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It was the old man who put forward a theory: the veins of Hetian jade are distributed in melon and vines.

So everyone followed the old man's theory, and sure enough, they discovered a new ore vein.

And the old man obviously valued Liu Qingshan very much, so he actually accompanied him to the Jade Dragon KS River.

A person who dares to pay a lot of money to buy a stone like Jinsiyu without knowing the value of it, can't help the old man Alimu not paying attention.

Everyone got out of the car and came to the edge of the main river. The ground was full of large and small stones, most of which were washed smooth by the water.

The big stones cannot be held by one person; the small ones are the size of ordinary pebbles.

At this moment, the river is not deep, but it is also extremely clear. The water and grass on both sides of the river are lush, and there are cattle and sheep hidden in it.

"Clear water, blue sky, green grass, cattle and sheep, really nice."

Liu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, because he had seen the introduction of Yulong KS River decades later, and the scene was devastated as if it had just been plowed by a bomb.

All kinds of large-scale excavators dig directly into the river channel to a depth of more than ten meters, so that the Yulong KS River, which is hundreds of kilometers long, is full of holes.

Not only this river, but also the surrounding ancient river channels, which have now dried up and been buried in the sand, have also not been let go.

Human nature is greedy, and money touches people's hearts.

Of course, the old Alimu doesn't know what will happen decades later. At this moment, he is still in high spirits:

"The best sheep fat jade among Hetian jades is only produced in the Baiyu River, and only those who are destined can pick it up."

As soon as the words fell, Li Likun, Cao Xiaofei, and Lu Fang, a large group of them, had already rushed towards the river beach.

Liu Qingshan also smiled and shook his head unconsciously: "I don't know how many times people have picked up the river beach here, right?"

Niaz took over the conversation: "It's okay, every year in the rainy season, flash floods will wash down a new batch of stones. There was a heavy rain just a few days ago. Maybe you can really pick up jade."

It turned out to be like this, the layers of pebbles in the river are several meters thick, so it must have come here.

Liu Qingshan nodded, and then saw dozens of figures swaying on the river beach in the distance, probably all of them were jade pickers.

He pointed over there: "We haven't seen Caiyu yet, can we go and have a look?"

This is of course no problem, and the group slowly strolled over there.

"Boss, I picked up a piece, can you see if it is jade?"

Li Likun ran back excitedly, holding a stone the size of an egg in his hand.

"You ask me, I'm also a layman."

Liu Qingshan smiled, it was still Master Lu who took the stone and looked at it, then twirled it with his fingers:

"This is an ordinary stone. You thought Hetian jade was as easy to find as gold silk jade."

Li Likun couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and lowered his head again, he went to touch the river.

After Liu Qingshan and the others approached the group of jade pickers, they couldn't help but stare in a daze.

I saw more than 20 local people standing in the waist-deep river, dancing and dancing their own national dances.

They are very close to each other, put their shoulders on each other, draw in a horizontal row, and move forward slowly.

"What are these people doing?" Liu Qingshan really couldn't understand.

The old man Alimu replied with a smile: "Of course it's picking jade."

"How?"

"Stamp with your feet."

Liu Qingshan seems to understand a little bit. It is estimated that these people have been engaged in this kind of work for a long time, and their toes can tell the difference between jade and ordinary pebbles.

Sure enough, one of the jade pickers shouted, and the team stopped immediately.

I saw that man bent down just now, and his whole body was submerged in the river. When he showed his head again, a stone the size of a palm appeared in his hand.

The group ran to the shore with a puff, and one by one began to wipe their bodies, and then wrapped themselves in robes and overcoats.

All of them had bruises on their faces, and it was obvious that they were all severely cold.

Although it is summer now, the water in Yulong KS River is still very cold.

Because these rivers are gathered after the ice and snow on the mountains melted, even if they flow here, they are still full of cold.

When the group of jade pickers saw Ali Mu, they rushed over immediately, and they all bowed and saluted, showing great respect.

He also handed the jade he picked up just now to the old man Alimu to check.

Naturally, Liu Qingshan also went to check it out. It was also the first time he had seen the seed material of Hetian jade.

Hetian jade is roughly divided into mountain materials, mountain water materials and seed materials.

The raw stones in the veins are called mountain materials. When the mountain materials are broken and washed into the river, they are called mountain water materials; only those jade stones that have been washed away for thousands of years in the Yulong KS River are called seed materials. .

After thousands of years of scouring and friction, there is usually a thin layer of stone skin on the outside of the seed material.

The seed material of this piece of Hetian jade is very smooth, most of which are covered with a layer of khaki-yellow skin, and only a small area reveals the jade flesh, which looks very moist.

"It's not bad. If you get it from the jade raw stone collection exchange, you should be able to get a second-grade white jade, worth two or three hundred yuan." The old man Ali Mu gave the answer with a smile.

The group of people immediately cheered, with this piece of jade as a foundation, their work today is not in vain.

The most important thing is that with the words of the old man Alimu, the salesmen of the exchange will not blindly wait for them.

Liu Qingshan was a little dazed when he heard it, what is the Jade Raw Stone Collection Exchange?

Only after he asked Ali Mu did he know that the jade found by the jade pickers cannot be sold casually, but must be sold to the jade exchange.

It was an organization established by the local Light Industry Office, which specialized in purchasing jade raw materials.

The jade materials are determined by the staff, such as second-grade white jade, and the price is 50 yuan per kilogram.

As for ordinary jade that can't wait, it costs three to five yuan a kilogram.

Liu Qingshan blinked his eyes when he heard it: This is really the price of cabbage, how can this be white jade, isn't this cabbage?

Looking at those jade farmers again, Liu Qingshan couldn't help sighing in his heart: These jade pickers are really not easy.

Compared with the hardships paid by the jade pickers, this price is really too low!

And what he saw was only a small corner, and the hardships and dangers faced by those jade pickers who went up the mountain in this season can be imagined.

Those jade pickers who went ashore warmed up for a while, jumped into the water again, and continued to move forward in the water.

I don't know when their next harvest will appear.

Even for these experienced jade farmers, it is not bad to have a harvest a day.

Liu Qingshan couldn't help smacking his lips: "Perhaps, the price of buying jade can be raised."

The old man Alimu looked at the river quietly: "The Jade Raw Stone Exchange is a state-owned unit. We pick jade and they set the price."

Liu Qingshan couldn't help asking: "But, how did those jade dealers get the jade? Their asking price is ridiculously high."

The old man Alimu shook his head slightly: "Of course it is also from the Yuyuan Stone Collection Exchange."

Liu Qingshan understood a little bit, obviously there is a chain of interests in it.

He randomly found a huge stone and sat on it: "Old man, I don't understand. Shouldn't you be in control of the source of goods?"

The old man Ali Mu bent down to pick up a stone, and then threw it into the river, setting off a wave, but soon, the river returned to its original state.

The old man smiled and clapped his hands: "Look, it's still very difficult to change."

"We have no way to transport jade outside, unless the jade we quarry is no longer sold outside."

Liu Qingshan stood up and pushed hard the huge boulder he was sitting on just now. The boulder weighed at least three to four hundred catties, like a lying cow.

Liu Qingshan unexpectedly turned the boulder over, and he also patted the sand on his hands: "If the stone is big enough, it can even cut off the river."

The old man Alimu stared at Liu Qingshan with deep eyes. He knew that the young man in front of him was very ambitious, but he didn't know if he had the corresponding strength.

Liu Qingshan patted the boulder just now: "At least, I can try it, hey, there seems to be jade in it?"

The other side of the boulder was still wet, but amidst the mottled spots, there seemed to be a touch of milky white jade flesh.

Liu Qingshan hastily wiped the sand on it with his sleeve, yes, the jade color was indeed revealed.

"Oh, you are such a lucky child!" Elder Ali Mu also praised loudly. He carefully circled around the boulder a few times to check the distribution and direction of the jade meat.

Others also gathered around one after another, all in amazement, and praised Liu Qingshan's good luck.

The jade here is unowned, and the rule that has been believed in for thousands of years is: whoever finds it is his.

Even the jade pickers in the water went ashore again to warm up, and then surrounded them.

One of the men said angrily, "I said yesterday that this big rock should be turned over to have a look, but unfortunately we didn't turn it over."

Only then did everyone remember, and they all looked at Liu Qingshan in astonishment: such great strength, and also, such great luck!

In this situation, even Liu Qingshan was a little surprised, maybe it was fate.

"The jade meat inside should be high-quality white jade, at least tens of kilograms. Unfortunately, there is a crack here. I don't know how deep the crack will go, and how much jade meat will be destroyed."

After looking at it, the old man Alimu gave a relatively conservative estimate.

You must know that the larger the jade, the higher the value, and it can be carved into jade hills or other decorations.

However, such a large boulder would be troublesome to transport back, and it would definitely not fit in the jeep.

Fortunately, the old man Ali Mu had prestige in the local area, so he sent someone to find a carriage, and asked several young men under his command to help transport it back to the city.

With the speed of the carriage, it is estimated that it would be good to transport it back tomorrow.

On the way back, old man Alimu and Liu Qingshan were in the same car. When the jeep was about to reach Hotan, the old man suddenly said:

"I like working with lucky people."

Liu Qingshan nodded: "Old man, I also like to cooperate with friends."

Although a verbal agreement has been reached, it is not an easy task to break the monopoly of the original jade dealers.

From what happened to Uncle Lu, it can be seen that that group of people is quite dark, and they all increase their prices by several times or ten times.

If their interests are touched, that group of people will definitely unite to protect their own cake.

It wasn't until the next morning that the giant jade that Liu Qingshan found was brought back and sent directly to Elder Ali Mu's processing factory.

There are equipment for grinding jade and machines for breaking down jade.

The jade collected by the jade farmers will be roughly processed here before being sold on the exchange.

It took more than a day for a master in his 40s to completely remove the piece of jade.

After the jade material was weighed, it was 62 kilograms, showing an irregular spherical shape, and the jade was white and delicate, which was very gratifying.

Even the crack that the old man Alimu was worried about didn't penetrate much.

Liu Qingshan reckoned that even according to the standards set later, this piece of jade could reach the collection level.Even if you can't reach the special level, you can still reach the first level.

The old man Alimu also seemed very excited. On their side, they might not be able to produce such a good piece of jade with such a large size in a year.

As for the value, the old man estimated it. This piece should be more than first-class white jade, between first-class and special-class.

It costs 200 yuan per kilogram, so the value is more than 1 yuan.

The people around were also exclaimed: This will directly become a million-dollar household.

Immediately, many people came to Liu Qingshan's side to congratulate him, and some people insisted on holding Liu Qingshan's hand to borrow his good luck.

Liu Qingshan was also a little dumbfounded, he was not screwed by these people, but by the price.

Just this piece of Hetian jade, after several decades, will be worth hundreds of millions. You tell me that it is only worth 1 yuan now, what a joke.

It is estimated that even if it is in the hands of those jade dealers, you will have to pay at least 10 yuan.

Hotan is not a big place now, so news of the ten thousand yuan white jade spread quickly.

One after another, some jade farmers came to see the strange things. They worked hard to pick jade for a year, and some could earn 80 yuan, so they all wanted to come and see the jade worth [-] yuan.

Not long after, a jeep drove into the processing plant, and four or five people got out of the car.

One of the middle-aged men pointed to Liu Qingshan's piece of jade, and said carelessly: "I want this material, 5000 yuan."

Chapter 683 This is Fair Competition

Liu Qingshan looked at this middle-aged man who offered 5000 yuan. He was wearing white denim sleeves, a pair of leather sandals on his feet, and a folding fan in his hand.

There was a smile on this guy's chubby face. At first glance, he was not a local, and his accent had a bit of a capital flavor.