In the current jade market, one gram can cost tens of thousands of yuan, which is many times more expensive than gold.

The nephrite market is now as hot as the jade market. Before 2002, jade merchants in Xinjiang would bring sacks of seed material to the mainland for sale. They could choose at will. But now, only these people appear and hear the news.

The jade merchants who came by the wind came with tens of millions, but they could only buy a small box of materials.

The old man told Zhuang Rui that when Xinjiang jade merchants arrived in Zhonghai, they basically stayed in Tianshan Hotels. There, you could often see several Jiangsu and Zhejiang bosses working together, holding boxes of cash, in Tianshan Hotels.

In the corridor of the hotel, doors were opened anxiously.

Xinjiang's jade merchants are famous for their unity, and the ancient jade raw materials that were able to cut off Xu's jewelry and Wang's family were inseparable from his good relationship with Adila. With Adila's status in the jade industry, all Xinjiang's jade merchants

Businessmen all give me some face.

…

The reason why Gu Gu and Adila let Zhuang Rui look at this piece of material is because some nephrite jade, like jadeite, also has a skin. Zhuang Rui knows that the skin of Hetian jade is generally divided into color skin, sugar skin and stone skin.

Three types.

The color skin refers to the layer of jade skin distributed on the surface of Hotan Zi jade. There are many colors. The jade industry names these jade materials after various colors, such as black skin, deer skin, etc. The color of the skin can be seen from the skin color of the jade.

The quality, such as black leather, deerskin, etc., is mostly made of fine white jade.

Ziyu of the same quality, with skin colors such as Qiuli, is more valuable. The thickness of the skin is different from jade, it is very thin, generally less than 1 mm, and the shape of the skin is also various, some

They are cloud-like, some are vein-like, and some are scattered points.

The formation of color skin is due to the transformation of ferrous oxide in Hetian jade into ferric oxide under oxidation conditions, so it is secondary. Experienced jade pickers go to the middle and lower reaches to find jade with color skin.

, and going upstream, the chance of finding Sepizi jade is very small.

The so-called sugar skin refers to a layer of yellow-brown and sauce-colored jade skin distributed on the surface of Hotan Yushan materials. Because the color is like brown sugar, the sugar-skin jade is called sugar jade. The sugar skin of sugar jade is thicker, and it has a larger thickness.

It can range from 20 to 30 centimeters. It is often surrounded by white jade or sapphire, showing a transitional relationship. Sugar jade is produced near the fissures of the ore body.

Sugar-skinned jade is a bit more risky because it is difficult to judge the quality of the jade inside. It may be top-grade white jade or ordinary sapphire. Some jade collectors often give sugar-skinned jade to others after collecting it.

Bet, and they themselves cannot solve it.

The last type is stone skin, which mostly refers to the surrounding rock surrounded by the surface of Hetian jade mountain material. During the mining, it is mined together with the jade and attached to the surface of the jade. This kind of stone covered with jade has clear boundaries between the stone and the jade, which is very clear.

It can be separated easily, and the stone skin is also the easiest material to identify the quality of jade.

The piece of material now in front of Zhuang Rui is a piece of sugar-skinned jade material. Different from the outer skin of jadeite, this piece of material is very smooth and does not feel tricky at all. Zhuang Rui guessed that this should be

Probably because it was washed by the river.

Zhuang Rui didn't have any experience with Hetian jade. After looking at this piece of material for a while, Zhuang Rui lowered his head. The spiritual energy in his eyes suddenly penetrated into the yellow-brown stone, layer by layer.

After opening it, the situation in the jade material was immediately revealed in front of Zhuang Rui.

The surface of this stone is not very thick, only about four to five centimeters. In the middle of the stone, a whole piece of milky white jade meat appears in Zhuang Rui's field of vision. To Zhuang Rui's surprise, it has not changed for a long time.

When the aura came into contact with the jade flesh, there was actually a slight change.

When he saw the white soft light exuding in the middle of the jade material, a warm breath merged with the aura in Zhuang Rui's eyes. Although only a small breath blended into his eyes, it still made Zhuang Rui feel comfortable.

It was unusual, as if a hot towel was applied to his eyes. The steaming feeling made Zhuang Rui almost moan in comfort.

It's just that this huge piece of jade meat can absorb very little of Zhuang Rui's spiritual energy, only a hair-like trace. However, this also makes Zhuang Rui overjoyed. At least he knows that the spiritual energy in his eyes can continue to increase, instead of

It's as stagnant as it is now.

After calming down his mind, Zhuang Rui raised his head and said: "Uncle Gu, Uncle Tian, ​​this jade material is made from mountains and rivers. It is larger in size and wrapped with sugar skin. However, it is often said that white jade is mostly made of small materials.

, the possibility of this piece of jade being mutton-fat jade is not very high, but the outer skin is moist and greasy, and the performance is still good. If I had to say, I guess it is blue and white jade inside, but the quality should be good."

Zhuang Rui's words were quite satisfactory. He told the origin, skin and performance of the jade material. Given his age and experience, he was able to express such insights, which made the two old men nod.

"That's right. It's similar to my idea. It's more likely to produce blue and white jade. Adila, the price of such a large piece of blue and white jade is not lower than that of ordinary mutton-fat jade. Aren't you satisfied?"

After Zhuang Rui finished speaking, Mr. Gu also gave his own evaluation. He and Zhuang Rui had the same opinion. It is basically impossible to produce mutton-fat white jade from this jade material. If the best jade is so easy to find, how can it be compared to Zhuang Rui?

The clan jade will not be passed down through the ages.

"Haha, Brother Gu, you know that I didn't call you here just to see this piece of material. Beijing is so hot in summer, so you can just stay here for a month. There are a lot of fresh cantaloupe and grapes in this season.

a lot."

Adila already knew about this piece of jade. He called the old man to come. On the one hand, it was a gathering of old friends. On the other hand, the team looking for the ore would go up the mountain tomorrow. He wanted to ask the old man to preside over the ceremony.

, for jade pickers, this needs to be presided over by a respected senior in the industry. Gu Tianfeng comes here every year mostly for this matter.

"Come on, I don't have the chance to stay with you this year. I have to help this guy carve a piece of jade when I get back. Let's wait until we get another chance. After hosting the ceremony tomorrow, I will return to Beijing."

The summer in Xinjiang is very cool. Gu Tianfeng used to live here for a period of time every year, but this year he had to make jade for Zhuang Rui, so he couldn't stay longer.

"Uncle, my item is not in a hurry. You can stay here for a while. Besides, I also brought the piece of jade. If it doesn't work, you can carve it here..." Zhuang Rui was a little embarrassed, because

For my own affairs, let the old man run away from both sides.

"That's right, Xiaozhuang is right. Brother Gu, I have all the tools here. Just stay here and we can chat."

Adila also tried to persuade him. He and Gu Tianfeng had been old friends for decades, and they only met once or twice a year. In addition, he had recently left all his business to his juniors to take care of, so he also wanted to

I had an old friend to chat with.

"It doesn't matter where you carve it, but Xiaozhuang, can you bear the patience to wait here?"

The old man was also a little moved when he heard this, but if these pendants were carved and polished, it would take ten days and a half, and he was afraid that Zhuang Rui wouldn't be able to wait.

"This is a simple matter. Let Xiaozhuang follow the jade mining team up the mountain tomorrow..." Mr. Adila gave an idea.

"Uncle Tian, ​​you just said that the people going up the mountain tomorrow are the teams looking for ore veins. Why are there still people mining for jade?"

Zhuang Rui asked in confusion. He was also curious about the mining of nephrite. He heard that most of the best mutton-fat jade was picked up from mountains or rivers, and rarely dug out of mines.

"Haha, you have to go to the mountains during the season to search for mineral veins and jade. If the weather gets colder, you won't be able to go into the mountains and stay for a long time. What do you think, do you want to go and see it? By the way, you can collect it from the mountains.

Jade belongs to you..." Seeing that Zhuang Rui wanted to go, Adila encouraged him vigorously.

"Okay, uncle, you can stay here peacefully while I follow the jade mining team up the mountain to have a look..."

In fact, Zhuang Rui didn't care much about the ownership of the jade, but he wanted to see it. The legend of this jade collector has been circulating for thousands of years.

Hearing this, the old man had a strange expression on his face, and asked Zhuang Rui: "Have you thought about going? But you may not be able to come back in ten and a half days..."

Zhuang Rui nodded and replied: "Well, I'll go take a look. Uncle Tian said that the jade I picked up belongs to me. I'm lucky, maybe I can find a piece of mutton-fat jade."

In Zhuang Rui's mind, he regarded this trip to the mountains as a trip. A lot of things happened during this period. He felt that he needed to think about it in a quiet place, as well as his future career plans. He couldn't do this every day.

Are you running around here and there?

"Well done, young man is very motivated. I'll have someone prepare your luggage right now." Seeing Zhuang Rui agree, Adila stood up happily and walked out.

"Luggage?" Zhuang Rui looked at the old man in confusion.

The old man looked at Zhuang Rui with a half-smile, and said: "Boy, do you think jade mining is tourism? The environment in the mountains is very complicated. In the past, jade collectors entered the mountains every year and stayed there forever. These

Now that you are equipped, the risk will be much smaller, but it is definitely not as comfortable as you think. What's the matter, do you still want to go?"

Going into the mountains to search for jade veins and mining jade is very difficult and dangerous. The requirements for the body, knowledge and wilderness survival quality of the entourage are very high. Although Zhuang Ruichang is tall and powerful, the ancient man

I really feel a little worried.

"go!"

Zhuang Rui nodded firmly. He had heard a lot of legends about Kunlun Mountain. Now he had the opportunity to go into the mountain to explore its secrets. If he didn't go, he would definitely regret it in the future.

"Xiao Zhuang, you can follow Dazhi into the mountains tomorrow. He has been there several times and is very experienced. You young people can also chat..."

While he was talking, Mr. Adila pulled the driver who drove Zhuang Rui at noon, walked in, patted Zhang Dazhi hard on the shoulder, and said: "Xiao Zhuang is my distinguished guest, you must take good care of him.

It’s over.”

"Uncle Tian, ​​I am two years older than Dazhi." Zhuang Rui was dumbfounded by Adira's words.

"The mountains are no better than the outside. It depends on experience. Xiaozhuang, after you enter the mountains, you should listen to this young man's opinions more and don't make your own decisions on anything. Otherwise, don't go."
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