Chapter 545 Black Light Stone (Please vote and subscribe)
A pigeon egg-sized pale yellow diamond was handed to You Fu. The purity and transparency of this stone reminded him of the transparent crystal that his younger brother You Ye had shown him.
But with You Fu's knowledge, it was obvious that this was not crystal, because the crystals of crystals were different. In the raw stones in nature, without processing and polishing, they would never be the same as the stone in his hand.
When he was looking at the diamond in his hand, the deer elder beside him kept winking at the deer leader, but his eyes were about to fly out, and the deer leader still looked reluctant to leave, just sitting there motionless.
"Oh, Dadi, what's the point of you keeping the blood stone? Now the guests want the stone. If you can use the blood stone to exchange for white salt for the tribe members, what's the harm in giving them the stone? Go and get the stone."
The elder no longer bothered to wink, and directly advised the deer leader.
"They didn't ask for any stone, why do we have to give them that one?" The deer leader retorted unwillingly.
As soon as these words came out, the elder was furious. The deer elder angrily poked the ground with the wooden stick in his hand and roared in a low voice.
"Don't forget that you are the leader of the tribe, and don't forget who put you in this position. Do you still remember the oath you shouted to the deer god on the day you became the leader?"
The deer leader was shocked by the elder's scolding, and suddenly remembered that the old man in front of him was an elder. He was the one who grew up watching his father naked, and he was more than qualified to be his grandfather.
So he reluctantly returned to his hut. After a while, he took out a red transparent diamond the size of a walnut, stuffed it heavily into You Fu's hand, and then ate the barbecue in a depressed mood without saying a word.
This red diamond is extremely pure, with a very natural and uniform color and super high transparency. No impurities can be seen on it. It is slightly larger than the common walnuts, almost as big as a small egg.
To be honest, it is not the fault of the deer leader who was reluctant to give it away. It is such a top-quality gemstone. No one would be willing to give it to others. Now it is in You Fu's hands, and it was given to him personally. Naturally, there is no reason to give it back.
If Luo Chong could see it, no, it should not be said that if this stone was in Luo Chong's original world, I am afraid that there would be no bloody storm.
This is a blood diamond, the rarest color among diamonds, with such high purity and such a large size. I am afraid that there is no second one in the whole earth. If it is made public, I don’t know how many top wealthy families will fight for this diamond.
However, it is far worse in this era. The unpolished raw stones are not only a little worse in terms of viewing quality, and although humans in this era also pay attention to decoration and like to make jewelry, they still have to fill their stomachs as a prerequisite. The demand for these gems and other things is not that great.
"Friend, I wonder if such stones are okay, and how much salt can be exchanged for our tribe?"
Elder Lu looked at You Fu who was only looking at the stones and didn't say anything. He was happy and uneasy. He was happy that You Fu was very satisfied with the two stones, but he was uneasy because he didn't know how much salt he could get in exchange. If he asked him to exchange them one to one by volume or weight, I'm afraid Elder Lu would spit out a mouthful of blood immediately.
Such top-quality gems are rare in the Deer Tribe. There are only two in total.
Hearing Elder Lu's reminder, You Fu also reacted and replied with two dry coughs.
"Ahem, these two stones are very good, but they are useless except for decoration. I can exchange them for some white salt, but I can't exchange much. It's only enough for your tribe to eat for a few months."
Elder Lu and his leader thought about it and realized that it was indeed a lot. No matter how beautiful the stones are, they can only be looked at. They can neither be eaten nor drunk. But white salt can be eaten, and it is more precious than food. At least they can't get it now.
But after eating for this period of time, what should we do in the future?
"Friends of the Han tribe, I don't know what we need to exchange for white salt in the future. Can we only use stones like this?" Elder Lu continued to ask.
"Well, as I said just now, this kind of stone is fine, but it's not very useful. It's just a decoration. If there are a lot of them, it's fine, but I guess you don't have many of them.
But you don't have to focus on one kind. Since you can find such a stone, I'm sure there must be other special stones around this stone.
I said at the beginning that as long as it's special and different, it's fine. It can be as transparent as water, brightly colored, and reflective. Even if you think it's very special and different from ordinary stones, you can show it to me. If I think it's useful, we can keep changing it in the future.
Oh, by the way, there is another very important point. The stones you take must not be too few. At least they must be very common in the local area, otherwise they will not be of much use."
You Fu once again stated the conditions for choosing stones. As if he suddenly thought of something, he reached out and took out a cloth bag from his arms, and took out a two-cent copper coin from it, and handed it to Elder Lu and the leader for display.
"Have you ever seen any stone that can reflect light like this? If so, that would be great. It doesn't matter if the color is different."
It was the first time for the two to see this kind of metal reflection. They couldn't help but be fascinated by the golden light, but the deer leader was the first to react.
"I think I've seen a stone that can reflect light like this."
He stood up as he spoke, revealing a flat round black-gray stone the size of a futon under his butt. It turned out that the deer leader had been using it as a stool.
"This? This can reflect light?"
You Fu looked at this huge dark gray stone. It was so inconspicuous. It looked like an ordinary basalt or flint used for making fire, but there was no trace of metal reflection. The entire surface of the stone was gray and had no metallic texture at all.
"Wait a moment."
The deer leader said again, then put the barbecue in a large pottery jar, turned around and ran to the river to find a pebble as big as a volleyball. He ran back and forth for nearly a kilometer, carrying a piece of stone without breathing. It can be seen that he exercised a lot when hunting.
After returning, he raised the pebble and smashed it hard against the big black stone on the ground in front of the wandering people. With a loud bang, the big black stone that he had been using as a stool suddenly broke into dozens of pieces of different sizes.
This time, when everyone looked over, they saw that the originally gray black stone, the newly broken cross-sections, had a beautiful metallic luster under the reflection of the bonfire, and the texture on the cross-section of the stone was like the crystal of calcite, with obvious layers and textures.
This time, Youfu was no longer calm. He was an early member of the Han tribe and had seen all kinds of ores. At that time, the Han tribe smelted metals in Hanyang City, and many residents had done the work of transporting ores. They were familiar with the several major ores mined by the Han tribe.
Unlike the new tribesmen who joined later, although they used coins made of lead, silver and copper, and used iron cooking utensils and farm tools, almost none of them had ever seen these metal ores.
But Youfu knew it, and he was very familiar with it. The moment he saw the cross section of the black stone, he knew that it was a kind of ore. Although he didn't know what kind of ore it was, it was definitely a ore.
The cross section of the stone was pure black, shiny black, and reflective black, unlike the gray surface, and it didn't feel solid. It was not only broken into pieces after being hit, but also a lot of debris fell from it.
He couldn't help but reach out and take a piece. The moment he took it, he was shocked. It wasn't that the stone bit his hand, but he picked up the stone with the strength of holding a metal ore, but he felt that his hand suddenly became light.
It felt like using all his strength to move a heavy object, but the moment he lifted it up, it was like moving a piece of light foam. Because he was not prepared, he was shocked.
In fact, this was mainly due to Youfu's inertial thinking. When he saw this kind of metal reflective stone, he subconsciously thought it was a metal ore. The several types of metal ores currently available in the Han tribe, no matter which one, have a common feature, that is, they are much heavier than other stones of the same volume.
This is naturally because the ore contains a lot of heavy metals. The density is not ordinary, and it is normal that it is heavier than other stones.
But the black stone in Youfu's hand at this time is not only not heavy, but also much lighter than ordinary pebbles, basalt, and granite. This is weird.
It has a metallic luster, but it does not have the weight of metal. What kind of stone is this?
Youfu can't figure it out, but his intuition tells him that this kind of stone may be very useful. Maybe the leader knows what it is? The leader knows everything.
"Friends of the Han tribe, I wonder if this kind of stone can be used to exchange for salt. If it can be exchanged, just give us salt that is as heavy as the stone." The deer leader asked again.
Youfu immediately showed a weird expression. Salt that is as heavy as a stone, what the hell are you thinking? If this thing is really a big mine,
he suddenly remembered the iron mine named "Xingang County" by the leader. The iron ore stored underground there, the leader said that the entire Han tribe can't use it up for another 1,800 years.
If your mine has so much, where can I get so much salt for you?
"Well, this stone looks very similar, but I don't know if it is useful. Our tribe has never seen this kind of stone before, but I can take some to our leader to see. He will reply in two days at most. It's very fast.
Oh, by the way, do you have a lot of this kind of stone? How many are there?" You Fu first answered the question of the deer leader, and then asked again at the end. If this is really a kind of ore, there should be a lot of it nearby.
"There are a lot of them, but they are all in the mountains. There are also some around, but they are not easy to dig. They are all underground. It's not easy to get them out."
The deer leader spread his hands and answered helplessly.
"What about this kind of gemstone? Is it also with this kind of stone?" You Fu took out the two diamonds and asked.
"This kind of translucent stone was dug out by our hunting team when digging traps in the mountains. There are also those black stones around. If you insist on saying that they are together, then it's right." The deer leader continued to answer.
In his heart, he actually hoped that the Han tribe would be willing to use this black stone to exchange for white salt. It was not because of anything else, but because they really had a lot of this kind of black stone, but this kind of stone was useless.
It is not very strong, and it is obviously not suitable for making stone tools, because it is not wear-resistant enough, and this kind of stone is also brewed to fade. If you hold it too much, your hands will be stained black, and it takes a long time to wash it off.
There is no advantage at all, but there are a lot of disadvantages. It would be great if the fools of the Han tribe could take a fancy to it. In this way, when the hunting team goes hunting every day, they can just pick up some on the road, which is enough for the tribesmen to eat salt on a daily basis.
At this point, You Fu was at a loss. He had to order the fleet to stop first, and then use the flying eagle to send a few stone samples and his own records back to Luo Chong to see, so that Luo Chong can judge the value of this stone.
Fortunately, the Deer Tribe is not far from the Han Tribe. Going downstream along the Liuyang River, it is about 300 to 400 kilometers. It takes at least three days to take a sailboat. It is even faster to use the flying eagle to send a letter. It can fly back to the Han Tribe in a few hours. No matter which county you go to, it takes at most half a day.
The next morning, just as Youfu was calling the crew to go ashore in batches on the landing craft, Luo Chong also received the package sent by Youfu early in the morning.
That's right, it was a package. There was not only a letter, but also a few stones wrapped tightly in a piece of linen. It was sent by a clerk in the Eagle Clan in Hanyang City who was responsible for delivering letters.
Luo Chong let go of the two women who were hugging him on the left and right, got out of bed with his bare chest and went to the study to open the heavy package.
The moment the package was opened, he froze in place.
Inside were the two rough diamonds and several pieces of coal of different sizes.
Coal? ! It
was actually coal!!!
He was so familiar with this thing that he would not mistake it for a coal block even if he didn't recognize anything else.
When he was a child, he would go to his grandfather's house during the winter vacation and the New Year. His grandfather still lived in a bungalow. At that time, there was no collective heating. Every household had to boil water for heating in winter. They burned coal blocks. They bought two tons at a time and packed them in woven bags and stacked them in the yard. They
were really the large pieces of raw ore sold at the coal station, but they were washed, not processed honeycomb coal. Each piece of coal was different in size, and some were so big that they couldn't fit into the stove, so they had to be smashed into small pieces with an axe.
Luo Chong did this job at his grandfather's house a lot, from elementary school to high school. When he went to college, the bungalows in the old city also changed to collective heating, and he never burned coal by himself since then.
But even so, he was very familiar with coal blocks.
Coal mine, You Fu that guy actually found a coal mine! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)
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