Chen Mu was actually not hungry. After going downstairs, he didn't go to the cafeteria, but went to his own woodland.
In the past few days, an old Uyghur man told him that Cistanche has grown in the forest, and manual digging is being organized.
After Cistanche is planted, it usually takes two or three years to grow. April to May is the season when they break through the ground, and the quality is the best.
There will also be some in autumn, but only a small amount is unearthed, but no matter in terms of quantity or quality, there is no way to compare with that in April and May, so spring is the best season to harvest Cistanche.
When Cistanche is unearthed, it must be excavated immediately without delay. This is a race against time.
Because once it emerges from the ground, the first thing to do is to bloom, the nutrients on the body will turn to the appreciation organs, and the fleshy stems will begin to lignify.
This state continues until the fruit matures, and the entire middle of the fleshy stem will become empty, and all the nutrients in it will be exhausted, and the medicinal value will be completely lost.
During the short period from emergence to flowering, all Cistanche must be excavated.
The cistanche in Chen Mu's woodland has grown out of the soil in less than a year after being planted.
Such a growth rate is absolutely astonishing.
It was already close to May, and Chen Mu felt that the cistanche hadn’t come out, thinking that they might not grow this year, but he didn’t expect these little things to appear one after another when he had no hope, which really made him feel a little bit surprise.
"It looks really good. I have also dug Cistanche before, and I have never seen such a thick one."
The old Uighur supervised the digging by the villagers, and he was always worried about some of them.
Those bums in various villages usually like to dodge when they have nothing to do. The old people are very uncomfortable with it and have to keep an eye on them all the time.
The Uighur old man handed a piece of Cistanche that was dug up to Chen Mu: "Look, how good it looks, it looks like jade on the outside, this kind of Cistanche is the best."
Although Chen Mu has seen Cistanche before, this is the first time he has seen Cistanche since he came from his parents. This head seems to be thicker and longer than the ones he has seen before. Maybe this is what the old man said.
"Uncle Aizmat, can we finish collecting these few days?"
Chen Mu put the cistanche in the basket, and took a look at his forest land, feeling a bit endless.
At the beginning, I sowed a lot of seeds, but now I realize that I have sown too many seeds, and I can't harvest them all.
Basically, each cluster of Cistanche deserticola in the woodland has densely grown more than ten roots, and some even have more than twenty roots, which is extremely high-yielding.
In this way, the amount of time spent on digging will increase, and what seemed to be a lot of manpower now seems to be a bit stretched.
The Uyghur old man thought for a while and said, "Tonight, I will send someone to find that old fellow Jamal, and let all the people in his village come to help... Well, even the people from Tovan Hadilku Village, I will also help." Let them come over to help together, anyway, it’s just a few days’ work.”
Chen Mu pondered for a while, and said, "Okay, Uncle Aizmaiti, then tell them that I will pay them as they are paid, including three meals a day."
The Uyghur old man waved his hand: "It's enough to provide three meals a day. You don't need to pay wages. They have benefited so much from you. How can they be ashamed to accept your money?"
Chen Mu shook his head: "Anyway, as long as you come here and work hard, now we just want to compete for time, and this little money is not bad."
This little wage is really nothing, as long as we ensure that the Cistanche is dug out within the best time, so that their quality will not be damaged, and we can sell them for dozens of yuan per kilogram, and they will all come back.
"Okay, you have the final say!"
The Uyghur old man nodded and was about to say something when he saw a young villager touching a Cistanche sprout and said nervously, "Don't move around, it's a sprout and it hasn't grown yet." It's done, don't touch it."
After a slight pause, the Uighur old man continued: "Didn't I tell you, only choose tall and strong ones to dig, and break them off at the bottom five centimeters, and don't hurt the sprouts and parasitic discs.
After digging, dig out the sand under the parasitic tray, place the parasitic tray upright, and then bury it with soil... What are you clumsily moving about? "
The young man was curious just now, just touched it casually, and didn't want to break off the sprouts. He was a little embarrassed by the old man, and he was quite embarrassed.
Chen Mu quickly pulled the old man and said, "Uncle, don't worry, our Cistanche grows well, but it's not so easy to damage."
The old Uyghur man pursed his lips and said seriously: "These sprouts will still grow in autumn or next spring. They are all money. They can't be ruined."
Cistanche deserticola can be dug twice throughout the year, the one dug in spring is called Chun Dayun, and the one dug in autumn is called Qiu Dayun.
The quality of Chun Dayun is generally better, but because there are few Qiu Dayun, the price is not low.
As the old Uighurs said, these young buds can wait until autumn or the next year to harvest, and if they are injured, they will be ruined.
This is also the reason why he stares so closely. The old man is old, and he can't rub sand in his eyes, so he can't waste it.
Chen Mu hurriedly pulled the old man aside, and said with a smile, "Uncle, don't worry about digging, just stare at it from a distance. You're so...too tired."
"Not tired."
The Uighur old man shook his head and insisted on standing on the front line without moving: "I don't worry if I don't stare at it. It's more uncomfortable and tiring to watch from such a distance."
Well, since this is the case, then don't persuade it.
Chen Mu was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said to the Uighur elder: "Uncle, when you ask them to harvest, remember to leave some for me not to dig. I am going to let them continue to grow and wait until June and July Time to collect the seeds."
The seeds of Cistanche are very expensive, and the price is more than gold. Chen Mu plans to save some and collect the seeds by himself.
Generally speaking, the seeds of Cistanche will not mature until June and July.
Cistanche begins to bloom and bear fruit from April to May. When the fruit matures, it will turn brown, and the husk will shrink and crack longitudinally. When the time comes, the whole fruit will be cut off and placed indoors to ventilate and dry. Finally, impurities can be removed to get the seeds.
Whether these seeds are used for their own use or sold, they are an income.
Chen Mu collected these seeds mainly to see if he could use the vitality value to produce better quality seeds, which would make the cultivation of Cistanche easier in the future.
If he can produce good seeds, he may simply produce seeds in the future, which will be more profitable than Cistanche itself.
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Aqishan, as the largest production and distribution center of Cistanche in Xiaguo, is a veritable hometown of Cistanche.
Their Cistanche plantation has formed a complete industrial chain, from planting to processing and production, it is very complete, and it is definitely the leader in China.
In comparison, the cultivation of Cistanche in other places is only sporadic and not on a large scale, and there is no way to compare with the Aqishan area.
Liu Dahai has been running the business of buying Cistanche in Xinjiang-Qi Province. He will go to the countryside to buy Cistanche from the hands of farmers, and then gather them together, take them to Aqishan, and sell them to those big processing companies.
This kind of business earns a lot of hard money. The big companies in Aqishan are generally unwilling to go to farmers to buy scattered cistanche, especially in areas other than Aqishan, so people like Liu Dahai are responsible for running errands. did it.
But this year, after Liu Dahai went to several farmers in a row, he felt that things had changed a little.
He seemed to be a step late. The cistanche in the hands of the farmers had already been confiscated by a company called Dexing Medicinal Materials.
Dexing Herbs…
Liu Dahai had vaguely heard this name, and it seemed to be a big company from Aqishan's side, which cast a cloud of haze on Liu Dahai's heart.
A big company came to compete with small traders like them, and signed a purchase contract with farmers retail investors, and even booked the purchase next year in advance. This kind of thing has never happened before. Liu Dehai feels that his business may not be successful. up.
The sullen Liu Dahai came to his favorite restaurant, ordered two side dishes, a bowl of rice, and a bottle of white wine, and drank it by himself.
Not long after, a few people came to the next table. They sat down, ordered food, and started chatting while eating.
At the beginning, those few people were talking about international political and economic affairs, and Liu Dahai didn't pay attention, but after a while, one of them said: "Have you heard that this year, Aqishan's The gerbils are making a lot of noise, and the quality of the cistanche produced is not as good as in previous years, so many companies have gone to places other than Aqishan to collect the cistanche.”
Another person suddenly said: "I said it's no wonder that the price of Cistanche has gone up sharply these days, so that's the reason."
The third person said: "In this way, whoever has Cistanche in his hand now will get rich?"
Liu Dahai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood why the Dexing Herbs went to Jiangqi Province to collect Cistanche, it turned out that it was because of the rat plague in Aqishan's side.
Liu Dahai had also heard that Aqishan had a rat plague this year, but he didn't care, thinking it was just a rumor.
After all, it’s not yet the harvest season, and no one knows how the things in the ground look like, let alone the harvest of Cistanche.
But now—
People who are well-informed probably know about it, that's why a big company like Dexing Medicinal Materials came to Jiangqi Province to "compete business" with him.
Liu Dahai's mind quickly turned a few times, and he suddenly felt that this might be a good opportunity to make a fortune.
Although the medicinal materials of Dexing are big, Qianglong does not overwhelm the top snake. The reason why they can make such a quick move is because they got the news faster than him in Aqishan.
Now on the ground in Xinjiang and Qiqi Province, no matter how fast Dexing Medicinal Materials is, it is not a local company after all, and it may not be better than him to know that those people have Cistanche in their hands.
As long as he snatched the cistanche from the farmer's hand one step faster, it would be a real rare commodity.
With a jerk—
Liu Dahai immediately stopped eating, called the waiter to pay the bill, and then rushed out of the restaurant, heading towards City X.