[Mountain Warehouse, Helping to Move]

To quickly transport these tons of Matsutake without attracting attention, Lin Ze had already figured out a solution.

That was to have his own warehouse, store the Matsutake in it to avoid the villagers' eyes, and then Lin Ze could completely open the door in the warehouse to quickly move supplies, telling everyone that he had called fellow disciples to help move them away.

However, building a warehouse takes time, and the trading time agreed upon between Lin Ze and Green Curtain Mountain was only three days later.

In the eyes of the world, Lin Ze is a disciple of a reclusive expert living deep in Cloud Mist Mountain.

Even if he, as a martial artist, is agile, it would still take him a day to travel back and forth between the mountain gate and Clear River Township.

If he goes back and forth once a day, with a donkey cart carrying five or six hundred pounds each time, and he carries another two hundred pounds himself, he can at most pull a little over a ton of Matsutake back in three days.

So Lin Ze's current trouble is how he should quickly transport the Matsutake away.

"Perhaps, this method can be improved for a temporary transition, first letting the villagers help me transport the Matsutake to a secluded place in Cloud Mist Mountain, and then I can use the excuse of fellow disciples helping to move these Matsutake away overnight."

"Even if this excuse is full of doubts, such as many fellow disciples never showing up in front of people."

"But as long as I am not directly seen opening the Gates to Heavens for inter-world travel, then it is not a big problem, and this doubt can also be explained as the brothers in the sect need to maintain a pure heart to practice martial arts, and before they succeed in their studies and go down the mountain to travel, it is inconvenient to contact the mortal world."

Thinking, Lin Ze's plan was set.

He began to lay the groundwork: "The road in Cloud Mist Mountain is rugged, and it is indeed inconvenient to transport the Matsutake in large quantities. I plan to build a warehouse near Eagle Beak Mountain. At that time, I will trouble the elder to arrange for people to send the collected Matsutake to this warehouse for storage."

"I will pay an extra transportation fee. Eagle Beak Mountain is not too far from my mountain gate, and it is not too troublesome for the elder to arrange for people to enter the mountain."

"At that time, I can call disciples from the sect to come and move them. Anyway, they usually need to climb mountains and wade through water to chop wood and carry burdens for their body training, which happens to help me move these Matsutake back."

Lin Ze's words have two purposes.

The first is to tell An Ye that there are many disciples in his sect.

It is already July, and there are only more than half a month left for the golden time to pick Matsutake. Even if all the villagers near Clear River Township are mobilized to pick Matsutake, he can eat them all, and he can keep these dried Matsutake slices for enjoyment all year round.

Let them not worry that if there are too many Matsutake in the future, he will not continue to buy them.

The second is to pave the way for him to quickly transport many Matsutake away.

Martial arts practitioners are strong and healthy, and light as a swallow. Even if they carry hundreds of pounds, they can walk nimbly in the mountains.

With Lin Ze's words as a foundation, many villagers will not wonder why Lin Ze is moving goods so quickly.

An Ye didn't think much about it.

In his opinion, Lin Ze's purchase of some worthless miscellaneous mushrooms at the price of rice is a blessing to them villagers.

And his An Family also has a share of the income to take for helping to buy these miscellaneous mushrooms.

Don't say that Lin Ze is buying Matsutake to eat, even if he takes them home to burn as firewood, it is none of their business.

They enjoy this blessing and still question others with ulterior motives, isn't that losing their conscience?

"Eagle Beak Mountain is about ten miles away from our Two Rivers Village. I remember there is a natural cave there that can shelter from the wind and rain. If you build a warehouse there, it will indeed be convenient for Zi Yi to transport supplies."

An Ye said with a smile.

"Then I will trouble the elder to find some people for me, and follow me into the mountain to survey the site and build a warehouse now."

"I will pay for the construction of the warehouse at the current market price."

Lin Ze said directly.

An Ye nodded and said, "I'll go get people right away."

With that, he turned and left.

By the time Lin Ze had placed the three large sacks, six hundred jin of Matsutake, on the donkey cart, An Ye had quickly returned with people.

A total of fourteen strong young men, all villagers from Two Rivers Village.

"Aren't you going to pick Matsutake?"

Lin Ze asked the Two Rivers Village villagers curiously.

The Cloud Mist Mountain Range was rich in resources; picking Matsutake could easily yield dozens of jin a day, and with good luck, even hundreds of jin.

Even if the Matsutake shrank significantly after drying, they could still earn thirty or forty coins a day, and sometimes even over a hundred.

But building a warehouse for him was clearly not as profitable; a day's wage was at most seventy or eighty copper coins, which was much more tiring than picking Matsutake.

"There are only so many Matsutake, and it's not as easy to pick now as it was a few days ago. It's the same if the women at home go to pick them."

"Young Master Lin's matter is more important. We will definitely help Young Master Lin build the warehouse as soon as possible."

The leading villager of Two Rivers Village said with a smile.

Although there was some flattery in his words, he also stated the reason very frankly.

After these days of continuous harvesting by them, the Matsutake near the Cloud Mist Mountain Range were not as easy to pick as they were at the beginning, and they needed to go to farther areas to harvest, which took more time and effort.

And although building a warehouse did not provide a high income, such stable job opportunities were not common.

"Then let's go."

Lin Ze said.

"Young Master Lin, let us help you carry some Matsutake."

These Two Rivers Village villagers took the initiative to speak.

Afterwards, they each took a bag of about one hundred jin of Matsutake and followed Lin Ze's donkey cart into the mountains.

"Alright, I'll give you an extra five coins each for transportation."

Lin Ze nodded.

The group of fourteen Two Rivers Village villagers, who were just about to start walking, stopped and carried another bag of one hundred jin of Matsutake on their shoulders.

Originally, they were planning to help for free, but now that Lin Ze was giving extra money, they felt a little embarrassed to carry only one bag.

"They're really honest."

Lin Ze saw this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't say much.

After walking and stopping along the way, Lin Ze quickly drove the cart with the group into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and arrived near Eagle Beak Mountain.

This small mountain isn't particularly tall, and there's a small cave nestled within it.

"Using this place as a base, use stones and wood to create a dry, enclosed storage space that's sufficient to prevent wild animal attacks and provide shelter from the wind and rain."

"As for building materials, use what's available locally. I'll pay you seventy copper coins a day, and if you can finish it within half a month, I'll give you extra pay."

Lin Ze pointed to the location of the cave on Eagle Beak Mountain and stated his requirements.

On the way here, Lin Ze had already told these Two Rivers Village villagers what he wanted, and now he was just confirming the construction site.

"Don't worry, Young Master Lin, we will definitely do a good job for you."

These Two Rivers Village villagers all promised.