Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Wang Lu glanced at it. The fishermen's harvest today was pretty good. There were a lot of cichlids and wild dace, as well as some fresh shrimps and crabs. In addition, Wang Lu even saw a dozen or twenty fish. A rather large shellfish.

To be precise, it should be a mussel, which is triangular in shape. Ordinary shellfish do not have this shape.

Seeing Wang Lu staring at these clam shells, the fisherman on the side immediately bent down to pick up all the clam shells and handed them to Wang Lu, mumbling in Swahili.

Parker on the side smiled and translated for Wang Lu:

"Boss, these are spinnaker clams that are common in fresh water. There are a lot of them in Lake Victoria. These fishermen say the meat quality is pretty good. You can try it!"

Wang Lu nodded when he heard the words. The name of Triangle Clam is exactly what it looks like. Doesn't the whole thing look like a triangular sail?

When Wang Lu was in his hometown, he often went to the mountains to touch birds and went down to the river to touch clams. This was what he touched, so it suddenly brought back memories.

When I was a child, I touched this thing. If someone was impatient or playful, they would light a fire on the river bank and roast the thing. The main purpose was to observe how the thing would automatically open its shell after being roasted by the fire.

Of course, most of the time, they are taken back to their mothers. If there are a lot of mussels, they can dig out the mussel meat and stir-fry a dish for the family. This thing is paired with freshly grown spring leeks. Not to mention the taste, the taste is not lacking in freshness and flavor, and it is excellent with food and wine.

Wang Lu simply asked Parker to collect all the mussels, and planned to go back to the kitchen to stir-fry a plate, so that he, his father and his father-in-law could have a good drink.

As for the other catches, Wang Lu gave them all to these Bantu fishermen with a wave of his hand.

These Bantu fishermen firmly believe that all the lake areas in this territory belong to Wang Lu, so all the fish caught in them also belong to Wang Lu. They will only accept it happily if Wang Lu gives it to them.

After Wang Lu gave a clear attitude, as long as those river mussels were harvested in large quantities and they could exchange some money to support their families, the fishermen all expressed their gratitude to Wang Lu with their hands clasped together in gratitude.

After returning to the base camp in the living area, Wang Lu handed over the river mussels to Old Wei who came to greet him.

"Hey, this is a good thing today. There just happens to be a new crop of leeks in the garden, so it goes well with it!"

Wang Lu also gave a thumbs up to Old Wei's hero.

However, Lao Wei had just received these river mussels and was about to open the shells on the spot and take out the mussel meat, but he only opened the third one and let out a surprised sound from his mouth.

Wang Lu didn't pay attention at first, but soon Old Wei's exclamation attracted his attention:

"My boss, you have won the prize today!"

When Wang Lu heard this, he turned around and saw that Old Wei had completely cut open the triangle clam in his hand. The gray-white mussel meat revealed a hint of whiteness, and even reflected a touch of milky white light under the sunlight.

Wang Lu's attention was immediately attracted.

"Is this... a pearl?"

"Isn't it? The probability of this thing is not high. It seems that we are lucky."

With a smile, Old Wei took out the pearl embedded in the clam meat and handed it to Wang Lu, who came over with an interesting look on his face. After receiving the bead, Wang Lu noticed from his first perspective that it was not too big, but it was quite round in appearance, and his eyes showed a look of surprise. This thing was rare.

At least I touched so many river mussels when I was a kid, but I never touched one with beads.

"Master, is this thing valuable?"

Old Wei asked curiously from the side, while Wang Lu shook his head.

Although it is a rare thing to find a pearl from a river mussel, the value of this freshwater pearl is probably not very high.

After all, Wang Lu is now considered a person with a net worth of hundreds of millions. He had a relationship with the master of jewelry, Sir Scott, and there is a tanzanite mine in his ranch. Now Wang Lu is very interested in jewelry. I have some understanding of things like luxury goods.

Pearls are considered a traditional category among natural jewelry, and there are often reports of natural pearls being auctioned at high prices in the news. However, like diamonds, the biggest impact pearls have received as a jewelry category is the impact of artificially cultivated varieties.

In recent years, as the scale of artificially cultured pearls has grown larger and larger, the price of ordinary pearls has long been no longer as high as before. Even in the past, pearls had to be judged by their appearance, and not all pearls can be used. Sold at a high price.

Pearls are similar to diamonds. One should pay attention to their size and appearance!

Even if some pure natural pearls are not big enough and have crooked melons and cracked dates, they will not be sold at a high price. Even if they can be sold, they will be at a cabbage price.

In addition, there are a large number of artificially cultured pearls on the market. Some pearls can only be ground into pearl powder in some pharmacies, or added to their own products by some cosmetics and skin care companies as a supplement, and then used as gimmicks to fool consumers. By.

Not to mention that freshwater pearls are even less recognized than seawater pearls.

So Old Wei had just dug out this wild pearl from the spinnaker clam. Even if it were to be sold, Wang Lu estimated that it would cost more than a hundred yuan. This is because it is round in size, in good condition and When it is purely natural...

Of course, just like diamonds, even with the impact of artificially cultured pearls, the price of some natural top-quality pearls is still very impressive. The auction price of a pearl is tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, which still makes many people interested in this thing. People are flocking to it, but if you want to find this kind of top-quality pearl, you need more than just a little bit of luck.

After learning about this, Old Wei also spread his hands with regret:

"I thought this thing was worth some money, but it turned out to be worthless."

After saying that, Old Wei continued to handle the spinnaker clams, moving his hands non-stop while mumbling:

"If this thing is bigger and rounder, the price will be doubled, right?"

After hearing this, Wang Lu's expression also showed a hint of thinking.

Old Wei's unintentional words provided him with another idea.

In addition to the Nile barramundi and sturgeon, you can try to cultivate some mussels and shellfish in your own lake area. Maybe it can really form a pearl industry chain, especially the cultivation of these shellfish and Nile barramundi. There is no conflict with sturgeon.

After all, shellfish is very low in the diets of Nile barramundi and sturgeon. (End of chapter)