National Tide 1980

And this is not all. Like the expert Li who is in charge of raising chickens, the rice expert Hong also gave Ning Weimin two pieces of good news.

The first thing was brought up by Hong Yingfang.

He said that in fact, the quality of ordinary Jingxi rice is also very good. Although it cannot compare with Rouge rice, it has high oil content, good taste, and good fragrance.

Farmers who grow Jingxi rice often only put rice made from Jingxi rice on the family's dinner table during the three major festivals of Spring Festival, May Day, and National Day, so that everyone in the family can take the opportunity to taste it.

On weekdays, they are reluctant to use it to cook rice, but use it to make porridge.

The rice porridge made from Jingxi rice is also quite extraordinary.

The rice soup in the bowl is green, the rice is rice soup, and it will form a transparent thin skin in an instant.

So, from this point, it can be seen that Jingxi rice without color is also a kind of rice with high quality.

If Ning Weimin wants to improve the quality of the restaurant's ingredients, he may not be completely obsessed with the rouge rice named "Purple Gold Hoop". It is also good to buy this ordinary Jingxi rice as a supplement.

Although it is also not available on the market, basically these Jingxi rice are collected and directly supplied to large government agencies and units.

But as a technical support unit that has been focusing on this project for many years, the Agricultural University has a way to introduce it to Ning Weimin and open a way for him as an investor.

As long as he tells the school leaders, it should be no problem to let the purchasing department allocate 10,000 kilograms to him every year.

It's just that the price is expensive. The official purchase price is 1.5 yuan per kilogram. If Ning Weimin wants to get the goods, he may have to pay 2.1 yuan per kilogram.

Ning Weimin certainly doesn't care about this price. The phenomenon of dual-track pricing is too common these days. How can he compare with public units?

Although ordinary rice on the market is only 30 cents per catty, whether it is 1.5 yuan or 2.1 yuan per kilogram, it is already a sky-high price.

But compared with the selling price of the Altar Palace, this cost is nothing.

Besides, it's just over 20,000 yuan.

In fact, what Ning Weimin really cares about is whether the quality of the rice is as good as Hong Yingfang said, and whether he can taste the obvious difference from ordinary rice.

Not to mention that he stayed in the local area for dinner that day, and Hong Yingfang, who was responsible for entertaining him, really thought about it and made a pot of Jingxi rice for him.

In the end, before he ate it, just when he smelled the smell while cooking, Ning Weimin decided to buy this ordinary Jingxi rice.

Because it is really good, it smells fragrant, and the fragrance can be smelled not only out of the kitchen, but also by people on the street.

And the fragrance of this rice is definitely not the fragrance of Thai fragrant rice, but the natural rice fragrance of pure good rice.

Of course it feels better when you eat it.

It smells fragrant and tastes sweet, refreshing and chewy. In our words, it is called Genjiu.

To put it bluntly, it is sticky and elastic, and the southern indica rice does not have this feature.

According to Ning Weimin's personal experience, the taste of this rice is better than Japan's most famous Koshihikari rice, and the quality is not much different from the more advanced Kyoto Ongxia rice.

It is really the kind of rice that can be eaten without vegetables and still tastes good.

As for our domestic scope, in fact, Heilongjiang Wuchang rice and Tianjin Xiaozhan rice are also famous high-quality rice. These rices also have the history of tribute rice like Jingxi rice, and the quality is similar.

They can all cook out shiny rice oil, have a sweet aftertaste, and linger in the mouth.

But under the current circumstances, don't forget that Ning Weimin can't get Wuchang rice at all, and he didn't have a way to buy Jingxi rice in the past.

Only Xiaozhan rice is what he can buy, so it has always been the only choice for cooking in Tan Palace.

But Tianjin is a foreign place, so of course people rely on local supply.

Although the Tan Palace is certainly not afraid of spending money, due to the current supply system, the logistics and storage conditions are limited these days. The rice that the Tan Palace bought from Tianjin is not enough, and it is often old rice that has been stored for who knows how long.

This cannot be compared with the taste of the bowl of Jingxi rice he is holding now.

So in this way, Ning Weimin thinks that Jingxi rice is still his best choice.

He immediately decided that he would take this Jingxi rice, as long as it is new rice, no matter how expensive it is.

Apart from anything else, as long as he can export this kind of rice to Japan, he will make a lot of money.

Because the price difference is too big.

In Japan, the cheapest Koshihikari rice costs 500 yen per kilogram, which is more than 20 times the price of Jingxi rice.

And the price of one kilogram of Wengxia rice is equivalent to 600 to 700 yuan, which can buy 300 kilograms of Jingxi rice.

Although Japan has extremely high tariffs on imported grains, rice is a specific variety, and the tariff is as high as 500% at this time.

But compared with the domestic grain prices, even if Ning Weimin pays more tariffs, as long as the rice quality is up to standard, he will still make huge profits.

This is almost as good as selling noodles, why doesn't he do it?

He sells a bowl of rice for 2,000 yen in the Dangu branch in Japan, and the Japanese have to say that he is honest.

Isn't this like money falling from the sky, another 100 million yen.

What does this show?

It shows that being a grain dealer is still promising!

As for the second thing, it is a bit of an accident.

You know, we are not the little Japanese who can really eat white rice.

No matter how delicious the rice is, it is still shabby, right?

Whoever entertains guests must prepare a few hot dishes and a little wine to be considered a human being.

Hong Yingfang knew that Ning Weimin was coming yesterday, and she also knew that a noble like Ning Weimin would eat too much good wine and food.

Moreover, he was the boss of the most famous palace cuisine in Beijing, and he would never be interested in the hard dishes in the eyes of ordinary people.

So he didn't have any fish or meat.

In order to entertain guests, he took a different approach and asked someone to get some things that could be caught in the rice fields for Ning Weimin to taste.

These things have been kept in the water since yesterday, and they were fished out today. When they were taken away, they were still very alive.

There were several kilograms of lively river shrimps, dozens of frogs, a dozen loaches, and a dozen river crabs in the net bag, all of which were originally living in this rice field.

Ning Weimin liked it and said, "It's great. After eating so much seafood, I miss these things in the fields."

It is true. Even after going to Japan, he can feast on any high-end seafood.

Not to mention that bluefin tuna is nothing, he eats king crab whenever he wants, and he also eats whale meat and pufferfish.

But people are like this, after eating too much seafood, they want river fish, and Ning Weimin's taste is in line with Hong Yingfang's idea.

Not to mention that in addition to this, Hong Yingfang also asked someone to prepare some wild vegetables and mushrooms.

He also prepared two cold wild vegetables and a plate of mushroom fried meat, which is really using local ingredients, delicious and inexpensive, economical and affordable.

As a result, the second good thing happened with the most inconspicuous plate of mushroom fried meat.

Although no one who accompanied the drinking took it seriously, Ning Weimin himself also focused on river fish at the beginning, but when this dish was really placed in front of him, he was a little stunned when he saw the mushrooms clearly.

Without waiting for others to let him, he picked up a bite with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He was even more surprised when he felt the special and familiar fragrance, and asked hurriedly, "Where did this mushroom come from?"

For no other reason, just because he was familiar with this mushroom.

He had eaten it many times in Japan. Matsumoto Keiko always bought it back and fried or boiled it for him.

It was a kind of fungus that was said to be only enjoyed by the Japanese royal family in the past. It was called "Grifola frondosa" or "Maitake" in Japan. It was a high-end food.

A small pound could be sold for 3,000 yen, equivalent to more than 100 yuan, and that was fresh goods. Dried goods were even more expensive.

Ning Weimin never dreamed that he would see this thing in the suburbs of Beijing today.

Is this thing also available in Beijing?

Is this not a unique product of Japan?

He naturally couldn't help but ask the truth.

Don't say it, this matter really made him guess.

Seeing his reaction, Hong Yingfang naturally didn't dare to neglect it. He hurriedly told him that he went to Liangxiang two days ago to investigate the farmland there and bought it from the local villagers.

Very cheap mushrooms, it is said that they grow on chestnut trees, and a lot of them will pop up when it rains.

He bought more than ten pounds of mushrooms and distributed them to the neighbors. Everyone thought it tasted like chicken and was very good.

Someone even asked him to bring some back to Miyun next time.

In fact, the price was not expensive. He only spent 1.5 yuan in total. Today, he brought it just to let Ning Weimin taste something new.

If Ning Weimin likes it, he still has some at home, which can be given to Ning Weimin.

This news is more attractive to Ning Weimin than this meal.

Of course, at this time, he was not completely sure that the mushrooms on the chestnut tree were the Japanese "Grifola frondosa".

So he didn't hesitate. After a quick meal and without much alcohol, he took the mushrooms back to Ma's Garden. In the evening, he put the things in front of Qingzi and asked the real "experts".

Hey! Unexpectedly, this is actually right!

Ning Weimin still knew clearly from Qingzi that the Japanese "Grifola frondosa" is actually this kind of mushroom growing on the chestnut tree.

Qingzi said that this kind of Grifola frondosa is actually chestnut mushroom, because of its special shape and special taste, she would not make a mistake.

So, Ning Weimin's trip to the Agricultural University, which was supposed to end in two days, was disturbed again.

He had to accept the treasure God had given him.

So, the next day, Ning Weimin turned around and drove to find Hong Yingfang again, asking him to take him to Liangxiang.

And this time, not only did they go together, Ning Weimin also asked Hong Yingfang to help him make an appointment with a professor from the Agricultural University who was familiar with the local situation and chestnut planting to do on-site research together.

And this time they went to several villages in a row. After entering the village, they first looked for the village and then the production team leader.

Sure enough, this trip was not in vain.

Because the chestnuts in Liangxiang are very famous, in the local area, as long as the villages that rely on chestnuts as an economic crop for their livelihood know this chestnut mushroom called gray tree flower.

But unlike the Japanese, our Liangxiang farmers hate this thing very much, and even call this chestnut mushroom "depressed ghost".

For no other reason, it is because the chestnut tree is a famous economic tree species and the economic value of chestnuts is high.

In China, fresh chestnuts can be sold for 50-60 cents per pound, and sugar-fried chestnuts can be sold for more than one yuan per pound, which is the main economic pillar of several villages in Liangxiang.

For local farmers, this chestnut mushroom is just a strange-looking mushroom growing on chestnut trees.

Its appearance is too strange, not as pleasing to the eye as those traditional famous mushrooms, and it cannot be sold at a high price, resulting in it being misunderstood as a useless thing. It is usually only eaten by villagers themselves, and at most dried to enrich the variety of winter vegetables.

But on the other hand, this thing is quite destructive, it will destroy the growth of chestnut trees.

Local farmers have an experience that chestnut trees with chestnut mushrooms are more likely to die.

And you can clearly feel that the chestnut trees are rotting.

If you leave chestnut mushrooms alone, the area where the mushrooms grow will rot after a while, and the wood will rot!

So it goes without saying that farmers regard this thing as a disaster.

Usually they destroy it mercilessly when they see it, and they wish to eliminate it completely.

But if the Japanese see this practice, they will undoubtedly feel distressed.

Because this thing is very valuable in Japan, although it is not as valuable as matsutake, it is not comparable to the price of chestnuts.

This is the gap of information asymmetry. Those who like it are regarded as treasures, and those who don’t like it are regarded as disasters.

However, because of Ning Weimin, this matter has become different since then.

Ning Weimin invited village cadres from several villages he visited to a restaurant in the county town, held a big banquet, and showed his cards directly.

He said that he would buy this kind of mushroom at two yuan per catty for fresh goods and three yuan per catty for dried goods in the future.

We can cooperate for a long time through the village committees of each village. The money will be settled on the spot when the goods are transported together. If you are willing, you can sign a contract with each village after the meal.

People in the mountains are relatively simple. When they heard that there was such a good thing, they were so happy.

It is raining now. The things that worried them the most in the past can now be exchanged for money. Isn’t this turning waste into treasure?

For dry goods, which village can’t get together hundreds of kilograms of dry goods? If it is sold at this price, it is too suitable.

No one thought that the scourge that everyone despised would be more valuable than chestnuts one day.

So the cadres of each village responded with full approval, and raised their glasses to toast Ning Weimin, holding the big boss who drove a car from the city like holding the God of Wealth.

No one does not believe what you say, Ning Weimin. In this day and age, cars are the best proof.

Not to mention that it is an imported luxury car that they have never seen before.

The county magistrate has a jeep to ride, which is more useful than any letter of introduction.

That's not all. Ning Weimin also discussed with two professors from the Agricultural University on the spot.

He hoped that he could start another project with the Agricultural University. He was willing to invest 300,000 yuan to support the Agricultural University in artificially cultivating this kind of mushroom in Liangxiang.

This made the village cadres who were listening to the lecture regard Ning Weimin as a Buddha.

Because if this thing is really done, it means that these villages will have one more economic pillar, and poverty alleviation and prosperity are just around the corner!

Moreover, they don't have to worry about sales, transportation, and prices. They just need to work hard.

Using labor to exchange for food is what farmers like to do most. Who wouldn't be happy?

So, someone called the township head on the spot to inform him. As a result, the township head came over in just half an hour.

After figuring out Ning Weimin's identity, they regarded him as a noble person.

In the end, Ning Weimin was drunk by these simple local cadres. He didn't even know how he got back to Beijing.

He was supposed to treat the guests, but he didn't pay for the meal. He put it all into the township's public account.

And when he left, the trunk of the car was filled with local specialties by cadres from several villages. There was a large sack of high-quality local chestnuts alone.

Millet, red dates, walnuts, peanuts, melon seeds, preserved fruits, all kinds of things gathered in two boxes, and various fruits filled two paper boxes.

There was also 20 kilograms of dried chestnut mushrooms given to him for free.

When Ning Weimin woke up, he was stunned. He didn't go to the countryside to do business. It turned out that he went to buy goods for the wedding.

These fellow villagers were too honest. They didn't even see a penny, but they gave him so many good things.

He couldn't bear it.

Of course, this is enough to show that what he wants to do is exactly what these people need, and it is crucial to them.