Ginseng comes out of the field, is weighed and accounted for, and then sent directly to the processing factory.
A ginseng processing factory is equipped with ginseng brushing machines, ginseng steaming tanks, dryers and other machines, which can mechanize most of the processes.
The way ginseng is processed in the first ginseng field is different from that in the second brigade and other places.
The ginseng brushing machine does not require manual brushing of the ginseng. After the fresh ginseng is brushed by the machine, part of the ginseng needs to be manually broken off. If there are rust spots, the rust spots need to be hung up with bamboo skewers before the next round of steaming process can be carried out.
Therefore, a large number of people will be employed in a ginseng shop to break off the ginseng whiskers, straighten the ginseng whiskers, put out forks from the pot, weigh the ginseng, etc.
Temporary workers recruited from outside usually do tasks such as breaking off ginseng beards and arranging ginseng beards.
For individual piece counting, each person is given a few large bamboo baskets, and the sticks he breaks out are placed in the baskets. When they are full, they are weighed and recorded.
For other tasks such as setting forks, weighing, drying, trimming, stroking, packing, etc., most of them are young people selected from the workers' families, who work quickly and are paid by the hour.
The technical team wants to develop a new product, ready-to-eat ginseng honey slices, which requires cleaning and slicing fresh ginseng, then marinating it in honey.
Not to mention Changbai Mountain red ginseng, it requires more than a dozen processes, all of which require a lot of labor.
The technical team is not only responsible for the development of new products, but also supervises quality and maintenance of related equipment.
Therefore, from the first day of processing, most of the technical team's manpower is in the processing plant.
Over at the Xu family, the Clivia seedlings have been finalized, and this year's new seeds have not yet been collected, so daily management does not require too much thought.
Moreover, Xu Haiyuan and Xu Jinping are both in school. There are only two children left in the family, and Zhou Guilan can take care of them by herself.
Sister Su Anfang discussed with Xu Shiyan that they wanted to find some other work and could not stay idle at home all the time.
Xu Shiyan thought about it and realized that the two sisters-in-law were quite capable, but there happened to be a shortage of people at the processing plant.
The processing factory is very busy from the beginning of September to the beginning of November. In two months, I can earn seventy or eighty yuan, which is not bad.
So, Xu Shiyan arranged for the two sisters-in-law to work in the processing factory. With him here, they would definitely be assigned jobs that were not too tiring and made more money.
Sister Su Anfang was good at her job and was quick with her hands and feet. No one else could find any fault with her, so she stayed in the processing factory.
The Xu family didn't plant much land, and they didn't have much ginseng land, so Xu Chenghou took care of it easily.
In the past few years, Xu Shiyan has been taking care of him. Every winter, he gives Xu Chenghou some ointments or some medicinal teas to treat him. The old man's physique is incredible.
Now Xu Chenghou has also realized that he can't count on anyone but the third child, so while he can still move, he should try to help the third child as much as possible.
Su Anying can no longer go to the breeding farm every day. She has to tidy up the little land she has at home, especially the ginseng land.
At the breeding farm, one of the few blind workers who is good at work is selected as the leader, and he cooperates with Xu Shian and leads the others to work.
The daughters-in-law of Su Anying, Huang Shengli and others would go over from time to time to take care of Clivia. The rest of the time, they would be busy with the team's affairs.
The Second Brigade still has goods to make goods this year. When the land was divided, it was not distributed to each household, but each family still had to work, and the money could be divided after the goods were made in the fall.
Su Anying has to come forward for all these trivial matters.
On September 17th, the second brigade began to participate.
The ginseng output of the Second Brigade this year is still very good, which makes Yu Shouguang and other cadres smile from ear to ear.
It was October when we were busy with work, and all the grain in the Xu family's land was recovered.
Under the supervision of Su Anying, the soil for the new ginseng field was carefully poured again, and all that was left was for the team to divide the seeds and ginseng seeds and plant them.
At this time, Xu Shiyan led a backbone of the ginseng field technical team and was working on the production of Changbai Mountain red ginseng.
Changbai Mountain red ginseng is a product that is deeply processed by selecting high-quality ginseng on the basis of ordinary red ginseng.
In addition to the six processes in the first process, there are twelve processes in the second process.
Selection, trimming, drying, weighing, softening, molding, molding, drying, boxing, canning, air extraction, nitrogen filling, and boxing.
Among them, the most tedious and difficult ones are softening, molding and pressing.
If it is not softened enough, it cannot reach a state of sufficient elasticity and plasticity. If it is softened, the ginseng will be easily crushed during molding.
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When installing the mold, the speed must be fast, and the beard must be shrunk and shaped at the same time.
When pressing the mold, the red ginseng cannot be flattened or crushed, and the red ginseng can be combined together. This requires very precise technical control.
Xu Shiyan has spent more than a month in the processing workshop, overcoming the relevant technical difficulties one by one. After these days of exploration, he finally got it right.
"Team leader, we measured the moisture content and weight of this batch of products and determined that the weight of each ginseng block reaches 601 grams, and the moisture content also meets the standards."
On the morning of October 19, Xu Shiyan led people to test a batch of red ginseng cubes that had been dried for six or seven days.
After inspection by the staff, the moisture content reached the standard, and each ginseng block accurately reached the standard of 601 grams.
Xu Shiyan took the data handed over by the team members and carefully checked the moisture content, quality and other data.
Changbai Mountain red ginseng can be divided into six grades: 16 pieces-20 pieces, 20 pieces-28 pieces, 30 pieces-28 pieces, 40 pieces-48 pieces, 50 pieces-58 pieces, 60 pieces-68 pieces.
No matter which grade, no matter how many ginseng sticks, the requirement is that one piece of finished ginseng must be 601 grams, and the water content should not exceed 12%.
The prepared Changbai Mountain red ginseng has excellent texture, pure color, transparent cuticle, no grooves, yellow skin, or scars, and is hard and crisp. It has a special fragrance and a slightly bitter and sweet taste.
Put it into a tinplate box, seal it and store it filled with nitrogen to prevent insects and last a long time.
"Everyone, after more than a month of hard work, this batch of red ginseng fully meets the standards.
In other words, our Changbai Mountain red ginseng trial production was successful."
Xu Shiyan read all the data and repeatedly inspected the prepared ginseng cubes. He finally confirmed that the red ginseng in his hand was exactly the same as the Changbai Mountain red ginseng he had seen in his previous life.
In the previous life, Fusong Ginseng Company spent a long time researching and finally successfully developed Changbai Mountain Red Ginseng in the autumn of 1984.
Xu Shiyan took advantage of the rebirth, got ahead of the Ginseng Company, and finally successfully developed it.
There was a burst of cheers in the room, and everyone was very happy.
Some people jumped for joy, others hugged the people around them excitedly, and there was even a round of applause.
The emergence of new technology represents a new level in the level of ginseng processing in Yishen Field.
"Okay, don't just be happy, hurry up and send the samples and data to Secretary Lin and others, and let all the leaders be happy too.
Next, it has to be sent to the county ginseng research institute, and only after passing the appraisal can it be produced."
Successful trial production is only the first step. Next, certification must be carried out.
It is necessary to prove that the quality and craftsmanship of Changbai Mountain red ginseng are superior to those of Zhengguanzhuang Korean ginseng, and to register patents and trademarks.
This is the only way, otherwise, what's the point of spending so much effort on developing it?