Chapter 302: A full boat of small leaf red sandalwood! (1/22)

As the first piece of wood was fixed to the cable by the salvaging robot, the hoisting work officially began. It took nearly 2 minutes. The wood that had sunk on the seabed for more than 200 years was dropped onto the deck of the salvage ship.
The appraisers on board immediately went up for the appraisal to see what kind of tree it was. Only by confirming what kind of tree can their value be confirmed. Although the value of wood that has not rotted for more than 200 years on the seabed will not be low, it is high. The treatment received by the poor and the low-value is different. If the value is not too high, their rich boss might give up salvaging.
Lei Tiantang and Powell were all around watching the company's professional appraisers using various tools to appraise the wood.
"We are rich!!! This is red sandalwood! It is still the most precious small-leaf red sandalwood! God! You have to know that the diameter of this piece of wood alone is 46 cm, and you must know that the average small-leaf red sandalwood is only 20 cm to 0 cm in diameter. Centimeter is like this! It is still a straight material that is as long as a meter, and the raw material for a small leaf red sandalwood is worth more than 1.5 million US dollars at least!" The beard of the company's appraisal expert was excited!
When the people around heard the good news, they applauded happily. They couldn't help but feel unhappy. You must know that although this shipwreck is a cargo sailing ship of not very large scale, it still has a cargo warehouse! These warehouses can now be seen to be full!
As a rough estimate, there should be at least 00 red sandalwood lobulares! How could so many lobular red sandalwood make everyone unexcited! Even Lei Tiantang was very happy. He would certainly not be interested if the gold and gems salvaged from the sunken ship were not the same, but the small leaf red sandalwood was different!
Sandalwood in Sanskrit means generosity. It is also called holy sandalwood because of its hard wood, eternal fragrance, brilliant color and non-invasiveness, immortality, and protection from evil.
Lobular red sandalwood, the scientific name is "Sandalwood red sandalwood". Only the small leaf red sandalwood is the red sandalwood in the true sense, and the other so-called "sandalwood" are not red sandalwood.
Pterocarpus striata is the finest product among Pterocarpus sylvestris. Its distinctive feature is its large density and small brown eyes. Its woodiness is very stable and it is not easy to deform and crack.
Red sandalwood is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests, with the best red sandalwood produced in the Mysore state and Myanmar in the three countries.
In addition, the texture of red sandalwood is hard, the color changes from reddish brown to purple-black after playing, and the texture is fine, so it is deeply loved by everyone.
There are many types of red sandalwood. The growth rate of red sandalwood is slow. It takes only 5 years to turn into a wood, and it takes more than 800 years to become a lumber. The hardness is the highest in wood, and it is called "the wood of the king", which is not comparable to ordinary wood. It is called a godsend tree full of positive energy in the code of "Mishna".
The reason why Lei Tiantang was interested in Pterocarpus is also influenced by the Chinese culture for a long time. He knew the preciousness of Pterocarpus Pterocarpus before, but he didn't have that much money when he wanted to play.
He doesn’t want to play with bracelets, and can’t afford to play with big furniture, so he just put it down. He has been rich in the past two years, but he can’t remember this hobby because he is busy all day long. He still knows the information.
The knowledge and use of red sandalwood in ancient China began in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. There is a record in Cui Bao's "Gujin Zhu" in the Jin Dynasty, and it was called "red sandalwood, which came out of Funan, and was also called red sandalwood."
Among the confirmed mahogany tree species, red sandalwood is the first among mahogany.
Red sandalwood is solid and heavy, with fine wood, high density, small brown eyes, excellent stability, beautiful texture, good toughness, and resistance to carving. It is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests. The small leaf red sandalwood of the three countries is the best, and the other types Sandalwood is grouped into the rosewood category. Red sandalwood has a deep purple color. It has always been a special wood for the royal family and nobles. It is expensive. It ranks first among all woods and is called "the wood of the emperor."
The furniture used by French Royal Louis XVIII in the 18th century is also made of fine red sandalwood. The diameter of the largest red sandalwood on the market can reach about 50 cm, and the normal diameter is generally about a dozen cm.
The growth of red sandalwood is extremely slow, and a mature red sandalwood tree needs to grow more than 800 years. Due to the extremely low rate of material production and the extreme shortage of resources, there is also the saying "increase in gold".
In the Ming Dynasty, red sandalwood was valued by the royal family. The development of maritime transportation and Zheng He's voyages to the West have communicated trade and cultural exchanges with Southeast Asian countries.
In the regular and irregular trade exchanges with China, various countries often have a certain amount of precious wood, including red sandalwood.
But this was far from satisfying the needs of China's huge ruling group, so the Ming government sent officials to Nanyang to purchase.
Subsequently, private trader trafficking also emerged. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost all of the high-quality woods from various parts of the Southeast Asia, especially red sandalwood, were taken away.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, most of the rosewood produced in the world at that time was gathered in China.
All the red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty was collected in the Ming Dynasty, and there are historical records. The Qing Dynasty also sent people to the South China to collect red sandalwood. However, most of them are rough and not well gripped, the knots are not straight, and they cannot be used at all. .
This is because the red sandalwood tree grows slowly and cannot be used for hundreds of years. The logging in the Ming Dynasty was exhausted, and the source was exhausted in the Qing Dynasty. This is also an important reason why red sandalwood is cherished by the world.
Compared with Westerners such as Europe and the United States, China pays more attention to red sandalwood because Westerners have never seen red sandalwood aniseed and think that it can only be used as a small object.
It is said that there is a five-inch red sandalwood coffin model in front of Napoleon's tomb. Visitors are all amazed, thinking it is rare.
It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that Western missionaries came to China and saw many red sandalwood artifacts. They knew that the elites of red sandalwood were all in China, so they bought them and shipped them back to China. Most of the red sandalwood artifacts circulating in Europe and America were shipped from China.
Due to transportation difficulties, they generally do not buy the entire utensils, only those with patterns on the cabinet doors and the surface of the box. After being shipped back, install a wooden frame for decoration.
In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, due to the shortage of red sandalwood, the royal family purchased red sandalwood from private merchants at high prices from time to time. There were records of the purchase of red sandalwood almost every year in the official documents of the Qing palace.
During this period, an unwritten rule gradually formed, that is, no matter what level of official, as long as you see red sandalwood, you will never let it go, buy them all, and hand them over to the royal or local weaving institutions.
After the mid-Qing Dynasty, all the wood stockpiled by private merchants from all over the country was completely bought out. A large amount of these wood was used to decorate the Old Summer Palace and the Palace of the Supreme Emperor. After the 60th birthday of Tongzhi, Guangxu and Cixi, there is not much left; When Yuan Shikai arrived, he used up all the remaining red sandalwood.
After the reform and opening up, everyone's income increased and life improved. The preference for classical and traditional furniture has gradually become a fashion, and red sandalwood furniture has become the darling of the wealthy class.
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