The first jade mining operation ended in a loss.

It's just that the Wenzhou businessman was unwilling to accept it. After finishing work, he ran to the mining site, only to see a local Uighur migrant worker standing up after smoking. He casually kicked a stone away from his feet and picked it up from underneath.

A piece of jade the size of a fist arrived. After identification, it was found to be top-grade mutton-fat jade, worth tens of millions. This made the Wenzhou businessman so angry that he almost vomited blood and left Xinjiang overnight.

This principle is the same as spending tens of millions to gamble on a piece of shitty jade. Money alone is not enough, but also luck. Obviously, the Wenzhou businessman's luck is not very good.

After resting for more than three hours, Zhuang Rui and others also started picking jade. Mengzi took out four flat baskets that were folded together from his backpack. They were woven with very tough silk threads. The folds were

It is made of alloy steel bars with a strap sewn on the back. After unfolding, you can carry it on your body and throw the jade you picked into it.

Several people carried such a basket and walked towards the dazzling river illuminated by the sun. The faces of Zhang Dazhi and others were full of hope. For them, a good piece of jade could change the world.

their lives.

The so-called jade mining involves finding jade among the tens of millions of large and small stones on both sides of the river. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is like washing the sand with big waves. In ancient China, jade mining involved pulling up large nets on both sides of the river.

I was sifting through the jade, but sometimes I couldn't find a single piece of jade at the end of the day.

After thousands of years of erosion by snowy mountains and rivers, the large and small stones on both sides of the river have become very smooth. Everyone simply took off their shoes and walked barefoot on the warm stones that were somewhat heated by the sun.

The sound of gurgling water has a different charm.

Although this place is located deep in the mountains, tens of thousands of jade collectors have come here for thousands of years. It is not that easy to pick up jade materials from the river. Several people walked out along the river.

After five hundred meters, nothing was found.

Zhuang Rui originally wanted to try to distinguish the stones by the river by himself, but within three to five minutes, the densely packed warm stones all along the river made Zhuang Rui feel dizzy.

From the surface, it is impossible to tell the difference between these stones. No matter the size, shape or color, they are almost exactly the same. If you don’t lean down and look carefully, it will be difficult to identify them. Maybe you just saw it.

If you pick up a piece, turn around and look again, you will no longer be able to find the stone you just looked at.

Looking up at Tiezi and the others, Zhuang Rui found that almost all of these people were squatting on the ground and moving forward step by step. Even men as tall as Mengzi were like this. Zhuang Rui tried to squat on the ground like them.

After a while, but not even ten minutes, the pain in his waist and legs became unbearable and he could only stand up.

Zhuang Rui is now standing on the river channel holding the hiking pole given by Uncle Tian, ​​looking a bit out of place.

"Dazhi, do you think Prince Jade will lie to us? This man is standing there in a grand manner picking jade, can you identify him?" Tiezi and Zhang Dazhi were not far away, talking quietly, but it wasn't him.

If you don't believe what Uncle Tian said, it's just that Zhuang Rui's performance is really unreliable.

"Don't talk nonsense. When did the Jade Prince make a mistake? Brother Zhuang is not familiar with picking jade, but he can identify jade. It also saves us bringing some garbage back."

Dazhi took Zhuang Rui and Mr. Gu back from the airport. Knowing how much Lord Jade valued them, he naturally looked up to Zhuang Rui. In addition, Lord Jade gave him instructions and took great care of Zhuang Rui along the way.

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Zhuang Rui was thirty or forty meters away from them, so naturally he couldn't hear the conversation of Dazhi and others. He was now sifting forward little by little with the aura in his eyes, like using a plow to hoe the ground.

Since the light was very bright during the day, and nearly half of the stones were in the water, the dazzling light was reflected everywhere. Zhuang Rui also encountered problems when using Reiki for the first time. He saw colors in the stones several times, but when using mountain climbing

After grabbing it with the stick, I found that it was just the reflection of the sun.

"Yes, I picked up a piece of jade, Brother Tiezi, come and help me take a look..."

Just when Zhuang Rui had a headache, Mengzi behind him shouted. Zhuang Rui looked back and saw that the boy threw himself into the river. All his clothes were soaked. He was holding a stone in his hands and heading towards the river.

Climbing.

June is when the ice on the snow-capped mountains gradually melts. Although the river is not very wide, the current is very fast. Even though Mengzi is holding a big stone, his body is still washed seven or eight meters downstream in the river. It's just right.

Rushed to a place not far from Zhuang Rui.

Zhuang Rui saw that Mengzi was still holding the stone tightly in his arms, and had no time to climb to the shore. He quickly said: "Mengzi, why did you fall into the water? Throw away the stone. Climb quickly."

Come up."

Mengzi didn't reply. He stood up straight in the water with great difficulty. He threw the stone on the river with both hands, and it landed right at Zhuang Rui's feet. Then he reached out and grabbed the hiking pole that Zhuang Rui stretched out, and climbed to the shore.

Zhuang Rui pulled Mengzi up. Although the weather was in June, due to the high altitude, the temperature difference between morning and night was huge. At night, the temperature would drop to about ten degrees. Although Mengzi was very strong,

You may get sick if you are not sure.

"Mengzi, take off your clothes and put them on the ground. Go and change into dry clothes..."

Zhang Dazhi, Tiezi and Wang Fei heard the sound and ran over. Seeing Mengzi's wet appearance, Zhang Dazhi frowned. If this big man was sick, no one could carry him.

"It's okay, Brother Tiezi, come and take a look. Is this stone made of jade?"

Mengzi grinned and didn't take it seriously at all. He pulled Tiezi down next to the stone he threw up.

"Mengzi, go change clothes first, I'll take a look..." Tiezi glared at Mengzi. He was an old jade picker and knew that it would be very troublesome to get sick in the mountains without medical treatment.

"Okay, I'll change it right away."

Mengzi took off all his clothes in a few seconds and threw them on the rocks by the river. Then he ran naked to the place where the backpack was placed, took out his clothes and put them on, and ran back impatiently.

This stone is flat in shape, about the size of a washbasin, and about twenty to thirty centimeters thick. The entire stone is light yellow, slightly whitish in color, and is a piece of sugar-coated mountain water.

Tiezi tried to hold it, and it was estimated to weigh forty or fifty kilograms. It was difficult for Mengzi to throw it ashore. On one side of the stone, a piece of milky white jade flesh as big as a palm was exposed. It can be concluded that this is a piece of jade.

, and the quality is not low.

"Brother Tiezi, how are you?" Mengzi, who usually seemed a bit dull, now turned red with excitement.

"Let Mr. Zhuang take a look at this piece of material first. I'm afraid I can't say it right."

When Tiezi saw this piece of jade, he had already guessed it. He was also very happy. After all, this harvest belonged to everyone. However, he also wanted to test Zhuang Rui to see if he really expected it or if it was just a false claim.

Zhuang Rui asked casually: "Mengzi, how did you discover this piece of material?"

This piece of jade was at Zhuang Rui's feet. He didn't give in. He squatted down and looked at it. Judging from the exposed jade flesh, it was a piece of white jade, and the quality was not low. It was just the size of a palm.
Chapter completed!