Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 394 Macrobrachium rosenbergii!

In addition to some miscellaneous fish, the veterans have recently been able to catch some large shrimps from the Dome River almost every day.

Almost every one of these shrimps is as big as the palm of an adult's hand. This is without its nearly half-meter-long slender pincers and whiskers. The whole body is light blue and has a chitinous shell. Cover, from the appearance point of view, it is somewhat similar to those lobsters in the sea.

Even the veterans who caught them shouted:

"Weird things happen every year. Can we catch lobsters from the sea in this river?"

Fortunately, Parker, a know-it-all, stood up and explained.

"Hey guys, this is not a lobster, although it does look a bit like it, but a freshwater species, Macrobrachium rosenbergii! This thing first lived in freshwater in Southeast Asia, and it is also an introduced alien species, as you know These local guys didn't have any foresight at all. At first, they just thought that these Macrobrachium rosenbergii could produce more meat because of their large size and the reproduction speed was quite good, so they introduced them. But the result was the same as those Nile perch. This thing is now also It’s already overflowing…”

Parker looked helpless. There were too many examples of local black people messing around with everything and making things a mess.

But Wang Lu soon learned that the reason for the flooding of these Macrobrachium rosenbergii is somewhat different from that of the Nile perch. Although this kind of Macrobrachium rosenbergii looks similar to a sea shrimp, it is an authentic freshwater shrimp. If it is not handled well, , it will have a certain fishy smell.

With the cooking skills of the local black people, there is no way to bring out its deliciousness. Naturally, this Macrobrachium rosenbergii has no chance to be served to the local people's tables. This also leads to the fact that many can be easily caught in wild water systems. of Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

However, when these Macrobrachium rosenbergii came into Lao Wei's hands, it was completely different. During the processing process, he was also pleasantly surprised to find that the shrimp yellow on this thing was also very full...
Of course, the so-called shrimp roe is actually the pancreas and other internal organs of this thing. If you don't consider other things, just the local primitive agricultural ecology, this thing doesn't need to worry about heavy metals and the like, but considering the poor local sanitation environment, here There's no telling what kind of parasites there might be, so I just have to throw it away.

Even so, the meat of Macrobrachium rosenbergii is very delicious and firm, mainly due to its large size, which makes it enjoyable to eat.

It is difficult to remove the fishy smell when steaming this kind of prawns, but it is different if it is braised or stir-fried.

The local people suffered because their cooking methods were too simple. Since they could make food like urad curry, Wang Lu had no hope for their cooking skills.

Of course, in addition to Macrobrachium rosenbergii, there are also many common small river prawns in the Dome River. These shrimps can be found in most freshwater waters around the world. They are small and do not grow very big.

Sometimes you can catch a whole bucket in one go, then cut a bunch of spring leeks from the vegetable garden, fry the small river shrimps, and then fry them together and chew them in your mouth. Not to mention how fragrant it is. Drinking is even better.

The veterans even saw a lot of river mussels in the river. These river mussels were quite big and probably contained a lot of mussel meat. However, they were worried about the schistosomiasis that had just been cleared away. If you go fishing in the river, this thing is a shellfish after all, so there is a possibility of being parasitized.

For a time, the members of the entire ranch burped with the smell of fresh water.

"If you continue to eat like this all day long, you will definitely get gout!"

"Who says it's not, but the little taste of this thing is really exciting. If you drink two glasses of wine, your life will never change!" "Those locals are really ruining this good place. They can't even fish anything out of the river. After all, just a whole small flavor can take off, and these people can still be hungry and refuse to eat this and that, they are really cheap!"

While savoring the delicacies brought by the Dome River, the veterans severely criticized the local blacks for turning a blind eye to these delicacies.

The accounting team sent to the ranch by the construction assistance company finally came up with a more reasonable result, which was placed in front of Wang Lu.

"Mr. Wang, we plan to build a hydropower station with an installed capacity of about 5000 kilowatts on the lower reaches of the Dome River. This should be able to initially meet the electricity needs of the entire ranch, and we will reserve space at the beginning of the design to continue to increase the installed capacity in the future. The quantitative plan can be adjusted at any time when the time comes.”

"We will immediately select suitable brands of turbines, transformers, generators and other equipment for you. The preliminary construction will also start after getting your approval, but the construction period will be a bit long!"

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The team of the construction assistance company also reported some details of the hydropower station to Wang Lu in detail, but Wang Lu only listened to the general outline.

Anyway, I have a professional accounting team under me. There will be no problem in getting started with the cost and auditing of the project, and I won't say that I have been cheated by others without realizing it.

Wang Lu is not worried about this aspect.

The entire construction budget of the entire hydropower station exceeds eight figures. Although the unit is not US dollars, it is still a large expenditure.

But thinking that this hydropower station could continuously provide electricity to the ranch, the money was well spent. Wang Lu didn't hesitate and directly signed the check for the advance purchase of equipment and preliminary engineering funds.

Funds for the preliminary engineering work were soon obtained, and the construction assistance company also acted quickly. A construction engineering team directly stationed at the ranch and began to vigorously construct a hydropower station on the Dome River.

Before building the hydropower station, they must first intercept the entire Dome River. Of course, it is not a simple and crude blockage, but a new river channel is dug next to it to serve as a temporary backup. The hydropower station is built on the original main river channel. construction project.

In this way, it will be enough to restore the backup river channel after the construction of the hydropower station is completed in the future.

At the same time, in order to increase the water flow, the design plan of the construction assistance company is to artificially create a gap to accumulate the water of the Dome River and speed up the flow of the river water. In short, the project is not small.

Wang Lu went to take a look. He couldn't understand the professional things. He just showed up to show his presence and then ran away. He just pretended to listen to the report of the person in charge of the on-site construction.

However, there are still people keeping an eye on the construction site. There are many talented people in the financial team under Richard. Some people have even audited larger projects, let alone the construction project of a private hydropower station on the ranch. Naturally, Not a problem.

(End of this chapter)