Chapter 26: Sky-High Diamonds

Liuzi whispered beside him: "Yingzuo, aren't you fooling people?" Where do we have thirty oceans a month? And our camp is like a refugee camp, where is the high-end atmosphere and grade? There's meat all of a sudden, aren't you dreaming? I haven't eaten a bite of meat in half a month? ”

Qin Chuan glanced at him, and then said in a low voice: "You know a fart, let's fool them in first." After registering and making a register, if you want to pick a pick, you are a deserter. ”

"Aren't you lying?" Liuzi complained.

Qin Chuan said: "Nonsense, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, how can it be a lie to resist Japan and save the country?" And how do you know that your camp is fooling people? As he spoke, Qin Chuan showed a very cunning look.

Wang Daliu's task today, in addition to going to the logistics department to ask for supplies, is to use his relationship between black and white in Nanjing City to shoot a diamond the size of a pigeon's egg.

This diamond was given to him by Qin Chuan, and he was asked to exchange it for the current ocean, and then used it to buy supplies frantically, and at the same time hire people to renovate their camp.

What Wang Daliu didn't expect was that their supply in the logistics department would be so smooth. As soon as Sun Deming, director of the logistics department, heard that it was the people of the third battalion who wanted the equipment, he said very happily that the equipment would be counted in the afternoon and then sent to the camp of the third battalion.

After that, Wang Daliu began to use his connections in Nanjing City to find a very famous jewelry merchant in the city.

The jewelry merchant was a veteran and had more than a decade of experience in appraising jewelry.

Before Wang Daliu took out the diamond in his hand, he was actually very apprehensive in his heart. Because he wasn't sure if Qin Chuan was fooling himself, holding a fake diamond and trying to hide it. After all, he really couldn't figure out where Qin Chuan got such a big diamond from.

But he didn't expect that the jewelry merchant's jaw was almost falling off when he saw the diamond.

"Not... Star of Africa!?? The jewel merchant looked at the diamond and muttered.

"What? What's that? Wang Daliu didn't understand the doorway inside, so he asked directly.

The jeweler took a deep breath, then took out his magnifying glass and began to examine the diamond closely.

This kind of man-made diamond is almost indistinguishable from natural diamonds, not to mention that there is no concept of man-made diamonds in this era. So the jeweller watched for a long time, and saw no clues, and he was almost certain that it was a real diamond of excellent quality and very rare.

"The Star of Africa, the world's largest diamond, is produced in South Africa. After being cut by craftsmen, it was presented to the British royal family and set in the crown of the Queen of England. The jeweller said, "This diamond of yours is not as big as the Star of Africa, but it is about the same." ”

When Wang Daliu heard this, he was still a little foggy, what the British royal family, what the largest diamond, he didn't have any concept of these. But he only knew one thing, the diamond in front of him was very expensive, and it could bring them an incomparably huge fortune to the three battalions.

"Are you really going to sell this diamond?" The jewel merchant put away the magnifying glass and asked Wang Daliudao.

Wang Daliu nodded and said, "Yes, I'm in a hurry to use the money." But you can't fool me. ”

The jewel merchant laughed and said, "I'm still a bit famous in the jewelry world, and I won't fool you." The price I give you is definitely in line with the price of this diamond, otherwise it will be a humiliation to this diamond. ”

"And how much are you going to give?" Wang Daliu asked.

The jeweller thought for a moment, then took out his pen and began to add and subtract on the paper, as if estimating how the diamond in front of him should be measured in money.

After listing a dazzling list of numbers, the jeweler raised a finger in front of Wang Daliu.

Wang Daliu licked his lips, and then said cautiously: "A thousand oceans? ”

A thousand oceans is definitely a lot of money in this era. After all, in China at that time, ten oceans could make a very poor family live with tight food and clothing for a year.

But the jeweler shook his head.

"Ten thousand?" Wang Daliu's eyes lit up and said.

10,000 oceans, that's a number that Wang Daliu didn't dare to imagine. He served as a soldier in the 88th Division, which is fifteen oceans in a month and more than 100 oceans in a year.

However, the jewelry merchant was obviously quite disappointed by Wang Daliu's imagination, and shook his head again.

"One hundred thousand!?" Wang Daliu almost bounced up from his chair.

He felt that this was already the limit of his imagination, 100,000 oceans, if he bought pork, it would be 600,000 catties, and if he bought a house, he could buy a block.

"Alas, a million! I'll give you a million oceans, how about it? The jewel merchant asked Wang Daliudao.

Hearing this number, Wang Daliu almost fainted. Because as far as he knew, the military expenditure of their division for a year was more than two million oceans. And such a diamond is equivalent to half a year's military expenditure of their 88th Division.

"Can't you? Do you want to add more? The jeweler asked.

The reason why he dared to set this price was actually because he was confident enough to sell the diamond for more than twice the price. It's definitely not going to work at home, but in Europe, in the United States, there are rich people in those places.

"That's right! A little more! Wang Daliu had recovered at this time, and when he heard that the jewelry merchant was going to raise the price, he knew that the value of this diamond was more than that.

"One and a half million!" The jewel merchant said, "I don't think you know how to do it, but since you were introduced by my friend, I won't cheat you." I'll give you one and a half million diamonds. You can't find anyone in the whole city of Nanjing who can come up with this price. ”

Wang Daliu took a deep breath, and then said, "What about the money!" My people are waiting outside. ”

The jewel merchant said, "You have to go to the bank with me to get it, and you need to send a few more people." 1.5 million is not a small number. ”

Wang Daliu immediately opened the window of the room, and then shouted at the more than ten soldiers waiting downstairs: "Brothers, call all the brothers of the Tenth Company!" Bring the guys! ”

When the soldiers heard this, they thought something had happened, and hurriedly went to the camp to call dozens of soldiers from the 10th Company.

The soldiers were loaded with bullets and grenades. It's like you're going to battle.