Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 622 - 283: Variety of Earthworms_1

Chapter 622: Chapter 283: Variety of Earthworms_1

Inside the dark and damp earthworm shed, beneath was all half-dried cow dung, with earthworms crawling about. It was a filthy sight to see. However, once the visitors thought about the colourful money, they forgot about everything else.

Seeing some confusion, Yan Fei reassured everyone. "I’ve sold these myself in Provincial City, it’s not a scam. The factories in the city are buying them, so rest assured! The county party secretary knows about this business; I guaranteed it to him. It’s not a scheme to trick you."

After everyone whispered amongst themselves, Yan Fei finally introduced the main topic. "Don’t worry about being fooled or deceived, I plan to give these earthworms to everyone for free. You can raise them at home with cow dung, it won’t cost a penny. What can I possibly cheat you for?"

How could they not trust him after he said something like that!

Seeing everyone’s eyes start to glow, Yan Fei continued: "Whoever wants to raise earthworms, bring something to carry them tomorrow. Even if you cannot sell them, they won’t cause a loss. Everyone has chickens at home, right? Feeding them these earthworms can increase egg production. The same goes for ducks and geese, you won’t lose anything."

After finishing his introduction, he dropped a bomb: "Don’t underestimate these little creatures. You take care of them, wash them off, sun dry them to make earthworm gan. Here’s a tip, as long as they are earthworms bred by me, each catty of dried earthworm I will buy for fifty yuan."

To be honest, for him now, earthworm cultivation is just meant for cow manure disposal, and he doesn’t really care much about the money. That includes mushroom farming as well.

With these words spoken, everyone looked at the earthworms as if they were gold. Someone asked, "Boss Yan, what species of earthworm is this? Will you only purchase the earthworms bred from your species?"

"Of course, they are a certain species. Otherwise, why would I offer you such a high price? If you can dig up earthworms from the ground and sell them for this much, what’s the point of me building these sheds and getting you all here? I could have just quietly dug up earthworms and sold them myself." Yan Fei lied here, mainly because he was afraid that these people would start digging for earthworms on their own.

Don’t underestimate people’s desire for money these days. If you say that digging earthworms can make money, it won’t take long before they over-harvest them to extinction. In fact, he now knows how to dig earthworms from the smelly mud—using electric shocks. With the right current, the earthworms will crawl out when stimulated, it’s completely devastating to the population. No wonder Wang Jiuming repeatedly warned not to let out the secret that wild earthworms were valuable too.

Nowadays, the use of chemical fertilizers in farms is becoming more and more common. If these little creatures were dug to extinction, the cost of farming would only increase in the future—you must spend money on fertilizers if you want crops to grow. As one can imagine, the cost of farming would naturally become higher and higher.

This is a long-term issue. Perhaps the farmers won’t think that far ahead, but he, Yan Fei, has big plans and cannot wait until it’s too late. Even though they understood this, sometimes the farmers couldn’t help but overexploit the resources, especially when the children at home were crying for meat.

If he deceives them a little now, there’s nothing wrong with it. But once earthworm cultivation becomes more common, they won’t care about the little amount in the wild. Even if they find out later that he tricked them in the beginning, no one would fuss over this matter. Moreover, as people’s cultural level rise, there will be more and more understanding people if this matter gets out.

Of course, most importantly, if everyone starts to make money with him, who will complain? With the money they earn following him, nobody would fuss over these little things and would certainly find a suitable reason for him.

However, these earthworms of his are indeed enormous. They are much more consistent in size compared to wild earthworms—not only the ones raised in the valleys but also those in the sheds.

He thought for a long time about the reason for this and guessed it might be due to the bone meal. Cows have consumed bone-meal fed grass and their waste must contain undigested bone meal, which is why these earthworms grow so well—he even looked forward to growing mushrooms with his own cow dung, wondering if they would turn out better than other people’s!

After everyone had discussed for a while, Yan Fei began to propose a new temptation: "Did you see the two new sheds outside? The same ones that were being built by everyone in the past few days? Do you know what they’re for? They’re for growing mushrooms!"

"Can mushrooms be sold for money?" People didn’t really believe this and would laugh at the question years later.

"Of course. I don’t know how much exactly as I’ve just started. However, don’t worry, within half a year or so, I will be well-versed. Once I learn the ropes, everyone will not need to worry about not being able to sell them. Besides, in major cities people treat mushrooms like treasures and buy them to eat. We grow them in our homes using the things that don’t cost us anything like straw and cow dung. Even if we eat them ourselves, we are not at a loss!" Yan Fei patiently explained with a smile.

"But we can’t afford to set up big sheds now, can we?" Someone asked.

"That’s obvious!" Yan Fei laughed. "If you had money now, would you run here to work for me for free? If I had too much money, who would come here to chat? We are simply trying to find a way to make money, right?"

When he was with these people, sometimes he didn’t need to worry about his tone of speech. Even if he used some coarse language, no one minded, in fact, they felt closer to him. For example, when he spoke like this now, no one was offended, instead, everyone laughed together.

Yan Fei waved his hand to silence everyone, "I know most of you don’t have money now. I wouldn’t ask you to build a shed to grow mushrooms, so just hear me out. You’ve seen the construction of the big shed, right? It is made with tight seams, just to keep the sunlight out. You understand? Like earthworms, you don’t have to grow mushrooms only in big sheds. You can grow them anywhere at home as long as the sunlight doesn’t reach there."

"Really?" The crowd was excited.

"Would I joke about this?" Yan Fei laughed out loud. "You use shredded straw mixed with cow dung to grow it. The residue after mushroom cultivation can be used to raise earthworms. After raising earthworms, what’s left is mostly earthworm dung. You can directly use it as fertilizer in the fields. Did you get it?"