However, now there's a problem.
Wang Tianxiao had agreed with the purchasing department that the goods would be delivered by the end of July, at which time they would notify the truck to come and pick them up. However, it was only the end of June, and it was not yet time for the goods to be stored in the warehouse.
However, some herbs on the mountain are ready for harvesting.
A problem has arisen: what should be done with the harvested herbs?
According to them, the herbs must be dried quickly after harvesting, otherwise the herbs will lose much of their effectiveness because they are not sealed properly.
Moreover, many herbs can continue to age even after being cut down or even uprooted.
It is not until the last bit of nutrients remaining in the leaves have been completely released that it truly dies.
Just like a radish, if you pull it out without removing the leaves, it can continue to grow until the core of the radish is completely hollow.
Herbs that have grown like this will definitely not be as effective as those that have been dried from the beginning.
They are basically defective products, and many places simply won't buy them.
Wang Tianxiao had planned to build a drying kiln this year, but various things delayed him, and he forgot about it.
It's definitely too late to build it now.
In this time of crisis, when he told Mi Qingsong about this, Mi Qingsong said that these prematurely matured herbs could be sold directly to the supply and marketing station, as they had readily available drying equipment.
This really helped Wang Tianxiao a lot.
Wang Tianxiao was so grateful that he almost worshipped Old Man Mi.
Think about it, from the moment he decided to plant the medicinal herbs until now, when it's time to harvest them, how many times has this kind-hearted Mr. Mi helped him?
Although he gave him a little something in return as a token of gratitude, what he gave was really nothing compared to the help he received.
The older generation truly has the noble character and integrity.
With the sales direction of the medicinal herbs resolved, the remaining issue is how to harvest them.
Wang Tianxiao led everyone in a day of picking, but found that the efficiency was not high.
The most efficient person in the group was Mi Xiaoqing's older sister, Mi Xiaohong, but even she could only pick about 100 jin in a day. Not to mention someone as clumsy as Wang Tianxiao, who, although he didn't pick for a whole day, could probably only pick 50 jin at most if he did.
This speed really stumped Wang Tianxiao.
He originally thought that harvesting would require manpower, but he never expected it to be so slow, so incredibly slow.
Such a large piece of land, more than 2,000 mu, if the average yield per mu is 100 jin, that would be 200,000 jin.
If each person could weigh 100 kilograms like Mi Xiaohong every day, then it would take 2,000 people.
In other words, it would take two hundred days for ten people and twenty days for one hundred people.
We still need everyone to be as capable as Mi Xiaohong.
If it were someone as slow as Wang Tianxiao, it would take forty days or even longer.
However, the harvesting of herbs is seasonal; it's not that you can harvest them whenever you want.
If it's too late, the flowers will have withered, the nutrients in the herbs will be quickly consumed, and the quality will be poor, so the purchase price will definitely be lower, or even no one will want them.
According to the normal solar terms, the acquisition period is about half a month.
The earlier ones were a little less mature, while the later ones were a little too mature.
But all of them are within acceptable limits.
Wang Tianxiao did the math and decided that after a few days of trial and error, everyone would be able to reach the speed of Mi Xiaohong. If it took half a month, then more than 120 people would be needed.
Even if we harvest some of the crops that can be harvested now, it will probably still require the work of about a hundred people.
One hundred people.
There are only six people in the mountains who can do this job, and Wang Tianxiao and Li Yali don't actually have time to do it.
He was busy inspecting road repairs and managing the opening of the new goat milk shop, while his wife, with two children to take care of, couldn't spare any time either. She was incredibly busy with household matters.
It seems it's time to hire people to reap the rewards.
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