Dao Daguang is also an old fox. In fact, he has prepared two pairs of jade bracelets of different qualities today, and he will take them out depending on the situation.
If Dr. Chen accepts money, he will give him a pair of bracelets of average quality; if Dr. Chen does not accept money, he will give him the best bracelets.
Of course, if he can become a leader, he must be smart and have some tricks up his sleeve. He is not a brainless playboy like Chen Xia.
When Chen Xia saw the pair of bracelets in front of him, he swallowed hard because they were so beautiful, especially when they sparkled in the sun, which blinded Chen Xia's 24k titanium alloy eyes.
This pair of jade bracelets comes in two colors, one green and one red.
Chen Xia recognized the quality of this green bracelet. It was extremely green, as if green juice was about to ooze out, and its translucency was exactly the same as the bracelet that Yu Agou had exchanged for oseltamivir.
In Ying Yuanyue's words, this is the Imperial Green Grandmother variety, the top quality.
The red jade bracelet is also full of water and has a very bright color, but its light transmittance is not as good as that of the green jade, but it is also top-quality at first glance.
"Dao, Uncle Daodao, I can't accept this. This is too expensive. I... "
Chen Xia was so happy that she couldn't even speak clearly. Could Dao Daguang not see that this doctor from another province particularly liked these two bracelets?
So he handed it to Chen Xia without hesitation, and said it very nicely:
"Doctor Chen, you saved my most precious grandson, so of course I must give you my most precious jadeite. Please accept it. These two bracelets, one with glass-type emerald and the other with high-quality ice-type red jadeite, are both excellent. Your wife will surely like them if you give them to her."
Should Chen Xia still be polite and refuse?
Of course not. What if the ethnic minority is so honest and you pretend to be polite and refuse, then what if they don’t give it to you?
So Chen Xia quickly took it, his mouth wide open with a smile, "Thank you so much, Uncle Dao. I'll take it."
Dao Daguang was also very happy. What is this jade? It's just a stone.
Although their family has been in the jade business for generations, they have never considered jade to be a good thing.
To the Dai people, it is not as valuable as the rice, beautiful cloth, and life-saving medicines they get in exchange.
After exchanging pleasantries, a few people sat down in the ward. Chen Xia wanted to find out the current situation of jadeite in Ruili.
"Uncle Dao, I won't hide it from you. My family really likes jadeite, so I came all the way from Zhijiang Province this time. I want to travel and buy some jadeite. Can you tell me the current price?"
Wanda Guang sighed, "Speaking of jadeite, at that time, my father's wife liked it, so wealthy businessmen and high-ranking officials in the country followed suit and bought it. People often came to us to buy it, and its value was quite high at that time.
But after liberation, everyone seemed to suddenly lose interest in jade. Only a few state-owned jade factories came to buy some, and they always offered very low prices. As for private owners, I never saw a single one.
Chen Xia asked curiously, "Then why don't you sell your jade overseas? Hong Kong and Taiwan would be fine too."
"How can it be that easy? Jade merchants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia all go directly to Yangon to purchase goods. They won't come to a remote place like ours. Have you heard of a jade public auction?"
Chen Xia shook his head and nodded.
Dao Daguang took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "That's a collaboration between the Myanmar Department military and several warlords who control the large mines. They put the unearthed jadeite on the public auction, selling both the clear and dark jadeite. I heard that they can get a good price, but that's rare."
Chen Xia asked again, "How do you transport all your raw stones here? Shouldn't they all be sold at public auctions at high prices?"
Bo Yanshuang beside him smiled and added,
"Myanmar stores dig up so much jadeite rough every year, but foreigners only buy a tiny portion of it. Furthermore, only the military and local warlords can get a piece of this fat meat; they have a monopoly on it.
The jadeite dug up by those petty warlords can’t be sold at the Yangon auction because they’re poor over there, so they have to ship it to Ruili, where we process it and then sell it back home in exchange for supplies.”
Chen Xia understood now that Burma was too poor, with no industry or tourism. If the warlords wanted to survive, they had to live off the land and the water. They had to sell jade or opium.
So even if the country is very poor now, at least there are still state-owned jade factories buying it, which is better than letting the jade rot in the pot.
"Uncle Dao, if I want to buy some jadeite, what price do you think is appropriate?"
Dao Daguang said with some embarrassment: "Doctor Chen, if you want to buy some as souvenirs, I can give some to you. If you want to buy in large quantities, you may not have enough money. What we lack now is supplies, and money is of little use to us."
In a poor place like Ruili, even the hospital doesn’t have medicine, let alone other things. Even if you have money, you can’t buy anything.
Even if they had money and went to other places to purchase supplies, it didn't matter if they didn't have coupons, as people wouldn't sell to them. So the best way for them was barter.
Chen Xia thought for a moment. He had cloth and food, but the quantity was limited. His biggest advantage was the space hospital. Why not use this golden finger?
"Uncle Dao, I have a suggestion. I brought a lot of medicine this time. How about I treat the people in your village and trade the medicine for jade from the villagers? What do you think?"
Dao Daguang nearly choked on his cigarette. After catching his breath, he hurriedly asked, "Doctor Chen, do you really have any medicine? Do you have a lot?"
Chen Xia said modestly, "A lot. I have as many medicines as you want. They're all imported, so ordinary people can't buy them even if they have money. Don't worry about where the medicines come from or where they're hidden. It's a secret."
Dao Daguang was so excited that smoke was coming out of his nose and mouth:
"Yes, yes. Do you know how difficult it is for us Dai people to see a doctor? If we get sick, we're basically dying. My father had diarrhea, and he became so thin that he died. If you can give us the best medicine, I guarantee that the people in our village and several nearby villages will exchange their best jade for you."
As Uncle Dao Daguang spoke, he held Chen Xia's hand tightly.
He was very excited. You know, their sister had been suing for many years, and no doctor from the city had ever come to their home to treat them. They were also used to praying to Buddha when they were sick and relying on luck to recover.
They themselves know that a minor illness can be solved with timely treatment, but because of the lack of medicine, it often becomes serious and the whole village ends up having to go to a banquet.
If we can get these imported medicines, we can save the lives of so many of our people. We must seize them.
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