From the washed ginseng, pick out more than three ounces of ginseng that has no rotten scars, no rust, and no overall damage.
After controlling the water, soak it directly into a large vat filled with bulk wine.
The wine was pure grain wine bought from Xinglong Xiaoshao. It has a high alcohol content and the ginseng soaked in it will last for a long time.
The dozen or so ginseng trees left last autumn were snapped up by regular customers from the south.
A few days ago, several businessmen called me and said that they wanted to order more ginseng for making wine this year.
It just so happened that the Xu family's sticks were pretty good this year, and they were quite big, so Su Anying simply picked out a few more and prepared them for soaking in wine.
Pick out the big ones and soak them in wine, and put the rest directly into the steamed ginseng jar.
This steamed ginseng pot is evenly heated, has controllable temperature, and has a large capacity, which is much better than the large pots or cages at home.
Steamed red ginseng has a good color when heated well.
The ginseng comes out of the steamed ginseng jar, is placed on a fork, is dried outside during the day, and goes directly into the drying room at night.
If you want to process it on a large scale, you can't just do it all in the sun, it's too time-consuming.
During the day, Su Anying watched the work in the processing factory. Sometimes she would go to the ginseng market and buy fresh ginseng if the price was about the same.
However, there are not many opportunities like this. Most ginseng farmers do not have the conditions of the Xu family. Most of them only have 20 to 30 feet of ginseng. They can process and make their own ginseng with the little ginseng they have.
It is mainly run by some units that do not have processing equipment, so they can only buy fresh ginseng and sell it directly, or find a processing factory to process it.
Su Anying has money, so she buys good goods when she comes across them and gets them to the processing factory for processing.
On September 15th, the first Fusong Ginseng Festival opened.
As the big brother of the county-owned ginseng field, this kind of occasion is inevitable.
Lin Qiyue is not here, and Xu Shiyan, as the second in command, must attend.
On this day, the whole town and countryside of Fusong County were filled with joy, with loud gongs and drums, singing and dancing.
Two hundred and eighty thousand people celebrated their festival together, the first Ginseng Festival.
At the Ginseng Festival celebration meeting, relevant leaders read out the “Decision on Establishing the Fusong Changbai Mountain Ginseng Festival.”
That is, starting from 1987, celebrations have been held every year during the ginseng harvest season.
At the Ginseng Festival, there was a large-scale song and dance performance that reflected the lives of the people in Ginseng Township, which was last year's "Linhai Ginseng Township Concert."
There will be four performances in four consecutive days, pushing the atmosphere of the Ginseng Festival celebration to the highest level.
At the same time, more than 120 pieces of art, photography, and calligraphy works that reflect the production and life of Shenxiang are also on public display.
Among them are the famous calligraphers and painters Shen Peng, Zhou Sicong and others, who all wrote inscriptions and paintings for the hometown of ginseng.
At the ginseng story meeting, a well-known folklore expert in the county told the story of Changbai Mountain ginseng. The content of the story was novel, interesting and fascinating.
After night falls, fireworks rise into the sky in a colorful and colorful way.
There were also several Yangko teams, beating gongs and drums, singing and dancing, and the entire county was immersed in the festive atmosphere of the festival.
"Mr. Chang, why didn't I see the agricultural products fair? I didn't seem to see many domestic and foreign merchants?"
At the dinner party in the evening, Xu Shiyan sat next to Chang Hongfa and asked in confusion.
Chang Hong was stunned for a moment, "Ah? What trade fair are you talking about?"
We are holding a ginseng festival, a cultural event, to celebrate our county’s bumper ginseng harvest this year.”
In 1987, the county's ginseng planting area was 1.5 million jin, and it is expected to produce 7 million jin of ginseng this year, which is the most prosperous period in the history of Fusong ginseng development.
The county decided to hold a ginseng festival mainly to celebrate the harvest.
Xu Shiyan was speechless for a while, what is all this fuss about?
Making such a big fuss and spending so much money just for a cultural celebration? What kind of international joke are you kidding?
“Culture sets the stage and economic and trade plays a role. We must know how to use the Ginseng Festival as an opportunity to vigorously promote economic development.
Oh my God, with such a great opportunity, no one would have thought of inviting more customers at home and abroad, organizing various participating venues, farmers, and companies to hold an agricultural products trade expo.
Not to mention anything else, just during the Ginseng Festival these days, the minimum transaction volume is over 100 million."
The ginseng market opened last year, and the transaction volume on that day was tens of millions.
The county's event this year is so large and grand. As long as we invite more domestic and foreign companies and merchants and the transaction volume exceeds 100 million, it will be just like playing.
Has no one in the county thought of this?
Chang Hongfa was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Damn it, no one mentioned this at all.
I said before that I called you here and asked you to preside over the planning and preparation of this ginseng festival, but some people disagreed and said that this is a cultural event."
Chang Hongfa regretfully slapped his thigh. This time the county spent a lot of money on organizing the ginseng festival, but in the end the most important thing was not done.
If we can use the Ginseng Festival to attract merchants from all over the country, we will gain a lot of serious benefits.
Come on, you've wasted such a good opportunity.
Xu Shiyan shook his head. Someone disagreed with what Chang Hongfa said. He knew who it was without having to guess.
Well, even if he talks too much, he won't be too lazy to give any ideas in the future. The county can do whatever it wants if it has money, and it has nothing to do with him.
"Um, County Magistrate Chang, it's getting late, I have to go back. It's the busiest time to attend the festival, so I have to go back and watch."
Xu Shiyan didn't think it was interesting, so he might as well go home.
It seems to be quite lively here, but in fact it's all in vain and no real business is being done.
"Is it okay to go back so late? Otherwise, just stay in the county for one night and go to my house."
Chang Hongfa intends to keep Xu Shiyan and wants to have a good chat with Xu Shiyan.
Xu Shiyan shook his head, "No, I'm just too busy at home.
Secretary Lin is out. I am in charge of many things and I really can’t let go.
After I have been busy for a while, I will come visit you again when I have the opportunity."
Chang Hongfa couldn't keep anyone, so he had no choice but to tell Xu Shiyan to pay attention to safety on the return trip.
Xu Shiyan said goodbye to all the leaders, got in the car, and returned to Donggang from the county.
He didn't even go home and went straight to his own processing factory.
He didn't worry about it, so he stayed there at night so that if anything happened, he could handle it in time.
The first Ginseng Festival lasted for four days. Xu Shiyan only showed up on the first day and simply stopped participating after that.
Chang Hongfa had a private conversation with Li Jingyu because of what Xu Shiyan said.
Li Jingyu didn't expect that Xu Shiyan would make such a proposal, but he didn't want to admit that he didn't expect it.
I keep emphasizing that this Ginseng Festival is a purely cultural event, not economic and trade.
Chang Hong was so angry that he turned around and left.
The first Ginseng Festival finally came to an end, and the grand event was reported by provincial and Taiwanese reporters and broadcast on provincial and Taiwanese news.
The whole province knew about this ginseng festival, but that was all, and it did not bring any additional benefits.
On the other side, Lin Qiyue, who was in a foreign country, participated in the nine-day World Invention Expo.
The Changbai Mountain red ginseng selected by a ginseng store was unanimously praised by people from various countries attending the conference.
It has been awarded the gold medal of this expo by thirty judges from all over the world.
Lin Qiyue excitedly called Chen Jianzhang of the Specialty Products Bureau to report the good news.
Then, the whole county was excited. This was the first time Fusong Ginseng won an international award. This chapter has been completed!