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Uncle Lu leaned into Liu Qingshan's ear and whispered, "This man is the biggest jade wholesaler here, Liu Datou."

Liu Qingshan looked at the man's head again, it was indeed a size bigger than others, so he smiled and waved his hands: "Not for sale."

"That's right, the elders have set the price just now, at least 1 yuan, and you only give [-] yuan when you open your mouth."

Li Likun also responded unceremoniously to the other party, this is not a matter of taking advantage at all, it is clearly a matter of bullying foreigners.

That big head Liu still had a smile on his face: "Young people, don't get too angry. According to our rules, jade must be sold on the exchange."

"You are a second-hand trader, not an exchange."

Lu Fang replied that he and Uncle Lu had dealt with this big head Liu.

Don't look at this guy with a smile on his face, but his attack is extremely dark, and the price of jade is directly increased by ten times.

Liu Datou waved his folding fan unhurriedly: "I am the consignee hired by the exchange, so of course I am qualified to buy jade."

"But you, without our permission, don't even think about taking a piece of jade from here, even an ordinary stone."

"Where did you come from, where are you going back obediently, don't even go home when the time comes!"

That's right, this guy is looking for trouble at first glance.

Apparently the other party also knew that Liu Qingshan and his group were going to get involved in the jade business, and they came here to give a verbal warning.

Li Likun and Lu Fang are both vigorous men, so of course they couldn't stand these words. Suddenly, a cold light flashed in Li Likun's hand, and a military thorn suddenly appeared:

"Big head Liu, you smiling tiger, the jade is here, come and get it if you have the ability!"

That Liu Datou was unmoved at all: "Young man, business is not about fighting and killing. You can't smuggle jade, which is clearly stipulated by the above."

"If you don't comply, there will naturally be law enforcement agencies to deal with you, listen to people's advice, and have enough food."

Liu Qingshan waved his hand and asked Li Likun and the others to carry the jade stone: "Come on, let's go to the exchange."

Liu Datou thought that the other party was giving up, and smiled contemptuously: "It's not the same everywhere."

Hotan City is not too big. In [-], it changed from a county to a city.

Soon, a group of people came to the Yuyuan Stone Exchange, and even the old man Alimu rushed over with a dozen men.

The men all had small knives in their waists, and each of them looked stern.

There is a row of one-story houses in the yard of the exchange, and some poplar trees are planted in the yard.

More than a dozen people are queuing up to sell the jade they picked up.

Among them, there are local people in national costumes, and there are also Han people in blue cloth clothes and blue hats.

Baskets are placed at people's feet, and one or two or three pieces of jade are scattered inside.

"Let's start, let's all line up!" Accompanied by a lazy voice, a young man in overalls, with a cigarette in his mouth, began to buy jade.

At the front of the line was a little Balang, who was struggling to pick up a big black stone and put it on the wooden table.

"What kind of stuff are you? It's black and white. You throw it away and no one picks it up. You don't accept it."

As soon as the young staff member stretched out his hand, he pushed the big rock to the ground.

If it wasn't for that little Balang who hid quickly, he might have hit his foot.

"This is the jasper I picked out from the KS River in Kara. Do you know the goods?"

The little Baron was obviously annoyed, he pointed at the staff member's nose and questioned him.

Elder Ali Mu also went up to check the black stone, and then nodded: "Very good jasper, worth at least a few hundred yuan."

The young staff snorted: "Your Jasper is black, you don't know how to bully me, right?"

The old man Alimu also looked disgusted: "Since you are a jade collector, you don't know this bit of professional knowledge!"

"The jasper in the Kara KS River will form a black stone skin on the outside. After grinding off the stone skin on the outside, the inside is the best jasper."

The jade sellers were shocked when they heard this: "Yes, such an ignorant person is also worthy of being an inspector!"

"Why are you arguing, I really thought I was willing to play with these broken stones."

The young staff member spat the cigarette butt on the ground and waved his arms arrogantly: "Do you want to sell it or not?"

They are state-owned, that's the attitude.

Liu Qingshan also shook his head in admiration. Although this exchange will disintegrate within a few years, the trading of jade will tend to be liberalized and the market will have the final say.

But in the past few years, when the price of jade materials was the lowest, Liu Qingshan also wanted to seize this opportunity and hoard more jade materials.

The little Balang finally left with the piece of jasper in the basket, wiping his eyes as he walked, obviously very angry.

And the young staff member continued to receive the goods.

It's not that this guy doesn't understand anything, it's just that the price is set too low. In Liu Qingshan's view, a good quality white jade is only paid for a few yuan per kilogram.

If there is no trick in it, it would be called a strange thing.

After collecting the jade, use a brush dipped in red ink to mark the grade and weight on the surface of the jade.

The dozen or so people in front had sold out their jade, and when they left, they all looked resentful.

Liu Qingshan observed for a while, and the money in their hands was at most dozens of yuan, and some were only a few yuan.

Compared with the value of jade, it is too cheap.

Finally it was Liu Qingshan's turn, Cao Xiaofei and Li Likun carried the piece of white jade to the table, the young staff member squinted at it, probably saw that it was a good thing, and moved closer to take a closer look.

Cough, there was a light cough from the side.

I saw Liu Datou throwing a cigarette to the staff member, and then said with a smile: "I have already seen this piece of jade, second class."

"Brother Liu, good, good." The staff member nodded vigorously, lighting a cigarette cheerfully.

After weighing, the staff said to Liu Qingshan:

"Second-class white jade, 50 kilograms, 3000 yuan per kilogram, a total of [-] yuan, hehe, you are really lucky, enough for you to earn for two years."

The people who followed Liu Qingshan also stared with big eyes: Three thousand?What a joke!

At this time, a big head approached Liu Qingshan: "Hey, brother, what's the matter, 5000 yuan is not for sale, let's sell it now."

Liu Qingshan still had a smile on his face: "Then I'd better not sell it, I can keep it for myself."

"That's your right, hahaha." Liu Datou laughed wildly.

When Liu Qingshan and his party left the yard of the exchange, Liu Datou spat hard on the ground:

"I don't know the depth, but I dare to take this muddy water. Is the hair all grown?"

At this time, a few more people came up: "Brother Big Tou, that kid is getting mixed up with that old Ali Mu, we'd better be careful."

"I don't believe he can play tricks, go, call the people on the exchange, and go drink." Liu Datou waved his hand imposingly.

At ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, there were already dozens of people queuing up at the Jade Raw Stone Gathering Exchange, ready to sell jade.

Today there are two groups of jade-picking teams coming down from the mountain, so there are more people.

Those who can go up the mountain are all strong men with rich experience and good physical fitness.

Although their clothes were all tattered and their spirits were relatively tired, the excitement on everyone's face could not be concealed.

In everyone's back basket, there is a dozen or tens of kilograms of jade. If you are lucky, if you sell it at a good price, it will be enough for the family to spend for a year.

At this time, a little Baron walked into the yard of the exchange angrily, and with a bang, threw a black stone on the ground.

"Little guy, don't jump in line." Someone in the line laughed and joked.

But the little guy took out an iron hammer and held it up high:

"Call me this is a broken stone. I'll break it open and let you see if there is jasper inside!"

At this time, a voice came over: "Don't smash it, don't smash it, we'll accept it."

Little Balang put down his hammer and looked at the person who spoke, but he was not a staff member of the exchange.

That person was Cao Xiaofei, and he yelled with a smile:

"We also collect jade over there, and the price is fair, and the old man Alimu sets the price himself."

When these people heard Alimu's name, they didn't hesitate any longer, and they all followed Cao Xiaofei out with baskets and back baskets.

Diagonally opposite, there used to be a few empty houses, but now there are desks and small scales, and a few people, sitting or standing, are waiting there.

There are also two signs standing next to them, with two kinds of characters on them, and the words "purchase jade" are written respectively.

The little Balang ran over first, saluted Alimu who was drinking tea behind the table, and called "Bowa", which is roughly equivalent to grandpa.

"Little guy, your piece of jasper is not bad, I'll give you a class."

Alimu had already seen it yesterday, so he didn't have to look at it carefully. He waved his hand and asked Lu Liang next to him to weigh it.

The little Balang immediately jumped up excitedly. The price of first-class jasper is 80 yuan per kilogram, and his piece is about ten kilograms, which is 800 yuan!

After Lu Liang weighed himself, he issued a ticket to Xiaobalang and asked him to go to Li Likun to collect the money.

Li Likun saw that he was too young, so he asked him to call the adults in the family. If a child takes so much money, it will be troublesome if he loses it.

In the crowd, two locals stood up and said that they were from the same village as Xiaobalang, and they would go back together at that time.

Only then did Li Likun hand over the 820 yuan to Xiaobalang.

This made the little guy so excited that he kept saluting everyone.

The other jade sellers also had happy expressions on their faces, and they talked a lot: "It seems that the fixed rank here is fairer?"

"Of course, Elder Ali Mu, but he is famously fair."

Liu Qingshan looked at this scene with a smile, and he knew that with the prestige of the old man Alimu, coupled with a fair price, he would definitely be able to draw these jade pickers to their side.

The progress of the jade acquisition was very fast, the waiting, weighing, and payment were orderly.

The people who sold the jade all looked happy. It wasn't the first time they sold jade.

However, after they got the money, they found that it was basically twice as much as expected. Why didn't this make them smile?

Although the acquisition is progressing very quickly, the number of people queuing up has not decreased, because people have joined in continuously.

But the exchange on the opposite side was empty, and there was no one there.

After opening for business, several staff members of the exchange were quite puzzled: what happened today?

But it was just right when there was no work, and they were happy to be free, so a few people got together and started chatting and farting.

Not long after, Liu Datou led a few second-class dealers rushing in. Liu Datou, who was always smiling on weekdays, looked angry today, and shouted when he entered the courtyard:

"You still have time to drink tea, the business has been snatched away!"

Soon, several staff members appeared on Liu Qingshan's side together with Liu Datou and the others.

"It's a pity, this piece of seed material almost reached the level of mutton fat jade, so let's count it as a special second-class, can you see if it works?"

The old Ali Mu played with a piece of jade the size of a pebble with regret, and asked a middle-aged woman wearing a turban in front of him for advice.

The woman nodded again and again: "Okay, that's great. I took it to the exchange a few days ago, and they set it as first-class white jade, so I'm not willing to sell it."

The price difference between the first class and the special second class is more than double.

This piece of seed material, less than one kilogram, sold for more than 500 yuan, so happy that the woman kept thanking her.

He was still muttering: "I still have a few yuan at home, so I'll get it here, and the price is fair on your side."

Among the crowd, several people responded immediately, expressing that they wanted to bring the high-grade jade treasured at home to sell here.

The staff who saw this scene felt a little fever on their faces.

As for Liu Datou and those second-class dealers, each of them looked badly, as if they were going to swallow Liu Qingshan and the others.

"You are stealing business!"

The young staff member finally couldn't hold back yesterday and started to show up.

Everyone else was busy, even Uncle Lu helped the old man Alimu to wait for Yushi, Liu Qingshan looked at it and was idle, so he said with a smile:

"Comrade, this is not grabbing business. Now it's a market economy, and this is a fair competition for us."

The young staff member was not convinced: "But your purchase price is too high, how can we charge it?"

"Our pricing is fair and reasonable. You set it too low before."

The old man Ali Mu replied without raising his head.

The local custom is to respect the elders the most, so the young man did not dare to lose his temper with Alimu.