Feng finally knew what it means to be unfamiliar with the place. He asked Li Laosi if it was very lively when the market opened?"

Li Laosi explained to Tang Feng that the Hetian jade materials on the trading market are basically fake. The counterfeit Hetian jade materials are better than the real Hetian jade materials, and the price is lower than the real Hetian jade materials. Real things cannot be sold. Over time, the trading market becomes the world of counterfeit and shoddy raw stones. ** This is the Hetian jade version of bad coins to drive out good coins.

Li Laosi continued, "Xiao Tang, don't worry, as long as I am here, Hotan is your home. I will pick you up tomorrow morning and we will go to Sangzhu Tage Township together."

"Thank you then." Li Laosi came at the right time. Tang Feng really thanked him well. Li Laosi said: "Don't be polite to me. I'll take care of you next time I bet on jadeite rough stones."

Tang Feng asked Li Laosi: "Why don't you continue making Hetian jade?"

Li Laosi shook and said, "This year the decline of the medium and low-end Hetian jade has reached 30%. If you don't produce, you won't lose money. If you lose a lot of production, it's better to sell raw materials directly. We have already planned to shorten the front line and throw out the sales part, and specialize in jade material processing. If you don't have enough supply, you will be connected to external business."

Tang Feng shook his head secretly in his heart. This is a common problem of state-owned enterprises. When the benefits are good, blindly expand. Once the benefits decline, these expansion results will become a mess. Li Laosi's factory may find it difficult to recover. It is strange that Li Laosi and his factory encountered the economic crisis. Why can Han Tang Baoye and Longbao Company survive safely? After all, this is still a matter of mechanism.

After a conversation, the fourth brother said goodbye and left. Tang Feng went to bed early and prepared for tomorrow's itinerary.

The next morning, Li Laosi called and Tang Feng, who had prepared enough cash, walked out of the hotel. Li Laosi drove a Great Wall pickup truck. Tang Feng got into the car, and there was another person in his forties, with a face in his national character, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes were bright, and he looked very capable. Through Li Laosi's introduction, Tang Feng knew that this was a technician from Li Laosi's factory, named Du Jiyuan, who graduated from China University of Geosciences and was assigned to the factory for twenty years. The three of them were talking and laughing, and rushed to Sangzhu Tage Township.

The Yulong Kashgar River originates from the main peak of Kunlun Mountain. After flowing through the Tarim Basin, the Karakash River converges into the Hetian River. The river is 325 kilometers long and has many tributaries, with a basin area of ​​1.45 million square kilometers. This river is rich in Baitian jade, Qingtian jade and Motian jade. It has been the main river that produces Hetian jade since ancient times. The Hetian jade mountain material is produced from the iceberg at the source of the Yulong Kashgar River. The mountain material of the Yulong Kashgar River forms Hetian seed jade, and Sangzhu Tage Township is located in the middle of this river. Speaking of which, the formation of Hetian seed jade is similar to Tianhuangshi. Because there are many seasonal rivers in Xinjiang, Hetian seed jade is often soaked in half a year and buried in the permafrost. After tens of millions of years, it has formed its unique charm.

A bumpy ride in the desolation. The Great Wall pickup arrived in Sanzhu Tagge Township. A very backward township. Li Laosi parked his car in front of a courtyard and said, "That was the case last year when the land and mountain materials and seed jade transactions were very popular. Local jade pickers were waiting for customers to come here."

The Hetian seed jade is shallow on the riverbed without pits. Therefore, when picking up jade, you should think that the Hetian seed jade can be picked up casually. The jade picker can only hike within this 1.45 million square kilometers and find it for more than ten days or even several months. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the modern era, generations of jade pickers have repeatedly traveled through the entire Yulong Kashgar River Basin to find real jade.

When a piece of beautiful jade is worn on you, have you ever known that it records how the world changes and the years change?

Three people got out of the car and walked into the courtyard. An old Uyghur man came out to say hello. Seeing Li Laosi, he said in a nasty Chinese: "Director Li, I haven't seen him for a year."

Li Laosi exchanged a few greetings with him and got to the point. He said, "How is the business recently?"

"The year is not good, the harvest is small, high-end and clear information are popular, and medium- and low-end goods and gambling stones are unsalable.

"The Uyghur old man continued, "You are here to 'bet meat', right?"

When it comes to gambling stones, many people think of jadeite raw stones first. In fact, the earliest gambling stones are jadeite. Gambling stones have a long history in China. The most famous gambling stone in history is the "Heshi Bi". According to legend, in the Chu State two thousand years ago, there was a man named He who found a piece of jadeite. He took it out to offer to the two kings of Chu State. The king thought he was deceived and cut off his left and right legs. He couldn't walk. He hugged the jadeite and cried on the Chu Mountain for three days and three nights. Later, King Wen of Chu found out, he sent someone to bring the jadeite and asked the jade worker to cut it open. As a result, he got a gem-level jadeite, which was named "Heshi Bi". Later, this gem was owned by King Hui of Zhao, and King Zhao of Qin replied that he used fifteen cities to exchange for this gem, which may be a priceless allusion.

Unlike jadeite, not all Hetian jade needs to be gambled, because some of the Hetian jade materials have no skin, and it is clear material to be dug out. Only Hetian jade materials with skin need to be gambled. The "gambling stone" of Hetian jade is called "gambling meat" by the locals. Hetian jade materials are generally divided into three layers, and the outermost layer is a weathered shell, called skin. Due to the different buried locations, the leather is also different. There is a layer of flesh skin inside the outer layer, also called fog, or paste. The essence of jade is commonly known as "meat". What both parties need to bet on the transaction is the "meat" wrapped in the weathered skin.

Li Laosi nodded and said, "We are here to bet on meat."

The Uyghur old man smiled and said, "You are here at the right time. You are all inside. Go in and have a look."

Tang Feng followed them into the inner room. There was a large table in the middle of the inner room, filled with various Hetian jade gambling stones. There were several old people sitting around, including Han and Tibetan. Li Laosi said: "They are all family members of jade pickers, and they are specialized in sales."

The Uyghur old man said, "You can choose whatever you want, and then negotiate the price after you choose."

Du Jiyuan said: "These mountain people are very simple and they all offer prices based on Xiang Yu's experience and will not mess around."

The big ones are always conspicuous. Tang Feng took a look at the largest piece of vegetarian material at first sight. The label on this piece of vegetarian material is very interesting, with crooked handwriting, and it says that Ji Muhan's Hetian Yushan Liushui Little Material is 05 kilograms. The mountain flowing material is between the mountain and the mountain material, and is the most gambler. This piece of vegetarian material is oval, with smooth lines and rough surface, no difference from ordinary stones. It has a yellow-brown stone skin, without a trace of jade material.

Li Laosi took out his magnifying glass and looked carefully, and said, "Of course."

, but this gambling stone is a bit difficult. It is hard to say whether there is jade or not. You can do it yourself." The real mountain flowing water material has been washed by water for millions of years in the river. It will naturally be exposed to places with cracks. The color goes from light to deep, which is the living skin. In the identification of gambling stones, color transition is the keyword, and everything comes from nature. It is like the leaves of a tree that cannot turn yellow overnight.

Tang Feng took the magnifying glass from Li Laosi for a long time but no new appearances were found. This is the difference between Hetian jade gambling stone and jade gambling stone. Jade gambling stone can also be judged from external characteristics such as ringworm spots, python belts and pine flowers. This Hetian jade gambling stone has no trace. People know that this is a gambling stone. Only God knows whether there is jade or not. The luck of gambling stone is like the luck of playing mahjong, which is three points to humans and seven points to natural success.

Tang Feng did not dare to draw a conclusion on this gambling stone. He began to observe a piece of tiny material next to him. This was also from Ji Muhan's family. The tiny material was brown secondary stone skin, which was nearly half-bright material weighed about one kilogram, and the whole body was flat and thin and delicate. From the magnifying glass, you can clearly see countless fine and dense holes spread across the surface of the stone body. This feature is commonly known as the important basis for identifying the true and false seed material by sweat pores. The ancients said that jade was a spiritual object, which could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the sun and moon, and the vitality of a person. This statement is very exaggerated, but there is also a certain reason, because jade has sweat pores and will absorb the sweat of the human body. After wearing it for a long time, it will naturally be exposed. From this perspective, wearing jade is more connotative than wearing gold and silver.

Of course, the pores can only tell whether the seed material is authentic or not. If there is jade, it will only be known if it is wiped out. Tang Feng needs to pay attention to whether this seed material has been opened, because its stone skin is very thin, only a few millimeters, which is like a lottery ticket that is instantly scraped. If the film has been unveiled, the lottery ticket will lose its meaning.

After Tang Feng confirmed that this piece of material had not been opened, he asked the Uyghur old man: "What is the price of this piece of material?"

The Hui elderly man said to another elderly man: "Jimuhan, someone has asked for the price."

Ji Muhan walked through Tang Feng with a piece of red cloth in his hand. The bargaining here still retains the customs of thousands of years. The process is very interesting. The Hui elderly took the red cloth from Ji Muhan's hand and covered his hands. Tang Feng wanted to reach in and touch his gesture. Ji Muhan said, "One hundred thousand is a unit."

Tang Feng followed the tradition and reached out to touch his hand. The old man had five left hand and three right hand, and bid ten thousand yuan. Tang Feng pushed back the five on his left hand, only retaining the three on his right hand. The old man changed his right hand to five and said, "At least it needs so much."

Tang Feng pressed his thumb back, returned ten thousand, and said, "At most, I can give it."

The old man thought about it, retracted the other four fingers and raised his thumbs, and made a deal!

Then, when the two completed the transaction, the transaction price was kept confidential, and no one else knew. Tang Feng took this piece of information and asked Li Laosi: "Can you wipe the skin on the spot?"

Li Laosi said, "No problem." He turned to the clan's elder and said, "We want to get rid of the jade on the spot."

The Uyghur old man pointed to the simple grinder at the corner of the wall and said, "You can use it casually."

Tang Feng was not the drunkard's intention. Through his judgment, he believed that the mountain streaming water material was similar to the generation of this half-clear material, and it was also from the same family. The family's vision and experience always use similarities, and there may be an intrinsic connection between these two gambling stones.

There is a big difference between Hetian jade seed material and jade gambling stone. More than 90% of Hetian jade is monochrome jade, and there are few variegated jades. If the material is not released, the whole material will be the whole, and there will be no green phenomenon of jade gambling stones. Such a lie has only a thin layer of flesh, so it cannot be polished and polished with a thick device such as a grinding wheel. Although it is backward, it is still the location of the township government, and there is still a power supply. Soon, the seed material is fixed under the grinder, and the sound of light grinding sounds will come out soon.

Li Laosi took out a bag of Lanzhou and said to Tang Feng while smoking: "If you can produce mutton fat jade, you will make a lot of money."

"Haha." Tang Feng said with a smile: "I dare not expect it. It would be great if Tian Biyu can be released."

Tianhuang is yellow, jade is green, and Tianyu is white. The best Tianyu is Baitian jade, followed by Qingtian jade, then Tianhuang jade, followed by two-color sugar-field jade, and finally Tianyin jade and Tian jade. Among them, the most valuable is the mutton fat jade in Baitian jade; among the fields, densely colored dense sallow yellow and maroon yellow are also valuable. This is related to Chinese tradition. Yellow is a special color for the royal family.

Tang Feng was talking while observing the condition of the Hetian jade seed material. A large piece of the skin had been beaten away, revealing the meat inside. Tang Feng turned off the power and took out the Tianyu seed material. The three of them came forward to watch together. Surprisingly, the others were not interested in this. According to the customs of the Uyghur people, the seed material sold was the water splashed, which had nothing to do with him.

After seeing it, the three of them shook their heads together. The meat was light yellow and had a very good luster. It looked like jade, but it was actually just a polished stone. The result on this side did not affect Tang Feng's mood. He turned over the flat seed material and began to polish the other side. If there was no jade on this side, the seed material would be gambled. This is the most exciting part of the small piece of Hetian jade seed material, which is similar to the prize coupon. Scrape the film and compare it with the prize redemption table. Everything is clear.

After a while, the polishing on the other side was completed. Li Laosi's eyes were sharp, and he immediately said, "The jade has come out." He is also a master of jade in the eyes, and he can tell at a glance whether it is a stone or jade.

Tang Feng turned off the power supply and took out the hot stuff. He confirmed it was egg yolk jade, but it did not rise. There was a long black jade tendon on it, and there were some dark spots and black spots around it. This jade tendon was very dark, and the color went from deep to shallow, and a clear sense of layering appeared inside the jade.

From the jade tendons, it can be seen that the seed material has a deep jade content and can take out two good pieces of material. Without natural achievements, it can only be roughly estimated, which is about ten thousand. Its real value still needs Chen Yan's later processing.

Tang Feng made a quick decision and decided to buy the piece of mountain streaming material. He turned around and asked Ji Muhan, "What is the price of that mountain streaming material?"

Ji Muhan answered the question irrelevantly and said, "Young man, I have a piece of mutton fat jade material here. Do you want it?"

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Chapter completed!