Fusong is known as the hometown of ginseng and has the largest ginseng trading market in the world.
Countless wealth myths were born from this small county at the foot of Changbai Mountain. Some people became rich overnight, while others went bankrupt and jumped off the building.
In Manjiang Town, the most remote town in Fusong, Lin Sanqi and his party, accompanied by local town government officials, visited and inspected the environment.
The minibus has been going around and around on the winding mountain road for almost an hour.
It can't be said that there is no human habitation along the way. From time to time, you can see many buildings on the roadside. When someone approaches, some people will come out of the house to observe, seeming a little wary.
Yin Lianyi felt a little motion sick and would vomit from time to time while leaning on Lin Sanqi's shoulder.
Lin Sanqi suppressed her nausea. Even the place where fairies poop stinks, and the vomit of beautiful women is disgusting to death:
"Mayor Luo, how far is the place we want to inspect?"
Luo Yongbo, the accompanying deputy mayor of Manjiang Town, turned back, pointed to a hilltop in front of him and said:
"It's almost there, we're almost there. Xida Mountain is ahead. Boss Lin, please be patient."
Manjiang Town covers an area of more than 600 square kilometers, which is as big as six Tianhe Districts. However, its population is very small, with a registered population of only 1,499.
There are 4 administrative villages under its jurisdiction, and there is only one ginseng processing factory in the whole town, which is purely dependent on the mountains and the water.
So now, finally, a southern company wants to invest. Everyone in Manjiang Town attaches great importance to it, and they also hope to keep the southern boss so that it can be convenient for themselves in the future...
Deputy Mayor Luo said he was almost there, but the car drove for another half an hour before reaching the destination. It was really a desperate race.
Lin Sanqi helped Yin Lianyi get out of the car. A mountain breeze blew by, and she suddenly felt refreshed.
Lin Hai also laughed: "Uncle Ten, the air here is so good, I'm a little drunk."
Deputy Mayor Luo quickly echoed:
"The bosses are very discerning. The endless Changbai Mountains here have no industrial pollution or domestic pollution within thousands of square kilometers. Therefore, our ginseng in Fusong is the best in the country, and our ginseng in Manjiang is the best in the country." The best in Fusong”
Lin Tianhua did a few breast expansion exercises and asked casually:
"Mayor Luo, how much ginseng is produced in Manjiang now? Do you have any statistics on this?"
Deputy Mayor Luo smiled awkwardly:
"We don't have specific statistics on this. After the ginseng is picked, it is usually transported to the county for processing. If it is wild ginseng, who picked it will basically not be disclosed to the public, so we don't know. How much ginseng flows out of Manjiang Town every year?”
Lin Sanqi said softly to Lin Hai:
"Hey, do you understand? Wild ginseng is in short supply right now. Not to mention ordinary ginseng farmers, even those companies are doing business secretly, lest others find out, so I said our plan can work."
People in Manjiang Town don't know, but people here in Lingnan Hall know what this so-called plan is.
Only Lin Tianhua is a little curious
It stands to reason that Lin Sanqi has so many wild ginsengs, which can only come from Changbai Mountain. However, as he observed along the way, he found that Lin Sanqi was not familiar with the Changbai Mountain ginseng producing area at all. This was definitely his first time here.
So where did he get so many wild ginseng?
Lin Hai didn't care, and said with a smile:
"Okay, I'm more confident in myself as a game manager. If you ask me to do it well, I'm really not good at it. If you want me to pretend, then I'm definitely qualified."
Although Deputy Mayor Luo could not understand what these Cantonese-speaking merchants were saying, it did not prevent him from attracting investment.
"A few of them also saw it. We saw a lot of houses along the way. They were all stationed by the escort team. Businessmen from other places came to contract several mountainous areas. They contracted for 20 or 30 years in one go, and then closed the mountains for forestation. ”
Lin Hai was a little strange: "We contracted the mountain land, why do we have to close it?"
Deputy Mayor Luo patiently introduced:
"The main purpose of this is to cultivate understory ginseng. After scattering ginseng seeds into the soil, no transplanting, no fertilization, no pesticides are required throughout the process, so that the ginseng can grow naturally. Then we can dig it out in 10 or 20 years. This kind of semi- Wild ginseng is called forest ginseng
The ginseng fields you saw in Wanliang Town are acres and acres of ginseng. That kind of ginseng can only be called garden ginseng. Its nutritional value is not high, and pesticides are used when planting ginseng. The ginseng sold in the market piled like a mountain is garden ginseng.
The value of forest ginseng is second only to wild ginseng, and it is very expensive in the market. In order to prevent someone from stealing the ginseng, forest rangers need to guard it. The contracted mountain forests in Manjiang Town have reached more than 300 square kilometers. After all, our environment here is good, haha. ”
Lin Sanqi nodded: "The environment is indeed good. Deputy Mayor Luo, which Feng Shui treasure land did you find for us?"
Deputy Mayor Luo pointed to the hills opposite and said:
"Nao, it's in this direction. The highest mountain is called Xida Mountain. The ones next to it are Xixiao Mountain and Xier Mountain. There are five mountains in total. We have measured the total area and it reaches 30 square kilometers."
Lin Hai exclaimed: "Oh my god, our Shilou Village is only 1.5 square kilometers in size. This place is 30 square kilometers in one breath, and there are twenty Shilou Villages."
Yin Lianyi was a little surprised after hearing this. As for finance, what worries her most is how much the contracting fee will cost. Deputy Mayor Luo rolled his eyes and continued to lie:
"The area is large, and the chance of finding good products is also high. In the vast mountains that you can see, there are many wild ginsengs that have not been discovered. As long as you contract this land, all the wild ginseng within 30 square kilometers will be yours. Lingnan Hall.”
Lin Sanqi thought to herself that there must be wild ginseng, but in this place where cars can still drive, even if there is wild ginseng, it has been plowed several times. Where can there be any good products?
Deputy Mayor Luo continued to promote:
"Mr. Lin, let me tell you, the understory ginseng planting should not be too dense, so the bigger the area, the better. After ten or twenty years, you will have a good harvest. That will really make a fortune. ”
Lin Sanqi is just here to show off and block everyone's mouth. It doesn't matter whether there is any output or not.
"Uncle Ten, what do you think?"
As the general manager of Lingnan Hall, Lin Tianhua knew about Lin Sanqi’s plan, but he had to do a full show, so he naturally pretended to be serious and nodded:
"I think this place is good, Deputy Mayor Luo. If we want to contract it for 30 years, how much will it cost for these 30 square kilometers of mountainous land?"
Deputy Mayor Luo was overjoyed. Since Manjiang Town had no other income, it relied entirely on participation in the event. One more event would naturally mean more revenue.
"It's like this. According to the standards of our town's system, if we contract 30 square kilometers of forest for 30 years, we will need a total of 30 million yuan, hahaha."
These words made Deputy Mayor Luo feel a little guilty. After all, 30 million yuan was not even Manjiang Town's annual fiscal revenue.
Farmers are taking advantage of their patrons, so the local government is taking advantage of its patrons.
Lin Sanqi, Lin Tianhua, Lin Hai, and Yin Lianyi pretended to discuss it for a long time and accepted the contracting fee of 30 million.
Compared with the current ginseng price of Lingnan Tang Company, 30 million is really nothing. Once the source of ginseng is solved, formal invoices can be issued, and the tax deduction alone is more than 30 million.
In the afternoon of that day, Lingnan Tang Company and the Manjiang Town Government signed a forestry contract, and 30 square kilometers of Xida Mountain was officially owned by Lingnan Tang.
After coming out of the town government, Lin Hai was a little worried:
"Qizai, how can I defend such a huge territory by myself?"
Lin Sanqi rolled her eyes:
"Who asked you to guard the forest? How many wild ginseng do you really think there are in these 30 square kilometers? Besides, I don't plan to plant forest ginseng, so why bother?"
Yin Lianyi felt a little worried about Qian: "Ah, if you don't plant ginseng, wouldn't such a big mountain forest be wasted?"
Lin Sanqi explained:
"If you plant understory ginseng, you need to arrange for full-time security guards to take care of it 24 hours a day. For 30 square kilometers, you need to arrange a forest ranger team of at least 50 people, right? Then you will have to pay wages every month and provide supplies. It will take a year. How much does it cost?
The key is whether the understory ginseng can be grown is still a question. We are outsiders. I am afraid that as soon as the ginseng grows, it will be stolen by others. Either the forest rangers were guarding and stealing, or a few local ruffians came to dig.
So instead of going to all the trouble to protect it, it's better to throw 30 million here. Of course, you still have to pretend. Lin Hai, you regularly recruit a group of temporary workers to pretend to patrol around and deceive others. ”
Lin Hai said with emotion: "My dear, just throw away 30 million yuan just like that. It's like a fucking dream."
Lin Sanqi thought that as his reputation for trading ginseng for food in 1960 grew, he would only have more and more ginseng on hand.
Some people may be worried that too much wild ginseng will cross over, which will cause a market impact and price decline in 2023.
People who have such concerns have completely ignored the Chinese people's worship and superstition of ginseng. For wealthy people, if they don't have a few hundred-year-old wild ginseng at home, they will lose face in the rich circle in the future.
According to the Hurun Wealth Report, there are 133,000 domestic households with assets worth 100 million yuan. If we include my country’s Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, as well as overseas Chinese, the number of billionaires will increase.
With such a huge group of wealthy people, no amount of wild ginseng can be digested.
Why is Lingnan Hall’s ginseng in short supply? Reservation orders are scheduled for a year later, because there are too few wild ginseng on the market, and the price of wild ginseng is even rising every year.
After Lingnan Tang becomes the largest wild ginseng supplier in the country, annual sales exceeding 10 billion will definitely not be a problem.
Especially for Lin Sanqi, sales, isn't it equal to profit?
In the next few days, Lin Tianhua was busy recruiting ginseng packers, and Lin Hai was busy looking for branch premises and licenses.
Lin Sanqi took Yin Lianyi to Changbai Mountain for several days.
The information from the Harvest Seed Company, together with the additional 10 tons of grain seeds, were all packaged and consigned to Huadu. After receiving the call, Lin Sanqi knew it was time to go home.
Maybe we should travel back to 1960 with hybrid technology and seeds, and give everyone a surprise. (End of chapter)