Tourmaline is called tourmaline in the Western scientific community.

Because this thing, after being worn by the human body and rubbed, will generate static electricity and absorb some fine dust, it is also called greystone.

But the name tourmaline originated from ancient Ceylon, and the translation means "mixed gemstone".

This thing really became popular as a gem, but it was during the Qing Dynasty.

Since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, tourmaline has become the favorite of many celebrities and nobles at that time because of the emperors of all dynasties' love for beautiful jade and jade, and even became a symbol of power.

At that time, many first- and second-rank ministers of the Qing Dynasty wore flower feathers, and the crimps on them were made of tourmaline, and some people used tourmaline to make court beads.

When Empress Dowager Cixi took power in the late Qing Dynasty, because of her love for jade, this colorful and ever-changing tourmaline gem became the favorite of Empress Dowager Cixi.

She began to crazily search for top tourmalines in China to make her favorite ornaments, so that later, the Qing Dynasty even imported a large number of tourmaline gems from San Diego, USA.

Almost all of these gems came to the Ibaraya Tourmaline Mine in the Great Mesa Plain in California. From 1902 to 1911, the Qing Dynasty died. The Qing Dynasty imported more than 120 tons of tourmaline ore from the Ibaraya Tourmaline Mine. This shows the crazy obsession of Cixi and her successors with this gem.

When the truth was revealed, Chinese historians added another nickname to Cixi, that is, a genuine "tourmaline fan"!

The Ibalaya tourmaline mine was flourishing because of Empress Dowager Cixi's crazy love for this gem, so that after the Qing Dynasty died, the tourmaline mine had to be closed because it had no main export targets. It was not until in recent years that the price of tourmaline began to rise again with the taste of Chinese enthusiasts, and it began to open a new mine again.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese historians have been worried about the two jade watermelons recorded in history by Empress Dowager Cixi.

Because according to the records of the Qing Dynasty treasure numbers, the two jade watermelons really exist, but according to the Chinese research on jade, it is impossible for jade to have such two completely different color differences.

Therefore, historians have always been curious about what these two treasures, which were regarded as lifeblood by Empress Dowager Cixi, really look like? Are they made of real jade?

If it is really made of jade, it can be said to be a major discovery in the history of gemstones. After all, looking at the entire history of jade gemstones, you have never discovered such two top-level jade gems with distinct colors, and they are so big.

If it is really an emerald watermelon, it can definitely be described as priceless.

It’s a pity that they can only guess based on imagination, because there has been no real evidence, because in 1928, the famous Dongling thief Sun Dianying led his troops to visit Cixi’s tomb.

They exploded the door of Dongling and stole countless treasures from it. Among them were these two jade watermelons. From then on, these two jade watermelons disappeared completely from Chinese history and disappeared.

Later, Liu Yusheng, an investigator of the Dongling Thieves case sent by the Republic of China government, published in 1946, "Miscellaneous Memories of the Shizai Hall. Records of the Catastrophe of the Qing Tomb", once described the process of stealing the tomb of a company commander who personally participated in the tomb: "The rays of sunlight are all derived from the jewelry hidden in the coffin. He first took out the four major watermelons in the four corners of the coffin. The melons were all green jade skin and purple jade flesh, cut in the middle, and the melon seeds were black, and the sunlight was released from the cut."

And later, there were only a few records of these two jade watermelons.

Sun Dianying stole the Dongling Tomb, which was a big fuss. You should know that although many people were jealous of the treasures in Cixi's tomb at that time, not many people dared to rob the tomb.

After all, if you do that, your reputation will be bad, but this warlord didn't think so much at that time, and he did things when his mind was hot.

It was not until the incident happened that he felt that something was wrong. At that time, various news media across the country could be said to be criticizing him, shouting for beating and killing him.

Even the Republic of China government, which was still empty, sent a special investigation team for this.

At that time, Sun Dianying was already scared. In order to save his life, he began to bribe some senior officials in KMT, such as the bald man's brother-in-law, and Song Ziwen, the president of the Executive Yuan of KMT at that time.

He once told others that one of the two jade watermelons he stole from Cixi's tomb was given to Song Ziwen by him.

The entrusted person was also very famous in later history. He was the first brother of the kmt Military Control Commission, Dai Yunong...

Later, the jade watermelon was brought to the United States by the descendants of Song Ziwen. In the 1990s, it appeared in an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum. However, it caused a sensation and was quickly removed from the booth by the museum. From then on, it completely disappeared from the public eye.

As for the other jade watermelon, it always comes from the situation where people cannot see people in life and corpses cannot be seen when they die.

Some people say that half of the jade watermelon has been destroyed by war, and some people say that it was taken overseas by a senior official from kmt.

Some people also say that after the fall of Jiangnan, this jade watermelon finally fell into the hands of the Japanese and was finally transported back to China by the Japanese.

In short, there are many different opinions, but the most credible statement should have fallen into the hands of the Japanese.

Because later, many legendary anti-Japanese stories were derived about the Japanese treasure ship. For example, there was a small story back then, saying that it was a group of lofty and ambitions. In order to prevent the national treasures from being transported back to China by the Japanese, they finally hijacked onto the ship to death. Finally, when the ship left Puhai Pier, they blew the ship into the vast sea.

Anyway, the tourmaline watermelon disappeared into the long river of history.

And now, this tourmaline watermelon actually appeared in front of Jin Muchen, which really made him wonder what to say.

However, now looking at this jade watermelon, he had basically concluded that this jade watermelon should have ended up falling into the hands of the Japanese and then taken to Nanyang by the Japanese.

As for why it fell into the hands of these pirates, he had not yet figured it out.

He slowly put down the jade watermelon in his hand, and then opened several other packages. When he saw the things inside the package, his breathing was stagnant.

Sure enough, the legendary jade melon is also here.

There are four pieces in total, two of which are white skin, yellow seeds, and pink flesh, and the other two are green skin, white seeds, and yellow flesh, which are exactly the same as those described in history books.

This is the set of treasures that Empress Dowager Cixi loves the most, and she is living together.

Jin Muchen slowly put down the gems in his hand and then let out a long breath.

If these treasures are estimated by archaeological experts, they are definitely priceless treasures and cannot be measured by money.

But in the eyes of him, a businessman, although these gems are precious, they are not unmeasurable.

In 1928, the estimated price of the two jade watermelons was 2.2 million taels of silver, and the estimated price of four melons was about 600,000 taels of silver. Thirteen years later, the estimated price had increased tenfold.

If the silver valuation in 1943 is converted to the current USD of fifteen points, it will be worth about 30 million US dollars, and the value of those melons is also above 10 million US dollars.

This is just a consideration from the perspective of currency. If we consider the value of the jade watermelon, the price will definitely be higher. It is estimated that it will exceed 50 million US dollars.

These treasures are a mountain of gold in front of you!

At this time, Jin Muchen looked at these gems and couldn't help but feel dazed. He originally wanted to find the treasures left by the pirates back then, but he didn't expect that he would find a bunch of Chinese royal treasures now?

"How is it? Mr. Jin, what are these gems? Have you identified them?"

"Well, if I guess correctly, these gems should be the most beloved jade watermelon and jade melon of the last empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty."

The pirate has some culture and knows a little about China's history. Although he doesn't know how much this treasure is worth, he heard that these gems were the favorites of the last dynasty queen of China in the past, and he couldn't help but open his eyes wide at this time.

"You mean, this is a royal product in China's past."

"Well, it should be. Mr. Biraso, I'm a little curious, how did you find these treasures?"

The pirate had introduced himself to Jin Muchen before, and he said that his name was Bilasso, which must be a pseudonym, but now Jin Muchen can only call him that.

"Hahaha, these treasures, which I found in this cave. A few years ago, we were hunted by Indonesian navy. When we finally fled, we accidentally discovered this small cave and hid in. It happened that the sea water was rising and the cave was flooded. The Indonesian navy wandered around for a long time, but we couldn't find us. Later, we regarded this place as our base, but when we cleaned it up later, we found that it turned out to be a material transport base built by the Japanese during World War II. And these treasures were left by the Japanese back then..."

Bilaso did not hide it. After hearing what he said, Jin Muchen felt sure, and it seemed that he had guessed it right before.
Chapter completed!