Chapter 110: A Belated Discovery, Dragons Have Natural Instincts!
It didn't take long for the fishing village near Lingshanwei to be full of people.
The fishermen who got one hundred taels of fish kept kowtowing to Zhu Zilong, and he was very embarrassed.
Seeing that the situation is a little out of control, there are more and more people.
Zhu Zilong secretly regretted it, it seems that one hundred taels is too much?
couldn't help but announce in public that the reason why the price of one or two fish was given was because the people here belonged to Zhujiazhuang and were their own people. If an outsider sends the same fish, it will cost ten taels at most.
As soon as he heard this, everyone was relieved on the spot.
Ten taels is certainly good, but if you want to go into the sea in the wind and waves, there is a certain danger to your life, not much higher than catching other fish. It is also reasonable, it seems that one hundred taels of fish is just a favor from the people under Master Zhu's rule.
The so-called, this is the meaning of buying horse bones!
Of course, even ten taels is a lot. No one will pay such a price for hundreds of miles, and I believe that anyone who catches the yellow-lipped fish will still send it to Zhu Zilong.
When he was young, the sons of the old fishermen who had sacrificed fish returned from going out to sea.
As soon as he heard this, he was very excited and ran to Zhu Zilong again. took out a few black things, said that the things were not very good, but it was also a thought, and asked Master Zhu to accept it as a sign of respect and care.
Zhu Zilong looked at these black whirring things, and in his heart on the spot, it was as if there were a hundred grass Ni horses galloping by.
Once again, I secretly scolded myself in my heart for being a pig before and eating for nothing.
Without it, these few black whirring things are not small black pearls.
There is such a treasure in the sea near here, I have been here for a few months, and I don't know at all, what is it not a pig?
Quickly took the black pearl over, looked at it, and every second he looked, Zhu Zilong's brows twitched more and more.
Large, round and shiny, with a good luster, an absolute top grade black pearl.
Since ancient times, there is an ancient legend in the Western folk that the nectar of the moon falls into the world, when the nectar drops in the black lipped oysters, under the nurturing of the ocean, the essence of the sun and the moon is gathered, and the charming Tahitian black pearl is incarnated.
But at this time, the Ming Dynasty did not regard black as beauty, so the black pearls of this period were not too valued, and everyone preferred white pearls.
But after the Qing Dynasty and in the modern 21st century, black pearls were produced in very small quantities, so they were extremely expensive.
It is said that the global annual production of black pearls in later generations is less than 100 kilograms, and the price has soared to thousands to nearly 10,000 yuan per gram, and those with a straight strength of more than 15mm can no longer be priced at the market price. One of the priceless treasures!
The world says that the natural origin of black pearls: first, Tahiti, an island in the Polynesian archipelago, produces 95% of the world's black pearls; The second is Penlin Island and Majuhiki Island in the Cook Islands, which account for 4% of the total production. A handful of other places produce less than one percent!
I didn't expect that there was one in the sea near here, which was a surprise and a pair of good luck!
accepted other people's fish, only gave a little money, and in turn, people also took black pearls as a thank you gift, Zhu Zilong was really thick-faced and red.
hurriedly staggered the topic, and under the pretext of rewarding, he gave those young people dozens of taels of silver.
After the other party thanked him repeatedly, and knelt down, Zhu Zilong began to inquire about the black pearl they had found there.
The other party naturally told him in detail, and reminded: "Master Zhu, the water is deep, and I didn't intend to pick up the shells that let the water flow up, so I got the black beads." ”
Zhu Zilong nodded again and again, agreeing in his heart.
In ancient times, pearl diving was indeed not easy. At that time, there was no diving equipment, so I could only exhale and dive into the sea with a pure body with perverted ability, and it was easy to die, and if I wanted to get a pearl, I would exchange it for human life.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the main labor force used as pearl diving was the egg people, (the egg people are also known as the Tan people, and the Qing Guangxu "Yazhou Chronicles" is called the Tan people. "Tan people, the world lives in Da Tan Port, Baoping Ying Port, Wanglou Port coastal places. Men and women rarely do farming, but the hemp is a net, and fish is a living. )
It is a fraternal ethnic group living on the water in China before liberation, distributed in the coastal provinces in the southeast of China, such as Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, etc.
They have always been oppressed and exploited: they are only allowed to live on water, they are not allowed to settle on land, they are not allowed to read, read, take exams, become officials, they are not allowed to intermarry with Han Chinese, etc.
"Song of Pearl Diving" describes the life of the pearl people: "Jiangpu is vast and the moon shadow is lonely, a boat only passes a boat, the boat boat is in the past, and the tears have dried up." ”
"In the five-year battle of pearl diving, more than 50 people died, and only 80 taels of pearls were obtained. The world is said to be a pearl for a person, and today I am afraid that it is not possible to change a pearl for a person. ”
The large white pearl, which was used as a rare tribute in ancient times, was called "Dongzhu", and only members of the royal family could wear Dongzhu jewelry. Priceless!
Zhu Zilong, who no longer ignores the interests of the ocean, rolled his eyes and thought about it.
The large white pearl was a priceless thing in ancient times. But in the 21st century, most of the pearls were cultivated in captivity, and not only were they large, but they were also mass-produced.
The price is as low as the price of cabbage, and it seems that he can also bring artificial pearls back from modern times to make a fortune and earn favors.
For a while, Zhu Zilong was in a good mood, if it weren't for the fact that there were many onlookers on the side, he wanted to go directly to the sky and look up to the sky and laugh three times.
(In the modern 21st century, China's freshwater pearl production has accounted for the world's first.) The price ranges from a few dollars to several thousand yuan a piece, and there are all kinds of grades. Every year China holds the China (International) Pearl Festival.! )
In some places, artificial pearls are sold by kilograms, just like Chinese cabbage.
As the saying goes, "Nine Treasures and Ten Treasures" refers to the diameter of pearls, which means that pearls with a diameter of more than 10 mm can be called "precious", and those with a diameter of more than 11 mm can be called "jewelry".
Natural pearls are extremely precious because they take so long to grow and can be used very little.
And, as long as you do it properly, artificial pearls are easy to have such a large volume. EVEN 15MM-17MM OR LARGER CAN BE CULTIVATED!
Zhu Zilong, who came out of the village and returned to Zhujiazhuang, used saltpeter to make ice and freeze those yellow-lipped fish.
Then, at night, he stood alone on the beach, looking at the sea in a daze.
Half ring!
Stretching out a pair of hands, looking at them carefully, he summoned the dragon balls in his body again. There are so many thoughts in my heart!
As a half-dragon, even if I fuse with a young dragon that is not fully developed. But after all, he is the descendant of the real dragon, and he is also the descendant of the third junior brother of the Monkey King.
It's hard to be, the biggest cheat. Hemp is a national exemption from inspection, a copycat moonlight treasure box?
Before getting the Dragon Ball and becoming a half-dragon man, Zhu Zilong was a landlubber, so he naturally didn't like water. But now?
Looking at the sea water in front of him, Zhu Zilong had an impulse, a big impulse.
A ruthless one sped up and ran, and then plunged headlong into the sea. In the next second, he was shocked and found that he did not have any discomfort in the water, as if the surrounding sea water did not exist.
His heart moved, and the next moment, his figure flashed, and he instantly appeared in the position of the seawater that he had previously positioned with the naked eye.
Nest!
The legendary dragons have a natural instinct to avoid water and move quickly in the water?