Seeing through stones, the awakening of superpowers

After twelve o'clock, the mining area was basically quiet.

At this time, both the stone diggers and the stone grinding masters were off work.

Principal Lin used his clairvoyant eyes to observe Gansha next door. She had also fallen asleep peacefully.

Although there are many mosquitoes here, there are mosquito nets in the room, and as long as the air conditioner is turned on to the lowest setting, there is very little mosquito activity.

Colonel Lin was not asleep. He wanted to take advantage of the night to observe the gem mining area.

Gem mining areas are very different from jade mining areas.

The raw stones in the jade mining area can easily weigh several tons. Even the smallest ones are as big as a fist. Tens of kilograms and hundreds of kilograms are the most common ones.

But the gem mine is different. The particles of raw gem ore are very small, or some gems are embedded in small pieces of ore. Because of this, mining gem mines is much more difficult than emerald mines. The first step is to excavate gemstone sand. Many workers have to bag and pack piles of gemstone sand, carry it to the same place, and then sort it. From several tons of ore, it is often impossible to pick out a few raw ores that can be made into gemstones.

This is a very tiring and undignified job. Because the gemstone particles are very small, many may not be as big as a fingernail, so they are easy to hide. Therefore, the inspection of workers in the mining area is very detailed, not only the clothes, shoes, and even the body must be searched. Certain organs with holes in the body will not be spared.

For mine owners, there is nothing they can do about it. Just stealing a small piece of raw ruby ​​ore is enough to pay a worker for several months. Even a slightly better quality and larger one can pay for several years of wages for a worker. Therefore, there will always be people who take desperate risks, so the inspection and monitoring of workers are becoming more and more stringent.

Lin Xiao's movement skills are now very fast. Although there are still security guards patrolling the mining area at night, with Lin Xiao's movement skills, no one will notice him at all.

This mining area is very large, and some pits are dug very deep just to mine the ore. Finding gems here is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

This is mainly a ruby ​​and sapphire producing area. In addition, there are also a large number of spinel.

Although spinel is an accessory product, the number of spinels is much greater than that of rubies and sapphires. However, most of the spinels are of average quality, mainly because the color is not up to standard. They look sparkling, but their actual value is only a few dozen to a few dollars. One hundred and one carat.

But ruby ​​and sapphire are different, especially rubies. A slightly better quality one may cost tens of thousands per carat. If the quality is good and the size exceeds five carats, it will basically start in the millions.

And how big is five carats? It's only one gram, and it's a little bigger than a soybean in your hand.

According to Gansha's description, this mining area has been mined for a long time. In fact, there are not many red and sapphire gems that can be excavated. Their family has also made enough money in this mining area. The current operating conditions here are average, and the quality and quantity of gems dug out every year are average. All are declining, but a large number of workers require expenses, and a large number of security personnel have to be maintained. This expense is not small. Maybe it will be closed down in a few years.

But from Lin Xiao's point of view, there is still a lot to be done here.

Under his clairvoyant eyes, Principal Lin saw a lot of red and blue treasure particles, many of which were of high quality.

However, these are some distance away from the mainstream mines, and some are even under ponds. It's no wonder they didn't find them.

School Lin thought, it would be great if he could get the mining rights here. In fact, there is no need for permanent mining rights. In just one year, or even half a year, School Lin can dig up all the top red and blue treasures here.

In the past, I didn’t even dare to think about this kind of thing. Now with Gansha’s relationship, the key point is that this mine is almost a waste mine in the eyes of the Ixiang family. Coupled with the relationship between the Qiu family and the one-year mining rights, It's not impossible.

Principal Lin looked over the mining area back and forth before going back to sleep with satisfaction.

Schoolmaster Lin woke up very early.

I thought Gansha would get up late, but I didn't expect that she would get up before six o'clock.

"Hey, you actually got up so early."

"Yes, I used to be with animals every day, and I got up very early every day. It has become a habit. You, on the other hand, actually got up so early. Is the bed here uncomfortable?"

"No, let's go, let's go to the mine now and have a look."

It was early, but miners were already at work.

Just like in the Jade Mining Area, although Gansha is a beautiful sight here, no one dares to look at her.

"The workers here seem to work harder than those in the jade mining area."

"There is no other way. The output of this mine is declining year by year, and the mining value is no longer very great. If they don't work hard, the money they make may not be enough to pay them."

Obviously, what Gansha said was against his will. The wages of miners are actually nothing compared to the profit of this mine.

"What will happen if this mine is no longer mined?"

"Then turn it off for now and leave it like this, or exchange it with other families for equivalent items."

"Have you ever thought about contracting out the mining rights of this mine?"

"I don't know about this yet, but I know that my family has contracted out jade mines in the past, and they were all waste mines that the family didn't want. The contractors basically lost their blood. Later, no one wanted this kind of waste mines."

Lin Xiao wanted to talk about the issue of contracting mining rights now, but seeing that Gansha didn't know enough about it, he didn't speak up.

There is no need to rush this matter. I believe that no one from the Yixiang family will be able to discover what Colonel Lin is interested in.

School Lin had visited the entire mining area last night. Today, he mainly wanted to see how the workers were working and become familiar with the working methods of the mining area.

"Come on, we can go back now."

"Are you leaving now? I thought you would stay at least until the afternoon."

"Haha, since you said that the mining here is about to end, I have nothing to see. Let's go back. I'll probably go back to China tomorrow, and you can go and do your business."

"Leaving so soon?"

"It's not like we can't meet again in the future. Maybe I will come to Myanmar again soon. After all, I have to come here to pick stones."

"That's true, you can come over anytime you want."

When preparing to leave, Principal Lin met Lu Run again. This time it was different. They met alone.

"You have been with Gansha these days."

Lu Run didn't seem to mind that her daughter was hanging out with a man she had just met.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that I would be so close to your eldest daughter when I came here. It's all the fate brought by the elephant."