Chapter 172: Cordyceps

"Brother Liu, you cordyceps ......" Zuo Hu asked with some hesitation.

"What? Brother Zuo wants to buy Cordyceps?" Lao Liu put his phone in his pocket and looked up at Zuo Hu.

"Well, I want to buy some cordyceps. The Three Treasures of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ginseng Deer Antler Cordyceps, has come to the plateau, wouldn't it be a pity if I didn't buy some Cordyceps and go back?"

"Brother Zuo is right, when you come to the plateau, if the economic conditions allow, you should bring some cordyceps, saffron and the like back. I don't have saffron here for the time being, but you can buy the cordyceps I have here with confidence. These Cordyceps are all cordyceps, which were dug up by local Tibetan compatriots and put them here to sell on my behalf. โ€

Zuo Hu nodded, but he still asked with some puzzlement: "Brother, I just heard you say that these cordyceps here are all cordyceps, isn't this cordyceps also divided into cordyceps and summer cordyceps?"

"Brother Zuo, I haven't heard of Cordyceps, but this Cordyceps is actually the abbreviation of Cordyceps. There are a total of 507 species of Cordyceps in the world, but only one is Cordyceps, and the remaining 506 species can only be called Cordyceps. Cordyceps sinensis refers to the Cordyceps sinensis that is unique to China and is mainly produced in the plateau. The Cordyceps I have here for sale are the cordyceps sinensis. โ€

"It's good if it's true. In fact, tourists like us are not afraid of spending money, we are afraid of spending money to buy fakes. If you buy a fake, it doesn't matter if you use it yourself, but if you give it as a gift, you will really lose your face to your grandmother's house. โ€

Zuo Hu said, turned around and clapped his hands and said loudly: "Guys, Boss Xiao Liu has cordyceps here, which was sold by Boss Xiao Liu to the local Tibetan compatriots, fidelity." If anyone wants to buy Cordyceps, it is better to buy some from Boss Xiao Liu, at least we can rest assured that we can buy Cordyceps here, right?"

Zuo Hu went down like this, and most of the tourists who were about to pack up and go out suddenly surrounded him and began to ask nonsense.

The chaos made Lao Liu so noisy that his brain hurt, he could only pat the table and say loudly: "Everyone, don't worry, everyone, ask any questions one by one." I can't hear anything and I can't give you an answer. โ€

Zuo Hu also said loudly on the side: "Raise your hand and raise your hand! Who has a question and raise your hand to ask! Didn't you learn to raise your hand to speak when you were a child?"

As soon as Lao Liu and Zuo Hu said this, the originally chaotic scene suddenly quieted down, and the other tourists did not leave, but all gathered around the outer circle to watch.

More than a dozen people raised their hands, and Lao Liu nodded to an old man, and the old man asked, "Boss Liu, are all the cordyceps you have here real?"

"Fidelity! Guarantee fidelity! The cordyceps I have here are all sold to the local Tibetan herdsmen, and I won't even make a penny of the difference in price, if you don't believe me, there are a few Tibetan waiters in my inn, and they can explain it to you." โ€

I don't know who shouted in the crowd: "Boss Liu, we all believe you, since you said so, it means that these cordyceps are real." โ€

With a smile on his face, Lao Liu folded his hands and shook his hands in the direction where the voice came from, and then continued: "Actually, there is no difference between the Cordyceps on our side and the Cordyceps on the side of Heishui in the north. The best Cordyceps in our country is produced in three places, one is Blackwater Cordyceps, one is Yushu Cordyceps, and the other is Guoluo Cordyceps. However, in the annual Cordyceps Trading Festival's Cordyceps King selection, Blackwater Cordyceps sinensis has won the championship for several consecutive years. Therefore, Black Water Cordyceps is currently recognized as the best Cordyceps. Although we are here in the south of Heishui, the natural conditions on our side are no worse than those on the Heishui side, so the Cordyceps on our side can stand side by side with the Cordyceps in Heishui. If you don't believe me, you can ask this Tashi Dawa brother, whose home is in the north of Obalcuo, at the foot of the Nianqing Tanggula Peak. โ€

Lao Liu beckoned Tashi Dawa in, and he said in Mandarin, which was still a little jerky: "What Brother Liu just said is right, the cordyceps we have here are all dug from the foot of Nianqing Tanggula Peak, and these cordyceps grow at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, which is the best cordyceps. โ€

Lao Liu smiled and said, "You may not know some things, I'll add it to everyone here." For example, the higher the altitude and the harsher the growth environment, the higher the adenosine content in the Cordyceps, the better and stronger the effect of Cordyceps. The reason why Blackwater Cordyceps is famous is because Heishui is the city with the highest average altitude in the country and even in the world! It is also the city with the harshest natural conditions in the world, so the best Cordyceps sinensis can be born here. โ€

"And around our inn, the natural conditions are definitely comparable to those of Blackwater. After a while, when you go out, you look north, and the snow-capped mountains you see are actually the main peak of the Nianqing Tanggula Mountains, the Nianqing Tanggula Peak, and the altitude of these snow-capped mountains is more than 7,000 meters, and the height of the snow line here has also reached 5,700 meters. The cordyceps here were dug up below the snow line, irrigated by meltwater from the snow-capped mountains of Nianqing Tanggula Peak. โ€

"Huh, you can see Nianqing Tanggula Peak here?"

"Yo, I'll have to go out and have a look in a while, I've only heard of Nianqing Tanggula Peak before, but I really haven't seen it. โ€

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There was another round of discussion in the lobby.

A young man raised his hand, and after Lao Liu nodded, the young man asked, "Boss Liu, what is the price of Cordyceps you have here?"

As soon as this question was asked, the lobby fell silent again.

The quality and price of Cordyceps are always the most important thing for customers who want to buy.

The quality of these Cordyceps on the shelves is naturally not said, just now Boss Xiao Liu said so, no one will doubt the quality of these Cordyceps, and now those tourists who want to buy Cordyceps naturally begin to care about the price.

Lao Liu said: "The price of Cordyceps varies every year, everyone must know this, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"This year, the price of Cordyceps is about 291 grams, the price of 10 grams is 2,090, the price of 10 grams of second-grade grass is about 2,050, the price of 10 grams of third-grade grass is about 2,020, and the price of 10 grams of small grass is about 1,190. I don't have broken grass here, and I won't sell it to Tibetan compatriots. โ€

A middle-aged woman raised her hand and asked, "Boss Liu, why do you want to say the price of ten grams?"

"Hehe, in the past, Cordyceps was sold by the gram, but in recent years, it has been sold by ten grams. In other words, if you want to buy Cordyceps, you have to buy 10 grams to start. That's what the market is right now. โ€

The crowd nodded again in understanding.

Another woman raised her hand and asked, "Boss Liu, how is this cordyceps graded?"

"It's graded by weight. Because Cordyceps are all wild, with different lengths and thicknesses, it is impossible to distinguish the grade of Cordyceps by size. In the industry, the weighing method of 'total number of bars รท total weight' is generally used to calculate, and the unit of measurement is based on '1 gram'. Generally speaking, the first-class grass is two roots of one gram of Cordyceps, which is the grass with the best quality and the highest nutritional value. The second-level grass is three roots of one gram, the third-level grass is four roots of one gram, and the small grass is five roots of one gram or less. Generally speaking, first-class grass and second-class grass are suitable for gifts, and third-grade grass and small grass are more suitable for personal use. Of course, if you have the money, it's okay to take the first-grade grass for your own use. โ€

The crowd chuckled.

Lao Liu continued: "Because I am here to sell for Tibetan compatriots in pastoral areas, I will not increase the price to earn fees, so the price of Cordyceps here is lower than the price of Cordyceps in the market. For example, the price of 10 grams of first-class grass is 2,005, the price of 10 grams of second-class grass is 2,000, and the price of 3-level grass is 1,000. Well, I don't have any grass here, because the Tibetans give me the best cordyceps they dig up to sell here. โ€

As soon as this price was announced, many people were immediately tempted, and many more people began to pull their mobile phones to check the price of Cordyceps.

Obviously, if the price said by Boss Xiao Liu is true, then the cordyceps he sells here is really not expensive. The price of Cordyceps sold here is almost one level lower than the price on the market, which is a great price advantage.

After a while, many people put down their mobile phones and began to discuss, but many people immediately decided to buy some cordyceps.

The quality of the Cordyceps here is guaranteed and the price is cheap, so instead of going to the market to buy those Cordyceps that don't know the authenticity and are expensive, why not buy these authentic and cheap Cordyceps here?

Originally, when the old man Basang Gyaltsen handed over these cordyceps to Lao Liu for sale, to be honest, Lao Liu didn't take it to heart.

Of course, Lao Liu knew that these cordyceps were definitely good things, but he really didn't have much confidence in how much he could sell.

Because he knows very well that it is not a good idea to sell this kind of cordyceps in an inn, even if it is a consignment sale, the price given there is not high, and he does not earn any intermediate fees, so he is not very confident that he can sell much.

After all, Tianlu Inn is a place for tourist drivers to eat and stay, and it is really not a good idea to sell Cordyceps here.

Anyway, Lao Liu used to wonder himself, if I were a tourist, would I buy this kind of cordyceps that costs thousands of dollars at an inn?

The answer is NO!

According to Lao Liu's idea, if I want to buy things like cordyceps, snow lotus, or saffron, I will honestly go to the local product store in Sunshine City to buy them, or find an acquaintance to get some authentic goods, even if the price is high.

These things can be sold in the inn, and the price itself is much cheaper than the market, and the inn is not a place to sell this thing, so it's strange that it can be sold!

In other words, almost no one would believe that this kind of roadside shop can sell any authentic highland souvenirs.

This was true before. When the inn was open to the public, Mr. Basang Gyaltsen sent these things over, but in the past two months and almost three months, these high-quality and inexpensive cordyceps have hardly been sold.

Not to mention selling, even if there are almost no tourists who ask.

Therefore, even if these tourists showed interest in these cordyceps this time, Lao Liu only helped to promote it at most, and he really didn't think about how much he could sell.

But the facts ruthlessly lost Lao Liu's face.

The nearly three kilograms of Cordyceps that the old man Basang Gyaltsen put on sale at the inn were all swept away by these tourists.

You must know that the worst of these cordyceps that the old man Basang Gyaltsen put here for sale are all third-grade grasses, ten grams is 1,000 and eight, and one kilogram is 180,000! As for those second-grade grasses and first-class grasses, one kilogram is the price of more than 200,000 yuan!

Although the total number of first-class grass and second-class grass is only about one kilogram, the nearly two kilograms of third-grade grass are worth more than 300,000 yuan!

As a result, these tourists actually bought all these cordyceps, which cost nearly 560,000 yuan......

Of course, the reason for this result is due to a few people in this group of tourists.

When Lao Liu introduced these cordyceps, a few people in their thirties came up to take pictures, and they took pictures very carefully. At that time, Lao Liu didn't care, and thought that people were taking pictures because of curiosity.

After all, this is a serious cordyceps!

As a result, I didn't expect people to take pictures not for curiosity, but to send the photos they took to friends in Sunshine City or other places on the plateau to help identify them.

When you come to the highlands, there are many people who have friends in Nikko City.

It doesn't matter what the results are, the friends of these people have come to the conclusion that these Cordyceps are all very good Cordyceps, and it is not an exaggeration to even list them as top Cordyceps. It's just that a small part of Cordyceps shouldn't be fresh this year, but the price is also very appropriate.

Some people may not believe it when a person says this, but several people's friends say so, which is enough to prove that these Cordyceps sold in the inn are high-quality and inexpensive Cordyceps!

Even if a small part of the third-grade grass is last year's grass, but this price is here, and it is absolutely suitable to buy these cordyceps at this price!

In particular, Lao Liu also separated last year's grass separately, about a catty, and the price of last year's old grass is about 30% lower than the price of this year's fresh grass, which is already a very suitable price.

These old grasses from last year were specially listed when the old man Basang Gyaltsen gave them to Lao Liu, and the price was also explained.

In fact, if the old man didn't tell Lao Liu that there was some old grass from last year, even Lao Liu wouldn't be able to tell the difference between fresh grass and old grass.

Although these Cordyceps are encapsulated in a small vacuum plastic bag per 10 grams to avoid oxidation of Cordyceps, if you are an experienced person, you can still distinguish new grass from old grass from the color of Cordyceps.

For example, the Cordyceps here in the inn are excavated in May every year, and after digging out these muddy Cordyceps, they are washed and dried, and when the Cordyceps are completely dry, they will be immediately sealed into a vacuum plastic bag.

Of course, this kind of operation has only emerged from pastoral areas in recent years. In the past, the cordyceps dug up in the pastoral area were purchased by drug dealers. It's just that the price of drug dealers is relatively low when they buy, and when they buy, they are charged according to the kilogram.

However, the drug dealers collect Cordyceps in one piece. That is, the first-class grass, the second-class grass, the third-level grass, the small grass and the broken grass are harvested together. The price of broken grass is far less than the price of whole grass, so the purchase price given by drug dealers is relatively low, after all, when buying a bunch of cordyceps, I don't know how many broken grass there are.

Later, Tibetans in pastoral areas learned to distinguish Cordyceps by themselves and packaged Cordyceps by themselves, so some Tibetans in pastoral areas began to try to sell Cordyceps by themselves after digging up Cordyceps.

After all, even if the price of selling to you is lowered by one level, it is much better than selling it to drug sellers.

Herders like Obacuo have been trying to sell Cordyceps themselves since last year. Of course, if there is a price offered by a drug dealer, they will also sell it to a drug dealer.

Tibetan compatriots in pastoral areas can only count on Cordyceps to earn some money for their families all year round, except for cattle and sheep.

This year, Lao Liu opened the inn, and the business was very prosperous, so the old man Basang Gyaltsen handed over the little old grass left in the village from last year and the new grass dug up this year that was not sold to the medicine dealers to Lao Liu for sale.

The Tibetan compatriots here are very simple, they don't understand and won't cheat, the first-class grass is the first-class grass, and it will never be mixed with the second-class grass. Unlike some unscrupulous vendors who sell Cordyceps not only as genuine, but also as shoddy. Sell tertiary grass as secondary grass, or even small grass as secondary grass......

It is precisely because of the high quality and low price of these cordyceps sold by Lao Liu and the absolute authenticity that these tourists were immediately moved.

And these tourists are not bad for money, after all, how can tourists who can drive to the plateau to play lack money?

Not to mention that the lowest grade among the thirteen cars is a Q5, most of which are good cars of more than five or six hundred thousand, and there is even a luxury car of more than one million such as Land Rover and Cruiser.

Therefore, there are about 20 families in this small family of 60 people, and each family buys 10,000 or 20,000 yuan of Cordyceps, and the nearly three kilograms of Cordyceps are all sold.

Lao Liu also never expected that he received this large wave of tourists early in the morning, not only harvested a large number of happy points, but also sold out all the cordyceps handed over to him by the old man Basang Gyaltsen, earning a total of 558,000 yuan!

Not to mention Lao Liu, even the other people in the inn were stunned one by one when they learned of this result.

It turns out that these tourists who look giggling are the hidden high rollers......