Chapter 4 The Rose Garden Project

"Eh? What's the use of that over there?" After seeing the construction of the pig farm, Zhang Mei had already forgotten what she was here for. She suddenly found that there seemed to be a building on the side of the pig farm. The garden in general, could not help but ask curiously.

Boss Wang took a look at Fan Wubing and explained to Zhang Mei, "There is a botanical garden we are building, and now we mainly plant roses, and we will add many other varieties of plants in the future, all of which are more economical crops. .”

At first, Fan Wubing wanted to make the pig farm and the botanical garden into an ecological garden system, similar to the farmhouse and other landscapes of later generations, but after careful consideration, he found that something was wrong. The integration of animals and plants was basically They are all animals with high ornamental value. It is estimated that not many people would like to come here to look at these stinky fat pigs. Even if your botanical garden is more distinctive, but if people know these delicate flowers Or if the elegant orchids are irrigated with pig manure, it is estimated that everyone's good mood will be destroyed.

But some things cannot be avoided, especially after knowing the great value contained in them.

The botanical garden on the side of the pig farm covers an area of ​​about 20 acres and is surrounded by fences. Most of the surrounding plants are roses of various colors, or samples of herbal medicines with high economic value crops. Inside In a larger space, a large area of ​​Clivia was planted.

"These are Clivia!" Fan Heng was amazed when he saw the orchids everywhere.

"Father, do you know this thing?" Fan Wubing was suddenly very surprised.

Flowers like Clivia are rare in the local province, but they are more popular in the Northeast at present. Fan Wubing was a little surprised that Fan Heng was able to name this flower in one go.

"I know a little bit about this." Seeing Fan Wubing's surprised face, Fan Heng felt a little proud, "A former colleague was from the Northeast, and he liked Clivia very much. I knew something about Clivia from him. "

"Oh, so that's the case." Fan Wubing nodded, thinking that this matter is conceivable.

The Pingyuan Factory was originally built with the support of various fraternal units from all corners of the country. The source of personnel is very complicated. It is estimated that except for Taiwan and Tibet, most other provinces have people working in the Pingyuan Factory. As the old domestic industrial base in the Northeast The employees over there accounted for almost one-fifth of it.

"What are you doing with these orchids? They can't be eaten!" Although Zhang Mei thought that these flowers looked good, the leaves were so green that they rose up into the sky, and some of the yellow flowers in full bloom were also particularly energetic, but she couldn't figure it out. Fan Wubing, who has always been profit-seeking, would think of planting such beautiful but useless flowers.

Fan Wubing avoided answering his mother's question, pointed to the rose next to him and introduced to her, "In the future, this garden will still focus on planting roses. Clivia is just a short-term variety. After next year, there will be no more planting."

"Why do you grow roses? Do you want to grow roses as crops?" Zhang Mei felt a little unbelievable.

Although roses have always been used as flowers of love, under the current situation in China, only wealthy people in some big cities will use them. How can ordinary people be willing to spend so much money on them? Buying roses that can only be seen for a few days as a gift?

The change of consumption concept is not only a human problem, but also has a material basis, but Fan Wubing has no doubt that this change will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people within a few years.

But Fan Wubing wants to grow roses, not because he wants to vigorously promote this luxury in China, but because he knows that the important value of roses in the international market cannot be replaced by other flowers.

In fact, roses, Chinese roses and roses are all plants of the genus Rosa. People are used to calling the varieties with large diameter flowers and solitary flowers as roses.

The clusters of small flowers are called roses, and the ones that can extract essence are called roses.

"I just want to plant them as crops!" Fan Wubing pointed to the nearby wasteland and said to everyone, "If I can take down the thousands of acres of wasteland nearby, I really want to plant them with roses. "

Roses are Rosa deciduous shrubs with thorny branches. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, elliptic, with side spines, wrinkled surface, most of stipules connate with petiole. The flowers are solitary and several in clusters, purple, pink, yellow, white, fragrant. The most important thing is that rose is an international fragrance type, and there are many products that can be developed with petals and buds as raw materials. Currently, the main products developed are rose essential oil, rose extract, absolute oil, rose sugar, rose dried flowers, etc., which are extremely valuable. Natural products, used as high-grade perfume, medicine, food, cosmetics, essence, spices, and handicrafts. Fan Wubing plucked a rose with his hands, and said to the crowd, "Natural spices can be extracted from roses, which is good for health. Therefore, the source of goods is very popular in the international market. The main foreign rose producing countries are Bulgaria and Morocco, which are affected by regions. Restricted by factors such as land area, labor force and other factors, there can be no greater development. The international market has seen a situation where demand exceeds supply and prices are rising steadily. Due to the limitation of climatic conditions in other parts of the country, the artificial planting area is not large and cannot meet the needs. The demand of the market provides us with a good opportunity to expand rose planting." "According to the climate and geographical conditions, as long as the management measures keep up, the requirements for the growth and development of roses can be well met, and the flower yield per mu in the blooming period can reach Five hundred to seven hundred kilograms. It can be planted in one year, and it can benefit in ten years. It is indeed a project to enrich the country and the people." Fan Wubing introduced to everyone, but he was scratched by the thorn on the rose stem. Feeling a little pain, he added, "Of course, it is also very good to sell roses directly for money. The so-called thorny roses are used to describe love, and this thing will definitely become popular in the future."

"Can you ensure that the money invested will be recovered?" Fan Heng was a little skeptical. He knew that to plant so many roses, the labor, fertilizer, and management costs would be quite high, let alone purify the roses. Beneficial substances also require fairly complex equipment.

Fan Wubing jumped onto a big rock, he was able to stand up to his father, and he said to everyone with his chest upright, "Everything is risky, but we can't do nothing just because we are afraid of risks. One of my ideals is to build a rose garden with a scale of more than a thousand acres in Panshi City, which is my first goal in life!"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him in surprise, Fan Wubing smiled shyly and said, "This is my rose garden plan!"