Chapter 302

With the first piece of wood fixed to the cable by the salvage robot, the lifting work officially started. In nearly two minutes, the wood which sank in the sea for more than 200 years was dropped on the deck of the salvage ship.

The ship's appraisers immediately went up for identification to see what kind of tree it was. Only by confirming what kind of tree it was, could their value be confirmed. Although the value of wood that had not rotted for more than 200 years would not be low, the treatment of those with high value and low value would not be the same. If the value was not too high, they would be rich old people Maybe the board will give up fishing.

Lei Tiantang and Powell are all around watching the company's professional appraisers use various tools to identify the wood.

"We are rich!!! This is rosewood! Or the most precious red sandalwood! God! You should know that the diameter of this wood alone is 46 cm, and the diameter of general Pterocarpus microphylla is 20 cm to 30 cm at most! It is still a straight material with a length of 3 meters. For such a small leaf, the raw material of red sandalwood is worth more than 1.5 million US dollars at least The expert of this company's appraisal is excited beard to float up!

When people around heard the good news, they applauded with joy. They couldn't help being unhappy. We should know that although the sunken ship was not a very large cargo sailing ship, it still had three warehouses! These warehouses are full now!

Roughly estimated, at least 300 small leaf red sandalwood still should have! How can so many red sandalwood leaves make everyone not excited! Even Lei Tiantang was very happy. If the sunken ship was found with gold and gems, he would not be interested in it, but red sandalwood was not the same!

Sandalwood. Sanskrit means almsgiving. It is also called Santan because of its hard wood, eternal fragrance, gorgeous color and invulnerability to all kinds of poisons, immortality and avoiding evil spirits.

Red sandalwood, the scientific name "sandalwood red sandalwood". Only Pterocarpus microphylla is the real red sandalwood. Other so-called "sandalwood" are not red sandalwood.

Pterocarpus microphylla is a fine product of red sandalwood. It is characterized by high density, small brown eyes and stable wood properties, which is not easy to deform and crack.

Red sandalwood is mainly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests, and the red sandalwood produced in Mysore state and Myanmar is the best.

And the texture of red sandalwood is hard. After playing, the color changes from red brown to purple black, with various changes and fine texture, so it is deeply loved by everyone.

There are many kinds of red sandalwood. The growth rate of red sandalwood is slow. It takes five years to grow a tree ring. It takes more than 800 years to become wood. Its hardness is the first one of the wood, which is called "the king's wood", which is not comparable to ordinary wood. In the code of Mishna, it is called the wood of God full of positive energy.

Lei Tiantang's interest in red sandalwood is also influenced by Chinese culture for a long time. He knew the value of red sandalwood before, but he didn't have so much money when he wanted to play.

He didn't want to play with strings of hand, and he couldn't afford to play with big furniture, so he put it down. In the past two years, he was rich, but he couldn't remember his interest when he was busy doing things. However, he still knew the basic information.

In ancient China, the recognition and use of red sandalwood began at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to the ancient and Modern Annotation by Cui Bao of Jin Dynasty, it was known as "red sandalwood, which comes out of Funan, is purple, also known as red sandalwood".

Among the identified species of mahogany, red sandalwood is the first.

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 mainly produced in the tropical and subtropical primitive forests, with the red sandalwood of the three countries as the best, and the other types of sandalwood are summarized in the grass flower pear wood category. Red sandalwood color is deep purple, has always been the Royal noble furniture special timber, the price is expensive, occupies each wood first, is known as "the king's wood".

The furniture used by Louis XVIII of France in the 18th century was also made of superior red sandalwood. At present, the largest diameter of red sandalwood on the market can reach about 50 cm, and the normal diameter is about 10 cm.

In red sandalwood growth is extremely slow, a mature red sandalwood to grow more than 800 years. Because of the low rate of timber production and the shortage of resources, there is a saying of "Cuntan Cunjin".

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 connected the trade and cultural exchanges with the Southeast Asian countries.

In the trade of sandalwood with other countries, there is not a certain amount of precious wood in regular exchanges.

However, this was far from meeting the needs of China's huge ruling group, so the Ming government sent officials to Nanyang to purchase.

Subsequently, private trade trafficking also came into being. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost all the high-quality wood from Nanyang, especially red sandalwood, had been bundled away.

By the end of Ming and early Qing Dynasty, most of the world's red sandalwood was collected in China.

All the red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty were collected in the Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, the Qing Dynasty also sent people to Nanyang to collect red sandalwood, but most of them were not thick enough to be grasped, and the curves were not straight, so they could not be used at all.

This is due to the slow growth of red sandalwood, which can not be made into timber for hundreds of years. The logging in the Ming Dynasty was exhausted, and it did not revive in the Qing Dynasty. This is also an important reason why red sandalwood is valued by the world.Compared with western people such as Europe and the United States, Huaxia pays more attention to red sandalwood, because western people have never seen red sandalwood and think it can only be used as small utensils.

It is said that there is a five inch model of red sandalwood coffin in front of Napolen's tomb. Visitors are surprised and admire it and think it is rare.

It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that western missionaries came to China and saw many large pieces of red sandalwood. They knew that the best of red sandalwood were in China, so they bought them and sent them home. The red sandalwood artifacts spread in Europe and America are basically transported from China.

Because of the difficulty of transportation, they usually do not buy the whole ware, but only those with patterns on the door and the surface of the box. After being transported back, they were installed with wooden frames for decoration.

In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, due to the shortage of red sandalwood, the royal family also purchased red sandalwood at a high price from private merchants from time to time.

During this period, an unwritten rule gradually formed, that is, no matter what level of officials, as long as they saw red sandalwood, they would never let go of them. They would buy all the rosewood and hand them over to the royal or local weaving organizations.

After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, all the timber hoarded by private merchants in various places was also completely bought off. Among them, a large number of them were used to decorate the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the palace of the imperial palace. After Tongzhi, Guangxu's wedding and Cixi's 60th birthday, there were few left. By Yuan Shikai's time, all the remaining red sandalwood was used up.

After the reform and opening up, people's income has increased, their lives have improved, and they like classical traditional furniture, which has gradually become a fashion. Red sandalwood furniture has become a favorite of the rich class to use and collect.

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