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Han Peacock observed the traces around him. Although two days had passed, the elephant's wounds had not healed much, so Han Peacock still found some elephant blood in some places.
When we got here, there were more wild animals and the river became more dangerous. Lagawa, who had grown up in the city, after learning about the situation, immediately came over to ask Han Peacock what he thought.
After confirming that they would not return to the village in the next few days, Shanko Kumar, as the guide, immediately began to arrange lunch. They had to rush on the road in the afternoon. In order to avoid accidents, they could not stay by the river for a long time, so lunch time was
Relatively tight.
Shankakumar has quite a lot of experience living in Chong. He chose a place beside a small river and the surrounding area was very open. This kind of terrain is rare in the jungle.
In the jungle, as long as the field of vision is wide, humans are not afraid of anything. Even if the tiger, the king of the jungle, comes to drink water, it will not dare to provoke humans easily.
But animals are often more patient than humans, so humans are afraid of being attacked by animals.
Shanko Kumar chose such a place. It would be safe for a short period of time, but over time, he would be careless and be attacked by some carnivorous animals.
Since he didn't need to prepare his own food, Han Peacock had the time to hang out again.
Of course, Liuxu and the others got off the elephant, and Han Peacock also wanted to carefully explore the surrounding environment.
Han Peacock walked around in a circle. This circle was not small. It was rare in the jungle. He found that this open space was very strange.
This piece of land is in a bend of a small river. The open space is surrounded by the river on three sides, and the only part connected to the jungle is also surrounded by a large small pond. It can be said that this piece of land is surrounded by water on all sides.
But in such a place, not a single tree grew, and there wasn't even much grass. Han Peacock looked at the land under his feet. The dark soil shouldn't be barren land. Why didn't grass grow here?
When Han Peacock reached the outermost edge, he found that the trees here were actually different from those he had encountered before. The dark gray bark was very conspicuous with snakeskin patterns.
The Korean peacock picked off a leaf and took a closer look. The leaves are leathery, round, and almost obovate. They are 5-9 cm long and 2.8-6 cm wide. The apex is sharp or sharp and has a short tip, and the base is wide and wedge-shaped.
The upper side is purple-green and shiny. The lower side is light green and hairless on both sides. The lateral veins are 15-20 on each side and are more obvious on the lower side. The small veins are slender, nearly parallel and not obvious, and the edges are sometimes covered with sparse pubescence. The petiole is about
5-7 mm, coated.
There is still a fragrance to the smell, and the Korean peacock feels a little familiar with such trees.
When his brain started to work at high speed, he quickly knew what it was. No wonder it looked familiar to him, but he didn't remember for a moment that it was the agarwood tree of Asan Kingdom.
Agarwood trees are produced in the tropics and are not easy to grow, and the formation of agarwood is even more difficult. Agarwood trees are rare in China, with only Hui and An and a few. Most of the agarwood trees that are now well-known come from Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Cambodia and other places.
Although agarwood from Asan Kingdom does not seem to go out much, there are indeed agarwood trees in Asan Kingdom, and they can be named separately, namely Asan Agarwood Tree.
Don’t think that Asan agarwood doesn’t go out much, and that the agarwood produced in Asan country is inferior and inferior. The fact is exactly the opposite. The agarwood produced in Asan country is very good. Of course, the price is also divided according to the oil volume.
, but Asan agarwood generally has medium to high quality.
Han Peacock took a look and found that the surrounding environment was indeed suitable for the growth of agarwood trees. The growth conditions of agarwood trees were both harsh and relaxed.
Agarwood trees generally grow below 400 meters above sea level, but can also survive above 1,000 meters above sea level in the sea and south of China.
Although the altitude here is a bit high, it is definitely no more than one thousand meters.
Generally, the distribution area of agarwood trees is located near and south of the Tropic of Cancer, which is suitable for hot, rainy, humid tropical and south subtropical monsoon climates.
The annual average temperature is 19-25℃, the average temperature in January is 13-20℃, and the average temperature in July is about 28℃ or above.
But it can also survive in extremely low temperatures, and occasionally it can survive temperatures below zero (-1.8)°C.
The agarwood tree loves water. The best environment for its growth is when the annual rainfall is 1600-2400 mm and the relative humidity is 80-88%. The amount of water in this place is also very sufficient.
Agarwood trees prefer moist and loose brick red soil or mountain yellow soil with thick soil and lots of humus. They mostly grow in mountain rainforests or semi-evergreen monsoon forests. These conditions are suitable, so it seems normal for agarwood trees to grow here.
It is normal for a piece of agarwood to grow here, but there are naturally some abnormal places. The agarwood trees here are not growing ideally. It can be said that none of them are normal.
If there are one or two crooked-neck trees, or one or two were damaged, it is still possible, but the damage here is too serious, right?
Han Peacock looked at the agarwood trees that seemed to have been ravaged by hurricanes, swaying here and there, in a mess, and smashing together. He felt that something was not normal.
Of course, Han Kongque was not just idle. He was concerned about the extent of forest destruction in Asan Kingdom. He was worried about his own wallet.
Because of the damaged agarwood trees and the semi-swamp environment here, it is simply a natural factory for manufacturing agarwood!
You must know that an agarwood tree that has been damaged can produce agarwood.
Agarwood is tied to agarwood trees, but a healthy agarwood tree will not produce agarwood out of thin air. It must be traumatized under certain circumstances, such as being struck by lightning, blown by strong winds, gnawed by animals and insects, cut down by humans, etc.
After the form is injured, the plant instinctively secretes resin (also a kind of antibody) to repair the wound.
During this period, the wound of the agarwood tree happened to be infected by a microorganism called the yellow-green ink fungus. In order to survive tenaciously in the tree, this fungus undergoes adversity metabolism. It is a wonderful biochemical reaction.
process.
The antibody substances of the tree itself and the yellow-green black fungus and other substances that invaded the tree were mixed together. Gradually, a compound called "benzyl acetone" was produced. As the biochemical process progressed, multiple compounds were formed.
Hemiterpenes and chromones, and the product of the mixture of these two types of compounds is called "agarwood".
It can also be said that agarwood is a resin secreted by agarwood after it is invaded and parasitized by fungi and begins to resist the invasion. It is equivalent to a kind of "immunity" resistance process of the tree itself, and then a complex that is deposited over many years.
It neither belongs to wood nor to fungi. It belongs to the marginal subject of wood science and mycology, similar to Cordyceps sinensis.
Therefore, it is not only a precious medicinal material, but also a top-quality wood for wood carving crafts, which is now very rare.
Agarwood is mostly produced in island countries such as Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean, and its growth period ranges from 100 to 1,000 years. Although it is also found in Asan, it is rare.
There are usually three external causes for the formation of agarwood: one is insect infestation, which causes the trees to gradually die. The agarwood formed in this way is called "insect leakage" or "ant sedimentation".
Then there are natural disasters, such as lightning strikes, mudslides, landslides, etc., which cause trees to break and then be buried by soil or submerged in swamps. The former is called "soil subsidence" and the latter is called "water subsidence."
If there are no natural disasters, then man-made disasters are also considered. During the growth period, the agarwood tree was broken by animals or humans, and then was buried in soil or submerged in swamps for a long time. The resulting agarwood is also called water sinking or soil sinking.
If the agarwood wood encounters the above three situations and begins to bear agarwood, but the tree does not die, but continues to survive, and later the part that bears agarwood is mined, this type is called "living agarwood or raw knots".
On the contrary, if the tree has been matured for enough time after death, it is called "dead and mature".
"Falling" belongs to the category of dead trees, which are the trees that produce fragrance after death, and after hundreds of years of exposure to the sun and rain in the same place, they eventually become extremely fragrant.
Because of its fragrant aroma, agarwood itself does not decay.
No matter what the situation is, there is a high possibility that agarwood will appear in this small patch of agarwood trees near a small swamp discovered by Peacock Han.
Therefore, he didn't care to look for the two elephants. He didn't know if there was a legendary elephant tomb, but the agarwood here was not fake, so he had to get the immediate benefits first.
After careful observation by Han Peacock, he soon realized that this piece of "agarwood" came from the head of an old agarwood tree. This kind of agarwood is the easiest to collect. Because the wood of the agarwood tree is very loose, Han Peacock found it.
The peacock dug with a knife and easily got a piece off.
After removing some of the wood on the outside, a dark wood block was exposed. Looking at the hardwood block in my hand, I realized that this is agarwood. Although this piece of agarwood is not large, it is rich in oil.
Seeing that there was still a lot on the tree, Han Peacock chiseled it off in large chunks, and then carefully shoveled away the oil-free part, leaving the oily part.
Because of its high oil content, high density of incense and hard wood, it sinks immediately when put into water. It is for this reason that this resin is called "agarwood".
After walking around for a long time, Han Peacock looked at all the agarwood trees around him, and there was only one place where he could easily collect agarwood.
Han Peacock looked at these swaying agarwood trees. He couldn't believe that there was only such a small amount of agarwood. Judging from the appearance here, no matter what they had encountered, these agarwood trees had suffered great damage.
From the fact that some tall agarwood trees were half-buried in the mud, we knew that they had at least encountered mudslides.
Since it is a mudslide, it will definitely be hit by stones and other things. As long as there is damage, these agarwood trees may produce incense.
But even if you know that there is agarwood in these agarwood trees, how can you pick it out?
"Why are you hanging around here?" The food over there has been prepared, but no matter how they shouted, Han Peacock just didn't respond.
Because they could clearly see Han Peacock, they were not worried, but this kind of thing was too strange.
So Liuxu, who was a little worried, walked over directly.
Han Peacock was startled. He raised his head and saw Liu Catkin: "Why are you here? Come, look at what treasure I found."
"You shouldn't respond to what I call you. It's time for us to eat." Liu Xu came over and curiously looked at the dark thing in Han Peacock's hand: "Is this the treasure you were talking about?"
Han Kongque said: "Don't get too close. This is agarwood, which is not good for pregnant women and babies."
"Agarwood? Agarwood is not musk. The smell of natural agarwood is good for the body, but it is not suitable to be exposed to that smell for a long time. Things will turn to the extreme. An appropriate amount is good for the body and the fetus. I think you are watching more palace dramas.
"Yes, but I didn't look carefully enough. The concubines and the like used incense to cause miscarriages. It was musk." Liuxu said with contempt for Han Peacock.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "No matter what it is, it is harmful if you smell it for a long time. Agarwood can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and can make people's qi and blood flow smoothly, but it is not good for pregnant women."
"I am a doctor, and I know what is harmful to me better than you. You can smell natural agarwood, as long as you don't eat it, because agarwood helps the strong but not the weak. If you are weak, you will be weak and not replenished." Liu Xubai
After taking a look at Han Peacock, he directly took a piece of agarwood, put it in front of his nose and smelled it.
After Liu Catkin smelled it, she saw that Han Kongque was worried, so she gave it to Han Kongque directly: "The smell is not very strong, but it is very mellow. Is this the agarwood?"
Han Kongque said: "It should be Wuchen. I really didn't expect that the first time we came out, we didn't find the small-leaf red sandalwood tree stump. Instead, we found the agarwood tree from Asan Kingdom. It's really not bright in the east but bright in the west."
"Okay, agarwood has also been found, let's go eat!" Liuxu pulled Han Peacock away. She was very hungry recently.
Because of the elephant, Han Peacock had people prepare a lot of daily necessities. Of course, his Xuanyuan Water Control Flag also had a lot of storage, but it was not necessary. He had no intention of using those things.
But even so, they also carried a lot of vegetables, rice, meat, dried vegetables, etc.
Since I wanted to go as quickly as possible, I had a simple lunch at noon.
They boiled everything directly in a military pot and made a large pot of meat porridge.
After finishing the meal, Han Peacock stopped everyone who wanted to pack up and leave: "There is no need to pack up the things. Put up the tent. We are not leaving today. Han Xing, can you make a phone call here? Tell the villagers that we will camp today."
s position."
Han Xing had already seen Han Peacock's actions just now. Although he didn't know what Han Peacock had discovered, since the big boss told him, he did as he did, so he directly picked up the phone and went to make a call.
Han Peacock said again: "Rajiawa, please ask Shanko Kumar, is it okay for us to camp here? Do we need to change the place?"
Ragava quickly said: "It's no problem at all. Shanko Kumar said, as long as you be careful to guard against the cheetah's sneak attack, it's no problem at all."
At this time, Han Peacock heard the little girl named Nirmala say a few words.
Raghav smiled and said: "Nirmala said that with her elephants here, we don't have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts."