Although there is a big difference in the weight of the two pieces of ambergris, the performance looks similar, and it can be seen that there are some black-gray impurities on the surface, and the rest are gray-white.

Over time, the color of real ambergris will change, from light black at first, to gray, light gray, and finally to white, with white ambergris being the best quality.

The off-white ambergris should be of the highest quality, and the white ambergris is a rare treasure because it must be formed after hundreds of years of drifting on the sea.

Seeing these two pieces of high-grade white saliva, everyone was very interested, and they all said that they wanted to get started with appreciation, although Zhu Tianhua was reluctant in his heart, but he didn't dare to provoke the anger of the public, besides, the thing was not his, and he didn't dare to express opposing opinions.

Soon, the white saliva incense passed to Meng Zitao's hands, and he first appreciated the smaller one, and when he got it in his hand, the texture was heavy, and the proportion was heavy, and white, black, and dot-like substances could be seen. The overall texture is transparent, and the appearance is like the enamel of healthy teeth, with fewer impurities. Judging from the color and appearance, it should be classified as a high-quality quality.

Then look at the big one, it looks similar on the outside, but if you look closely, Meng Zitao found a trace of abnormality, the black substance mixed in the ambergris looks a little wrong.

Most of the area of this piece of ambergris has been whitened into a loose and porous arrangement, but the strange thing is that the black substance has not yet oxidized in the slightest, because the ambergris mellows to gray-white, and the time of drifting on the sea is not less than a few decades, plus the salt in the seawater, even if the reaction is not enough, it should also leave traces of the phenomenon of being salted by the seawater. But this piece of ambergris does not.

Meng Zitao sniffed this piece of ambergris lightly, because his sense of smell was very sensitive, and he could smell a faint sour fragrance, which made him wonder if those black substances were mixed with other substances.

Ambergris is precious and rare, so some people use shoddy or even produce fakes, and this kind of thing has existed since ancient times.

As recorded in the "Incense Knowledge": "Xu Daoshou, the Taoist priest of Jiankang, and later returned to the people, lived in front of the Antai Temple, took the incense (yù) as the industry, imitated the ambergris incense in Yangcheng, although Shen, musk, note, and sandalwood, most of them were faked. ”

In addition, out of the yearning for precious ambergris, as early as the Song Dynasty, some people used the incense technique to blend incense to simulate the rare ambergris.

Therefore, with the development of technology, counterfeit ambergris can be completely fake.

The ultimate way to identify ambergris is to taste its fragrance, if the fragrance is not good, that is, it will not work, of course, for Meng Zitao, there is also a method of identification, and it has been tried and tested.

After everyone appreciated the two pieces of ambergris they brought, Lao Dong smiled and said, "My two pieces of ambergris are not bad, right?"

Everyone did not hesitate to praise them, and at this time, Shao Daxi said with a smile: "I said Lao Dong, just looking at it like this, we don't know what the quality of your two pieces of ambergris is." ”

Although Shao Daxi's words were suspected of stirring up trouble, they were also in line with everyone's thoughts, so he just said a few words casually.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with blank eyes, Lao Dong didn't hesitate: "I don't have a problem with this, but this big piece is ordered by Lao Zhu, and he has the final say on whether it is good or not." ”

Zhu Tianhua arched his hand to everyone: "I'm sorry everyone, I am also entrusted by someone to this piece of ambergris, let's have a chance to taste it again next time, how about it?"

Shao Daxi pouted: "Come on, if you don't want to take out the product, just say it, don't use this kind of reason to fool people!"

Zhu Tianhua was a little annoyed in his heart, but he ignored it, and just kept apologizing to everyone.

The people present couldn't know much more about Zhu Tianhua's character, since he was unwilling, it was useless to force him, and some people said a few cool words, so they didn't force it.

Meng Zitao watched coldly, if Zhu Tianhua was generous, maybe there would be no loss, now, hehe!

Lao Dong scraped a little powder from a small piece of ambergris, and then let everyone taste it like the various spices just now, because there was less incense scraped off, it was not like just now that each person could taste it three times.

Meng Zitao felt that its flavor was very energetic, mixed with a hint of sweetness, not as dull as ordinary spices, as if it was a little spiritual. It's emotionally exploratory. Smelling it repeatedly, the nostrils are cool and thorough, and the fragrance goes straight to the whole body, blending into the muscles, bones, flesh and blood, and the whole body is comfortable.

After everyone tasted it, they all praised that it was indeed a good fragrance.

"It's so fragrant!" Shao Daxi's eyes lit up and said, "Lao Dong, no one has booked this small piece of ambergris, I'll set it first." ”

"Those who see have a share, how can there be a reason for you to swallow it alone?" Ye Tong immediately objected.

"You guy!" Shao Daxi gritted his teeth: "Then follow the rules, the one with the highest price will win!"

"Come on!"

"Hey!" Lao Dong said with some tears and laughter: "I said you two, can you respect me as a master!"

"Lao Dong, we have been friends for many years, and you still have to object to this little thing!" Shao Daxi said pretendically.

Lao Dong half-sneered, half-jokingly said: "Who has a relationship with you, who here doesn't know that you are a mother if you have milk!"

Shao Daxi raised his hands and said: "Anyway, I have always been a villain in your hearts, I don't have an opinion on what you say, you just say whether to sell it or not!"

Lao Dong shook his head with a smile: "You guy is so rude, I really don't want to sell you spices." ”

Although Shao Daxi is rude and foul-mouthed, he still has a set of business skills, and he is very credible, as long as he agrees to something, even if it is a loss, he will complete it. There is a way that no one is perfect, everyone is a businessman, and his rudeness and bad mouth can be tolerated.

Shao Daxi smiled: "Lao Dong, then you can quote a reserve price." ”

Lao Dong thought about it: "I won't weigh it, the reserve price will be 400,000." ”

"Okay, I'll pay 500,000!" Shao Daxi was quick to speak, and immediately quoted the price.

"So you're the most boring person, 510,000. Ye Tong shook his head.

Shao Daxi said disdainfully: "Cut, I said that you are not interesting, you know that it is impossible to pick up a bargain, and you will increase the price little by little, are you tired! I will pay 600,000 yuan, Lao Dong, this price is good, give me this piece of ambergris." ”

600,000 yuan is equivalent to 20,000 yuan a gram, with the current market situation, 20,000 yuan a gram of high-grade agarwood is not cheap, Ye Tong seemed a little hesitant.

Shao Daxi's old god was drinking tea on the ground, and if he talked nonsense at this time, he couldn't get along with his own money.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand. Zhu Tianhua suddenly opened his mouth to increase the price, and he smiled: "I should be able to participate." ”

Everyone was stunned, Zhu Tianhua could indeed participate in the auction, but what was the occasion now? Zhu Tianhua was too greedy to join the competition even though he had already ordered a piece of ambergris, and he was a little shameless.

Shao Daxi showed an angry look on his face, but he couldn't accuse Zhu Tianhua of anything, in addition, the price of 600,000 yuan was his bottom line, maybe it could be another 10,000 or 20,000, and he would not be happy if it was higher, he bought it to make money, but he didn't want to collect it himself, so it was impossible to increase the price, and he felt very aggrieved.

Shao Daxi didn't want to increase the price, let alone Ye Tong, seeing that this piece of ambergris was about to fall into Zhu Tianhua's hands, he heard Meng Zitao say: "660,000." ”

Zhu Tianhua was stunned, the pride in his heart instantly turned into anger, he didn't take the initiative to provoke Meng Zitao, Meng Zitao actually took the initiative to provoke him, is it unbearable!

It's just that when Zhu Tianhua was about to increase the price, he encountered the same problem as Shao Daxi, whether to add it or not? He looked at Meng Zitao and noticed the smile on the corner of Meng Zitao's mouth, so he didn't dare to add it. In case Meng Zitao didn't have the idea of buying, he just wanted to make himself pay more money, in case he increased the price, but Meng Zitao didn't add it, his face would be embarrassed.

Zhu Tianhua was very entangled and couldn't make up his mind.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Teacher Zhu, can you stop wasting time, everyone is still hungry." ”

"Let it be given to you. Zhu Tianhua took a breath, and was still a little aggrieved at first, but when he thought of the price offered by Meng Zitao, his mood improved again, at least Meng Zitao bought it expensive and suffered a loss.

What happened just now made Shao Daxi hold a grudge against Zhu Tianhua, and he said with a smile: "Old Zhu, it seems that you are very rich, I don't know how much ambergris you are going to spend?"

Zhu Tianhua said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this, I will discuss it with Lao Dong, it is impossible for him to sell it to me if it is cheap, right?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Tianhua pulled Lao Dong to the side, and after the two discussed for a while, Zhu Tianhua took out 10,000 yuan from his bag, which was counted as a deposit, and then he said goodbye to Gao Yunshi and left.

"Phew! Shao Daxi scolded in the direction where Zhu Tianhua left.

"Well, you didn't just find out that he was one of those people, did you? Gao Yunshi smiled, and then said, "Let's go, let's go to dinner together." ”

Everyone got up and walked to the restaurant, He Kexin asked Meng Zitao in a low voice, "Zitao, don't you deal with Zhu Tianhua?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "A little, but I didn't buy this piece of ambergris to fight with him, and now ambergris is becoming more and more valued, and the high-quality ones will definitely become more and more expensive, and I can still make money by hiding them for a few years." ”

In recent years, the value of ambergris has been continuously discovered, and reports on the value of ambergris have emerged in endlessly.

Of course, if it was just like this, Meng Zitao would not spend a lot of money to buy this piece of ambergris, his purpose was mainly the box, when he used the ability to identify before, he found that the box had a dark grid, and there was a piece of jade in the dark grid, but the jade was not of high value, but since it was placed in the dark grid, there should be a reason for it.