"There are three main types of medicinal herbs. Two are dug up and one is picked. You're new here and probably don't know how to dig them. It would be bad if you damaged the vines and roots. You can dig them up next year when you're more familiar with them. This year, my husband and I will dig them up and bring them here."
The main reason is that we need to buy back a large quantity of mushrooms from the mall to replenish our stock this year. We've earned hundreds of thousands of yuan from mushrooms since the rainstorm, and the best way to convert that money into cash is to buy yams and he shou wu (Polygonum multiflorum).
Yams grown in large quantities by hand are incredibly cheap in shopping malls, costing about the same as vegetables.
But here you can make medicinal cuisine, pastries, and tonics at prices comparable to medicinal herbs! They can't compare to the prices of ginseng and lingzhi, but they're worlds apart from the prices of grains.
They had sold the crops several times before, earning over a hundred taels of silver, making it a suitable crop for development.
The same applies to He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum), which is even more economically valuable than yam. If yam is merely a medicinal herb, then He Shou Wu was a true medicinal herb in this dynasty, and a valuable one at that.
Fresh, low-quality pieces can reach 200 coins per pound, while older, larger, and better-looking pieces can reach over 400 coins per pound. Well-processed pieces are even more expensive.
One advantage of having a long growing period is that you don't have to plant it every year. You can leave it in the ground for a few years before harvesting. You can adjust the harvest according to your own labor and market conditions. Most things depreciate the longer they are stored, but He Shou Wu grows in the ground and not only does it not depreciate, but it can also increase in value as the years go by!
Shuiqing had already thought it through. In the first few years, when the scale was not yet established and manpower was insufficient, she and Fan Jin would have to do most of the work themselves. They would buy more from the market to make up for the shortfall, so that the He Shou Wu in their fields could stay in the ground for as long as possible. Later, when the scale was established and others were hired to do the work, they could harvest as much as they needed. At that time, they should be able to live a better life without relying on the market.
Not now, she needs an online store, she desperately needs one!
"good!"
"We know!" The women's loud reply echoed throughout the courtyard.
They were all full of energy and spirit.
The medicinal herbs are precious, and they are too clumsy to handle them properly. It would be such a loss if they accidentally killed or damaged the herbs.
In the past, when people from the village went to the prefectural city to listen to storytelling, they said that the storyteller said there were special ginseng harvesters who would prepare red ropes to tie the ginseng together, just in case the ginseng ran away. Once tied up, not a single tendril could be broken! If even one tendril was broken, the money would disappear in a flash.
Their medicinal herbs aren't as precious as ginseng, so they're not as particular, but there are still things to pay attention to. Isn't it said that medicinal herbs are all about their appearance? If the appearance isn't good, the money will just disappear.
If the money is gone, their wages will also be gone.
Seeing that everyone had understood, Shui Qing continued with the next question: "The fruits you picked are about the size of a fist. I went over a couple of days ago and saw that the fruits were gradually turning red. When you pick them, pick the red ones first, and then continue picking as the rest ripen. Pick them in batches, understand?"
Uncle Ding said that green-skinned ones are also good, but the taste is different. However, the nobles in Nanjing prefer to drink red-skinned ones, so red-skinned ones are expensive.
If you want to earn more money, sell the red ones.
Who doesn't want to make more money? She doesn't know about others, but she does all this just to make money! Lots of money!
Of course, we need to adapt to the market.
"Understand!"
"I know how to pick fruit. I used to be really good at picking fruit on the mountain."
Can fruits be used as medicinal materials?
Aren't all medicinal herbs underground?
Wang Guifen, Aunt Li, and the others looked bewildered, then realized that it was no wonder they were poor; even if mountains of gold and silver were placed in front of them, they wouldn't recognize them.
I heard that the medicinal herbs in Shuiqing's family were discovered by Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding, and then they expanded the planting according to the records in the books. It's true that reading and being literate is useful!
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