My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 208 The Largest Ruby in the World

"Rich woman, what rich woman? I'm really not interested!"

"Second Aunt, I repeat, I don't like men, and I'm not a transgender person. Even the opening ceremony of the Olympics made me feel sick. No, you are an official at least, why do you keep watching Western dregs?"

"If you continue to do this, don't blame your nephew for writing an anonymous letter of denunciation!"

"Ah, I know you care about me, but I'm just an ordinary, normal man. I just want to live a carefree life for a few years. There's no rush to pass on the family line. A man should be independent by the age of 30, but I haven't established myself yet, have I?"

"Besides, on my uncle's 30th birthday, you said that he was still in his prime at 31, so it won't be too late to find a partner when I become a prime."

"What? You found me another one based on the standard of an ordinary man? How wild are you? You must have been a brothel owner in your previous life, right?"

"I'm sorry, second aunt, I said the wrong thing, can you forgive me this time?"

"That girl is also the consulting lawyer of your company? That's even worse. I would rather find a mage than a lawyer!"

"Aunt, you're not really thinking of looking for a female wizard, are you?"

"What? That girl knows me and wants to meet me? No, I absolutely disagree!"

"Where am I? I'm in Laniakea, bye!"

After the phone call, Li Han's entire back was wet.

Every time he received a call from his second aunt, he acted as if he was facing a formidable enemy. Think about how Li Han, who was calm and composed and chatted happily with Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. How could he not handle a middle-aged woman?

All I can say is that in the 21st century version, the Second Aunt’s level is too high and cannot be matched by the Ming Emperor in the 14th century version.

He really didn't want to face his second aunt's family. It was not because their family was sarcastic and mean and were the kind of relatives that everyone hated, but because his second aunt's family was too warm and he really couldn't handle it.

His second uncle had been very good to him since he was a child. His parents were authentic members of the Xiaoyao Sect and they only gave birth to Li Han but did not care about raising him. To be honest, he had spent more time with his second uncle and aunt than with his biological parents since he was a child.

After graduating from college, his biological parents simply disappeared and were never seen again, so his second uncle and second aunt naturally put themselves in the role of his parents.

My second uncle and second aunt only have one precious daughter, who is Li Han's cousin. Because both of them work in government agencies and are small leaders, they were frightened by the family planning policy at the time and did not want a second child after giving birth to my little cousin.

Therefore, the old couple always treated Li Han as their son. Since the little cousin was still in college, the responsibility of getting married naturally fell on Li Han.

But the problem is that Li Han doesn't want to get married at all. The Ming Dynasty has not yet fully achieved industrialization and has not yet entered the technological age. As the real driving force behind this, Li Han has no time to engage in those romantic affairs.

Of course, the most important thing is that once he finds a girlfriend, the email issue will be in danger of being exposed, which is what he is most worried about at the moment.

Li Han didn't even dare to imagine what kind of severe storm would be set off once it was exposed.

Therefore, the secret of the email address must be protected for a lifetime and must not be known by anyone, not even the closest people!
At this time, the phone rang again. Li Han looked and saw that it was his second aunt. He sighed and answered the call helplessly.

"The number you dialed is out of service. Please try again later. Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is out of service. Please retry again later."

After learning to speak the voice seriously, I quickly turned off the phone. If I can't afford to offend Second Aunt, can I not hide from her?

However, you can't avoid the fifteenth day of the month, you can avoid the monk but you can't avoid the temple. After all, he has a big family and a lot of wealth now, and he can't just abandon this antique shop. Li Han is a little desperate.

If it really doesn't work, I'll just hide in the mailbox and go to Daming to hide from my second aunt!
Never mind. If Second Aunt wants to introduce someone to me, I will threaten her and say that I will become a monk in Tianjie Temple and become a fellow disciple with Daoyan. Let’s see if she will force me to go on a blind date again.

However, when he thought that Daoyan was sent to Japan by him to cause trouble, Lao Zhu felt that his level was more than enough to be Daoyan's master.

Thinking of this, he felt a little proud in his heart. It was a good opportunity to check his mailbox to see if Lao Zhu had replied to him.

When he arrived at the warehouse and opened the mailbox, the things inside almost blinded Li Han's krypton gold eyes.

What a god!
Li Han couldn't help but exclaimed, such a big ruby ​​is really rare in the world! Inside the mailbox, there was a gold-encrusted ruby ​​necklace. Ruby necklaces are not rare, but the ruby ​​is too big!
People say that gems are as big as pigeon eggs, but that ruby ​​looks almost the same as a country egg.

In addition to the ruby ​​necklace, there are also ruby ​​gold rings, emerald earrings, sapphire hairpins...

Looking at this huge pile of jewelries, Li Han couldn't help but gasp and complained in his heart, could it be that Old Zhu was robbing a jewelry store?

But why are there no diamonds?
Li Han slapped his head. Where did the diamonds come from in the 14th century? Besides, nowadays, the value of diamonds is not as high as imagined.

I quickly found an exquisite wooden box, put all the jewelry, necklaces and other things in it, and then took out the letter.

He walked out of the warehouse, entered the room, turned on the lights, and began to appreciate these gemstone jewelry carefully.

It has to be said that although the gem cutting technology in the Ming Dynasty is far from comparable to that of today, its jewelry processing skills are superb!

The gold necklace part of this gemstone necklace adopts various techniques such as hammering, engraving, wire drawing, filigree, and hollow relief to make the decoration of the necklace more three-dimensional and vivid, and the use of filigree makes the necklace more delicate and noble.

The craftsmanship of this royal craftsman is truly amazing!
Li Han couldn't help feeling sad when he thought that many of these amazing skills have been lost.

Looking at the huge ruby ​​again, although Li Han was not very proficient in the gem industry, he still knew a thing or two.

Although the processing technology is a bit rough, the quality of the gem itself is high. The overall gem presents a regular polygonal rhombus, is crystal clear, and the red color is evenly distributed, with almost no impurities inside.

Wow, not to mention the craftsmanship value of the entire gold necklace, even this gem alone is worth a small target.

Li Han held it in his hand and weighed it roughly, estimating that it was over a hundred carats. He couldn't help but be shocked!
The largest ruby ​​in the world today is the "Star of Fula" ruby ​​worth US$2023 million, which was auctioned at Sotheby's in New York in 3480 and weighs about 55 carats.

The hundreds of carats of ruby ​​in my hand, isn't that worth a fortune?

Add to that a pile of equally valuable jewelries, whose value is inestimable, and Li Han is already numb.

I think if you add up all the gifts that Lao Zhu has given me since last year, it would probably be worth over 10 billion.

But many of these things have extremely high historical value. For Li Han, they also represent his friendship with Zhu Yuanzhang, so it is absolutely impossible for him to sell them.

Therefore, if it can be exchanged for cash, it is only worth a few hundred million. With this amount of money, let alone realizing the full industrialization of Ming Dynasty, it is not even enough to build a power grid in Yingtian Prefecture. We have to keep working hard!

He picked up the letter again and was about to read it when he heard a burst of hurried shouting coming from the shop outside.

"Li Han, is Li Han here? Where is he? Why is there no one here in broad daylight?"

Li Han muttered to himself, this is a girl's voice, it sounds familiar, but it is not Li Momo.

If it was Li Momo, if he saw that I was not in the store, he would go straight into the inner hall to find me. So who is outside at this time?

In fact, he had always wanted to find an assistant to help look after the store so that he could deal with any problems and he wouldn't have to stay in the store all day. However, considering the confidentiality of the email address, he had to give up.

There was no other way. Boss Li was worth billions, so he had to do everything himself. Putting the letter into his pocket, Li Han walked out. When he saw the person coming, he was stunned for a moment.

The girl in front of him was about the same age as himself. She was dressed very delicately, with flowing hair, and wore a tight professional shirt and a black hip skirt, which wrapped her curvy figure to perfection.

She was carrying the latest model of Hermès bag on her shoulder, which must have cost tens of thousands of dollars. She was holding a diamond-studded folding-screen mobile phone in her hand and wearing a pair of Balenciaga high heels on her feet.

Looking outside, he saw a BMW 3 Series parked in front of his shop. Li Han immediately understood that this girl was the model of a successful white-collar worker in the city.

Li Han actually knew the girl in front of him. She was in the same university as him, but she was not studying history. Instead, she was the campus beauty in the law school and her name was Chen Wanting.

However, when Li Han saw his former classmate for the first time, the first thought that popped into his mind was, this girl is driving in high heels, isn't she afraid of having an accident?
(End of this chapter)