"Li Qingfeng, do you have time tomorrow? Accompany me for a stroll!"
After Li Qingfeng and Duanmu Yulan had been wandering in the eastern venue for a long time, she took the initiative to speak.
"Tomorrow, it seems I can't. I have something to do!"
"What do you have to do?"
Upon hearing his refusal, Duanmu Yulan appeared somewhat displeased and quickly asked.
Although this girl was very simple, she possessed the pride of a mayor's daughter deep down. She believed that no one would refuse her words.
Little did she know, she had forgotten one crucial thing.
That was, Li Qingfeng in front of her, even if he knew her true identity, would still not agree!
Because in Li Qingfeng's view, such a situation was "superfluous!"
"Wouldn't it be better to earn more money with that time?"
Of course, she didn't know about Li Qingfeng's thoughts, but Duanmu Yulan still saw herself being rejected.
Li Qingfeng directly shook his head at her and said, "I have so many things to do. My Chinese herbal medicine base needs to plant vegetable and fruit seedlings tomorrow. I also need to pay the workers, and I have all sorts of bills that need to be calculated..."
Li Qingfeng spoke for quite a while before finally stopping.
Hearing Li Qingfeng speak so seriously, Duanmu Yulan seemed a bit disbelieving. After all, judging by his attire, he didn't look like a big boss.
"Can you stop trying to make me laugh?"
"How many workers do you have?"
"Although I don't want to expose you, looking at the car you drive and what you're wearing, you can't possibly be some kind of major landowner, right?"
Duanmu Yulan said with a slightly flushed face, feeling embarrassed.
After all, this kind of thing was an affront to Li Qingfeng's pride. Men cared most about their pride, didn't they?
"What are you talking about? You're overthinking it. My Chinese herbal medicine base is already over 30 mu, close to 40 mu!"
"With the current layout, it's about 30 mu for vegetables and fruits, and the remaining about 10 mu are for medicinal herbs!"
"Ah?"
To be honest, hearing Li Qingfeng speak the truth, Duanmu Yulan was completely stunned.
After all, they were a well-known impoverished city with no major enterprises. Let alone the surrounding towns, they were one more desolate than the other, with rows of impoverished counties.
Her father, Duanmu Yulei, often spoke of this situation. When did such a large landowner appear in a small village?
Seeing the shocked and skeptical expression on the girl's face, Li Qingfeng knew she didn't believe him.
Therefore, he directly asked, "I say, you don't believe me, do you?"
Duanmu Yulan nodded in agreement. She truly didn't believe him.
"Alright, since you say so, then I'll prove it to you!"
"How do you want to prove it?"
"This is it!" Li Qingfeng directly handed over the contract he had just signed, letting Duanmu Yulan in front of him view it.
Nothing was more convincing than the order for 140,000 vegetable and fruit seedlings he had just signed. This was his first thought.
In fact, it was indeed the case. Upon seeing this, Duanmu Yulan's mouth gaped open, and she was utterly amazed.
"Heavens... heavens!"
"These... are all for you?"
She was so shocked that she couldn't speak and didn't know how to express herself.
"Now you believe me, right? It's right that you believe me. I wouldn't lie to you at all, and my scale isn't considered that large!"
"This... this scale isn't large?"
Hearing Li Qingfeng's boastful remark, Duanmu Yulan felt speechless.
She recalled that 40 mu of land for vegetables, fruits, and medicinal herbs was an extraordinary amount.
Li Qingfeng nodded seriously, feeling that his scale was not too large because he wanted to expand it further.
"I do have plans to expand. If nothing unexpected happens, I plan to balance the vegetable and fruit bases with the medicinal herb base at a 1:1 ratio in the future!"
"By the way, aren't you a Chinese herbal medicine base? Why are you planting vegetables and fruits?"
Looking at the boastful Li Qingfeng, Duanmu Yulan asked with great curiosity, as he had always mentioned a Chinese herbal medicine base.
Hearing this, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but laugh.
"It's clear you've hit the nail on the head with this question. This wasn't something I intended to do, but it's mainly because of a very important situation."
"As you know, the status of Chinese medicine and practitioners isn't very prominent now, is it?"
Hearing Li Qingfeng's words, Duanmu Yulan nodded seriously, as Chinese medicine indeed wasn't prominent nowadays.
"Yes, because most doctors still believe in Western medicine, and our local traditional Chinese medicine is also gradually declining."
Hearing Li Qingfeng's somber words, Duanmu Yulan thought he was discouraged and was about to comfort him.
"Don't worry, our traditional Chinese medicine will find its way sooner or later!"
"What are you talking about? Why would I worry? You've misunderstood!"
Hearing her words, Li Qingfeng directly said.
"That's not what I mean. I'm saying this because, think about it, since it's troublesome for our Chinese herbal medicines to gain recognition through normal channels, why don't we take another approach?"
"What approach?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Yulan became extremely curious.
Li Qingfeng immediately pointed to some food displayed in a small hall in the distance, including pastries and various snacks.
"Do you see those?"
"They're all food, what's wrong?"
Hearing this, Li Qingfeng nodded with certainty.
"They are indeed food. Since people cannot give up on these foods, why can't we transform Chinese herbal medicine into medicinal cuisine?"
"Medicinal cuisine?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Yulan seemed to understand what Li Qingfeng meant.
So that was the case. His reason for establishing the Chinese herbal medicine base to cultivate vegetables, fruits, and Chinese herbal medicines simultaneously was for this purpose.
When the vegetables and fruits ripened, and the medicinal herbs also matured, he could then open a medicinal cuisine restaurant.
In this way, Chinese herbal medicines would be gradually accepted by people, and the fame of his herbal medicine base would grow.
"Are you planning to establish a medicinal cuisine restaurant to expand the reputation of your herbal medicine base?"
Duanmu Yulan asked curiously.
Hearing her question, Jiang Xing directly shook his head.
"If you think that way, then you are greatly mistaken!"
"Then that's not your goal? Then why would you...?"
At this point, Duanmu Yulan was completely confused, because according to the plan this guy had laid out, the ultimate outcome was this!
Li Qingfeng shook his head.
"Actually, you've only guessed half correctly. I do want to organize a medicinal cuisine restaurant or something, but you must consider that I'm an outsider, how could I manage such a thing?"
"It's better to have professionals handle such things, so I plan to find a very capable large hotel or something to cooperate with!"
In fact, this was his ultimate goal.
Li Qingfeng had pondered for a long time and finally realized that if he were to open it himself, lacking connections, it would be quite difficult. Therefore, he needed to leverage others' connections and customer base.
Finding a formidable partner would complete this collaboration.
Thinking of this, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the side.
Because he vaguely saw someone, and this person seemed to have some conflict with him!