A treasure-appraisal maniac

As soon as he entered the medicine garden, Lu Fei saw patches of medicinal materials.

Scutellaria baicalensis, angelica dahurica, isatis root and other common medicinal materials in the north are everywhere here.

Although these medicinal materials are not scarce, the medicinal materials in the medicine garden grow well, are generally of high age, have thick leaves and stems, and are much more effective than ordinary ones.

After walking more than ten meters, Lu Fei discovered something good.

What Lu Fei saw were two Guan Fangfeng trees.

The rhizome of Guanfengfeng can be used as medicine, and has the functions of relieving sweating, dispelling wind and dehumidifying.

It is mainly used to treat colds, headaches without sweating, migraines, joint pain, tetanus and other diseases.

There is no shortage of these things in the market, but 99% of them are artificially cultivated, and there are very few pure wild ones.

Even if there are, the vintage is pitiful.

Pure wild Guan Fangfeng, even if it is only one or two years old, is worth nearly a thousand yuan per kilogram.

These two plants are wind-resistant. Although their leaves are dry, they are quite plump. Their stems are as thick as a little finger. They are at least fifty years old, which is really rare.

“Brother Xue, don’t your medicine gardens have different medicinal materials?”

"Why does Guan Fangfeng grow together with Scutellaria and Angelica dahurica?" Lu Fei asked.

"Mr. Lu is right, our medicinal materials have no regional distinction."

"When the medicine garden was built, the old owner transplanted medicinal materials from various places and allowed them to grow naturally without even using artificial fertilization or irrigation."

“The medicinal materials are grown and sown, and they are naturally spread by wind and birds.”

"We are just doing weeding and killing insects, and everything else will be restored to its natural state."

"Nowadays, all kinds of medicinal materials can be found within a radius of fifty miles, but the medicinal gardens are relatively concentrated."

"Last year when I went fishing in Paozi in the north, I found a wild ginseng that was more than ten years old," Xue Cheng said.

"Is there any wild ginseng here?" Lu Fei asked.

"Of course there are, and there are quite a few of them." Xue Cheng said.

The three of them chatted while walking, and Lu Fei saw a lot of good things.

Gastrodia elata,

Niu Xi, Codonopsis pilosula, Motherwort, Polygonum multiflorum and Panax notoginseng were all seen.

Walking deep into the mountain, Lu Fei finally saw wild ginseng.

The leaves are of the fifth grade and the stems are thick. Judging from the age, it must be at least fifty years old.

Subsequently, several more plants were found, all of which were at least fifty years old. The most impressive one, Lu Fei judged, was at least one hundred and fifty years old, which was very rare.

"Mr. Lu, how about these medicinal materials?" Xue Cheng asked.

"Not bad, not bad. A century-old family of traditional Chinese medicine really deserves its reputation!"

"hey-hey!"

"Mr. Lu and Mr. Gao, come with me, and I will show you the real treasure."

"Is there anything more powerful?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Of course, come with me."

Xue Cheng led the way, while Lu Fei and Gao Yuan followed closely behind.

After walking for more than ten minutes, a square boulder appeared in front of me.

There is a towering redwood tree growing next to the boulder.

This redwood tree is as thick as a three-person hug. It is straight and straight. The distance between the crown of the tree and the ground is at least thirty meters.

Xue Cheng took Lu Fei to the side of the redwood tree, and then pointed at the ground. Lu Fei looked in the direction of Xue Cheng's finger and was instantly stunned.

Qipinye, Lao Bangchui!

Damn, this is so awesome!

Qipin leaves refer to the naturally growing compound leaves of wild ginseng.

Ginseng is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Araliaceae family. It has palmate whorled leaves and blooms in early summer. The flowers are small, light yellow-green, with strong umbrella inflorescences and single terminal fruits.

People usually distinguish the maturity level of ginseng by its leaves. One-year ginseng is composed of three small leaves, called Sanhuazi.

The two-year-old leaves are composed of five leaflets, three are larger and two are smaller, shaped like a human hand, and are called horseshoes.

Two petioles of three years, each branch

The five leaves are called Erjiazi.

The three four-year-old petioles are called the lampstand.

The four branches that are five years old are called four-grade leaves.

Five petioles that are six years old are called five-pin leaves.

Those with six palmate compound leaves are called six-pin leaves, but wild ginseng is rare.

Because wild ginseng grows slowly, it sometimes causes "leapfrogging" due to malnutrition.

That is to say, the wild ginseng that had four palmately compound leaves last year changed into three palmately compound leaves this year.

There are only a few leapfrogging phenomena where the "third-grade leaves" of the previous year become "fifth-grade leaves" this year.

When ginseng reaches the sixth-grade leaves, it is difficult to grow any more leaves, which only increase the weight of the roots. Therefore, the sixth-grade leaves of ginseng are extremely precious.

As for the seventh-grade leaf, it is a legendary existence.

Only when there are no natural enemies, the soil is fertile, the air is moderate, and many other factors are combined, will Qipin Ye grow.

Although the seventh-grade leaves cannot represent the age of wild ginseng, they can prove that the medicinal properties of this wild ginseng must be the best.

It is precisely because of this that the seventh-grade wild ginseng is a rare treasure among treasures.

Although it is winter now, the seven sets of fat compound leaves of the wild ginseng in front of me are not completely dry.

Moreover, the leaf stems are straight and twice as thick as chopsticks.

The part where the roots connect to the soil is as thick as a finger. You can imagine how big the reed heads underneath are.

Judging from experience, the age of this wild ginseng must not be less than six hundred years, which is really rare.

Lu Fei had wild ginseng that was six hundred years old or even eight hundred years old, but seeing this wild ginseng made Lu Fei inexplicably excited.

Because this wild ginseng is alive.

Looking at the soil quality and unique geographical environment here, as long as it is not destroyed by man-made damage, it can definitely grow indefinitely.

Therefore, this wild ginseng has great potential, and its value is not comparable to the wild ginseng in Lu Fei's hands.

"Mr. Lu

, can you tell how old this stick is? "Xue Cheng said proudly.

"hehe!"

"Brother Xue, you want to test me!" Lu Fei said with a smile.

Lu Fei guessed right, Xue Cheng just wanted to test Lu Fei.

It was a fact that Xue Taihe worshiped Lu Fei as his disciple. As an employee of the Xue family, although Xue Cheng did not dare to make a mistake, he was very unconvinced.

Our Mr. Xue is a great Chinese doctor!

My ancestor was a famous imperial doctor.

You, Lu Fei, are just a young man in your early twenties. Why do you want to be Mr. Xue’s master?

This is too nonsense!

So Xue Cheng has been looking for opportunities to test Lu Fei's skills.

It was Xue Cheng who deliberately led Lu Fei here.

Faced with Lu Fei's question, Xue Cheng chuckled.

"You are Mr. Xue's master. Xue Cheng does not dare to question it. He is just asking you for advice."

"hehe!"

"Brother Xue, there is no need to explain. I know what you are thinking, and I can also understand your mood."

"I won't say much else. Didn't you ask me about this ginseng? Then I will tell you about it."

"This ginseng has rare seventh-grade leaves. The leaf stems are thick and the roots of the leaf stems are black and almost iron-colored."

"So I judge that the age of this ginseng plant should be around 630 years."

Hiss——

Xue Cheng was shocked when he heard this.

Lu Fei continued.

"The soil quality in the two-meter radius around this ginseng plant is slightly different from other plants. It should have been transplanted from Changbai Mountain."

"Depending on how well the two soils merge, it will take no more than thirty years."

"So I'm sure that this ginseng plant was not transplanted by the ancestors of the Xue family. It should have been transplanted by Lao Xue or Lao Xue's father thirty years ago."

"Brother Xue, I don't know if what I said is right?"