One side is almost unpolished, only slightly embalmed, and you can even see a circle of annual rings on the mahogany long table, full of literati's favorite study offerings, as well as a few pots of shade-loving green plants, the growth is very good.

It was originally the direct bloodline of the Huang family, but because of this five-foot body that has taught people to laugh since childhood, as well as extremely poor martial arts qualifications, so he took the initiative to learn treasure appreciation, and Huang Datong, who came to this pawnshop as a shopkeeper, stepped on a small wooden stool and sat on the specially raised chair behind the table. ”

Li Qingchen raised his eyebrows, the thoughts in his heart turned sharply, and he almost immediately understood what the other party meant, and couldn't help but feel a little more good about this yellow shopkeeper, and then hugged his fists a little shyly and said: "Don't hide it from the yellow shopkeeper, I really saw this thing for the first time, and I was timid." ”

Seeing that the young man on the other side was both smart and well-intentioned, and did not take a stand, Huang Datong's face also had a little more smile, and his beard trembled up and down, and said: "Fortunately, Li Gongzi came to my Huang family's pawnshop to inquire, if he goes to other places, I am afraid he will be bullied." Not to mention whether the price will be fair, I'm afraid that what is on this table will not be real chalcedony. ”

It's not that Huang Datong deliberately wants to raise the credibility of the Huang family, but all pawnshops are this rule, everything needs to be counted in person, as long as you go out, no matter what happens, you are not responsible, in other words, you have an eye, or you are slaughtered as a fat sheep, then you can only suffer a dumb loss, after all, this is a business that is willing to fight, a willing to suffer.

Li Qingchen scratched his head, smiled helplessly, and said: "The first time I went far away, I think it was the elders in the family who wanted me to suffer some losses, so let's see it for a long time." ”

Huang Datong said: "In this matter of suffering, it is better to eat early than late, Li Gongzi is still young, and some small losses are not in the way." ”

"Taught. ”

Li Qingchen looked at the crystal chalcedony lying quietly in the box, and asked curiously: "Please also ask the shopkeeper Huang to solve your doubts, what is this chalcedony?"

It is an obligation to answer questions for guests, Huang Datong said: "Generally speaking, this thing is taken from the depths of the jade vein. And it is rumored that my master of treasure appreciation said that this thing is very strange, it is not that the jade qi in the jade accumulates too much, so that chalcedony is born, but the natural chalcedony, and then turns into countless jade, in other words, as long as this thing is buried in the soil, it can turn the surrounding stones into beautiful jade over time, of course, it is used like that, it is a violent thing, and it will be struck by lightning, just like turning gold into copper coins, which has a great discount. ”

Li Qingchen wondered: "Then how should this thing be used?"

Huang Datong patiently explained: "If this thing is worn as a jewelry all year round, it will have the effect of washing the essence and blood in the body and expelling toxins. If you are a martial artist, you can use your own true qi to refine the jade qi contained in it, quench your own root bones, and make your body more tenacious. In addition, it can also be turned into medicine, or refined into a golden pill, so that even ordinary people can take it, but I have only heard of this method, but I have never seen it. ”

When he heard that it could be used to cleanse the essence and blood in the body and expel toxins, Li Qingchen understood that he had found the right thing, but he didn't say anything, but made a curious appearance and asked, "Then this thing should also be a little different in terms of rank." ”

Huang Datong nodded and said, "That's nature." With all due respect, if Li Gongzi went to ask elsewhere, even if they had this thing, it would be blown up to the sky, just to keep the price up, and keep keeping Li Gongzi not only paid in the end, but also thanked them for discounting the price for you, but my ancestor of the Huang family is a businessman, and he has always paid attention to a child who is not deceived in business. This piece of chalcedony in my Huang family's pawnshop is only the worst ten-year jade, but this thumb-sized piece is also worth thirty taels of gold! If Li Gongzi has gems, pearls, or weapons above the yellow grade, etc., it can also be used for valuation and settlement, in short, this price Li Gongzi can take anywhere and ask, if it is cheaper than me, even if it is even a copper coin, this thing is even if I give it away for nothing. ”

Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, this kind of old rivers and lakes deceive people is also a set, and his goal is not just a piece of ten-year jade, so Li Qingchen did not pick up the stubble, but said in surprise: "Oh, listen to the meaning of the shopkeeper, there should be a hundred-year-old jade, a thousand-year-old jade, and even a thousand-year-old jade or something like that, right?"

Huang Datong heard this, and suddenly laughed.

"Hahahaha, it seems that Li Gongzi is still an inconspicuous high-roller. That's it, anyway, there is no business today, so I'll talk more about it. Li Gongzi, please see, the texture of jade in the past ten years is almost transparent, like white glass, but in fact, because there is too little jade, the effect is the lowest. As for the hundred-year-old jade, I was fortunate enough to see it once in my early years, and later it was said that it was bought by someone from a big family in the Central Plains, and the transaction price at that time was 10,000 taels of gold!"

"At that time, I only glanced at it from a distance, but I remember very clearly, the color of the hundred-year-old jade is dark green, according to the master who taught me to appreciate the treasure, a hundred years is green, it is a hundred years of green, and the dark green means that the chalcedony is at least 700 years old! Legend has it that in ancient times, someone got a piece of thousand-year-old blood chalcedony, and he wore it on his body and lived for 500 years without getting old. As for the best 10,000-year-old jade, I heard that it is golden yellow, and it is for the golden Bodhi. The Dan Sutra says that if you use this thing as the main material, practice a furnace of golden pills, and take it, you can directly soar into immortals. Of course, this is all a legend, to spread falsely, I don't know whether it's true or not, in short, I have lived for so many years, don't say it's a 10,000-year-old jade, even the thousand-year-old jade has only heard of it, but I've never seen it. ”

When Li Qingchen heard this, he suddenly felt a heavy heart.

Even thousand-year-old chalcedony is hard to find, let alone 10,000-year-old chalcedony.

However, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, if he could find enough chalcedony and pile it up with quantity, would it have the same effect in the end?

At this moment, I suddenly heard Huang Datong say again: "However, it is so, but this thing is not only produced on land, I have said before that this thing is born, if it is buried in the soil, it will naturally turn into jade over the years, and then turn into a whole vein, so the chalcedony produced on land is generally not high." Besides, there are masters who can pinch and calculate, even if there is really that treasure, if it weren't for fate, I'm afraid it would have been dug up a long time ago, but the sea is different, the deeper it goes, the more inaccessible it is, and the jade qi will not only not be lost, but will accumulate more and more, so there may really be a thousand years of blood and gold Bodhi there, but this is all my guess, Li Gongzi just listen to it, but don't be confused. ”

Li Qingchen suddenly came to his senses, and said excitedly: "I won't tell you, my family is also a businessman, this time my father asked me to come out for a walk, and I have a long experience, since I heard such an interesting thing, I naturally can't just listen to it." I came from the north, I haven't seen the sea when I'm so big, and now I've finally arrived at the beach, so I should look at this vast world, go out to sea and play, I'm not extravagant to hope for a thousand years of jade, if I can find a piece of thousand-year-old jade, no, even if I look at it from afar, then go back and say, it's enough to have a long face. ”

Huang Datong didn't think it was strange when he heard this, young people are always full of vigor and momentum, but there is no need to hit the other party, not to mention that he also had the idea of walking around and gaining a long insight, but he was only born with a disability, so he had to learn treasure appreciation, bury his head in ancient books, and replace his footsteps with books.

But the other party had this idea, after all, because he was talking too much for a while, so Huang Datong kindly added a few words and said: "What Li Gongzi thinks is not wrong, when you are young, it is always good to walk more and see more." However, just a month ago, the imperial court requisitioned large ships along the coast to eliminate those wandering pirates, so now there are only some small boats in the port, and recently it is the flood season, and the waves at sea are big, even if the small boats are lucky enough to leave the port, they will not be able to go far. Li Gongzi, even if I say more, the situation on the sea is not as good as on land, the wind and clouds are treacherous, even experienced sailors dare not say that it is smooth sailing every time, so if Li Gongzi really wants to go to sea to play, you can wait patiently for two weeks, and after two weeks, the waves will be smaller. ”

Li Qingchen silently calculated in his heart, two weeks later, there were only seven days left, and if the time that might be delayed at sea was removed, it was too urgent, not to mention that no one could guarantee that as long as he went to sea, he would definitely be able to find the legendary Golden Bodhi 10,000-year-old chalcedony.

His thoughts turned sharply in his heart, and he suddenly had two plans, first of all, buy the jade of the past ten years, go back and use it, see if it has any effect, and then go to the upstream dragon faction and the Guihai faction, whether it is to ask for it or to kill, in short, ask them for more news about the ten thousand years jade, and if you really want to go to sea to find it, it will be more certain.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Qingchen immediately stood up, and sincerely hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you Shopkeeper Huang for solving my doubts, I delayed you for so long, and I didn't dare to leave empty-handed, but the money I brought with me is really not enough, and please allow me some time to raise money, and I will come back in the evening at the latest, these are considered deposits." ”

As he spoke, he placed all the eleven ingots of gold in his arms on the table.

It's not stupid, the first he doesn't care if the other party abides by the rules at all, because the rules are set by his fists, and he happens to have a hard fist, and the second is to reciprocate, the other party is willing to talk so much to himself, and the courtesy is still exchanged, so it doesn't hurt to believe this person once, which is also paving the way for the next contact.

To Li Qingchen's surprise, Huang Datong only took one piece, and pushed the other ten back, and said: "If you deposit money, one ingot of gold is enough." Please rest assured that Li Gongzi, I will definitely keep it for you, this is my promise. ”