Li Mo and Brown Bear used engineer shovels to start clearing the surrounding bushes, then laid out a waterproof mat and took out herb collection tools from their backpacks, mainly a set of bone tools.
"Brown bear, please report outside and continue to report that you are safe."
After Li Mo gave the instructions, he lay down on the mat and began to clean the soil around the ginseng. The soil here is relatively loose, and the older the ginseng is, the thicker and longer the roots are, so be very careful when cleaning.
People waiting outside gradually received the news that "everything is safe" and felt relieved.
It took about fifty minutes to dig out the intact wild ginseng.
The main root of ginseng is called the ginseng body, which is cylindrical or spindle-shaped. There is a horizontal wrinkled part at the top called the reed head. There are sunken stem marks on it, and it is customarily called a reed bowl. It grows once a year. There are tiny protrusions on the fibrous roots called pearl points.
The newly dug reed in front of me has long heads and dense bowl. The ginseng body is as long as the rhizome, human-shaped, transverse, and shorter. The horizontal stripes on the main root are fine and clear, the color is darker and brownish-yellow, the skin is thin and tough, and the pearl bumps are numerous and obvious.
"I don't know how old it is exactly. I'll let Mr. Wu appraise it when I get back. It's quite big and the fresh weight is estimated to be eight or nine hundred grams."
This time it was not in vain. Although it was a huge risk, fortunately we were well prepared and everything is going well so far. Li Mo followed Uncle Bangzi's method and took some soil and moss, then placed wild ginseng on top and sprinkled it with water.
"Brown Bear, send someone to send this ginseng out first. Uncle Bangzi has experience in handling this. Don't let any damage happen in our hands."
"Yes, boss."
Soon a security guard sent the ginseng outside the valley.
When Uncle Bangzi heard that Li Mo had dug up a wild ginseng so quickly, he quickly opened his backpack and stared at it motionlessly.
"Uncle Bangzi, what's the quality of this wild ginseng?" someone asked curiously.
"After a cursory look, it must be at least two hundred years old. This wild ginseng has dark skin and a large size. If I come to a personal exhibition this year, it will definitely be the king of ginseng."
Uncle Bangzi has been digging wild ginseng all his life, and the best time he dug was a ginseng that has been growing for forty years. But this is a wild ginseng that is more than two hundred years old. Taking it out will definitely cause a sensation and be worth a lot of money.
"The sun is scorching right now, so I'll take care of it first to avoid dehydration."
On the mountain of Yama.
"Boss, we have searched all over the nearby shady areas and found no second wild ginseng. We are preparing to continue searching higher up the mountainside."
"This kind of thing is rare." Li Mo said as he walked, "We only focus on wild ginseng. In fact, the Changbai Mountains are very rich in Chinese medicinal materials. No one has come to collect medicines in this mountain for hundreds of years. We I don’t know any other medicinal materials, so maybe the plants I stepped on might be valuable medicinal materials.”
Ah, the brown bear subconsciously looked at his feet.
"Don't be so nervous, I just said it's possible. By the way, gather the others and let's act together."
Brown Bear quickly contacted through the walkie-talkie, and soon the other five people gathered.
"Boss, I have tested the air here and the miasma has basically disappeared. However, for safety reasons, we still wait until we are halfway up the mountain before taking off our gas masks."
"Then let's go."
A group of people climbed halfway up the mountain, and finally sunlight shone through the gaps between the surrounding peaks. The miasma here has completely disappeared. Standing on the mountainside and looking down, it seems that the gray miasma is flowing under your feet like clouds and mist.
Everyone took off their gas masks and waterproof and transparent protective clothing. They were sweating profusely and finally felt more comfortable. Brown Bear took out a bottle of water and a small bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water to prevent heatstroke and handed them to Li Mo. He was sweating too much at this time. If he didn't take precautions, he might actually faint from heatstroke.
Two security guards began to spray disinfectant on the clothes that were taken off, and then applied some powder on the body.
In the shade, several people rested for a while.
"Boss, there is a steep slope over there, and I also found a rope."
A security guard hurried over to report.
"rope?"
Li Mo stood up and followed him. About thirty meters away, a dense forest emerged, and then came to a steep slope. Sure enough, there was a very thick rope tied to a thick tree at one end, and the other end was thrown down the steep slope.
Li Mo pinched the rope, and it immediately broke into pieces and was completely rotten. He walked to the steep slope and looked down. There were no lush vines, only various green plants and moss that liked the shade, and there were no obvious protruding stones to rest on.
"Boss, this rope must have been there for many years, but what did people do down here? There's nothing to see down here."
Li Mo also had this doubt. He looked with his strange child, and he observed everything within a hundred meters of the steep slope. Through the dense green plants, he saw a huge platform at the bottom of the steep slope, and there were three bodies on the platform. The corpses, one of which had a knife stuck in its chest, had been stabbed to death before death.
One person's skull had obvious cracks and dents, and he should have died of serious injuries after being hit on the head with a heavy object. As for the third corpse, it was in a curled-up posture, with his hands still squeezing his neck.
Seeing the three corpses, Li Mo moved his perspective again. He saw a cave entrance two meters high and three meters long in front of the platform.
His throat couldn't help but move, and he had the urge to go down and find out immediately.
"Boss, do you think that's wild ginseng? There are so many of them."
The brown bear suddenly shouted in surprise.
Li Mo immediately withdrew his perspective and looked in the direction pointed by the brown bear. Sure enough, he could faintly see a large red fruit in the bushes next to the steep slope. Several people immediately ran over there. There were bushes on the slope, which was not that steep, but there were a lot of bushes around, some of which were even thicker than arms.
But the red ginseng fruits were so eye-catching that Li Mo’s eyes lit up. They must be the home of wild ginseng.
The strange boy swept away, and sure enough, gray haloes came out one after another. Li Mo was so excited. There were so many hundred-year-old wild ginseng, and this time the ginseng family was wiped out.
After careful counting, there were fifteen plants.
This time it was a big hit. Mr. Wu once said that ginseng also has a very obvious effect on skin whitening. I have been tanned, and it will take me a year or two to slowly return to my original skin color. Now it’s good, century-old ginseng can be made freely.
"Brown Bear, how long is the rope we have?"
"Twenty meters in length."
"Okay, tie the rope and I'll go down to pick ginseng."
There are a lot of wild ginseng nests in that area, and it would take more than ten hours to pick them out one by one. This is a high-intensity physical work.
"Boss, you can rest for a while, and a few of us will briefly clean up the debris outside."
"Okay, you inform the people outside the valley to send more ropes."
The century-old ginseng is already a treasure that cannot be escaped. He is now very interested in the cave under the steep slope. The three corpses died in different ways. They could not have died here for no reason.
Thinking of his previous guesses, he wished he could take people into the cave immediately to find out.
Li Mo replenished some energy, then slowly climbed down the slope with the help of the rope, and soon came to a wild ginseng. He stabilized his body first, and then carefully started to move his hands.
