Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 161 Rubber tapping and some progress!
After returning to the living area, Wang Lu quickly clarified the current tasks of the ranch.

The first thing that needs to be solved is the problem of digging ditches in the rice fields. This is not difficult. You can spend some money to find a few excavators to do it.

There is also the mulberry tree planting plan in the pasture. Harris is said to have some plans.

As for the pepper that is planned to be planted in the middle of the rubber forest, I am afraid that Professor Qin and the Agricultural Reclamation Group will have to ask if they can arrange it for them as soon as possible. I am afraid it will take some time to get it done.

After all, it is impossible for the Agricultural Reclamation Group to prepare pepper seedlings. They can only get them from China, as well as the saffron seeds from the original production areas. They can also ask the Agricultural Reclamation Group to get them.

However, preparations for the rubber forest must start immediately.

Those rubber trees have all reached the age where they can produce rubber. If you tap rubber one day earlier, you can generate profits one day earlier.

So Wang Lu also plans to start tapping rubber in the next two days, but he has to purchase some equipment in advance. Of course, tapping rubber does not require any sophisticated equipment. Each rubber tapper will be equipped with a sharper knife, and then there will be collection. A small bucket of natural rubber, that’s all.

These guys are easy to purchase and very cheap.

The most important thing is the manpower issue.

Wang Lu has no intention of leaving the rubber tapping job to his veterans. The veterans' first task is to protect the safety of the ranch and Wang Lu himself.

If it's just some work near the living area, that's all. The rubber forest is located in the middle of the Woulu Mountains, which is already deep in the mountains. Even if you start from the living area, you will need at least one person every time you come back. hours or so.

Once there is a problem in the living area or the ranch boundary, or if it is invaded by armed elements like last time, there is no way to respond in time.

If only one or two teams of people are sent there, they will be completely unable to bear the heavy workload.

So Wang Lu still plans to recruit hired hands, just like growing sisal before!
Moreover, among the local black people who had been hired to grow sisal before, Wang Lu had also inspected and selected some hard-working black people. It just so happened that he could recruit them again, so he could use them with confidence.

Soon these black people were summoned to Wang Lu's ranch. There were about 50 or [-] people, all with excitement and expectation on their faces.

After all, working on Wang Lu's ranch would give them a much higher salary than working in those factories or farming at home.

Especially after Wang Lu announced to them that the job this time was just tapping rubber in the rubber forest, many people cheered. After all, this was not considered manual work at all, and Wang Lu also raised their daily wages again. Some, which also made them more motivated.

When dealing with these black people who are willing to work hard with their own hands, Wang Lu will not be a pure exploitative capitalist.

Of course, Wang Lu's principle is that those who want to cheat and steal under his hands will never be hired again as soon as they are discovered.Later, Wang Lu unexpectedly learned that several of these black people had relatively little experience in rubber tapping.

"Boss, don't be too surprised. The local rubber industry is at the forefront of Africa. It's not surprising that these people have worked in rubber plantations."

Listening to Parker's explanation, Wang Lu also nodded slightly. It seemed that this would save him the effort of finding people to train these black laborers, and the early rubber tapping efficiency could be higher.

Wang Lu even personally followed these black laborers to the rubber forest. Under the leadership of a few black people who had worked in the rubber plantation, these black laborers were quickly dispersed among nearly [-] acres of rubber forest.

Rubber tapping may seem simple, but in fact there are quite a few tricks involved.

How large a hole should be made and how deep the knife should be inserted without causing damage to the rubber tree itself are all knowledge.

Wang Lu also showed an expectant look as he saw milky white sap flowing out from the cuts on each rubber tree, gradually accumulating in small pots fixed on the trunks with steel wires.

These milky white rubber sap will be collected together the next time you go into the mountains to tap rubber, and then dried to form dry rubber that can be directly bought and sold. The natural rubber currently circulating on the market is basically in the form of dry rubber, and one ton of dry natural rubber The price is around [-] yuan.

"If the knife is cut too hard and the tree trunk is damaged, the rubber tree's gum production will be greatly reduced, and even the quality of the glue produced will be reduced."

Among this group of black workers, a middle-aged black man named Amanda explained to Wang Lu with a slight restraint.Amanda is one of these people who has experience in rubber tapping, and is also one of the few people who can communicate with Wang Lu using simple English vocabulary. According to him, his English is also used in rubber plantations with British planters. Learned.

When the sisal field was planted last time, Wang Lu noticed Amanda. He was considered to be the most willing to contribute among the black people.

Wang Lu also learned that Amanda's family lived in a village called Dhaka near the town of Baria. There were seven or eight people in the family. In addition to raising some livestock, he could only rely on him to work outside to earn money to support the family. .

Such a man can naturally gain Wang Lu's respect, so Wang Lu also raised Amanda's daily salary to another level based on others, which also made Amanda's monthly salary exceed three hundred US dollars. It only costs about [-] yuan when converted into RMB, but in the local area this is already four times the average salary.

This also made Amanda's status slightly higher than that of other black laborers. She could be regarded as a small boss. Amanda also became more and more respectful to Wang Lu. At the same time, she worked harder. When she encountered those black people who accidentally cut the rubber tree , Amanda would also immediately stand up and yell loudly, and then carefully teach those inexperienced black people.

Wang Lu became more and more satisfied when he saw this scene. At least this proved that his vision was correct. So after these black people finished their rubber tapping work for a whole day, Wang Lu also specially asked Parker to take some exquisite candies. Let Amanda take him back. He has three children, which makes Amanda very grateful.

The rubber tapping work on Wang Lu's side is already in full swing, and the Agricultural Reclamation Group has also given a positive answer. Saffron seeds and pepper seedlings can help solve the problem, and it should be done in a while.

Good news also came from Harris. The mulberry saplings Wang Lu needed were already available. The [-] African mulberry saplings that Wang Lu needed in advance were already in transit and would arrive at the ranch soon.

(End of this chapter)