The reason why Zuo Shaoyang wants to open up the wasteland to grow medicinal materials, the main purpose is not to make a fortune by this, his development direction is not to be a medicine farmer, but to be a Langzhong who hangs a pot to help the world, from the perspective of the practice of medicine in the past few days, there are many commonly used medicinal materials in the early Tang Dynasty, and these medicinal materials are indispensable for many prescriptions and prescriptions, which cannot be replaced by other medicines. There was nowhere to buy them, so I had to grow them myself.

Traditional Chinese medicine is based on authentic medicinal materials, such as Angelica sinensis from Gansu, wolfberry from Ningxia, Coptis chinensis and aconite from Sichuan, ginseng from Jilin, astragalus membranaceus and Codonopsis from Shanxi, Poria cocos from Yunnan and so on. The quality of these authentic medicinal materials produced in these places is higher than that of other places, and many medicinal materials can only meet the requirements of the medicinal effect produced in a certain place, such as the same fritillary, Zhejiang fritillary produced in Zhejiang, which can clear the lungs and remove phlegm, and is suitable for the cough of phlegm and heat in the lungs, while the Sichuan fritillary produced in Sichuan is the treatment of dry and hot cough and fatigue cough. Therefore, it is impossible for Zuo Shaoyang to plant all the commonly used medicines in later generations that were not available in the early Tang Dynasty in one place, and he can only plant suitable medicinal materials in Hezhou Mansion. He found from the experience of collecting medicine in Qianren Mountain that Qianren Mountain is a treasure trove of medicinal materials, which can produce many kinds of medicinal materials, and planting here should be able to grow a lot of needed medicinal materials.

Zuo Shaoyang naturally couldn't tell Daddy Zuo Gui directly about this idea, thought about it, and said: "Dad, to be honest, I haven't thought about what medicinal materials to plant, but at the beginning, first easy and then difficult, first plant some easy-to-live, high-demand medicinal materials, such as honeysuckle, bellflower, banlan root, gardenia, knotweed, Banxia, gastrodia or something." ”

Zuo Gui looked at him, stroked his beard and said: "Honeysuckle and Banlan root are both newly used medicinal materials, and there are not many formulas that can be used, and many doctors don't know about it, I'm afraid it won't be easy to sell when they are grown." ”

Honeysuckle and Banlan root were the first recorded in the Tang Dynasty "Xinxiu Materia Medica", also known as "Tang Materia Medica", which was written twenty or thirty years later, however, Zuo Shaoyang speculated that since these two herbs can enter the official herbal medicine, it must be that the medicinal effect has been officially recognized and widely used. So in the early Tang Dynasty, these two drugs should have been used, but the scope of use was not wide.

Zuo Shaoyang determined the medicinal materials according to the habits of the later prescriptions, and the drugs that are often used in the commonly used prescriptions, and can be produced in large quantities, are classified as bulk medicinal materials with large demand. But that was the situation in later generations, in the early Tang Dynasty, these two herbs had just been used as medicinal materials for a short time, and naturally there were not many prescriptions used. This was something Zuo Shaoyang didn't expect. Hearing what my father said, I was a little embarrassed, and said with a sneer: "Then ......, then don't plant these two." Grow something else first. ”

"Humph!" Seeing this, Zuo Gui knew that Zuo Shaoyang hadn't thought about what to plant at all, his face turned cloudy again, and he took a sip of the wine glass. Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly sandwiched a handful of meat and put it in his bowl. With a smile: "Dad, eat vegetables!" ”

Zuo Gui picked up the piece of meat in the bowl with chopsticks and said: "The rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, and things have to be done one by one, and the same is true for planting medicinal materials. With that, he put the piece of meat in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Hou Pu smiled at Zuo Shaoyang and said: "Lord Yuezhang is right, you can't chew more if you are greedy, and besides, there was no manpower at the beginning, so you can't be busy." You still plant one or two first, the ones that are easy to live, the ones that are easy to sell, and the ones that can make money, and then expand the varieties when you make money. That's it. Hey. ”

Zuo Shaoyang's idea is only available today, so he hasn't thought about this problem, and at this moment, he is temporarily cramming, thinking that he can only choose the varieties he understands to plant. He is very glad that when he was studying at the University of Chinese Medicine, he had taken "Medicinal Plant Cultivation", and he has always been very serious in reading, so he still remembers some of the content of this lesson, and recalls it with his head up, but when he thinks about it in such a general way, where can he think of anything, his head is empty. On the contrary, the scene of digging medicinal herbs with Miao Peilan on Qianren Mountain this morning emerged, and it was full of Miao Peilan's joy when she dug up the first gastrodia.

Gastrodia? That's right, plant gastrodia!

However, gastrodia cultivation has high requirements for temperature and humidity, and artificial cultivation is generally carried out indoors or in greenhouses. Moreover, the growth cycle of gastrodia is too long, and it takes several years to be effective. It's better to don't plant gastrodia, and find one that will work in the short term.

However, he thought about the medicinal materials that he would plant, the growth cycle was short and the effect was fast, and it was suitable for growing in the Hezhou area. The planting technology requirements are not high, and if you can plant the land, you will plant bellflowers. It can also be interplanted with crops and other suitable medicinal herbs. The only thing that I am not satisfied with is that the bellflower has slightly higher requirements for the land, which should be deep, fertile, easy to drain and irrigate, and it should be sunny and leeward, and it is best to cultivate land.

Zuo Shaoyang said to Hou Pu: "Can those ownerless abandoned cultivated land outside the city be planted?" ”

"Cultivated land? Hehe, the ownerless cultivated land owned by the imperial court is all owned by the imperial court, however, these cultivated land are sold by the imperial court to the outside world, and the purchase is encouraged. ”

"I heard that two taels of silver is an acre, right?"

"That's high-grade fertile land, the middle one is only one or two and a half dollars, and the inferior cultivated land is only one or two."

Zuo Shaoyang knew that the price of this field sounded cheap, but in the early Tang Dynasty, prices were generally very low, and it was difficult to make money. The price of two taels of silver per acre of land is not cheap. Especially after the hard work of making money these days, he has a deep understanding.

Zuo Gui saw that Zuo Shaoyang went to ask about the cultivated land again, shook his head and sighed, pointed at Zuo Shaoyang with chopsticks, and said to his wife Liang: "I'm right, Zhong'er, this child is a crab, and he doesn't concentrate on doing things, you see, I talked about clearing the wasteland and farming before, and now I have gone to the cultivated land again, maybe I want to buy land and farm!" ”

Liang hurriedly said to Zuo Shaoyang: "You kid, didn't you tell your father that you want to open up the wasteland to grow medicinal herbs, and ask what to do about cultivated land?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang also thought of what to say just now, he didn't think about buying arable land to grow medicinal herbs, and said with a smile: "I don't want to farm, I'm not thinking about opening up the wasteland, it's good to plant something, I thought of this, ask casually, and chat." ”

"Then have you figured out what to plant in the wasteland?"

"Well, I've figured it out."

"Plant what?" Liang was a little nervous, for fear that his son would say an inappropriate choice, and he would be scolded by Zuo Gui's father, so he hurriedly added: "Think about it and talk about it!" ”

Fennel was also very nervous, and made up a sentence: "It's best to be multi-purpose, can be used as medicine, can be eaten, and can be seen." For example, peony flowers or something. ”

"Peony flowers? Hehe, that thing is too delicate, I'm afraid it's not easy to grow in the wilderness. I'm not very good at planting. ”

"Really? But the peony flowers are very beautiful, and the flowers are rich! ”

"Flowers?" A song suddenly popped up in Zuo Shaoyang's mind - "Gardenia Blossom"! When Zuo Shaoyang was studying, this song was popular on campus, and Zuo Shaoyang liked it very much, so he paid special attention to the flavor medicine of gardenia, and also watched the cultivation of gardenias. Just plant gardenias! ”

Gardenia is also a medicinal material in the "Shennong's Materia Medica", which can clear away heat and relieve fire, cool blood and detoxify. It is a medicine that is commonly used in many ways. Not only can it be used medicinally, but it can also extract pigments as dyes, and it can also be cultivated as ornamental plants, so it is in great demand. The cultivation technique is also relatively simple, although it is more suitable for fertile soil with deep soil, but it can also be planted on barren slopes, but it is better to cultivate it first.

Zuo Gui said: "Okay, then tell me how this gardenia is grown?" ”

This naturally did not make it difficult for Zuo Shaoyang, he smacked a sip of wine, such as a few family treasures, and talked eloquently with his fingers: "Gardenia is not cold-tolerant, and likes warm and humid places, but the sunlight should not be too direct, and the ventilation should be good, so it is advisable to plant in a place where the soil layer in the middle and lower part of the slope is thicker, more fertile and loose." The best soil quality is sandy soil with good drainage, and other soils are also fine. After the beginning of spring and before the beginning of autumn, you can take cuttings of raw branches, and you can take root in half a month. Before planting, dig a pit, the width and depth of the pit are about one to two feet, and plant a tree about four feet apart. Gardenias like fertilizer, after digging a pit to fertilize the pit, it is good to use rotten farmhouse fertilizer. Mix the soil and fertilizer well. In the future, we will apply more thin fertilizer regularly......"

Zuo Gui's eyes widened when he heard this, he looked at his son in a daze, and muttered, "These ......, where did you learn these things?" ”