Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 64 Truffles
In all fairness, Zhao Lei has only heard of truffles on TV, and only knows that they are a kind of delicacy in Western food, but he really doesn't know the details.

Since Jiang Zili said that truffles can make a lot of money, of course Zhao Lei would not take it lightly. After returning home from the Garden Hotel, he immediately looked up information about truffles on the Internet.

Zhao Lei was taken aback by this investigation, only then did he realize that truffles are so expensive.Especially the black truffles produced in France and the white truffles in Italy are even more expensive.

French black truffles are worth thousands of dollars per catty, equivalent to nearly 2 yuan.The price of white truffles is even higher, nearly [-] US dollars per catty, equivalent to [-] to [-] RMB!
The reason why truffles are so expensive is because this fungus cannot be artificially cultivated.It is all thanks to the locals with specially trained hounds to search in the woods. The total output of French black truffles is only tens of tons every year, while the white truffles are only a few tons. No wonder they can be sold at such a high price.

Knowing the astonishing price of truffles, Zhao Lei was inevitably moved.Perhaps others cannot cultivate truffles, but Zhao Lei, who owns Zijin Gourd, feels that he can try it.

So Zhao Lei continued to search a lot of information and figured out the growth environment of truffles.Although this kind of food is called truffle, it is actually parasitic in the soil near the roots of broad-leaved trees. Among them, oak trees are most suitable for the growth of truffles.

Moreover, truffles have very high requirements on the environment. Zhao Lei decided to directly cultivate this kind of food in the gourd space. The possibility of success should be higher.

Zhao Lei has always been a practical man, so he immediately took action after making the decision, went to several nurseries in the city, and finally bought two oak trees.

These two oak trees are more than three meters high and thicker than an adult's wrist. The nursery owner said that they have been planted for five or six years, but no one has bought them.Now someone finally asked for it, and he also gave a very low price. Two such big trees only cost 1000 yuan, and he also delivered the goods to the door.

Although it's only September and it's not suitable for transplanting big trees, Zhao Lei asked the boss to dig out the two oak trees right now and send them to his yard.

After the delivery workers left, Zhao Lei brought the two oak trees into Hulu Space.He considered for a moment, and finally decided to plant two oak trees at the edge of the space.The distance between trees is more than ten meters, so as not to affect each other when they grow up.

Zhao Lei quickly dug two big pits with the shovel he brought in, then slowly straightened the oak tree in the pits, filled in the excavated soil, and finally brought spring water from the spring to irrigate.

Each oak tree weighs hundreds of catties, and it is impossible for ordinary people to complete such a heavy work alone.Fortunately, Zhao Lei diligently practiced the three cleansing methods, and now the first layer of "hardened body" has almost reached the state of perfection, so he doesn't feel tired after doing so many things.

Zhao Lei took a sip of the cool and sweet spring water, looked at the oak tree that had just been planted, and muttered to himself with satisfaction: "After the oak tree survives, we can then prepare to grow truffles."

After planting the oak tree, Zhao Lei sat in the center of Taiji Pisces and practiced the Sanqing method.A few hours later, the practice was over, but there was almost no dirt on his body, indicating that the dirt in his body had been basically eliminated.

After the training is over, it's time to inspect the calabash space.Zhao Lei wandered around this small world as usual.It was found that all the soft-shelled turtle eggs by the stream had successfully hatched, and there were many lively little soft-shelled turtles swimming happily in the clear stream.

Zhao Lei walked all the way along the creek, roughly estimated the number of small soft-shelled turtles, and there were hundreds of them.It seems that as soon as the fish pond is built, it will be put into use immediately.

In addition to the fruitful breeding of soft-shelled turtles, the performance of pheasants is also very good.There are already several broods of chickens in the grass looking for food, and several other pairs of breeders are also hatching eggs. It will not take long for more than 100 chicks to appear in the gourd space, which also makes Zhao Lei very satisfied.

Although summer is not suitable for transplanting big trees, in the gourd space, any magical things can happen.Only a few days after the oak tree was planted, new green shoots appeared, and then the new shoots quickly turned into emerald green leaves, which looked full of vitality.

Now that the oak tree is alive, the next step is to formally cultivate truffles.Zhao Lei knows that this kind of fungus reproduces by mycelium. As long as you find some mature truffles, chop them up and sprinkle them in the soil near the roots of oak trees, the mycelia of the truffles will spread, and there is hope that truffles will grow. .

The question facing Zhao Lei right now is how to get fresh and ripe truffles.

For this reason, Zhao Lei called Jiang Zili to ask him where he could buy fresh French truffles.

Jiang Zili is definitely an expert in this aspect, and immediately told Zhao Lei that he can go to the Red River Bank Western Restaurant in Xinwu City to try his luck.The owner of the western restaurant is a Frenchman named Pierre Leclerc. He often imports some truffles from France, so maybe he can go there to try his luck.

Zhao Lei thanked Jiang Zili, and went to the Red River Bank Western Restaurant to buy truffles the next day.

It was still in the morning when Zhao Lei arrived at the Red River Bank Restaurant, and the restaurant hadn't opened yet.A waiter listened to Zhao Lei's request, and said with embarrassment: "I'm sorry, we can't decide this kind of thing."

Zhao Lei said with a smile: "Then please invite your boss out. I will tell him face to face, and I think he will definitely agree."

It didn't take long for Pierre to rush out, a handsome Frenchman who would have looked more like a movie star if he hadn't been wearing a chef's uniform.

However, Pierre's attitude was not good, and he said to Zhao Lei in his unproficient Chinese: "I'm sorry, sir. The truffles in this shop are all used in our own dishes, and will not be sold separately. Please go back .”

Zhao Lei had expected this to happen a long time ago, so he just said indifferently: "Mr. Leclerc, don't be so absolute. I believe that after listening to my suggestion, you will definitely agree."

Pierre insisted: "I will not change my opinion, you are talking nonsense!"

"It's nonsense!" Zhao Lei couldn't help correcting the French idiom, and then said unhurriedly: "You are also in the catering circle, and you should have heard that there is a kind of emerald vegetable recently, which is very popular, right?"

Pierre excitedly said: "Of course, my idol, gourmet Mr. Jiang Zili has written two Weibo articles in a row, full of praise for jadeite vegetables. If I am not too busy with work every day, I would have gone there in person. The Garden Restaurant tasted this miraculous vegetable!"

Now that the Frenchman knows that jadeite vegetables are easy to handle, Zhao Lei said with a smile, "If I can supply you with jadeite vegetables for a long time, would you sell me some fresh truffles?"

(End of this chapter)