Mengyu said: "I don't know if it's them, but the last time we were there, they thought of organizing demining, and now that it's been so long, there should be something to do." ”

At this time, Tan Damao approached, "Wuyang, I'm also going to Vietnam." ”

Wuyang said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I'm Russian, our country has good relations with Vietnam, and my passport allows you to enter without a visa, so I want to go and have a look."

Li Zhenai smiled: "Da Mao, you can't do without Wuyang, right?" ”

"So what?" Tan Damao smiled mischievously.

Li Zhenai said: "It's a pity that we have diplomat passports, otherwise we could have go." If so many diplomats go at once, people will investigate, and the matter of Wuyang will be exposed. ”

Wuyang said: "Zhenai, you really can't go. You currently have three tasks, one is that Luo Xuguang, who I sent out, has purchased a lot of land and started to build a farm, do you want to investigate it and put forward your own opinions; The second is that this year's summer grain has been harvested, and China's grain procurement has also been liberalized, so I asked Chairman Xiong to arrange some people to accompany you to buy wheat, and the third is to pick up your relatives so that they can take over the farm. ”

Cai Ji said: "Wuyang, let them raise pigs?" ”

Wuyang smiled: "Do you know how big our farm is? Let me tell you, the average manager, that you don't have access to the actual work at all. Okay, this is Luo Xuguang's mobile phone number, you can contact him directly. ”

Early the next morning, Wuyang, Damao, and Mengyu drove off and had lunch on the road. It was still early to arrive in the border county. Mengyu went to find a travel agency. The tour guide of the travel agency said: "I can't go out in a group today, and I have to leave tomorrow morning." ”

Mengyu said: "Beauty, how much do you generally earn from leading a group?" ”

The tour guide said, "Little sister, do you mean once or by the number of days?" ”

Mengyu smiled: "You should be the little sister, you should call me the eldest sister." ”

The tour guide said, "Then we will all take our ID cards out and compare." ”

"Okay, it's better than that. I'm 73 years old, what about you? Mengyu took out his ID card and handed it over, and the tour guide took it and looked at it. You're really my sister, four years older than me, but you look much younger than me. Sister Zhang, everyone, my surname is Mi, Mi Xiaojia, you can call me Xiaomi. ”

"Xiaomi, this is Boss Li, this is Tan Damao, we all call her Damao. We came to gamble on wood, and we all came to help Boss Li. His business is relatively large. As long as you are happy, it's okay to have some extra money, you say, how much is it by the number of days, and how much is it by time? ”

Mi Xiaojia said: "In fact, it's about the same, that is, about 1,000 yuan a day." If you want to go over now, because you have to temporarily contact the place to accompany you, arrange hotels and vehicles, there are more things, but you have few people, it is easy to arrange, and it will be 1,000 yuan a day. ”

Wuyang said: "We will give you two thousand, but we want to live in the best hotel, we have to drive there by ourselves, we have to ask the best place to accompany us, of course we pay separately, and we are going to gamble on wood, can you let us find it?" ”

Mi Xiaojia said: "Boss Li, you are looking for someone to lead the way to gamble on wood, look for me to be right, I brought a group, is a group specializing in gambling wood, I took them for half a month, they didn't say how much money to give me at the beginning of the tour guide fee, and then gambled on a wood, just give me 3,000 yuan, I earned nearly 100,000 yuan, they all said I was lucky." Boss Li, did you also give money according to the wood you won this time? ”

Wuyang smiled: "You are so confident in your luck? ”

Mi Xiaojia said: "This is not me bragging, I have been walking here in Vietnam since I was a child, my uncle's family is from Vietnam, they are very familiar with the distribution of rosewood in northern Vietnam, these two times I led the group over, and my uncle took us to the southern production area, it can be said that all their origins are understood." It depends on how much you need, and I can take you to buy as much as I want. ”

Wuyang is ready to buy more, according to the number of wood roots that he won the bet, it will be a loss, of course, he can't pick up the stubble. "Xiaomi, are we going to leave now?"

Mi Xiaojia said: "There is nothing to prepare, but you have to take your passport to the travel agency to register, and there is your mobile phone number, just in case." Also, did you bring cash? ”

Mengyu said: "I didn't bring much, can I have a bank card?" ”

Mi Xiaojia said: "Bank of China, HSBC credit cards and debit cards, can be transferred. ”

"Okay, then we all have it, and we can get another 200,000 cash. Xiaomi, it's no problem to pass the level, right? Wuyang said.

"You all have passports, and I'll take you where there is no trouble. This off-road vehicle can also be driven over, and it is cheaper to refuel in Vietnam. ”

"We've just filled up our gas, just go."

After registering at the travel agency, I went to the bank to withdraw cash, and Mi Xiaojia set off with it. As soon as the vehicle started, Wuyang saw a signboard on the side of the road: mahogany furniture store. So I stopped the car immediately. "Xiaomi, is the mahogany furniture here real?"

Mi Xiaojia said: "Of course, there are true and false, a price is worth the goods, you can afford the price, you can buy real mahogany furniture." ”

"Let's go, you take us to the real mahogany furniture store to have a look, maybe you can get a commission."

Mi Xiaojia said: "Boss Li, I can take you to see it, but I still advise you not to buy here, to refer to a price, choose a furniture style, and then go to Vietnam to see, where to buy it is cost-effective, we only buy the right one, not the expensive one." ”

Mengyu said: "Xiaomi, your heart is quite good." ”

Mi Xiaojia said: "What kind of work you do, you must have professional ethics and professionalism. As a tour guide, although we deal with tourists at one time, I don't want to leave a trace of unhappiness in the hearts of tourists. ”

Tan Damao said: "Yes, this is a really good tour guide." People like you will definitely have good rewards, and good people will have a safe life. ”

"Thank you."

As he spoke, he had already entered the furniture store. The store is not closed. There is also no counter. A man in his 30s was shirtless, wrapped in a long leather skirt, squatting on a wooden sofa and carving.

Mi Xiaojia said: "Boss, I'll take tourists to see your mahogany furniture, if appropriate, talk about business." ”

The boss stopped, glanced at a few people in Wuyang, and smiled apologetically. "Boss, I'm sorry, there's no place to sit in the store, I'm slacking."

Wuyang smiled, "It's okay, we also heard that there is mahogany furniture here, so we came over to take a look, and we caused you trouble." Excuse me, these are all furniture that has already been formed, why are you still carving? ”

The owner said, "This is furniture bought from Vietnam. It's rough, and our people can't look down on it. I can't afford to sell for a price. After I bought it, I carved it carefully, polished it, and then sold it with varnish, and the price went up. ”

Wuyang pointed to 4 two-meter-long, 1.8-meter-high sofas, a large coffee table, 4 small coffee tables, 4 wooden piers, and a sea of tea and asked, "What is the price of this set of furniture?" ”

The boss said: "All of them have been processed, and one set is 120 million." Boss, you see, these are carved from whole wood, and the grain is the most beautiful and matching. ”

Wuyang said: "It's really beautiful, but the price is a little too expensive." ”

The boss smiled: "You are too expensive, but someone is not too expensive." I had just bought this blank when it was ordered away by a tourist. This carving is a technical work, the general carpentry has been studied for a few years, and it is not possible to work, please have an experienced master, the daily wage is 500 yuan, and you have to take care of eating and smoking. ”

Wuyang asked: "How long do you have to carve this set of furniture?" ”

"It has been carved for half a year, and it will take a year and a half to deliver, if you need to order, you can only leave your phone number, after I buy the blank, you are satisfied with the blank, we will sign the contract."

Wuyang said: "The furniture is good, but unfortunately it is too big, and our living room can't be placed." ”

The boss smiled: "These things are used by rich people, I have been working for more than ten years, and I have not earned the money to build a big house to put this sofa in it." Boss, there are many small pieces here, to ensure that they are all authentic Huanghuali, you can go back to a few things, there is a lot of room for appreciation. ”

Wuyang looked at it, on the wooden frame of the house, on the ground, there are some handicrafts piled up, very exquisite, there are many furniture factories at home that have not produced, buy a few back to make samples, it is also good.

"Good stuff, let's come back from Vietnam and pick some up. Boss, excuse me, we're gone. ”

Back in the car, Mi Xiaojia said: "Boss Li, I thought you really wanted to buy it, these things in Vietnam, the price is only one-tenth, and you can also consign them back, if you have time to slowly polish and polish and paint, not only more beautiful, but also have a sense of achievement." ”

Wuyang said with a smile: "Xiaomi, tell you the truth, I have a furniture factory at home, and there is a master to process it when I buy it back." Okay, let's talk about it when we get there. ”

The road she took was not a road through the customs, but a dirt road covered with grass on both sides, although narrow, but the walk was smooth, and in less than two hours, she came to a canyon, on the lush hillside, there are several stilted buildings, which still look quite new.

"Boss Li, this is my uncle's house. 4 houses, 1 for 3 uncles and 1 for grandparents, let's stay here tonight. ”

Wuyang said: "Aren't there any hotels or guest houses?" It seems that there are no wires to enter the house, no air conditioning, right? ”

Mi Xiaojia said: "There is no air conditioner, but if you need it, you can still generate electricity at home, and there are electric fans at home." It's very hot during the day, but when it's dark, the temperature drops, and at night you have to put a blanket on you. ”

"Really, so comfortable? Then we live here. Where do we live? ”

"I live at my grandmother's house. My grandfather and grandmother have gone to my house, and my uncle's children are also studying and living in my house. ”

Wuyang said: "Xiaomi, is your uncle doing well in their life?" ”

"I don't count, you can talk to them later."

The car stopped in front of the stilted building, and a yellow dog roared and ran out, Mi Xiaojia shouted "corn", and the big yellow dog stopped barking and wagged its tail desperately.

Out of the buildings came several men and women, all of them thin, with high cheekbones, deep-set eye sockets, and dark skin. After Mi Xiaojia introduced them, Wuyang asked, "There are so many trees near your house, are there any rosewoods?" ”

Xiaomi's uncle said, "There are some." It's just that the traffic is not convenient here. Very few people who gambled on wood came. So our main job is to take people to other places. ”

Wuyang said: "Sir, we are here to gamble, in fact, we don't know what gambling wood is, can you please introduce it?" ”

Chairs were brought from the room, and several people sat under the tree, and the uncle said, "Yes." The so-called gambling wood is our people here. I found a tree, it grows in the mountains, there is no difference between leaves and bark, even if we have dealt with it for many years, we can't tell what kind of texture it is. One of its textures is authentic huanghuali, and the other material is not very good, and the value difference is about 10 times. For example, if you spend 100,000 yuan to buy a tree, and after sawing it down, you see that it is a huanghuali, and then it will be shipped to your country. You can sell it for 2 million, if not. can only sell for 200,000, excluding the purchase price and freight, and can't make a few dollars. ”

"Then there's no way to tell the difference?"

"No way. There is also a kind of gambling wood, which is a tree erected on the mountain, and whether the heart of the tree inside is empty, is also a fun place to gamble on wood. If you buy a tree with an intact heart, it will be very valuable, but if the heart of the tree is empty, only the bark, stems and branches will remain, and the value is not very large. ”

"This should be seen, the heart of the tree is rotten, and there may be holes in the bark, and if you look closely, you should be able to find it."

Uncle Millet said: "Generally, this kind of yellow pear will not be hollow, this kind of wood grows slowly, especially strong, if it is not for the infestation of pests, it should not be hollow." But someone gambled on hollow wood. In many of our production areas, there are some huanghuali left there, and the trees are very tall, but no one dares to ask for them. ”

"Why?" Mengyu asked.

"These trees have holes in them more or less, big or small, and no one knows that there are holes and takes the risk."

Tan Damao said with a smile: "That person gambles on stones, and he doesn't know if there is any jade in it, and he dares to spend a lot of money to buy it." ”

The uncle said: "Those are some big bosses, and the bosses who come to gamble on wood are not that big." If you lose hundreds of thousands, you may not be able to turn over. It's like we, when we find the wood ourselves, we don't cut it down, but wait for the big boss to come and buy it. ”

Wuyang said, "Are you very rare yellow pears here?" ”

"No, mainly because there aren't many big trees. Let's go, Boss Li, I'll take you to see, if we can negotiate a good price, after you buy it, we will organize lumberjacks to cut the wood, and then mobilize vehicles to transport it over. ”

Wuyang said: "Okay, it seems that our mood is more urgent. ”

Mi Xiaojia said with a smile: "My uncle is in a hurry to make money, you are in a hurry to ask for wood, you go, we will help cook at home." Boss Li, I'll make you a cashew nut chicken, the chicken raised by your uncle's family, the cashew nuts planted, you are satisfied. ”

Wuyang said: "I see that there is corn everywhere on the side of the road, it is best to break a few and roast it in the fire, it should be very fragrant." ”

The uncle said: "It's okay, roasted corn and corn wine, Boss Li must not have eaten it." ”

"Okay, then thank you Boss Huang."

Uncle said: "It's all commonplace, there is nothing to thank for, the most important thing is that Boss Li can look at our Huanghuali tree." ”

Wuyang smiled: "You can afford the price, right?" ”

Uncle smiled and said, "That's it." Boss Li, follow us. ”

The four of them walked along the stream in the middle of the valley and into the mountains. "Boss Huang, you didn't plant mines here, did you?"

"It has been buried before, but it is buried in highways and other transportation arteries, and these valleys are not mine-laid. If you don't worry, just follow in our footsteps. Not far away, at the bend in front, there is a rhubarb pear. ”

After walking for a while, I came to a huge yellow pear tree. The tree may have been growing on a hillside before, but when the flood washed away the mud next to it and below, it became a half-overhanging steep slope.

Boss Huang climbed up from the side, "Come, let's try and see if the four of us can hug each other." ”

So the four of them went hand in hand to hug, but the arms were not long enough, and there was probably a place for one person left. Boss Huang said: "Boss Li, what do you say is the diameter of this big tree?" ”

Wuyang said: "The circumference is about 7.5 meters, and the diameter should be about 2.4 meters. Boss Huang, how much does your tree cost? ”

"You can't talk about money now, it makes sense to talk about money if you like it."

Wuyang thought about it, and it was indeed the same. Talk about it. I don't want it myself. Isn't it in vain? "Okay, I'll take a closer look."

Although Wuyang has never seen Huanghuali growing in the mountains, he has bought Yuxia and Mengyu before, of course, they are very small. Such a big tree was cut down by Xie Daxia from Brazil and transported back, and he has seen a lot. The difference between the big tree in front of me and those big trees is that the bark is very developed, and there is not even a small crack in it. Could it be that the heart of the tree is rotten?

Walk to the other side of the tree. Running True Qi looked at the middle of the tree. The structure on the bark is very tight, and when it enters about 15 cm, it is a disorderly structure, which is not rotten wood. Looking along the trunk, at the second branch, the clutter is gone, and when you look at the tree, there is a hole that leads to the top of the river.

Walked to Boss Huang and their brothers together. Wuyang smiled and said, "Boss Huang, you really can't ask for this big tree." Seeing that the bark of this tree is so good, it should be that the heart of the tree is rotten, and it is a waste to buy it back. ”

Boss Huang smiled: "Are you so sure that the heart of the tree inside is rotten?" ”

"I can't be sure, I just feel like I can't ask for it."

"Boss Li, if we offer 200,000 yuan, do you want it?"

Wuyang thought about it for a while, that is, the 12-meter or so tree trunk that was considered rotten was completely useless, and the remaining 3-meter or so trunk, plus the roots and branches, would be more than 10 cubic meters, which could be used in furniture making zuò and carving handicrafts, and these things were not as good as these things were used with genuine materials. "If you help dig up the roots and don't throw away the branches, then I still want it."

"Boss Li, how small and big are the branches you want?"

"The diameter of the branches is more than 3 centimeters, and the diameter of the roots is more than 10 centimeters."

"Okay, can we take care of the removal to where you parked?"

Wuyang said: "No, you are responsible for the transportation from here to the border, after the border, we will pay as agreed, and I will be responsible for the freight, and you don't care about the quality of the timber." ”

Boss Huang said: "Now the border line will not be blocked, you can rest assured." Let's transport to the border, there was no such rule before. ”

"There is no rule, so let's make it from now. Since the border line is not blocked, and I pay for the freight, why is it difficult for you? ”

"That's the truth, Boss Li, we are just afraid that the goods will reach your territory, and we will be helpless."

Wuyang smiled: "This is what we both are worried about. I bought this tree, and it is impossible to have time for you to cut it down here slowly, and then transport it slowly, and with this time, I might as well buy someone in China and ship it back. I'm gone, the money is given, and if you don't send me wood, won't I be helpless? ”

Boss Huang said: "We look at you, it's not an ordinary boss, everyone comes in a group, you just came with a secretary, and you have a lot of things to do." Otherwise, would it be okay for you to send someone over to organize the transportation? ”

"Just for this piece of wood?"

"No, it just depends on how much you need."

"As much as you want."

"Boss Li, if we sue you, we found a large area of Huanghuali forest, too many to count, we offer 200,000 yuan per tree, can you cover it alone?"

"Now I can't promise you. If these trees were seedlings, it would be impossible for me to spend so much money to buy them back. Also, even if it's a big tree, if it's the kind of worthless material you just said, I don't need to do it. So, if you take me to see it, it's best to cut down one or two trees to see, and if you're satisfied, you'll definitely take it down, even if the other trees are bad, I'll admit it. ”

Boss Huang said: "Boss Li, if these are what you want, can you send someone over?" ”

"That's right, we've seen it tomorrow, and I'll have someone come over. But when they come, they do not make a haste to cut down your trees. ”

"Boss Li, what else do you have to arrange?"

Wuyang said, "Your trees here won't be cut down by others, right?" ”

Boss Huang said: "No, our ancestors have lived here for generations, and my grandfather, uncle, and father are all soldiers of Uncle Hu, and this used to be a transit station for transporting materials from your country." The three of us brothers all advocate friendship with your country, so we have not worked in the army for a long time, but both the military and the local government still have enough respect for us, the family of the three martyrs. ”

"Well, I decided to do it, and I won't break my promise, but you still don't have enough trees, I'm going to go to other producing areas to gamble on wood and buy as much wood as possible." Can you be my guide? ”

Boss Huang said: "The guide will let my niece be a good one, and we will organize lumberjacks and shipping machinery for you, bet on a tree, and we will cut down a tree and transport it from here." Your people can wait for you to return to China and then ask Xiaojia to bring them over, and it is better to have more people to bring machinery and cars. ”

"Okay, let's see the woods tomorrow."

Back to Boss Huang's house, wash and eat. It's not far from China, and the food tastes about the same, but the ingredients are much stronger than those in Lanjiang, and even the corn is roasted, and it's very fragrant. The Huang brothers were happy to have a big business because they were about to do a big business, and because they were happy to meet a big boss like Wuyang, so they went back and forth with four cups, and they were drunk one by one.

I didn't say anything all night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, Boss Huang was knocking on the door. "Boss Li, the meal is ready, let's go up the mountain after dinner."

"Okay, I'll be right over."

After eating, a few people still walked along yesterday's small river to the deep mountains, walked for an hour, arrived at a hill, the sun just came out, Boss Huang pointed to the hillside in front and said: "Boss Li, you see, the trees on these hills are all Huanghuali, to be honest, these woods are not from our family, but no one comes to fight with us." When we brought you here, we trust you completely, and you can't sue anyone. ”

"No problem, after my employees come, you will sue them, it is your own family, just be bold and cut down. Otherwise, we will only cut it first, not transport it out, and then transport it when we are finished. Of course, I can pay you some money first, so that you can organize the cutting down of trees. ”

"Boss Li, you can't do this, you'd better organize a big enough force, and transport while chopping, if you stay in the country, if any powerful person takes a fancy to it, we will be empty."

"That's right, we've decided so, let's go, let's look at the trees."

When he arrived at the place where Huanghuali grows, Wuyang looked at the characteristics of this tree very carefully, but when he looked at it, he couldn't tell the difference at all. Forget it, just try your luck.

Cut down a tree with a diameter of 60 centimeters, Wuyang used an axe to split one side, with Wuyang's skill, it took a lot of effort to split the tree out of a plane 10 centimeters wide and 40 centimeters long.

"Boss Li, just such a random selection of a tree, it is such a good material and texture, and the others must be good. Do you want to cut down trees next? (To be continued......)