Poor family mother and son

Two consecutive "good starts", and each time became more popular, which made the businessmen's blood boil.

It was originally planned to use the first three days to close and pounce on the mountain materials, but the mountain materials were sold out in only two days.

Moreover, the trading volume on the second day was far from comparable to that on the first day. People subscribed directly, and there was no need for on-site calculus at all, so that the laborers did not earn any rewards.

The reason, superficially, is that the stone removal is too slow, and it takes half an hour to dig a hole.

The real reason is more complicated.

On the one hand, some tycoons knew that the fourth prince was the mastermind behind this incident, so they used a lot of money to curry favor with them. If they could hook up with the prince, wouldn't they be able to make more money in the future?

Besides, what if he becomes one of the father-in-law of the fourth prince?The fourth prince is so capable, he can get back so many chariots and jade stones in one year, in case... I might have a chance to be one of the prince's father-in-law, right?
On the other hand, some rich and wealthy have seen that although the on-site dissolving of stones is too slow, a few stones cannot be unraveled in a day, but after a few bad stones, there will always be a piece full of meat, which means that the wool is very good. Even if you buy a good one out of five, you can make a steady profit without losing money.

There is another reason: buying and selling.

Using jade for Guanpu has inspired the businessmen, this business can be done!This time they came here as a purchase, otherwise they would have no chance to intervene in the Voss jade business.

If you mix some other rocks into the incoming goods, there will always be fish hooked.

Zhuang Yun, who had "hit the big luck", also came the next day, and many people followed him, waiting for whichever stone he caught his eye, they would grab it.

This person is really lucky, and it is very necessary to follow him to gain fame.

But Zhuang Yun only walked around the venue, drank a cup of tea and went out, disappointing the people who followed him waiting to pick up a bargain.

After Zhuang Yun came out of the warehouse, she went to look for her carriage, only to find that there was a groom who was parking beside her and looked familiar.

Many of the businessmen who came here to buy jade stones, like Qin Erye, had no identity, and were usually the "second owners" of certain family businesses.

For example, Zheng Chunqiu is an official and cannot engage in business, but he can transfer the name of the business to his servants.

Like Chen Guanshi, who was originally trained by Zheng Chunqiu, but he can also become "Chen Zhuangtou", or the second owner of a certain "odd goods shop" in Kyoto.

There was no sign on the carriage brought by these people, and it was impossible to tell which company it came from.

Therefore, after Zhuang Yun saw the familiar driver, she thought for a while before approaching her and said, "Has your master finished eating the bean flour and bean cakes? Do you want to send some more?"

The coachman was a little confused: "You are..."

Zhuang Yun raised her voice to the coachman calmly and said, "Come on, help me turn the carriage around, the wheels are slipping!"

The coachman was clever and went over to help immediately, while Zhuang Yun's own coachman "cooperatively" stuck the carriage and couldn't move it. Someone had to help.

When the carriage was "finally" transferred from the snow to the outside of Zhuangzi, Zhuang Yun whispered to the driver: "Go and tell your master, just take a look, don't waste money, I will send you some good goods later That's right."

The coachman immediately saluted and confirmed the other party's identity: "You and my country's father-in-law are...?"

Zhuang Yun laughed: "My Lord Hou is Hong Guogong's year-end friend!"

As soon as his identity was confirmed, the coachman's respectful tone became even more familiar, and he expressed his familiarity for his master: "How is Linyanghou? Recently, it has been reported in Beijing that Linyanghou was killed. I don't know if it's true or not? My master is very worried. tight!"

Zhuang Yun showed a trace of worry: "In distress, it is in distress, but I haven't found anyone yet... let the Duke worry about it!"

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Yes, the composition of the personnel who came to participate in the Jade Pass is so complicated. Although most of them are wealthy businessmen who really want to do jade business, there are also people from Linyanghou, a few princes, and even... The detective.

On the second day of Guanpu, the mountain materials were sold out, and the fourth prince was hesitating: whether to give the money to the emperor now to prove his ability, or to report together when the river materials were also closed.

Hu Hengqiu has already reported to the emperor in the imperial study: "The scene is very lively. Those merchants are really rich. Buying stones is like buying onions, as if they don't need money."

The emperor was very annoyed at the fourth prince's good opinion. He hadn't decided whether to put the jade in the market, when and how to put it in. Before even a feasibility report was made, the fourth prince actually started to shut down!

The royal family competes with the people for profit?Royal fake?What a bad influence on the royal family!

Hu Hengqiu tried his best to speak tactfully: "Perhaps someone can guess that it was the jade brought back by His Royal Highness this time, but they should not be sure."

This statement that there is no silver here is not consoling to the emperor, but money can.

Hu Hengqiuhui reported: "All the mountain materials currently on display have been sold, and more than two million taels of silver have been obtained. Today, we are rushing to buy river materials. It is expected that the harvest may be even more than the mountain materials."

Among the thirty carts of stones, nearly twenty carts are mountain materials, and almost ninety percent of them are mountain rocks used by the fourth prince as a supplement.

He actually sold Shanshi for more than 200 million taels of silver!These businessmen are really rich!

According to what the fourth prince said, mountain jade is extremely difficult to mine, and it is very difficult to drill holes for gunpowder, and sometimes it is only possible to drill holes in slightly loose places around the jade veins.

The gunpowder prepared by the Ministry of Industry is extremely susceptible to moisture and agglomerates, and it does not work from time to time, so there are all kinds of stones that are blown down, including jade and mountain rocks.

And in order to be able to transport the stones, it needs to be controlled at about [-] catties, which can be carried by manpower and walked on the mountain road, so there are not too big stones, usually more than [-] to [-] catties.

The real jade wool obtained is only three carts.

Hu Hengqiu continued to report: "According to the information found by the people below, the real good material was not sold, but was purchased by their own people at a very low price, and the stone was dissected on the spot.... A sensation."

That is to say, not even a real product was sold?The emperor's nose was almost crooked. If he didn't look at the figure of "more than two million taels", he would probably run away immediately.

Hu Hengqiu: "Today I started buying river materials. The river materials are basically small pieces, but it is said that the price is higher. It is said that the river materials are denser and firmer than the mountain materials, and even the stone skin can be used."

Mountain materials are primary jade mines with thin weathered layers or no weathered skin; while river materials are continuously washed and transported by river water.

Therefore, the overall fineness, density and oiliness of river materials are better than those of mountain materials.

This is caused by the different formation environments of jade, and the same is true for Daxuan jade.

The same conversation also took place in the bedrooms of several princes, especially the second prince who got the earliest and most comprehensive information.

The night before yesterday, that is, after the first day of Guan Pu, he got a letter from Second Master Qin. The letter was very thick and detailed, and Second Master Qin also inquired about almost all the information reported by Hu Hengqiu.

So at the beginning of yesterday's mountain material pass, Qin Erye deliberately picked a few smaller and cheaper stones to buy, and did not ask for calving stones.

When someone asked about it, Qin Erye seemed to slip up and said: "This kind of business is interesting, the shop at home..." It caused many businessmen to follow, so that the transaction volume soared to the point that the stone was sold out the next day.

"Buy peaches and pick the big ones" is the usual mentality of people, and with Zhuang Yun's operation of unraveling stones several times, many people are willing to pick big ones.

Because you can solve it a few more times to increase your hope; moreover, the bigger the stone, the more likely it is that there is jade meat in it, right?
If it is a small stone, buying a few more is also a way to increase the chance of harvesting.