Chapter 40 040: Seeking Seeds
Specifically, dandelion seeds are directly scattered in the mountains, watered by snow water, and the seeds will fend for themselves.
This kind of harvest is definitely not good, maybe only half of the careful planting, or even 20-30% of the harvest, but it still has a good profit.
Moreover, only the herbs that grow naturally in the mountains can guarantee the efficacy as much as possible, and the effects of artificially grown herbs will be greatly reduced.
There is a theory about the bottleneck in the development of traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed that there is no problem with the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, but the problem is that the effect of traditional Chinese medicine is not as good as before.
Wang Tianxiao thinks there is some truth to this statement.
Naturally grown Chinese herbal medicines have different sunshine time, trace element enrichment, and growth cycle from those of planted medicinal materials, so the medicinal effects will naturally be somewhat different.
Similarly, Artemisia annua is similar to dandelion.
The main medicinal effect of Artemisia baicalensis is to treat diseases such as dysentery. It is as easy to survive as dandelion. In the early 1980s, the price of this medicinal material was very good. The supply and marketing station now buys it at 6 yuan per catty, which is 8 yuan more than dandelion. slightly cheaper.
After a few days of estimation in the mountains, Wang Tianxiao found that there are about two to three thousand acres of mountain land that can be used, and there are hundreds of acres without big trees for the time being. He plans to save it for next year to plant Codonopsis pilosula, but the rest are open spaces between trees, and the planting conditions are not very good. , just used to plant dandelion and white wormwood.
The land is about 1,500 mu.
He does not expect to produce 500 kilograms of dry medicine per mu, as long as he can produce one-tenth of the normal output, that is, 50 kilograms per mu, he can also produce a total of more than 75,000 kilograms, which can be sold for Hundreds of thousands.
Remove various costs such as seeds, at least a few hundred thousand is no problem.
In the few days when he was reborn, Wang Tianxiao thought about the issue of medicinal planting in detail. He didn't choose ginseng and other expensive things to plant because he didn't have those planting techniques and he didn't have the energy.
Moreover, the growth cycle of ginseng is relatively long, and the final planting appearance also has a certain element of luck.
Wang Tianxiao likes to do things in a down-to-earth manner. He doesn't want to get rich quickly.
"Comrade, I want to buy some medicinal herb seeds."
Wang Tianxiao stood in front of the counter and waited for a long time. The two middle-aged elder sisters inside were still knitting sweaters, and they didn't seem to say hello, so he had to take the initiative.
The older woman glanced at him quickly and asked casually, "What kind of seeds do you want?"
"Some dandelions, some white wormwood, that is, Yinchen."
"Oh, over there, take a bag to pack it yourself, and pack it to us for weighing."
I heard that it was dandelion and Artemisia annua, so the eldest sister lost interest. The seeds of these two herbs are worthless and cannot be sold for any benefit. Most people come here to grow and eat vegetables, so they are not worth paying attention to.
Wang Tianxiao glanced at the shelf where the seed bags were placed, and said with a smile: "Those are not enough."
"A bag weighs tens of catties, how much can you buy?"
"I want a thousand catties for each item."
"A thousand catties... what, you want a thousand catties?"
Wang Tianxiao nodded.
The two women looked at Wang Tianxiao in surprise, forgetting to close the sweater in their hands.
The woman from before asked, "What do you need so many dandelion seeds for? You can't eat them."
Wang Tianxiao shook his head, and said calmly: "I just want a thousand catties each. If there is any stock here, I will come to pick it up later. If there is no stock, please help me get some. Money is not a problem."
The two women whispered for a while, and secretly glanced at Wang Tianxiao from time to time. After a few minutes, a person went out through the back door, and the woman who spoke was left.
"Young man, you have to think about it. Two thousand catties of seeds is not a small amount. If you want to grow some to eat, you can buy a few catties. You only need to sprinkle one catty per mu of land."
"Thank you for reminding me, sis, I know all of this."
"It's hard to pull a good heart. When our webmaster comes out, you won't be able to go back on your word."
Wang Tianxiao still smiled.
At this time, an old man with white hair came in from the back door, wearing a Chinese-style two-breasted padded jacket and a round cotton cap on his head, with a cheerful expression on his face.
He is followed by the young woman who went to find him first.
The old man walked around the counter, came to Wang Tianxiao, looked him up and down, and asked with a smile, "Young man, are you going to buy dandelion and capillary seeds?"
Yinchen is the scientific name of Artemisia baicalensis.
"Yes, buy a thousand catties each."
"May I ask what you are buying so many herbal seeds for?"
Wang Tianxiao thought for a while and asked, "Can I not say anything?"
"It's still a secret," the old man laughed, "Well, if you don't want to say it, then I won't ask. We don't have two thousand catties of seeds in our town, but we can get them from other places. If you can wait, you can first Pay some deposit, and you will be back in about a week to half a month."
Wang Tianxiao probably calculated the time in his mind. The best time to plant these herbs is March and April in spring, but he planned to sow the seeds directly after the snow melted. After several months of selection, the ones that can germinate are those with tenacious vitality.
He nodded and said, "No problem."
"That's good," the old man continued, "Although you don't want to say the specific reason, we have to track the whereabouts of so many medicinal seeds. I just want to ask, are you using them in Qingcheng?"
"Yes."
"That's good, wait a minute," the old man walked behind the counter, took out a thick book, a full ten centimeters thick, and handed it to Wang Tianxiao.
"This is the soil and climate analysis of our Qingcheng. It also contains the planting techniques of more than 60 kinds of medicinal materials that have been planted. You can use it as a reference."
Wang Tianxiao took the heavy book and looked at the old man in surprise.
"This is…"
"Young man, if you can think of developing our traditional Chinese medicine industry, I should support you no matter what."
The old man said with a smile: "My name is Mi Qingsong, and I'm the person in charge of our medicinal material supply and marketing cooperative in Qingquan Town. I have some experience in the cultivation of medicinal materials. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me at any time."
Wang Tianxiao understands, this old man Mi is a person who has feelings for traditional Chinese medicine.
In later generations, the issue of whether traditional Chinese medicine is effective or not is in full swing. Both sides insist on their own opinions, and it is difficult for each other to persuade the other.
Some extreme people even proposed to abolish traditional Chinese medicine, thinking that the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine to treat diseases is not clear, and it is not like Western medicine that can explain why.
However, Wang Tianxiao believes that it is mainly because the herbal medicine loses the cultivation of the wild soil and environment, and the growers artificially shorten the growth cycle of the medicinal material in order to increase the yield, resulting in the lack of enrichment of the trace elements and components that play a role in the medicinal effect, so the effect of the picked medicinal materials is changed. Much worse.
The most typical ones are ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum.
(end of this chapter)