Following One-Eye, Zhang Tianyuan came to the several mines that Kurban currently owned, which were completely different from the mines he imagined in his mind.

Looking inside from the outside, it was dark and autumnal, and nothing could be seen at all, and you could hear the strange sound of music coming from inside, which was the workers working in the cave to mine jade.

"Consultant Zhang, this mine has a history of more than 300 years, and it is still being collected." One-Eye said proudly.

"What! Three hundred years! Haven't dug it up in 300 years? Zhang Tianyuan asked with some shock.

"There's nothing strange about this, jade is embedded in the cracks of the stone, and it's difficult to find, so it's unrealistic to want to dig up all the jade in a mine." One-Eye explained.

It can be seen that there is a lot of jade on the ground near this mine, and the workers hired by Kurban are working nervously, and Ismail and Kunzhou are drooling when they see it, because this mine belongs to Kurban, so they don't dare to pick it up, otherwise they would have pounced on it.

Sima Yi almost salivated and said to Zhang Tianyuan: "Consultant Zhang, let's count the road, let's take a look here." ”

Zhang Tianyuan nodded, and what he said was that this belongs to the mine of Kurban, and it is impossible for him to contract it, and it has been collected for three hundred years, even if he contracts it himself, he can't contract this.

The most famous nephrite deposits in China are Hejiang Hetian jade.

"Wanfang music has Yutian", "the world's beautiful jade out of Hetian" ......, the glorious Hetian jade was discovered and used by the ancestors more than 7,000 years ago, and was introduced into the Central Plains of China.

As a bridge of friendship and a symbol of unity, Hetian jade shines on the long river of history, and King Mu of Zhou personally went to Kunlun Mountain to collect jade. The Queen Mother of the West has gone to the Central Plains three times to offer jade, which are all historical facts recorded in writing. Historical research shows that it was far before the Silk Road. Between the Central Plains and the northwest border, there is the Zài Jade Road, and the "Jade Gate Pass" is an important post station on the Jade Road. From Yumen Pass to the west, the jade road is divided into two north, south and north, and the north route is Hetian Jingsha. Che, Ka. Shi, Ku. Car, spit. Lu Pan, Ha. Dense to Yumen Pass, South Road from Hotan to And. Last, if. Qiang, Lou. Lan to Yumen Pass.

The jade road was extremely busy until the Qing Dynasty, only from 1762 to 1790 AD, the Qing Dynasty had many times in Sha. The car mined 800 pieces of jade materials and jade books, 50 square meters of jade printing materials, weighing more than 30,000 kilograms.

The existing imperial capital of the Forbidden City's "Dayu Water Mountain". Quarried from the Mildai Mountains in Hejiang, this piece of jade weighing more than 10,000 catties was transported to the capital by hundreds of horses and thousands of people for several years along the jade road.

In fact, 300-year-old mining caves are not unusual, there are still thousands of years of mining caves here, but many of them have stopped collecting, some have collapsed due to some natural disasters, and some are purely because the mining is empty.

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"Let's go, Advisor Zhang, don't look any further. If you look at the sky again, it will be dark, and it will be difficult to set up camp at that time. Zhang Tianyuan, who was reluctant to stare at the deep mine with a reluctant look, shouted.

"Yes, Advisor Zhang, if it's dark, we'll strayed into Death Valley. Then the trouble will be big. Ismail also said.

"Death Valley? There's Death Valley here too? Zhang Tianyuan was taken aback, of course he knew what Death Valley was, but he saw it in the book. It's just Death Valley in Haiqing, but I didn't expect it to be here.

Listen to the name. It is estimated that it is similar to Haiqing's Death Valley.

There was a sudden slap in his heart, and Zhang Tianyuan didn't dare to stay longer. And the crowd set out quickly.

On the way, in order to alleviate the fear of the people, Gulzana told the story as she walked: "Shall I tell you a story?" ”

"What's the story?"

"It's the story of one of my uncles, he was also a jade picker back then, but now he doesn't do it anymore, and he has also become a boss, although he is not as powerful as Master Kurban, but it is not bad." Gulzana laughed.

"Let's talk about it, it's just boring."

Once people are bored, they will think crankily, but listening to something can alleviate the fear in their hearts.

"One day more than 10 years ago, my uncle watched others picking jade, and suddenly remembered to play with jade, so he studied jade day and night, with perseverance to learn the basic knowledge of jade, and then transitioned to geology, only relying on some common sense to climb mountains and mountains to find jade, from the mountain to the mountain, from the flat land to the mountain, has waded through hundreds of small ditches, crossed dozens of rivers and streams, and turned over a lot of heavy mountains.

Rest on the spot when you are tired, nibble on dry food when you are hungry, and drink mountain springs when you are thirsty; Spent the night in the mountains in the dark, the wind and rain came and went, never stopped, because the hands of the Mo were tired, so they changed a few, and several of the companions who went with them gave up halfway; carried four military hiking bags, and wore out three pairs of liberation shoes and two pairs of rain boots; The skin is tanned, the beard has grown, and the white beard is tired because of the hard work in the field, and the little white face of the past has become an old grandfather! Scarred hands, calloused feet, like a wild man.

In the process of treasure hunting, I saw wild boars in heat and ran to the river to have sex with grazing pigs. Match; I also saw the male and female poisonous snakes in the grass tightly intertwined, and they copulated to their heart's content. Happy; From time to time, I also see beautiful women bathing by the river and children playing with their bare buttocks, which is the harmony between man and animal in nature, and I have a lot of fun in appreciating it. It is worth mentioning that the old man who picked up jade on the riverbed, the old man was very funny, he told my uncle that the skin of the seed material gambling stone must be red like the red cherry on the jade peak of Guanyin, called Guanyin red, as long as the skin is Guanyin red seed material, it must produce good jade meat.

One day, too focused on looking for jade, and it was cloudy, I didn't know when it was dark, and I woke up suddenly when I couldn't see the light, and I couldn't go back when it was dark, so I called the flashlight to find a nearby farmhouse to spend the night, and asked for more than ten people in total, all of which were refused, and finally had to rush back to the county hotel ten kilometers away overnight. Later, I learned that the reason why the village did not stay overnight, because three years ago, a young woman in the village whose husband went out to work was abducted by a man from outside the village, and the village no longer stayed with outsiders.

After several years of hard work and hard study, I finally practiced the kung fu that as long as there are jade resources, my uncle can find jade and jade mines! Of course, I also found a lot of fine jade. More importantly, several jade vein sites have been discovered. ”

"Oh, it's not easy. Many people want to get rich, but they don't want to suffer when they encounter hardship. Your uncle is really amazing. Zhang Tianyuan said with a thumbs up at Gulzana.

"Yes, so my uncle is having a good time now, and when he heard that I was going up the mountain to pick jade, he also told me a lot of things he encountered when he was picking jade, especially Death Valley, and he told me not to go in, no matter what, I had to bypass, even if it was more than one way. And don't go in, because he's seen herdsmen driving their animals in and never coming out. Gulzana nodded.

Hearing Gulzana's words, everyone quickened their pace, and it was very hard to go up and down the mountain, and sometimes the camels could not walk, so they had to make a detour, because the mountain was full of gravel of all sizes, and only people could climb it. Not with camel riders.

Going around like this, the sun is already at the head, and under the scorching sun, it really makes people very uncomfortable. It took hours and still hasn't gotten to the vicinity of Death Valley.

"Alright, everyone take a break. Eat a meal first and rehydrate. The camels are also tired of walking, and sharpen their knives without mistake for the woodcutters. Don't wear yourself out. "It was still early, and it was estimated that we would be able to get around Death Valley before dark, so One-Eye made everyone stop by a stream, and made a pot with stones, and was about to cook on the fire.

This meal is actually very simple, because there is a hand pilaf brought, you can eat it directly as soon as it is hot, although this thing is not stored for a long time, but this is made on the same day, so I am not afraid.

The camels were drinking water by the stream, while Zhang Tianyuan and the others were eating and resting there.

"Advisor Zhang, I heard Master Kurban say that you came here this time to contract the ore vein, right?" One-Eye asked.

"Well, that's right, that's right." Zhang Tianyuan nodded.

"It's really good, although we live around here, but we can only rely on jade mining to make a living, if you are lucky, you can make some money, if you are unlucky, it will be miserable, most of the money in this vein has been earned by you bosses." There was some grumbling and dissatisfaction in Ismaili's words.

He is not wrong, it is always the boss who makes money, jade miners like them, the probability of picking up a piece of mutton fat white jade in the process of prospecting is similar to buying a lottery ticket to win the lottery.

"Then why don't you just work for Master Kurban? At least don't you have to run around like this? Zhang Tianyuan asked puzzled.

"Although Master Kurban has a good reputation, he can't give us too much money, we are all restless people, naturally we want to make a lot of money, we all want to be the boss, so we come out to mine jade, there is still a little opportunity, if you have been mining in the vein, it will always be just a hard labor." Kun Zhou explained.

"I see." Zhang Tianyuan nodded and understood, which is the same as the fact that many poor boys would rather work hard to start their own businesses than work for others.

"Consultant Zhang, we have been picking jade, but we still don't know how good the jade is, you might as well take this opportunity to tell us about it, so that we can get rid of it." Seeing that the atmosphere was not quite right, One-Eye hurriedly said.

Zhang Tianyuan smiled and said, "Of course this is no problem!" Mr. Li Bosheng, a master of jade, commented on jade: "not dry", "not astringent", "not cracked", "warm and moist, no thief, bright and bright", that is, good jade. ”

"Can you be specific?"

Of course, the non-dry here refers to the fact that the jade surface has a rubbed luster, and the non-astringent means that the jade feels smooth and moist like a baby's skin when touched, and it is not cracked to see if there are flaws and cracks. Warm and non-thief light is a unique matte color that is recognized by experience. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"Oh, I see." Sima Yi and Kun Zhou actually wrote it down in the small notebook they carried: "Is there anything else to say?" ”

"Well, to look at the jade, you also have to look at the color of the jade, 'the jade belt is three points Qin, better than ten million gold'." Yuqin' is a direct relationship between the texture of jade and the oxidation of exogenous substances into Qin, and the texture of jade is mainly tremolite, actinolite, etc. The common color of jade is 'reddish-brown', 'gray-white' and 'black-brown' formed by the oxidation of 'iron', 'manganese', 'magnesium' and 'titanium' ions. Yuqin is also called skin color, this is because the outer edge of the material on the body of the jade body is soaked for a long time, in the shell of the jade to form a layer of wrapping, that is, people often say that the jade with skin color, jade is mostly by the jade in different environments by more than two oxidation before it will be wet. Of course, the latter is jade, you don't have to memorize it, as long as you remember a few colors, it will be enough. Zhang Tianyuan continued. (To be continued......)