Cuckoo has participated in several competitions before, and he knows some things during the competition very well. After entering the trading market, he acted as a guide and introduced Ling Zikai in detail.

In accordance with the practice of previous editions, a ginseng trade fair was also held at the same time during the holding of the King Participation Competition.

In the beginning, it attracted ginseng dealers from all over the country and a large number of tourists during the competition. Some local ginseng farmers and herders set up stalls around the museum to sell ginseng. The main target of the purchase is those tourists, and after the visit, they will bring a few sticks of ginseng back with them. Some ginseng dealers will also purchase some ginseng seedlings after they see good ginseng seedlings.

Because most of the ginseng seedlings are self-produced and sold, the price is relatively much cheaper than that sold in the market, and the business on these stalls is very hot.

Gradually, more and more people came to the stalls to sell ginseng, and the corresponding number of customers came to buy ginseng, which not only affected the traffic, but also affected the image of the competition.

The organizing committee of the competition gathered these stall vendors in an empty field to the west of the museum and set up a trading market.

With the increase in popularity, over time, this flea market turned out to be an important part of the contest.

The market is formed by the spontaneous organization of the people, and the buyers and sellers are from all over the world, and the fish and eyes are mixed, and it is inevitable that some people will use their brains crookedly and shoddy.

For example, five years of ginseng is sold as ten years, or ordinary round ginseng is sold as understory ginseng, and understory ginseng is sold as wild ginseng.

Not only will the tourists be deceived, but even the dealers who deal with ginseng will look away.

Because it is a free transaction, often after you find out that you are buying a fake, you can't find the owner of the goods, and you can only consider yourself unlucky.

Although there are things that happen every year, the price is cheap, and some people who have a certain experience and vision in ginseng identification will also find some high-quality ginseng on the stalls full of dazzling lights, so they can buy it at a low price.

It is said that in previous years, there were people who bought hundred-year-old ginseng at a price of several tens of yuan.

After the news came out, there were more and more people who wanted to try their luck in the market and look for good goods.

Human psychology is like this, just like buying a lottery ticket, knowing that the probability of winning the jackpot is very small, but always fantasizing that you can become the lucky one among tens of millions of people.

Because it's still early, there aren't many people in the market. Ling Zikai and the others walked along the long stalls in the market and watched.

I saw that the ginseng varieties sold at those stalls were really miscellaneous, covering almost all the ginseng varieties.

Those ginseng sold can be broadly divided into two categories: dried and fresh.

Generally speaking, those dried ginseng that has been processed will have a registered trademark, and the package is also accompanied by instructions, detailing the category of ginseng, origin, etc., which is not much different from the ginseng sold in shopping malls and pharmacies, and the price gap is not very large, so the people who pay attention to it are mainly tourists, who have discounts and do not have to worry about buying fakes.

For those who often deal with ginseng, it is the fresh ginseng that is still of interest. Their main purpose is not to purchase, but to exercise their eyesight with a bit of entertainment.

In the perception of ordinary people, in terms of the environment in which ginseng grows, it is divided into wild ginseng, understory ginseng, moving mountain ginseng, garden ginseng, etc., but few people know that in addition to these kinds of ginseng, there are two other kinds of ginseng, that is, "pool bottom ginseng" and "party goods".

The so-called "pond bottom ginseng" refers to some old ginseng fields or ginseng gardens that have been planted for some years and then become abandoned. But after these places are harvested, there will always be ginseng that is missed.

These ginseng grows in the natural environment and absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, so the active ingredients and nutrients are relatively improved.

If it grows for a long time, it is difficult to distinguish it from understory ginseng in terms of form and quality, and some of them can even be comparable to wild ginseng, but the real value is worse.

It's just that except for the person who digs the ginseng himself, it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish whether it is the understory ginseng or the bottom ginseng.

Those cunning visitors often sell the bottom ginseng as understory ginseng.

Another kind of "dumpling" refers to "moving ginseng".

That is to say, when the mountain farmers found that the wild ginseng seedlings were not suitable for stocking due to their small weight and ginseng age, they dug them out and transplanted them to the mountains and forests near their homes, so that they could be easily guarded and grow naturally.

Although it is a wild ginseng, after transplanting, the growing environment was forcibly changed, and the quality was affected accordingly. It is difficult to compare with the normal growth of wild ginseng.

If you still feel a little wronged when you buy this kind of party goods called "mountain migration" at the price of wild ginseng, then you will know what it means to be a "pit man" when you buy another kind of ginseng called "home migration".

With the continuous development of artificial cultivation of ginseng, some people transplant all kinds of understory ginseng or all kinds of ginseng that have grown in the shed for a long time, and the shape is similar to that of mountain ginseng, to the mountain forest, without watering or fertilizing, so that it can grow naturally in the wild environment.

And once every three years, the bad ginseng with scars, rust, broken heads and legs is picked out, and the good ginseng is replanted, and after growing for ten years or even decades, it is dug up and sold as wild ginseng.

Because the price of wild ginseng is more than 10,000 yuan, if you really buy the goods, the loss will be great. Therefore, in this ginseng trading market, there are very few wild ginseng appears, and even if it is taken out for sale, few people will buy it, unless it is identified by the ginseng laboratory and issued a coded certificate printed with the authenticity that can be checked at any time, people dare to buy it.

After listening to the introduction of the cuckoo and knowing that there was no wild ginseng in this market, Ling Zikai's interest suddenly decreased a lot, and after shopping casually for a while, he wanted to leave.

At this moment, Su Guoer, who was next to him, suddenly said: "Look, how did that kid buy carrots as ginseng." ”

A few people followed Su Guoer's instructions, and sure enough, they saw a stall made of a black plastic sheet by a twelve or thirteen-year-old child more than ten meters in front of them. On top of the plastic sheet was a ginseng-shaped plant that was twice the size of a carrot and covered with black soil.

"Buy ginseng, authentic wild ginseng, buy it if you want! ”

The little boy stood behind his stall and shouted loudly.

But no matter how much he shouted, the passers-by who walked past him didn't even stop when they saw the ginseng on the plastic sheeting, and continued to walk forward.

Obviously, no one took his shouting seriously, let alone the carrot as ginseng.

The cuckoo laughed: "This little boy is naughty enough, he plucked a carrot from the ground and brought it to the market to make trouble." ”

Zhang Jun joked to Su Guoer next to him: "Su Guoer, I heard that a few years ago, someone bought a wild ginseng worth one million yuan for only fifty yuan. Why don't you try your luck, maybe you can buy the real thing, and a thousand dollars will become 10 million!"

"Okay, as long as Brother Zhang pays, I'll buy it, and take it home to make a plate of cold carrot shreds!"

While laughing, several people had already walked up to the little boy.

The little boy shouted at them, "Big brothers, do you want wild ginseng, I can give it to you cheaper, just five hundred yuan!"

Maybe it was because no one wanted it for most of the day, and the little boy was a little disappointed, and suddenly cut the price by half.

Sugol said: "I said little brat, don't fool people here, let's take this carrot home as soon as possible, and let your mother fry it into a vegetable and eat it!"

"What do you say, I dug it out of a cave in the mountain behind my house, what about the authentic wild ginseng, how do you say it's a carrot?" argued the boy.

"Do you still say it's not a carrot, if it's a wild ginseng, why do you sell it for five hundred dollars, I-"

The cuckoo didn't wait for Su Guoer to finish speaking, and then interrupted him: "Okay, it's so adult, it's embarrassing to talk to a child." Let's go!"

At this moment, Ling Zikai felt the ancestral god energy in his body move without warning, just like a sleeping kitten suddenly smelling a fishy smell and waking up at once.