Gerbils live by eating the branches or roots of the Haloxylon tree, which makes the Haloxylon tree die, and of course Cistanche as a parasite cannot survive.
Therefore, gerbils are a very troublesome pest for those who grow Haloxylon trees and Cistanche.
Usually, to deal with gerbils, they can only be poisoned with bait or killed with traps, which is very troublesome and the effect is average.
Gerbils reproduce very quickly, and sometimes they can become overrun and destructive if you are not careful.
Aqishan's gerbils this year became a plague of rats because they were not well controlled, causing a large number of Cistanche to die. Even if they grow, the quality is not good, and the harvest is greatly reduced.
Moreover, when there is a gerbil plague, farmers cannot know whether their harvest is good or not at the first time, because gerbils dig holes in the ground and eat the roots of the Haloxylon tree. The Haloxylon tree will not die instantly, and no one will Dig up the Haloxylon tree to check, so only when the Cistanche emerges, the farmers know that the Cistanche they planted has already died in the ground.
Foreign businessmen like Liu Dahai always knew about this kind of thing later.
Dexing Medicinal Materials, a big local company in Aqishan, will receive the news early and start making preparations.
These large medicinal material companies have a fixed amount of demand each year, and if they cannot receive enough in Aqishan, they will naturally send their ideas to other regions outside of Aqishan.
Of course, this is also a helpless move.
This kind of large enterprise rarely deals with retail investors. It is definitely time-consuming and labor-intensive for them to collect the scattered cistanche from farmers bit by bit, which greatly increases the production cost.
They probably wouldn't have done it if they weren't forced by the situation.
Liu Dahai felt that he had to race against time. Relying on his familiarity with Xinjiang and Qiqi Province, he first went to the homes of the farmers who planted Cistanche and put away the Cistanche.
The first target he thought of was City X.
At the beginning of the year, he heard that many farmers in City X had grown cistanche.
It is said that it was caused by a strong sandstorm disaster last year.
After the disaster, many farmers planted saplings from a company called Muya Forestry. They said that the saplings had strong wind resistance. Some people planted their Haloxylon seedlings in the disaster unscathed, so the city government publicized promoted.
Muya Forestry is a high-tech agricultural and forestry company. Their Haloxylon seedlings are not only wind-resistant, but also have the advantage of using their Haloxylon trees to seed Cistanche. Cistanche will grow very fast and can grow together with the Haloxylon tree. Grow and then harvest quickly.
For Liu Dahai, this kind of thing is like listening to heavenly scriptures, and he didn't believe it at all.
But at this time, he hoped that it was true. He wanted to go to City X to see if there were really cistanche planted there.
If there is, even if he empties all his family assets and sells the house to borrow money, he will make up for the cistanche here.
When I came to a friend's house in X City, Liu Dahai's dusty appearance surprised the friend very much. While asking his wife to feed Liu Dahai, the friend asked him why he came.
Liu Dahai gave a general account of the rat plague in Aqishan's side, and then asked his friend: "Old Wang, didn't you tell me on the phone last time that many farmers here grow cistanche? Yes or no?"
"yes!"
Lao Wang is a salesperson of a small agricultural machinery company. He travels to various townships and villages every day, and knows very well the things on the ground.
He had a drink with Liu Dahai before saying, "A star enterprise has emerged in our city X this year, called Muya Forestry. I told you before that their saplings are very good. As long as they are planted, they can When it grows, there is no need to be afraid of sandstorms, so now the local farmers in the town are planting their seedlings." ""
Lao Wang also seemed to admire Muya Forestry very much. After putting down the cup, he gave a thumbs up and said something beside the topic: "Muya Forestry's saplings are really good. Recently, the sales of our company's agricultural machinery have improved because of Their saplings have greatly increased the speed and area for farmers to plant trees, so more agricultural machinery is needed."
Liu Dahai could see that the old friends probably made money by running sales this year, so he took the initiative to pour wine into each other's empty glasses, toasted and said, "Come on, let's go."
Lao Wang smiled, clinked glasses with Liu Dahai, and continued: "When this Muya Forestry sold saplings, they told the farmers that their saplings not only resist wind, but also have a high survival rate, and are used for Cistanche is particularly suitable for planting, so it is recommended that farmers buy some Cistanche seeds and plant them when planting trees, so that there will be more harvests in the future.”
Liu Dahai was curious: "So did the farmers here believe it?"
"Believe it, why don't you believe it!"
Old Wang said with a smile, "Muya Forestry is promoted by the city, and the farmers naturally believe it.
It is said that when the big storm came, all the towns and villages were affected. Only one farmer was safe because he planted their trees. Now that kid is famous in the village, and he goes everywhere to share his experience. "
Liu Dahai's eyes lit up, and he asked, "So, there are a lot of people growing Cistanche here?"
Old Wang nodded: "Everyone will believe what Muya Forestry said. Even those who are dubious will buy some Cistanche seeds and plant them."
Lao Wang had a drink with Liu Dahai again, and continued: "Muya Forestry also said that as long as you buy the seeds and plant them, the cistanche can grow together with the Haloxylon saplings, and it may emerge in a year. If you add them If you buy it together with the nutrient soil, the chances of growing it in that year will be even greater.”
When Liu Dahai heard this, he couldn't help frowning.
He has been in contact with Cistanche for most of his life. He can't know everything about Cistanche, but at least he knows how to plant it, what the rules will be after it is planted, and the habits of Cistanche.
Otherwise, he has been busy all these years, how could he come to the farmer's house to collect Cistanche? How to distinguish good from bad
As far as he knows, if you want to grow Cistanche, you must first plant Haloxylon.
It takes at least three years for Haloxylon trees to grow from seedlings to mature trees.
After three years, the seeds of Cistanche can be planted, and it will take another two to three years before Cistanche can emerge from the ground.
In other words, it takes five or six years to grow Cistanche.
Now, as Muya Forestry said, when the Haloxylon saplings are planted in the ground, Cistanche will be planted, and Cistanche will be harvested in one year. This kind of talk sounds like listening to heavenly scriptures, which is really unbelievable.
This Muya Forestry... Is it a liar company
Although Liu Dahai's mind was a little dizzy with alcohol, he could still distinguish the simplest logic and truth clearly.
He was really puzzled in his heart, and wanted to know if Muya Forestry was lying.