After everyone took motion sickness medicine, even though the mountain road was steep and the bus was still shaking violently, it had no effect on them.
After the bus stopped, everyone got off and walked towards the mountains under the guidance of Yalu.
"The mine is right ahead, and the workers are working on it now. However, there aren't many good rough stones from this newly opened pit," Yalu said, pointing ahead. In recent years, rough stone mining has relied on the old pits, and the output from the new pits has not been very high.
Everyone looked in the direction of Yalu's finger. When they got there, they could already hear the rumbling sound of the excavator mining the rocks.
"General Yalu, are there any mines in the mountains around here?" Fang Shu looked at the endless peaks in the distance. If there were mines there, it would be a huge fortune.
"How could there be mines everywhere? The mine we're working on now took years of exploration to find," Yalu said. If there were mines in these mountains, those forces would have already joined forces to seize his territory.
As the group approached the mine, they could see many guards with guns along the way. These guards were there to prevent outsiders and wild animals from entering the mine, and also to supervise the workers.
After walking for about ten minutes, everyone saw three or four excavators working in the mine.
The open space next to the mine was filled with rocks of various sizes and shapes, which were obviously the mined jadeite raw stones.
"General Yalu, can we take a look at those rough stones?" Bai Jianhua looked excitedly at the jadeite rough stones not far away. This was his first time to see rough stones in the mine; he used to go to the rough stone trading market.
"Of course." Yalu smiled and nodded. If they didn't trade the rough stones to them, they would eventually be shipped to the rough stone trading market.
After receiving the agreement, Bai Jianhua, Fang Shu, and Guo Kai quickly walked towards the pile of rough stones. They only had a basic understanding of rough stones and could only judge whether there was jade inside based on some of the appearance of the rough stones.
Walking to the pile of raw stones, several people took out high-intensity flashlights and magnifying glasses from their bags and began to observe the raw stones.
"Su Jinyue, let's go take a look too," Xu Jinfeng said. He wasn't particularly knowledgeable about rough stones, but he had good luck; the rough stones he selected generally produced green.
Su Jinyue smiled and nodded. She had already scanned these rough stones with her spiritual sense, and as Yalu had said, the yield was indeed low. Not many rough stones contained jadeite, and even if there was jadeite, the quality was not very good. Only four or five rough stones contained jadeite of decent quality.
Xu Jinfeng walked over to a rough stone half the height of a person, and took out a high-intensity flashlight and magnifying glass from his bag. He bent down to observe it, "Gambling on rough stones mainly depends on the appearance of the rough stone. The skin is variegated, mainly gray-green and gray-black, with varying degrees of transparency. The water and bottom are unevenly distributed, but the water is usually good where there is green. If there is gray in the black, the bottom is generally poor, and there are often black threads or white fog, and the green is bluish. The skin is relatively coarse, and the skin color is gray-yellow or gray-white; the water and bottom are both good, with few cracks. It is a high-quality emerald variety with green or full green and green, rarely containing impurities. Glass bottom is more common, but the output is small. No skin, good water and bottom, with white fog, mainly produces violet and red jadeite. Generally, purple, red and light emerald coexist in one piece of material, but there are many cracks."
Xu Jinfeng pointed to a clear crack on the rough stone. "Look at this rough stone. It has obvious cracks. People in the know often say, 'It's better to gamble on color than cracks than on cracks.' In the gambling stone transaction, pay attention to the large and outer cracks, such as the skin cracks, large cracks, and bad cracks. Small cracks and inner cracks are relatively weak and must be handled with extreme caution. This crack is white with red inside, which means that even if this rough stone contains jadeite, the quality will not be good."
Su Jinyue nodded in understanding, "Then I'll take a look myself." She was not interested in how to identify the raw stone. If she wanted to know whether the raw stone contained jadeite, she only needed to use her spiritual sense or scan it with her eyes.
"Yeah." Xu Jinfeng nodded, observed it for a while again, walked to another piece of raw stone and began to observe it.
Su Jinyue walked to one of the rough stones containing jadeite, squatted down and pretended to observe for a while, then looked at Xu Jinfeng beside her, "Xu Jinfeng, I think this rough stone has a high possibility of producing green jadeite, come and take a look."
Xu Jinfeng walked over upon hearing this. He didn't agree with what Su Jinyue said. If it were so easy to tell whether a rough stone would produce green, he wouldn't have to study all that information about gambling on stones. But he didn't want to undermine Su Jinyue's confidence either.
Crouching, Xu Jinfeng began to observe the rough stone that Su Jinyue had mentioned. The rough stone was not large, only about the size of a football, with a coarse skin, mainly composed of white fish skin. "The appearance of this rough stone is good. Most rough stones with this appearance have good water content and base, and the green color is very bright, often producing high-quality emerald green. Su Jinyue, you are really amazing. I just mentioned a little bit, and you found such a good rough stone so quickly."
Su Jinyue smiled and said, "Do you want our raw stone?" Although this raw stone is not big, there is a large piece of jade inside it. The jade has a good luster, transparent color, and is as cool as ice, giving people a feeling of ice and jade. It should be ice type.
"Yes." Xu Jinfeng nodded with a smile. "This rough stone is what you chose. If you can mine jadeite after we go back, I'll buy it from you at the market price."
"We'll see when the time comes," Su Jinyue said nonchalantly. She wasn't interested in this rough stone. The jade contained in the rough stones in her Golden Leaf Realm was of better quality than the jade in this one. She had collected quite a few rough stones when she attended the Hidden Sect Exchange Conference.
However, since she had come to Myanmar, she couldn't return empty-handed. At night, she went around Myanmar and collected more jade raw stones with better quality.
Xu Jinfeng took out a pen and wrote Su Jinyue's name on the rough stone. Regardless of whether Su Jinyue cared about the rough stone or not, as long as it produced jadeite, he would pay Su Jinyue according to the market price. As the saying goes, brothers should settle accounts clearly. Although he and Su Jinyue were not brothers, they were still family, and he would not cheat Su Jinyue.
Seeing Xu Jinfeng writing his name on the rough stone, Su Jinyue smiled. It was because of Xu Jinfeng's character that she admired him so much.
"Once you write your name on it, the raw stone will belong to us. When we get back, we just need to estimate the price and pay the bill." Xu Jinfeng put away the pen and explained to Su Jinyue.
"Yeah." Su Jinyue nodded with a smile.
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