On the first day, a few mines were mainly opened, so as to facilitate the subsequent jade mining work, and the second day after the jade mining team arrived, the jade mining work was carried out normally, these Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help much, and he didn't understand, so it was solely responsible for the one-eyed, and Kurban didn't have to worry about it, anyway, the mine had been discovered, and the next thing was actually logical.

"Master Kurban, I heard you say that this may become the largest mining area in Hotan, is it really fake?" Nie Zhen has been so idle these days that he has been holding back his problems, there is no entertainment in the mountains, and his shotgun skills are not very accurate, so he can rely on his curiosity to support his patience.

"Shihezigou mining area is a brand new mining area, and the previous Hetian mining area is completely different, this mining area has found two mines, the first mine is the one I found before, the main production of green and white jade, the quality is not very good, the reserve is estimated to be only about 20 tons, the second mine is Xiao Zhang discovered this, this mine is promising, I see that more than 100 tons of jade is not a problem, and this mineral is high-quality white jade, this quality is better than the mine I found. Kurban sighed.

"I have heard that the Tatleksu mining area, which is dominated by high-quality green and white jade, is very good! Their No. 5 mine, in 1983, produced a piece of high-quality white jade weighing 420 kilograms, no dirt, no locks, no impurities, at that time, according to the Ministry of Light Industry Arts and Crafts Corporation of good materials Seiko distribution principle. Is this mine comparable?" Nie Zhen had heard some things, so he was quite skeptical of Kurban's words.

"I think it's about the same. Not to mention more than 400 kilograms of high-quality white jade, it is possible to produce thousands of kilograms of high-quality white jade here!" said Kurban categorically.

"Thousands of kilograms! That's an exaggeration. The 1,502-kilogram 'Hechuang Jade' Jade King on display in the lobby of the Momuzi Tag Hotel in the Tatleksu mining area was produced by the No. 5 mine in 1995. Another piece is 300 kg. It was separated from 1502 kilograms and later purchased by the Shangpu Jade Carving Factory. In 1998, another piece of more than 400 kilograms was produced! Could this mine be more powerful than the No. 5 mine in the Tatleksu mining area?" Nie Zhen still couldn't believe it.

"Do you know that the No. 5 mine in the Tatleksu mining area is very good at producing high-quality large pieces of jade?" Kurban asked Nie Zhen with a smile.

"I don't know. Nie Zhen shrugged his shoulders, what he hearsaid was not so comprehensive. “

"In fact, the reason why the No. 5 mine can produce high-quality large pieces of jade with delicate texture and blue and white color is directly related to the surrounding rock in a superficial analysis.

Dolomitic marble has a compact structure and a white and delicate texture. In the part close to the ore body, some marble is as translucent as white jade, if it is not for the difference in hardness, it is difficult to distinguish whether it is stone or jade, the formation of this situation, I think that the dolomitic marble and the medium acid magmatic rock still lack certain material conditions in the process of contact metasomatic alteration, or the metasomatization is incomplete and does not fully form 'Hetian jade', but in the range not far from this rock, it can indeed be accompanied by high-quality white jade or green and white jade at the same time.

Therefore, the formation of Hetian jade has gone through a rather complex process, especially in the form of an irregular chicken nest, which gives people a sense of mystery. I've just seen this mine. From the analysis of the associated rocks and surrounding rocks, Xiao Zhang found that this mine is very similar to the No. 5 mine in the Tatleksu mining area, or even better than that!" His judgment of the mine discovered by Zhang Tianyuan was not a blind guess, but a scientific analysis.

"Actually, I've been studying this mine for a long time. I suspect that the Shihezigou mining area is a typical Hetian jade deposit formed by the contact alteration of dolomite marble and medium acid intrusive rocks according to geological data. The main vein is like a "watermelon seedling", and some branches are sent out on both sides, and there is no determination where to produce a "melon" on these branches.

Judging by the whole vein. High-quality jade is produced in the middle of the area, and it is in this middle area that there are a large number of tremolite deposits. The presence of fine dolomitic marble and high-quality tremolite plays a crucial role in the formation of high-quality 'Hetian jade'. Another characteristic of the 'Hetian jade' produced in this mining area, I guess is that it is both white jade and green and white jade. And green jade are sugar inclusions to form the so-called sugar color, which is caused by the alteration of ferric oxide, according to the different conditions of alteration, the sugar color of each ore point is also different, some ore points have heavier sugar color, and some sugar color is lighter. I hope there aren't a lot of large chunks of pure sugar jade, it's not popular in crafts, and I remember that a similar kind of pure sugar jade was found in the Tatleksu mine, and almost all of it was pushed into the valley with the slag. "Kurban usually doesn't look like a scholar and more like a businessman, but you absolutely can't deny that this person's understanding of jade mines is definitely more than a little bit stronger than Zhang Tianyuan's.

"You just said that this should be a new mining area, not just a vein, right?" asked Zhang Tianyuan.

"That's right, I estimate that three or four jade mines can be opened, according to the current mining scale, mining for a hundred years will not be a problem, and you will have been mining for decades for this mine. Kurban nodded.

"Master Kurban, do you want to continue prospecting in this kind of mine?" asked Nie Zhen.

"No, I'm too old to withstand this kind of toss, if my guess is right, the mine discovered by Xiao Zhang basically accounts for sixty or seventy percent of the high-quality jade ore in the entire mining area, and the rest of the mines will be found, but they are far worse than this mine, so it's better to leave it to the local government to do." Kurban shook his head and said, "Could it be that Xiao Zhang, you still plan to continue to search for minerals here?"

"Spare me, this one mine will make me anxious, open a few more, I won't be too tired, forget it, people are content, I already occupy the largest and best mine, don't fight with the government, otherwise it will be thankless." Zhang Tianyuan shook his head with a smile and said.

"Come on, let's not talk about this, let's celebrate and drink some wine first, and when the first batch of jade comes down the mountain, we can go down together." In the future, it will be left to One-Eye and Ismail Yi to be in charge. Kurban waved his hand.

"Okay. ”

Ismail arrived the next day with the mining team, and when he arrived, he began to get busy. This person and One-Eyed are a perfect match. Zhang Tianyuan now admires his vision.

"By the way, brother, how many days have we been in the mountains?" Nie Zhen suddenly asked.

"With the time spent on the road, it's seven days!" Zhang Tianyuan replied.

"Well, it's been seven days, I think Ye Yulan's girl should also die, hehe, then wait for the first batch of jade to come down the mountain, let's go together." "Nie Zhen is about to fade out of his mouth now, for a person like him who is used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas. It's hard to swallow the stuff on this mountain.

In the past few days, he has lost weight.

……

However, Nie Zhen was afraid that he underestimated Ye Yulan's determination.

At this time, in a hotel near Kurban's house, Ye Yulan was having dinner with Wang Siyuan.

"I said Miss Ye, we've been here for almost seven days, your good husband doesn't even see a ghost, just go back, life here is too hard, I still want to go back to the imperial capital, or go to Shangpu." Wang Siyuan said bitterly.

Wang Siyuan is also a rich second generation. When I was a child, life was called a comfort, and when I came to this ghost place, although it was also a city, it couldn't compare to God and Shangpu. It's nothing, it's very hot, he really can't stand it.

Ye Yulan glanced at Wang Siyuan and said, "Okay." If you feel like it's hard work, go first, I won't stop you. ”

"Hey. That's great. Wang Siyuan got up and was about to leave.

"But...... I'll sue Sister Nie and say that you left me here alone. If something goes wrong, huh. "Ye Yulan hasn't finished her words yet.

The sister Nie in her mouth is Nie Zhen's sister, named Nie Qinglan, who also went to the UK to study, and has a very good relationship with Ye Yulan, while Wang Siyuan and Nie Qinglan met in the UK, and the two of them got along well in the UK.

If you want to talk about the relationship between Wang Siyuan and Nie Zhen, in fact, Nie Qinglan is also a matchmaker, and in the Wang family's business, Nie Zhen has worked hard to help.

Wang Siyuan may not be afraid of his father, but he is obedient to this Nie Qinglan, it is not fear, but true love.

"Auntie, I'm afraid of you, stay, stay, stay, I don't believe that Nie Zhen, that kid can't stay on the mountain and not come down. Wang Siyuan has made up his mind, and now he can only forget his friends.

Wang Siyuan didn't know, he paid attention to it, but he suffered himself.

Another seven or eight days have passed, Nie Zhen still hasn't appeared, Wang Siyuan really can't stand it, although he is a son, but he also has his own business to do, such as the games and movies mentioned to Zhang Tianyuan before, he can't waste all his time here.

In the end, Ye Yulan took the initiative to give up, because the imperial capital called and said that Old Man Ye was not feeling well, and asked Ye Yulan to go back quickly, whether it was true Ye Yulan didn't know, but her favorite grandfather was the most, so she definitely wanted to go back.

Nie Zhen on the mountain was also very hard at this time, he originally thought that he could go down the mountain after staying for a day or two, who knew that this Laoshizi was so hard to pick jade, there were really enough these days, just surveying and mapping, it took five or six days, because to use explosives, it was necessary to ensure safety, this mapping is absolutely indispensable, otherwise it will be so casual to bomb, if it leads to a landslide, it will really be the end of the ball.

Fortunately, Zhang Tianyuan has been bored these days, so he took Shenluo with him, and Nie Zhen went out hunting with a gun on his shoulder.

Nie Zhen's marksmanship stinks, but Zhang Tianyuan's marksmanship is very accurate, of course, this is cheating.

If you talk about Zhang Tianyuan's own marksmanship, he may not even be able to hit a wild goat standing there, but cheating is different, with the help of the earth's qi, coupled with the ability of "checking micro" in the word appreciation, he is almost a hundred shots, let alone a wild goat, even if it is a fly hundreds of meters away, as long as the bullet is small enough, then it is not a problem to penetrate the fly's eyes.

Zhang Tianyuan and Nie Zhen have been so miserable to the poor game on the mountain, but it has improved the lives of the workers, Nie Zhen has not felt bored these days, he has been staying in the imperial capital, he has never been so beautiful, at first he was not adaptable, but after adapting to the alpine climate in the past few days, he also relieved himself, and felt very refreshing.

As for Kurban, he really made a lot of efforts to help, in terms of surveying and mapping, he has help and construction, after all, it is not enough to rely on One-Eye and Ismaili, you have to rely on Kurban, a real expert.

Finally, the emperor has paid off, the jade mine surveying and mapping is over, and the real jade mining is about to begin. (To be continued......)