast."
That clod of earth isn't like a big claw; no matter how fierce it is, how much territory can it cover? Just go around it, right?
Dai Chunhua wanted to deal with it, presumably because it had settled in a special place, most likely the quarry where Dai Chunhua was carrying ginseng.
At this moment, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu, sitting behind Zhao Jun, were eager to try. However, with so many people present, and only the leaders of various ginseng gangs speaking, none of their subordinates uttered a sound. The two men were not ignorant of the rules, so they gave up and remained silent.
"Wear the headdress," Shao Tianpeng said. "You can just get some realgar powder, sprinkle it around there, and that'll be fine, right?"
Previously, Zhao Jun gave the Shao family an old millstone located in Hama Gully. Hama Gully was a place full of poisonous snakes and toad heads.
So the Shao family thought about it and finally decided to buy more realgar and use it to drive away snakes.
"Oh dear!" Upon hearing Shao Tianpeng's suggestion, Dai Chunhua said with a wry smile, "I've tried all of these, but maybe the snake is too big and it's not afraid of realgar."
Judging from Dai Chunhua's words, this person had indeed encountered a strange beast.
"Wear a whip," Zhao Jun suggested, "Get a long whip and carry it with you before you go up the mountain. If all else fails, you can use the whip to whip it."
If you whip a snake, it will freeze briefly. Some hikers use tree branches to whip snakes.
However, Dai Chunhua and his group encountered a venomous snake, and it was a strange one, so Zhao Jun instructed him to prepare a long whip to keep a safe distance from the snake.
Hearing Zhao Jun say that, Dai Chunhua nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I can try it when I get back."
When Zhao Jun was giving advice to Dai Chunhua, Yu Wanshan's gaze remained fixed on Zhao Jun's face.
"Uncle Shao," Yu Wanshan asked Shao Tianpeng, "was it Zhao, the one who helped you chase away that Siberian tiger?"
The Shao family gang has been getting into trouble with that Siberian tiger in the old ditch for more than a year or two.
At the previous two Ginseng King Conferences, Shao Tianpeng and Shao Zhiqiang had both sought help at the conferences. However, these mountain hunters were not particularly strong, and although each ginseng gang had guards, they did not have professional hunters, so no one was able to help the Shao family.
But today, after arriving in Wanshan, Wu Baoguang told him that the Shao family gang had dealt with the evil tiger and brought out a stone dragon from its territory.
If Shi Long hadn't been injured, the 100,000 yuan reward would have been in the Shao family's pocket.
"Yes, yes." Upon hearing someone mention the Siberian tiger in the old ditch, Shao Tianpeng quickly praised Zhao Jun, saying, "Don't underestimate Zhao Jun just because he's young. You have no idea how capable he is."
After saying this, Shao Tianpeng paused slightly, and then continued, "In our Zhangguangcai Ridge, in the valleys south, west, and east of the ridge, everyone who runs the mountains knows Zhao the foreman."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Zhao Jun with curiosity. Then Shao Tianpeng explained, "Zhao Jun is nicknamed 'Tiger Subduer' by the local chieftain. You can imagine how formidable he is."
"Tiger Subduer!" Upon hearing this nickname, apart from the members of the Zhao, Shao, and Pang gangs, the other four gang members looked at Zhao Jun in a completely different way.
Those who can subdue the Siberian tiger have always been fierce warriors.
"Chief Zhao," Li Zhenjiang asked Zhao Jun, "can you handle a Siberian tiger?"
"Ah, hehe..." Zhao Jun chuckled and said, "It's alright."
"Zhao is just being modest," Shao Tianpeng interjected, "Last year, Zhao killed one Siberian tiger and captured two alive."
At this moment, Shao Tianpeng's praise of Zhao Jun wasn't meant to cause trouble for him. The old leader's intentions were twofold: first, to help Zhao Jun gain fame, and second, to bring him some tangible benefits.
To reiterate, even though the guild has guards, they are not skilled in hunting.
However, when the ginseng hunters were out hunting in the mountains, they inevitably encountered wild animals. Some of these were particularly ferocious, causing the ginseng hunters a great deal of trouble.
Regardless of what others think, Shao Tianpeng believes that Zhao Jun has the ability to subdue tigers.
If they can even deal with Siberian tigers, then what in these mountains can't Zhao Jun handle?
The ginseng gangs are all wealthy, so if Zhao Jun can really help someone solve their problems, they won't let him down; the reward will definitely satisfy him.
"Ah." At this moment, Yu Wanshan, a native of Tonghe, stared wide-eyed at Zhao Jun and said, "Chief Zhao, was that you in the newspaper last year?"
"Which newspaper did it appear in?" Li Zhenjiang asked from the side. Yu Wanshan replied, "It was in the Xinwanbao before spring last year. It said that a big tiger had been caught over there in Shanhe."
After responding to Li Zhenjiang's words, Yu Wanshan looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Chief Zhao, we were discussing who was so awesome back then, but we didn't expect it to be you."
After his rebirth, Zhao Jun was always praised. However, he was not a flamboyant person, and he didn't know how to respond when this happened.
But it was Zhao Jun's humility and low profile that made everyone feel that he was a truly capable person.
None of the people present were novice in the martial arts world. They knew that those who were all talk and no action didn't have much skill. On the contrary, the real shrew was someone like Zhao Jun, who had outstanding achievements but didn't get cocky.
"Chief Zhao." Having encountered an expert, Yu Wanshan hurriedly asked Zhao Jun, "I want to ask you, how do we deal with that giant lynx?"
"Lynx." Zhao Jun smiled upon hearing this. He wasn't bragging; he had fought lynxes quite a bit since his rebirth.
But then Zhao Jun realized that Yu Wanshan was in the Lesser Khingan Mountains, and the lynxes there were different from the lynxes in his own area.
Sure enough, the talkative Li Zhenjiang spoke up for Yu Wanshan: "The lynxes over there in Yu's hometown are really fierce. My third brother-in-law's sister married there. That guy told me that the lynxes there eat people."
"Eating people." Upon hearing Li Zhenjiang's words, the members of the Zhao family gang looked at each other.
Although they didn't speak, they all had some doubts about Li Zhenjiang's words.
"Lynx?" Li Baoyu thought to himself, "My brother and I fought one eight hundred years ago."
"These people are no good either," Zhang Yuanmin thought to himself. "I've never even seen a lynx eat people, but I've certainly eaten one."
While Li Baoyu, Zhang Yuanmin, and the others were lost in thought, Yu Wanshan said with a bitter face, "I don't know what's going on, but the lynxes over there are really strange. They all crouch in the trees, and when they see people passing by, they pounce down and bite and tear at them. Those who run around in the mountains are all taken care of by the lynxes."
After saying this, Yu Wanshan asked Zhao Jun for advice: "Commander Zhao, what do you think we should do?"
"There's not much we can do about it," Zhao Jun laughed. "Foreman Yu, for a gang like yours, you need a dog. And you have to hold the dog on a leash and not let it run free."
With a dog around, it can warn you if there's any danger, like a cat or a lynx.
"Huh?" Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Yu Wanshan's eyes lit up and he said, "What Zhao Jun said is really good. They had tried to lead dogs to hunt lynxes before, but the dogs couldn't catch up. But like you said, Zhao Jun, I'll lead the dogs up the mountain. I don't need them to hunt, just let them give us a heads-up."
“Yeah, right,” Zhao Jun said with a smile. “It’s perched in the tree to ambush us. We can’t see it, but the dog can. If you see something’s wrong with the dog, or if it barks, it’s 80% likely to leave on its own after the ambush fails.”
After saying this, Zhao Jun paused and then said, "If he doesn't leave, we still have guns, right?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Yu Wanshan nodded repeatedly with a big smile, "Chief Zhao, you're absolutely right, this trick really works!"
When he finished speaking, Yu Wanshan gave Zhao Jun a thumbs up.
Zhao Jun chuckled softly, then looked at Dai Chunhua and said, "Chief Dai, you mentioned that big dirt ball earlier. You could get a dog. Find an experienced hunting dog; if it spots a dirt ball or if one is about to ambush you, it will definitely be able to warn you."
Zhao Jun said this because he remembered that when he encountered the giant snake while carrying the little white dragon, Black Tiger had been reminding and warning him.
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Dai Chunhua slapped his thigh and then laughed, "Chief Zhao, why didn't I think of that?"
After saying this, Dai Chunhua looked at Yu Wanshan and said, "That's right, we can just take the dog, can't we?"
As the saying goes, "a trade is like a mountain," some things you either understand or you don't, and even simple things can be hard to grasp.
People like Yu Wanshan and Dai Chunhua, who work in mountain forest farms, must have thought of using dogs to deal with lynxes or venomous snakes, but they never thought of using dogs to warn others.
Seeing that Zhao Jun had solved Dai Chunhua and Yu Wanshan's problem in just a few words, Li Zhenjiang smiled and said to Zhao Jun, "Chief Zhao, you truly deserve to be called a tiger-taming general."
"Oh, it's nothing," Zhao Jun said modestly. "Foreman Li, it's just that you guys don't hunt. If you wanted to hunt, you could figure it out yourself."
“That’s not true.” Li Zhenjiang shook his head, then asked Zhao Jun, “We also hunt over there, but it’s not allowed.”
When he said the word "no," Li Zhenjiang shook his head slightly, then said to Zhao Jun, "Chief Zhao, if you can handle a Siberian tiger, then a black bear should be no problem at all."
Zhao Jun was taken aback. He could handle the black bear, after all, he made his fortune by hunting black bears. But he didn't know the situation with Li Zhenjiang, so he didn't dare to agree casually.
“Let me tell you, Zhao, the foreman,” Li Zhenjiang gestured to Zhao Jun, “there’s a Black Bear Gully near my home. It’s a really deep and long gully, with an old embankment on each side. But the black bears have never stopped roaming in that gully.”
"Don't you hunt there?" Zhao Jun asked. Li Zhenjiang replied, "Yes, the black bears in our Black Bear Gully are just like the lynxes in Yu Batou's area. They attack people from behind trees."
"If you bring a dog, it'll go into the Black Bear Forest and never come back... no, it'll disappear without a trace, dead or alive."
Hearing Li Zhenjiang's words, Zhao Jun was speechless. Wild animals are naturally more adapted to mountain life than humans. When they hide and prepare to attack, it is difficult for humans to escape, even if they have guns.
But this problem is easy to solve. Zhao Jun smiled and said to Li Zhenjiang, "Li, if you're going over there, you should bring your dog with you."
After saying that, Zhao Jun immediately added, "Foreman Li, you just want to take down those two old guys, right? Keep your dogs on leashes, don't let them run free, and walk slowly. When the dogs bark, see which direction they bark in, and then aim your guns at them. When Black Bear comes out, just shoot him."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhenjiang suddenly realized that he had made the same mistake as Dai Chunhua and Yu Wanshan: he only thought of solving the problem by hunting, but did not think of using dogs to give warnings.
Zhao Jun solved the problem for the three foremen, and for a time he became the focus of attention on the entire second floor. After that, the three foremen spoke to Zhao Jun with much better attitudes.
Looking at Zhao Jun, who was being fawned over and chatted over by several gang leaders, Pang Zhendong felt a surge of anger in his heart. He couldn't vent it, nor could he swallow it down, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
(End of this chapter)