Zhao Zedu and Jiao Ailan stayed in the hotel in the morning blowing the air conditioner, because the weather outside was indeed too hot.

In this kind of weather, as long as you walk around outside, you will sweat profusely.

So even lunch was eaten in the room for two people.

It was almost 1 p.m. when the car that came to pick them up finally arrived.

They were picked up by a middle-aged man in a customs uniform, surnamed Wang. He came in a Mitsubishi SUV.

After a few brief greetings with Master Wang, Zhao Ze sat in the co-pilot's seat and let Jiao Ailan sit in the back seat of the car.

At first, the car was still driving on the main road of the national highway, but it didn't go far, so Master Wang turned the car off the national highway.

First, we passed a fairly smooth path, and after a while, the car began to jolt violently.

Because the road that the car is walking now is not a road at all.

Jiao Ailan was talking and laughing with Zhao Ze at first, but she couldn't speak anymore because she had begun to have a strong sense of motion sickness.

Fortunately, the driver Wang also came with medicine to treat motion sickness.

However, even after taking motion sickness medicine, Jiao Ailan still vomited several times halfway.

It took more than two hours of bumpy rides before their car finally reached the timber farm.

In fact, the forest farm is in this wood, in a huge vacant field.

In the middle of the forest farm, there is a makeshift wooden hut.

The master Wang parked the car next to the wooden house and got out of the car.

Zhao Ze and Jiao Ailan also got out of the car.

Master Wang knocked vigorously on the door of the simple wooden house with his hand.

After a while, the door opened, and out of it came a sleepy-eyed man with gray hair.

Although this man is also wearing a customs uniform, no matter how you look at it, that uniform looks like it has been worn for many years.

"Master Zhao, I brought someone over to look at their wood, can you take them to see where the wood is placed?"

Master Wang shouted loudly to that Master Zhao.

That Master Zhao raised his head, looked at Zhao Ze and Jiao Ailan, and then said to that Master Wang.

"Where are they? There's a lot of wood here, and you have to tell me which batch of wood they're here for. ”

Master Wang patted Master Zhao on the shoulder, and said loudly: "What other batch can there be, that is, a large batch of mahogany was confiscated last month, where did you put it?" ”

Master Zhao seemed to understand, then picked up a wooden stick from the ground and held it in his hand.

"Then come with me!"

As Master Zhao spoke, he led them to a place in the northwest.

When he came to a place where the ground was paved with red bricks, Master Zhao stopped.

Then he used the stick in his hand to point to the red bricks on the ground and said: "This is the area, as long as it is within the range of red bricks, all the wood is confiscated by the last batch." ”

Looking at such a large piece of confiscated mahogany wood in front of him, Zhao Ze was also shocked by the scene in front of him.

Although he had guessed before he came that the number of rosewoods would not be small this time, he never expected that there would be such a large number.

And judging from the raw mahogany materials stacked there now, each tree is at least more than fifty or sixty years old.

Trees of this age, even if they are not rare, fall under the category of prohibited felling in China.

Not to mention such a large piece of mahogany raw materials.

The price of rosewood in the domestic market is second only to the wood of the three rare species.

That is, we often say Hainan yellow pear, red sandalwood, golden silk nanmu.

Although Jiao Ailan didn't understand the wood market, she was also shocked by the scene in front of her.

"That's a lot! How many cars do you have to pull this away?

Master, you're not going to just let me look at the wood here, are you? Can this place be inhabited? I saw that there were no electrical wiring in the house, let alone an air conditioner.

You don't want to leave me here alone, do you? I regret coming here with you now. ”

As soon as Jiao Ailan's words were finished, he saw that Master Zhao looking at him with strange eyes.

When Zhao Ze saw this scene, he hurriedly said, "What are you talking about? This place is a special place for customs, how can you be allowed to come here and stay casually!

What it means to make you watch is that every time a truck comes over, you can come with them and load it. ”

Jiao Ailan heard Zhao Ze's explanation, and then she was relieved.

But as soon as Zhao Zedu's words were finished, the master Zhao asked, "Aren't you going to pull these timbers away all at once?"

Then when will you be a head when you go back and forth? I'm not going to show you the lumber mill anymore! ”

Zhao Ze was choked by this Master Zhao's words, and he didn't know how to explain it to him.

At this time, Master Wang, who was driving, pulled Master Zhao aside, and then whispered a few words to him.

"Director Cheng's words are not easy to use! Even if the director comes, I won't agree! That Master Zhao suddenly said loudly.

"Lao Zhao! This matter has been negotiated, and the venue fee has been paid, and now the task assigned to you is to look at this field!

Why do you care so much? Have you forgotten how you got here? Master Wang, who was driving, said.

"I can't just watch you guys do this nonsense! Do you know what you're doing? You're breaking the law! Master Zhao shouted loudly again.

Master Wang, who was driving, barely squeezed out a smile to Zhao Ze, and then said: "Mr. Zhao, don't mind, this is our internal matter, turn back and pull your truck how you want, our bureau will definitely cooperate with your work." ”

Zhao Ze seemed to understand the reason why the two of them quarreled at this time.

So he walked over, took out a stack of renminbi from his handbag, and casually stuffed it to Master Wang, who was driving.

Then he took out another stack of money from his handbag and stuffed the stack into the hand of Master Zhao.

Master Zhao looked at the stack of money in his hand, and then looked at Zhao Ze and said, "Are you trying to bribe me?"

I'm just a timber yard watcher, you can take this money quickly, I can't ask for it! Xiao Wang, you can't take this money either! ”

When Zhao Ze heard this, he smiled dryly at that Master Zhao and said, "It's really impossible for us to pull all this wood away at one time, and no one can eat so much wood at once!"

So please Master Zhao take a little more effort, this money is even if I give you extra money to show you the venue, so please give me more responsibility! ”

"The state has already paid for me, I will never accept your money, if you don't take the money again, I will hand over this money to the organization!"

That Master Zhao stretched out his hand and handed the money to Zhao Ze.