The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while before moving on to today's topic.

"Wuzi, are the goods ready?" Lao Wang put down the big teapot and said.

"It's been ready for a long time, I'll go get it for you. Sit down for a moment, and I'll go get my things out. Boss Chen stood up and said a word before walking out of the house. This thing should be the goods that Lao Wang is going to buy this time.

"Xiao Qi, I'll get the goods that need to be purchased first, and then I'll accompany you to see the gambling stone later, I'll stay in Yangnan tonight for one night, and we'll go back tomorrow afternoon." Lao Wang said to Zhao Qi.

"Okay, you can go ahead of your business first. Looking at the gambling stone thing, there is no hurry. "Zhao Qi came here this time to see it, and besides, there is still plenty of time, so he is not in a hurry at this time.

"Elder Wang, look at the goods." After a while, the fifth son came in with two people carrying a large package.

"Am I not worried about your goods?"

After the package was opened, it was all white jade rough stones, some of which were large and some were small, but the largest was only one hundred cubic centimeters. Each is wrapped in a thick flannel cloth to avoid friction against each other.

"Yes, no problem. I'll transfer you now. After looking at the jade rough stone in his hand, Lao Wang nodded with satisfaction.

"Xiao Qi, you stay here first, and I'll come over after I finish transferring." After Lao Wang and Zhao Qi said a word, they walked out of the room with the fifth son and transferred money. And this big bag of goods was carried by two young men to the van when Zhao Qi came.

"Xiao Qi, the matter is done. Let's go, I'll take you to see the gambling stones. Five minutes later, Lao Wang and Wuzi returned to the room talking and laughing.

"The little brother came to see the gambling stone." Boss Chen said in surprise.

"I heard that gambling stones are very interesting, so I followed Lao Wang to see it."

"It's a pity that I'm too busy today to spend time with the two of you. In the evening, I will do the east, and then everyone will get together. ”

"Boss Chen is too polite, you go get busy first, Lao Wang and I can just take a look."

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Dushan Jade Field is located eight kilometers north of Yangnan City, and the jade produced in it is also called Dushan Jade or Yangnan Jade. Dushan jade is tough and micro-dense, delicate and soft, the color is mottled and detached, warm and moist, there are six pigments of green, blue, yellow, purple, red and white, 77 color types, and it is an important jade raw material for arts and crafts carvings.

"Lao Wang, I see that this Boss Chen gives you all white jade, but the jade I see in the stall outside here is all colorful. What's going on? Walking with Lao Wang among the countless stalls outside the Dushan mine, Zhao Qi asked.

"The ones sold here are all Dushan jade, and Dushan jade, as you know, is one of the four famous jades. If you go into Dushan jade to sell, the price is too expensive, and you can't sell much in that small place in Jin County. The goods I bought from Wuzi are all low-grade water colors. Lao Wang slowly solved the stone to Zhao Qi.

"That means that this Boss Chen is equivalent to a second-level dealer, buying goods from elsewhere and then selling them to you?"

"Well, you can say that."

"Also, I've seen the jade raw materials here, which is different from the one you used last time? Is jadeite jade? ”

"Well, it seems that you are too lacking in this area. Before I go to see the calcite stone, I'll give you a little more popularity. Lao Wang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"There are two types of jade, nephrite and jadeite. They are two different minerals. The colors of nephrite jade are translucent white, yellow, green and black, and the color is evenly distributed. As for jadeite, it is mainly white, purple, yellow and green, and the uniformity of color distribution will vary among different germplasms. ”

"Most of the nephrite produced in China is nephrite, the most famous of which is mutton fat white jade. He is a treasure among nephrite jade, with a delicate texture and a white color. ”

"And the origin of jadeite is mainly Myanmar, which is what we often call jadeite. Although jadeite is produced in Japan, the Soviet Union, Mexico, and California, its quality and yield are far inferior to those of Myanmar, so jadeite is also called Burmese jade. And the calcite is this Burmese jade. ”

After hearing Lao Wang's explanation, Zhao Qi nodded in understanding.

"Then the Dushan jade here also belongs to nephrite?"

"You're guessing this wrong, jadeite and nephrite are both made up of one mineral element, but Yangnan jade is an 'altered gabbro' containing a variety of mineral elements dominated by calcium aluminum silicate. The hardness of Yangnan jade is 6---6.5, the specific gravity is 3.29, and its hardness is almost comparable to jadeite, so Yangnan jade is also called Yangnan jadeite. In other words, Yangnan jade does not belong to nephrite, nor does it belong to jadeite, it is a kind of jade in between. ”

"But this is not Burma, why is there calcite here?" Zhao Qi fully carried forward the spirit of asking questions if he didn't understand, and questions popped up one after another.

"After all, Yangnan is one of the largest jade trading places in China, and jade merchants come and go every day. So some of them went to Myanmar to buy goods, and then shipped them here to be calcined to earn the difference. It's like having a funeral next to a large hospital. After all, nephrite and jadeite are both jade. ”

While the two were talking, they had slowly walked into an open-air venue, the place inside was much smaller than the outside, and there were relatively few people coming and going, but everyone was pot-bellied, with a gold chain around his neck and a briefcase in his hand, and he knew that he was a rich man at a glance.

"This is the place to gamble on stones, watch more and talk less, so as not to offend people." After Lao Wang instructed Zhao Qi a few words, he took him inside.

Zhao Qi, who was walking on the road, was also observing the stalls on both sides.

There are fewer stalls inside, but each stall is several times larger than the outside, and the things on the stalls are no longer dazzling pieces of jade, but large stones that can't be seen. In Zhao Qi's mind, these should be wool.

Among the people who came and went, some people squatted down from time to time to carefully inspect the wool on the stall, and the stall owner didn't care, and went with them. It's just that there are many people who see it, and Zhao Qi, the person who bought it, didn't see any of them.

"It's all wool here, and it's the calcite area." Lao Wang pointed to a big platform in front of him and said to Zhao Qi.

The calcite area is a large platform with two calcifying machines on it. It's just that there is no one on the calcing machine at this time.

"Let's take a look at it now, I guess someone will come to dissolve the stone in a while." The two of them casually visited the perimeter of the calcite area.

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The first one is sent. By the way, I apologize to a book friend named Xie Cockroach, Xie Guoqiang in Chapter 28 is just a name I came up with at random, I'm really embarrassed, please don't mind.

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