Happy Shennong

Chapter 28
Zhong Ling seemed to be very interested in this question, and even played tricks on Linley.

As for Linley, since he had never seen it before and had no suitable reference, he couldn't guess it at all.With the reminder of Zhong Ling's two fingers, he had a general direction.

"Boss Zhong, although I can't see anything special about those potatoes, but judging from the complexity of transportation, they should not be ordinary potatoes that can be seen in the market. I also believe that potatoes that cost two yuan a catty, It's also impossible to attract the attention of a big boss like you. So... I guess twenty."

What he thought was that if he used the pond water to grow a new type of potato, it would probably cost 20 yuan a catty.And he has lived for more than 20 years, and he has never seen more expensive vegetables than he sells.

He has a certain degree of confidence in his conjecture.

Zhong Ling shook his head, and said casually, "It's far more than this price."

"What? Could it be that the potatoes can still sell for two hundred and one catties?"

Linley frowned, obviously a little surprised.

What surprised him even more was that Zhong Ling shook his head again: "Actually, it's two thousand one catty."

"What?"

Linley shrank back in a daze as if he had been electrocuted.His eyes were wide open, and he looked at Zhong Ling in horror. It took him a while to come back to his senses: "Boss Zhong, are you really two thousand one catty, not two thousand one ton?"

The wholesale price of potatoes is about one yuan per catty.Calculated, one ton is exactly 2000 yuan.So when he heard Zhong Ling's quotation, he naturally thought of this.

Zhong Ling smiled faintly again: "Mr. Lin, you don't know something. What you saw just now are La-Bonnotte potatoes grown on the French island of Noir-Mougère. The transliteration is La-Bonnotte potatoes. This kind of potatoes It is very soft and can only be collected by hand, with an annual output of less than 2000 tons. Because of its delicate taste, it is the nobleman among potatoes, and the idea that rare things are more expensive makes the price of this kind of potatoes very high. Coupled with the various costs of air freight to China, the domestic price has never been lower than [-] yuan per catty."

Linley stood there dumbfounded, speechless.

After all, he is just an ordinary person, and he is a young man who has just left school and has little social experience.If he hadn't got the Shennong Tower, he might not be able to accept 20 yuan a catty of potatoes.

The new type of vegetables he grew were [-] times more expensive than ordinary vegetables, which was already appalling.

Even if the La Bonnnot potatoes that Zhong Ling said cost 200 yuan a catty, that would be more than a hundred times more than what he had imagined.I really didn't expect that the price of potatoes, which can be said to be the most common and cheapest ingredient, can be doubled by a full two thousand times!
Could it be that... that potato contains gold and silver?
However, he finally accepted the reality.

Although he found it unbelievable, he understood a truth: something that he has never seen does not necessarily not exist.According to Zhong Ling, although La Bonnault potatoes are expensive, there is a reason for that.

This time, he was greatly eye-opened.He also finally understood why Zhong Ling accepted his offer frankly when someone called him stupid when he was selling vegetables for the first time.

The reason is simple, his dishes are very expensive, but only compared to ordinary vegetables.As for Zhong Ling, it was obvious that he had already seen the sky-high priced potatoes like La Bonnnot.

Vegetables that have been doubled twenty times are nothing compared to potatoes that have been doubled two thousand times.

Thinking of this, Linley blushed, "Boss Zhong, it's because I'm ignorant that I made you laugh."

"Nothing." Zhong Ling waved his hand, "I told many people before, but most of them didn't believe it. Some even called me stupid, saying that I didn't even have the most basic ability to distinguish. Believe the rumors on the Internet. And you can believe and accept this fact in such a short period of time, which is considered good."

"What you said is actually understandable. After all, the price of La Bonnot potatoes is too appalling. By the way, Boss Zhong, is there anyone in China who grows this kind of potatoes?"

"That's exactly what I want to tell you. As far as I know, at least five years ago, some people in China started to try it. The requirements of soil, environment, climate, nutrients, technology and other factors are extremely harsh. As a result, so many years have passed, and so far I have never heard of anyone successfully planting it in China."

"That's why. If anyone and anywhere can grow it, it's impossible to sell it at a sky-high price."

As Linley spoke, he rubbed his temples and began to think.

Zhong Ling nodded: "What about you? Mr. Lin, you are the best vegetable farmer I have ever seen. I don't know, do you have the confidence to grow La Bonnnot potatoes?"

"Hmm... I really can't be sure about this. However, I am eager to try it. Boss Zhong, do you know where I can buy this kind of potatoes?"

"To be honest, it is almost impossible to buy in the name of an individual. There are not many that are shipped to the country. Like Qingyun International Hotel, which is the best five-star hotel in the city, you can get ten The supply of kilograms. A five-star hotel in a first-class city like Longteng, the provincial capital, has a little more, and can basically supply ten kilograms a month. However, how can the hotel transfer such precious and scarce ingredients?"

"Hiss... Then you mean, I can't buy this kind of potatoes at all. Without potatoes, I don't even have the opportunity to try planting. It seems that I can't keep up with this big money."

"Mr. Lin, don't be discouraged, but don't waste too much energy on this matter. I can't guarantee that I can buy potatoes for you, but I will help you pay attention. As long as there is a chance, I will help you fight for it." .”

Linley nodded repeatedly, and held Zhong Ling's little hand tightly: "Thank you, thank you..."

"Ahem..." Zhong Ling was a little embarrassed, and said with a blushing face, "Mr. Lin, you are welcome, we are partners, and we pay attention to mutual benefit and win-win. One thing I want to explain in advance, if you are really with my help, you will succeed. La Bonnnot potatoes are planted and must be given priority to me."

"That's natural, you can rest assured."

Zhong Ling nodded, withdrew his hand, stroked the hair that was not messy around his ear, and said: "Mr. Lin, I said before that I wanted to visit your vegetable garden. Can I do it today? It happens to be today." Have time."

"Okay, then let's go?"

"it is good!"

Zhong Ling seemed very excited and immediately got into the car.As soon as Da Fei was asked to start the car, her phone rang.

Seeing the caller ID, she quickly picked up the phone: "Hello, uncle. What? There is a problem with the food that was delivered earlier? What's the problem? Hmm...Okay, then I'll be right over."

Despite her reluctance, she got out of the car and apologized to Linley.

Linley waved his hand and said, "Boss Zhong, you are a very busy person, I understand. You should do your work first, and then come to Yangliu Village to find me when you are done."

Zhong Ling was in a hurry and left in a hurry without saying much.

Not long after, he was in a teahouse and saw the uncle who had just called him—a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking refined.

Zhong Ling walked away from the waiter who followed, without ordering anything, and went straight to the point: "Uncle, what's the matter?"

The man took out a few photos and pushed them in front of her: "Take a look first, are these the vegetables you sent for testing?"

"Well, that's all. Uncle, what kind of problem is it? Will it affect the launch of corresponding dishes?"

At a glance, Zhong Ling knew that what her uncle was talking about was exactly the few kinds of vegetables that Lin Leixin provided.But why did the green vegetables test before have no problems, but this time something went wrong?
What she is most worried about now is that the vegetables are not up to standard and cannot be served on the table.

"Ling'er, don't worry. The tests of these vegetables are all qualified and meet the edible standard. It's just..."

Hearing this, Zhong Ling let out a long sigh of relief.

However, she was still a little curious: "Just what?"

The man said slowly: "From these vegetables, I have detected ingredients that cannot be contained in the corresponding ordinary vegetables. In fact, it has already been detected in the green vegetables you sent before. At that time, we worked overtime and were busy for two days. , and failed to detect what substance it was. The only thing we can be sure of is that the substance is not harmful to the human body."

"and then?"

Zhong Ling's heart hangs, she knows that the inspection of ingredients by relevant departments is extremely strict.

"Then, I sent the specimens to the provincial capital for testing. Finally, today, the results came out."

"Uncle, don't be a fool, tell me quickly, what's the result?"

The man shook his head: "The superior didn't tell me directly what kind of substance it was, but said that the kind of substance is not harmful to the human body, but has great benefits. So, the vegetables you sent for testing not only meet the edible standard , and the top also said that it can be vigorously promoted.”

"Really?" Zhong Ling was a little suspicious.

In her opinion, public inspectors like her uncle are generally only in charge of inspection and will not give subjective evaluation of the inspection, because it is easy to be used as propaganda.

The man raised his face: "Can I joke with you about this kind of thing? Linger, to be honest, where do you get these vegetables?"

"I bought it."

"Don't make trouble, uncle just wants to know what heat these vegetables are and where they are grown. Although the above did not tell me clearly what substances are contained in vegetables, I always feel that these substances are not simple. If It was deliberately planted by vegetable farmers, so this vegetable farmer is even more difficult."

Zhong Ling smiled and said, "Uncle, if you really want to know, just follow me. I just happened to be going to visit the vegetable garden of that not-so-simple vegetable farmer you mentioned."

"Really?"

Zhong Ling imitated the way of a man, and set up a score: "Can I joke with you about this kind of thing?"

"Little girl, you're getting fatter and fatter!" The man raised his hand and rubbed Zhong Ling's head, stood up and said, "Let's go!"

……

On the other side, on the way back to the village, Lin Lei suddenly received a call from Ma Fugui: "Xiao Lei, it's not good, something happened in the shop!"

(End of this chapter)