Open barren mountains and plant peonies. Post-90s boys let Tiantai Mountain blossom to become rich.

In April, I walked into a mountain of Yangtian Village, Tiantai Town, and saw that the mountains were covered with lush oil peonies, the white flowers blooming at the top of the branches were full and delicate, bees were dancing in the sun to absorb peony pollen, and trees such as ginkgo biloba were interplanted next to the peonies. "Peony seeds can extract oil, flowers and stamens can make tea, roots can be used as medicine, and peonies are covered with treasures." Chen Xiang, the owner of the peony planting base, proudly introduced his "treasure" to the reporter.

Chen Xiang is a native of Yangtian village. after graduating from the post-90s architectural major, Chen Xiang did not choose to work related to architecture, but became a farmer. He worked in four farms in Qionglai successively. After learning the knowledge and skills of planting, he finally decided to go home and start a business.

At the beginning, Chen Xiang's entrepreneurial experience was not plain sailing. After 2012, he tried to grow more than ten mu of purple potatoes, but suffered continuous rain, causing all the purple potatoes to rot, which dealt him a heavy blow. Chen Xiang, who encountered the "Waterloo", not only did not lose heart, but also actively looked for opportunities. When he accidentally visited the website in 2014, a message rekindled his confidence to pursue a career in the countryside. "I follow the central document to encourage the development of underforest economy and woody oil." After consulting a large number of relevant materials, Chen Xiang learned that the huge economic value and development space of oil peony, coupled with the soil and climatic conditions of Yangtian Village, are very suitable for the growth of peony, which has strengthened his determination to plant peony.

"Young people do not go out to work to earn money, but rely on one mu of land for the rest of their lives." He didn't expect that as soon as his idea was put forward, it would be opposed by his parents. Because oil peonies are planted in November every year, and only bear fruit in the third year after planting, there is no income in the two or three years after planting, and the villagers in the village are not optimistic. However, he did not give up, but went to the oil peony base in Mianyang and other places many times to inspect market prospects, planting technology, product processing and other information, and looked for cooperative companies to recover and process peony seeds to solve the problem of product marketing. Finally, get the approval of the family. In 2014, Chen Xiangli used his barren hills and fields to grow oil peonies.

"Oil peonies like a half-overcast and half-yang environment, and they are easy to die in high temperature, and the mountains with a clear boundary between Yinyang Mountain and Yinyang Mountain are the most suitable for planting." Now when it comes to the peony planting classics, Chen Xiang has a clear head, saying that he has learned all these lessons over and over again. Last year, it was about to go into production, but it rained for more than 10 days in a row, the stagnant water in the field could not be drained, and all the peonies got sick. In order to solve the technical problems of peony cultivation, Chen Xiang not only went to other bases to study, but also often went to Wenjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences to consult experts. He transplanted peony, solved the problem of stagnant water, and interplanted tall crops such as ginkgo biloba and paulownia seed between the rows of peony seedlings, which was not only beneficial to the growth of peony, but also increased economic income.

After careful management, the Peony Garden has entered the fruiting period this year, and by September it will be able to harvest peony seeds the size of peas and full of black. Chen Xiang calculated an account for the reporter that the oil peony has a growth cycle of 40 years and has a high yield of 30 years. After high yield, an mu of land can harvest about 600,800 jacks of seeds, with a purchase price of 12-15 yuan per jin, and an annual income of at least 8000 yuan per mu.

In addition, Chen Xiang also raised more than 20 boxes of bees to combine cultivation and cultivation to cultivate peony honey with the characteristics of living alone. He said that this kind of honey is not only high in sugar, but also rich in nutritional value. Although it is much higher than the market price, it is still loved by everyone.

At present, Chen Xiang's peony base has grown to 50 mu, with more than 40,000 oil peonies. Last year, he set up a professional cooperative of Yixiang peony planting in Qionglai City. 12 farmers in the village followed him. When talking about the development of the peony base, Chen Xiang outlined the development vision of the cooperative: making use of idle land and barren mountains, expanding the peony planting area to 1000 mu, and striving for the Qingming Festival holiday, when peony blossoms are the most prosperous, by 2020, to create unique peony tourist attractions.