silent farm

Chapter 44 Seems to be in trouble again

Thank you for the book friends who just collected it, it is 251!Finally calmed down a lot.

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Anthony is not a child, and the three views are normal and realistic.

To Li Sheng's suggestion, he smiled and said, "I understand. I think it will make things easier if you do it that way. You know, whether it's dollars or reals, it's very cute."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "Then I'll leave everything to you."

He arranged the matter of organic food certification to Anthony, and talked with Zhang Feng about the production.The main thing is to let him cooperate with Anthony to do the certification.

And he himself went off to cut wood.

Babur drove the plane more than ten times before taking over all the temporarily recruited loggers.

These loggers are native to the Amazon.Many people are local aborigines, and there are almost no real whites.

The level of education of these people is quite low.Maybe they once owned the land—Brazil used laws to bring large numbers of people into the Amazon to deforest and set up farms in the region.

Many landless peasants obtained land.But because they have no culture, they cannot run a large farm at all.Soon their land was exchanged for reals.They are still poor now.

They live in this rainforest, and logging is one of their most experienced jobs.And these people were divided into several groups, and felled trees within the specified range.

The Chinese laborers at the outermost edge of the jungle were already familiar with logging work, and Thomas didn't need to keep watching.Thomas and Li Sheng went deep into the jungle to supervise the work of the loggers.

On the periphery, some large machinery can be used for logging.But in the depths of the jungle, because the road is not open, all can only be done by manpower.

However, the scope of this channel is not very wide, so the workload is not very large.

Li Sheng and Thomas directed the loggers to cut down the trees deep in the jungle.These trees have been marked by Thomas with paint.

Only the marked trees are to be cut down.Other small trees can be ignored for the time being.

Some of these big trees have a diameter at breast height of two meters, and it takes more than ten minutes for a chainsaw to cut down one.It is very dangerous when a large tree with a height of tens of meters or hundreds of meters falls down.

Li Sheng is currently sawing a big tree with a DBH of about 1.8 meters with his own hands.This Brazilian mahogany is estimated to be more than 80 meters high.When he changed the saw in two directions, he saw off the trunk completely.

Logging with a chainsaw also requires certain skills.First of all, the saw surface should be as flat as possible, and a little bevel should be left.If the bevel is too large, the tree will easily fall over halfway through sawing, which will damage the wood.If the tilt is in the wrong direction, the tree will fall in an unexpected direction.If the bevel angle is too small, it is difficult to control the direction in which the tree falls, which is prone to accidents.

This is the first time for Li Sheng to cut wood, but the smoothness of the saw surface is maintained very well.It was because it was maintained so well that when he almost sawed the tree down to a thickness of five centimeters, the big tree still stood upright.That's a little out of the ordinary.At this point, the trunk has basically been completely sawed off, and the rest is mainly bark.But the tree still didn't fall down.

Thomas noticed this, and hurried over to stop all the nearby loggers from working, and then said to Li Sheng: "Saw it off, be very careful. If you can see where it is going, avoid it as soon as possible."

Li Sheng rubbed his nose and continued to work.The big tree was completely sawed off.The tree trunk slowly fell down.And the direction of falling is the direction where Li Sheng is.

He ran away like a rabbit with the chainsaw in hand.

And in the direction where the tree fell, those workers were also jumping up and down.

Fortunately, there is still a certain period of time for the workers to escape when the tree falls.There were no casualties.

Li Sheng reached out and touched his forehead, there was a thin layer of sweat on it, all from nervousness.

He handed the chainsaw to a lumberjack and said to Thomas with a smile, "It's not a good job."

Thomas said with a smile: "So the efficiency of logging cannot be improved any more. Logging is dangerous work."

What he didn't say was that in this jungle, three to five people died every year due to logging.So lumberjack is a very high-risk occupation.

Li Sheng nodded and said, "Safety first!"

"Actually, there are not many trees to be felled for this channel. Now we cut down in sections, and the channel can be opened up in half a month at most." Thomas said with a smile. "It takes more time to dig out these tree stumps. In addition, if you want to develop that hill, you need to cut down many more trees than this passage."

As they were talking, there was the sound of a helicopter flying in the sky.

The noise of the helicopter was loud, and the altitude of the flight was obviously very low.

Both looked up.It turned out that it wasn't the farm's plane.

The plane was flying very low, almost directly above the tree canopy.Thomas frowned and said, "It's an EPA plane."

The Brazilian Environmental Protection Agency is only a management department, but it also has enforcement powers.In the Amazon jungle, their main responsibility is to deal with timber smuggling and illegal logging.

Li Sheng also saw signs printed on the helicopter.But it was the first time he saw it.It is also a little strange to hear Thomas say that the plane belongs to the Environmental Protection Agency: "What are they here for?"

The plane was flying very low, and of course it wasn't passing by.Sure enough, the plane hovered over their heads for a while, and then flew away in the direction of another felling point.

Thomas frowned and said, "Li, it seems that you are going to be busy."

"Are they here to investigate?" Li Sheng frowned.

Thomas nodded and said: "The Environmental Protection Agency has been very strict on forest logging in recent years." They have joined forces with the Green and Organization to oppose forest development.I think they came to the door quickly. "

"We didn't break the law!"

"Of course not. But Luhe organization doesn't care if you break the law or not."

Thomas' words made Li Sheng frowned, but he didn't take it seriously, saying, "Don't worry about them."

Because the roads were blocked, the felled trees were temporarily placed in place after the branches were cleared.They need to be opened before they can be towed away.

Thomas' prediction was right, and a helicopter landed at the farm's airfield two days later.A dozen people disembarked from the helicopter.Six of them were armed men with submachine guns.There are three wearing green short-sleeved shirts, and the logos on the back of the shirts prove that they are green and organized people.

Li Sheng was notified by Anthony and rushed back to the office.

He frowned when he saw a few armed men casually staying in the shade outside the office.Not because of how they are, but because their presence is inherently offensive.

In the office, a group of outsiders were waiting for him.The leader is a bald South American with a typical face, about 50 years old, with a big belly.

"Hi. We're from Belém, from the state EPA. I'm Julian, the team leader for this investigation."

Li Sheng shook hands with him and his companion, and said with a smile on his face, "You are welcome."

This time Li Sheng once again experienced the way the Brazilians talk. After talking for a long time, they didn't indicate their purpose.

"Okay, Julian, what is the purpose of your coming to Silent Farm?"

Julian seemed to have won, and said with a smile: "We noticed that Silent Farm is cutting down the forest. From the position of your cutting, you are planning to open a road into the deep jungle. We think you will go into the deep jungle Development. So hopefully you can explain that."

The corner of Li Sheng's mouth turned up, and he asked back, "Do I need to explain to you?" Without waiting for the other party to speak, he stretched out his index finger and said. "According to the title deed of Silent Farm, Silent Farm has 80 square kilometers of forest land. According to relevant laws, Silent Farm needs 20% of it as reserved land. Now we have cut down more than [-]% of the forest area? Or is it the law? Silent Farm doesn't apply?"

Julian seems to have heard of this for the first time: "You mean your farm only has [-] square kilometers of woodland? Doesn't include the area of ​​this grassland?"

Li Sheng was also surprised: "That's what is stated on the land deed. This piece of grassland and cultivated land covers more than 600 square kilometers, which is also indicated on the land deed."

The smile on Julian's face disappeared, and he glanced at a man behind him.But he turned around and said, "But we noticed that Silent Farm did not apply for a timber trading license. I think this, you also need to give us an explanation?"

Li Sheng smiled and said, "Does the law stipulate that you need to obtain a permit to cut down your own land? It seems not. As for the felled timber, does the law stipulate that you must sell it? It seems that there is no. So I don't think there is any need to ask for permission. You explained it."

Julian's face darkened.

A gray-haired Luhe organization member interjected: "Mr. Li, we have noticed that Silent Farm intends to open a passage leading to the depths of the jungle. Such a passage will cause great damage to the jungle. We have reason to believe that Silent Farm will take damage to the jungle because of this passage."

Li Sheng is still very supportive of certain actions of the Lvhe organization.Although they are always exaggerated.For example, 30 years ago, they said that the Amazon forest would be completely destroyed in 20 years, and their work was ineffective, but now the Amazon forest in Brazil still retains 83% of the original forest.But what they do is indeed playing a very positive role in the protection of endangered animals in the world, such as the protection of cetaceans-although the chicken still has eggs.

In terms of the development of Silent Farm, he doesn't need anyone to dictate.

He had a smile on his face, but he responded in a blunt manner: "As long as we abide by the law, I don't think we should be unreasonably accused anyway. No one has the right to ask me to develop and utilize my own land."

His toughness made the whole group feel a little dingy.

The EPA team got on the plane and left soon.Only Julian left a sentence: "We will monitor the deforestation and timber trends of Silent Farm at any time."

Li Sheng scoffed at such a warning.It never occurred to him to export timber.In other words, even if he wants to export, he will not go through formal channels.Even if they want to monitor, they may not be able to do so.

After the other party left, Anthony said to Li Sheng worriedly: "It seems that they are after us!"

Li Sheng was not surprised by this.

(End of this chapter)