"This star anise, abbreviated as star anise, is also known as big anise, also known as the fennel. It has been imported from the Nanyang since ancient times, so it has been called this. It is different now. This thing is also produced in the wilderness of Guizhou."

"There are real or fake stars in the world, so you can't make a mistake, because fake stars in the world are poisonous and mistakenly used as seasonings will cause various discomforts. How to distinguish them, please look here..."

A certain residence in Linguicheng, Yuwen Weigan, who was named "Yu Langjun", came here to negotiate the purchase of star anise as a merchant. He spoke the Guanzhong sound, which was originally very eye-catching, but now Linguicheng has accents from all over the world, so it is no big deal.

The guy in Didian was very enthusiastic and took out several plant fruits that looked like octagonal stars and explained to "Yu Langjun" how to distinguish between real and fake octagonal.

The so-called star anise is actually an octagonal star-shaped "polymerized fruit" composed of eight "bone-protruding fruits". The real star anise is light brown or red-brown, with a thick body. The front end of the single-petal fruit is straight, round, dull and blunt.

The aroma of real star anise is rich and strong, with a spicy and sweet taste.

One of the fake star anise: "red fennel", which is redder than the real star anise, so it is named after it. Its bone ridges are generally seven to eight, so it sometimes looks "seven corners". The fruit is thin, and the front end of the single-flap fruit is pointed and curved upwards.

The aroma of red fennel is weak and has a sweet taste.

The second of the fake star anise: "Ground Maple Peel", which consists of ten to thirteen bone-like fruits. It is reddish-brown, and the fruit is thin and small overall. It looks like it is not anise star at first glance. It has a plain fragrance and astringent taste.

The third of the fake star anise: "Raki", which consists of ten to fourteen bone-like fruits. The fruit is very thin. You can see at a glance that it is not an anise star, and the fragrance is even lighter. It will make your tongue numb after eating it.

The guy’s introduction is simple and clear. Yuwen Weigan can easily distinguish what is real and fake octagonal. The shop’s guy packed up the “sample goods” and continued to introduce the relevant stories about octagonal to the customers.

Since ancient times, three types of fake star anise have been wild in all parts of Jiangnan, and in all parts of Lingbei (Lingnan), so people believe that only Nanyang produces real star anise, so star anise is one of the South China fragrant medicines and is expensive.

But now it is different. As the court divided Lingnan into the east and west roads, and divided Guizhou General Administration and established Yongzhou General Administration and Rongzhou General Administration, the court's efforts to develop the west roads of Lingnan have gradually been developed in the wilderness.

True star anise is one of them. There is another fragrant medicine called "Mujiu". This thing is a flower on the osmanthus tree, so it is also called "Osmanthus". Its fragrance is light. Although it is not as good as ambergris, it is in sharp contrast to ambergris with a rich aroma.

Orchids are often used in the world to describe gentlemen. The fragrance of "Mulberry" (Osmanthus) is very elegant and just right, and it meets the needs of Qingliu celebrities. Therefore, together with the star anise, it has become one of the most popular famous products on Lingnan West Road.

Second only to sucrose, there is also raw mouth.

The guy made a long speech, and at the end, he looked at "Yu Langjun". "Yu Langjun" thought it was not easy for the other party, so he nodded and signaled to follow the order.

As a prince, he doesn't need to make profits by doing business, and there is no shortage of Lingnan goods in the palace, let alone the trading company under the name of the palace, which originally brought a large amount of star anise and rhinoceros from Lingnan, so Yuwen Weigan originally planned to conduct pure market research.

But people are so enthusiastic that they say so much that they are not dry-mouthed, so Yuwen Weigan wants to enter some star anise, which can be regarded as a gift and take it back to give it to his younger brother and sister.

Investigating the market conditions in Guizhou was one of the tasks assigned by my father. Yuwen Weigan came to Guizhou as an observer of Lingnan West Road, of course, not to visit the mountains and rivers.

In Linguicheng, circulating coupons can be circulated (commercial trading), which surprised Yuwen Weigan, but when I think about it, I feel relieved: there are chambers of commerce in Linguicheng and the semicolons of various well-known cabinet shops, including Rixingchang. With credit guarantees, circulating coupons are natural.

Yuwen Weigan walked out of the didian, strolled on the street, looked at the bustling pedestrians, and then looked at the big sign of the Xianggui Trading Company's branch in the distance. He hesitated for a while, but still didn't go there.

He was "on a tour in a squad" and could not go to that place to sit. After all, Xianggui Trading Company is doing bulk goods transactions, and he is "short of money". It is useless to go there except to expose his identity.

Xianggui Trading Company is a large trading company established by reference to the structure of Liangyang Trading Company. It is also an "official supervision and business office" and also opens up shares to the public, taking the Tanzhou General Administration as the basis to open up trade routes south.

The company absorbs Tanguan, Guiguan and powerful households in Lingnan as shareholders of all sizes, absorbs a large amount of private capital, organizes countless caravans and slave capturing teams, and conducts large-scale operations in Guiguan, Rongguan and Yongguan.

The three-level prefecture and county were set up, and plantations, shopping malls, trading bases, and Liaoshi (slave markets), from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

The Xianggui Trading Company has been established for a few years, but its performance has skyrocketed year by year. Its rapid development momentum is due to the convenient water transportation brought by steamships and the court's permission to use firearms.

Only with firearms, caravans, trading strongholds, and settlements can there be reliable security guarantees. With steamships, sugar sugar produced in sugarcane plantations, star anise, osmanthus, and green mouth purchased can all be transported out of the water at a relatively low cost.

If the waterway hub is Cangwu at the east-west junction, a large fleet of ships will either carry cargo eastward and go downstream to Guangguan, or enter the Guishui River in Cangwu and head north to Guiguan.

Then climb over the mountains through the Lingqu Canal or by land to enter the Tanguan.

At the same time, a large number of armed migrant groups carried muskets and light cannons, and took steamships to enter Guiguan, Rongguan and Yongguan. They opened up settlements, opened up land and farming, or opened up new plantations in the new world promised by the court.

In Yongzhou and Rongzhou, a large number of immigrants in the Central Plains have settled in the prefecture city. In addition, a large number of business travelers living in the two prefecture cities, there are more than 10,000 households in each. It is said that the city is very lively. The Lingnan West Road, which was once regarded as a wild place, is no longer the same as before.

Yuwen Weigan, who is in Lingui, Guizhou Prefecture, deeply understood this point. Lingui is the gateway to the Central Plains to enter the West Road of Lingnan. After he arrived in Lingui, in just over ten days, more than a dozen immigrant groups settled in the city, and then took a steamer to go south along Lishui (the other name of Guishui in the Lingui River section) and headed to Cangwu.

When we arrived at Cangwu, we turned west and followed Yushui to Rongguan and Yongguan.

At the same time, a large number of slave-capturing teams came to the opposite direction and took a large number of live mouths to the Tanguan, selling the "goods" to the coal mine owners who were looking forward to it.

Lingui's popularity is completely different from the rumors of the deserted city on the side. Yuwen Weigan looked at the noisy commercial street and sighed, "The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit."

Then I remembered what my father said.
Chapter completed!