Rebirth 1988 Farming and Raising Children

Chapter 94
Jiang Ancheng knows flowers very well, and he is confident that he can grow good flowers.

Manager Li pondered for a moment and said, "If I get flower seeds for you, how many acres can you plant?"

Jiang Ancheng's eyes showed surprise, and he replied: "If there are seeds, we should be able to persuade our villagers to plant flowers, and there should be no problem with one or two hundred acres." After a pause, he asked: "Manager Li also wants to do flower business?"

It is also a good thing for someone to invest and start a business together. It is much faster and more profitable than slowly accumulating wealth.

Manager Li smiled, "The flower market does have great potential, and the demand in major cities is also great. There are already mature flower markets in coastal cities and other large cities. The transportation environment in foreign countries has improved, and the flower business can still start from Yuncheng. Expand to other cities."

"Snowberry can be sold as fresh cut flowers, and it is also a raw material for well-known foreign perfumes. My wife and I have checked the relevant perfume-making process, and plan to open a factory to produce several classic perfumes for sale, creating a unique Huaguo brand, so that the whole world The whole world can know the charm of Huaguo perfume."

Manager Li wanted to set up a perfume factory, Jiang Ancheng was surprised and pleasantly surprised.

But soon, he calmed down again.

In the previous life, the domestic cosmetics market developed rapidly, and there were no brands that surpassed the international first-line, and their international popularity was not obvious.

In addition to the reasons such as publicity and advertising history, to a large extent, it is because domestic merchants mostly use synthetic fragrances that are profitable in order to make cosmetics more profitable.

Synthetic flavors are man-made flavors, any flower fragrance can be made with various chemical elements.

Most of the perfumes sold in the market are artificial fragrances.

Even a well-known brand in China, in order to reduce costs, advertises that it uses ancient extraction methods. In fact, artificial flavors account for 80.00%, and natural flavors only account for 20.00%.

Because two tons of flowers can only extract one liter of flower essence.

Perfume has a long history in foreign countries, and people will pay for expensive perfumes, but in China, there is actually little difference between artificially synthesized essences and natural extracts, and ordinary people can’t tell the difference at all. Therefore, domestic artificially synthesized perfumes are also selling well .

But in the international arena, compared with many natural perfumes, it is naturally not as good as others.

People who really like to use perfume are not fools, and Huaguo perfume is naturally not recognized by the international market.

Of course, there are also niche brands in China that insist on using natural essences to make perfumes. Many people are used to strong synthetic perfumes and feel that they are not fragrant enough. Domestic sales are not good, and foreign brands cannot gain popularity, so they are quickly eliminated by the market.

Manager Li wants to use flowers as raw materials to make perfume, Jiang Ancheng is not optimistic.

He seems to have seen the picture of Manager Li using artificial flavors in front of profits, which caused the large number of flowers they planted for him to be unsalable.

Manager Li didn't have the money to buy it, and would argue to him that Fragrant Snowberry could not be sold as a fragrance raw material, but could also be sold as a fresh-cut flower, which would not affect their income.

However, when hundreds of acres of fragrant flowers bloom at the same time, the flowering period is only a short week. If they cannot be sold within this week, what is worse than vegetables is that even pigs cannot eat them, and they have to be eradicated by hand.

Jiang Ancheng asked tentatively: "Has Manager Li found a master who specializes in making perfume?"

Manager Li paused, and said with a smile, "My wife and I tried it at home, and it's actually not that difficult."

They are non-professionals, have no specialized talents, and have never visited a perfume factory.

Jiang Ancheng politely suggested: "I think it's better for Manager Li to visit other people's perfume factories, and see how many raw materials are used to make a perfume. After the estimation and statistics, how many acres of flowers will be planted, which can also reduce risks. .”

As long as Manager Li knows that essence can be extracted not only by flowers, but also artificially synthesized, after referring to the investment of the two, perhaps he will no longer think about planting flowers for large-scale investment.

Manager Li smiled and said: "Brother Jiang is right, we have made plans, and will go to Guangcheng to have a look when we have time, and if it works, we will come back with flower seeds."

Jiang Ancheng nodded, "Yes, if Manager Li decides to sign a long-term planting agreement with our villagers, I will convince them."

Manager Li really didn't know anything about planting flowers, and asked unexpectedly: "Long-term planting, can't you plant and harvest every year?"

Jiang Ancheng shook his head: "It depends on the size of the flower bulb. It can bloom in the season when the flower bulb is large. If it is a scale branch or planted with seeds, it will take a year to grow, and it will be possible to bloom in the second year. Not too big."

"Also, if you want the flowers to be good, it's best to build a greenhouse to ensure the quality. If you don't build a greenhouse, there will be heavy rains during the flowering period, and the damage will be very serious."

Manager Li frowned instantly, and asked doubtfully, "Then this loss is also my fault?"

Jiang Ancheng nodded, "Sign the contract, that's it. If you don't sign the contract, there will be no guarantee in our village, and no one is willing to do it. It's better to grow food insurance."

At least two years had to be contracted for planting, and the loss must be guaranteed. Manager Li suddenly felt that he was being taken advantage of.

Harvest ready-made flowers and negotiate the price with everyone, but the output cannot be determined.

This is really not easy to do.

Manager Li's family and his wife's family are both well-off, but they can't afford such a big risk.

Before going to Guangcheng, he backed off a little, but said to Jiang Ancheng nonchalantly: "Okay, I understand, I will go to Guangcheng to do some research first, and if it doesn't work, I can't make perfume, and I can bring you some When the flower seeds come back, we will develop together."

Manager Li doesn't want to work for others for the rest of his life, so he has to settle for the next best thing. In fact, the flower business seems to be OK.

Jiang Ancheng smiled and said, "I look forward to working with Brother Li."

Manager Li laughed, "I'm looking forward to it too." Neili felt that Jiang Ancheng was a man of great accomplishment, and he was more sophisticated in his speech and demeanor than he had worked under Hua Guoyao for many years.

Manager Li was embarrassed to take Jiang Ancheng's things for nothing, and even specially gave him a bottle of foreign wine.

Jiang Ancheng went back with foreign wine, and everyone was still up. Teacher Wei cooked some finger corn and said to him, "Did you grow it yourself? It's the first time I've eaten such a small corn. It's fragrant, waxy and sweet. "

Jiang Ancheng smiled and said: "Well, it is specially grown for children to eat and play. If you like it, you can eat more." Looking at the ingredients that Mr. Wei sorted out from the back, he pointed to the passion fruit and said, "This is Yu Fei specifically asked me to bring you egg fruit, juiced stewed fish, stewed chicken, and cold rice noodles, all of which are delicious."

Teacher Wei smiled and said: "So this is egg fruit, try it tomorrow." Then he said to Jiang Ancheng: "There are too many of these dishes, do you want to get some and sell them?"

Jiang Ancheng shook his head, "No need, no need, you don't get much, eat slowly, teachers and neighbors can give some."

Teacher Wei's neighbors were enemies before, and the relationship has only eased in the past few years. After thinking about it, he said, "Then I will soak the pepper, bitter gourd, cucumber, and cowpea."

Jiang Ancheng cheered and said: "Last time, I thought the soaked cowpea made by the teacher was appetizing and refreshing. I was lucky to be able to cook two bowls of porridge at a time, hahaha."

Mrs. Wei smiled and said: "We are lucky, the tamarind cake made by your Miaolan is delicious."

Zeng Shuanglin was still holding a piece in his hand, savoring it carefully while nodding, "Delicious!"

Jiang Ancheng rubbed Zeng Shuanglin's small face, "Well, you have to be careful with delicious food, too much will cause tooth decay."

"Uh-huh."

Back in the room, Zeng Yilin handed the ledger and money to Jiang Ancheng, and also reported today's situation, "There are more people wholesale flowers today, and two people came to order ten pairs of flower baskets, and the time they want is at the end of the month. There are quite a few people who came up to us and wanted to learn how to make flowers from us, and they would do it for us for free for three months."

Jiang Ancheng looked through the ledger, and Zeng Yilin recorded it in detail, not only the sales record, but also the name and address of the flower orderer and the congratulatory deposit.

"Those who want to learn how to tie flowers for free don't need to talk to them, unless they give tuition fees, otherwise, they will work for free for a few days, thinking they have learned it, and they will run away."

Jiang Ancheng would rather hire the kind of people who work well, and he doesn't need apprentices for the time being.

Zeng Yilin remembered it, and said: "According to today's wholesale quantity, maybe the day after tomorrow, there will not be enough fragrant snowberry lilies."

"There are only half of the wind chimes, and the other flowers that are scarce in the first place can be sold as bouquets, and at most they can last until tomorrow."

The sudden improvement in their business was all due to the fact that the mountain folks had run out of harvested flowers in some areas, and Luo Sheng didn't have a car to go to the countryside to pull them. However, the daily market demand was still so large.

When their prices dropped, people naturally asked them to wholesale flowers again.

Jiang Ancheng smiled and said: "It's okay, sell as much as you have. When there are too few flowers and we can't wholesale, we will only retail. The flower shop will definitely continue to open. After two days of busy work, I will apply for a business license." .”

When Zeng Yilin heard that he needed a business license, he was very happy that the flower shop would continue to operate stably in the future. He grinned his teeth and said, "I will work hard!"

"it is good."

After Zeng Yilin left, Jiang Ancheng took out the foreign wine and took a closer look. Manager Li was really generous, he gave genuine imported goods, all of which were foreign language symbols, and he couldn't understand a single word.

Imported goods in this era are very expensive, Jiang Ancheng cheerfully put the red wine back, preparing to take it out to celebrate with everyone on the day of moving into the new house.

Accompanying Song Xueyao home and tossing around, he was also tired, lying on the bed and sleeping until dawn.

As soon as I got up, I felt my head was groggy and my throat was dry and sore.

He, who is used to being strong, actually showed signs of illness.

It may be that I have been busy these days, and my sleep time is short, and my body is a bit overwhelmed.

Jiang Ancheng planned to go to the clinic to get a few packs of medicine. In the yard, Teacher Wei was processing bitter gourd, and Zeng Yilin had already wrapped half a carload of small bouquets.

Seeing him coming out of the room, Zeng Yilin walked over and said, "Brother, the flower baskets you planted for Ms. Song and the others last time were also very beautiful. Why don't you buy some bamboo baskets and put a few more? They should sell well."

Jiang Ancheng nodded, "Well, I'll go buy it now."

As soon as he spoke, his hoarse voice caught Teacher Wei's attention, "Have you caught a cold? Wait, I'll find you some medicine."

Jiang Ancheng waved his hand, "It's okay, I'll go buy a flower basket and ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine."

"That's fine, don't you know where it is?"

"I know, I know, I turned left again." Jiang Ancheng asked again: "Haven't you had breakfast yet? I'm going to buy a few bowls of thin bean flour. I haven't eaten for a long time."

"Okay, you don't need to buy broken crispy cakes. I have them at home. I can just warm up a few."

Thin bean flour is the king of Yuncheng's breakfast industry. It is made from ground peas and boiled. It can be mixed and matched with various staple foods.

Jiang Ancheng's favorite is bait wrapped in thin bean flour. There is a breakfast shop in front of him that is doing very well. And crushed peanuts, mint, cilantro and scallions are enjoyable.

The dilute bean flour shop is not far from the small clinic.

Jiang Ancheng first asked the proprietress to make a few bowls of dilute soybean powder, and hurried into the small clinic. The smell of traditional Chinese medicine penetrated his nose and rushed straight to his brain.

Now the clinics are half divided between Western medicine and Chinese medicine, and older people trust Chinese medicine more.

One can get a glimpse of it from the abundant Chinese medicinal materials market in Yuncheng.

A middle-aged man in a white coat asked him, "Come to take your pulse?"

The pulse must be charged separately.

Jiang Ancheng shook his head, "I have a cold, I want to get some cold medicine."

"Chinese medicine or Western medicine?"

"Western medicine."

The man suddenly became enthusiastic, "Come here, I'll take your temperature, and I won't prescribe you medicine until I've confirmed the diagnosis."

Jiang Ancheng approached, touched his forehead, listened to his heartbeat with a stethoscope, and told him: "There is nothing wrong with your body, just take the medicine for three days, three times a day, drink plenty of water and rest."

After finishing speaking, he turned around, took several jars of different sizes from the cabinet, poured out some white and yellow pills, wrapped them in paper, and carefully wrote the order of taking them on the pill pack.

Jiang Ancheng went out to get the medicine, and the proprietress had already made the bean powder. Seeing that the plastic bag in his hand was carrying western medicine, he wentssiped and said, "What's wrong with you? Why don't you ask Mr. Zhang to take your pulse? Two prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine were prescribed, and Western medicine hurts the liver and is not good for the body."

Jiang Ancheng smiled, "It's just a cold, it's convenient to take western medicine, and the dosage is not large, so it's fine."

The proprietress is a loyal supporter of Chinese medicine, and she immediately showed disapproval that this young man didn't treat his body well at all.

Let her know that Chinese medicine has declined after decades, so she should be sad.

When Jiang Ancheng returned to the yard, Zeng Yilin immediately took the bean powder in his hand, and Zeng Shuanglin brought him hot water again with a thud, signaling him to take medicine with his eyes.

These two children are so sensible, Jiang Ancheng is very relieved, he is not mistaken.

In addition to breaking crispy cakes, Teacher Wei also cooked some rice noodles and pea tips, which are also delicious when mixed into thin bean flour.

Jiang Ancheng felt much better after eating a bowl of hot dilute soybean powder.

Zeng Yilin did not forget to remind him: "Brother, go to sleep again!"

Jiang Ancheng stood up, "No, I have something to talk about."

Boss Hua’s pigeons were released yesterday, and today no matter how sleepy or tired I am, I have to go and wait for them to come.

When Jiang Ancheng went to Boss Hua's shop, Manager Li arranged for him to enter the reception room in advance.

Hua Guoyao came earlier than expected, and when he saw Jiang Ancheng, he boasted: "Brother Jiang, your flower basket really opened our eyes, it's so beautiful!"

The opening flower baskets that Hua Guoyao has seen in big cities are not as willing to use flowers as Jiang Ancheng.

Jiang Ancheng smiled, "Boss Hua must do his best to take care of our business, and he should be promoting it to us."

"Hahaha, Brother Jiang is interesting, so interesting."

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sat down before entering today's topic.

Hua Guoyao sighed deeply, "The matsutake found bugs. In order to monopolize the market, the local merchants in Sun Country raised the price of matsutake and publicized that the quality of our matsutake is not good. The order will be greatly affected in the short term. The matsutake purchase contract signed by the brothers may have to wait for a while before signing."

Jiang Ancheng originally thought that the matter was over, Hua Guoyao asked him to meet to increase the order quantity.

Looking at Hua Guoyao's appearance now, not only will he not increase the purchase volume, but will decrease it, he immediately frowned, "Then you can't export at all now?"

Hua Guoyao reassured: "The censorship is very strict now. After this period of time has passed, I will definitely let Manager Li contact Brother Jiang."

The exit was completely blocked, Hua Guoyao asked Manager Li to tell him directly.

I asked him alone to discuss this matter. It is likely that it can still be exported, but I felt that the price I gave him was too high, so I gave the order to someone else. I was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable and might need it in the future, so I specially summoned him. , I mean to say something polite.

Jiang Ancheng figured out the ins and outs, and nodded politely: "Then wait for news from Boss Hua."

The contract was not signed, only a verbal promise, and Hua Guoyao's willingness to appease him was already enough to save face.

Jiang Ancheng is not a person who is entangled. Without these orders, it is not impossible for them to survive.

Sooner or later, their matsutake will fetch a good price.

After leaving the shop, he still couldn't help feeling depressed.

If only he had the ability to export matsutake directly
Thinking about it, he shook his head soberly.

How can the capital accumulated by the family for several generations be achieved immediately after a lifetime of rebirth.

He cheered up, thinking about when Yi Weimin would ask him to collect mushrooms, and also thinking about who to sell the truffles to Europe when it was the season of truffle digging.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard in a daze, a man's happy voice sounded next to his ears: "Boss Jiang, you are finally back!"

Jiang Ancheng raised his head, it was Fei Yifa who was smiling all over his face.

From the looks of it, Fei Yifa Matsutake Sauce should be selling well.

Fei Yi grabbed Jiang Ancheng enthusiastically, laughed and said: "It's sold, it's sold, I'm looking for you this time to collect fungi!"

"Should we sign the contract now!"

After speaking, he took out a pen, paper and seal from his bag, impatient to finalize the matter.

It can't be sold at a high price, and it is not bad for someone to buy matsutake of average quality.

Jiang Ancheng immediately raised a smile, "Discuss here, discuss here!"

(End of this chapter)