Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 621 Castanopsis Tree
  The next day, Parker took the veterans and set off from the ranch with all their equipment. He also brought several T-50 agricultural drones with him. With the help of highly intelligent agricultural drones, he could clearly Record the specific area and outline of the new land in the pasture.

It was not until evening that Parker led the team back to the ranch.

Since he needed to have a detailed understanding of the specific resources of the new land in the ranch, Parker and his team only explored a few kilometers in one day.

After dinner, Parker also gave Wang Lu a detailed report on today's specific situation!

"Boss, these newly added lands are far behind the original land of our pasture. Not only is the vegetation not as dense as our pasture, but even the density of wild animals is smaller. But me and The guys actually discovered a large grove of castanopsis trees, which is a good harvest!"

Castanopsis?

Parker, this guy, then started to talk nonchalantly:
  "These castanopsis trees are considered a good kind of wood, and they are also one of the main types of wood produced locally. They are not found in the Woulu Mountains of our pasture, but this time they were found on our newly purchased land, covering an area of ​​at least It looks like a thousand acres, and if it were all cut down, it would be worth some money."

Wang Lu also understood what he said.

I think the value of these castanopsis trees is not too high. Otherwise, the local officials are so picky that they probably would not have left such a large grove of castanopsis trees to themselves.

Wang Lu did a rough search. As one of the main locally produced woods, these castanopsis trees are naturally not as valuable as other locally produced woods such as Angora rosewood, ebony, and mahogany. To put it bluntly, they are cheap woods.

Angora rosewood has the word "red sandalwood" in it, so it goes without saying that it is worth a lot. As authentic rosewood in China becomes more and more scarce, rosewood produced in Southeast Asia is becoming more and more in demand. Along with the rosewood produced in Africa, the price is also rising.

Needless to say, ebony, the local specialty ebony sculpture is world-famous and is a souvenir that tourists from all over the world must take back before leaving.

But this Castanopsis tree has the advantages of straight texture, light weight, solid and durable, but the structure is a little rough. At most, it is used for furniture or building materials. It is basically different from high-end. If you want to get involved, you may even use some areas as firewood.

After all, castanopsis is easier to dry, and because of this characteristic it can be considered a firewood.

Early the next morning, Wang Lu also set out in person and followed Parker to check out the specific area of ​​the castanopsis forest.

After less than ten minutes of galloping from the ranch, the outline of the castanopsis forest appeared in Wang Lu's sight.

Wang Lu had noticed this forest during his first inspection, but he didn't know at the time that all the trees growing here were castanopsis trees.

Accompanied by Parker, Wang Lu also entered the forest. As soon as he entered the castanopsis forest, Wang Lu found a lot of fruits about the same size as acorns falling on the ground, and Parker picked them up casually. There were a few good-looking ones. After a simple wipe, I cracked one open, then stuffed the fruit into my mouth, and then said vaguely:
  "Boss, the fruits of these castanopsis trees can be eaten directly, but the taste is not very good. The starch content is too high. In addition to being somewhat similar to acorns in size, the taste of these fruits is also somewhat similar."

Upon seeing this, Wang Lu also took the first castanopsis fruit from this guy's hand and tasted it, and found that it was exactly what this guy said, and he could clearly taste the starch content.

Then Parker continued: "But there is another characteristic of these Castanopsis trees that you may be interested in. It is said that the fruits of these Castanopsis trees can also be used in making wine, and their bark and shells can also be used to make wine." Extracting tannins, although its fruit is somewhat similar to oak trees in this respect, being able to extract natural tannins is somewhat like a rubber tree!"

After hearing this, Wang Lu also showed an interested look.

It seems that the value of these castanopsis trees is not just cut down into wood!

Wang Lu also learned some knowledge in advance. Castanopsis trees are distributed even in China, and they seem to be quite widely distributed.

Because its seeds are edible, it was once listed as an important woody food tree species in China. After all, anyone who has lived a hard life knows that if there is no food to eat, they can only look elsewhere.

The fruits of this thing are edible and have high starch content, so they can provide quite good energy. In addition, a castanopsis tree can produce a lot of fruits, and this thing has even been used as a food reserve.

Of course, with the progress of life, the food problem has long been solved, and this thing has naturally been gradually forgotten by people.

There are still people in the countryside who occasionally think of this thing and go up the mountain to pick some fruits, or specialized old craftsmen and carpenters will look for this thing, in order to get the natural tannins mentioned by Parker.

In the past, there was no so-called professional glue. In addition to the ingenious mortise and tenon craftsmanship passed down from our ancestors, there were inevitably some places that could only be done by gluing. The natural glue extracted from the castanopsis tree Tannin extract is a very good choice.

"I can go back and make some natural tannin glue. Then I can use it in my wooden villa. It's much safer and more reliable than using industrial glue."

Wang Lu also muttered something casually in his heart.

Taken together, if this large tract of castanopsis forest can be fully utilized, the trunks can be used as lumber, and the fruits can be processed into food. It would be absolutely fine to give foreigners a try by naming them as local specialties. , people come here just to experience the African customs, and then there are the bark, shells and other glues. If the materials are used fully, the value will definitely be higher than previously expected.

Of course, Wang Lu probably won't have the spare time to really tidy up this castanopsis forest.

These thousands of acres of forest, even if they are squeezed to the extreme, how much money can be made, Wang Lu, who is rich and wealthy, really looks down on it.

As for the local government, they don't have the ability. Otherwise, they would have come up with this idea a long time ago, and they may not be able to leave this forest to Wang Lu.

It involves processing wood, processing food, and refining rubber, but the locals don’t have the ability or capital to do so.

Everyone knows that this can make money, but the upfront cost is enough to prohibit the local government...
  (End of this chapter)