The real blue coral, in fact, should be like this, when it is under the surface of the water, it is blue, and after it is mined, it is also blue, but its color will become deeper because of oxidation after it is salvaged ashore. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When it is under the surface of the sea, it is light blue, but after being salvaged, it is drained for a period of time and oxidized, and it turns dark blue.

These blue corals were first found only in the Ivory Coast of West Africa, and were discovered by European colonists in the 18th century.

When such blue coral was collected back to Europe, it triggered the European royal family at that time, and the enthusiastic pursuit of this beautiful blue coral, many princes and nobles were willing to spend a lot of money for such a beautiful coral.

It is precisely because of the crazy pursuit attitude of these princes and nobles that more and more people come to the west coast of Africa in small boats to carry out crazy fishing for these blue corals.

By the 19th century, the blue coral had been largely mined.

At that time, the blue coral was basically collected by the royal families and nobles of Europe, and few of them were circulated in the market.

Because of the continuity of the inheritance of these royal families, coupled with the fact that during World War II, after experiencing the crazy plundering of those crazy Nazis in World War II, these royal families and old-fashioned nobles also understood a truth, that is, wealth is not exposed, so they basically don't show the blue coral that is cherished like that.

So up to now, people's memories of authentic blue coral have only stayed in some simple accounts in newspapers and magazines before World War II dedicated to recording the life of the royal family, or some very simple old black and white photos, as for color photos, not many people have seen them until now.

As for the genuine blue coral, not to mention that there are basically not many genuine products on the market.

So much so that after the twentieth century, in order to pursue the legendary blue coral, people had to name those ordinary blue corals as blue corals.

These blue corals and blue corals are basically two species, blue corals and red corals, are rare coral species, both are blue or red polyps, a large number of social life, after a large area of death, and then the corpses accumulate together, forming corals.

And this blue coral and blue coral and red coral, are fundamentally two different things, this blue coral is a coral secreted by the polyps of the blue coral, and then forms a huge exoskeleton, and then the polyps live in this bone cavity A kind of coral, and other coral formation processes are completely different.

And this kind of coral, in fact, should belong to a subspecies of the coral family, and it cannot be regarded as a real coral.

Moreover, it is widely found on the continental shelf around some islands in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and belongs to a shallow water coral, which is very common in the sea.

And the only relationship it can have with real blue coral is that this kind of blue coral will turn pale blue after it is drained and oxidized after it comes out of the water.

So nowadays, there are many cultural producers who will use this kind of coral to create a large number of handicrafts, and then fool ordinary art lovers, saying that this is the real blue coral work.

In this way, over time, people will stop this kind of blue coral as blue coral, after all, this kind of blue coral will indeed turn blue when it is drained.

It's just that what they don't know is that the blue color of this blue coral is completely different from the blue color of the real blue coral.

The blue color formed after the blue coral is drained out of the water is actually a light blue, and the dark blue formed after the real blue coral is drained out of the water, but there is a huge difference.

But ordinary collectors don't know this, so over the years, the 'blue coral' handicrafts made of coral, are very popular in the market, but fortunately, the price of this thing is not expensive, and it can finally be accepted by the general public.

And now Jin Muchen sees this is a genuine blue coral, according to historical records, this kind of blue coral that was originally only found on the west coast of Africa, the growing conditions are very harsh.

Even compared to the most expensive red coral on the market now, the formation of red coral is not easy, for example, this red coral only grows in such an area as 20 meters underwater, to more than 200 meters deep, and there are many requirements for water temperature and other conditions.

And this blue coral is not far behind, and even the living conditions are more harsh than the red coral, which is the main reason why this kind of coral is so rare in the world.

And now Jin Muchen actually found this kind of blue coral that is said to be extinct in such a spherical cave, and he didn't know how to feel in his heart at this time.

Originally, he wanted to climb up first and collect those red corals first, but after a while, he changed his mind and decided to attack these blue corals first, after all, this kind of blue coral is a truly precious good thing.

Compared with those red corals, this kind of blue coral, which has been extinct in the collector's market for more than 100 years, can be regarded as a treasure.

In this water drop cave, the unique natural environment attracted this blue polyp to come, and it has survived here for hundreds of thousands of years to form such a beautiful blue coral.

But up to now, the number of blue coral here doesn't seem to be much, Jin Muchen swam to the rock wall and looked at it like this, it seems that the blue coral trees within his line of sight are so dozens.

The size varies, the large one is more than a meter tall, and the small one is only the size of a palm.

Jin Muchen glanced down at the diving watch on his wrist, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, they set off from the villa on the island at noon, and the water should have been around one o'clock, which means that he had been in the water for more than three hours, and the most important thing was that it was almost evening at this time, and the tide was about to rise, so he couldn't waste time at this time, and he had to collect these precious corals as quickly as possible.

Blue coral, he specializes in picking those big mining, after all, such coral trees, the bigger the more before, like the blue coral tree more than one meter high that he started, if it is brought to the market, it will definitely be priceless.

If he can find a carving and inlay master, do a simple decoration and carving of this coral tree, and inlay some gemstones, then he can't think of the price of this coral tree, and I am afraid that it will be easy to break through hundreds of millions of dollars.

Although there is no clear record of blue coral in ancient Chinese history, there are many historical materials about blue coral in Western history.

And there are many records that are clearly written, in the early years, those blue corals were basically collected by the royal families and nobles in Europe.

Especially the Windsor family in the United Kingdom, their family seems to have collected the three largest blue coral trees in the world that have been recorded, and these coral trees are treasures, and they will never be easily taken out to show, even the members of their family, not everyone has a share, you can see those precious blue coral trees.

So this is basically equivalent to the British royal family, setting the tone for such a baby.

Don't look at the current United States, Western European countries are shouting about universal values, what nonsense such as equality for all, but in fact, the people of which countries, from those billionaires to the common people, actually have a deep aristocratic cleanliness in their hearts.

This is also the main reason why the British aristocracy and royal family, even now after arriving in the United States, will be so sought after, not only the president has to look down on them, but also the governors and civil servants below have to hold these people.

And especially these nobles of the 'Old World', those who are in tatters, say that this is an heirloom with hundreds of years of inheritance, and then when they are put to auction, they are often snatched up by those nouveau riche in the 'New World' for a large price.

Therefore, as long as Jin Muchen collects these blue corals, he doesn't have to worry about selling them at all, and in terms of price, there is no need to worry, those big dog families in rice and Europe will naturally break the dog's brain for such a few blue corals.

However, Jin Muchen is reluctant to sell such a good thing, anyway, he is not short of money now, he plans to take out one or two of these blue corals in bad condition and sell them on the market, and keep the rest for himself.

This blue coral, he is specially picked to pick large, because he has a lot of strength, so it is not too difficult to collect, for ordinary people, to be careful to do things for an hour, for him, that is, a few minutes.

In addition, the sea level was not too high at this time, so he did not have too much effort to work.

But to his children and grandchildren, leave some resources, this bit of common sense Jin Muchen still has, so he didn't kill all those blue corals, he just collected the largest ten, these ten blue coral trees, the highest is more than one meter, the shortest is more than half a meter high, as for the rest, most of them are thirty or forty centimeters high.

If you want to grow into the scale of those blue corals that Jin Muchen picked away, it will take at least a few hundred years, and these are the legacy that Jin Muchen left to future generations...

As for those red corals, Jin Muchen was even more polite, and he also specially picked the largest pick, the tallest red coral that could be more than three meters high, was directly included in his bag, and then it was those that were more than one meter high, this one was a lot of work... (To be continued.) )