It was already an hour after Haruta Tomoko was sent to the hospital.
Although Dutt was highly educated, he had to compromise with some habits in order to live comfortably and gain wealth.
Therefore, his manor is still quite far away from the modern city.
This distance doesn't seem to matter at ordinary times. After all, the scenery along the way is quite good, but once it reaches a critical moment like now, it can really cost lives!
After Tomoko Haruta was taken to the hospital, she was immediately sent to the emergency ward.
After two hours of rescue work, they were finally out of danger, but at this moment, Haruta Tomoko was still in a coma and was unable to speak for a short time.
According to the doctor, the inflammation and suppuration in her wound affected her internal organs. If she had been sent to her earlier, it would not have been a big problem.
But the wound lasted too long, and the weather here was too hot, as well as some other effects. Together, the minor injury turned into a serious illness.
Dutt was not so ruthless and sent a maid here to serve Haruta Tomoko.
But he himself did not come. Zhu Yu's guess was that the snake god's matter was too important, so Dutt was focused on it and couldn't care much about it.
Because something happened to Haruta Tomoko, Zhu Yu and the others could only delay the distribution of the treasure.
In fact, Zhu Yu didn't care whether he wanted the things he found or not. Those 50,000 pieces of wood were enough to make Zhu Yu a small fortune.
But Kroya is still here. If Tomoko doesn't wake up in the spring, things can't be distributed, and Kroya can't leave. Fortunately, there is nothing else to do now, so Zhu Yu simply stays here.
Putting aside things like customs and food, the scenery here is quite nice.
There are some temples near Dutt's manor that still have incense burning, and some temples that have become ruins.
In addition, because Dut had a snake god and united some surrounding nobles, the places Zhu Yu and the others could go have expanded a lot during this period.
A few of them started playing nearby. I also met some tourists who came here to play, and even met a tour group from China.
Of course, the Chinese people in the tour group were still envious of Zhu Yu and the others' treatment of being attended to when they came and went.
Some people even asked about Zhu Yu's background.
The local people naturally knew that these people were Dutt's distinguished guests, and since they were both Chinese, they introduced them to them.
Zhu Yu's names suddenly became tall and mysterious in the eyes of these tourists.
Zhu Yu didn't care about such things, but he didn't expect that someone would come to his door within two days to talk about business.
"My name is Ouyang Penghui, from Yu Province in our country."
The young man sat opposite Zhu Yu, feeling a little nervous.
He had dealt with local aboriginal nobles before and knew how difficult these people were. There are also how backward some people’s thinking is.
And some people are just plain stupid.
If you want to do business with them, you really have to rack your brains.
Because not everyone can be as focused on win-win as the Chinese.
The place that has been ruled by the Queen for many years is also deeply influenced by the thinking there. Many people believe in zero-sum game. I feel like in business, it’s usually winner-take-all.
So Ouyang Penghui has been here for a long time, but in the end I would say nothing was accomplished. Basically, there was no result.
If it hadn't been for this time, Ouyang Peng would have had no choice but to return home in despair when his compatriots said that the descendants of the stubborn and largest prince of the country had some distinguished Chinese guests at home.
Looking at this young man who was about the same age as himself, but with much more vicissitudes of life on his face, Zhu Yu asked with interest:
"Tell me why you're here. What do you want from me?"
"I want to... buy some wood from Mr. Zhu." Ouyang Penghui originally wanted to get close to Zhu Yu, but Zhu Yu directly asked him to state his intention as soon as he opened his mouth. He also knew that the other party did not intend to go around in circles, so he just directly said.
"How do you know I have wood?" Zhu Yu asked with interest, "Tell me."
"I've actually been here for a long time." When Ouyang Penghui saw that Zhu Yu didn't refuse, he knew there was something going on and immediately said: "I know there is more wood here, and some of it is more precious mahogany and nanmu.
It's just that this Dutt is more difficult to deal with. Many large timber dealers in our country have approached him, wanting to buy wood from him or represent his wood, but he ignored them.
In fact, I also looked for him, but he rejected me without even meeting Dutt. "
Zhu Yu understood that it turned out that some people in the country had already discovered the preciousness of the wood here. It was either that they didn't get it out or they just didn't have the chance!
"Recently I heard that a group of guests, distinguished guests, came to Dut's manor. Among them were Chinese, and I noticed it." Ouyang Penghui continued:
"Dute is pro-Western, and almost no Chinese can enter his estate. So I asked around specifically and found out it was Mr. Zhu. I was surprised.
Then through the servants in the manor, I learned that Mr. Zhu has obtained the right to purchase wood from Mr. Dutt’s manor, so..."
"Then tell me what your advantages are." Zhu Yu doesn't mind cooperating with Ouyang Penghui. Who is cooperation with? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to help the Chinese people?
"I...I can find workers who cut wood." Ouyang Penghui suddenly felt that happiness came suddenly, and he stammered:
"By the way, I can also transport wood to the southern port. This is the most convenient way to transport it back to the country."
"Really?" Zhu Yu thinks his luck is too good, right?
Previously, I was still worried about the problems of felling and transportation. Why did the person who solved the problem come to my door?
"Of course it's true." Ouyang Penghui was afraid that Zhu Yu wouldn't believe him, so he stood up and said:
"I haven't been here for a long time, and I have some relationships with some tribes. I can hire some indigenous people——
Of course, not from here, but from hundreds of kilometers away, coming here to work. As long as you give them food, they are willing to do such work as cutting down trees! "
Zhu Yu didn't expect that Ouyang Penghui could still contact the local indigenous people.
So he became confused:
"Since you can contact local people, why not buy wood from them?"
"Because they have no wood at all. In other words, they are actually proletarians, even poorer than the poor farmers in our country before..."
Ouyang Penghui said with a wry smile:
"Mr. Zhu should know the caste system of the Asan Kingdom. Some people in the lower caste not only have no status, but may not even have property. Everything belongs to the upper caste - the former nobles."
Zhu Yu nodded, no wonder.
"Then how do you prove it?" Zhu Yu thought for a while and said, "I can't believe you just because I can't just listen to your words out of thin air, right?"
"Then what proof does Mr. Zhu need?" Ouyang Penghui was overjoyed. He was not afraid that the other party would not raise conditions. As long as he raised conditions, it would mean there was a chance!
"Let's do this. In three days, you bring people over and cut down a hundred trees... By the way, I have another question. Do you know how to identify wood?"
"Of course I understand." Ouyang Penghui said confidently: "I basically know something about those precious tree species..."
"Okay, now I'll take you to Dut's forest, and you can pick out some more precious wood for me first."
Zhu Yu stood up and said:
"After passing this level, you can cut down a hundred trees for me within three days. Once they are repaired, we can initially reach a deal..."
"Okay!" Ouyang Penghui felt that this was nothing. As long as he could cooperate with Zhu Yu, the spring of his career would come!
"My plan is this. You help me cut down the trees, sort them into timber, and send them to the port of Mumbai in the south. Then, for every ten trees, I will give you one. How about that?"
"Really? Mr. Zhu... you are so generous!" Ouyang Penghui was almost knocked unconscious by the big pie falling from the sky!
It is said that Zhu Yu got tens of thousands of trees, one tenth, which is also thousands of trees!
A tree costs several cubic meters, precious redwood, and the price...
For example, Asan's small-leaf rosewood is considered a very high-end mahogany, priced at hundreds of thousands or even millions per ton!
If found, one tree would weigh several tons!
Even nanmu costs tens of thousands of yuan per square, which is not cheap!
There is also agarwood in Asan's forest. If you can find agarwood, the value will be even higher!
At this moment, Ouyang Penghui's heartbeat accelerated so much that his face turned red. If he hadn't been accustomed to big scenes, he might have fainted from excitement on the spot!
"Let's go, let me see what you are capable of." Zhu Yu pointed outside and said, "I will take you to the woods now."
Zhu Yu has a special status in Dut's manor, so he can come and go as he pleases.
Before leaving, Zhu Yu and Croya said hello.
Croya was trying to wear a local sari with the help of the maid. When Zhu Yu said she was going to the jungle, she waved her hand.
The previous half month of jungle life had made her very resistant to entering the forest.
Zhu Yu called Ran Jie and Cao Dalong. Qin Fei asked him to stay and protect Croya.
After preparing some brief equipment with three people, Zhu Yu went out of the backyard.
It happened that Gru was waiting outside, so Zhu Yu asked him to lead the way and took himself, Ouyang Penghui and others to the jungle.
Gru told Dutt about Zhu Yu's capture of the divine snake, which directly contributed to the fact that Dutt had mastered the divine snake. He became Dutt's confidant, and his status in the manor increased.
However, Gru knew how he got his fate and how he got his current status, so he responded to Zhu Yu's request and immediately led them to the jungle.
As soon as he entered the jungle, Ouyang Penghui began to show off his specialties:
"Mr. Zhu, this is the bodhi tree... The seeds it bears can be made into bracelets. This tree is already quite big... This is a plant in the Thyme family, which is what we commonly call agarwood, but it doesn't seem to bear agarwood. …”
All the way deep into the jungle, Ouyang Penghui has been playing a role similar to a tour guide, introducing the wood going into the jungle.
"Look here!" Suddenly, Ouyang Penghui shouted, ran forward, then pointed to a tree stump and said:
"Mr. Zhu, do you see it? This is the precious Indian old sandalwood wood!"
"There is only one tree stump left, no need to be so excited, right?" Cao Dalong asked doubtfully from the side, "Look, this stump is only half a meter high, and the diameter of the tree is less than fifty. Is it valuable?"
"Of course it's valuable!" Ouyang Penghui felt that discussing this with Cao Dalong was like Xia Chong Yubing:
"This is something sold in kilograms! One kilogram costs hundreds of dollars... If you find something like this in other places, how can you leave a stake? They will definitely dig it up with the roots!"
Seeing him so excited, Gru was a little puzzled, but he didn't want to contact Ouyang Penghui, but said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, in fact, there should be a lot of trees like this in this jungle. If you go deeper into the jungle, there are also trees like this where two or three people hug each other. Not to mention there are not many, but you should still be able to find them!"
Zhu Yu didn't expect Gru to know about this tree, but he soon understood.
The person who can be sent as a guide by Dut is naturally familiar with the jungle. He simply said:
"Then you take us to find a bigger one."
When he said this, Gru naturally obeyed and walked into the jungle with Zhu Yu and the others.
Within half an hour, Gru stopped.
In front of him was an Asan's old sandalwood tree hugged by two people!
Ouyang Penghui rushed over excitedly, knocked hard, turned in another direction, and knocked hard again, with a slightly regretful look on his face, then looked up, made a visual inspection, and then said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, this old sandalwood tree is about 20 meters high. It's a good material, but it's a pity that it's a little hollow in the middle. But the hollow is not big. Such a big material... It's really rare to see it in the market now..."
Zhu Yutian's eyes were open. The trees Ouyang Penghui introduced to him before were basically correct.
Looking at it with his clairvoyant eyes, he could see that there was indeed a hole about ten centimeters in diameter in the middle of the old sandalwood. It started from about half a meter above the ground and disappeared more than five meters above the ground.
It seems that Ouyang Penghui is really good at looking at trees.
"Okay, we're done with our initial inspection of you." Zhu Yu patted Ouyang Penghui, "Next, I'll give you three days, I want to see the wood you chopped..."
"Mr. Zhu, I can find the person today!" Ouyang Penghui said immediately: "But how can I bring the person in?"
Zhu Yu turned to look at Gru, who immediately said:
"Mr. Zhu, the master has told us that the people you bring can enter this jungle without notification. As long as the trees are not cut down in large areas, then it is up to you."
"Okay, tomorrow you bring people to the manor and I'll talk to the housekeeper here." Zhu Yu said, "The next step is up to you. By the way, you'd better rent a warehouse in Mumbai to store the wood. …”
Ouyang Penghui gritted his teeth and agreed.
Now he has little money in his hands. Money for hiring people still needs to be raised, so where will the money for renting the warehouse come from?
But as long as we take down the wood matter, will we still be short of money?
Ouyang Penghui is really confident!
They were not in a hurry to go back, but instead hunted a small black deer using local materials. Gru found some fruits and had a nice picnic.
Back at the manor, Ouyang Penghui declined Zhu Yu's hospitality and left in a hurry.
This trip allowed him to see Zhu Yu's status in Dut's place, and it also deepened his idea of doing this business with Zhu Yu.
As long as it's done, are you worried about not making any money?
(End of chapter)
