Chapter 229： Ginseng King

Ginseng is a perennial herb of the Araliaceae family of Umbelliferae. It likes shade and has no stomata and palisade tissue on its leaves. It cannot retain water. The leaves will burn when the temperature is higher than 32 degrees, and the canopy closure is 0.7-0.8. It usually blooms in 3 years, bears fruit in 5-6 years, the flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is June-September.

It grows under the mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest or deciduous broad-leaved forest dominated by Korean pine at an altitude of hundreds of meters between 33 degrees and 48 degrees north latitude. It is produced in Northeast China, North Korea, South Korea, RB, and eastern Russia. Ginseng is also known as yellow ginseng, goblin, **** grass, and the king of herbs. It is one of the famous "Three Treasures of Northeast China".

When Vasily brought Bao Zixuan and others to this ginseng, several old ginseng pickers were shocked by the lush ginseng in front of them.

Zhao Laoliu is the leader and steward of the ginseng pickers this time, and has lived in the mountains in the Northeast for a long time. After seeing the skills of these old ginseng-pickers when they purchased ginseng in the Northeast, the employees of Heiyun Group brought them directly to Xiangjiang.

Zhao Laoliu went to Xiangjiang with Heiyun procurement personnel, and went to the Soviet Union under the explanation of Dr. Huang Chunqiu. In fact, Bao Zixuan has such a network of contacts, which has opened up all the joints of China and the Soviet Union. Otherwise, it is really impossible to get a visa so quickly, and the problem of formalities is a big trouble.

Zhao Laoliu has been engaged in the ginseng harvesting industry for more than 30 years, and he has never seen such huge ginseng branches and leaves in his ginseng harvesting career. According to estimates, it is definitely more than 500 years old, which is an amazing treasure. It can be said that it is rare in the world, and it is the kind that can reach the realm of the flesh and bones of the living dead.

Zhao Laoliu said to Bao Zixuan, "Master, it looks like it should be fine. But be careful, we'll have to dig it out with our parents."

Bao Zixuan: "Everything depends on Master Zhao, you are an expert in this respect."

Zhao Laoliu was very happy to hear Bao Zixuan's name. The big boss of Xiangjiang didn't shout like rumors. They are very respectful to them, and they are very generous when giving money. The most important thing is to act according to their plan completely after entering the mountain, and truly make professional people do professional things.

Zhao Laoliu started to work with three guys. They first tied a red thread to the stem and leaves of ginseng. This is an ancient tradition, which is to fear that ginseng will escape during the process of re-excavation. It's just a beautiful myth and legend, it can't be true. However, when ginseng is mined for more than 100 years in the Northeast, it has become a tradition.

They used wooden tools to continuously excavate the black soil around the ginseng, and began to excavate within 3 meters of the surrounding area. Just for fear of damaging even a little ginseng beard.

At present, everyone is watching the work of Zhao Laoliu and others, and they don't dare to disturb him at this time. Just for fear of being distracted by the staff, the best way at the moment is to wait.

Bao Zixuan is also arranging other people to do logistical work. At present, everything is arranged around Zhao Laoliu and the others. Soviet soldiers are setting up tents and lighting fires to cook on what may be their last night in the mountains.

Zhao Laoliu carefully dug out ginseng. According to his experience, this ginseng was probably the ginseng they were looking for more than 500 years old. Boss Bao spent a lot of money for this thing this time, not only to bring them to the Soviet Union, but also to invite so many Soviet soldiers to help. This is not something that can be done with money, and requires considerable strength.

In the world every minute and second, everyone held their breath to watch Zhao Laoliu and the others. Varissy was even more nervous as a ginseng discoverer. After all, this is ginseng that changes the fate of the family. If everything meets the requirements of the big boss of Xiangjiang, then his two younger sisters can go abroad to study, and he can become a multi-millionaire. And the unit is still U.S. dollars, which is money that many people will never earn in a lifetime.

Zhao Laoliu and the others are excavating the periphery layer by layer, and now they can see the appearance of ginseng. However, it can be seen from the excavated mound that this ginseng is really not small. Judging from the current whiskers, the diameter is already more than 1 meter, that is, the ginseng has not grown so large in a hundred years.

Although Zhao Laoliu's tools are somewhat primitive, the objects that have been passed down by the ancestors for thousands of years are still very useful. These tools can dig up quickly without damaging the ginseng, which is a bit slow for a soldier.

It's just that now everything has to wait for Zhao Laoliu's excavation results, and now no one dares to disturb him.

Although Bao Zixuan was in a hurry, after all, it was related to his mother's condition. But he also knew that now was not the time to worry. Just wait patiently.

Zhao Laoliu is not bad for being an expert, with the joint efforts of four people. Two hours later, the whole ginseng was finally excavated. Seeing this ginseng that had grown into a human form, everyone was impressed by the magic of nature.

This is by no means the beauty that can be achieved by artificial carving, she has a girlish beauty. As if captivating, Bao Zixuan knew that wealth and silk moved people's hearts. Take out the jade box that has already been prepared and pack the ginseng.

Bao Zixuan said to Zhao Laoliu: "Master Zhao has worked hard. Based on your experience, can you reach more than 500 years."

Zhao Lao Liu: "My boss, I think this ginseng is definitely over 600 years old. It can be said that it is a rare treasure. Dr. Huang is absolutely satisfied with it."

Bao Zixuan: "Everyone is working hard, it's too late tonight. Let's rest here and leave on time tomorrow. You two, Vasily and Master Zhao, come with me. It's time to honor my promise."

In the largest tent, Bao Zixuan said to Vasily: "Mr Vasily, do you want $10 million in cash or transfer it to your account? If it is inconvenient for you to receive it, you can put it with me, you You can pick it up at any time. As for your sister studying abroad, they can go to any country they want. I will let the staff of Heiyun in the Soviet Union contact them, you can rest assured.”

Bao Zixuan was also worried that the money would not reach the soldier, so he said this Wassily did not expect Bao Zixuan to think so thoughtfully, so he replied: "Thank you, Mr. Bao, you can call directly when the money arrives. Just go to my account, as long as $5 million. The rest is for my sister to study abroad, I know you are not bad for this amount of money, but I can't be greedy."

Bao Zixuan didn't expect that this young man from the Soviet Union was not greedy. It seemed that he could train him well. He said: "No problem, just do as you said. If you want to go to Heiyun Development in the future, you can contact me at any time."

Bao Zixuan then said to Zhao Laoliu: Master Zhao has worked very hard this time. The 100,000 US dollars will be handed over to you by the Heiyun staff when he returns to the Northeast. In addition, if there is any suffering in the future, you can find the local Heiyun staff. This promise is only for you.

After arranging the two biggest heroes this time, Bao Zixuan began to appreciate this ginseng by himself. I know that it may not be the one reported in the previous life, but this one is by no means worse than that one. It seems that there are quite a few treasures in the Soviet Union, and we can dig a little more in the future.

Early the next morning, everyone packed up and started heading towards Gongqingcheng. There was no nervousness at all when we returned, and everyone walked towards the barracks talking and laughing all the way.

When I went there, I walked for a week, and when I came back, it took only 2 days. Bao Zixuan returned to Gongqingcheng with more than 10,000 people. Bao Zixuan honored his promise and distributed $10,000 to everyone who set out with him.

At the same time, they also sent the senior military officials of the Soviet Union's Komsomolskaya the part they deserved. This is the rule. After everyone was satisfied, Bao Zixuan left Gongqingcheng with ginseng. Although the goal has been achieved this time, the expenses in the Soviet Union exceeded 2.5 US dollars, which means that Bao Zixuan is rich and powerful, and another person has already gone bankrupt.

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