The sand-crawling insect is a rare edible and medicinal insect that is well-known to children and adults in the Panliang area. It is actually the larvae of the "Euryoptera" insect. It looks very ugly, a bit like a centipede, but is longer. Only half as long as a centipede.
It is said that this insect is useful in treating nocturia in children and frequent urination in the elderly in the Panliang area, as well as replenishing the kidneys and qi. Each has its own nickname in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi, but in this area it is called crawling Sand worms, known as "Anning River native ginseng" or "insect ginseng", have always been very expensive to sell. They are sold in strips, but now they only cost a few yuan.
Later, I met people from Japan and South Korea, and Zhou Zhi learned that this thing is also found there, especially in island countries. They call this insect "Suntaro insect". They think it is responsible for "infant malnutrition". The treatment has special effects and is sold in many Chinese medicine shops, which are more expensive.
Hearing this, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but smile and said: "No, I'm talking about mushrooms, and there are also fruits and flowers."
"As for fruits... the pomegranates in our state are indeed Very good, with soft seeds. There are also Leibo navel oranges, Yanyuan apples, and Puge cherries, all of which are of very good quality.”
The climate in this area is quite special, with long sunshine hours. There are nearly 300 sunny days in a year, and the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large. However, the temperature difference in the four seasons is not too big, so the sugar content of fruits is higher than outside the area. It is much higher, comparable to Hetao and Beijiang.
The only problem is that it cannot be shipped out. The leaders of the autonomous prefecture must have been having this problem for a long time. Li Yutang continued: "Among these fruits, pomegranates, navel oranges and apples have a longer shelf life. , Now with the wax spray technology, the time is even longer. We organize railway and road transportation.”
“There is nothing we can do about cherries. The shelf life is too short, so it can only be digested locally.”
“But even if it’s cherries, there’s no need to transport them by air, right?”
“As for mushrooms, they are the most expensive ones here. Chicken fir can be sold for eight yuan per pound. The shelf life of this thing is indeed very short, but this problem can be solved by processing it into canned chicken fir. ”
Zhou Zhi was also very inspired. It seems that local cadres have really put a lot of thought into local economic construction.
"Brother Li, there are two kinds of mushrooms in the autonomous prefecture. The prices overseas are very high. I wonder if you know about them."
"Is there anything more expensive than chicken fir?" Li Yutang thought hard, but had no impression.
"Matsutake and truffles." Zhou Zhi said: "To be precise, they are black truffles."
"I know about matsutake, but the price is cheaper than chicken fir, which is the same price as porcini. Five or six dollars.”
Five or six yuan is not cheap anymore, and a pound of meat is only this price now, but Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "I have been to Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong Island. In those countries and regions, matsutake and truffles are very expensive. "
"Zhou Zhi, have you been to so many places?" Wu Renzhong was surprised: "You are talking about truffles? We seem to have never heard of matsutake. How much does it cost to sell it outside?”
“I really don’t know the whole story.” Zhou Zhi said with a bitter smile: “In restaurants in island countries, matsutake is sold by the slice. Yes, it costs five or six yuan a piece.”
“A piece?” Wu Renzhong. They were all dizzy when they heard: "Then we are not poor. We all talk about how much we eat a year..."
"Renzhong, please stop talking, we are talking about business!" Li Yutang frowned and stopped Wu Renzhong's gag, and asked Zhou Zhi: "Zhou Zhi, is this information true? Even if retail and There is a price difference between wholesalers, but the price of matsutake in this island country is too different from the price here. Are you sure they are the same variety? "There is no difference in shape or taste," Zhou Zhi said, "but they are. The quality requirements are very high, especially the freshness.”
“How long can matsutake be kept fresh?” Li Yutang, who was probably an unruly master, turned to ask Liu Mei’e.
"It's good for two or three days, right?" Liu Mei'e said: "If you put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate, it shouldn't be bad for three to five days. If you're not sure, ask Sun from the Agricultural Science Institute for sure."
One pound of matsutake can be easily cut into hundreds of pieces. If what the elbow said is true, wouldn’t it mean that in the island country, matsutake can be sold for hundreds or even thousands per pound? Even if there is a double premium from the wholesale market to diners, the wholesale price will never be less than one or two hundred!
If the profit margin is so high, even if the cost of air transportation is included, it is very worthwhile.
"We don't have the habit of consuming truffles here." Seeing that Li Yutang was already a little interested, Zhou Zhi continued to introduce: "Because this kind of mushroom is a truffle, it only grows underground, and the smell is quite unpleasant to us. , but I can’t resist the love of foreigners, the price is even more expensive than matsutake. "
"You may not know about truffles. If you say 'Truffle', or 'Pig's Fungus', would you have an impression?"
"Oh, that's it. Huh!" Shama Ricong wrinkled his nose when he heard this: "You can eat that! "
"We don't think it tastes good, but foreigners think it's expensive," Zhou Zhi said: "There is a specialized profession abroad called 'truffle hunters', and these people have a book that has been passed down from generation to generation. A treasure map recording the places where our fathers found truffles Point, time and size. We collect them from November to March every year."
"The method of collection is also interesting, because truffles emit a male hormone that is very similar to that of boars. Sows have a special liking for it because of its taste.”
"Pigs have a very sensitive sense of smell. They can smell truffles thirty or forty centimeters underground from six meters away." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "But sows are also very greedy for truffles, so hunters have to be very careful. If they don't stop them in time, , when a sow finds a truffle, she will crazily dig it out and eat it That’s why we call this thing pig fungus here.”
“If this is true, it’s too weird.” Shama Ricong couldn’t stop laughing. It's really unimaginable that "Arch Bacteria" even raises pigs that are looking for bacteria.
“We really don’t know much about the situations you mentioned.” Li Yutang couldn’t help but smile: “But if it is true, it would be worthwhile to use air cargo.”
“But Then again, even if these can be achieved, the scale is destined to be small. Zhou Zhi let’s talk about fruits and flowers.”
“ Brother Li just said that the shelf life of our Puge cherries is too short, so they can only be consumed locally," Zhou Zhi said, "But I know there is another kind of cherry that is at least three to five times the size of local cherries, and the shelf life is also longer than that of local cherries. The cherries are much longer and can be transported by air cold chain to the capital, Hong Kong Island, Japan and other places.”
"This kind of cherry is a hybrid of European sweet cherry and sour cherry. Now the annual output in the United States can reach two to three million tons. Our country also introduced it to Yantai and planted it a few years ago.
"I think The places in our autonomous prefecture that are suitable for growing local cherries must also be suitable for growing such cherries. Moreover, the quality of local cherries in the autonomous prefecture can far exceed that of other places. The quality of such large cherries must also be far higher than that of other places. "
"This kind of cherry is called cherry in Europe, Duke cherry in the United States, and Shandong cherry in Shandong. Zhou Zhi said: "If we plant it, we should give it a unique name to distinguish it from other large cherries of average quality. ”
“How about just transliterating it directly and calling it ‘Che Lizi’? "(End of this chapter)