Network New Liao Zhai

Chapter 828

Guo Qiqi: "Why do I want yours? I have it too... That...Master Wang, I picked these, please... Forget it, these things can't add up to Zhu Zhu's piece, so I guess it's not good." Material, alas, let the masters in your shop open it slowly. Let's go upstairs to see the finished products, and think carefully about what to do with this piece of jadeite?"

"By the way, Master Wang, based on your experience, how much is this emerald worth?"

Wang Zhongmou: "Gold has a price and jade is priceless. There is no conclusion on this, and it can only be estimated.

Unprocessed rough jadeite is called "wool".In the jade trading market, wool is also called "stone", green wool is called "colored goods"; green uneven wool is called "flower brand material", and large pieces of wool without high jade are called "brick". material"………

Looking at jade depends on the fineness, the place of origin and the appearance after processing.

"The quality of this piece of wool is not bad. After processing and becoming a finished product, it can be worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands."

"Wow, Zhu Zhu, you just picked up tens of thousands. Then we don't have to do anything else. You can get rich just by picking this up hahaha."

Guo Qiqi smiled so happily.

Wang Kai: "Then you can stay here and pick up stones to make a fortune."

Guo Qiqi: "I'm just talking, and I won't really stay."

Wang Kai: "I know you are just talking, if you really stay to pick up stones, you will have to suffer, you didn't hear what brother Wang told me about his sad history of blood and tears.

Most of those who dreamed of getting rich did not get rich, and some even lost their lives and were buried in the pile of stones forever. "

Guo Qiqi: "Is that so? Master Wang."

Wang Zhongmou said: "Don't talk about this? I know that Miss Qiqi is just joking. These jades are nothing in your eyes. Let's go and I will take you upstairs to have a look.

Upstairs is the real jade world. "

Wang Zhongmou asked Zhu Yan for her opinion, and asked her if she wanted to process this piece of wool.

Zhu Yan: "I haven't thought about what it will be processed into? I don't know much about it."

Wang Zhongmou: No one will believe you if you say you don’t understand it, but it’s a treasure right away.

"Miss Zhu, why don't you go upstairs and have a look first, there are many varieties and patterns upstairs, you can refer to it."

Ok.

Wang Zhongmou took a box, packed the piece of wool and handed it to Zhu Yan, and then took them upstairs to visit.

on the second floor

They were dazzled by jades of various colors, shapes and appearances.

Large ornaments, small pendants, pendants, necklaces, bracelets, bracelets...

There is a wide variety of things to see.

Guo Qiqi chose a few, saying that she would buy them back as a gift, and asked Zhu Yan to choose the same and give it to her.

Zhu Yan said, "I don't like wearing these either, so there's no need for it. Besides, it's inconvenient to do things."

In the afternoon, Wang Zhongmou took them to visit the jade mining area.

The mine is still dozens of kilometers away from the town, in the valley.

Around the town of Pagang, there are dozens of mining areas, large and small.

Some have been mined and abandoned, while others are still going on.

What Wang Zhongmou took them to visit was a medium-sized mine, and of course they could only see it from the outside, not inside the mine.

When I went there, I happened to see a large truck pulling a car full of stones, driving out of the mining area and dumping the stones on the side of a slope.

Before the stones were dumped, the pickers who were guarding the side swarmed up and began to pick and choose among the piles of rocks.

Dozens of people, big and small, men and women, gathered around a pile of rocks. The scene was very spectacular.

Zhu Yan and Guo Qiqi were dumbfounded.

Wang Zhongmou: "I think back then I was also a member of the Scavenger Army..."

Guo Qiqi: "Have you gained anything?"

Wang Zhongmou: "I won't be here if I have harvested. These are the stones dug out of the mine first, so there is not much jade in it."

Guo Qiqi: "Then they are still digging?"

"Always have a glimmer of hope."

"Yes, as long as jade mining exists, these pickers will not disappear."

A few people stood on a high place, quite like pointing the country.

Wang Kai: "Who do the mines here belong to?"

Guo Qiqi: "Is it monopolized by a family? Wow, this monopoly is the real local tyrant. Who is richer than me, my family has a mine, haha..."

Wang Zhongmou: "It is impossible to monopolize. From ancient times to the present, the competition around mine sites and jade has never stopped. I don't know how many battles have been fought and how many people have died. Every piece of jade mined is covered with blood and tears. .”

Wang Kai: "Then tell us about the current power distribution in Pagan Town."

Wang Zhongmou: "Are you also interested in this?"

Wang Kai: "Listen to stories. I like to listen to these."

Wang Zhongmou: "Okay, I'll tell you something, I won't talk about it any earlier, but just talk about the last few decades.

About 50 years ago, different armed forces in Pagan Township controlled the surrounding mines and often fought for the territory. "

Wang Kai: "The vassals fight for hegemony. Can't one family dominate?"

"Hey, maybe.

After all, this is the largest jade-producing area, and even one family can't eat it.

Later, after countless melee battles, three factions won out. Everyone sat down to negotiate, split the stakes evenly, re-divided the territory, and agreed that well water would not invade river water. "

Wang Kai: "It sounds a bit like the Three Kingdoms."

Wang Zhongmou: "Yes. These three forces are the three companies represented by Zhimin, Chahong, and Angcuo. They control the economic lifeline of this area, that is, the mining of jade. It has been peaceful for decades. It is also because there is no war, so the bosses and jade merchants outside dare to come in, so Pagan has developed relatively fast these years."

"Indeed, Pagan looks very prosperous."

"Are the three families evenly matched?"

Wang Zhongmou: "At the beginning, it may be that with decades of development, there will always be someone who will run ahead. There will always be someone who will lag behind."

At present, the largest amount of jade is mined by Cha Hong's family. When the land was divided, the mines obtained by his family have been able to be mined continuously.

The Angcuo family was not so lucky. The mining volume of the mines assigned to them was not large, and it was almost the same in the past few decades. Now there are only two mines still producing, and the others are abandoned.If a large family that lives on jade mining cannot find new jade mines, there is no way out.

I heard that many of the children of Angcuo's family have started to engage in other industries.

What it is exactly is beyond the understanding of those of us. "

What Wang Zhongmou said has actually implied that these industries are disgraceful.

If it is an aboveboard industry, will you not say it?

These disgraceful industries are nothing more than smuggling JH, selling DP, or population MM, SQ service...

Zhu Yan suddenly asked: "The XX Jewelry and Jade Company in Wacheng belongs to Ang Cuo's family, right?"

Wang Zhongmou: "It was opened by the second son of their family. You have been there? I heard that it is magnificent..."

Zhu Yan: "Go and see."

(End of this chapter)