In Liu Xing's impression, he had watched some videos about jade before, so he knew that in the process of jade trading, there was a link called "stone gambling". In short, it was to cut a piece of jade that had not been cut at all.
, or in other words, only a small window has been opened for the rough stone to be sold, so the buyer has no way of knowing how much jade this rough stone can fetch, so this rough stone worth millions may cause the buyer to lose millions, or it may
You may earn hundreds of millions, but this will definitely keep your adrenaline high.
This is also the main reason why Jade's appearance rate in online novels remains high, because the stone gambling aspect is very suitable for writing slap-in-the-face plots. After all, who doesn't want to be directly involved in the incomprehension, confusion, and even ridicule of everyone around them?
How can you make everyone immediately change their tone and compliment you with your small and generous words?
Of course, although gambling on stones has the word "gambling" in it, it will still allow you to conduct some inspections on the rough stones in the photo, so that you can have a certain understanding of them, and the inspection here includes using a flashlight.
Let’s check the transmittance of the original stone, because the transmittance of jadeite is quite high.
So in addition to the boulders that weigh hundreds of kilograms, there are also fist-sized jadeite rough stones, and these small pieces of rough stone are called blanket materials, because if the quality of this small piece of rough stone is very good, then the flashlight
The light can directly penetrate the entire rough stone and see clearly whether there are cracks or fog inside, just like if you shine a flashlight on your finger, you can see the blood vessels in the finger.
Therefore, these small pieces of rough stone can only be wrapped in paper or plastic and sold as blind boxes. However, everyone also knows that you buy the blind box with your eyes closed, and the seller puts it inside with his eyes wide open, so he buys the blind box.
The consequence is that you will most likely get a piece of marble.
So Liu Xing felt that the small stone in Luo Shi's hand was very much like a piece of jadeite that had not been polished yet, and the jadeite inside was of very high quality, so it could show such a transparent and bright red light through two layers of skin!
So the question comes back again, which ancient poems mentioned jade?
Liu Xing pondered for a long time, but could not think of an ancient poem related to jade, because if the ancients wanted to use gems as the theme to write poems, their first choice would definitely be jade, and jade would not be ranked at all.
The reason is actually very simple. For the ancients, the main origin of jadeite was a remote area among remote areas, so only high-quality jadeite could flow into the Central Plains. Therefore, very few people could own jadeite, and most poets
Let alone owning jade, it is difficult to even take a look at jade.
Although high-quality jade is also very valuable, because the major producing areas of jade already have stable trade routes to supply the Central Plains, medium and low-quality jade is still very common in the market, so most poets can buy it.
A piece of jade pendant.
After all, writing poetry is the same as writing science fiction. You will only write about things you know, so there is no mobile phone TV that can appear in ancient poetry. Therefore, some archaeologists will determine the meaning of something based on certain ancient poems or other literary works.
The approximate time of appearance, this can be regarded as "human testimony" in archeology, right? As for various related cultural relics, it is physical evidence.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but said: "This should be a piece of jade, right? This is rare in the New Dragon Empire."
"Yes, this is a piece of jade! And jade is a specialty of the southern jungle kingdom, so less than a hundred pieces of jade can enter the New Dragon Empire every year, so even if it is not an antique, it can be sold at a high price!"
Luo Shi said seriously: "So I have been saving money for a long time to buy this piece of jade, so buying a ferret is just an excuse for me. In fact, most of the money from selling the shop was used to buy this piece of jade! But this
As an ancient relic, the jadeite seemed not to have been produced in the Jungle Kingdom, but was found on a beach in the south. Therefore, it was regarded as an ordinary gemstone at the beginning, but the first person who discovered it did not care.
No matter how polished it is, the surface of this jadeite will not move at all! This person realized that this piece of jadeite is not simple."
"But Mr. Xiaowei, you should also know that the fisherman who lives by the sea must be lacking in knowledge, so when he sold this piece of jade, he gave a price that he considered to be a sky-high price. As a result, this
It’s just a fraction of what I paid for this piece of jade... In this regard, it’s also like a must-have item for buying jade - gambling on stones! Mr. Xiaowei, you may not know what gambling on stones is, so I’ll give it to you now.
To explain, after the jadeite rough stone is dug out, buyers can bid on the stone, and then only one piece of jadeite can be found from each jadeite rough stone. The size and quality are uncertain."
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the jade in the martial arts module this time was even more outrageous. Every rough stone could only produce one jade, and the randomness of this jade was very high. Everything was possible.
Then this can no longer be called gambling, this is drawing a card pool with no guarantee!
But then again, since this jadeite stone first appeared on the seaside, it means that the poem corresponding to it is also related to the seaside!
However, Liu Xing still couldn't remember any poems related to this jadeite stone.
"And the second owner of this jadeite rough stone, who sold me this jadeite rough stone, discovered that this jadeite rough stone should be an ancient relic, because the ancient relics will not be damaged in any way, even if they are used by gods.
Even weapons and weapons can't damage this rough jade stone, so the price of this rough jade stone has once again risen. If he hadn't been short of money during this period, I wouldn't have been able to buy this rough jade stone."
Luo Shi just laughed a few words and suddenly realized something, so his expression became awkward, "But, I don't know how to use this piece of jade, which makes people feel uncomfortable. After all, this piece of jade is
The raw jade stone is just that big and there is no room for manipulation, so the main reason I bought it was to use it as a ballast stone, because there is never a shortage of buyers for antiques."
When Liu Xing was about to say something, Luo Shi directly handed the jadeite in his hand to Liu Xing.
"Master Captain, you should also know that I am homeless, so since you are willing to let me follow you, then naturally this jadeite stone must be lived by a virtuous person, so please don't refuse." Luo Shi.
Said seriously.
When Liu Xing took over the jade stone, he felt a sense of spiritual familiarity, a feeling that Liu Xing had not had when he came into contact with Jinse and Jiang Xinlou before.
So this is indeed an ancient object, an ancient object whose origin you can't guess at all.
I have a bit of a headache.
But now that the matter has come to this, Liu Xing naturally accepted the jadeite stone without any courtesy, then smiled and patted Luo Shi on the shoulder, "Since Mr. Luo is willing to join us, I naturally have no reason to refuse you."
, so after arriving in Tianshui Town, I will provide you, Mr. Luo, with a suitable position so that you can use your strengths."
As soon as Liu Xing finished speaking, he saw Yue Ming walking over with Yue Ming, and Liu Xing knew what they wanted to say without them having to speak.
Obviously, Yue Ming has convinced Yue Ming and is ready to take them to Tianshui Town.
As expected, this is what Yue Ming and Yue Ming thought.
"Master Captain, if you don't mind, please take Yue Ming and the others back to Tianshui Town. Yue Ming and the others are all craftsmen. They can make everything needed for the Moon Night Celebration, including some daily items.
It can also be done.”
After Yue Ming's introduction, Liu Xing learned that among Yue Ming and others there were not only blacksmiths but also carpenters, as well as bamboo craftsmen.
Bamboo craftsmen, in short, use bamboo to make various small items, such as bamboo baskets and so on. Although they don't look very inconspicuous, they are still necessary for a small town, because bamboo products are still very popular these days.
Very useful.
Of course, the most important thing is that Yue Ming's family actually opened a paper-making workshop!
Before Liu Xing left Tianshui Town, some players set up a paper-making group to solve the players' daily paper problems. After all, players from the real world are used to using paper, so when they first entered the martial arts module
I always had trouble going to the toilet.
Therefore, Liu Xing has heard such a saying before, that is, paper, especially toilet paper, is indispensable for modern people and is also a must to improve the quality of life.
In this martial arts module, although there is usable toilet paper, the price of this toilet paper has always been high, so even Tianshui Town with a small family cannot buy much. After all, Tianshui Town has to buy other things.
stuff, and more importantly, this toilet paper is used very quickly!
So Yue Ming is the talent Tianshui Town urgently needs!
Thinking of this, Liu Xing pretended to be calm and nodded, agreeing to Yueming's request.
Since then, new members have been added to the team, and they all brought surprises to Liu Xing.
"In order to ensure that you won't be left behind tomorrow, let's move the camp outside and confirm your position in the convoy first to avoid confusion when setting off tomorrow."
Liu Xing looked around, pretending to be serious and said: "And you should also know, I am the envoy of Canglong in the East Palace, so I can feel that something has indeed been left in Luwei Town! Yue Ming should also be there in the afternoon
Did you see what we brought back from Reed Town? So let me tell you straight here, we captured a monster that has never been seen before, a monster that has both animal and plant characteristics!"
Hearing what Liu Xing said, several NPCs present shuddered and then looked around nervously.
"And Donggong Canglong also gave me a revelation, that is, there was a devil among the original founders of Reed Town! It was also this devil who made Reed Town disappear, or in other words, moved Reed Town to another place, but
Even if he left here, he still left the curse here, which is why so many strange things happen around here."
Liu Xingyu said earnestly: "So you are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case! It is not a good choice for you to live here, because some things are constantly accumulating, and maybe they will explode at some point."
Under Liu Xing's "persuasion", Yue Ming and others left the deserted village that night.
As for the reason why Liu Xing did this, it was not out of any bad taste, but because Liu Xing was a little worried that if Yue Ming and others continued to stay in this deserted village, they might suddenly regret it after calming down.
So we have to take advantage of the victory and give them no chance to say no!
After another hour of tossing like this, Liu Xing could finally sleep, but before that Liu Xing did not forget to call his think tank, that is, his master Zixuan drank some wine, Dong Qing and others gathered together.
We chatted about this ordinary-looking rough jade stone.
Liu Xing first told his guess about the antiquities. Of course, some information must be hidden.
The main reason why Liu Xing decided to make the matter of antiquities public is that although antiquities are rare hidden items, with the huge player base, there will always be many players who can obtain and use antiquities, so Liu Xing feels that he has
It is necessary to let all players in the alliance know about the existence of antiquities, and take advantage of the last moment to collect more antiquities as a trump card for Sweetwater Town.
"Are there any hidden props with such incredible power? The Cthulhu Run Game Hall really regards this martial arts module as a testing field and dares to put anything in it."
Shi Zixuan looked at the jade stone in Liu Xing's hand, shook his head and said: "But in my impression, there are no ancient poems related to jade, because jade was still quite rare in the Tang and Song Dynasties when poetry was popular, and it had a good reputation in the world.
It is not as good as jade, so few people write poems with jade as the theme; however, the word jade can be used as an adjective, that is, to compare with lake water, etc., so I vaguely remember that there are one or two poems with jade in it.
There is jade, but jade here is an adjective."
"Plant jade first to make a cover, and then add some rouge to dye it into a cake?"
Dong Qing said: "This sentence comes from Xin Qiji's "Partridge Sky". Although it is not as famous as his poems, as a die-hard fan of Xin Qiji, I still remember it very clearly! And the jade here is indeed
A noun that means first using jade as a cover and then dyeing it with rouge; but I don’t think this poem can be used to design it as an antique, because there is nothing to extend, not to mention that this piece of jadeite is not even connected.
The outer skin has not been removed, let alone cut.”
Liu Xing nodded and said a little helplessly: "Then we can only put it away first and wait until we return to Tianshui Town to make plans. For example, let all the players come together to discuss the relationship between this jadeite and the original stone.
That poem is about it!”
After saying that, Liu Xing collected the raw jade stone and began to see off the guests, because Liu Xing suddenly had a bold idea.