After Xia Ruofei heard Ma Xiong's words, he was slightly distracted.
Ma Xiong asked tentatively, "Xia Sheng, is there … is there a problem?"
Xia Ruofei came back to his senses and quickly said, "Oh! No, no! Mr. Ma, I should be able to get truffles, but I'm not sure how much I can get … "
"As long as you can get it!" Ma Xiong was overjoyed. "Xia Sheng, how about we continue to cooperate this year?"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Of course, there's no problem with cooperation! It's just that I'm not sure how much truffles I can get. How does Mr. Ma plan to cooperate? "
Xia Ruofei didn't mention the quality of the truffles because he had absolute confidence in them. The only thing he wasn't sure about was whether or not the truffles in the Mountain Sea Region were mature and how much they could be produced.
Ma Xiong seemed to have more confidence in Xia Ruofei. He smiled and said, "I have absolute faith in Xia Sheng's ability. As long as you can get truffles, there's room for cooperation!"
After Ma Xiong finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and continued, "Xia Sheng, I hope that we can hold a truffle auction this year. If the quantity is enough, we can all use the truffles from the Taoyuan Company. We want the fame, and you want to profit. Everyone takes what they need!"
This wasn't the first time this kind of cooperation had been done. The previous auction of the top-quality abalone was the same. Hengfeng Group needed these top-quality ingredients to increase their influence, and the Taoyuan Company also needed Hengfeng Group's strong channels.
In addition to reaping considerable profits, the Taoyuan Company could also gain great fame. It could be said to be a win-win situation.
Xia Ruofei nodded without hesitation and said, "If the auction commission is based on the market price, then I agree in principle!"
Xia Ruofei didn't say this because he was worried that Hengfeng Group would ask for too much. On the contrary, he was afraid that Ma Xiong would give him a huge discount and not even charge the auction fee.
If Xia Ruofei didn't mention it, with the relationship between Xia Ruofei and the Ma family, the possibility of this was still very high.
However, Xia Ruofei felt that business was business. He didn't want to have too many human factors involved. If they had a good relationship, they could work together often. However, he would pay as much as he wanted. This way, he wouldn't have any psychological pressure when working together in the future.
Ma Xiong forced a wry smile and said, "Alright! Xia Sheng, we'll do as you say! "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, I will contact them in the next few days to confirm the amount of truffles that can be provided. Then we will discuss the auction in detail. How about it?"
"Okay, okay!" Ma Xiong quickly said, "Xia Sheng, then I'll wait for your good news …"
After hanging up the phone, Xia Ruofei stood up and looked down from the balcony.
In the yard, Lightning, Xiaohei, Damao and Ermao were lazily basking in the sun — they were getting lazier and lazier. Except for circling around the border of the farm every day, the veterans of the security department could not order them to do anything.
But this was also good. Xia Ruofei could do things more conveniently.
He stood on the balcony like a whistle. The dogs, who had been lying lazily in the sun, looked up at the same time.
Xia Ruofei chuckled and waved at them, calling out, "Come on up! Come up! "
These dogs had been enlightened. They could fully understand Xia Ruofei's instructions, so as soon as Xia Ruofei's voice fell, they immediately stood up from the ground and rushed into the villa.
Xia Ruofei left the balcony and walked over to open the door.
Soon he saw Xiaohei and Lightning rushing into the room, followed by Damao and Ermao.
As soon as they entered the room, they all shook their heads and wagged their tails at Xia Ruofei, looking quite intimate.
Xia Ruofei touched their heads one by one, then went to lock the door, the doors and windows on the balcony, and drew the curtains.
Then, with a thought, Xia Ruofei summoned the Spirit Map Scroll from his palm.
Then his spiritual strength wrapped around Lightning, Xiaohei, and the others. With a slight thought, he took them into the Ring-Tu space in an instant.
Lightning had only stayed in the Spirit Map space for a very short period of time. Now that she was in a completely different environment, she couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Xiaohei, Damao, and Ermao had lived in the Ring-Tu space for a long time, so they were very familiar with it. When they entered the space and breathed in the air full of Spiritual Qi, they were very excited and ran back and forth happily.
Now a large area of medicine gardens had been developed in the Ring-Tu space, as well as a wasp living area and caterpillar fungus planting area surrounded by gauze nets. Xia Ruofei was worried that these naughty dogs would run around and cause damage to these places, so he quickly stopped them.
Xia Ruofei called all the dogs to his side and then took them to the front of the oak forest at the foot of the hill.
He pondered for a moment and contacted Xia Qing with his mind.
Xia Qing was busy in the Primordial Realm. After receiving Xia Ruofei's order, he quickly appeared in the Ring-Tu space and came in front of Xia Ruofei.
He was holding two truffles in his hand, one big and one small. One was a black truffle, and the other was a white truffle.
These were all harvested at the beginning of the year. Xia Ruofei kept a small portion of them in the space. He wanted to keep them for himself, but he was a little uncomfortable with the strange smell of truffles. He really couldn't figure out how something with such a strange smell could be sold at such a sky-high price, so he didn't touch them.
In any case, in the space, as long as they didn't touch the ground, everything would be able to maintain their original state as if time had stopped. It was more effective than any preservation method in the outside world.
Therefore, these two truffles were the same as when they were first dug out.
Xia Ruofei took the truffles from Xia Qing's hand and let him do his work.
Then, he waved his hand and called Lightning, Little Black, and the others over.
Xia Ruofei got Lightning and the others to smell the two truffles separately so that they would remember the smell.
Then, Xia Ruofei said, "Okay, let's split up and find the truffles in the oak forest! Inform me when you find them! "
As soon as Xia Ruofei finished speaking, Lightning, Little Black, Damao, and Ermao rushed into the oak forest.
In France or Italy, where truffles were traditionally produced, people would also use hounds to find truffles. However, many people had been training boars for generations to find truffles.
The accuracy of these "truffle boars" was quite high. It was said that mature truffles would emit a smell similar to that of a sow in heat. Therefore, specially trained boars could find truffles accurately.
It was also said that the sow was trained to find truffles because truffles emitted a hormonal smell, which was a fatal temptation to the sow.
Xia Ruofei didn't verify it, so he didn't know which was correct. However, he had tasted the truffles and it really felt strange. As for whether it was the smell of a sow in heat or the smell of hormones, Xia Ruofei couldn't say clearly.
But in any case, Xia Ruofei had absolute confidence in Lightning and the others. Their sense of smell was sharper than the best hounds. After sniffing the smell, they would be able to accurately find the truffles buried in the ground.
The result did not disappoint Xia Ruofei.
Not long after Lightning and the others rushed into the oak forest, Xia Ruofei heard a burst of excited barking.
Xia Ruofei quickly walked in and saw Little Black running around a big oak tree. From time to time, he used his nose to rub the soil, looking very excited.
"There are truffles under the ground?" Xia Ruofei asked.
Little Black immediately shook his tail and barked twice at Xia Ruofei.
"Got it!" Xia Ruofei said happily.
He had found the truffles so quickly. It seemed that this season's truffles had matured in large quantities.
With a thought, he took a small shovel and a small wooden shovel from the Archean Realm tool rack. He first used the shovel to dig at the location Little Black pointed at.
At the beginning of the year, Xia Ruofei had already dug up truffles once. Back then, Lightning was in charge of finding truffles, so he could be considered experienced.
After digging sixty to seventy centimeters with the military shovel, he could faintly see a black lump. Xia Ruofei was delighted. He threw down the military shovel and picked up the small wooden shovel to carefully dig around the truffle.
If the truffle's appearance was damaged, its value would definitely decrease greatly. Therefore, Xia Ruofei was very careful.
After a while, a black truffle the size of a football was dug out. It also had the fragrance of moist soil and an indescribable strange fragrance. With his rich experience, Xia Ruofei knew at a glance that this was the pure fragrance of truffles. Furthermore, only truffles of extremely high quality could have such a rich fragrance.
Xia Ruofei weighed it in his hand. This piece of truffle weighed at least one kilogram. Such a size was very rare in the outside world.
A good start!
Xia Ruofei revealed a satisfied smile.
While he was digging up the truffle, Little Black, Damao, and Ermao barked excitedly in the forest. Without a doubt, they had also found the truffle.
It seemed that this year's production was very high. That was why the dogs could find the truffles so easily.
Xia Ruofei casually took a large plastic box from the Archean Realm. After putting the black truffle inside, he walked into the forest.
He saw that every dog was running around a tree, looking very excited.
Little Black couldn't help but stretch out his claws to dig the soil. He had already dug a small hole.
Xia Ruofei's heart skipped a beat. He quickly walked over and said, "If you find the truffle, you can first dig a hole about 50 centimeters deep!"
Little Black, Damao, and Ermao all showed a trace of doubt. Clearly, they had no idea what 50 centimeters was.
Xia Ruofei didn't say anything. He raised the military shovel and dug the hole that Little Black had just dug. His arm strength was very strong. In a short while, he had dug a hole about 50 centimeters deep.
Xia Ruofei said, "It's about that deep!"
Truffles were generally 60 to 70 centimeters deep in the soil. Therefore, a hole about 50 centimeters deep would not hurt the outer layer of the truffle under normal circumstances.
Xia Ruofei considered that the production of truffles under the oak forest might exceed his imagination. If he dug them one by one, it would waste too much time. If Little Black and the others could dig a hole half a meter deep, it would save him a lot of trouble. It was equivalent to marking the area.
Of course, Xia Ruofei could mark the areas with truffles and then instruct Xia Qing to do the work.
However, Xia Qing already had a lot of work to do. The herb garden, the caterpillar fungus, the tea garden, the meat garden, the seafood garden … He was busy almost all the time. Moreover, truffles grew in the Mountain Sea Realm. Without the enhancement of the flow of time, digging out all the truffles would be a waste of time.
In addition, Xia Ruofei also enjoyed the joy of personally harvesting the truffles.
With a visual demonstration, Little Black and the others immediately understood.
Xia Ruofei thought about it and pointed to the truffles in the plastic box. He said, "If you find such things when digging the hole, stop immediately. Don't break their outer layer, understand?"
This kind of instruction was not difficult for Little Black and the others. These dogs all followed the order. Damao and Ermao began to dig holes in the place where they had just found truffles, while Little Black and Lightning began to rush into the woods to find new truffles.
For a time, there was a rustling sound in the oak forest, and the dogs barked happily.
Xia Ruofei also picked up the military shovel and continued to dig the hole that had just been dug.
After a while, he faintly saw a piece of white truffle.
He immediately changed to a small wooden shovel and carefully dug around the white truffle. Soon, he harvested more than a kilogram of white truffle.
Xia Ruofei put the white truffle into another large plastic box, then patted the soil on his hands and walked to the next target.
Little Black and the others were very strong, and digging truffles was a delicate job, especially in the final stage. So, Xia Ruofei looked around and saw that there were already many holes of various sizes in the oak forest. Little Black and the others were still working hard.
If people from France or Italy saw this scene, their jaws would probably drop.
Such a small oak forest actually produced so many truffles. Moreover, these seemingly ordinary Huaxia rural dogs were actually better than hunting dogs that had been trained for many years. They were able to find the truffles accurately.
Xia Ruofei focused on digging truffles. Time passed slowly, and the two large plastic boxes he brought were quickly filled.
So, he took two more plastic boxes from the Archean Realm. These plastic boxes were very convenient to use, and they were clean and hygienic. So, when Xia Ruofei first got the Ring-Tu space, he bought a lot of them and put them in the space, so that he could use them at any time.
Unknowingly, after Xia Ruofei dug out a piece of white truffle, he saw Little Black, Lightning, Damao, and Ermao gathered around him. They were all covered in soil and looked more like mongrels.
Xia Ruofei was stunned and said, "Are you all done digging?"
Lightning wagged its tail at Xia Ruofei.
Xia Ruofei nodded and took Lightning and Little Black to walk around the oak forest. They checked a few meters away from the oak forest and found two fish that had escaped the net.
After digging out the last two truffles, they checked and found that all the truffles in the forest had been dug out.
Only then did Xia Ruofei begin to count the harvest of this season.
Just now, he had buried his head in digging. When the plastic boxes were full, he directly used his mind to control the invisible space force to take new boxes from the Archean Realm. He really didn't know how much he had gained.
These plastic boxes were distributed in the forest. When they were full, they would be left in place. Xia Ruofei took the new boxes and continued digging for truffles.
However, Xia Ruofei had absolute control over space. His mind power spread out and enveloped the entire oak forest in an instant. As for the specific gains this time, it was also clear to him in an instant.
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