Regarding a stone that was very likely to be jadeite, Zhao Xiang finally decided to buy it at double the price, and asked them to go to the original dealer to see if they could buy more.

Zhao Xiang just thought that a thousand years ago, no one would be so bored to make a fake stone to buy, even if there was that leisure, there should be no technology.

The three teenagers went together. Zhao Xiang found a grinder and sat at the door while flushing the yellow skin on the stone.

A green stone core the size of a dinosaur egg slowly appeared, a piece of green in the sun, a full twenty centimeters in diameter.

EVEN IF ZHAO XIANG IS DIAO SILK, HE IS EIGHTY OR NINETY PERCENT SURE THAT THIS IS A PIECE OF JADEITE.

Looking at the piece of Tiantou, which is a little bigger than a fist, the stone skin has long been polished off, and after polishing and polishing, the whole stone will become an almost pure green glass egg.

"These two stones are so beautiful!" Zhao Di squatted aside and sighed.

Hurry up and put it away, so that if it is really jade, it will make people worry.

When Zhang Wen and the others came back, they brought a piece of news that I didn't know whether it was good or bad: the merchant wanted to sell the whole ship of stones together.

said that it was the whole ship, but in fact, it was just those stones in the bilge, and the three friends also went to the bilge to see it, and felt that this business could not be done, especially Li Qijin: "Brother Xiang, those stones have been smashed open, obviously trying to find treasures from them." I asked the people at the wharf that the merchants come here every year to avoid typhoons, and that supplies are much cheaper in Zhangzhou than in Quanzhou. Brother Xiang, I may have really been deceived, if it was really a piece of treasure, it would not be my turn to buy it. As he spoke, he took out four hundred yuan from his pocket: "I bought that stone to give it to you, and if you are deceived, you will be deceived, and you cannot be implicated." ”

Zhao Xiang didn't take the money, thought for a while and said, "Let's go, take me to the dock to have a look." ”

It was indeed very difficult for him to make this decision, after all, he was an outlier in Zhangzhou, dressed differently, and had short hair, he didn't know what others would think of him, so after traveling for so long, he had never been to Zicheng.

However, the bottom of a boat of jadeite ...... The temptation is so great that it seems worth the risk.

After a little preparation, Zhao Xiang set off with the three teenagers. Walking along the river embankment, I soon arrived at the foot of the sub-city, which was not tall or majestic.

Wall! The earthen wall is at most ten meters high, exposed to the sun and rain, and has not been repaired frequently, so the city wall looks mottled and dilapidated, which is completely different from the ancient city wall in Zhao Xiang's impression. Walking along the riverside is the South Gate Wharf.

There are stones on the shore, but the river is too shallow for big boats to approach, so a lot of stilt plank roads are built to stretch into the river to serve as a wharf. And the so-called big boats are just big boats relative to fishing boats.

"Sir, that is the bearded merchant's ship." Zhang Wen pointed to a wooden boat at the end of the plank road in front of him and said, he stepped on the plank road first and opened the way in front.

Walking closer, Zhao Xiang was a little disappointed. This wooden ship is not big, whether it is relative to other sea ships, or in Zhao Xiang's eyes. It was less than twenty-five meters to die, and now it should be an empty ship, and the deck was only two meters above the water, only a little higher than the plank road.

On the deck, there were many simple tent roofs tied with cloth, and there were more than a dozen bare-chested men below.

When they saw someone coming, the sailors just looked up and ignored it, but one of them shouted something, and then a white man who was also shirtless came out of the cabin.

"Excuse me, just wait a minute!" The white man leaned out, and then went into the cabin, and when he came out a little later, he was already dressed.

"My guests, I am your friend Emir! Welcome! Please come to my boat for tea! The bearded man came forward, and his Hokkien dialect was quite fluent.

I have to say that the emir was very enthusiastic, and as soon as he came up, he found the main owner, took Zhao Xiang's hand and led them into the cabin.

In the middle of summer, in the afternoon, even on the river, the hot cabin is still unbearable. Zhao Xiang only stayed for a second before retreating: "I'm sorry, it's too hot inside, just sit outside." ”

The emir smiled awkwardly, kicked away the two sailors, and brought the bench for Zhao Xiang to sit on.

"Friend, you must be their master, right? My name is Emir, I don't know what to call you? ”

Zhao Xiang reported his name and went straight to the point: "I heard them say, what kind of green heart stone do you have here?" ”

"Zhao Xiang, my friend, I'm really sorry, the kind of stone that the three teenagers bought back in the morning is gone. I'll take you under the cabin, and if you're interested, I'll give you all the stones! I can also have these slackers deliver all the stones to your quarters. The emir said as he drew water from the river.

In Zhao Xiang's view, this is called nothing to be courteous, of course there is no such good thing in the world, if there is, Zhao Xiang doesn't feel that it can be his turn, so he smiled and refused: "That's not necessary, if I look at it, I will naturally buy it at a price that you and I can accept, and it will also be carried by people." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a gesture, do you rely on friends when you go out, I came to Da Song, and it's my honor to meet your friend......"

Emir likes to talk very much, and he doesn't care if Zhao Xiang is listening or not, he says a lot of things himself—but since he poured the water directly into the kettle, Zhao Xiang hasn't listened to anything more.

The scorching charcoal fire quickly boiled the water. The emir went into the cabin and took some black cake-shaped tea leaves and threw them into the kettle, adding various spices to it—the method of cooking tea was obviously learned from the Song people, but the details were too rough.

Ginger, put directly on the deck with the blade of the knife and pat it open, cut into three pieces, each the size of a big toe.

Pepper...... Zhao Xiang was very sure that what was put in was the peppercorns, and there were half of them......

I also put a pinch of peppercorns, probably because this thing is too expensive, so I didn't want to put it more.

There were two lumps of brown sugar, and there were a lot of shredded sugar cane sticking out on the surface......

Cinnamon put a slice of ......

Zhao Xiang didn't see clearly what else was put there, and there were some things he didn't understand. He didn't plan to understand it, he didn't plan to drink it at all anyway. Just smelling the strange smell coming out of the kettle, Zhao Xiang felt a little sick to his stomach.

In order to show respect for Zhao Xiang, the emir also deliberately turned out a blackened silver bowl, washed it with river water, and poured a full bowl, while the others used wooden bowls.

Zhao Xiang reluctantly raised the silver bowl, blew it, and asked, "Where did you learn the craft of making tea?" ”

The emir sat cross-legged on the ground as if he were bloody, and said proudly: "This is what I learned with my fellow countrymen in Lin'an. I used to hear that the life of the Song people was elegant, but when I went to Lin'an, I realized how rude I had lived for more than 20 years! As he spoke, he raised the wooden bowl and took two mouthfuls of it, and half a bowl of black medicine soup was gone. Zhao Xiang was very worried about whether his mouth would burn the skin, but he didn't seem to be uncomfortable, and continued: "Eighteen kinds of spices are required for cooking tea, but it's a pity that I only know ten kinds of ......" It was a pity between the words.

Zhao Xiang is also hehe, he really wants to say that Lao Tzu doesn't need to put you ten kinds! But he said, "It's a lot...... It's already rare......" After all, he held a silver bowl in his hand and just didn't drink.

The three teenagers behind him were real, raised the bowl and smelled it, Zhang Wen also praised: "It's so fragrant!" And then I drank the whole bowl! While drinking, he actually smashed his mouth and tasted it.

Zhao Xiang......

"Why don't you drink, sir? Are you afraid that you won't be able to sleep well at night? Zhang Wen came over, and without waiting for Zhao Xiang to respond, he had already poured the black soup in the silver bowl away.

"Tea too, Emir, why don't we go and see the stones?"