Chapter 107: Gambling Stones
The new trading location of the Gambling Stone Society is in a Dai village called "Manjiang". The village is not small, with thousands of people living here. The village is built in a valley between two hills, and a clear river flows slowly outside the village.
The buildings in the village are all bamboo buildings with Dai characteristics, which have a unique style under the imprint of green mountains and green waters. There are already early Dai girls walking around the village, and the well-fitting tube skirts make their figures even more enchanting.
However, after a thrilling night, even the lustful Hu Qiang had no interest in appreciating beautiful women, and just sat on the ground and rested quietly. Compared with him, Mao Wenqing's situation is slightly better, but he also seems to be a little sluggish.
However, Xiao Ping, who has been taking spiritual liquid for a long time, is full of energy, although he is also afraid on the road, but after being afraid, he will forget it, and after getting out of the car, he looks like a tiger and a tiger, carefully observing the situation in this village.
Obviously, there are many outsiders in the village, especially in front of the particularly large bamboo building at the foot of the mountain, where many men, women and children gather. These people were not locals at first glance, and they all looked a little nervous, and many of them whispered to each other, and even Xiao Ping couldn't hear what they were saying.
"Boss Mao, the gambling stone will seem to be open over there. Xiao Ping pointed to the bamboo building and said, "Why don't we go over and have a look?"
Mao Wenqing, who had rested for a while, was in better spirits, and immediately nodded: "That's right, it should be there, I've seen a lot of acquaintances." ”
Xiao Ping and others soon came to the front of the bamboo building, and sure enough, there were many people who Mao Wenqing knew, and they greeted him politely. After all, Mao Wenqing is the owner of the largest jade shop in the provincial capital, and many people in this circle know him.
After dawn, a middle-aged man dressed as a local appeared in front of the bamboo building and spoke to the crowd in Mandarin that was difficult to understand. Xiao Ping could only barely understand part of it, and the meaning of this person's words was that because of the war on the other side of the border, many jade rough stones were delayed on the road, so he could only move the location of the gambling stones to this Yunyun.
However, everyone didn't care too much about his explanation, and the only thing everyone cared about at the moment was whether they could make a big profit in the next bet. The local also saw that no one was listening to him seriously, so he muttered in a low voice and waved everyone into the bamboo building.
Mao Wenqing showed a special invitation to the janitor and took Xiao Ping, Hu Qiang and two guys into the bamboo building. After coming here, Xiao Ping found that there was not a single jade rough stone in the bamboo building, and all the rough stones were placed in the large courtyard behind the bamboo building. Some of these rough stones are as big as rockeries, while others are only the size of a fist, and they are divided into several categories according to their condition and size, and they are piled up in the yard for people to choose. There is also a row of grinding wheel cutting machines under the eaves of the bamboo building, which should be used for people to solve stones.
Seeing this face, Mao Wenqing was also a little nervous, and gently patted Xiao Ping's shoulder and said, "Brother Xiao, it's up to you this time!"
Xiao Ping nodded slightly, and walked straight towards the rough stones in the courtyard. Before Xiao Ping entered the courtyard, the demon refining pot on his chest had already sensed it and began to tremble slightly. This made Xiao Ping sure that there must be a lot of high-quality jadeite in these rough stones, and this time he will definitely be able to harvest a lot.
However, in this unfamiliar southwestern border, Xiao Ping didn't dare to be too eye-catching. He followed the example of the others, pretending to inspect the rough stones of different sizes, but in fact, he was just looking for an opportunity to let the Demon Refining Pot get close to those rough stones, and choose among them the most intense feeling of the Demon Refining Pot.
After more than half an hour, Xiao Ping finally selected a rough stone. This rough stone is about the same size as a basketball, and it is already relatively large. However, its stone skin is very thick, and there is no green around it, if it hadn't appeared here, Xiao Ping would have thought that it was an ordinary stone. However, the Demon Refining Pot's induction into this rough stone was very strong, which was enough for Xiao Ping to be sure that this was a high-quality rough stone. …,
Xiao Ping glanced at Mao Wenqing, who had been following him, and confidently pointed to this piece of rough stone and said, "That's it!"
At this time, Mao Wenqing's extraordinary bearing was shown. Although Mao Wenqing was not optimistic about this rough stone, since it was chosen by Xiao Ping, he didn't ask more questions at all, and immediately determined the price with the locals who took care of this pile of rough stones.
The locals expertly weighed the rough and then said in heavily accented Mandarin: "Three and two million!"
Mao Wenqing, who heard this price, looked calm, nodded and motioned to the guy behind him to pay. Xiao Ping was taken aback, and asked Mao Wenqing stumblingly: "Is this ...... It's more than three million for such a piece?"
Mao Wenqing knew that Xiao Ping was the first time to gamble on stones, and he understood his big reaction: "These are all rough stones from the old pit in Myanmar, and there are fewer and fewer such rough stones recently, and the price has also risen." This stone is still so cheap because it is all wrapped in stone skin, and you can't see a little green. If you rub it out a little green, the price can immediately double or triple in time. ”
Hearing Mao Wenqing's words, Xiao Ping couldn't help but be secretly embarrassed. He thought that 1.5 million yuan would be able to buy a lot of rough stones, but he didn't expect the price of rough stones to be so expensive. No wonder Mao Wenqing didn't say anything about bringing this money by himself, he dared to love him, he already knew that such a small amount of money would not be able to set off any storms at the gambling stone meeting. Thinking of this, Xiao Ping couldn't help but sigh secretly, he knew that Lu Dao was like this, so he said more to Mao Wenqing at that time.
While Xiao Ping was secretly annoyed, Mao Wenqing's side had already completed the transaction. This was the first rough stone that Mao Wenqing bought today, and he couldn't help but start to ask Xiao Ping a little nervously: "Brother Xiao, let's go to the stone together?"
Xiao Ping was very sure whether this piece of rough stone could solve a good jadeite, and waved his hand lightly: "No, you can just go, I'll stay and have a better look." ”
Xiao Ping's words undoubtedly gave Mao Wenqing a lot of confidence, and he diligently went to the grinding wheel cutting machine under the bamboo building with his subordinates to dissolve the stone. Xiao Ping stayed, taking this opportunity to pick a few rough stones for himself.
After knowing the price of these old pit rough stones, Xiao Ping naturally didn't dare to choose the big ones, so he could only target those rough stones that were smaller than his fist. Even so, he didn't dare to pick those that had already been rubbed green, but specially selected the rough stones that were all wrapped in stone skin, so that the price could be cheaper.
This is dangerous for the average gambler. It is very likely that this kind of rough stone, which is completely wrapped in stone skin, will not be able to see even a bit of green, and the result will be equivalent to buying an ordinary stone.
However, Xiao Ping has the help of the Demon Refining Pot, of course there is no need to worry about this. On the contrary, because few other people are willing to buy such rough stones, the range of choices he can choose from is even larger. And there are really good quality goods in this kind of rough stone, Xiao Ping didn't take long to pick three demon refining pots with a particularly strong induction, and asked the other party to weigh and pay according to Mao Wenqing's appearance just now.
Even though these three rough stones are very small, they also cost Xiao Ping more than 1.3 million, and he has no extra money to buy more rough stones. The seller asked Xiao Ping if he needed to solve the stone on the spot, and he refused the other party's suggestion because he didn't want to be too eye-catching. So the seller put an envoy's mark on the rough stones, indicating that the three rough stones had already been paid. Anyone who tried to take the unmarked rough out of the yard would be thrown into the ravine to feed the beasts.
Xiao Ping had just carefully put away the three rough stones when he heard an exclamation from the grinding wheel cutter.
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