The next day, after helping Xiao Ya buy a large number of raw stones again, Qin Xuan and his party ended their trip to Yun Province and drove to their next destination: Myanmar.
Myanmar is a world-renowned jade producing area, and nearly 95% of the world's jade is produced here.
But surprisingly, Myanmar did not achieve economic growth due to the huge sales of jadeite.
On the contrary, Myanmar is one of the least developed countries in the world, with a per capita GDP of only over US$1,000.
This is related to their agricultural-based production method, and is also closely related to another unavoidable factor, that is, soldiers or warlords.
As Qin Xuan and his companions walked along the way, they saw many armed forces, including regular Burmese troops and so-called mountain soldiers.
So for safety reasons, they changed to modified bulletproof cars long before entering Myanmar.
At the same time, after entering Myanmar, two cars of fully armed strangers joined their convoy.
"Don't be afraid, these are local mercenaries."
"In the past, I often came to the mining area in Myanmar to select good raw stones."
"From that time on, it was all about asking them to keep me safe."
Seeing that Yu'en was a little nervous, Xiao Ya began to explain to the two of them.
Yuen still shrank into the car seat nervously, trying to gain some sense of security.
Qin Xuan nodded silently without saying anything.
If it were in the past, he would have been a little scared when facing these armed forces.
But after practicing the body-training chapter, his physique is far superior to that of ordinary people.
Although they are still vulnerable to guns, they are not afraid of guns.
It is worth mentioning that after entering Myanmar, Qin Xuan tried to listen to the voices of many objects.
Because he was worried that he wouldn't understand what foreign language was saying.
Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.
No matter what language these objects speak, they will automatically be converted into authentic Longguo Mandarin in his mind.
After passing a not-so-wide road, the group finally arrived at their destination, Myitkyina, the capital of Myanmar's Kelantan State.
The transaction location was arranged in a relatively secret military camp.
Outside the camp, there are many armed forces.
They seemed to be wandering around outside the camp leisurely, but the fingers on their hands never left the triggers.
"You can go in, but they can't."
The translator Xiao Ya invited translated the words of the soldiers guarding the camp to Qin Xuan and others.
Xiao Ya nodded and signaled the mercenaries to do so.
Logically, she shouldn't let the mercenaries leave her side, but for the sake of those antiques, she gave in.
However, before entering the military camp, she gave orders to the mercenary leader in advance.
If you haven't walked out safely after two hours, you must break in and protect your own safety.
Everything was ready, and the following four people finally entered the camp.
Xiao Ya is mainly responsible for transaction decisions.
Translator, responsible for ensuring normal communication between Xiao Ya and the seller.
Qin Xuan is responsible for identifying antiques.
As for Yu En, she was really scared and insisted on staying with Qin Xuan no matter what.
The soldiers guarding the camp saw that she was just a little girl and had no killing power, so they did not make things difficult for her.
After entering the military camp, the four people followed the instructions and came to a civilian house of several dozen square meters.
The houses are somewhat simple.
The low-quality wooden boards creaked when stepped on, and the simple roof blocked out all the sunlight but let in the wind.
The windows were small and allowed almost no sunlight to penetrate.
The room was dim, with the entire room illuminated by a shaky incandescent bulb on the ceiling.
After entering the room, a bearded man in military uniform sat behind a large desk.
Two guards with rifles stood beside him.
Xiao Ya told Qin Xuan that the other party was called Wu Mi, and he was also a warlord.
He has dozens of extremely precious antiques in his hands, which are the objects of the transaction between the two this time.
After listening to Xiao Ya's introduction, Qin Xuan couldn't help but frowned, "How dare you, a businessman, do business with a warlord?"
"I checked before coming here. Many of the warlords here are not much different from bandits."
Xiao Ya was also helpless.
She first greeted Wu Mi cordially in Burmese, then lowered her voice and whispered to Qin Xuan: "I want to do antique business, and I must have enough supply in the early stage."
"But most of the domestic supply has been monopolized by predecessors, and my reputation is not very good, so not many people are willing to cooperate with me."
"I have dealt with this Wu Mi before. He promised to help me collect some ancient artifacts from the Dragon Kingdom in Myanmar."
"If what he said is true, my future career in antiques will be very smooth."
Xiao Ya's explanation made Qin Xuan suddenly realize.
No wonder she, a jade merchant, did not buy jadeite when she came to Myanmar, but instead went to look at antiques and collectibles.
It turned out that they wanted to open up a new battlefield and enter the antique business.
However, these warlords have a very bad reputation on the Internet. Will there really be any good results if Xiao Ya chooses to cooperate with them?
While Qin Xuan was daydreaming, Xiao Ya had already started a cordial conversation with Wu Mi through the translator.
After a brief greeting, Wu Mi used the intercom to ask his men to bring in several large wooden boxes from outside.
"Everything is here, please take a look."
The translator translated Wu Mi's words to the two people.
Xiao Ya nodded, and together with Qin Xuan, opened all the wooden boxes.
Inside the wooden box, a large number of antiques instantly caught Qin Xuan's eyes.
Porcelain, jade, bronze, almost everything available outside can be found here.
only……
Tang Sancai: Hehe, although there is only one color left on me, I really imitated Tang Sancai and then made it look old!
Jade Guanyin: Stop joking. It’s not jade. It’s colored glass, the kind of colored glass with five-color glaze.
Bronze tripod: Again, this is not from the Shang or Zhou dynasty, it is from last week. If you can't even figure this out, you'll be out of the antique world!
…
There were six large boxes of antiques, and not a single one of them was real.
After reaching the conclusion, Qin Xuan did not say anything.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to identify antiques, he carefully observed the surrounding situation from front to back.
The room was almost enclosed, with almost no shelter.
At the front of the room, two guards stared at each other with expressionless eyes.
Like the soldiers outside, his finger is always on the trigger.
Wu Mi, who was sitting on the chair, was still talking incessantly.
Qin Xuan didn't understand, but he saw the translator's reaction out of the corner of his eye.
The translator's hands slowly curled up together and his lips began to tremble.
His face was pale, obviously he had heard something extremely terrible.
"General Wu Mi said that the things here were collected from all over Myanmar and are very valuable."
"You must give...a good price."
Although the translator tried his best to hide his fear, his voice began to tremble.
In the end, the whole body began to shake uncontrollably.
Putting down the antique, Qin Xuan pretended not to notice the abnormality in the translation.
While giving Wu Mi a thumbs up, he excitedly said to the translator: "Please tell Mr. Wu that these things are fine. They are all treasures from the Dragon Kingdom."
"It's just that the specific price is still to be discussed. I need to have a good discussion with my boss."