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Chapter 174 Huang Jing (4)

"Old mallet, come here quickly, let us see what you are holding!"

The judges said to him when they saw the old mallet acting crazy all by himself.

The old mallet laughed a few times, and came in front of the crowd with the strange object in his hand.

One of the judges reached out to take the object in the old mallet's hand, but he quickly dodged it.

Then he glared at the other party and said: "Don't touch it, this thing is precious, if you accidentally break it, even if you take all your property, you can't afford it!"

Seeing the old mallet so cautiously, it seemed that what he was holding was really a priceless treasure.The judges became even more curious and surrounded him in the center.

However, when they saw that what he held in his hand was a radish root that looked like ginseng, their first reaction was to be fooled by the old stick.

The judge who had just been reprimanded by the old stick scolded us with an unfriendly expression: "You Tieguai Li, you are fooling us with this radish root that someone picked up from the garbage dump, aren't you too busy?" Panic!"

"You know what a fart! If you have such radish roots in your trash can, you'll be the richest man in China, and you don't need to be a judge!"

The old mallet sneered unceremoniously.

Just as the judge was about to retort, the oldest and most prestigious judge next to him said, "Okay, stop bickering. Thousands of pairs of eyes are staring at us! Let's get down to business first!" Professor Hu, go and announce the final winner of this year's Wild Ginseng King."

Professor Hu responded, and just about to turn around, the old club stopped him: "Wait a minute, what is the final winner of the ginseng king? You haven't even seen the thing in my hand, are you going to judge it as the ginseng king?" ?Although it is indeed a well-deserved ginseng king, some necessary procedures still need to go through!"

The judges were a little dumbfounded when they heard this.

Professor Hu knew that Lao Bangchui misunderstood everyone's meaning, and explained: "Old Bangchai, you just hid by yourself and didn't even come to participate in the evaluation work, so I don't know. Before that, everyone has selected the participants. The winner of the king is a thousand-year-old ginseng selected for the second time by the Bangziguo Heishan Group."

"Thousand-year ginseng?"

Old Bangchui was also taken aback: "I didn't expect that Bangzi surnamed Li still has such a rare item in his hand, it can't be a fake!"

The judge who was bickering with the old mallet sneered coldly: "Do you think everyone is talking nonsense with their eyes open like you, and using carrots as ginseng!"

The old mallet ignored the judge, but shook his head at the other judges, and said: "Even a thousand-year-old ginseng is nothing special. In this competition, no one is eligible to be a participant except for what I have in my hand." king!"

"You mean to say that you want to elect this thing in your hand as the current king of ginseng?"

The old mallet nodded, and said with some pride: "That's right!"

Seeing that Lao Maochui didn't look like he was joking, everyone became a little more cautious.

They also know that although Lao Maomai is not very educated, he does not have any professional titles.But he has been a mountain hunter since he was 13 years old, and he is already a well-known ginseng leader in the entire Xing'an Mountains. He has dealt with ginseng for a lifetime, and his knowledge of ginseng is no worse than his own so-called experts and professors.Some aspects are even more proficient than everyone.Otherwise, the competition organizing committee wouldn't have hired him to be the judge!

The oldest judge said: "Old Bangchui, don't be a fool anymore. Since you want to recommend what you have as the king of ginseng, you have to tell the reason for everyone to listen to!"

"Brother Liu, don't worry, as long as everyone knows its origin, I'm sure no one will object to my proposal!"

The old mallet said solemnly: "However, I think that when the winner of the ginseng king is announced later, I have to explain its origin to the people at the venue. It's better to let everyone listen to my reason now." , so as not to have to repeat it again!"

have to!This dude doesn't care if you agree or not, he just snatched the laurels of King Shen.

At this time, because the judges had not announced the winner of the king of ginseng for a long time, the people in the audience seemed a little impatient, and the order seemed a little chaotic.

Everyone also knew that the time could not be delayed any longer. After discussing for a while, they agreed with the old stick.

At the same time, he set a condition for the old stick, that is, he could not declare the ownership of King Shen before he explained the origin of the thing in his hand and obtained everyone's consent.

For this condition, the old stick didn't care at all. In his heart, he had long believed that the laurel crown of King Shen belonged to him, and he just delayed the announcement.

When the people at the venue saw the old mallet walking to the center of the rostrum holding a thing that looked like a radish root, they were all curious.

After standing still in front of the speech platform, the old stick raised his hand and asked the people in the audience: "I want to ask everyone, does anyone know what I am holding?"

Although the people in the audience were a little far away from the old mallet and could not be clearly identified, they could still see their outlines, so someone laughed and shouted:

"Isn't it just a radish root? You still want to sell it as ginseng!"

The old mallet nodded and said: "You really hit the mark. I just want to sell it as ginseng, and the price is not cheap. If you don't have tens of millions of tickets, don't stand up." It's embarrassing!"

All the people in the audience burst into laughter when they heard the words, obviously they all took the old stick's words as a joke.

He Ling said to Ling Zikai: "Ling Zikai, I never thought that the judge would be fooled by that carrot of yours!"

Seeing that the old stick seemed to have recognized the origin of the thing, Ling Zikai regained his spirits, waved his hand at He Ling, and said, "Don't interrupt, listen carefully to what he has to say first!"

Li Zhixian also seemed to recognize that the thing in the hands of the old mallet was the thing that the little boy put up for sale on the street stall in the trading market yesterday. He wanted to buy it at that time, but was snatched away by Ling Zikai.

I also felt that the length of the thing was a bit strange, it was definitely not as simple as a radish root as most people think, so I asked the translator to go to Ling Zikai to buy it back, but Ling Zikai refused.

Now seeing the old mallet show it to everyone, Li Zhixian is also a little curious: Is it really a good thing?

"Don't think I'm fooling you, this is indeed a ginseng, an authentic wild ginseng!"

Old Bangchui sighed faintly, and said, "Let me ask you a question first: Which place in the world do you think has the best ginseng?"

"That goes without saying, of course the ginseng from our Xing'an Mountains is the best!" someone replied.

The old mallet shook his head and said, "You are wrong, the best ginseng in the world is not our Xing'an ginseng, but Shangdang ginseng!"

Dangshen?What is that, why have I never heard of it?

Except for a few people, everyone was dumbfounded by what Old Bang Chui said.

"That's right, it is Shangdangshen. In "Shuowen Jiezi", the explanation of the meaning of the word ginseng is as follows: Ginseng, formerly known as 'ginseng, medicinal herb, came out of Shangdang, and the ginseng is also!"

"Fan Zi Ji Ran" in the Spring and Autumn Period also records: "Ginseng is born with Shangdang." '

"Yiyuan" written by Liu Jingshu also said: "Ginseng, a soil spirit, is the best for those who give birth to Shangdang." '

'Personal top grade biography local chronicles,

I have to be really good at Zituan.

I am ashamed that my uncle is empty holding medicine,
I would like Bo Yan to take a closer look. '

This is a poem written by Duan Chengshi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, called "Duan Chengshi with Ginseng".At that time, he wanted to ask for Shangdang ginseng, but his friend Zhou Yao managed to get one as a gift for him.

Do you know where Shangdang is?

It is in the present Jinnan Province, on the top of Taihang, with the highest terrain, and the sky is the party.

Because the ginseng body of Shangdang ginseng grows very long, the ginseng skin is golden, moist and sweet, so it is also called sealwort.

Having said so much, everyone must ask, since Shangdangshen is so famous, why have we never seen it?
Because the Codonopsis pilosula was extinct five or six hundred years ago!
Do you think you can still see it now?
Perhaps, we should thank this extinct species of Shangdang ginseng.

Because Shangdang ginseng could not be found anywhere, later people came to our place, which made Xing'an ginseng famous.

After talking for a long time, everyone must be scolding me in their hearts, old Bangchui, if I have nothing to do, and stand here talking about the mountains.

Don't worry, everyone, what I want to say next is, have you seen what I'm holding in my hand? "

The old mallet raised the thing in his hand high, and said with some excitement: "Today, what I want to tell you is that the thing that looks like a radish root in my hand has been extinct for five years. The 600-year-old Shangdang ginseng is called Huang Jing, the treasure of ginseng!"

As soon as the voice of the old mallet fell, there was a burst of discussion from the audience:

"Old club, you are not fooling us!"

"That's right, anyway, none of you have seen any Shangdang ginseng, who knows if it's true or not!"

"Didn't it say that the species was extinct 500 years ago, why would it suddenly come out now!"

Don't say that the people in the audience didn't believe it, even the judges behind the old club showed doubts on their faces.

Du Juan quietly asked Ling Zikai, "Do you think what Old Bangchui said is credible?"

Ling Zikai was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Its ginseng contains a lot of energy essence. I think even if it is not the Shangdangshen mentioned by the old stick, it should be a rare medicinal material that has never been discovered before. .Its value is not below that of millennium ginseng.”

"Did you think of buying him back from that little boy because you discovered the energy essence in its body?"

Ling Zikai didn't want to hide it from Du Juan, so he nodded and said, "It's a pity that I forgot to ask where the little boy's family lived, otherwise, if I have a chance, I can go to the cave where he dug this thing and look for it. Will there be any other discoveries!"

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(End of this chapter)