The next day, Bai Xiaoyi and the others came together and learned from Shanko Kumar that the tiger roar they heard last night was real and that it was really the sound of a tiger coming and going.
This made them a little nervous, but they were quickly calmed down by Shanko Kumar, because it was so normal to encounter tigers in the jungle.
Because the hunting ban in the Asan Kingdom has been very strict in the past ten years, especially the poaching of tigers, cheetahs, rhinoceros, and elephants, the crackdown has been very strong. Therefore, in recent years, these beasts with great economic interests have been rarely seen.
Come poaching.
With less poaching, the natural development will be faster, so in recent times, there have been frequent reports of tigers attacking people.
From these words, Han Peacock also knew that the tiger was probably a loser who had lost his territory and had to go out to make a living.
Hungry Bengal tigers roam the outskirts of the jungle, and it becomes normal for them to attack humans.
After breakfast, they set out again. This time Shankokuma proposed to walk along the stream, and Han Peacock immediately agreed.
After four hours of arduous trek along the creek, they arrived near the battlefield between the Bengal tiger and two elephants last night.
Here, Han Kongque finally discovered a few red sandalwood trees, which made him even more excited. Although these small-leaf red sandalwood trees were very small, and the thickest ones were only as thick as an arm, where small-leaf red sandalwood trees could grow, there might be some.
The felled old rosewood tree.
After finding a place where the red sandalwood tree stump might be found, Han Peacock naturally wouldn't let it go, so he asked Shanko Kumar to take a rest nearby and have lunch while he quickly explored the surrounding underground conditions.
In addition to checking the wild small-leaf red sandalwood trees, Han Peacock also wanted to see where the elephant had gone.
When Han Peacock followed the creek and went a few kilometers deeper, he reluctantly stepped back. He didn't expect that the elephant was so seriously injured that it could still walk such a long distance.
However, as long as the two elephants left some traces, Han Peacock was able to find them, so he stopped tracking them. As long as they could get close to a certain distance, the two elephants could not escape from Han Peacock's hands.
Heart.
Returning to the place where he took his lunch break, Han Peacock avoided the others and came to what he suspected was a small-leaf red sandalwood tree.
The bark of small-leaf rosewood is dark brown with obvious straight cracks. The sap in the bark is dark red. The leaves are oval and the flowers are yellow. Some of them are red when they wither.
The fruit is oblate or round. It grows in the sandy soil layer with relatively poor soil. When the tree reaches two to three hundred years old and the tree diameter reaches more than ten centimeters, the bark of most sandalwood and red sandalwood trees cracks seriously and the heart of the tree begins to become hollow.
This is the reason why ten sandalwoods and nine empties are empty.
Although Han Kongque had seen red sandalwood materials and read a lot of information about red sandalwood trees, this was the first time he saw a living small-leaf red sandalwood tree.
So after confirming that a tree was probably a small-leaf red sandalwood tree, he scraped its skin with a knife and found that a red liquid began to overflow. Within thirty seconds, the inner bark of the tree began to turn red. It looked extremely gorgeous.
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This tree trunk is yellow. Generally, when red sandalwood is cut down and the white label is peeled off, the color it initially appears is yellow. It takes several months of oxidation to gradually turn into bright red, and then turn purple and black in about a year.
It becomes what we often see in the market.
Confirming that these were indeed small-leaf red sandalwood trees, Han Peacock quickly dug out several small-leaf red sandalwood trees and put them into the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag.
Wild red sandalwood grows with lush branches and leaves, and the trunk is not high. It begins to branch when it reaches more than one meter. It grows slowly. If the diameter of the tree reaches ten centimeters, it will take two to three hundred years.
Because it grows in places with high temperatures to around 50 degrees, night temperatures not lower than 25 degrees, long-term growth environment humidity, and precipitation not exceeding 700 ml, the unique characteristics of small-leaf red sandalwood are formed, that is, high density.
, the material is hard, the texture is fine, and it will last for thousands of years.
Although the trunks of small-leaf red sandalwood trees are relatively heavy, these young small-leaf red sandalwood trees are not difficult to dig at all, so Han Peacock dug out more than a dozen small trees in only half an hour, which became his plan.
The first harvest after entering the mountains.
Although these small-leaf red sandalwood trees are not thick, they are wild small-leaf red sandalwood. Even if they are less than ten centimeters thick, these small-leaf red sandalwood trees have been growing for a hundred or two hundred years. If you take such small-leaf red sandalwood back home, you will not be able to keep it alive.
, it’s also good to use materials to make some small furniture.
With the first harvest, Han Peacock became confident again, so in the afternoon, Han Peacock became more positive. However, the reality is often not as fulfilling as the ideal, so after taking action in the afternoon, he never gained anything again.
However, because Han Peacock could still see some traces of the two elephants passing by from time to time, he was not too frustrated.
Han Peacock was busy with distractions. Sometimes while talking to Catkins and the others, he would also detect the situation underground. If he found a tree stump, he would poke it to see if it was a small-leaf red sandalwood.
In this way, under Han Peacock's deliberate guidance, they walked into a jungle.
The situation in the jungle was even more complicated, and at this time, there were very few tree stumps underground, so no matter how powerful Han Peacock was at controlling water, he would not be able to find too many tree stumps.
Han Peacock searched for it for a short time before giving up. The chance of finding a small-leaf red sandalwood tree stump by casting a net all over the sky was really slim.
Only now did Han Kongque realize that his plan was a bit unrealistic. If he wanted to gain anything, he would have to rely on local residents.
If you don't rely on the advantage of numbers, trying to find tree stumps buried underground in this jungle is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.
Liuxu and the others were sitting on the elephant, their eyes were far away, and they didn't have to walk hard. They were chatting and eating some snacks they had brought with them. It was very comfortable.
They looked at Han Peacock. At first, they found that he was very passionate and motivated. But when they got to the jungle, Han Peacock stopped walking around and no longer used his cane. Seeing this
Bai Xiaoyi and the others all snickered at the situation.
They have all experienced something like this a few days ago. Although the plan is good, the mountainous jungle here is really too big. Finding a small-leaf rosewood tree stump here is definitely like finding a needle in a haystack.
Therefore, Han Kongque's idea must have been thought of by more than just him. The reason why no one dared to implement it was because it was too difficult.
In China, maybe because the places that produce rare wood are relatively small, as long as you can calm down and persevere, you can gain something. But here, the area is really too big. If you clean up small pieces carefully, you still don’t know where to find them.
The year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Without ideas, Han Kongque was no longer so serious, so he also started to be lazy.
Looking at the surrounding scenery and following the traces of the two elephants, he did not forget to say a few words to Liuxu and the others from time to time. It was a very relaxed life like this.
They spent the afternoon chatting and looking at the scenery.
It was time to camp again, and Liuxu and the others were a little nervous. After all, they hadn't gone deep into the jungle last time, and they had a logging base as their camping ground.
Although the last camping site did not bring them a sense of security and did not have a comfortable big bed, they still lived in their own small tents, but after all, there were signs of human activities, and they could not be compared with this pure wilderness.
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If you don't camp in the wild for a long time, the local villagers' activity radius can only go as far as here, otherwise it will be difficult to go back. After all, the local villagers all hike into the mountains.
The residents here can usually reach this jungle as far away as possible, so many places around have been dug up by the villagers who came here first, especially some open areas, which have been explored several times.
Of course, Han Peacock would not gain much in such a place, so if he wanted to gain something, he had to enter places that humans did not often visit.
After breakfast the next day, Han Kongque told Rajava his thoughts and asked her to communicate with Shanko Kumar.
After Shankokuma understood what Han Peacock meant, under the guidance of Han Peacock, he carefully chose a route. Of course, this route was not easy to walk, mainly because there were too many swamps around it. In such a place, if even
Riding an elephant is also very dangerous.
However, Han Kongque insisted, and Shanko Kumar did not firmly object. As long as there were people leading the way and the elephants behind helping, it would be okay even if someone fell into the swamp.
This route is not complicated. It can also be said to be very simple. He just follows a small river and continues to extend into the jungle. Although it is not easy to get lost, walking along the small river in the jungle is not that easy because it is small.
There are too many large and small pools along the river.
That night, they camped by the river and ate the food they brought with them, so they did not start a fire in the jungle.
By noon the next day, after traveling all morning, they were completely out of the scope of regular human activities. Here, they had often seen groups of wild animals, such as bison, wild donkeys, and packs of jackals. They had all encountered them.
Pass.
Due to the presence of two elephants and the guns of several female soldiers, the most dangerous group of jackals gave up on them.
The jungle ahead was getting denser and denser. If they had not traveled along the river, they would never have been able to go deep here so easily. Of course, the most important thing was that Han Peacock pointed the right way.
Because Han Peacock could see the surrounding underground conditions, he would not fall into some swamps, but the path he took was actually the path taken by the two elephants.
This makes Korean Peacock admire these wild animals. Their intelligence is sometimes higher than that of most humans.
Moreover, the two elephants were able to walk here for two days, which impressed Han Peacock even more.
Especially the seriously injured elephant, it was clear that it was running out of fuel, but they could still make it this far.