Chapter 399: Transplanting the Laurel Tree and Digging Yellow Essence

As soon as Xiaoxi saw the waterfowl at the water's edge, he flew over from Zhang Taiping's gang and played with them, but when the grimace came to the water's edge, it was a startled birdsong. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info ȫ \ \ \

Zhang Taiping squatted by the water and washed his face, the cool lake water stimulated his nerves and immediately became much more energetic, and then sat on a stone at random, took out a cigarette and smoked it. After Grimace drank some water by the water, he didn't sprinkle joy like Xiaoxi, but squatted quietly beside Zhang Taiping, it was always so steady and heartfelt.

In the afternoon, the sun softens, and the sky in the mountains is darker than outside, and by this time there is already a mountain breeze, and the sparkling water is rippling with the afterglow of the setting sun. This situation, coupled with the warm breeze, makes people unconsciously have a relaxed and lazy feeling.

Zhang Taiping smoked two cigarettes in a row, lying on the stone by the water to feel the tranquility. It wasn't until the sun reached the top of the mountain in the west, where the light gradually dimmed, that he called Xiaoxi with a grimace and went around to the southeast edge of the reservoir.

The big stone that sealed the entrance of the cave was intact, and Zhang Taiping easily picked it up with both hands and put it on the side.

Everything in the valley didn't seem to have changed, Zhang Taiping walked around, and there was no trace of anyone in the stone house.

The main purpose of Zhang Taiping's visit this time was to move the two large laurel trees into the space first, and then find time to transplant them into his own garden. Without further ado, he took out the shovel and began to look around the two laurel trees to find a place to shovel.

These two trees are very old, and the root system below must be huge and cumbersome, and if you want to dig them, you must at least have a large pit with a diameter of six meters, and the depth depends on the specific situation of digging. After determining the location and drawing a circle, I started digging, which is not a small project if I did it alone.

Xiao Xi couldn't bear to wait beside him, stayed in the valley for a while, ran out for a while, and then stopped to rest on another tree when the sky was full of stars. Instead, Grimace has been walking around the stone houses in the valley to act as a watchman.

When I finally dug a pit with a diameter of six meters to a depth of two meters, I looked at my watch and it was already past three o'clock in the morning. Letting go of the shovel and climbing out of the pit and writing something outside, this is really not something that a normal person can do. Smoke a cigarette, drink some water, jump into the pit and continue.

The outline of the entire root of the tree has been dug up, and what needs to be done now is to cut off all the surrounding roots, otherwise if all these fibrous roots are dug up, even a 10-meter pit may not be able to be dug up, so only the main part is left to ensure that the tree can survive after transplanting, and as for the fibrous roots, it will grow again later.

He took out the axe that he had prepared and cut it along the wall of the pit, and the root of the tree with the thickness of his arm broke off in response. After cutting off the fibrous roots, the taproot is left to temporarily hold the anchor, pin the axe to the top of the tree, and swing the axe to cut off all the excess branches.

This is an inevitable process of transplanting huge trees, cutting off excess branches to facilitate transfer, but more importantly, the root system of the tree has a process of adapting to the environment after transplanting, if the above branches and leaves escape the lushness transpiration will be enhanced, and the ability to transport water under the roots can not meet the requirements required for transpiration, so it is a situation that cannot make ends meet, and the tree should lose too much water and die.

Most of the branches were cut off, leaving only a few main stems. Generally speaking, it should be cut off completely, but Zhang Taiping has a spatial spring and can properly retain some branches and leaves.

After coming down from the tree, the branches that come down are first collected into the space, and it is also hard firewood to bring back, and it is best to steam steamed buns and cook things during the New Year.

He didn't rush to use an axe to put the nearly bare laurel tree, but used his spiritual power to test it to see if he could put it into the space now. There was no sudden launch, just a gentle temptation, and sure enough, the spirit extended to the osmanthus tree connected to the earth, and then gave birth to the feeling of a mayfly shaking the tree.

Picking up the axe, he jumped into the pit three or two times and cut off the taproot that had been deeply rooted in the ground, and after a light push, the bare stump fell to the ground. Frightened, Xiao Xi, who was resting on another tree, flew into the sky and chirped.

After cutting off all the roots below with an axe, the fallen laurel tree disappeared in a flash of thought. Zhang Taiping also followed into the space, dug a pit to bury the laurel tree first, and then poured some space spring water on it.

After coming out, I looked at my watch, it was close to five o'clock, and it took me a whole night to dig such one, and I plan to go home tonight, it seems that there is no time to dig another one. I can only dig it up when I have time later.

The soil around the pit was refilled inside, and as for the few ginseng that had grown under the tree for a short period of time, it had now lost the environment for regrowth, and Zhang Taiping transplanted all of them into the space.

When everything was done, it was already dawn, and I went out of the valley and resealed the hole in and out of the valley with stones, and then I caught some game, washed it by the lake, and roasted it everywhere. After eating and playing, use water to clean up all traces on the water's edge, which is not a cautious but an instinctive habit of mountain people to go into the mountains to do things.

Full of food and wine, he walked out of the mountain with a grimace and a little joy in the golden sunlight that had just been sprinkled.

At this time, when I went out of the mountain and waited at home, it was just in the evening, plus a single time to collect medicine or something on the road, and it was night after I went back, which was exactly what Zhang Taiping wanted.

Coming up from under the reservoir, he stood on a small hill and thought about it, but he did not return from the road he had traveled twice before, much less from the road from the west, and what had happened on that road was so terrible that he would not set foot again for a long time. Instead, they marched to the east, where no one had set foot. The more primitive the place, the more medicinal herbs exist.

It is indeed right to go to the east, few people have set foot on it, and there are indeed many kinds of medicinal materials inside, and the year is not short. Zhang Taiping was not in a hurry to leave, and Xiaoxi was very busy.

Xiaoxi finally found another good thing, flew back and chirped on Zhang Taiping's shoulder. If it is left to look for it alone, it may not have such great enthusiasm, but when it is with Zhang Taiping, it seems to be very hard-working, and there is a fun in it with others, and it is more likely to be appreciated and rewarded by Zhang Taiping.

"What did you find again?" Zhang Taiping asked with a smile.

The little guy chirped twice proudly, and flew towards what he had found with Zhang Taiping.

Zhang Taiping's grimace followed closely behind, the distance was not close, and it took more than ten minutes to arrive. In a high forest, dense and humid land, there is a small leaf shape that resembles a bamboo leaf. Zhang Taiping recalled it for a while and remembered what kind of drug this was-the famous yellow essence.

Polygonatum polygonatum is also known as chicken head ginseng, which is used as a medicine with rhizomes, which has the functions of nourishing qi and nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen, moistening the lungs, and benefiting the kidneys. It is very effective for both men and women's body nourishment.

Polygonatum polygonatum prefers shady and humid climatic conditions, has the characteristics of loving shade, cold resistance, and fear of drought, and grows poorly in dry areas, and plants grow well in humid and shady environments. It grows well in loam soil with deep soil layer, loose and fertile, good drainage and water retention performance; It is not suitable for plant growth in poor, arid and heavy plots.

From these few sentences, it can be understood that the damp and fertile place is suitable for the growth of Polygonatum polygonatum. And this place is covered with rotten leaves and the environment is damp, and the yellow essence it grows must be of good quality.

Zhang Taiping took out the shovel for fear of cutting off the roots below, so he started digging from a distance. Unexpectedly, the first shovel almost dug on top of a yellow essence, put the shovel aside, and used a branch to remove the loose soil, revealing a yellow essence as thick as an arm.

The rhizome of this tree is horizontal, fat and fleshy, yellowish-white, and slightly oblate. There are several stem marks, the stem marks are relatively *, the thickest part can reach 2.5cm in diameter, and a few fibrous roots are born.

Zhang Taiping carefully dug it out of the soil, and because the soil was soft and loose, it was not damaged at all. Looking at such a big yellow essence, Zhang Taiping was also full of surprise.

Most Chinese herbs are older and more valuable, and Huangjing is no exception. Most of the ones I have seen before are artificially planted, and they will be harvested in a year or two, almost the thickness of a thumb, and I have never seen such an eye-catching yellow essence, and I don't know how many years it has been growing here.

Zhang Taiping put this yellow essence into the space, and then picked up the shovel to dig from a farther place, one is not sure that there will be a second one of the same size, if it is accidentally dug up, it will be a huge loss, it is better to dig carefully from a distance.

It took nearly half an hour to dig up this piece of yellow essence, the big ones were moved into the space, the small ones were also partially moved in, and some of them remained in place. The most taboo thing for people in the mountains to go into the mountains to collect medicine is that they are greedy and insatiable and cut off their roots, and basically people with a little common sense will not do such a stupid thing as cutting off the roots and extinction.

After playing, I rewarded Xiaoxi with a few red strawberries, and it was good to have Xiaoxi follow into the mountains, and I could always find the best medicinal materials, even if I buried it in the ground, this ability was really amazing.

Of course, not all good things can be found, most of the time it finds things according to their own preferences, the most common is ginseng, whether it is old or just growing, it can be found. However, there is no response to some herbs that do not have a great tonic effect but have a great effect on medicine and have great value.

Based on this, Zhang Taiping inferred that Xiaoxi's ability should be to sense the aura on the plant, and generally those herbs with strong tonic effects carry more aura, such as ginseng, such as Huangjing and Polygonum multiflorum in the last year.

As for its penchant for stealing beautiful, shiny things, it has nothing to do with this ability to sense aura, it is only a matter of personal preference.

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