"Boss, are you here specifically to travel to the Yulong River or to buy white jade?" Just when Tang Zheng was overlooking the gas station and winding down the Yulong River, a voice sounded next to him.
Got up.
Tang Zheng turned his head, and a woman in her thirties stood not far away and spoke to Tang Zheng. She was wearing a set of bright yellow work clothes.
There is also the logo of the gas station on the work clothes. It is clear at a glance that this is a gas station staff member.
Tang Zheng also laughed and said, "Sister, how do you know we are here to buy white jade?"
Tang Zheng's words made the lady working at the gas station laugh. Men in the northwest are upright and honest. Women in the northwest are also bold and unrestrained.
When she laughed, the two balls of flesh on her chest also trembled. Women from the northwest were tall and thick, lacking the gentleness and tranquility of the women from the south of the Yangtze River, but more generous and bold.
Even the loose work clothes couldn't cover up those two huge meatballs. This made Tang Zheng a little shocked when he saw it. He also muttered in his heart, with such a figure, the eldest sister's husband was not working hard to plow the land that night.
What?
At this moment, the woman also replied: "What don't you know about this? Yulong Town is the source of the entire Yulong River. White jade has been the best since ancient times. According to legend, it is deep in the towering Kunlun Mountains.
have
In one place, the mountains and plains are covered with white jade. With every earthquake or landslide, the white jade is mixed in the soil, rolling down with the glacier water, and this is where Yulong River and Yulong Town came into being."
Speaking of this, the woman paused and said: "Yulong Town is not a tourist attraction. Most of the people who really come here to visit and travel are going to the Alaz Mountains or the Altyn Mountains. Most of them are concentrated there.
Around Hotan, here, except for some backpackers, there are almost real jade merchants."
Tang Zheng was also a little surprised by the woman's analysis. As expected, she was knowledgeable in every aspect, and knowledgeable in human relations. Such an ordinary lady who pumped gas at a gas station could tell so many secrets.
Tang Zheng also laughed, neither denying nor admitting. He looked at the eldest sister and said, "Sister, then who do we look like to you?"
The eldest sister looked at Tang Zheng specifically, then looked at the car, and said slowly: "I see, you are here to see Bai Yu. And this is your first time here."
With that said, the eldest sister took out a business card from her body, handed it to Tang Zheng and said: "Brother, this is the business card of the man in my family. Our ancestors have been here for generations. If you want to buy jade, you can go to him.
Nowadays, the Yulong River is no longer as grand as it used to be, and it is difficult to produce high-quality mutton-fat jade here. This is what my men do, and I will never cheat you, brother."
Taking the business card, Tang Zheng also took a look, Ma Yukun. A very common name. The business card said that he specializes in selling mutton fat jade, Hotan seed materials, sapphire, topaz and other jade raw materials.
Tang Zheng also understood something in his heart. No wonder this eldest sister is so enthusiastic. Her feelings are to promote business for her family.
However, Tang Zheng didn't care. He came here and was unfamiliar with the place. If he had a local as a guide, everything would be much easier. In professional terms, this kind of person should belong to the jade broker group.
type.
Agents are just like the agents of celebrities. Agents push celebrities out, and the role of agents is the same, to push products out. Such agents exist in all walks of life. In major producing areas of traditional Chinese medicine, there are
Brokers. In the jade-producing areas of Myanmar, Lin Guodong and Kun Bao are both considered brokers. This kind of thing is not uncommon.
Tang Zheng immediately nodded and said: "Sister, you have good eyesight. Let's do this. You can make a call to the elder brother now. We will have breakfast next to it, and the car will be parked here. When the elder brother arrives, he will take us to see it.
Look. What do you think?"
This is probably not the first time this elder sister has done something like this. However, Tang Zheng's words also stunned her for a moment. She obviously did not expect that Tang Zheng would be so direct and forthright. In the past, when meeting customers, she had to wait.
It took a while for him to find out the situation before he approached her, but now, Tang Zheng agreed directly without thinking about it, which made her a little uncomfortable.
In a daze, the eldest sister said "Oh". She nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay. Just listen to the elder brother. I'll call my guy over right away."
The economy of Yulong Town is not very prosperous. In the entire town, the tallest building is only five or six stories tall, and there are only two streets in total.
The foreign population here is also very sparse. It can be seen that Yulong Town rose because of white jade, and also declined because of white jade.
White jade is also called mutton-fat jade, another name for mutton-fat white jade. Outside, people are used to calling it mutton-fat jade, but here, they all like to use the term white jade.
Next to it is a ramen restaurant. Of course, the ramen restaurant has the most famous trademark. The word Lanzhou is very eye-catching, and there is the word halal in the middle. Tang Zheng took Yan Hao and the others and each ate a bowl.
After ramen, it was almost six o'clock in the morning.
At this time, the sky here is already bright. There are many more pedestrians on the street. Many jade miners are already walking towards the river bank carrying their luggage and tools. Jade mining here is completely different from that in Myanmar. Myanmar
The mining here usually involves digging stones and wool from the mountains. But jade mining here is more like picking it up.
There are even some white jade that don't need to be solved at all, and they appear directly in the river valley.
When Tang Zheng took Yan Hao and the others back to the gas station, he saw at a glance a dark-skinned man from the northwest standing next to the eldest sister. He was about 1.85 meters tall, and in appearance, his skin was
He is dark-skinned and has thick eyebrows and big eyes, exuding a sense of honesty and simplicity.
This is also related to the climate in the northwest region. The sky is high and the clouds are light. The ultraviolet radiation is relatively strong. Men here basically have this kind of skin.
As Tang Zheng came over, the two couples had already greeted him. The eldest sister said, "Brother, let me introduce to you. This is my house. This eldest brother came here specially to buy jade."
Tang Zheng smiled, stretched out his hand, and said: "Brother Ma, please introduce yourself. My surname is Tang. This time, I will trouble you."
Ma Yukun also extended his hand. Facing Tang Zheng, he seemed more reserved than his wife. His wife couldn't see it, but he could feel it. Driving such a luxury car and having such an extraordinary appearance, Tang Zheng was definitely not.
Ordinary people.
It’s not that Tang Zheng deliberately used a big name and pretended to be arrogant. He only introduced his surname. The most important thing is that Tang Zheng’s name, at least, has a little influence. This is also to avoid trouble. The popularity of his name is far higher than that of Tang Zheng.
It's more important than appearance. If you talk about your full name, it will be troublesome if something touches you. I'm not afraid, but I don't have such freedom and liveliness.
"Boss Tang, hello, hello. Look, shall we go there now? There are not many white jade in Yulong Town now, and even less yellow jade. If you really want to see it, you have to go more than ten kilometers from here.
That's the main production area." Ma Yukun also introduced with a smile.
Ma Yukun and Tang Zheng took the same car and drove upstream along the Yulong River. After walking for about ten kilometers, there were more people on both sides of the river valley, and they were no longer just a few people.
Tang Zheng was also a little surprised at this moment. Along the Yulong River, in the distance is the towering Kunlun Mountains. On the top of the mountains and rivers, you can also see the white snow. Those are glaciers on the high mountains.
The Yulong River is formed from the convergence of glaciers.
Between the long river valleys, the river channels appear messy. The spacious valleys are at least several hundred meters wide.
In the river valley, the part where there is real water flow is about ten meters wide. The rest of the ground is densely covered with stones. None of these stones are rugged and abrupt, all of them are oval, round and irregular.
round stone.
Fortunately, Tang Zheng does not have trypophobia, otherwise, he would definitely be frightened when he saw this situation.
At this moment, between the river valleys and along the line, thousands of people gathered within just a few hundred meters. These people were all responsible for their own business. There was no noise or dispute. They were all working and busy in the river valley.
, some people were sitting on the rocks next to them, prying and digging for something.
"Boss Tang, this is the main production area of white jade. Nowadays, the output of white jade in Yulong Town has decreased. If it was prosperous in previous years, at least tens of thousands of people would work in this valley." Ma Yukun introduced next to him.
Tang Zheng was also a little surprised. He pointed to the river valley and said, "Brother Ma, is this the way white jade is produced? Didn't I hear that there are still people going into the mountains to collect jade?"
Ma Yukun also laughed immediately and said: "In fact, this method of collecting jade is the oldest and oldest method of producing real white jade. I heard from the old man that thousands of years ago, white jade could be seen everywhere on both sides of the Yulong River.
In recent years, as jade has become increasingly scarce, many people have begun to take the initiative to go into the mountains to pick jade. But...
The terrain here, as you know, is not so easy to walk in the Kunlun Mountains. It is not easy to transport jade. Moreover, going up are glaciers, ravines, cliffs, and the terrain is complex. It is difficult to hike in, let alone mining.
It’s jade. In other places, it’s very common to go into the mountains to pick jade, but not so much here.”
Looking at the Yulong River, Tang Zheng also had the idea to go down and have a look. He said to Ma Yukun next to him: "Brother Ma, can I go down and chat with the jade workers and experience it myself?"
After the words fell, Ma Yukun's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.