Chapter 225: Finding someone to lead the way into the mountains
Chapter 225: Finding someone to lead the way into the mountains
Leng Rongyue picked up the teacup, took two sips and put it down.
Sun Lizheng had just been chatting with a group of old friends at the entrance of the village for a long time, and he was really thirsty.
At this moment, he directly picked up the teacup and drank the whole glass of water in one breath.
When he saw Leng Rongyue put the cup down after drinking only two sips, and then looked at his own empty cup with not a drop left, he suddenly felt embarrassed!
Leng Rongyue didn't look at the embarrassed Sun Lizheng, but looked outside the house.
She seemed to be very interested in the persimmon tree in Sun Lizheng's yard.
There are really a lot of fruits on that persimmon tree.
The fruit has begun to change color, half green and half yellow.
Leng Rongyue said: "The persimmon tree in your home is growing really well!
There are so many fruits! "
Leng Rongyue praised the persimmon tree and resolved Sun Lizheng's embarrassment.
Sun Lizheng laughed and said, "This persimmon tree was planted by me when I was young. It produces a lot of fruits every year. When they are ripe, they are very sweet!
When you come again in a few days, I will pick some for you to take back."
"That's great! Thank you in advance!" Leng Rongyue said with a smile.
Sun Lizheng picked up the teapot, added some tea to Leng Rongyue's cup, and filled his own cup. Then he asked, "I just met you today, and I don't know your name yet?"
Leng Rongyue smiled and said, "My surname is Rong."
“Oh, it’s Miss Rong.
But I wonder why Miss Rong is here today...?"
Leng Rongyue smiled and said, "My maid also said before that my family is in the medicinal materials business.
I also heard from colleagues here that there are some rare medicinal materials in this area of the mountains, such as Paris polyphylla, cat's claw grass, wild gastrodia elata, Acorus calamus, Polygonatum sibiricum, Sheep's purse, wild lingzi, etc.
I also heard that there are many experts in collecting herbal medicine in Dashi Village.
So, we came here today specifically, thinking of meeting the head of the village first, to test the waters and see if it is possible to use Dashi Village as a source of medicinal materials.
We were on our way here just now and took a look at the surrounding environment, especially the mountains shrouded in clouds and mist in the distance.
Places like this are the best place to produce some rare medicinal herbs.
But, are there really so many herbalists in Dashi Village?
Also, has Dashi Village been around for a long time?
Are the villagers here familiar with the surrounding mountains? "
Sun Lizheng pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, my dear girl, our Dashi Village has only been a real village for the past 20 to 30 years.
Before, there were only a dozen or so households living in this valley.
They only cultivated a small amount of land, which was barely enough to support their family.
As for the money spent, it was mainly spent on collecting herbs.
Later, Banshan Town outside the mountain became Banshan County, and more and more people gathered around it.
Naturally, there are also some people who know medicine and come to this mountain.
Gradually, they were no longer willing to travel far to collect herbs, so they simply settled down in this village.
In this way, Dashi Village came into being here.
Dashi Village used to have only a dozen households, but now it has more than a hundred households, a full hundred more households! "
"Oh!" Leng Rongyue nodded. "Then may I ask Li Zheng Sun, how many people in this village make their main living by collecting herbs?"
Sun Lizheng thought for a moment and said, “Almost all of the first dozen or so families in Dashi Village made a living by collecting herbs.
As for the later people, many of them were farmers before coming here.
After they came here, they were still willing to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land.
The girl also saw that there are quite a few fields around our village!
But when they have free time, they will follow people from the same village into the mountains to collect herbs and buy some money to supplement their family income.
Therefore, they mainly engage in farming and supplement it with collecting medicinal herbs.
But later on, some people who specialized in collecting herbs came one after another.
They don’t have any land at home, and they are not good at farming. They only know how to make medicine, but they can make a living by relying on this mountain.”
“That’s right.
Is the amount of medicine they collected large?" Leng Rongyue asked.
"It depends on what kind of medicine it is." Sun Lizheng said: "Some medicines grow a lot in this mountain and are easy to collect, so the quantity is large;
However, I cannot guarantee the availability of rare species like the ones the girl just mentioned.
Sometimes it depends on luck to collect those medicinal herbs!
Sometimes you need to take risks!"
Leng Rongyue nodded in agreement, “Indeed.
Oh, I have another question for Sun Lizheng."
"Please speak, young lady." Sun Lizheng was looking at Leng Rongyue.
“If… I mean if, my family’s medicinal materials business can cooperate with Dashi Village, we can guarantee that the purchase price will not be lower than that of the medicinal materials shops outside.
However, the quality must meet the requirements.
Can Dashi Village do it?"
Sun Lizheng nodded, "That's what I should do."
"Also, we also want to personally inspect the quality of the medicinal materials in the mountains so as to decide which ones we should focus on purchasing next?" Leng Rongyue continued.
"What do you mean, young lady?" Sun Lizheng was a little confused.
"What I mean is, if possible, please ask Sun Lizheng to introduce us to two herbalists who are most knowledgeable about medicinal herbs, have a good understanding of medical principles, and are familiar with this forest.
We would like to ask them to lead the way for us and go into the mountains with us to see for ourselves how the herbs grow in the mountains and how much they can produce.
Only after that can we plan the specific future cooperation.
I wonder if Sun Lizheng thinks it's feasible?" Leng Rongyue said.
After hearing this, Sun Lizheng thought to himself: There is nothing wrong with this!
If this works, it would be great!
Although there are only some very common herbs in the mountains and forests outside.
However, if we can really cooperate with a strong herbal medicine store, and the price they offer is no lower than that of drug stores and medicine shops outside, then it will be much better than the people in this village going into the mountains to collect herbs one by one, and then going to drug stores or medicine shops outside the mountains to sell them!
If this can be accomplished, it will be a great benefit that I, as the village head, have obtained for the villagers!
Thinking of this, Sun Lizheng nodded, "Okay.
Girl, I can find two herbalists who are familiar with this forest for you, and let them accompany you into the mountains tomorrow."
Leng Rongyue nodded, "Okay then!
That would be great.
However, I have a request for the herbalist that Sun Lizheng chose as our guide..."
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