A few people checked it out in a decent manner, drank a pot of good tea at the invitation of the boss, and discussed the price. Lin Mo went down and gave a good estimate.
Depending on the situation, the boss was a little tempted, but in the end he said that he would think about it again, which was normal. After all, he was not buying and selling vegetables and potatoes, so he had to spend some time and talk more.
"Where is the exit? Why can't I see it despite looking at it several times?" Zhang Jingmin asked as he walked to Diqiang where there were few people.
Without waiting for Lin Mo to answer, Liu Zhenshan took over and said, "I can guess that the exit should be on the stone wall from the front courtyard to the main room, but I can't see the specific location."
"On the left side of the vestibule, next to the stone staircase of the main house, there is a small piece of stone that is different from other places. Although granite is used, the color, grain, and texture are still slightly different."
"Oh...wait? That's not right..." Zhang Jingmin was about to show off his original attitude, but suddenly the conversation changed and he thought about it carefully.
"I remember that the stone wall was covered with moss. How did you tell that the quality of the stone was different?" Liu Zhenshan also cast a look, and he had the same doubts.
"You have overlooked your feet. Although the platform between the front courtyard and the main house of this house is higher than that of ordinary houses, it is still shorter than the secret passage. In addition, a certain thickness needs to be left with the ground during excavation to ensure that the foundation of the house is stable. This will only make it worse.
short.
So in order to allow the mules and carriages to enter and exit the secret passage and the vestibule smoothly, I guess they may have built a ramp between the vestibule and the secret passage, and filled it in to hide it from others, but they probably cleared it out in time for convenience and replaced it with
They used the thin strips of stone they processed themselves, but missed the subtle differences between the two stones.
There is also some evidence. One is that the wear and tear of the stone processing marks in that small area is obviously smaller than that of other stones in the vestibule. The other is that the stone processing marks are the same as those in the warehouse. It is estimated that they used materials from other places.
The stonemason's processing techniques for stone are different from those in the local area, and the marks left on the stone are also different."
"You can even observe these small traces. I said that your observation ability is better than ours, but you still don't recognize it. You have to talk to me about those minor things. I just focused on it as you said.
Why can't I find what you said?"
Let me give you a quibble... not an explanation. Lin Mo went on and on, and finally blamed the problem on his lack of knowledge. Subconsciously, he did not realize that there would be any problems with the stone material and processing marks.
Zhang Jingmin was not fooled this time by these strong words and forced the problem on his head, so he naturally sneered at it, although there was some truth in what he said... uh...
The two of them were bickering while walking. One was frantically digging a hole to bury the person, and the other was jumping repeatedly between falling into and climbing into the hole. They were still enjoying it. Unknowingly, they had already returned to the entrance of the warehouse. The two of them were a little unfinished.
Huatou.
The warehouse is still the same as before, with people transporting mud, sifting mud, adding water... I looked at the fish box, it was much smaller than when I went there, Han Wu was driving a mule cart to transport fish.
Several people changed their clothes, cleaned and cut the fruits they brought back, and after taking some for everyone, they were ready to continue working.
Several people first prepared to continue transporting fish, but they didn't expect that all the fish that had survived the good water had been transported by Han Wu. They prepared to go down to help load and transport the soil, but were told that the secret passage was too small and the current manpower was already crowded and it was difficult to use it.
The few people walked around and found that there was no more work to do. As for the work of unloading soil and sifting mud, they didn't want to help these sneaky people. What's more, these guys were working hard for the pearls in the mud.
, Han Wu was arranged by a few people to transport fish, and they didn't want to go over and mingle.
"Look, the box is almost full. How about we open these mussels?"
Zhang Jingmin's words brought everyone's attention to the piled mud bags. There were three boxes there, two of which were already piled full.
River mussels are packed according to size. The ones as big as a palm or a bowl are put in one box, the ones as big as a fist are put in another box, and the remaining small ones are put in another box. Now the two large boxes are almost stacked on top of the box.
Small boxes are also packed on the edge.
This box is neither too much nor too little. After all, it is a waterway that is two meters wide and nearly one kilometer long. It is only this small and cannot be said to be too much. After all, the temperature of the water below is low all year round and there are many big fish preying on it.
, it’s quite a lot to have such a big one.
The four of them took action as soon as they were told. One person found a box the size of a drawer, packed a bunch of it in the big box, and then carried it to the drainage channel near the fish box, and asked the team member responsible for adding water to help rinse it.
However, except for Lin Mo, the remaining people did not bring any knives. Lin Mo could only take out the various knives hidden on his body and distribute them to a few people. Fortunately, several people had seen the tools he had hidden on his body when he was changing clothes just now.
, there is no surprise.
Lin Mo left a claw-shaped dagger for himself and took out a large river clam from the box. Naturally, the river clams and others picked up the big ones. Except for each person setting up a medium-sized cleaning box, the rest were all as big as a sea bowl.
There are even some as big as a human head.
"I've grown so big since I was blind, but you've grown a pearl, haven't you?"
The one who spoke was Zhang Jingmin. This guy had just found the largest clam among the group of people. It was nearly 40 centimeters long and weighed eight or nine kilograms. After he came over, he immediately pried it open with great interest. Unfortunately, he cut the clam meat into pieces.
No sign of Pearl was seen.
"This thing mainly depends on luck. If a clam is big, it will not necessarily have pearls, and pearls are simply foreign objects in the body of the clam. A clam with pearls may not necessarily grow too big."
"Really? That's wrong, isn't it? Why did you pick up the big one?"
"Hehe..." Lin Mo smiled awkwardly and said: "Big clams produce big products! Although the chance may be a little small, I still have to think about it. What if I encounter it?"
While talking, Lin Mo also took out a large river clam, inserted the tip of the knife into the gap between the two clam shells, then slapped the back of the knife hard, and slapped most of the North Claw knife blade into the clam, and then pulled the clam three or two times along the seam.
Open.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After one operation of the tiger, the result was 250. Lin Mo opened three big ones in a row, and even the pearl hair could not be seen. Zhang Jingmin, who had been staring at it, couldn't help laughing.
He made a sound, but unfortunately he opened all the big ones, but still nothing...
"Supervisor, don't you want these clam meat?" Han Wu, who brought the fish, came over to watch a few people open the clams. Looking at the river mussels that were thrown aside carelessly, he couldn't help but speak.
"What? Do you want it?" Lin Mo took the words and said: "Forget it, I don't know what has been stored down here before, and there are also a lot of sundries rushing in from the outside, which may cause problems.
If you want to eat, you should go to the market and buy some, it’s not expensive anyway.”
"Oh..." Han Wu responded, looking at the food a little regretfully. It should be okay to eat according to the situation, but after all, it is connected to the sewer, so there is always some isolation, let alone letting others eat, it is not possible to do this.
suitable.
Moreover, this thing is indeed not expensive in this era, it can even be said to be cheap. After all, the water bodies in the Jiangnan area were basically not polluted and damaged during this period. How could there be less water in the Jiangnan Water Town? Therefore, the quantity of this thing is still very large.
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"It's out..." The team member exclaimed and was the first to gain something, and several people hurriedly came over.
This is a river clam the size of a sea bowl. This team member has never opened a clam before, and the speed of opening a clam is a bit slow. This is his third to last large clam. The clam is divided into two halves, and the mantle of one half is on the
A bag bulged out. It was very large, but irregular in shape and long.
The team members touched the bag, feeling a little excited and at a loss. They gestured with the knife for a long time but did not dare to make a move. Seeing the others getting anxious, Lin Mo finally gave him a knife and cut a hole in the side.
"You squeeze it from the other side and press it out." The team member was right not to cut randomly. The hardness of pearls is not high. The Mohs hardness is only about 2. It is easy to be scratched by hard objects, so Lin
Mo Ye only dared to cut at the edge.
I don’t know whether Lin Mo was too cautious when cutting the knife, or whether the team members’ techniques were wrong, and it took a lot of effort to squeeze out the pearl.
The pearl is an irregular strip, slightly shorter and slender than the thumb. The length should be more than three centimeters, and the diameter may be less than two centimeters. The color is pure white but a little yellow, and the gloss is average.
"How is it? Is such a big one valuable?" Zhang Jingmin took the pearl and gestured at it for a while before asking.
"The shape is irregular, the color is yellow, and the gloss is not good enough. It cannot be made into jewelry, and it is not worth much money now. However, such a large freshwater pearl is extremely rare.
You can collect it, take good care of it and preserve it. After a few decades, you can add some spice to today's events and make up a story. It's best to add some legendary elements. It has gimmicks and selling points, plus its own scarcity.
You may not be able to sell it for a good price."
Several people stood around and watched for a while before they dispersed and continued. Lin Mo pried open all the remaining small clams and found nothing. Liu Zhenshan did the same.
"Hehe...I've arrived..." Zhang Jingmin smiled at Lin Mo with a proud look on his face. It was obvious that he didn't just drive out and was waiting to show off!
I went over and took a look. It was cut from a medium-sized clam, but it looked quite big. There was a thumb-sized bulge on the clam's coat mold, and the bulge was relatively round.
Lao Zhang happily let a few people look around, then carefully followed Lin Mo's previous example and opened a big hole on one side, and then squeezed hard.
"Pfft..." Lin Mo burst out laughing. Liu Zhenshan and the team members couldn't help but laugh. Only the injured Lao Zhang was stunned on the spot. The guy squeezed hard and a small thing popped out of the big hole. It was amazing.
"Lao Zhang, you can't do it either. You're a typical example of a strong person but a weak person. He's so big but he's just such a little kid inside. This is too fake!"
"I hear there's something in your words!" Lao Zhang came back to his senses and bickered with Lin Mo for a while before asking about the value.
Lin Mo took it and looked at it carefully before saying: "The shape of the beads is standard and round, the color is dark purple, the halo is light black, the luster is bright, it is restrained and low-key, but it also exudes a sense of nobility. Judging from these alone, the quality is excellent.
Unfortunately, it's too small, only about six or seven millimeters.
It’s not worth much, but it’s of good quality. You can keep it for your own use and find someone to inlay it into hairpins, hair ropes, hairpins, hairpins, brooches, rings, etc. Or you can check later to see if there are any colors, sizes, shapes, gloss, etc.
Similarly, it would look great if you put a pair together and make them into earrings."
"Really?" Zhang Jingmin's eyes lit up, and he didn't know what he thought of. He happily put the beads away carefully, and also laughed at Lin Mo for being so unlucky that he didn't get anything.
A few people went back and moved another box over, but unfortunately none of them came out this time. They moved it again. This time Liu Zhenshan won the lottery and found a pure white pearl of about ten millimeters. The gloss was also good, which was considered a good product.
Now the pressure was on Lin Mo, and now he was left empty-handed. He moved again. This time, the team member opened a slightly larger one than Zhang Jingmin's. The next time, no one opened one, and again.
Once, Zhang Jingmin won a lottery. It was light golden, irregular in shape, not big, and slightly smaller than the finger of his little finger.
Although the two opened clams were not very good, they were still better than Lin Mo's empty-handed ones. He couldn't sit still anymore. More than half of the big clams were opened, so he immediately went to pick them first.
"What are you doing?" Xu Guyu came over and saw several people opening clams. They were still rummaging around after opening clams. There were also a bunch of opened clams stacked next to them. Some people didn't know what they were doing.
"Shopkeeper~" Lin Mo called out before everyone else while he was still squatting. There was an outsider here! It's not a good idea to leak the word. As expected, Zhang Jingmin stood up and patted his chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and then called out the shopkeeper.
, he almost called it wrong just now.
"Shopkeeper, we are looking for pearls! The environment here is a bit special. There is a high probability that there are pearls in the river clams."
"That's right! Did you get any pearls?" After Xu Guyu finished speaking, the three of them took out the pearls and showed them to Xu Guyu.
"Shopkeeper, have you finished cleaning downstairs? Do you need us to go down and change shifts?" Liu Zhenshan asked.
Xu Guyu waved his hand and said: "It's almost there. I guess there are only the last few cars left. Just let them clean them up."
As he said that, Xu Guyu looked at Lin Mo and joked: "Where's yours? You've driven it so well that you can't bear to show it to me?"
"No way! I'm the only one who didn't open it. Shopkeeper, why don't you come over to my place to have a good time and borrow your luck?"
"Okay~" Xu Guyu didn't refuse, and came to Lin Mo's place with great interest, picked up a clam, and opened it like a few others.
"Yes, yes~" Zhang Jingmin had the most cunning eyes and was the first to discover the pearl hidden under the clam meat. When the pearl was taken out, several people couldn't help but marvel.
The pearls were not that good. They were white, slightly irregular, about nine millimeters, and had an average luster. What surprised a few people was that Lin Mo didn't draw one for a long time, but Xu Guyu won the prize as soon as he came. It was still in Lin Mo's clam.
The quality is not bad among the mussels sold.
Now Lin Mo couldn't sit still. Xu Guyu stood up and took a look. He immediately squatted back and opened the clams, but unfortunately he didn't even open two clams. Xu Guyu wanted to give him the pearls, but Lin Mo didn't take them.
It’s not that he wants pearls, it’s mainly because he didn’t get one after a long time and got into trouble with the clam bar.
Finally, after prying open the last big clam, Lin Mo also successfully shipped it. The bulge was bigger than the fake one Zhang Jingmin opened before. Moreover, Lin Mo quietly touched it and found that it was not fake.
"It's shipped, it's shipped~" Lin Mo opened his mouth to attract everyone's attention, then opened his mouth and squeezed, which immediately attracted a burst of exclamation.