Chapter 21: The Secret of Jade Raw Materials
"Call the military doctor to check if this arrow is poison......ous," Kuang Lian, who returned to the camp, threw down the words to the iron head, and fell on the bed.
At this moment, the crossbow bolt was still stuck in his left shoulder, and the blood had already stained most of his clothes red, and his face was pale, and even his lips were not bloody.
Seeing him like this, the iron head was shocked and self-blamed in his heart, if he hadn't gone first, the general would not have been injured, his eyebrows were twisted, and he smashed his fist on the table, hating himself for not protecting the general.
When the military doctor pulled out the crossbow arrow and carefully stitched up the wound for Kuang Lian, Tietou grabbed the military doctor's clothes with an anxious face and asked, "Is the general okay?" Is there poison on the arrow? ”
The military doctor was almost pulled off the ground by him, and hurriedly said: "Fortunately, the general is strong, the wound on his shoulder is not deep, and the arrow is not poisoned." ”
Tietou put down the military doctor, looked at Kuang Lonely, felt that something was wrong, and pulled the military doctor up: "How could the general be so unconscious!" You old man don't fool me! ”
The military doctor only felt that talking to this reckless man was too big for a head or two, and said helplessly: "The general has been injured and traveled for a long time, and now he is in a coma because of excessive blood loss. It's good to rest, and then take a few prescriptions to replenish blood and qi, and you'll be fine. ”
When Tietou heard this, he relieved his heart slightly, and he was reluctant to leave even a step in Kuang Lonely's tent.
Staying until the next morning, Kuang Lin finally opened his eyes.
He endured the pain in his shoulder, opened his chapped lips and shouted, "Iron Head"
Iron Head immediately lifted him up slightly from the bed and poured him a cup of tea.
Kuang Lin stretched out his hand and pushed him away: "Bring that person over first." ”
Tietou frowned: "General, drink some tea to moisten your mouth first, I'll just bring him over." ”
When the man brought it into the tent, the wounds on his body had been bandaged, and when he was full, his face was a little bloody.
As soon as he entered the tent, he fell to his knees, slammed his head on the ground, choked up, and said, "Thank you for saving your life!" ”
Kuang Xiao sat up with the palm of his hand on the bed, his eyes signaled the iron head to help the person up, and after taking a sip of tea, he said in a hoarse voice: "You get up, there are things to ask you, if you know, please tell the truth." ”
With tears in his eyes, the man replied in a slightly trembling voice: "My life belongs to the general, and I must know everything." ”
Kuang Xiao squinted his eyes slightly, and asked sharply: "Let me ask you, has the jade vein in the Shan Kingdom been broken now?" ”
The man's pupils dilated slightly, and he was shocked in his heart: "The general has clearly decided, the jade vein is indeed no different from being broken now, and the owner of the farm is opening a new pit day and night, but the jadeite with acceptable color cannot be mined at all." ”
Kuang Lin nodded slightly, and then asked, "Then what did you mine in those old mines yesterday?" ”
The man reached into his garment and replied, "We're all digging up the foam we didn't need before." ”
"Foam? What is that? ”
The slave pulled out an unpolished stone from his tattered garment, which was what he called "foam."
He lifted the foam high and smashed it against a sharp stone on the ground, and the rough foam was smashed open, revealing the clear inside.
"That's it, it's always in the same pit as jadeite, and it's also very beautiful, but there are always bubbles, and there is no color, just like flowing water with foam, so it's called water foam. In the past, it was treated as scrap, and it was left in the mines, but it was ...... Mining has also started recently. ”
Kuang Lin took the stone, looked at it carefully in his hand, and when he checked it, it seemed that the weight was lighter than the jadeite of the same size.
The slave gritted his teeth at this moment, and continued to tell the bigger secret: "The two eldest brothers kindly saved my life, and I will tell you everything I know." Not only the water foam, but these owners have brought some stones that look as green as emeralds from nowhere this year, as if they are called serpentine stones, pretending to be opened in the mines of Shan Country, and have already sold them to many horsemen! ”
"So what?" Kuang Lin squeezed the stone in his hand tightly, and asked with a frown.
"At first glance, the serpentine stone is a jade with fine clear water and blue water that is as transparent as ice cubes, but it is not at all! It won't take long to run the water and run badly, and the original crystal clear material will become muddy and ugly! And that kind of stone is sparse and soft, let alone carved, and it will crack if you bump it casually. ”
Kuang Lian's heart sank, according to him, if these materials had already been sold to the Ma Gang, they were about to be transported to Lingcheng, and he had to tell Lin Zhuyun as soon as possible.
Kuang Xiao got up suddenly, the pain in his left shoulder made his eyes black for a while, and he couldn't stand up: "Tietou, help me to the desk." ”
Tietou hurriedly went over to support him, bit his lip and whispered, "Why is the general in such a hurry, let's talk about it after the injury is healed." ”
Kuang Lin raised his head and glanced at his iron head: "Mouthful, if you want to help me over, help me over." Now that she has just taken over Lin Ji's business, since she wrote to me, she must have encountered some difficulties, if I can't help him, just holding the jade pendant of the engagement, what face do I have to go back to see her? ”
The iron head still muttered his dissatisfaction quietly, but still helped Kuang Xiao to the desk.
Kuang Xiao endured the pain, raised his left hand to hold down the rice paper, picked up the pen in his right hand, and quickly wrote a letter, writing down everything that the person had just told him.
After writing, he slapped it on the iron head's chest: "Go!" The two horses were sent to her in an expedited manner, and if she was mistaken, I would ask you. ”
The iron head scolded and folded the letter into his arms: "I really didn't expect that you are a battlefield Yama king, and you are also a ...... in a hurry."
Kuang Lin glanced at him deeply: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will pull out your tongue when you come back." ”
"You have to have it, you have to pull out her tongue before you can pull it out, it's really ...... Alas! Iron Head shook his head as he walked out of the general's tent, not forgetting to take the slave from the Shan Kingdom with him.
Although he talked nonsense, he also knew the general's intentions for Lin Zhuyun, and this matter must be handled well.
On this day, Lin Zhuyun followed the third brother and sister-in-law of the Lin family, and saw them enter the Accord of the Baoning Teahouse, and then the head of Yuhefang also entered.
She sat down in a small sweet water shop across the street from the teahouse, just in time to see the people in the Accord through the window.
Xia Lian and the third brother of the Lin family were ruddy and full of ambition today, so they sat down and didn't even have time to take a sip of tea before they proudly took out the seal from their arms.
"What's in charge, you see, the most important thing in doing business is integrity, last time I said to bring the seal, isn't this just here? Let's see if it's time for us to talk about this business? ”
He Zhangshi took the seal and looked at it, in fact, Yuhefang had never dealt with Lin Ji, and he didn't know what Master Lin's seal was.
"I'm relieved, then what kind of price do you want to open to buy the materials of my Yuhefang?" He Zhangshi stroked his beard and asked with a smile on his face.
Xia Lian's eyes rolled twice, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said in a tone of voice: "You also know the status of our Lin Ji jade carving in this mausoleum, although we may have had less contact before, but now we have decided to do business in a different way, I wonder if you are willing to cooperate?" ”
He Zhangshi was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Xia Lian to talk about these things without making a price, he also picked up the teacup, lowered a pair of shrewd eyes, and slowly spoke: "What does Third Lady Lin mean?" ”
Xia Lian brushed his handkerchief and said with a smile: "Good thing! Meddlesome! Lin Ji jade carving wants to be really tied to Yuhefang. This time, you will produce jade raw materials, we will go out of a shop on the main street, and we will set up a new jade carving workshop, and borrow the name of our three masters and jade workshop, which is called Lin Sanyu workshop. Since then, this store has monopolized the jade supply in Lingcheng, and everyone has money to earn together and enjoy happiness together! What do you think? ”
As soon as He Zhangshi heard this, he immediately put down the teacup and rubbed the big wrench in his hand.
This is a good thing for him, if he can really join forces with Lin Ji to monopolize the jade supply in Lingcheng, then it is not impossible to say that he is making money every day, even if he is rich one day.
Moreover, Jiang Xianxu has always hoped that Yuhefang can enter the interior of Lin Ji, not to mention the channel of taking away the special supply of the royal family, or to work together to send jade to the royal family, which is also beneficial to the big plan.
He immediately raised his head, and his eyes flashed: "Cheng!" Just do what Mrs. Lin said, can you prepare the deed? ”
Xia Lian didn't expect this thing to go so smoothly, and his face suddenly turned into a rotten cauliflower: "It's already planned!" Our third master has also signed and stamped, so I'm waiting for you to take charge! ”
Lin Zhuyun in the sweet water shop looked at Xia Lian and took out the deed with a smile, and He Zhangshi also signed it and stamped it.
She lifted the bowl with the sweet water and took a sip, sweet. The corners of the mouth curved slightly, and the fish took the bait.
Walking leisurely on the way back to Lin Mansion, Lin Zhuyun only felt that the phoenix-shaped jade pendant on her waist today was slapping her thighs with her steps, and her sense of presence was particularly strong.
Her jade hand gently held the jade pendant, worried about whether General Kuang's side could find out the information she needed, and whether he could bring the news before the horse gang from Yuhefang arrived in Lingcheng.
When she was worried, she suddenly heard the voices of people in the Lin Mansion, adults and children noisy, but from time to time accompanied by cheerful laughter.
The corners of Lin Zhuyun's lips couldn't help but rise, and she lifted the corner of her skirt and ran across the threshold into the mansion.
It's Big Brother! The eldest brother of the Lin family is back!
She ran into the main hall and saw that the hall was bustling with adults and children, all laughing around a bearded man in the middle.
The man's face was slightly darkened by the perennial sun, and he was wearing a narrow-sleeved suit that he had not had time to change, and he was messing with a child in his arms.
Lin Zhuyun ran to him, grabbed his arm without saluting, and said, "Big brother has been gone for so long this time!" If you don't bring anything good to your sister, your sister will be angry! ”
When the eldest brother of the Lin family saw Lin Zhuyun coming, his eyes curved and he smiled: "Little sister is back, I heard from my father that you have started to take charge of business?" It's really outstanding.,I won't give you those children's things.,The jade I brought back this time are all good materials.,If your father agrees, then I'll give you all those materials! ”