Chapter 577: Wasteful Trash!
After walking for more than ten minutes, the group arrived at the red house.
The red house is a two-story building surrounded by brick walls. The entrance is very spacious, at least 6 meters high, according to Gu Yin's estimation.
"Can we go inside and take a look?" Gu Yin asked curiously, seeing that there was no one blocking or guarding the entrance.
Minister Bai nodded: "Sure, but it needs the approval of the base leader. I'll call him and ask." He then walked aside to make the call.
This base is also where people from Baijia Village work. Some of the administrators are from the Bai family, but the highest-ranking officials are people appointed by the leaders of Bai Province.
Five minutes later, the door opened from the inside out, and an old man came out.
He glanced at everyone, then looked at Minister Bai: "Come in."
After saying that, he went straight inside without saying another word to anyone else.
Minister Bai explained, “This is my father. He has always managed the group together with experts from the province. He has a bit of a temper and treats everyone like that, so please don’t be offended. Because of my father, he doesn’t hold any position in the clan, which is why our family didn’t participate in the election of the group leader, and I didn’t come back.”
Otherwise, they would absolutely oppose Bai Cuishan becoming the group leader.
Everyone understood; after all, he's an elderly person, so it's understandable that he might have a temper.
Once inside, what comes into view is the red building that you can see from the outside. It's two stories high, and judging from its appearance, it should be the office area.
"I've been here many times. Let me show you around." Minister Bai led the way, guiding everyone towards the back of the building.
Gu Yin initially thought the base was only the size of one or two football fields, but upon entering, he discovered it stretched as far as the eye could see! It was so vast that it astonished him!
"Over there with the trees is the ginseng garden. The ginseng garden is divided into semi-wild and cultivated ginseng. The purely wild ginseng is on the mountain, and you have to find the ginseng growers yourself. The semi-wild ginseng is transplanted from the mountaintop and planted, as well as forest ginseng. Cultivated ginseng is more delicate and requires careful cultivation. Next to the ginseng garden is the Ganoderma lucidum garden, which is cultivated. This area is Gastrodia elata, and over there are wolfberries. Over there are also Fritillaria cirrhosa, Astragalus membranaceus, and cultivated Dendrobium officinale, etc... Oh, and further in there are the deer area and mink breeding area, as well as snake garden and other animals."
Gu Yin was surprised: "Why is it mink? Isn't it always sable? Isn't the sable in the Three Treasures Ginseng, Sable Fur, and Deer Antler the same as sable?"
Minister Bai nodded: "That was true before, but sable is relatively scarce and has a low reproductive rate, so the farmed product has become mink, and the legally required standard medicinal materials are also obtained from mink."
So that's how it is.
The medicinal herbs grown at this base are significantly better than those grown by farmers outside.
"Why is it different from the medicinal herbs grown by farmers outside?" Gu Yin continued to ask.
Minister Bai pointed to the figures busy in the Ganoderma lucidum garden and said, "Those are professors and managers that the province found from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. They are not only professors from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but also from families with a long history of traditional Chinese medicine. They have great insights into how to grow medicinal herbs well, so the medicinal herbs in the base are much better than those outside. Moreover, the medicinal herbs here are not sold to outsiders. These medicinal herbs are usually selected by higher-ups, and the rest are sent to major TCM hospitals and clinics."
I see.
Upon seeing someone enter, the people in the herb garden merely glanced up before continuing their work.
After watching for a while, Gu Yin and her group left the base.
"Do you need me to attend your meeting tonight?" Zhou Wansheng asked Bai Mengshan.
Hearing this, Bai Mengshan figured that he was unwilling to come, so he asked, "Mr. Zhou, after looking around all morning, do you have any ideas or plans? If you don't come tonight, I can talk to them about it."
Zhou Wansheng nodded: "Let's continue planting medicinal herbs. If the soil is fine, I want to organize the scattered plots into a larger one, like this base. We'll invite experts to help. The scale will be larger, and we'll need many more farmers. If they're willing, they can continue to work here. But I hope they can prioritize. As for the salary, we can discuss it. I'll tentatively set it at 5,000, with five social insurances and one housing fund, a year-end bonus, holiday allowance, and statutory holidays off. It'll be similar to the salary within your system. As for the Bai family, you can discuss it yourselves. I won't rent the land anymore, but I'll recruit team leaders, supervisors, and other managers. For Bai Shao's sake, I can find them from your Bai family. You can go back and discuss this first. Anyway, I'll stay here for two more days, so there's no rush."
Minister Bai nodded upon hearing this: "Then I'll take your words back and see their reaction! I'll try my best to persuade them!"
Zhou Ansheng waved his hand and walked forward: "Alright, you guys discuss it first, we'll head back to the county now."
After saying that, he turned to Secretary Wang and the others and asked, "Secretary Wang, County Chief Zhang, shall we go back to the county together, or..."
Secretary Wang waved his hand: "You guys go back first. I'm afraid Minister Bai won't be able to handle it, so I'll keep him here for now."
County Magistrate Zhang also stayed behind.
As the car drove out of Baijia Village, Gu Yin saw that the herb farmers were all heading in the direction of Baijia.
The Bai family.
All the wooden shelves that were originally there were taken away.
The village chief, the Bai clan head, the clan elders, and the herbalists had all arrived, and everyone disregarded formalities and sat down on the ground.
When Minister Bai and his team returned, the venue was already full of people, and even the people outside were sitting there.
The crowd became excited when they saw them return.
"Mengshan is back! I heard our Great White Mountain was taken over?!"
"It wasn't taken over, it was rented out by Bai Shao!"
"What on earth is going on?!"
"Mengshan! What do we do now?!"
Minister Bai raised his hand to signal: "Quiet down, everyone. I was going to talk about this when I got back. I was originally planning to wait until tonight, but since you're all here, I'll explain the situation in a bit! Ask me any questions after I've finished! As for anyone who doesn't follow the rules, I'm not going to bother with you!"
The person who was standing quickly sat down: "Alright, alright, Mengshan, you can say whatever you want!"
Minister Bai returned to the stage, looked at the people below and sighed, "Some of you probably already know why Dabai Mountain was leased out, while others are not. So let me just say a few words!"
The room fell silent.
"It all started when Bai Cuishan lost a lot of money gambling! So his family auctioned off the Bai clan's treasure, a 500-year-old ginseng! Bai Shao found out about this. The elders in our village should all know that both Da Baishan and the 500-year-old ginseng actually belonged to the direct line of the Bai clan, that is, Bai Shao's family. But because the direct line's responsibility is to carry forward the Bai clan, they gave us their private property for free! But some people didn't know how to be grateful. Instead, they took the direct line's private property for themselves and auctioned it off without permission! This made Bai Shao heartbroken. So she took the 30-year usage rights of Da Baishan and exchanged them for the 500-year-old ginseng. Then she took her family and went overseas!"
The man below was quiet for a moment, then he suddenly exploded!
The village chief of Baijia Village stood up angrily and looked at the villagers: "When we were choosing a clan leader, I said that Bai Cuishan was no good! But none of you listened to me! You all listened to Bai Jingtian! Look at you now! You've driven the direct descendants away from the family and the country! You've sold off the treasures! You've ruined Dabai Mountain! Our ancestors must be turning in their graves! I'm so angry!"
"What a spendthrift! If it weren't for the fact that Bai Jingtian is Old Master Bai's brother, I wouldn't have chosen him! I originally thought Bai Cuishan wasn't up to the task, but with Bai Jingtian around, someone would keep an eye on him, so it wasn't impossible! But look what happened!!!! You beast!"
"Where are Bai Jingtian and Bai Cuishan? Where did they go?!"
"I checked when I arrived, and I didn't see either of them, nor any of their family members! Could they have run away?"
Captain Jia stood up and reassured them, "Don't worry, they didn't run away. They're being held at home by the men I brought. Once this is over, you can discuss how to deal with them."
Everyone was relieved to hear this.
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