The Nightwatch: Chapter 66: Miscalculation?

After complaining, Hao Song picked up a shovel and walked to the side of Meier and his wife. Hao Song and Edward had heard the conversation between Bao Jialana before, and although she was a little puzzled, she also knew that curiosity could kill cats, so she didn't say much. Seeing Hao Song coming, she introduced: "Let's dig inward along this pegmatite to see if we can find a gem sac, if it exists, eighty percent is some fluorite." ”

Hao Song nodded, he knew that the main chemical composition of fluorite is calcium fluoride, which shows different colors when mixed with other elements, and fluorite without impurities is colorless and transparent, which can make special optical prisms, which is a relatively common low-grade gemstone.

Although he had a good idea of what he was going to mine, Hao Song was not in a hurry to get the shovel down, but instead observed the details of Jonathan and Bogarana's excavation.

The philosopher Wang Gen and Wang Taizhou of the Ming Dynasty believed that "the daily use of the people is the Tao", which means that the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the common people contain truth. And the gem hunters' development of cost-effective excavation technology is naturally in line with natural reason.

Like the two in front of them, they swing their shovels horizontally and chisel into the crevices of the flaky pegmatites with precision. Then, with a light shake of his hand, the shovel widened the hole. Then he swung the shovel and drilled the spade head deep into the hole again, but with a single pull, a piece of flake pegmatite was pulled out. Repeating this concise and rhythmic excavation, they will soon be able to dig a small hole.

After watching it for a while, Hao Song felt that he knew it, so he waved his shovel and began to try. It's a pity that in the case of not planning to move, the accuracy of this goods makes people unable to look directly, and they chiseled 5 times in a row, but there are no two times at the same point!

"You know the downside of relying too much on idealism, and once you leave it, you're a waste. Even the most basic hand-eye coordination is not good. Edward's voice rang out on one side.

"I just don't know how to use a shovel! I can poke your nostrils 50 times in a row with my hand, believe it or not?" Hao Song retorted unconvinced.

Edward snorted, digging his nostrils and said, "No matter what tool you have in your hand, you must be able to complete the minimum after one attempt. Look at my brother!" With that, Edward lifted his shovel, made a few strokes against the rock wall, and then violently swung it down!

"Boom!" there was a loud bang, and the rubble flew, and the other three people present only felt a shock under their feet, and then they heard a "click" sound...... I saw Edward's eyebrows high and low, looking at the broken oak stick in his hand, he showed a helpless expression and said, "It's actually broken, it's really not forbidden." ”

Jonathan and Bogarana looked at each other, and complained at the same time in their hearts: Hey, hey, hey...... The wooden handle of the shovel is made of American submerged oak with a very fine grain! The hardness of this thing is just a little worse than that of the iron plate! It was ruined by this thing in a golfing pose?

Looking back at Edward's chiseled point, the shovel head was already embedded deep in the rock wall, leaving only the stubble of wood exposed. There are many cracks in the rock wall, the longest of which is 5 meters!

"Your so-called minimal use has already opened a big chrysanthemum on the rock wall. Hao Song stroked his palm and sighed, "And the tools are all broken by you, this is obviously a miracle of strength, hey!" Although this guy is hurting Edward, the thoughtful expression on his face seems to indicate that things are not as simple as Edward being stupid......

"Ahem, you know an egg, this is called going back to basics, pointing to the origin of power......" Edward Miero retorted weakly, looking at the sky.

"Huh...... I'm too lazy to complain. Hao Song smiled and shook his head, it was rare that he didn't chase and fight.

"Huh, this is ......" suddenly came Bogarana's voice, and when they looked at her, she was crouching beside the big chrysanthemum on the rock wall, inspecting a yellowish, dirty, inconspicuous stone.

"Hey, why does this scene remind me of an anorectal examination...... What a haunting memory......" Hao Song said with a little pain on his forehead.

"Hey, what was supposed to be a normal situation has become disgusting when you say it!, how do you know what the proctology examination is?" Edward took the opportunity to change the subject, and retorted.

"Ah, that's an experiment I did with a friend before......"

"STOP! I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked! It's a high-risk profession to be your friend!

While these two guys with no lower limit were talking nonsense, Bogarana was using a sprayer filled with water to carefully rinse the stone that had been blackened by Hao Song. The stone, which has gradually washed away the sand, begins to reveal its transparent texture, shining in a dazzling red and purple color under the caress of the sun!

"Fluorite, also known as the Colorful Gem and the Dream Stone, is because of its bright colors!" said Bogarana with a smile as she showed the cleaned fluorite to Hao Song and Edward.

Hao Song looked at this inconspicuous stone in amazement, but in the blink of an eye, it turned around gorgeously and became a valuable gem. It's no wonder that the Meyer couple are not short of money, but they are willing to be a pair of gem hunters in the remote and inhospitable wilderness.

At this time, Edward asked in a big way, "How much can this fist-sized stone be sold for?"

"The market price of fluorite ranges from $11 to $25 per carat, and the price fluctuates depending on transparency and color. It's about $1,500!"

"In just a few moments, I made $1,500! It seems that the gem hunter earns a lot of money!" Edward sighed after comparing Hao Song's average income of Chinese.

But he knew that it was not so easy, so he patted Edward on the shoulder and said, "Most of the time, it's actually difficult to get a harvest." Today, it is because they have a backlog of many proven mineral deposits, and the preliminary exploration work has already been completed. In my judgment, their average speed should be a week to pay off. ”

Bao Jialana glanced at Hao Song, then nodded: "Indeed, if it's just prospecting and mining, it's about $2,000 to $3,000 a week, and only spring and autumn are suitable for us to work." That's why our main business is gemstone processing, and it's also a well-known shop in Los Angeles. ”

Jonathan wasted all his strength to get the shovel head out of the big chrysanthemum, and then looked at the ore sac that had been blown up by Edward's blow and the fluorite that had shattered into the ground, feeling deeply distressed and terrified at the same time. But as a person who loves gemstones, he couldn't help but complain.

Then he looked at Edward, who was scratching his head and smiling and saying embarrassed, "Where did this thing look like a strange thug?" It's a pity that after seeing this guy's earthquake-like explosive power, Jonathan didn't dare to treat him as the big boy next door, the danger level of this thing is definitely higher than that of the old king next door......

Hao Song saw the bald uncle's caution at a glance, laughed and patted the back of Edward's head and said, "Don't worry!

Edward's agile side head dodged the attack, and naturally understood the meaning of Hao Song's words, and said unhappily: "Hey...... I kind of say it again! Bite you in the face of Freddy!"

Hao Song didn't care, he knew that Edward was indeed harmless under normal circumstances, so he pretended to be heroic and said: "Haha, it's okay, biting dogs don't bark......"

"Looks like you're rested, let's continue playing the Dodge Stone!"

"Senior Edward is a handsome young man with a kind nature, simple and kind, he is tall and mighty, and he lives well, which is the standard of male gods in the new era!"

"Hey, don't think I'll be fine if you praise me! And it seems to have something very shameful in it!"

In the end, due to Edward's explosive strange power, except for the fist-sized fluorite, the other fluorites in the same bag were shattered, and their value was greatly reduced. Of course, Jonathan and Bogarana didn't care about the money, they just lamented that the gem mining was incomplete.

After a short rest and a brief lunch, they made their way along the rock face to the next possible ore spot that had already been explored. Along the way, Edward checked his phone from time to time, and the traps they set would trap the Scher and send an alarm, and then Edward would rush back at full speed before it could get out, and what might happen next would be more brutal and violent.

Regarding Hao Song's three-day deadline speculation, Edward had great trust, he felt that today was also the third day, and it was very likely that Xianling would take the bait, so he checked his mobile phone for warning signals if he had nothing to do. Hao Song laughed and said that he was like a little boy who was in love with his girlfriend by text message, and his ability to joke casually seemed to show that he was in control.

However, the world is impermanent, as if the fluorite found in the morning has consumed the character accumulated over the past few days, and not only did the excavation work in the afternoon find nothing, but the spirit also showed no sign of showing up at all.

The four rushed back to the campsite before dark, and for fear of a night attack by the Schers, they turned on the stereo again to play rock music on a loop. Edward felt that he had heard enough rock 'n' roll for the rest of his life, and the Spirit King cat briefly woke up to eat at dinner, and then blocked his hearing and went into a deep sleep......

The next morning, while the other three were drinking coffee and eating breakfast, they all noticed Hao Song's serious look and thoughtful frown. Jonathan felt that Hao Song looked extra worried under his messy hair and dead fish, so he comforted: "That animal love is not coming, there is no need to worry too much, relax and say that this is not the third day you guessed......"

Hearing this, Hao Song only raised his head slightly, frowned and said slowly: "I always feel that something is not quite right, how can there be no sign at all." Although it is guessed that it is a three-day interval, even some intelligent wild animals will scout the stepping point, there is no reason why the spirit can't, could it be that there is something wrong with it......" Then he stared blankly in the direction of oblique downward concentration.

Just when Edward, who was on the other side, was about to check whether he had not zipped his hiking pants properly, he suddenly thought of something, and quickly turned to Jonathan and Bogarana and asked, "Do you know the volume or weight of the ore in the warehouse that was stolen for the first time and the last time?"

"Uh, yes! Speaking of which, I paid attention to poor John last time...... Of course we don't know the volume, but the weight is recorded!You wait!" said Bogarana, pulling out a small notebook and flipping to the latest page, "The first time it was seventeen.nine kilograms of ore, and the last time it was ...... Thirty-two .four kilograms!"

"The number seems to be increasing,......" Hao Song's face became more serious.

Edward suddenly said at this time: "Yes! If you increase it like this, it will be at least 50 kilograms this time, and that guy is probably going to be unable to hold it, so it needs transportation?"

"Huh...... You're really good at math...... Which one does this student think is more likely for Schering to use a trolley or a truck?"

["There are no idiots in mind cultivators...... But there are a lot of guys with big brains!" - Gretheus-S. Hao]