Because the mining area is located in the mountains, wind from outside can hardly blow in.
Although the temperature is lower than that in Hotan, it feels more comfortable here than in Hotan because there is no wind.
At noon, Wang Jian returned from the mountain on horseback with several local miners. There were some animal carcasses hanging on each horse, including argali, antelope, snowcock, hare, etc.
Except for wild rabbits, all other animals are protected by national laws. However, here, it is even legal for local hunters to carry guns, let alone hunt some wild animals.
These miners are also farmers and hunters. As long as they don't kill wild animals indiscriminately, it's not illegal. Besides, this is deep in the mountains and old forests. If the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate it. If they hunt some protected animals, who knows?
Here, those wild animals have only one identity, that is prey!
Of course, Gege was not allowed to see the corpses of these prey. Yang Jing and Liu Zhentao were accompanying her to watch how the miners mined Hetian jade.
This is also one of the main purposes of Liu Zhentao's trip to Hotan. He needs to understand the reserves of this jade mine, and at the same time, he wants to see with his own eyes the quality of the Hotan jade produced by this jade mine.
As a result, both aspects made Liu Zhentao very satisfied.
As for Gege, she had never seen how those beautiful Hetian jades were mined, so she also needed to gain some knowledge. At least she had to know where those Hetian jade jewelry she wore came from, right?
When the sun was high in the sky, Wang Jian blew a horn to call the three of them back for dinner. In the mining area, although the miners all carried radio walkie-talkies, the residents here were still accustomed to using some very ancient communication methods to notify each other, such as blowing the horn.
When Yang Jing and the other two heard the horn, they were a little puzzled at first. How could there be a horn on the battlefield here? As a result, the miners were all happy. A burly man smiled and said in not very fluent Mandarin: "The mine manager is inviting you to go downstairs for lunch. And the lunch should be quite rich, with game..."
So, when Yang Jing and the other three came down from the mining site, they had a sumptuous meal of barbecue and stew.
I have to say that the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are really good at grilling meat, but as for stewing meat, forget it.
Compared with the big foodie nation in the big foodie empire, the stew of any other nation in the world is probably not as good as that of the big foodie nation.
Therefore, Yang Jing and his three companions, as well as their bodyguards and two secretaries, focused more on the barbecue. This was genuine game from the Kunlun Mountains, and even native Americans like Clark had never eaten this kind of meat. So naturally, these guys ate it and shouted "Waergude"...
"Xiao Jing, do you plan to mine this jade mine on a large scale?" While eating, Liu Zhentao asked the question he wanted to ask most.
"Uncle-in-law, it depends on the situation." Yang Jing thought for a while and said, "You just saw the quality of the Hetian jade produced in this jade mine. Although it is mountain material, the jade quality is very good. The miners also said that sometimes they can mine mountain materials with excellent jade quality. This kind of mountain material with excellent jade quality can even reach 1A or even 2A collection level, which is amazing."
Liu Zhentao also nodded. The reason why Hetian jade is precious is not because the reserves of Hetian jade are small. On the contrary, in the entire Kunlun Mountains, the reserves of Hetian jade are very rich, and the reserves of several million tons are the minimum standard.
It is just that the mining of Hetian jade is too difficult, so people can only guard the treasure mountain and sigh. This has caused the value of Hetian jade to continue to rise over the years - things are rare and valuable.
The quality of jade from this jade mine is truly rare. It is no exaggeration to say that if the materials mined here were placed in the Yulong Kashi River and washed for thousands or tens of thousands of years, the seed jade that would come out would definitely be the top-grade jade!
Even if the mountain materials have not been washed by running water, the quality of the jade inside is not comparable to the Hetian jade on the market.
If large-scale mining is really carried out, so much high-quality Hetian jade will suddenly flow into the market, which will inevitably lead to a sharp drop in the price of Hetian jade, which is something that jewelry merchants like Liu Zhentao absolutely do not want to see.
Similarly, if this jade mine of such high quality is not mined on a large scale, it would be a waste of resources.
Seeing Liu Zhentao's tangled expression, Yang Jing knew that he obviously understood the key point, so Yang Jing smiled and explained: "Uncle-in-law, when we go back, I will meet with the Hotan government to discuss the renewal of the contract for this jade mine. Although this jade mine is of high quality, our previous mining scale was very small, and all the jade mined was used in our own jade carving factory. The jade that flowed into the market was almost invisible, so the outside world didn't know much about the situation of our jade mine."
When Yang Jing said this, Liu Zhentao immediately understood what he meant. "Xiao Jing, do you mean to take advantage of the fact that the outside world still doesn't know about the situation of this jade mine, and then continue to renew the contract with the government to increase the mining time of this jade mine?"
"That's right. If we can really sign a new contract with the government, then we can increase the mining volume appropriately. At that time, your Love for Life will be the main sales channel. Of course, if the luxury brands under Feiyang International need high-quality Hetian jade, I will also provide it to them. But don't worry, those luxury brands mainly sell to Southeast Asians, foreigners or overseas Chinese, and will not cause any impact on the domestic market."
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