pjbooks Chapter 119 A Special Herb Field, The Big Yellow Dog Arrives!
Chapter 119 A Special Herb Field, The Big Yellow Dog Arrives!
Chapter 119 A Special Herb Field, The Big Yellow Dog Arrives!
[Survival mission complete.]
[Reward: 10 mu of herb field]
Planting medicinal herbs in this area can greatly enhance their efficacy, making them comparable to wild Chinese herbal medicines.
Please demarcate the area for herb cultivation within the farm grounds.
[New addition to the system store: Chinese herbal medicine seeds category added.]
After completing the survival mission, Xu Ran received a new reward.
This time, the reward is a field of medicinal herbs.
"A 10-acre field of medicinal herbs can achieve the same level of results as wild herbs."
"The reason why the effects of traditional Chinese medicine are getting worse and worse is because there are fewer and fewer good traditional Chinese medicines available."
"If I can grow top-quality Chinese medicinal herbs, it will be another good source of income."
"This reward surprised Xu Ran somewhat."
However, there is no longer any space on the farm to cultivate medicinal herbs.
Unless a portion of the wheat field is separated.
That's possible.
"Ten acres of medicinal herb fields are not a very large area. If you are growing ordinary Chinese medicinal herbs, there is no need for them, as the price will not be too high."
"We need to plant some of the more expensive ones."
When it comes to traditional Chinese medicine, the first thing that comes to Xu Ran's mind is ginseng.
Nowadays, many people in Northeast China contract to grow ginseng. Ordinary forest-grown ginseng is piled up like small mountains, and the price is about the same as radish.
Wild ginseng is very expensive.
However, if Xu Ran grows his own ginseng, although the effects of his ginseng are the same as those of wild ginseng, buyers will only consider it to be ordinary forest ginseng.
It's hard to sell at a high price.
Therefore, we need to plant some rare Chinese medicinal herbs that are difficult to cultivate.
"All the land around here has been leased out."
"If only I could lease Han Tae's farm, then this whole lot of land would be mine."
"Maybe when there's another opportunity."
"As for the herb fields, I can contract some land in the mountains."
"It's only 10 mu, it shouldn't be a big problem."
Xu Ran pondered.
Since there are rewards, we should make good use of them.
It's my own soil, my own land, whatever I plant will grow RMB.
So, Xu Ran immediately went to the village committee.
When the village party secretary saw that he was coming, he immediately treated him with courtesy.
There were two young men in the room, both newly arrived village officials, college graduate village officials, who were very thoughtful.
"You want to contract the mountain next door, but this isn't village land, so the village can't approve it."
"They should be heading to the town."
"That's forestry land, and the procedures are very complicated."
After hearing Xu Ran's idea, the village party secretary said...
The land bureau now manages it very strictly, with satellite monitoring so that any illegal construction can be detected immediately.
In China, each piece of land has its own attributes. Of course, if needed, one can apply to change the land use designation.
There are no problems with the normal application process; it just takes a while.
If it goes quickly, it will take a month; if it goes slowly, it will take several months, and you'll have to make several trips to the land bureau.
Xu Ran replied, "Okay, then I'll go to the land bureau and ask."
"I just want to get some mountain produce."
"The land at the foot of the mountain is mostly barren; it would be good to plant a little bit of crops there."
After saying that, Xu Ran prepared to leave.
The village secretary immediately said, "I heard your farm is producing milk and eggs now?"
Xu Ran nodded. "Yes, we do have these two businesses. We have a partnership for milk, and we sell eggs to shops in town."
At this moment, a young village official standing nearby said, "Boss Xu, how about this? You provide some of the milk and sell it at the service point in our village near the resort. You'll still make the money, and the stall fee will definitely be lower than the supermarket you're cooperating with."
"The resort is currently experiencing high visitor traffic and business is booming, so this presents a great opportunity."
"Our village doesn't sell much right now, so it's a waste not to use our resources."
Upon hearing this, Xu Ran pondered for a moment.
Selling your own goods in a large supermarket means you'll definitely get a share of the profits, and that share isn't low.
After all, the customer traffic belongs to the supermarket, which means that the merchants are using someone else's traffic.
If we cooperate with the village, we will share less of the profits.
This is certainly a good thing.
"I have no problem with that. I can provide some, 200 bags a day, individually packaged. A bag of fresh milk sells for 7.5 yuan in the supermarket, but it can sell for 8 yuan at the resort."
"I get 10% of the profits from the supermarket, but how much do we get from the village?"
Xu Ran asked directly.
He is very professional when it comes to collaboration.
"0.7% means that if the daily sales volume is 1600, the resort's sales point only needs to take 112."
The young village official was equally straightforward and directly stated his thoughts.
It's clear that the village has already discussed this matter.
This price is very reasonable.
"I have no problem with that, but we need to sign a contract. You can't just talk about it."
"Okay, Mr. Xu, you can go ahead and do what you need to do. I'll come to the farm to find you this afternoon with the contract."
"OK.
Xu Ran nodded, then turned and left.
He already looks like a big boss.
Or rather, within the town's boundaries, Xu Ran was a big boss.
A modern farm complex, featuring greenhouses, farmland, and dairy farms.
Moreover, it has one-on-one partnerships with large supermarkets.
This kind of status would give you absolute power in the village.
Xu Ran turned and left, heading straight to the town to discuss contracting the mountain forest.
Contracting a mountain is nothing new, but you can't contract 10 mu (approximately 1.65 acres), that's too little, you need at least 30 mu (approximately 4.9 acres).
Xu Ran readily agreed to contract 30 mu (approximately 2 hectares).
The contracted area is right next to his farm, adjacent to it. If you walk out of the fence and go uphill, you'll reach the mountains and forests.
He submitted the application as required, filled out many forms, and now he just had to wait for approval.
Back at the farm, it was still a vibrant and thriving place.
As soon as Xu Ran entered, she saw a majestic big yellow dog standing to her side.
This dog has the typical appearance of a country dog: long legs, a sturdy body, and a relatively long face.
In the dog's eyes, this is definitely the setup of a rich, handsome, and successful man.
"Black Bell, I haven't seen you for several days. Why are you here today?"
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"Looking for Little Grey?"
Xu Ran saw it and immediately called out.
This guy is a member of the Stray Dog Gang. He's been fighting with Little Gray since he was a puppy, and the other Stray Dogs would cheer him on.
It seems that the former leader of the local dog gang was its biological mother, so she spoiled it.
After Xu Ran fed it a few times, the guy was adopted by the farm and often came over to Xu Ran to beg for food.
Xu Ran named it "Black Bell". As the name suggests, its whole body is yellow, but its bell is black, which is very obvious.
Hearing Xu Ran's call, the yellow dog wagged its tail and trotted over to Xu Ran's feet, sticking its head out for Xu Ran to pet.
This guy is cute, so Xu Ran casually stroked its head.
"Why are you just standing here instead of going inside and playing with Little Grey?"
Xu Ran asked with a smile.
The big yellow dog seemed to have been wronged and started howling.
Xu Ran realized that it seemed to be because Little Grey had been sticking to Cinderella lately and ignoring it.
It's normal for Xiao Hui to spend all his time with his girlfriend since he just started dating.
Married men are all like that.
It's hard to even arrange to go out together.
"It's okay, it'll be fine in a while."
"You have quite a few friends in the mutt dog gang."
Xu Ran continued.
The big yellow dog barked twice more, as if to say, is it worth abandoning your brothers for a female?
Xu Ran could tell that this big yellow dog was considered handsome among local dogs, and its mother was the leader of the local dog gang.
Those female dogs in that gang, they're always around him, but this guy probably doesn't care about them at all. He's the type who'd deny everything once he'd done something.
Little Grey is much more devoted, after all, he has his parents' example and is carefully raised on the farm, so he takes relationships more seriously.
"I didn't realize you were such a scumbag."
"Little Grey is indeed different from you in this respect."
Xu Ran patted the big yellow dog's head again.
Then, Xu Ran stood up, and the big yellow dog didn't linger. It ran out of the farm to find its companions.
Here, every animal has its own social circle.
This applies to cats, dogs, and birds.
Xu Ran occasionally observes these guys, and their personalities are not much different from people's.
That's quite interesting.