Deep in the hot spring valley, everyone finally stopped, and there was a yew forest in front of them.

Most of them are big trees that require two or three people to embrace each other. The branches and leaves are prosperous and chaotic, and they seem to be messy, but in fact they are most in line with the natural state of plant growth.

Even these old people who ran to the mountains were deeply shocked because everyone knew the value of yew. In recent years, many of their villages have been planted one after another.

However, it takes time for the saplings to grow into vegetation, and yew grows extremely slowly. How can these thousand-year-old trees bring great visual impact?

Now everyone is more convinced of Liu Qingshan's words: Protecting the mountains and forests is really equivalent to saving money.

Liu Qingshan's eyes fell more under the trees, because there were many yew seedlings one or two meters high growing on the ground.

These saplings have also grown for ten to twenty years, but with large trees covering them, small saplings are destined to be unable to become vegetarian. This is the law of trees.

However, if transplanted, these saplings will be a huge fortune.

"Ahhhh!"

The mute grandfather's roar sounded, and soon everyone saw a huge monster jumping out of the forest.

I saw it standing up, looking at this side, and then slowly walked away, and it was a big horse bear.

There are really bears!

Zhang Ganzi was so scared that he shrank behind Liu Qingshan. He was just talking nonsense, but unexpectedly he really hit it.

Although I didn't see any other wild beasts appearing, the forest was not calm. The rustling sound sounded for a long time before returning to tranquility.

Grandpa mutely gestured a few times and signaled that everyone could start work.

Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure brought to everyone just now was too great, and those invisible dangers were the most terrifying.

As a result, everyone's arms and legs were sore when climbing the tree, and several people almost fell off the tree.

A tuft of hair was floating directly in the air. Fortunately, he strictly followed the operation requirements and tied a safety rope to his waist, so there was no danger.

"Everyone pays attention to safety, the safety rope must be tied!" Liu Qingshan shouted again and reminded everyone that this kind of high-altitude operation is not a joke.

Everyone sat firmly on the tree and began to pick the small fruits of yew.

Those around you can pick them off at will; those who are far away and grow at the ends of branches and leaves, use a hook with a wooden handle to gently curl the branches and pull them in front of you to pick them.

If you really can't reach the place, forget it.

When you climb onto a tree, it is impossible to carry a large flower basket that is half a person high. It is all small baskets that are more than one foot high. They are held on your chest and directly zipped the fruit into the basket. This is easier and more efficient.

When the small backpack was almost full, they hung it under the tree with a rope and someone poured it into the large backpack.

Seeing that everyone was working, Liu Qingshan found a tree to climb up and picked fruits together.

This work is not only dangerous, but also over time, and it is also boring.

Just like Zhang Ganzi, he was already humming a tune on the tree: "Wang Erjie sat alone in the embroidery building and she was crying..."

If you can entertain yourself and have fun, it is probably only Zhang Ganzi who has this mentality. Liu Qingshan estimated: If Uncle Ganzi always maintains this mentality, it will definitely be fine if he lives beyond 100 years old.

We worked until noon, and shouted loudly and finished work, and then everyone came down from the trees one after another.

The harvest in the morning was pretty good, and I picked about three or four thousand kilograms.

So the back and the ones I carried back to the hot spring, where someone had already cooked a large pot of egg soup and was stir-fried with mushrooms.

The oil cakes brought were all hot in the pot, each person had a bowl of soup, and they carried the big cakes and rolled them in them, and they all started to eat them.

"It would be even better if I could take a sip." Zhang Ganzi was not satisfied and shouted that he wanted to drink.

"If you go home tonight, no one will care about your wife's milk. If you drink all kinds of poles, you will plant them from the tree."

He said with a smile, and soon the topic turned into some aspects that were not suitable for children.

After eating, smoke a cigarette, hurry up and work.

The sky is dark early in the valley, so you can't go to bed in the dark.

When I took a bus home at night, even these strong laborers were all so tired that they were all over the place.

In Zhang Ganzi's words, that is: the energy to eat is gone.

However, the harvest is quite large. I picked more than 10,000 kilograms of fresh fruit in a day. Even after drying, I guess I can still have two thousand kilograms left.

Liu Qingshan predicted that he would definitely be able to harvest tens of thousands of kilograms of dried fruit in the end, but he didn’t know how much paclitaxel could be extracted from these materials?

Regarding the procurement of equipment and recruitment of technicians, Liu Qingshan has called Xiao Li from the United States and asked him to help him contact him.

However, the difficulty is probably not small. The Americans are strictly controlling this aspect, and they want to hold everything in their own hands.

Sure enough, it was exactly what Liu Qingshan expected. That night, he received a call from Xiao Li, saying that he had contacted several pharmaceutical companies, but no agreement was reached.

However, Pfizer is more interested and plans to send an inspection team to discuss.

At this time, Hou San also came to Jiapigou from his hometown. There was no way, so Liu Qingshan left the couple here for a night, and then asked Hou San to go back to Heihe first.

He had to discuss the matter of yew before setting off. He was not at ease if he left this matter to others.

After waiting for a few more days, he didn't wait for the inspection team, but Victor came to Jiapigou again excitedly.

When Liu Qingshan saw that the old boy's bald forehead was shining, he knew that something was good.

Sure enough, sitting on the edge of Liu Qingshan's kang, Victor said with a smile: "Liu, we held a tasting meeting according to your method, and what do you think of the result?"

Liu Qingshan could only set up a ladder for him: "How is it?"

"More than half of us can't tell the difference between two truffles. Even the old gentlemen who often taste truffles were wrong, haha!"

Liu Qingshan couldn't help but mutter: "Victor, it's not all the child care you arranged, right?"

Victor shook his head like a rattle: "There are a few other titles with nobles in it. Do you think I can buy them?"

Liu Qingshan also smiled and shook his head. He knew that the truffle matter would definitely be stable.

"Liu, how about I make a third of the profit this time?"

Victor did not ambush with Liu Qingshan, which was related to their level, and sometimes it was no longer a matter of money.

Victor really didn't plan to be foolish, otherwise he wouldn't have told Liu Qingshan the truth, so Liu Qingshan of course had to show enough sincerity.

"sure."

Liu Qingshan also nodded in agreement. In fact, this result had already satisfied him very much.

Because most of the profits of many commodities are actually taken away by middlemen.

As for the final price, Victor said: If it is an authentic French black truffle, the price per kilogram ranges from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars depending on the size of the truffle.

The truffle is super big, so it will be directly on the auction.

However, of course, truffles produced in Jiapigou cannot be sold at such a high price all at once.

Liu Qingshan knew this, because in later generations, the price of truffles produced in Caiyun South was only one-tenth of that of others.

After Victor finished explaining, he quoted:

"Liu, some of the high-end restaurants I contacted are only willing to give half the price, which is about 200 to 500 US dollars per kilogram. What do you think?"

Liu Qingshan is already quite satisfied with this price, at least the gap is not that big.

And when the fame is completely opened, there is still room for price to rise.

The current Jiapigou Consortium has a mountain of more than 100 miles, and it is still no problem to produce thousands of kilograms of truffles.

Both parties are old partners who have been working together for many years and signed the agreement immediately.

Of course, Liu Qingshan is in the name of Jiapigou Cooperative. He does not want to profit from such a business.

After signing the contract, he naturally began to dig truffles. Liu Qingshan told the news to the various villages of the consortium, and then began to take action.

A few days ago, the specific location of some truffles had been discovered and just dig them out.

There are also some people who lead pigs and dogs, and they are hiding around the mountains and fields.

Purchasing truffles is also a technical job. You have to use a ruler to measure it and then determine the specific price based on the size of the head.

But no matter what, the lowest grade can be sold for $120 to thirty per kilogram.

This is the price after deducting the commission earned by Victor.

Everyone realized that this black ball with inconspicuous appearance was so valuable, so they were more motivated to find truffles.

Liu Qingshan just wandered around the mountain all day long, and others looked for truffles, either to get a dog or to lead a pig.

He is quite special. There is a big red fox in front of him, strolling slowly.

Because it was a holiday, the fourth and fifth brothers also carried a small basket and followed behind.

The fire fox was walking in the woods, calmly rushing. As he walked, he stopped and used his little paws to slap the ground.

Then Liu Qingshan should come on stage, hold the scratch and start searching here.

After a few scrubbing, you can basically get a nest of truffles.

You know, foxes' sense of smell is no worse than hunting dogs.

And it is much more honest than pigs, and it doesn't snatch truffles to eat. After getting a harvest, it just looks back and looks at the apricots with its shiny eyes.

Shan Xing put the bottle of wine in her hand into the mouth of the Fire Fox and poured a small sip of wine.
To be continued...