Chapter 86 The Mystery of Tree Age
Stepping on the pits dug out on the surface of the tree, climbing and digging pits.
It took only more than twenty minutes to climb to the top of the tree.
The tree is tall and the wind is strong, and you can clearly feel the shaking.
But living in a high place, the vision is infinitely broad.
To the east is a boundless forest, mostly red date trees, and there are also different varieties of trees further away.
The terrain on the south is gradually lowering, and it is a huge basin, but further south of the lake in the south, there is a circle of raised ridge lines. During the third phase of exploration, Xu Ming has crossed those ridge lines and made more discoveries.
To the west is still a huge giant redwood forest, but at this time it is on the top of the tree. Xu Ming found that the giant redwood forest is not as boundless as he imagined. The shallowest depth is about thirty kilometers. A river passes through it, crossing the river and several hills, and there is also an extremely vast green world.
The north is the most peculiar. The higher the altitude, the fewest green plants, the light yellow color, and there are even rocks. The rock formations are exposed outside. On the top of the highest altitude peak, the white matter is obviously snow.
"Huh, what is that?"
Some light flashed a little.
Xu Ming looked north with all his eyes, as if a sharp corner of the mountains to the north was emitting golden light.
"Is it the reflection caused by the sun shining on the snow-capped mountains?"
Uncertain Xu Ming opened the vortex of time and space, took a telescope in the rental house, and swept through the mountains in the north one by one with the help of an eight-fold optical lens. Suddenly, his hands shook violently.
Golden mountain.
Although most of the mountains are blocked by the front mountain peaks, the sharp corners exposed are very conspicuous and golden.
"What exactly is there on that mountain? Is it copper? Or something else?"
Xu Ming couldn't help but have rich associations, and his heart beat a little faster. He had never known where the sand gold in the Golden Sand Pond came from. Now, at the source of the upper reaches of the Crystal Valley, among the mountains to the north, there are golden mountains standing there.
"Climbing up a tree will bring such unexpected gains."
"Next issue, why don't you go to the north to take a look?"
"The vegetation in the north is sparse, even barren land, but there seems to be mines in the north..."
"Nanguobei Mine, even if you discover a not-so-value copper mine, you can open your eyes and boast about having a mine at home. It's quite a pleasure to think about it."
Putting the telescope back, a general idea took root in Xu Ming's heart.
"Okay, don't be absent-minded and start to rush the tree seriously!"
Then,
By changing the shape of the space-time vortex, Xu Ming pulled out a "space-time thin line" more than five meters long.
Then cut within a radius within five meters beside you, freely and cut like your arms.
Wow~
In silent operation.
A branch as thick as an adult's arm suddenly broke and fell downwards, leaving only a smooth section at the fracture.
Wow~
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
More and more branches fell to the ground like raindrops.
After less than an hour of use, except for a small piece left at the root of the branches for easy bearing capacity, the rest were cut into bare state.
Another characteristic of the giant fir tree is that its sap is light red. After cutting off the branches, a large amount of red sap flows out from the wound. It looks a bit creepy, but it also emits a strange fragrance, refreshing the heart and refreshing the mind.
Moreover, the whole wood is all red, as bright as 5A-level beef. From the perspective of appearance alone, it is no less than any redwood variety on Blue Star.
"The mahogany on the Blue Star, including huanghuali, red sandalwood, chicken wenge, jujube and other tree species, has grown slowly and it takes hundreds of years to grow. In Xia State, it was cut down two hundred years ago and all need to be imported from Southeast Asian countries. However, foreign mahogany was quickly cut down to the point of extinction. In addition, the environmental protection efforts of various countries have strengthened, and the number of imported mahogany is far from meeting the needs of the market in Xia State."
"So most of the mahogany furniture existing in the Xia country market are old furniture that has been around for more than a hundred years. Among them, Huanghuali wood is the most expensive. The cheapest ones cost tens of thousands per set, and the expensive ones cost hundreds of thousands or millions. It is possible to sell Huanghuali furniture with artistic and collection value to tens of millions."
"The wood quality of this giant mahogany fir tree in front of me is no less than that of huanghuali wood. It is stronger in all aspects in terms of color, fragrance, texture, toughness and wood density! The value is incalculable."
"But it's just such good wood. I want to lay the floor, build the wardrobe, and make some simple tables, chairs and big beds. In the eyes of those who are knowledgeable, will this be considered as a waste of talent, a dark pearl, or even a waste of natural resources, which makes them feel heartbroken?"
"Or it is, if there are better channels for sale, if I resell these mahogany, my money-making efficiency may not be worse than selling sand gold, and the gold digging efficiency is slower. The number of these giant (mahogany) fir trees is endless, and it is difficult to count, and I can't finish it no matter how I mahogany."
but……
Xu Ming shook his head again.
Dispelled the idea of selling mahogany.
Because giant fir trees are completely different species from blue star plants, their genetic structures are definitely different. Once scientists discover clues, the trouble is very small.
Therefore, these mahogany can only be used by themselves and try to avoid leaking out.
After cutting off all the branches.
Climb to the top of the tree trunk and cut off the top of the tree trunk.
Then start peeling, slicing, and dividing, and then transferring the "raw wood boards" with high moisture content through the vortex of time and space to the crystal red tilin. After Xu Ming got down the tree, he moved the "raw wood boards" back.
Of course, from the top of the tree to the roots, the diameter of the giant fir tree will change from thin to thick, and will change uniformly and linearly. In addition, it is a cylinder, so the "raw wood boards" cut by Xu Ming cannot be all standard 2.5 meters long, 30 cm wide, and 5 cm thick... only part of the standard meets the standards, and the rest may be wider or narrower, and the thickness may be greater or less than 5 cm.
Moreover, the shape may not be "wooden board". Sometimes he will cut out some round wooden piers, semi-circular wooden piers, square wooden piers, etc. In short, it is strange. He feels that it is possible to cut out any shape he needs to avoid boredom.
The work of cutting the tree trunk was carried out for more than three hours.
The trunk of the entire giant fir tree was about one-fifth of the process, and it was more than thirty meters short.
At this time, the diameter of the tree trunk increased to about 1 meter. On this 1 meter-diameter wooden section, Xu Ming actually saw some pretty clear annual rings.
"The world of "she lives like spring, there is no distinction between spring, summer, autumn and winter, so all plants have no annual rings."
"But this giant pine tree has annual rings... What does this mean?"
"It means it must have encountered some extremely rare and huge extreme climates, which have produced annual rings."
"As a rare situation like this, how many years will it happen, thirty years, fifty years or one hundred years?"
"I assume that I encounter extreme climate every thirty years. I count the annual rings on it... 217, multiplied by thirty... The lifespan of this giant pine tree is at least 6,000 years."
"It may even be far more than that!"
Xu Ming began to feel a little annoyed that his cultural level might still be too low. He could not think of a better way to measure the real age of this giant pine tree, and he could only make a rough estimate.
If there is any way to accurately measure the real age of these giant trees, he will obviously rise to a certain level of understanding of the world of the people, rather than being stupid and ignorant.
"It seems that I have to check some information online and think of a solution."
Chapter completed!