After hearing Li Lin's words, Chen Feng and others couldn't help but widen their eyes slightly.
I originally thought it would be good if one plant could be sold for a few taels of silver, but who knew that this so-called century-old ginseng could be worth thousands of taels of silver.
Isn’t this the time to be released?
"Lao Li, please don't lie to me."
Chen Feng said with some disbelief.
"What did I lie to you for?"
"Ginseng is a precious medicinal material and is best for replenishing Qi. The older the ginseng is, the more expensive it is. If the ginseng is of an average age, it can usually be sold for a few taels of silver per pound after being dried."
"But these two ginseng plants are century-old ginseng, so they cannot be sold by the pound. They must be sold individually. Many rich and powerful people rely on these century-old ginseng to keep their spirits up when they are about to die.
Woolen cloth."
Li Lin immediately said angrily: "If these two ginseng plants are in good condition, I can buy them for one thousand taels of silver each."
"However, if your roots are damaged, you will lose the ginseng energy. I can only offer a price of five hundred taels of silver per plant."
"Lao Li~ You are too dark. You only damaged some roots, not much less. You only gave half the price, which is too unreasonable."
When Chen Feng heard this, he couldn't help but put away his ginseng.
"You don't understand, this ginseng must be in good condition, especially if the roots cannot be damaged, it is valuable. Damaged ones will lose the ginseng energy and cannot be retained for a long time."
"As far as I know, in Liaodong and the vassal state of Korea in the Ming Dynasty, there are special ginseng diggers. They are very careful and use special tools to dig out bit by bit without damaging a hair.
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"Then it is hung up with red thread, dried slowly and naturally, and then wrapped properly. Only in this way can the ginseng be considered to be in good condition."
"As for your ginseng, you can tell at a glance that you must have pulled it up with your own hands. Not only are the roots badly damaged, but look at the places below. Some of the main roots have been damaged."
"It's such a pity. This kind of ginseng can only be used as soon as possible so as not to damage the ginseng energy."
"I gave you five hundred taels of silver, which is already a very high price. If I can't sell it, I will have to eat it myself."
Li Lin shook his head helplessly and spread some knowledge about ginseng to Chen Feng and others.
"Why don't you come and dig it out?"
When Chen Feng heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded. There were a lot of ginseng there. If he dug them out one by one, he wouldn't be able to dig out a few ginseng in a day. It would take him until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
"Of course, otherwise you would think it was like pulling a carrot."
"You don't even know how precious this thing is."
Li Lin nodded matter-of-factly, and then carefully studied the ginseng in his hand again.
"What a pity, what a pity~"
"Tsk, tsk, this ginseng is full of energy. Just smelling it makes people feel refreshed. It is indeed a century-old ginseng."
"I'll give you a little more, six hundred taels of silver per plant, please feel free."
"It means the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so Penglai City should be the best place to sell it."
"As many as you find, take them out as soon as possible."
Upon hearing Li Lin's words, Chen Feng glanced at his subordinates Peng Chao and Chen Qi, who immediately understood and quickly took out a small bag of ginseng.
"My dear, you have found a ginseng nest, and you have dug up so many ginsengs."
Seeing the small package of ginseng that Peng Chao and Chen Qi took out, Li Lin couldn't help shouting.
Although this small package of ginseng is a small package, it contains hundreds of ginseng plants.
Chen Feng had rich experience in expeditions, so he naturally knew the principle of concealment. Although he brought back more than 30,000 ginseng plants this time, he did not plan to release them all at once.
It was prepared from the beginning. I separated the ginseng, carried two plants in my arms, and then carried some in small bags. Most of the ginseng was packed tightly in large bags. It would never be given to anyone easily.
have witnessed.
"It means I found this little ginseng, otherwise I wouldn't know how I would survive this year. The bonuses and salaries of the team members have all been announced."
Chen Feng said with a wry smile.
"Tsk tsk, these are all good ginseng from last year."
"They are basically ginsengs that are hundreds of years old. You must have found out all the ancestors of ginseng."
"What a pity~ what a pity~"
"It's such a waste that these ginseng fell into the hands of you people. I guess you just plucked these ginseng as radishes."
"Look, these roots are all broken, and you probably cut off these ginseng directly. There is still ginseng that you broke into two pieces."
"What a waste of nature, what a waste of nature!"
While Li Lin looked carefully, he couldn't help but shake his head.
How such good ginseng was mined by them is simply appalling.
The roots were cut off with scissors, and the ginseng was cut into two pieces. It was as if the ginseng was pulled out like a radish.
"Ahem~"
Chen Feng and others couldn't help but touch their foreheads.
To be honest, they really pulled out these ginseng like radishes, especially later, they didn't care that much at all.
The roots of ginseng are very numerous and very dense, and there is a lot of humus layer in the place where it grows. Naturally, it is not good to carry the soil with it, so quickly cut off the roots with scissors and bring them back.
"Old Li, please help me calculate how much money you can get for these ginseng."
Chen Feng looked at Li Lin and said.
"I want to classify it carefully. The price of century-old ginseng is very different from that of ordinary ginseng. The price of century-old ginseng is as I just said. One plant will cost you six hundred taels of silver."
"As for ordinary ginseng, it needs to be weighed by the pound."
Li Lin rolled his eyes, smiled and said.
"Old Lin, you're being unkind. Although there are some ginsengs here that are not century-old, they are at least dozens of years old. You are weighing them by the kilogram, which is too dark."
When Chen Feng heard this, he thought about it carefully and immediately said with a smile.
"Chen Feng, we are all old friends, I won't lie to you."
"This ginseng, no matter how old it is, is at least a few years old, but a century-old ginseng is a century-old ginseng, and ordinary ginseng is ordinary ginseng. The value is very different."
"The price I give you must be the highest. Trust me, I won't lie to you."
Li Lin said very sincerely, of course he was not telling the truth. Businessmen, businessmen, are good at business. If they finally get a big deal, they naturally want to make a lot of money.
"Okay, you can watch it."
Chen Feng thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
He really needs money now, and it's just more than a hundred ginseng plants. It doesn't matter. He still has more than 30,000 ginseng plants in his hand, which is the big deal.
He was not going to sell it to Li Lin, but was going to take it to Penglai City and sell it to Daming Ocean Trading Company. Daming Ocean Trading Company always did business fairly.
What the expedition team likes most is to do business with Daming Ocean Trading Company. Whether it is gold, silver, gold ore, silver mines, etc., they like to go to Daming Ocean Trading Company.
"Refreshing~"
When Li Lin heard this, he immediately became happy.
I began to carefully count the more than one hundred ginseng plants in front of me.
"Chen Feng, I have selected more than a hundred ginseng plants. These fifty plants are all century-old ginseng. Each plant costs 600 taels of silver, so the total is 30,000 taels of silver."
"The rest of these are ordinary ginseng, and they haven't been dried yet, so I can only give you five taels of silver per plant, so let's calculate it to two hundred taels of silver."
"The total is thirty thousand two hundred taels of silver."
Li Lin calculated and said.
"The difference is too big~"
"A hundred-year-old ginseng plant is worth six hundred taels of silver. This ordinary ginseng, all put together, is not as valuable as this one?"
Chen Feng widened his eyes slightly and said.
"I've told you, these are century-old ginseng, and century-old ginseng is sold by the strain, while these ordinary ginseng is sold by the kilogram, so the prices are naturally very different."
Li Lin nodded and said.
"Okay, 30,200 taels of silver is not bad for this year. Finally, I won't have a year of hard work in vain."
Chen Feng thought about it but nodded and agreed, pretending to be reluctantly satisfied.
"I earn more than 30,000 taels of silver a year. What's more dissatisfied? It's more profitable than mining gold mines."
“You may not be able to make money no matter where you hunt for gold for a year.”
When Li Lin heard this, he immediately shook his head, and then asked tentatively: "Chen Feng, where did you find these ginseng?"
"I found so many ginsengs at once, even the ginseng nests were removed."
"I found it accidentally. I don't even remember the place."
When Chen Feng heard this, he immediately became vigilant, smiled and shook his head.
"Old fox~"
Li Lin couldn't help but curse in his heart. He knew very well that being able to find more than a hundred ginseng plants meant that there must be ginseng in the local area.
This ginseng is expensive. If you really find a treasure land that produces ginseng, you will be able to make it in the future.
It's just a pity that Chen Feng refused to reveal even a little bit of news.
"You think I can't find it if you don't reveal it?"
"Hmph~"
"I also formed an expedition team to go out, but I don't believe that I can't find it."
Li Lin had already made a plan in his heart. Chen Feng brought back so many ginseng in one trip and earned tens of thousands of taels of silver in one go. This made Li Lin couldn't help but feel slightly jealous.
Although this ginseng has been handled by myself, I can make a lot of money, but if I can find the origin of ginseng, I can really make a fortune in the future.
"He has been out for more than two months. Calculating the distance and combining it with the places he has been to in the past, I don't believe he can be found."
Li Lin and Chen Feng had their own secrets for each other, and Chen Feng naturally would not reveal it easily, and even did not want people to know the news.
But soon, the news that Chen Feng's expedition team discovered ginseng and sold it for more than 30,000 taels of silver disappeared. Everyone in Beijing Town knew about it, and it even spread to Penglai City very quickly.