Although the surface of the jadeite was no different from ordinary stones, experts could still find some differences. For example, if a small hammer gently tapped the jadeite raw stone, the sound would be different from that of ordinary stones. There was no way to describe the characteristics of this difference in words. Only people who had experimented many times could judge this difference.
For Ang Lee, he could find the difference between ordinary stones and jadeite raw stones just by kicking. This was naturally because Ang Lee had seen more jadeite raw stones. He was very sensitive to the touch of this kind of kick. He could easily sense the subtle difference between jadeite raw stones and ordinary stones.
At first, when he only kicked a few pieces, Ang Lee didn't feel it. But with this kind of familiar feeling, Ang Lee could be sure that there was something wrong with the stone under his feet. He squatted down and looked carefully. Just as Ang Lee thought, these stones really had a secret. He let Chen Long cut it open and found this precious purple jadeite.
After listening to Ang Lee's words, everyone began to tap half of the jadeite raw stone with the tools in their hands. Sure enough, they found something. They also felt that when the jadeite raw stone was knocked, the sound was different from that of other stones. Of course, any stone made of different materials would have different sounds when knocked. After a long time and a few times, they would find the difference between stones of different materials.
"Assistant Minister Li, the feeling of knocking on these jadeites is really different! This stone also has the same feeling. It should also be a jadeite. "
Chen Long said as he picked up a piece of jadeite and also slashed it with the horizontal knife in his hand.
"The quality is not good. It's only a little bit."
Chen Long was a little disappointed. Although the jadeite raw stone he cut was also a piece of jadeite and was also purple, it was only a very small piece. Moreover, the color was not good at first glance. It was very different from the one Ang Lee just found.
Because he had seen jadeite raw stones since childhood, Chen Long still had a little ability to judge jadeite raw stones. Compared with Ang Lee, there might be a certain gap, but he was much better than others. Because many people had never seen jadeite raw stones in their lives. Naturally, they couldn't judge jadeite raw stones and distinguish good from bad.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "This jadeite raw stone is really not good! It's far worse than the one I found. If you spend money on stone gambling, it will be a big loss. "
"Stone gambling? What is stone gambling? What kind of gambling? "
Chen Long asked curiously.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "This stone gambling! It's … "
Ang Lee was very clear about stone gambling. Stone gambling was also called gambling goods. When the jadeite was mined, it was wrapped in a layer of weathered skin. It was impossible to know whether the jadeite was good or bad. After it was cut, the quality of the jadeite could be known. It was called stone gambling. The jadeite produced in the riverbed and the mountain all had a layer of oxidized skin. Some had no skin. Of course, if there was no skin, there was no stone gambling. It could be sold directly according to the quality. The oxidized skin of the jadeite raw stone was also divided into thickness and thickness. The thickness and thickness of the skin mainly depended on the degree of weathering. The more weathering the jadeite raw stone was, the thicker the skin. If you were lucky, you could become rich overnight. If you were unlucky, you might become poor overnight. There was almost no difference between stone gambling and gambling. Under normal circumstances, people who gambled on stones suffered a lot. There were very few people who could become rich overnight. Although most people suffered losses, people who were willing to gamble on stones were still dauntlessly. This was because the jadeite trade was the most profitable and most tempting, but it was also the most risky. There was a saying in the jewelry industry that gambling on stones was like gambling on your life. If you won, you could earn ten times or a hundred times and become rich overnight. If you lost, you would lose everything. In fact, these guys were blinded by overnight wealth. After all, it was extremely difficult to become rich by gambling. Since ancient times, nine out of ten gamblers had lost. Most of the people who could become rich by gambling were very few. The people who could become rich by gambling were called the God of Gamblers. Stone gambling was different from gambling. In many places where gambling was illegal, stone gambling was legal. Therefore, many people who wanted to become rich overnight would choose the safer stone gambling, so that they could get a lot of wealth more easily.
For the general stone gambling, nine out of ten gamblers would lose. For the real expert, the chance of winning was relatively higher. But even the expert would make mistakes. Therefore, under normal circumstances, it was better not to gamble on stone, so as not to regret it for the rest of your life. Ang Lee also advised everyone that even if they had money in the future, they would not easily do stone gambling. After all, the price of stone gambling was not low. Most of them were inferior jade materials. The chance of gambling with high-quality jade was too small.
At the same time, Ang Lee also told everyone more information about jadeite raw stones. For example, unprocessed jadeite raw stones were called raw stones. In the jadeite trading market, raw stones were also called stones. Raw stones that were full of green were called colored goods. Raw stones with uneven green were called flower brand materials. Large pieces of raw stones without high jadeite were called brick materials. The whole body was wrapped in a leather shell. The jadeite raw stones that had not been cut open and had not been opened were called gambling stones. It could also be called gambling goods. The outer skin of gambling stones was wrapped in a thin or thick original stone skin. Different gambling stones had different colors. There were red, yellow, white, black, and mixed colors. Generally, from the appearance, one could not see the true color at a glance. Even in the later generations with advanced technology, there was no instrument that could quickly determine whether the inside was jadeite or broken jadeite through this outer shell. Therefore, trading was very risky and exciting. The profit of winning was huge. Therefore, this kind of trading had been going on for a long time from ancient times to the present. No one could stop people who wanted to become rich overnight.
Through Ang Lee's explanation, everyone finally had a deeper understanding of gambling stones. At the same time, they also put away the restless heart of gambling stones.
"Assistant Minister Li, don't worry. We definitely won't gamble stones. We are not short of money."
Chen Long opened his mouth and said.
Ang Lee nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's right. In addition, I forgot to tell you that there are also fakes in gambling stones. Some people deliberately put a thin layer of jadeite on the surface in order to make others think that the jadeite they sell is of good quality. In fact, there are all stones inside, only a thin layer on the surface. Many people have been fooled."
Since there were so many people gambling stones, the number of people who wanted to get rich overnight was extremely large. Naturally, there were liars who wanted to seek benefits from it. These liars took advantage of people's desire to get rich overnight and created jadeite that looked good but was actually trash.
For example, when some jadeite raw stones were sold, a small window would be opened on the surface of the raw stone and the jade inside would be exposed. However, only a small piece of exposed jade could not be confirmed that there was jade inside. Many greedy people would misunderstand and think that there was a big piece of jade inside, so they would take the risk to buy it.
In fact, if one thought about it carefully, it could be understood. If there was a big piece of jade, why would there only be a small opening when it was opened? Why don't you make the hole bigger? " The bigger the opening, the more jade would be exposed and the more money it could be sold for. The seller was not a fool. Why would there only be a small opening? Naturally, it was because there was only a small opening. The bigger the opening, the more the jadeite would be exposed.
In addition, the jadeite with a window opened generally needed to be bid according to the standard of brick according to the different circumstances. Some of the green in the window area was the fracture of a pickaxe. After being illuminated with a strong light, the green inside was lovely. But the strange thing was that the window area was not polished. The reason was very likely that there were too many cracks, the water was not good, the green was mixed with black, or the green was not straight, etc. Once such jadeite was polished, all the shortcomings would be exposed. In this case, the seller needed to polish the unclear parts of the raw stone before negotiating the price.
Also, when buying high-end jade materials, there were often traces of manual polishing. These traces were mostly left behind when the owner was looking for green on the jade materials. These traces were often left behind by grinding, digging, and rubbing. These traces often did not have any green. After that, more sand and glue of the same color as the skin were used for clever camouflage. For a piece of jade, there were artificial protrusions and depressions everywhere. The price should be the same as the amount of green seen. The green seen at this time was usually the true value of the finished product.
Since ancient times, there had been a saying in the stone gambling world that even the gods could not cut an inch of jade. Even if there were many jade windows in many parts of a big stone, giving people the feeling that the whole stone was jade, but when it was really cut, it was very likely that the inside was hollow. There were indeed a lot of jade around, but the little jade around naturally did not have high value. Compared to the money spent on stone gambling, the return was far from enough to offset the cost of stone gambling, so it was definitely a loss. No one could predict what would happen after the cut. Therefore, since ancient times, when stone gambling people went to cut jade, they generally did not dare to be there in person. Others would cut it for them. Stone gambling people would burn incense nearby, praying to the gods and bodhisattvas to bless them so that they could obtain a piece of high-grade jade. Many people even spent a lot of money to repair the golden Buddha statues in the temple in order to pray to the bodhisattvas. They thought that by using this method of bribing the gods and bodhisattvas, they could obtain the blessings of the gods and bodhisattvas. In fact, they were just deceiving themselves. There were many people in later generations who spent millions to build the golden Buddha statues, but in the end, they still lost all their fortune in stone gambling.
Of course, there were also some people who would return the vow afterwards. For example, they would first go to the temple to burn incense and pray to the gods and bodhisattvas to bless them so that they could succeed in stone gambling. As long as they succeeded and became rich overnight, they would definitely take out a part of the money to return the vow and rebuild the golden body of the gods and bodhisattvas.
Those who used the vow to return the vow were generally not rich enough, or more precisely, they were more realistic people. This method even had the intention of blackmailing the gods and bodhisattvas. If they succeeded, they would come back to thank them. If they failed, naturally, they would not thank them. It had to be said that these people were relatively smart. They did not believe that the gods and bodhisattvas would bless them, but they still had a trace of luck in their hearts and were not willing to pay too much. Weren't they very realistic people?
This was like a person who went to the temple to pray for the blessings of the gods and bodhisattvas without spending a single cent. If his wish was fulfilled, he would come back to give the gods and bodhisattvas some benefits. If his wish was not fulfilled, he would not suffer any losses. Wasn't this just spending money to ask the gods and bodhisattvas to do things? If he succeeded, he would pay. If he failed, he would not give a single cent. What did he think the gods and bodhisattvas were?
Those who gambled on stones prayed for the blessings of the gods and bodhisattvas, but the gods and bodhisattvas themselves did not exist, so naturally, they would not bless anyone. Those who tried to get the blessings of the gods and bodhisattvas eventually went bankrupt. If the blessings of the gods and bodhisattvas could make people rich overnight, then, in the whole world, who would be willing to work hard? Everyone would go to the temple to kneel and pray for the gods and bodhisattvas to bestow money. If everyone was so persistent in believing in the gods and bodhisattvas and not willing to work hard, wanting to get rich overnight, then this world would not exist. At least, this society would not have the slightest progress, and human beings would forever stay in the primitive stage.
If a person wanted to live a good life, he must be down-to-earth and work hard instead of being opportunistic. Especially when it came to gambling on stones, which was essentially gambling. One must know that this kind of gambling did not have much chance of winning. It was very likely that one would lose a lot of money. The possibility of success was too low. Therefore, it was best not to touch it.
As long as there was a profiteering industry, there must be fraud. This had never changed since ancient times, and the more violent the industry, the more serious the fraud.
They searched carefully under their feet and soon found a large pile of raw jade stones. At least one-third of the small stones here were raw jade stones, and the rest were worthless silicate ores.
"These stones must have been washed down from upstream, not here."
Ang Lee carefully checked the nearby cave walls and found that the walls were very hard silicate stones. The raw jade stones were definitely not here. After walking for a while, the walls were still the same, which meant that the raw jade stones were still produced upstream. As for how far they were, they could only know after walking for a while.
"Assistant Minister Li, we have walked 200 steps, and the walls are still hard. It seems that these stones were washed from further away. I really don't know how long this cave is."
Chen Long opened his mouth and said.
Ang Lee also observed along the way. The walls of the cave did not change much for the time being, and he could occasionally kick raw jade stones under his feet. Because there were too many of them, no one stopped to pick up the stones. These stones also ran away, especially a few members of the Zhan Clan. They already knew that there were many valuable stones here. In the future, they could come and pick up stones at any time, so there was no need to hurry.
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