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Chapter 174 "Pigeon's Blood Red" Ruby

Chapter 172 "Pigeon's Blood Red" Ruby

This is a completely strange place, the faces and voices around are so unfamiliar, Mo Liming and Tang Yan came to shop in search of jade, they walked all the way to this jade street carelessly, to be honest this time Mo Liming I didn't expect much to bet on a good piece of jade, just walk around and enjoy the customs of the town in a foreign country.

Needless to say, the jade market in Menggong is very prosperous, and there is a "continuous stream" of people coming and going. It is the largest jadeite trading market in Myanmar.

On this street, Mo Liming found that there are many stores and stalls dealing in rough jadeite, and most of the customers who come to gamble on the stones seem to be plainly dressed people, and some of them are walking around on the street with bamboo baskets on their backs. I don't know if they are here to buy jadeite or to sell things.

After all, it is a small town, and it is located in the north of an underdeveloped country, so this place is not very prosperous. Of course, it cannot be compared with big Chinese cities such as BJ and Shanghai, and it is probably comparable to some small and medium-level Chinese cities. The county seat is about the same.

Along with the crowd, Mo Liming and Tang Yan walked unhurriedly, and their eyes did not deliberately sweep to the jade shops and stalls on both sides of the street, but in front of one of the stalls, Mo Liming stopped in an instant, Because he found something out of the ordinary.

It was a bright red stone. At that moment, a concept subconsciously popped up in Mo Liming's mind, that is "ruby".

We all know that ruby ​​is a rare gemstone, extremely precious, and it is not produced in many places, and Myanmar is its main production place. In the gem market, rubies are generally referred to as Burmese rubies. Many merchants also play this under the guise. Rubies produced in Burma are of the highest quality and value.

To a certain extent, "Myanmar Ruby" is no less than diamond, that is, diamond, whether it is its brilliance or other aspects, so it is particularly precious.

"Mo Liming, look, it's a red stone, but it's not a red emerald. What do you think is the texture of that stone?"

All of a sudden, Tang Yan whispered in surprise, it seems that she also noticed that strange red stone.

Mo Liming shook his head and replied, "I don't know either."

"Then is it possible that it is the raw ore of ruby?" Tang Yan asked again.

Mo Liming pursed his lips, and said softly: "It doesn't look like it. If it's a genuine rough ruby, how could it be on display until now? Rubies are very sought-after, even jewelers won't see them, right?"

"That's true." Tang Yan replied with a nod.

"Look and talk, let's appreciate that strange red stone." Mo Liming squinted his eyes and smiled, then he squatted down and looked at the red stone with all his attention.

Tang Yan followed him and squatted down, her gaze focused on the stone.

"@#￥%..."

Suddenly, there was a warm greeting, which was naturally from the stall owner, the simple middle-aged man, but Mo Liming didn't understand it at all, he spoke the local language, did Mo Liming know it before? If you have been exposed to Burmese, where do you know the relevant knowledge, it is purely like speaking with a duck.

Hearing this, Tang Yan also raised her head in a daze. He and Mo Liming looked at each other, and couldn't help but smile silly.

"Mo Liming, what should we do? Both of us can't understand Burmese, so it's very inconvenient to go shopping here, should we find a translator?" Tang Yan suggested.

"Looking for an interpreter? Where can I find it?" Mo Liming asked in surprise.

Tang Yan said: "I understand Wu Yi, but he's not here now."

"Forget it, let's take one step at a time. If you can't make a deal, don't talk about it." He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "I don't think much about this stone. How about you?"

"Well, I'm similar. Although there are high-quality ruby ​​deposits in the river and mountains here, they are not so easy to find." Tang Yan also nodded.

At this moment, the Burmese boss was staring at Mo Liming and Fu Yihong with enthusiasm on his face.

"We are Chinese, can you understand Chinese?" Mo Liming couldn't help but said when he was face to face with the boss. He uttered these words in cadence, trying to establish communication with the man. .

Although there is a high chance that the red stone is not a pure-bred ruby, Mo Liming knows well that the other party is a local. He should know the environment of this place very well, where there are emerald mines, where are there rubies, sapphires, etc. He must know the origin of the gemstone.

Since we are here to hunt for treasures, we need to go deeper. It is an eye-opener to increase our knowledge if we can go to the mines where gems and gems are produced.

In fact, Mo Liming knew that he had a much greater advantage than ordinary people in prospecting for treasures. When he went to the places where the treasures were found, he might not gain anything.

It would be a great thing if a local person could take him for a walk around the mining area, and Mo Liming was also keen on it.

So he behaved very politely to the man, smiled and asked kindly in Chinese.

Unfortunately, the other party couldn't understand his language at all, and just stared at him with wide eyes.

"Mo Liming, he obviously doesn't understand Chinese, and he talks to each other like chickens and ducks. The gap is very big." Tang Yan sighed helplessly.

"It's okay. Let's take another look." Mo Liming said calmly.

At that moment, he once again focused his attention on the weird stone that was as red as a cockscomb.

Unknowingly, Mo Liming secretly drove the "seven-eyed Buddha spirit" on his left eye to see through the irregularly shaped stone that was more than ten centimeters long and several centimeters thick.

"call--"

In less than a minute, Mo Liming secretly let out a long breath, his face darkened instantly, as if he had seen what was going on, and he had a certain idea in his heart.

It turned out that through perspective, he found that the red pigment of the stone became lighter the deeper it went, and at the innermost point, it had no red at all, just dark brown impurities.

"Those reds should be dyed with chemicals." Mo Liming thought to himself.

After seeing the true face of the Lushan stone, Mo Liming's originally aroused interest disappeared, replaced by an uncontrollable disappointment.

"I didn't expect that a person with such a simple appearance would take out fake products to deceive people for money without any guilt." Mo Liming thought secretly, and cast a contemptuous look at the stall owner from the corner of his eye. look away.

"Miss Tang, let's go."

Mo Liming said.

Tang Yan agreed with a "huh", and then the two stood up together, turned around and walked leisurely along the street.

"Hi, you two!"

Just at this moment, a very enthusiastic greeting sounded from the front right, and Mo Liming followed the prestige immediately, and what he saw immediately was a young man about 30 years old.

What the man said was in Chinese, which surprised Mo Liming and the two of them, and an inexplicable joy rushed into their hearts.

Meeting someone who speaks the same Chinese language in a faraway country, I really have the feeling of "a fellow countryman sees a fellow countryman with tears in his eyes".

"Hello." Seeing that the man was obviously greeting himself and Fu Yihong, Mo Liming quickly went up to him and replied politely.

"I noticed you two just now, and I didn't expect them to be family members." The man said with a smile, "I feel very kind and very lucky to meet you here."

"It's a great honor for me to meet you too." Mo Liming said cheerfully.

The two quickly shook hands politely. The man seemed to be of medium build and ordinary appearance. From the outside, there was nothing outstanding, but he had a bright smile. He should be a cheerful and open-minded person. Mo Liming liked it the most. Associating with this kind of person, because his own temperament is almost the same. He hates people who think about problems and do things like mothers-in-law, especially men.

"My surname is 'Chen', and my humble name is 'Wei'." The man said modestly, "My hometown is Shandong WF. I don't know where you two are from?"

Mo Liming replied, "We are all from T City."

"Oh, I know that place. It has a very developed economy and is one of the largest cities in the south." Chen Wei said with a smile on his face, "Are you here for fun? Do you like to buy jadeite?"

Mo Liming nodded and said: "Yes, we just came here for fun, so we came here to see if there is any good jade wool in this market."

"Oh, it turns out that you are here to bet on stones." Chen Wei said, "Then you really picked the right place. Recently, Yangon is holding a large-scale emerald fair, which is a big event. There are several in northern Myanmar The big old emerald mining area has opened, and a lot of ore has increased the mining speed, so there are a lot of emerald materials shipped from the mountain, and of course a lot has been absorbed into the market in our town. If you two need it, I can give it to you for free As a tour guide, I will take you to our largest jade merchant, they have the richest supply of jadeite and the biggest gamble."

"Thank you so much." Mo Liming sincerely thanked, "My friend and I were still worried about this just now. We don't understand Burmese, so how can we communicate with people when we buy things. It's all over now. I met you. Give me a light."

"You are welcome, rely on friends outside, we are brothers and compatriots." Chen Wei said, "I also noticed just now, you are looking at a red stone on a stall over there, I was worried that you would be deceived, but I At that time, I was too embarrassed to go up and give you a reminder."

"The stone shouldn't be a ruby, right?" Mo Liming asked knowingly.

"What kind of ruby ​​is it? It turned out to be a worthless garnet, tampered with." Chen Wei lowered his voice, afraid that someone would listen, and said, "You who are new here may not know that such stones are mostly made of They come here to fool outsiders. Generally, they sell 1000 Burmese currency, which is equivalent to more than [-] yuan, and this amount is almost a net profit."

"Oh, it turned out to be a processed product of garnet." Mo Liming said with a change of expression, "Brother, thank you for your guidance. Otherwise, I would have been kept in the dark."

"You're welcome." Chen Wei said enthusiastically, "Oh, by the way, look at me, I don't even invite you in. Come on, please come to my shop for a while."

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