Chapter 40 040: Seeking seeds

Specifically, it is to sow dandelion seeds directly in the mountains, let the snow water irrigate them, and let the seeds grow and die on their own.

Such a harvest will definitely not be good, it may only be half, or even 20 or 30% of what a careful planting would produce, but there will still be good profits.

Moreover, only herbs that grow naturally in the mountains can ensure the effectiveness of the medicine as much as possible, while 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 traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, but the problem is that the effects of traditional Chinese medicine are not as good as before.

Wang Tianxiao believes that this statement has some truth.

Naturally grown Chinese medicinal materials have different sunshine hours, trace element enrichment, and growth cycles from those of cultivated medicinal materials, so the efficacy of the medicine will naturally be different.

In the same way, Artemisia annua and Dandelion are almost the same.

The main medicinal effect of Artemisia annua 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 for six yuan per catty, which is eight yuan more than the price of dandelion.

Slightly cheaper.

After several days in the mountains, Wang Tianxiao estimated that there are about two to three thousand acres of mountainous land that can be used. Several hundred acres have no big trees for the time being. He plans to leave them for planting Codonopsis pilosula next year. The rest are open spaces between trees, and the planting conditions are not very good.

, just used to grow dandelions and white mugwort.

The land is approximately 1,500 acres.

He doesn't ask for a yield of 500 kilograms of dry medicine per acre. As long as he can produce one-tenth of the normal output, which is 50 kilograms per acre, he can produce a total of more than 75,000 kilograms, which can be sold.

Hundreds of thousands.

After removing seeds and other various costs, it will cost at least hundreds of thousands.

In the first few days after his rebirth, Wang Tianxiao thought about the cultivation of medicinal materials in detail. He did not choose particularly expensive things such as ginseng to plant because he did not have those planting skills and did not have the energy.

Moreover, the growth cycle of ginseng is relatively long, and the final result depends on luck.

Wang Tianxiao likes to work in a down-to-earth manner. He does not seek to get rich quickly, but only wants to work step by step so that he can make solid progress step by step and lay a solid foundation.

"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 ladies inside were still knitting sweaters and did not say hello, so he had to take the initiative.

The older woman glanced at him quickly and asked casually: "What seeds do you want?"

"Some dandelions, some white wormwood, that is, wormwood."

"Oh, over there, get yourself a bag to put it in, and then come to us for weighing."

I heard it was dandelion and artemisia, so the eldest sister lost interest. The seeds of these two herbs are not valuable and cannot be sold for any benefit. Most people come here just to grow vegetables and eat them, so they are not worthy of attention.

Wang Tianxiao glanced at the shelf where the seed bags were placed and said with a smile: "Those are not enough."

"A bag weighs dozens of kilograms. How much can you buy?"

"I want a thousand catties of each."

"A thousand catties...what, you want a thousand catties?"

Wang Tianxiao nodded.

Both women looked at Wang Tianxiao in surprise, forgetting to tighten the stitches of the sweater in their hands.

The same woman from before asked: "What do you want with so many dandelion seeds? They are inedible."

"That's right, the two kinds together cost two thousand catties. One catty costs three yuan, so you need six thousand yuan. How can you come up with that much money? Is that wrong?"

Wang Tianxiao shook his head and said calmly: "I just want one thousand kilograms each. If there are goods here, I will come to get them later. If there are no goods in stock, please help me get some. Money is not a problem."

The two women whispered for a while, secretly glancing at Wang Tianxiao from time to time. After a few minutes, a man went out through the back door, leaving the woman who had spoken.

"Young man, you have to think carefully. Two thousand kilograms of seeds is not a small amount. If you want to plant some for eating, just buy a few kilograms. You only need to sprinkle one kilogram on an acre of land."

"Thank you, eldest sister, for reminding me. I know all this."

"It's hard to win over good intentions. When our station manager comes out later, you won't be able to regret it."

Wang Tianxiao still smiled.

At this time, an old man with gray hair came in from the back door, wearing a Chinese double-breasted cotton-padded jacket and a domed cotton hat on his head, with a cheerful expression on his face.

Behind him was the young woman who had gone to find him.

The old man walked around the counter and came to Wang Tianxiao. He looked him up and down and asked with a smile: "Young man, are you going to buy dandelion and wormwood seeds?"

Yinchen is the scientific name of Artemisia annua.

"Yes, buy one thousand catties each."

"Can I ask why you bought so many herbal seeds?"

Wang Tianxiao thought for a while and asked, "Can I not say it?"

"It's still a secret," the old man laughed, "Well, if you don't want to tell me, then I won't ask. We don't have two thousand kilograms of seeds in our town, but we can get them from other places. If you can wait, you can first

Just pay some deposit and you'll be back in about a week to half a month."

Wang Tianxiao had probably calculated the time in his mind. The best time to plant these herbs was March or April in spring, but he planned to sow the seeds directly after the snow melted. After several months of screening, the ones that could germinate were those with strong vitality.

He nodded and said, "It's no problem."

"That's good," the old man continued, "Although you don't want to say the specific reason, we have to keep track of the whereabouts of so many medicinal seeds. I just want to ask, are you using them in our Qingcheng?"

"Yes."

"Okay, wait a moment," the old man walked behind the counter, took out a thick book, about ten centimeters thick, and handed it to Wang Tianxiao.

"This is a soil and climate analysis of our Qingcheng city. It also contains planting techniques for 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 with some surprise.

"This is……"

"Young man, if you 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. I am the person in charge of our medicinal materials supply and marketing cooperative in Qingquan Town. I have some experience in medicinal material cultivation. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me at any time."

Wang Tianxiao understood that this old man Mi was a person who had a passion for Chinese medicine.

In later generations, the issue of whether Chinese medicine was effective or not was a heated issue. Both sides had their own opinions and it was difficult for each to convince the other.

Some extreme people even propose the abolition of traditional Chinese medicine, believing that the mechanism by which traditional Chinese medicine cures diseases is unclear and unlike Western medicine, which can explain why.

However, Wang Tianxiao believes that the main reason is that herbal medicines have lost the cultivation of wild soil and environment, and growers have artificially shortened the growth cycle of medicinal materials in order to increase yields. As a result, trace elements and ingredients that play a medicinal role are not enriched in place, so the effects of picked medicinal materials have become worse.

Very different.

The most typical ones are ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum.
Chapter completed!