The next day Yang Fan received good news from the scammer.
The land was eventually sold for 72.5 million euros. The French took care of all the formalities. At the same time, the tribes south of the Dada River were moved away, and all the land was handed over to Yang Fan in the form of property rights.
Yang Fan invested US$50,000 to resettle the black tribe in the desert. In addition, they were promised to dig three deep wells and provide them with pumping equipment. They use it to feed their camels, oxen and donkeys.
They were seriously short of water, so they gave them money and dug wells, and the black people moved happily.
When Yang Fan saw the donkey, he finally remembered what the use of this desert grassland was. Can be used to raise donkeys.
Donkey breeding is big business. In China, donkeys really became famous overnight thanks to donkey-hide gelatin.
Donkey-hide gelatin is a jelly-like substance refined from donkey skin. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that donkey-hide gelatin has countless functions such as nourishing blood and nourishing yin, anti-aging, aphrodisiac, treating insomnia and cough, etc.
As one of the most valuable traditional Chinese medicines, the price of donkey-hide gelatin cooled down temporarily after the price was regulated by the government in 1994. But after entering the 21st century, the demand for donkey-hide gelatin grew rapidly. The middle class who pay attention to the quality of life and are willing to spend money, together with the older generation who have always been loyal to donkey-hide gelatin, have jointly made Donkey a big hit again.
In 2015--2016, at least 1.8 million donkey skins were traded around the world.
Most of these skins are shipped to China and used to make donkey hide gelatin. The donkey meat roast contains a lot of donkey meat from Africa. Such a hot market has caused the price of a whole donkey to skyrocket.
Africa is the main source of donkey imports outside China. The local desert grasslands are very suitable for raising donkeys. The price of donkeys in Africa has risen from US$60 10 years ago to around US$300 now.
The biggest problem with the land that Yang Fanxin bought is the lack of water. Raising livestock and growing pasture require large amounts of water. But this problem can be solved.
In fact, there are abundant groundwater resources in deserts, rivers, deserts, and Gobi areas.
This water is left behind by geological changes hundreds of millions of years ago. Some are formed by seasonal rivers seeping into the ground. Both the Sahara Desert and the Taklimakan Desert have abundant water resources underground.
Exploration in recent years has discovered that the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang has abundant water resources underground due to tens of millions of years of water seepage from the Tarim River.
Under this desert with an area of 330,000 square kilometers, the storage capacity of groundwater is as high as 228 trillion cubic meters.
The nearby Sahara Desert is estimated to store up to about 375,000 cubic kilometers of fresh water underground. This is the runoff of the Yellow River for half a year. The water in the desert is drinkable.
The land Yang Fan bought has so many seasonal rivers on the surface. Where does the water go during the rainy season? Most of it seeps into the ground. So there must be fresh water underground. And the reserves are very large.
As for why our country does not develop the Danshui underground in the Taklimakan Desert. The main reason is to consider that the decline of groundwater will affect the ecological environment, and large amounts of extraction will cause ground collapse.
But who cares about this in Africa. If Yang Fan pumps out water to raise donkeys, no one will take care of him.
Yang Fan had to do something when he bought this place, otherwise he would attract suspicion.
Now raising donkeys to make money is naturally the best cover.
Because of the huge market demand, the number of domestic donkeys has dropped sharply year by year from about 10 million in 1998. From 2016 to 2019, the number of donkeys in my country only remained at about 2.6 million.
In 2020, due to the suspension of production or conversion of some large-scale farms, there was a serious loss of female donkeys. The number of donkeys in the population subsequently dropped to 2.324 million, a decrease of 277,000 from 2019.
At present, Inner Mongolia ranks first in the country with a population of 613,000, accounting for 26.36%. Secondly, Liaoning and Gansu both have more than 300,000 heads, and Xinjiang, Yunnan, Hebei and other places have more than 100,000 heads.
Yang Fan's home is near a pastoral area and he knows a lot about the breeding industry. Including his brothers, they also know very well that he can't do anything else, but raising livestock has been something he has been used to since he was a child.
My hometown is very poor, so recruiting thousands of people to raise donkeys is no problem at all. It can be regarded as providing employment for my hometown.
With the impact of African swine fever, the price of donkey meat has gradually increased. Now the domestic market price of one kilogram of donkey meat exceeds 90 yuan. It’s over a hundred dollars in a hotel.
Yang Fan thought in his mind that since donkey meat, donkey skin, and donkey internal organs were so expensive, it would be better to build slaughtering and cooked food processing plants directly in Africa. The braised donkey meat is packaged in vacuum aluminum foil and sent to domestic sales.
Donkey skin is a good thing, and now Xinghe Agricultural Products sells wild Chinese medicinal materials. The purchasing customers are all top domestic traditional Chinese medicine manufacturers.
We can consider cooperating with them to build factories in Africa. We provide our own factories, workers, and raw materials, and they provide secret recipes and technical guidance. Return products to the country. It's definitely a good deal with huge profits.
Of course, the soil and water support the donkey.
As we all know, the best donkey-hide gelatin must be cooked with donkeys from Shier Mountain in Shandong.
You can first send people to Shandong to buy Shi'er Mountain in Ming Dynasty. Hey, this way I can monopolize the domestic donkey hide gelatin raw materials. Modern Shiershan cannot support too many donkeys. The natural environment is not as good as that of Daming.
Yang Fan checked it on his mobile phone and calculated it according to the ratio of raw materials to 2:1. Domestic annual demand for donkey hide gelatin requires 3.55 million donkey skins. The current domestic gap reaches 70%.
Except for the skin, the rest of the donkey meat is roasted. Super easy to sell. Nourishing yin and beautifying, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the spleen, men and women don’t need it. The offal is also marinated and very easy to sell. The donkey is full of treasures and there is nothing left.
Donkey-hide gelatin boiled from donkey skin is known as a blood-enhancing weapon, and its price is comparable to gold.
And donkey meat is also very valuable. If you go to a restaurant to cut two kilograms of it, it will cost you hundreds of yuan. Donkey's meat is fresh and tender, fat but not greasy, thin but not old, and is loved by many people.
As the saying goes, dragon meat is in the sky and donkey meat is on the ground, which is enough to show the status of donkey meat in gourmet food. It’s hard not to make money in this business. The more Yang Fan thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and his mouth watered.
Xiao Niangpi saw that Yang Fan was letting off steam again, still giggling there, and her mouth was watering.
Sighing, the master didn't know what he thought of. Hysteria here. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth lovingly.
Only then did Yang Fan wake up. He looked at Xiao Niangpi in surprise. Lin Yueru covered her mouth and snickered.
"Master, what are you thinking of doing? You drooled and you didn't even know how to wipe it away."
Yang Fan said sheepishly: "I thought of a delicious dish called Donkey Meat Shao Shao. Have you tried it?"
As soon as Xiao Niangpi heard about the delicious food, her eyes immediately lit up. She took Yang Fan's hand and said, "I haven't eaten it before. I haven't eaten it before. Where can I get it? I want to eat it."
Xiao Niangpi knew that as long as Yang Fan said something delicious, it would be delicious. My father is the best gourmet in the Ming Dynasty. Now that I've heard about donkey meat being burned, my mouth is watering.
Lin Yueru also immediately said: "Master, the porters in the capital have raised a lot of donkeys. There are donkeys everywhere. It is very convenient for us to buy them and kill them for meat."
Yang Fan checked and found that the donkey meat in Hejian was cooked using Bohai donkeys. But Taihang donkey is more delicious. Yang Fan said: "Send someone to buy a Taihang donkey and come back. Are there any servants who know how to butcher?"
"Okay, Chen San knows how to kill pigs for three generations in Zunhua. Just leave everything to him, including buying and killing." Xiao Niangpi said excitedly immediately.
"I'll take out the briquette-burning oven later, and I'll teach you how to make donkey meat on fire and marinate donkey meat." Yang Fan said happily.
The most delicious and fulfilling food is made by yourself. Yang Fan likes to take the two ladies to cook delicious food. It tastes the most delicious this way.
