Shandong Ningjin "rich peony" blossoms with the hope of increasing income and becoming rich.

Peach, apricot and pear blossoms have just fallen, and the peony, known as the "king of thousands of flowers", has ushered in its heyday. Walking into Li Jinglong's peony garden, the fragrance of the flowers came to the nostrils. More than 1 million oil peonies covering an area of more than 500 mu competed to bloom, and a large piece of white flowers were shining in the sun and like a white sea against the green leaves.

Tourist Cao Yangyang said: "they said that the flowers here are blooming and very beautiful. They want to bring the children to have a look. After coming here, they feel very happy and the children have a good time."

In the eyes of tourists, this beautiful sea of flowers is the treasure in the heart of Li Jinglong, the owner of the Peony Garden.

Li Jinglong said: "Peony petals and stamens can be soaked in water to drink. It is the edible oil extracted from the seeds formed under the flowers. It is the edible oil with the highest nutritional value found so far. Its unsaturated fatty acids and α-linolenic acid are many times higher than olive oil. Another is the final root of the peony. It is a traditional Chinese medicine, Cortex moutan. The main components of Liuwei Dihuang pills are made by this peony root." "

Li Jinglong, who has been engaged in the seedling planting industry, has considered the transformation of the industry because of the depressed market of the seedling industry in recent years. An accidental opportunity, so that Li Jinglong and peony formed a fate.

Li Jinglong said: "after contact with Dean Liu of Qilu University of Technology, he recommended to me that we can grow oil peonies. Its prospect is still good, because oil peonies were only established in 2013, as edible parts, including deep processing in the later stage. Some technology, they can help us. After what he said, I was in all parts of the country, especially in Heze, Bozhou and Luoyang. They all went on a field trip over there, and I visited all the stages of the peony growth cycle. "

After continuous consultation and investigation, Li Jinglong saw the market prospect of oil peony and strengthened his confidence in planting oil peony.

Li Jinglong said: "when planting this thing, what we are most concerned about is how many seeds it can bear and its economic value. Seeds are mainly used as edible oil, which is similar to olive oil, and its unsaturated fatty acids are more than 98%. Therefore, it is of good nutritional value to all aspects of the human body. I actually saw that the peonies planted by ordinary people there for five to seven years, it is absolutely no problem to simply pick up 250 kilograms of seeds per mu of land. There is a great demand for seeds, and there are very few seeds. If we sell them here, I estimate that the lowest price will not be less than 10 yuan. "

In 2014, Li Jinglong began to plant oil peonies. As the oil peony planting only entered the harvest period in the third year, and the fourth year is the income period, that is to say, in the first three years, Li Jinglong has been in a state of "only investment and no return", so the villagers are not optimistic about him. But Li Jinglong persevered, and he also found the knack of managing peonies.

Li Jinglong said: "in the first two years, the growth was relatively slow, and the grass damage was quite serious. in the past two years, I groped by myself. Now it is a combination of artificial weeding and biological weeding. People around us have sheep herding, and the grass thrown out by workers is thrown on the side of the road. There must be peony leaves and flowers. Sheep only eat grass but do not eat this thing, which is very enlightening to me. Why not eat it? as a result, I tasted it myself with the leaves. The taste was very bitter and astringent. To see if it is raising geese and chickens, to see if it does not eat this thing, but only to eat grass, ah, as a result, the chickens and geese are put into the ground, the effect is very ideal. "

Solved the problem of weeding, the management of the oil peony is much easier, because the peony does not like water, so watering is also relatively easy. This year, Li Jinglong's peonies have entered the harvest period, with an output of more than 50,000 jin of flowers. in order to enable this peony garden to produce more high-quality seeds in the fourth year, there can not be too many flowers, but it is a pity to throw them away in vain. Li Jinglong thought about the flowers.

Li Jinglong said: "our current batch of products are brought to Qilu University of Technology, one is to make flower dew, the other is to make enzymes. Today, the fresh flowers should be about one ton. if we make flower dew, it should be able to come out in June. The initial experiments of a series of peony flower dew products have been successful. Now it is time to make some products and debug the equipment again. The next step is to put the equipment directly to our side and process it from our side. "

Li Jinglong said: "this beer has been in for some time before it has been set up. After debugging, we can produce our own peony beer in half a month." Our products are in Qilu University of Technology, with the same equipment, technology and raw materials. Several batches of samples have been sent out from there, and the taste and taste are quite good. "

During this three-year period, Li Jinglong not only benefited from the peony himself, but also fully led to a change in the concept of nearby villagers.

Li Jinglong said: "at present, there are about four or five households actually planting (peony), with an area of about 60 mu. If we have reached a practical intention now, the actual area we want to plant after this autumn should be about 600 mu." (peony Garden) after it was done, it attracted some poor families around them to give priority to arranging them to come here to work, including weeding, some daily management, and picking flowers in the later stage, giving priority to poor families. "

Li Shenglin, 76, is a poor family in Xinji Village. In previous years, his income depended on only 2 mu and 3% of his land. Since Uncle Li transferred the land to Li Jinglong to plant oil peonies in 2014, this income has increased a lot compared with the past.

Li Shenglin, a villager of Xinji Village, Changguan Town, Ningjin County, said: "at that time, one mu of land could leave 600 to 700 yuan, but I would not grow this peony garden. I would give 1,000 yuan for one mu of land and more than 2,000 yuan for two mu of land. If you don't farm, you won't be able to do odd jobs when you're old. If you have nothing to do, isn't this an extra layer of income? "

Li Jinglong said: "personally, I am full of confidence in this industry and strive to improve a series of production and deep processing within the past five years, mainly including the deep processing of flowers, including the deep processing of seeds and the extraction of oil. If we want to develop and drive the planting area of the people around us to reach more than 2,000 mu, we hope that peony flowers will open up a larger world in Changguan Town and even Ningjin County. "