Compared with Myanmar, China's jewelry and jade are very low in terms of variety and output, and only pearls can account for a relatively large proportion of the world, and pearls are now being played bad, so many top jewelers do not do ordinary pearl business. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among the gemstones, the most famous and widely known is probably the ruby sapphire, and few people know that the world's top rubies are actually found in Myanmar.

Rubies in Southeast Asia are famous minerals in Asia and the world, and this gemstone is mainly produced in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka in Asia, and in terms of quality, it is the most produced in Myanmar.

Therefore, Mo Ye's first stop after leaving Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, was the Mogok area.

Of course, in addition to the Mogok area, Sajing City, which is more than 40 kilometers north of Mandalay, also produces rubies, but the color is not as bright as the Mogok gemstones.

There are also ruby mines in the vicinity of the town of Gamai, more than 40 kilometres south of Mandalay.

Located in the northern Shan State of Nam Khan Township, Bin Nong, and in the central part of the country, the increasing ruby production has been approved by the government as a National Ruby Special Zone.

However, the rubies in these places are not as good as the Mogok area, which is located in Mandalay Province and is a famous "treasure land", the center of which is about 160 kilometers away from the border of Yunnan Province in China.

Therefore, these places are well known to the Chinese people, and when they come here, Mo Ye will naturally not miss these gem markets.

The capitals of Yangon and Mandalay have dedicated jewellery and jade markets, which vary in quality and attract many tourists.

Among them, the price of ruby jewelry and handicrafts ranges from tens of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

After a few days in the sun, Mo Ye already knows a lot, such as those brightly colored rubies, most of which have been "burned".

"Fire" refers to high-temperature and high-pressure processing to add color, and of course, the price is relatively cheap.

In the market, you generally can't find good things, and only when you meet a big buyer, the shopkeeper takes out the housekeeping treasure, hoping to sell it at a good price.

In this market, the best gem Mo Xie has ever seen is nothing more than a superb 3-carat "pigeon's blood" gemstone, which costs tens of thousands of dollars.

The Burmese government is too strict in its control over jadeite and gemstones, and there are a lot of privately held gemstones, but very few of them are really superb.

In Myanmar, rubies mined must be reported in detail to the government on their quantity and quality, and then sold at the annual government-organized jewelry fair, where the rough stones are sold or processed into finished and semi-finished products for jewelry.

Therefore, there are very few high-quality rubies on the market, of course, because the government levies taxes on sales revenues, and the tax rate is 10% for some people, some people say 30%, there is no clear statement, the only thing that can be determined is that the government wants to take a large part of the sales revenue.

Therefore, in order to increase mining profits, many businessmen conceal the amount of mining and describe high-yield mines as low-yield or low-quality mines, etc., in order to reduce the annual mine use fees and sales revenue taxes collected by the government.

But the underrepresented rubies had to be sold for a profit, hence the ruby smuggling.

Therefore, there are very few rubies that really enter the market, except for the official ones.

After learning about this situation, Mo Ye decisively gave up the idea of picking up leaks in the market, and instead planned to go directly to the mining area.

The Mogok mining area is about 20 kilometers wide and 40 kilometers long, and the eastern and central parts of the mining area are rich in rubies.

In 1996, the world's largest ruby, weighing more than 20,000 carats (1 carat equals 0.2 grams), was discovered in the Mogok region.

It can be said that as long as you know about Myanmar, you are yearning for the Mogok area, because there are really a lot of rubies here.

Of course, it is difficult for ordinary people to find rubies now, but, just like Hetian jade in China, in the sixties and seventies, the Mogok area can be said to be full of rubies.

There is a true story in the Mengxiu mining area, before the development of the Mengxiu mine in the 70s of the last century, there was a village called Mansunliang at the foot of the mountain, and people could often see beautiful and transparent red sand grains in the river sand next to the village.

Once, a merchant came to the village to do business, and he was very fond of the girl, and when he was leaving, a girl filled a full bottle of beautiful red sand grains that he usually picked up by the river.

After leaving the village, the merchant walked hot and tired, and felt that the bottle of red stone was useless, so he threw it away to ease the burden.

Later, when the Mengxiu mining area was developed, the merchant suddenly realized that what he had thrown away was a bottle of "ruby".

Such a treasure land, naturally, no one can insert a foot if they want to, so Mo Ye's idea is sometimes quite whimsical.

However, there are many miracles brought by Mo Xie, and Chen Erlei and they are all numb, so no matter what Mo Xie wants to do, they just have to follow.

"Boss, we're already in the mine!" Zhou Weiqiang looked at the deserted jungle and spoke.

"This is the mine? How is it that no one manages? Chen Erlei asked strangely.

Zhou Weiqiang laughed and said: "Although this is a mining area, but in the outermost area, there is no mine here, do you think the gem mine is placed on the ground?" It's all in the mines! ”

"I mean, after entering the jungle, I didn't find anyone on guard!" Chen Erlei said a little embarrassed.

Zhou Weiqiang said: "Don't underestimate the conscience of those mine owners, their management is very strict. ”

Ever since he knew about Mo Ye's plan, Zhou Weiqiang had come here to play the front station, so he knew the various mining areas here very well.

Rubies are invaluable and readily available in mining areas, which are highly controlled by the Burmese government and local ethnic armed forces.

A security captain at a local mine told Zhou Weiqiang that in order to prevent workers from stealing rubies, both male and female security guards had to conduct a full-body check on them at the end of the day.

Male workers must crouch naked and cough loudly 3 times; Female workers must queue up to enter a special room where they are fully examined by a female inspector.

"As long as you successfully bring out a good ruby, it is equivalent to the income of a worker for several years!" Finally, Zhou Weiqiang sighed.

In fact, he knew that the security captain was warning him, and of course, not only him, but the security captain would warn anyone who inquired about the situation in the mining area.

Strict inspections have now become a system for mining companies, not only for internal workers, but even more so for outsiders, who are said to enter the mining area without permission and can be sentenced to imprisonment or even death if caught.

In Myanmar, the government actually controls the gem trade, so the violent agencies dare to do anything.

Even if Mo Ye came in this time, it was Zhou Weiqiang who spent a lot of resources to get a hidden path, otherwise, Chen Erlei would definitely see the guards in this mining area.

"The car can only hide here, continue to go deeper, it will definitely be discovered!" After finding a place and hiding the car in a small forest, the three of them went deeper into the jungle.

In the past, Mogok was heavily guarded and sealed, and all outsiders were strictly forbidden to enter, and it was very difficult to get in, but now this is not the case.

Mogok is a small Myanmar city belonging to Mandalay, although it is a small town, it is blessed with unique natural conditions, pleasant environment and pleasant scenery, and the Myanmar government is also supporting the development of tourism in this town.

That's why Mo Ye and them can get in so easily, of course, if they are close to the gem mining area, it will be another situation.

"In principle, this is also a mining area, but it is still far from the real gem mining area, which is why the management is so lax!" Zhou Weiqiang explained.

"It's okay, as long as you're close to the mine!" Mo Xie waved his hand indifferently.

The three of them continued to walk forward silently, and when they walked for an hour and came to a hidden small valley, Mo Ye found a lot of supplies, which were prepared by Zhou Weiqiang.

"You two are waiting here, I'll go it alone!" When he arrived at the place, Mo Ye didn't want to stay for a moment.

Seeing that Chen Erlei was in a hurry, Mo Ye said directly: "There are still people following me in the shadows, so don't worry, I won't be fine!" ”

"Ruby Passage? This is the only road that is safer here! Chen Erlei finally said one more word.

Mo Ye was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Don't worry, we are the real experts in this aspect!" ”

"It's best not to go near the gem mines, which are heavily guarded!" At this time, Zhou Weiqiang, who couldn't figure out Mo Ye's thoughts, also had to be reminded.

"If you don't go there, the goal has already been set, it's a vein that has not been discovered!" Mo Xie chuckled.

"If it's not near the main mine, there won't be much danger, and I heard that the ruby production in the Mogok area is already very small, so we can easily touch it!" Chen Erlei said.

After years of mining, the production of Mogok ruby has been decreasing, and the precious "pigeon's blood red" has become very hard to find, and even the Mongak ruby has replaced the Mogok ruby as the main ruby variety in the Myanmar market.

The rubies produced by Meng Xiu have natural black spots, and the technology of treating ruby black spots in Thailand has matured, and Thai businessmen only talk about the texture and color, regardless of the black spots, and buy them back after treatment and processing to make high-quality gemstones.

As a result, a large number of Mengxiu rubies flowed to the Thai-Myanmar border, and then into Thailand, where the high-quality ones were shipped to Hangkang and other places for fine processing and sales, and the rest were sold to neighboring countries or sold back to Myanmar.

As a result of the massive smuggling, a so-called "ruby passage" also appeared.

It is said that the number of rubies that flow through this channel each year is so large that it is difficult to count it accurately.

Others say that a lot of rubies are smuggled into China through the border between China and Myanmar.

In fact, under the influence of traditional culture, Chinese prefer jade jade, although ruby is expensive but not fanatically sought after, so this statement is untenable.

When local ruby merchants speak of the "ruby passage," they think it may refer to the roads that smuggle rubies out of the source.