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As the first piece of wood was fixed to the cable by the fishing robot, the lifting work officially began. It took nearly 2 minutes for this piece of wood that has been submerged on the sea floor for more than 200 years to be dropped on the deck of the fishing boat.

The appraisers on the ship immediately went to the appraisal to see what kind of tree it was. Only by confirming what kind of tree can they confirm their value. Although the wood that has not been decayed for more than 200 years under the sea will not be of low value, but it is of high value. The treatments that are different from those of low value are different. If the value is not too high, their rich boss might give up salvation.

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

"We are rich!!! This is red sandalwood! It is still the most precious small leaf red sandalwood! God! Just know that the diameter of this wood alone is 46 centimeters, and the diameter of ordinary small leaf red sandalwood is at most 20 centimeters to 30. This is cm! It is still a straight material up to 3 meters long, and the raw material of this small leaf red sandalwood is worth at least 1.5 million US dollars!" The beard excited by the company's expert experts all floated!

Everyone around was happily applauded and applauded when they heard the good news, but they were unhappy, knowing that although this shipwreck is not a very large freight sailboat, it still has 3 warehouses!These warehouses can now be seen as full!

A rough estimate, at least 300 small leaf red sandalwood should still be there!How could so many small leaf red sandalwood make everyone unexcited!Even Lei Tiantang was very happy, if the salvage on the shipwreck was something like gold gems, he would definitely not be interested, but the small leaf red sandalwood is different!

Tan. Sanskrit is the meaning of alms, because of its hard wood, fragrant fragrance and eternal, colorful and changeable and non-invasive, immortal, and able to avoid evil, so it is also called Sheng Tan.

Red leaf sandalwood, scientific name "sandal rosewood".Only the small leaf red sandalwood is the real red sandalwood. Other so-called "sandalwood" are not red sandalwood.

Pterocarpus lobata is the finest product in red sandalwood. Its density, large brown eyes and small eyes are its distinctive features, and its wood property is very stable, not easy to deform and crack.

The small leaf red sandalwood is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests. The red sandalwood produced in the three countries of Mysore and Burma is the best.

Moreover, the leaflet rosewood has a hard texture. After playing, the color changes from reddish brown to purpledish black. The variety is varied and the texture is fine, so it is very popular with everyone.

There are many types of red sandalwood. The growth rate of red sandalwood is slow. It takes only 5 years to grow. It takes more than 800 years to form wood. The hardness is the highest in wood. It is called "the wood of the king", which is not comparable to ordinary wood.It is called the god-given tree full of positive energy in the "Mishna" code.

The reason why Lei Tiantang was interested in lobular rosewood was also influenced by Chinese culture for a long time. Before, he knew the preciousness of lobular rosewood, but when he wanted to play, he didn't have that much money.

He didn’t want to play with bracelets, and he couldn’t afford to play with big furniture, so he put it down. He was rich in the past two years, but he couldn’t remember this interest when he was busy with things, but basic He still knows the information.

The recognition and use of red sandalwood in ancient China began in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Cui Bao's "Ancient and Modern Notes" in the Jin Dynasty was recorded, and it was called "Red Sandalwood, out of Funan, color purple, also known as red sandalwood."

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

Red sandalwood is solid and heavy, with fine wood, high density, small brown eyes, excellent stability, beautiful texture, good toughness, and carving resistance. It is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests. The best is the small leaf red sandalwood from the three countries. Sandalwood is summarized in the grass rosewood category.Red sandalwood is dark purple in color. It has always been a special wood for royal noble furniture. It is expensive and ranks first among all woods. It is called "the wood of the emperor".

In the eighteenth century, the furniture used by the French Royal Louis XVIII was made of fine sandalwood.At present, the largest red sandalwood on the market can reach a diameter of about 50 centimeters, and the normal normal diameter is about a dozen centimeters.

It grows extremely slowly in red sandalwood. A mature rosewood will grow for more than 800 years.Due to the extremely low production rate and the scarcity of resources, there is also the saying of "inch sandalwood".

In the Ming Dynasty, rosewood was valued by the royal family.The development of maritime traffic and Zheng He’s voyages to the west have communicated trade and cultural exchanges with countries in the South.

Various countries often have a certain number of precious woods, including rosewood, in their regular and irregular trade exchanges with China.

But this was far from satisfying the needs of China's huge ruling clique, so the Ming government sent officials to Nanyang to purchase.

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

By the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, most of the red sandalwood produced in the world at that time was collected in China.

All the red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty was collected by the Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, the Qing Dynasty also sent people to Nanyang to pick the red sandalwood, but most of them were rough and not straight, and could not be used at all.

This is because red sandalwood grows slowly, and cannot be grown for hundreds of years. It was cut down in the Ming Dynasty. It was not resurrected in the Qing Dynasty and its sources were exhausted. This is also an important reason that red sandalwood is cherished by the world.

Compared with Westerners such as Europe and the United States, Huaxia pays more attention to red sandalwood, because Westerners have never seen the material of red sandalwood and think it can only be used as small objects.

In front of Napoleon's tomb, it is said that there is a five-inch-long rosewood coffin model. Visitors were all surprised and thought it was rare.

It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that Western missionaries came to Huaxia and saw many red sandalwood giants. They didn't realize that the red sandalwood elite was in Huaxia, so they bought and shipped to China.The red sandalwood utensils circulated in Europe and America are basically shipped from China.

Due to difficulties in transportation, they generally do not buy the whole thing, only those who have patterns such as cabinet doors and box surfaces.After shipping back, install Anmu frame for decoration.

In the mid-Qing dynasty, due to the scarcity of rosewood, the royal family also purchased rosewood from private companies at high prices from time to time. The Qing Gong Construction Office's work archives have recorded the purchase of rosewood almost every year.

During this period, an unwritten rule was gradually formed, that no matter what level of officials, as long as they saw red sandalwood, they would never let it go. They bought it in full and turned it over to the royal or local weaving institutions.

After the mid-Qing period, all the timber hoarded by private merchants in various places was completely bought out. Among these timbers, a large amount was used to decorate the Old Summer Palace and the palace of the Emperor Taishang. There was little left after Tongzhi, Guangxu marriage and the 60th birthday of Cixi; By Yuan Shikai, all the remaining rosewood was used up.

After the reform and opening up, everyone's income has increased and their lives have improved. The love for classical and traditional furniture has gradually become a fashion, and rosewood furniture has become the darling of the wealthy class for use and collection.