Chapter 40: Ambergris
"I don't know, I dug it up by the sea. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Huo Sining shrugged.
"What are you digging up such a stinky thing for, and bring it back!"
Su Qingqing came to her senses instantly when she smelled the stench, and glanced at the thing in Huo Sining's hand with disgust.
She was about to persuade Huo Sining to throw that thing away, when suddenly a certain passage that Xie Daoyuan said flashed in her mind, her face was suddenly shocked, and she hurriedly grabbed Huo Sining's hand, "Show me!"
Seeing Su Qingqing's solemn expression, Huo Sining hurriedly spread out his palms.
Su Qingqing took the black object that was less than the size of a ping-pong ball in his hand and picked at the black epidermis with his hand.
After seeing the white hard object exposed inside, she frowned and sniffed closer, and then she raised her head and glanced at Huo Sining with a strange expression:
"I'm not sure, but I can probably guess what it is. ”
Huo Sining was suddenly a little curious: "What is it?"
Su Qingqing said word by word: "Ambergris." ”
Huo Sining hadn't heard of this name, and was stunned: "What is ambergris?"
Su Qingqing subconsciously rolled her eyes: "To put it simply, ambergris is a special substance secreted in the intestines of sperm whales, this substance is slowly dried and formed into a solid shape after being excreted from the body by sperm whales vomiting or defecation, and ambergris is formed." ”
Huo Sining's eyes widened: "You mean, this thing, what kind of sperm whale feces?!"
There was still a fishy smell wafting in the house, Huo Sining's whole person was not good, she actually brought thirty or forty catties of whale dung home, and stupidly treated those things as treasures!
Thinking of this, Huo Sining immediately hated that unscrupulous dolphin.
She's been tricked by that guy! Damn it, don't let my mother meet you again, see you and beat you once!
Looking at Huo Sining's depressed appearance, Su Qingqing knew that she had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "I haven't finished my words yet! Although this ambergris is whale feces, it is also a rare good thing. ”
"Good thing?" Huo Sining glanced at Su Qingqing in surprise.
Su Qingqing nodded: "From a medical point of view, ambergris has the effect of invigorating qi, invigorating blood, dispersing qi and relieving pain, ambergris is still a high-quality spice, and fumigating ambergris will reveal a peculiar fragrance, this fragrance can refresh the mind and strengthen the spirit." ”
"In ancient times, ambergris was a tribute, only the royal family and nobles could afford it, not to mention in modern times, sperm whales are becoming less and less, ambergris is simply a rare treasure, just this piece in my hand, let alone four or five thousand yuan!"
"How much?!" Huo Sining's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief.
"I have never seen ambergris, but the professor once accidentally mentioned in a lecture that ambergris is light black when it first enters the sea, and slowly turns gray and finally white. ”
Seeing that Huo Sining didn't believe it, Su Qingqing hurriedly explained:
"Generally speaking, white ambergris is of the best quality, and to become a white ambergris, it must be soaked in seawater for at least hundreds of years to float out all the impurities. ”
"I just took a look, your piece of ambergris is white inside, which proves that the seawater has soaked all the impurities in it, such ambergris is of the highest quality, the price is only high, four or five thousand is still my conservative estimate. Su Qingqing was unsure.
Huo Sining was speechless by Su Qingqing's words.
This ping-pong ball-sized ambergris is less than fifty grams, and the problem is that the whole piece of ambergris she brought back weighs thirty or forty catties!
Doesn't that mean that the piece of ambergris she brought back is worth more than a million?
The thought of attaching an even larger piece of ambergris beneath that huge reef made Huo Sining depressed and remorseful.
She finally understood what she had missed, there were at least one or two hundred kilograms of ambergris under the reef, which was a treasure worth tens of millions!
Su Qingqing looked at the piece of ambergris in his hand, suddenly thought of something, rolled his eyes, raised his head and smiled at Huo Sining: "Ning Ning, you don't mind if I cut off a piece, right?"
Huo Sining didn't know what Su Qingqing's idea was, and shook his head when he heard this.
Su Qingqing's eyes flashed brightly, and without saying a word, he took a knife and cut off a small piece from the side of the ambergris, and then found a lighter and carefully lit it.
A strong smell wafted in an instant, but it instantly covered up the stench in the house.
Although there was only a piece of spice no bigger than a fingernail, the whole room was filled with fragrance, and the delicate fragrance that had lasted for a long time still did not disperse.
Smelling this fragrance, Huo Sining felt a shock in his spirit.
She immediately understood the meaning of Su Qingqing's words, this strange fragrance was really refreshing, rich and attractive, no wonder so many people flocked to it.
Seeing that Su Qingqing was very fond of that piece of ambergris, Huo Sining gave it to her very generously.
Su Qingqing was embarrassed to refuse, but she didn't expect Huo Sining to drag a huge bag and throw it in front of her in the next second.
Looking at a large bag of thirty or forty catties of ambergris, Su Qingqing was instantly speechless.
Su Qingqing was a little speechless: "You obviously don't understand anything, why can you dig such a big treasure by rushing to the sea." God is really unfair, why did I give you all the good luck?"
"I'm going to sell this thing, do you know where to get it?" Huo Sining asked directly.
"Sell?!" Su Qingqing was anxious when she heard it, "Do you know how precious this thing is, it's not only the Chinese who are crazy about ambergris, those French perfume companies have a huge demand for this thing, and the price of this ambergris is also rising again and again, you can collect this thing for a few years, and the price can definitely double several times." ”
The corners of Huo Sining's mouth twitched slightly: "Such a stinky thing, where do you think I can hide it?" Besides, the smell of this thing is so obvious, if it is smelled by someone who knows how to do it, wouldn't it be obvious that it is a thief?"
"Uh......" The big man in front of him exuded a strong fishy smell, and Su Qingqing was so choked that he couldn't say a word.
Although ambergris is precious, it is really useless to Huo Sining.
She didn't need it at all, it was much better than this thing, and as for collecting, she really didn't have a hobby of collecting it.
And Huo Sining still has a certain mentality, the ambergris under the reef is definitely not found by ordinary people.
If she really needs this thing one day, it's a big deal to find a way to go to that small island again, there are so many ambergris under the reef that she can dig however she wants, and what kind of collection does she need to go to great lengths to make?
Seeing that Huo Sining insisted on selling, Su Qingqing had no choice, and after thinking about it, she said to Huo Sining:
"Ambergris is accepted in pharmacies, perfume companies, and antique shops, but the price in those places is definitely not that high. Those French luxury companies are still controlling the price of ambergris, and you will definitely lose money if you sell it like this. ”
Of course, Huo Sining didn't want to suffer, and when he heard Su Qingqing's words, he immediately became anxious: "Ah, what should I do then?"
"I think it's better to put it in the auction house for auction, such a big piece of ambergris, the auction house will definitely like it, and now there are many rich people who have a lot of money in their hands and have nowhere to invest, the collection market is going crazy, if those people see such a high value of ambergris, they will definitely be willing to pay some blood and grab it in their hands and wait for appreciation!"
When Huo Sining heard Su Qingqing's analysis, he secretly sighed in his heart that this girl was really from the Su family.
Although Su Qingqing is stupid and white, she still learns a lot of the characteristics of profiteers. On weekdays, she feels like a second-class person when she talks, but when it comes to talking about business and making money, as soon as she opens her mouth, she analyzes how to do it so that she won't suffer losses, and she has a set of words when she says it.
This time, without Huo Sining opening his mouth, Su Qingqing directly contacted Su Jinyuan.
Knowing that Huo Sining had dug up something good again, the corners of Su Jinyuan's mouth couldn't help twitching, and he secretly said in his heart: Is that girl's luck so good, more than 30 catties of ambergris, is there so much of this thing now, how can you pick it up casually on the beach? Why hasn't Lao Tzu encountered such a good thing when he caught the sea?