Lu Weimin noticed in the morning that there were a lot of people picking up the party, and he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but later saw that many people were carrying various herbal medicines on their backs, and then he realized that many of these people were afraid that many of them were mountain people from the mountains who collected medicine for a living.

Now seeing that these people are gradually walking back after the end of the market, Lu Weimin only then remembered something and asked: "Lao Zhang, our Wagu side seems to be a famous medicinal material base, there are many people who collect medicinal materials in the mountainous areas for a living, and there are also very traditional medicinal materials planted in the hill and dam areas, these people are here to sell medicinal materials?"

"Well, most of these people who pick the party are in the mountains of Shaliang and Duozikou, before the liberation of these places people collect medicine for a living, after the liberation of our side of the hill and dam area began to gradually form a climate of planting bulk medicinal materials, especially since the eighties more prominent, including many medicinal material merchants outside the province to our side to buy. This is like the danpi of Wagu, the salvia of Xiaoba, the magnolia bark of the buttress, the mast of Shaliang, there is a certain scale in the past few years, and several large planters have emerged, and the medicinal materials in each township are more than 1,000 acres in front of the planting, but the price of Chinese medicinal materials in the past two years is unstable, and there is a lack of sales channels, so the planting area also fluctuates, the township regulations are different, the original township government is still some interest, but the price has fallen or the sales are not smooth, the people want to scold the mother, so the township heart is also light, do not ask much about these cultivation and planting conditions, that is, just count the numbers and report。 ”

Lu Weimin didn't expect Zhang Mingquan not to look rough and frizzy, but he was very familiar with these situations, and he still underestimated the other party a little

It is worthy of being in charge of economic work, although there is no industry here, but the characteristic industry of medicinal herb planting is famous.

"Well, then these people who collect medicine and plant medicinal herbs on the mountain shouldn't be all the way, right?" Lu Weimin's eyes fell on these mountain people who were talking and laughing and walking back.

"It's not all the way, they mainly collect wild medicinal herbs

The yield is not large, and the cultivation of medicinal herbs is mainly concentrated in the gentle slope and Pingba area.

In fact, not only our Wagu, like the neighboring Taihe side also has the tradition of planting medicinal materials, they mainly plant cork and atractylodes, and Luoqiu in the west relies on our several townships, as well as Qujiang County in the south, Puling County in the north There is also a tradition of planting medicinal materials, in fact, it is the formation of our Wagu as the center of the medicinal herb planting area. Zhang Mingquan was quite proud

It's just that this smug expression only lasted for a few seconds, and then it returned to gloom, "It's a pity that the price of this Chinese herbal medicine fluctuates greatly."

It is not easy to find a market for medicine farmers, and there is a lack of information, often a few times the year before last, and the price will fall again this year and next year, and medicine farmers can't afford such a toss, so it is difficult to get rich by this road!"

Lu Weimin's heart moved slightly, as if he had grasped something, his steps slowed down, and he got up, but soon he recovered his Zhengchen width, "Lao Zhang."

We don't seem to have a decent medicinal herb market here, right?"

"Well, there is a medicinal material market, there is a scale outside the old market in Wagu Town, which is not small in this area, at least it is much larger than the Xiling medicinal material market in Taihe and Luoqiu, of course, it is not possible to say how large the formation is, but there are also dozens of merchants specializing in medicinal materials in it, many of which are responsible for the acquisition of large customers in Luomen and even Changzhou. ”

"Oh?" Lu Weimin was interested, "They don't do business in Wagu?"

"Hehe, how can this shallow pond in Wagu feed these dragons?" Zhang Mingquan shook his head, "They are either in Changzhou, or they are doing business in big cities such as Nanjing and Wuhan, of course, Wagu also has their shop, but it is just an acquisition point, and they usually don't come back much, they usually come back to fight during the New Year's holidays, and the business is mainly outside." ”

Lu Weimin nodded silently.

Although Wagu is a remote and poor mountain col with few resources, it has one advantage, that is, the advantage of geographical location.

Provincial bow occupation and provincial highway lead 7 form a junction here, the northwest is connected to Luoqiu, the southeast leads to the twin peaks, the northeast can reach Puling, the southwest can enter the Qujiang River, and the Wagu area is surrounded by continuous low mountains and deep hills, the history of the few Wawa is the material distribution center, it is said that it is also the logistics supply point of the bandits in the mountainous areas of this area at that time.

Now Wagu is also the intersection of three regions and four counties, the north of the Luomen area, the two counties of Luoqiu and Puling, the west of the Quyang area of Qujiang County, the southeast of which is naturally the counties of the Fengzhou area.

In such a border area of several counties, but there are two provincial highways intersecting here, it cannot but be said that when God gave you poor mountains and bad waters, it also reserved a hope for you, not to mention that this Wagu area is not a poor mountain and bad water, but the area of the mountainous and hilly area is larger, more than 210 square kilometers, of which 180 square kilometers belong to the mountainous and hilly area, and only 20 square kilometers belong to the dam area.

Lu Weimin had an understanding of Wagu before he came, there was no industry here, and the township enterprises that started in the country in the 80s did not blossom and bear fruit here, as if it was because the first crab eater was drowned and defrauded of hundreds of thousands of equipment from other places, so the enterprise collapsed, and the town leader was punished, and he was taught this lesson, and there was no tradition and foundation, and there was a lack of talents in this area, so he was no longer interested in running a township enterprise。

But the cultivation of medicinal materials here is a little famous, to say that it is not only this area, it should be said that there is a tradition of planting bulk medicinal materials in a radius of dozens of kilometers centered on Wagu, but the market price fluctuations of this medicinal materials are large, and the lack of information symmetry of the medicine farmers has been repeatedly hit by the fluctuating market, which has affected the development of medicinal materials planting in this area, especially in the shallow hilly area of three towns and one town like Wagu, the soil is thick, the climate, moisture, light and heat are very suitable for planting medicinal materials, and there is this planting tradition, but it has not been able to really play up, in Lu Weimin's view, the key is still the lack of a decent market to support。

If there is even an adjacent trading market to support it, it can undoubtedly bring a great impetus to the development of medicinal herb cultivation in this area, which is also the idea that Lu Weimin came up with after hearing Zhang Mingquan's introduction.

Of course, for the time being, it can only be thought about, Wagu, a bit of a rudimentary medicinal material market, and Lu Weimin's professional market is undoubtedly far away, but Wagu should have this basic condition, especially when there is no such market around, and the surrounding counties, including this county, do not have this awareness, then it is undoubtedly possible to try it.

As Zhang Mingquan expected, when the two of them came to the door of the widow's small restaurant at the entrance of Dongjiekou, it was already crowded and crowded.

The smell mixed with the sour smell of sweat and the smell of various medicinal herbs and herbs formed a unique atmosphere, and the faces of Ji Hei Pestle mixed with the red tide seeping up from a few glasses of bud wine made Lu Weimin not experience such the most realistic and intuitive breath for a long time.

The old tunics that have long disappeared in these places in the county are still everywhere here, the white-washed green military uniforms and sweaters with the cuffs and necklines off, the liberation shoes with red or brown soil, the blue smoke rising from the dry tobacco pouches, the spit splashing through the drunkenness and the shouting of his companions, and the thick palms of the crumpled and dense joints, this scene is like a photographic scroll drawn by a realist painter.

Seeing that Lu Weimin was a little stunned, Zhang Mingquan rubbed his hands and said in a low voice: "Secretary Lu, there are too many people, why don't we change one?" ”

Lu Weimin also followed his mother to the market when he was in elementary school in the countryside of Nantan, but at that time, he was rarely able to enjoy the beautiful thing of rubbing a meal in the restaurant, and most of the time he could only look at the adults who enjoyed the bud wine and peanuts in the restaurant with envy, and walked past the door with his eyes.

"Change one?" Lao Zhang, didn't you say that it's the same everywhere? The next one isn't like this?" Lu Weimin shook his head with a smile, "Widow Sui is estimated to be familiar with you here, let's see if you can find a place, let us just build a corner, anyway, it's just the two of us." ”

"Hehe, then Secretary Lu has wronged you a little, so you will let you make do with it on the first day you came. ”

Zhang Mingquan was not polite, and walked straight back, this is a small bungalow, a door, and five or six tables can be placed, and it can receive more than ten or twenty people to death, and now there are at least twenty or so people sitting here, staggering, seeing Zhang Mingquan and Lu Weimin coming in, someone is obviously Zhang Mingquan's, and he wants to say hello and is probably afraid that he is not qualified enough, and when he saw Zhang Mingquan walking in, he subconsciously moved the bench and lifted the table to make way.

"Sui Yuanzi, Sui Yuanzi! Find a seat!" Zhang Mingquan walked in with a big grin, nodding to those half-acquaintances who nodded to him and greeted him, and shouted: "You have a great business, you don't even have a place to nest, come, squeeze, what about your Sui Tang, open up the table for your own use at home, just set up a corner here, and the two of us!"

"Yo, Brother Zhang, are you here? Rare guest, how long have you not been to my small shop? Why are you willing to come to my place today?" The woman who flashed out of the back kitchen was like a butterfly, wearing an apron with white flowers on a blue background wrapped around the bee waist and fat buttocks, and her beautiful face was a little more vibrant and agile than the haggard one many days ago.