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"Fernandez promised to give the gangsters money and let us take the alpacas away, but he just had the crazy idea of selling you some cocoa saplings. Thornton stubbornly called Zeng Gong's phone and said cautiously, for fear that Zeng Gong would suddenly become angry.

"Cocoa saplings?" Zeng Gong smiled, he had bought some cocoa trees in Qinglian Ranch, and now they are growing well, but he didn't expect that someone would sell them to him.

"Tell Fernandez, the cocoa tree, it's already in the Blue Lotus Ranch, I don't need it. Zeng Gong said lightly that if it had been a few months earlier, he might have considered the cocoa tree of origin, but it had already been purchased in Florida and was growing well, but Zeng Gong would not be expanding the scale of the cocoa tree when he did not see the money back.

"Well, I'll tell Fernandez, and I'll say, you can't buy a cocoa tree. Thornton nodded, and instead of hanging up, he spoke directly to Fernandez.

"Fernandez, you hear it, it's not that I don't help you, it's that Mr. Zeng doesn't buy it at all, isn't it a fantasy to plant cocoa trees in Montana. Thornton said with some disdain, in order to make money, he didn't care about anything, did South Americans eat so ugly.

"Wait, Mr. Thornton, I'll have a few words with Mr. Zeng, and I think he'll want my cocoa tree. Fernandez couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard this, and said excitedly to Thornton.

Thornton looked at Fernandez's excited appearance, and he didn't want to hit him, he was probably a little stunned by the gangsters, thinking that the things in his ranch were all treasures, and they could make money by selling them. So he followed his wishes and handed the phone to Fernandez.

"Mr. Zeng, I hope you will consider my cocoa tree, I am sure you will not regret it. Fernandez took the phone and said to Zeng Gong with some eagerness.

"Your cocoa tree?" Zeng Gong said with some doubts, wondering if his cocoa tree had special properties.

Cocoa is one of the world's three major beverage plants (the other two are coffee and tea), native to the American tropics, can be used as drinks and chocolate candy, rich in nutrition, mellow and fragrant.

Long before Columbus arrived in the United States, the inhabitants of tropical Central America, especially the Mayans and Aztecs, knew the use of the cacao bean, not only as a drink, but also as a medium of trade. In the 16th century, cocoa beans were introduced to Europe to refine cocoa powder and chocolate, and cocoa butter was refined.

The cocoa tree is found in the humid lowlands of the tropics and is commonly found in the shade of tall trees. The trunk is sturdy, up to 12 meters high, and its oval, leather-like leaves are up to 0.3 cm long and stretch like an umbrella cover. The flowers are pink, small, foul-smelling, and grow directly on the branches. The follicle fruit is 35 cm long, 12 cm in diameter, ovate, with 10 ridges on the surface, yellow-brown to purple, and the cocoa fruit contains 20~40 seeds (cocoa beans). The beans are about 2.5 cm long and contain a sticky pink flesh. After 4 years of cultivation, each cocoa tree produces 60~70 pods per year. After harvesting, the beans are removed from the pods, fermented for several days, and undergo a series of processing processes, including drying, dusting, roasting and grinding, to become a pulp, called chocolate liquor, and then pressed to produce cocoa butter and cocoa powder, or added cocoa butter and other ingredients to make various chocolates.

It is a tropical rainforest in the upper reaches of the Amazon River in South America, and is mainly distributed in a narrow zone within 10° north and south latitudes of the equator. The main producing countries are Ghana, Brazil, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Dominica and Malaysia. The main consumers are the United States, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and China. In 1922, Taiwan Province of China successfully introduced and tested seeds, and Chinese mainland is now mainly planted in Hainan.

"That's right, it's my cacao tree, my cacao tree grows at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters in the Andes, it has a special taste, and the quality is better than other cacao trees, but unfortunately there are only ten of them. Fernandez hurriedly said.

The alpine cacao tree was very precious, it had not been published in any magazine or newspaper anyway, and Fernández had traveled to South America in his youth and had never heard of the alpine cacao tree, he believed that their cocoa tree was unique in the world, and now he knew that his ranch would not be able to be saved, so it would be better to exchange it for some money.

"Ten plants, that's too little, isn't it? Zeng Gong couldn't help but smile dumbly, are your ten cocoa trees worth your painstaking recommendation.

"Mr. Zeng, this is already a lot, you must know that there is no record of alpine cocoa in the world, and I believe that the cocoa trees in my pasture are definitely the only alpine cocoa in the world. Fernández was afraid that Zeng Gong would not pay enough attention to him, so he hurriedly explained to him.

"Okay, even if your cocoa tree is scarce, then how much do you want, a million or two million, and I can't do anything more, it's a big deal that I will buy your ranch when it comes to auction, and then after getting the cocoa tree, I will sell it directly," Zeng Gong asked for the price, and warned Fernandez.

"Mr. Zeng, I don't want much, you can think about it, 800,000 US dollars is enough, okay?" Fernandez felt a pang in his heart, and hurriedly quoted the price he thought was okay.

Zeng Gong nodded, if those cocoa trees and Fernandez said that, it would be impossible to get 800,000 US dollars, but it was not impossible to let this South American get carried away, and his greedy mind buried his reason.

"It's better to be the same as you say. Zeng Gong said coldly.

"Mr. Zeng, I think you will be satisfied, and there are a lot of alpacas on my pasture, do you want to?" Fernandez was thinking about selling his ranch short now, and seeing that Zeng Gong was very talkative, he was ready to continue to sell the goods in his ranch, but he ignored Thornton, who was beside him.

"Alpacas?" Zeng Gong was slightly stunned, and then responded: "Forget it, my ranch is still in the development stage, and I still have the energy to raise alpacas for the time being." ”

Zeng Gong decisively rejected Fernandez's proposal, there are already better alpacas in the pasture, how can they develop alpacas, and it is only right to increase the number of alpacas in the future.

"Don't?" Fernández was stunned for a moment, completely lost the excitement just now, was splashed with a basin of cold water, and spoke a little excitedly: "Mr. Zeng, how can you not want it, my alpacas are of good quality, and the annual alpaca wool is also considerable, I guarantee that those alpacas are absolutely fine." ”

"Mr. Fernandez, as I said earlier, my ranch is out of energy, so you should ask Mr. Thornton if he has any sales, he is one of the best cattle brokers in the United States. Zeng Gong frowned slightly and said lightly.

"Okay, Mr. Zeng, excuse me, I'll deal with the domestic affairs in Peru as soon as possible. Fernandez said with some dismay. (To be continued.) )