Chapter 9: Leaving the Sea of Clouds

"Young man, do you know that the forest farm owes thirty or forty million debts, and you are scared!"

Uncle Bol's face showed displeasure: "To be a man, you must have a mind like a mountain in order to do earth-shattering things, and to look at things, you must learn from the mountain eagle to fly high in the sky in order to see farther!"

"In your eyes, there is a huge debt left in the forest farm now, that is, you don't have the eyes of a mountain eagle, and you can't find the treasure in the forest! The gate of wealth hidden in the mountain needs to be opened with your sincerity and bravery as the key!"

Uncle Boer said as he tilted his head and poured a large sip of spirits, took out a piece of meat from the pot, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly. A pair of eyes full of wisdom narrowed slightly, and kept looking at Ling Zikai.

Du Juan also looked at Ling Zikai with a complicated gaze and said, "Are you really unwilling to stay because of the arrears?"

After a pause, he said, "If I had a way to pay off my debts, you would stay, wouldn't you?"

Ling Zikai was silent, his heart was in a mess. He would never have imagined that things would turn out like this.

After he was full of wine and meat, Uncle Bol snorted with a big cigarette pouch. Ling Zikai saw Du Juan sitting at the door of Puluozi and packing up a few ginseng sticks that he had snatched back from Sun Ergou, so he walked over curiously.

This is the first time Ling Zikai has seen live ginseng. In terms of shape, it is similar to what is sold in pharmacies, the main stem is spindle-shaped, and there are countless branches underneath, because it is fresh, there is more moisture, the color is more white than yellow, and the meat is fat. When digging, it is accompanied by stems and leaves, which are slightly obovate, ten centimeters long and four or five centimeters wide, apex acute, base wedge-shaped, margins finely serrate, and a few bristles scattered on the upper veins.

Seeing Ling Zikai looking at it with interest, the cuckoo asked, "Haven't you seen it, isn't it beautiful? It's not flowering yet, and it's even more beautiful when it blooms!"

Ling Zikai asked, "Is this a wild ginseng?"

The cuckoo smiled: "Now there are very few wild ginseng, you can only see it in the old forest, and it is difficult to come across it, this is the forest ginseng." ”

Seeing Ling Zikai's puzzled look, he explained: "The ginseng sold in the market now can be roughly divided into three types, one is the wild ginseng that grows purely and naturally in the mountains, the quantity is very small, and the price is also very high, all of them are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and hundreds of thousands of sticks. ”

"There is also the understory ginseng that is sown in the forest artificially and grows in the natural environment, and the price is cheaper than that of wild ginseng, about a few thousand dollars a piece. That's what you're seeing right now. ”

"The rest is the garden ginseng that is completely artificially planted in the ground, which is the least valuable, a few hundred yuan a piece, and a few dozen yuan of light years are enough. ”

"In addition, there is a kind of ginseng called moving ginseng, which is planted in the ground for a few years, and then transplanted to the mountains to grow for a few years, which is more expensive than garden ginseng, but it is not as valuable as forest ginseng. ”

The cuckoo paused and said, "In the forest farm, we have planted several pieces of understory ginseng, but the year is still shallow, like this, only five leaves!"

"What are five leaves?" Ling Zikai asked curiously.

Rhododendron explained: "In the first year of ginseng, there is only one leaf at the top of the stem, and the leaf has three leaflets, commonly known as "three flowers"; in the second year, there is still only one leaf on the stem, but the leaf has five leaflets, called "slap", in the third year, it has two compound leaves with five small leaves, called "Erjiazi", in the fourth year, it increases to three whorling compound leaves, called "lampstand", in the fifth year, it increases to four whorling compound leaves, called "four leaves", and in the sixth year, there are five whorling compound leaves at the top of the stem, called "five leaves". ”

"Most of the five leaves in the forest farm are available for sale, but the price is not very high, so it's a pity to pick them. After another five or six years of sales, the price will increase several times. ”

"Is there a lot of understory parameters?"

"There are probably tens of thousands of them!"

"How much will each plant sell for then?"

"According to the lowest price, one plant can be sold for two or three thousand yuan!"

Ling Zikai took a breath of cold air when he heard this, more than 10,000 plants, that is an income of two or three hundred million yuan!

"According to this calculation, it doesn't matter if the forest farm loses tens of millions now!"

The cuckoo was silent for a moment and said, "In fact, it's not just the income of these ginseng, the biggest benefit is still in those wood!"

Du Juan looked at Ling Zikai with some expectation in his eyes, obviously saying, are you still worried about the huge debt now? Are you willing to stay and run the forest farm.

Ling Zikai was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice, "Can you give me a little time and let me think about it, okay?"

The next day, Ling Zikai told Du Juan that he was leaving.

The cuckoo didn't say anything more, turned and walked out of the house.

After a while, I saw that she brought two horses, one white and one red, and said, "Do you know how to ride a horse? Let's ride a horse to Yunhai County, which is faster and more comfortable than taking a bus!"

Like most people, Ling Zikai had long dreamed of one day being able to sit in the saddle, spur the horse, and gallop on the vast grassland. Although there is no grassland now, it is good to be able to experience the taste of sitting on horseback, and I can't help but be overjoyed and say, "Great, I have never experienced the fun of horseback riding, thank you!"

Both horses were fat and strong, shiny and smooth. Especially the jujube red, with a round waist and back, thick limbs, and a long look like a fire from a distance, mighty and extraordinary. Ling Zikai fell in love with it at a glance and walked over.

The cuckoo stopped him and said, "You should ride that white horse, which is our own family, and it is gentle and easy to control." This jujube horse is borrowed from Uncle Bor's family, it is more fierce, and it will bully the living!"

"It's okay, see how I subdue it!"

Du Juan's words aroused Ling Zikai's strong heart, and he quickened his pace and walked to the red date horse.

Sure enough, as the cuckoo said, the red date horse didn't wait for Ling Zikai to get closer, he took a few steps back, and a pair of bright eyes stared at him, full of vigilance.

Ling Zikai walked up slowly, just approaching the red date horse, who would have thought that it suddenly turned sideways, raised its hind hooves, and kicked over.

"Be careful!"

The cuckoo screamed, fearing that he had been kicked by the horse's hooves.

After Ling Zikai hurriedly took a few steps back, he rushed to the front of the jujube red horse, grabbed the reins with his left hand, and slapped his right hand at its neck, invisibly transporting the ancestral god energy.

As if sensing the energy of the ancestral god, the jujube red horse suddenly showed a look of fear, and let out a low neighing from his mouth, not daring to struggle in the slightest.

Ling Zikai saw that the jujube red horse suddenly became honest, slapped its right hand and changed direction, grabbed the saddle, and wanted to jump on the horse's back. But the jujube red horse was about one meter five or six tall, and he couldn't get into the saddle after jumping a few times, but it made the cuckoo next to him cover his mouth and laugh.

Ling Zikai heard the cuckoo's laughter, and felt some heat on his face, thinking that if this horse could squat down, it would be easy for him to ride on horseback.

As soon as this thought came to my heart, a magical scene appeared, the jujube red horse really bent its two hind legs, and its whole body was much lower.

Ling Zikai was overjoyed, hurriedly grabbed the saddle, and sat down. Just as he wanted the horse to stand up, the red horse seemed to have understood his thoughts, stood up again, and stood there obediently.

The cuckoo next to him had already stopped laughing, opened his mouth, and looked at Ling Zikai sitting on horseback in a daze, obviously stunned by the scene just now.

"Let's go!"

Ling Zikai looked at the cuckoo with some pride, then looked at the mountain road leading to Yunhai County, and gave an order to the jujube red horse in his heart: go to that road.

Seeing that the jujube red horse really walked towards the mountain road, Ling Zikai somewhat understood, presumably it was the function brought by the ancestral god inheritance, and he reached a communication with the jujube red horse with consciousness. As for why the jujube red horse became so honest, does it need an explanation?

The ancestral god who dominates all living beings in the mountains wants to subdue a horse, isn't that a child!

There was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, presumably the cuckoo who had come back to his senses and rode after him.

"Hey, stop, how can you ride a horse like this! ”

"What's wrong?"

Ling Zikai stopped his horse and turned his head to ask.

"Do you look at yourself like you're riding a horse?"

Ling Zikai looked at the cuckoo, the soles of his feet were on the horses' shoes, his legs were between the horse's belly, and the reins were in his hands;

"It's the first time I've seen such a riding position, my equestrian skills are much better than yours!"

While laughing, Ling Zikai also stepped his feet into the horseshoe.

The cuckoo is constantly pointing out the points of riding, such as never standing behind the horse and behind the side to prevent being kicked. Check whether the belly strap is fastened before getting on the horse, it is easy to turn the saddle if it is not tightened, which is the most dangerous.

There is also the riding position, when the horse walks small, the front half of the foot is pedaled, and the upper body sits upright in the saddle. When walking and running, the calf knees and inner thighs are clamped hard, the body is slightly leaned forward, the hips and saddle seem to be touched, and the rhythm of the horse's running is undulating.

Push on your toes when you get on the horse, press on your left toes when you dismount, then release your right foot and then dismount. It is very important to pedal on the toes of the upper and lower horses, once the horse is frightened or refuses to ride and runs away, the person will fall at most, if the whole foot is covered in the pedal, it will be dragged and the whole person will be dragged by the horse, which is very dangerous.

There is also the control of the reins, when the horse runs, the reins should not be too tight or too loose. In case of emergency, tighten the reins and allow the horse to stop quickly.

For a rookie like Ling Zikai, Du Juan is undoubtedly a good coach. He listened to the gist and tried it, and after running for a few miles, he basically mastered the gist of it. And he also has an advantage that no one else can match, which is the ability to control the horse with his consciousness.

After walking for a while, Ling Zikai was a little too slow, so he let the jujube red horse trot, and then accelerated his pace, and then let the jujube red horse run quickly.

"Slow down, don't run too fast!"

The cuckoo followed closely behind, screaming in fear.