The value of amber did not lie in the rosin itself, but in the rarity of the things inlaid inside. If there was nothing inside, then it would be too ordinary. But if there were leaves and insects inlaid inside, then the value would be very different. Among them, the amber inlaid with insects was the most precious. Rare insects were even more precious because rare insects were not very common. The probability of being wrapped in rosin and preserved for thousands of years was even rarer. Its value was far higher than gold. It was possible for a collector to spend tens of thousands of gold to buy a lake. Of course, the premise was that it was rare enough. Not just any amber could be sold at a sky-high price.
Daxi 'er found a worthless amber that was far less valuable than the one Ang Lee found. She was slightly disappointed. However, she was a local and would have plenty of opportunities in the future. As long as she knew where this amber came from, she could slowly pick it up in the mountains. If she mobilized all the men, women, and children in the village to pick it up, she believed that they would be able to find enough amber of good quality. In this way, their village's survival problem would be solved.
Li An and Daxi 'er walked a few hundred steps along the stream. Every few steps, they had to stop and observe carefully so that they wouldn't miss out on precious amber. After walking such a long distance, they only saw five pieces of amber. Moreover, they were all of high quality. Only the one with mosquito inlaid in it was the most valuable. The rest either didn't have any inlays, or only had leaves inside, or even dead leaves. Such low-quality amber couldn't be sold for much.
"After searching for so long, we only found some worthless amber. How much can all of these be sold for?"
Daxi 'er looked at Ang Lee and asked.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and replied, "If these amber were sold in the capital, they could be sold for at least ten pieces of gold. However, none of them can be bought here. They can only be sold as stones!"
"If that's the case, then these amber need to be sold in the capital! But the capital is too far away. It will take a long time to go there and back. What should we do? "
Daxi 'er's face was full of worry. She did not know what to do.
Ang Lee smiled slightly and said, "That's not a problem. Why don't you sell all the amber to me? I'll buy it with gold cookies. How about that?"
"Really? It's a deal. "
Daxi 'er was pleasantly surprised. This was because the people in their village had a lot of amber. As long as they collected all the amber, it would be a sizable tree. If they exchanged it all for gold cookies, they should have a lot of money. With these gold cookies, their village's life would be much better. At the very least, they wouldn't have to worry about not having enough money to buy food.
"Haha! How could I go back on my words? Take out all the amber you have in your village! However, if there are too many, I won't be able to accept them. I only want the best and most valuable ones. "
Ang Lee said.
"Yes, it's the one with the little bugs inside! Our ancestors have accumulated quite a lot of them. Among them, there are some that contain insects. Does Young Master intend to buy them at the price of the capital? "
Daxi 'er smiled. She seemed to be looking forward to it.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "But this is not the capital! Moreover, I can only make a rough guess as to how much the price is in the capital. I can't be sure of the actual price! "
"That's true! How much an amber is worth is still up to Young Master. If Young Master wants to deceive us, I won't be able to see through it! "
Daxi 'er smiled slightly. She seemed to have discovered the problem.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "Does Madam Xi 'er think that I would deliberately deceive you?"
Daxi 'er smiled and said, "Forget it. If you want to deceive us, so be it! Anyway, these ambers are just useless trash to us. We'll sell them for as much as we can. Since Young Master has given us two carriages of food, what's wrong with us giving it to Young Master? "
"Give it to me? Madam Xi 'er is really willing to give it to me? "
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Daxi 'er nodded and said, "Of course. What's there to be reluctant about? It's just some amber. Anyway, it's not worth much here. There's nothing wrong with giving some to Young Master. Really."
Looking at Daxi 'er's sincere expression, Ang Lee believed most of it. This Madam Xi' er was really generous. She was actually willing to give it to him. However, Ang Lee definitely wouldn't take her things for free. He would definitely pay for it. Moreover, he wouldn't let her suffer a loss in terms of price. This was Ang Lee's principle in life. He wouldn't change it easily.
"Haha, I'm just kidding. I won't let you suffer a loss. Don't worry. The amber that we find together is all yours. The amber that my guards dig up is also all yours. "
Ang Lee said.
"Why is it all ours? This is the amber that you worked so hard to get."
Daxi 'er said.
Ang Lee said, "These amber were all obtained from Qingsong Mountain. Even if it's yours, it makes sense. It's settled then. Let's find more! If we can find high-quality amber, you can have all the gold pancakes that you snatched from the inn a few days ago. I won't take a single one. "
"Really? There's also a very useful mirror in there. Can you give it to us too? "
Daxi 'er asked.
"It's just a mirror. That thing isn't worth much.
I'll just give it to you, "Ang Lee said calmly.
To Ang Lee, this mirror was indeed worthless. However, to Daxi 'er, it was a very precious treasure. After all, there were no mirrors in Dazhou. Perhaps the clan leader's house had one, but ordinary people's houses didn't have one. They had never even seen a mirror before. Naturally, they would feel that a treasure that they had never seen before was very precious.
"Really? I'll take this mirror. "
Daxi 'er was very happy and happily accepted this precious mirror. This was the treasure that she valued the most so far. It was even more precious than the gold pancakes. After all, this was the first time she had seen such a good mirror. Moreover, women were creatures that loved beauty and had a soft spot for mirrors. Suddenly receiving such a good mirror would naturally make her feel that it was very precious.
Li An and Da Xi 'er continued to search along the river. Li An and Da Xi' er found a few more ambers, but they were all not very valuable ambers. One of them had an unknown bug in it, and a few of them had withered leaves that were less valuable than the bug. This was normal. After all, premium ambers were very rare and not easy to come across. Most of the ambers they encountered were ordinary ambers, which was more logical. If all of them were premium ambers, it would be abnormal. How could premium ambers that could be found so easily still be premium ambers? Could premium ambers that could be found on the streets still be premium ambers?
In the future, there were many beautiful amber pieces that contained all kinds of precious bugs. They looked very domineering, and even a complete scorpion was not a problem. However, those were not naturally formed. They were manufactured amber. Once they were manufactured, the price would be greatly reduced. Manufactured amber, no matter how beautiful it was, was still man-made. Only natural high-quality amber was the most valuable.
High-quality amber was not easy to obtain. If it was easy to obtain, it would not be considered high-quality amber. Therefore, high-quality amber was very rare. Whether one could obtain it depended on luck. If one was lucky, one could encounter it. If one was unlucky, one would not be able to obtain one in a lifetime.
In Ang Lee's opinion, if there was a complete scorpion inside the amber, it could definitely be regarded as a high-quality amber. However, the probability of this happening was too low. After all, scorpions were very large and strong. It was not easy for rosin to trap scorpions. Unless it was a sick and weak scorpion, it would be swallowed by the rosin and made into a specimen.
More than a dozen guards received Ang Lee's order and could only keep digging in the soil, hoping to find high-quality amber. However, it was more difficult to find amber in the soil than by the river. More than a dozen people dug for a long time and only four amber pieces were dug out. Moreover, the quality was also not complimentary. This made Ang Lee realize that it was not easy to rely on amber to make a fortune. They had to search very hard to obtain more valuable amber. In this process, the cost of time and physical strength was relatively high. For the old and weak who had poor physical strength, it was more suitable to search by the river. Especially for children, their eyesight was very good and they were good at finding amber in the river. As for the old and weak, it was better to search by the river. Especially for children, their eyesight was very good and they were good at finding amber in the river. As for the old and weak, it was better to search by the river. However, for the old people, they did not have good eyesight. It was okay to let them cook at home, but it was too difficult for them to find amber in the pile of stones.
"Don't look, don't look, my eyes are blurry."
Ang Lee felt that his eyesight was a little tired and said.
Not only were his eyes tired, but the amber that he found was also not very novel. They were all relatively common amber that could be bought with a little money in the capital. The amber that could not be bought with money was the real good amber.
Beside a large rock on the mountain, Ang Lee and Daxi 'er sat side by side. Ang Lee gently stretched out his arm and pulled Daxi' er into his arms. He felt Daxi 'er's warm and delicate body and her fragrance.
The feeling of hugging a beauty was too good. There was nothing more comfortable than this. Ang Lee loved to enjoy hugging a beauty.
"Young Master is leaving tomorrow. Will we have a chance to meet again?"
Daxi 'er said with a lonely face.
Ang Lee said with certainty, "Wife Daxi 'er, as long as fate wills it, we will definitely meet again. We definitely will."
In fact, Ang Lee was just comforting Daxi 'er. In Ang Lee's life, an ordinary woman like Daxi' er was destined to be a passerby in his life. There were too many beautiful and ordinary women like her. Ang Lee could not possibly take all of them into his harem. Some were destined to be missed. Moreover, they would be missed for life and there would be no possibility of meeting again.
For example, Daxi 'er was one of them. Ang Lee had only met Daxi' er when he was passing by Dazhou. Along the way, Ang Lee had not only met Daxi 'er. With so many women, it would be a problem for Ang Lee to remember all of them when he returned to the capital. There was a high probability that he would forget some.
For example, when he went south to open up the Maritime Silk Road, Ang Lee had met too many beautiful women. Among them, there were even queens and princesses. Of course, most of them were beautiful women from the poor. Ang Lee remembered some of them, but there were even more women that Ang Lee could not remember. He could not remember them at all.
It was not that Ang Lee was fickle. It was just that his brain cells were limited. It was impossible for him to remember too many people. Some women who were not particularly special were easily forgotten.
Although he knew that the chances of them meeting again were very low, and there was a possibility that he would not remember the beauty in front of him, Ang Lee still had to say nice things to make the beauty happy. Or rather, fill her with some expectations. This way, life would be more promising, and they would be able to live a better life.
If Ang Lee told Daxi 'er that they might not meet again in this lifetime, then Daxi' er would be very sad! Therefore, even though he knew that they might not meet again in this lifetime, Ang Lee still wanted to give Daxi 'er hope. Perhaps this was what it meant to show mercy everywhere! It could not be helped. Sometimes, being too charming was quite troublesome.
"Young Master, do you need my help when you go to Dongnu Province? If I can help, I will definitely not refuse."
Daxi 'er suddenly said.
Ang Lee shook his head and said, "Daxi 'er, my wife, I know that you are a good girl. However, you won't encounter any big problems when you go to Dongnu Province. If you really encounter any big problems, I won't be able to help! Haha! "
"Alright! I really want to lie in Young Master's arms for the rest of my life. "
Daxi 'er lay in Ang Lee's arms and said coquettishly.
Ang Lee chuckled and hugged Daxi 'er even tighter. It was good to be able to enjoy a beauty that he met by chance. After he left, he was afraid that he would never be able to enjoy Daxi' er's warmth again.
People in the later generations always liked to say that one should be faithful until death and only love one person in one's life, as if this was the natural order of things. Anyone who violated this belief was immoral. In fact, it was nothing more than moral kidnapping. The true nature of humans was greed, especially those who were more capable. They were even more greedy when it came to relationships. Since ancient times, how many capable men would be faithful until death? Didn't they all have many wives and concubines? Emperors even had three thousand concubines in their harems, or even tens of thousands of concubines were common. This was the true inner thought of a successful man. Those who were faithful until death were just deliberately restricting people's thoughts.
Of course, restricting people's thoughts was also for the sake of the world's stability. Otherwise, if an outstanding man like Ang Lee married thousands of wives, then more than half of the men in the world could only spend the rest of their lives alone. In that case, these men who couldn't find a wife would definitely rebel!
The later generations had been peaceful for a long time, and there was almost no situation where the number of men decreased due to war. Therefore, the number of men in society was not less than that of women. In fact, there were more men. Overall, it was relatively equal. Under such circumstances, loving only one person with all one's heart could be distributed very well. There wouldn't be a situation where a large number of men couldn't find a wife. It was beneficial for the world's stability.
The reason why concubines were allowed in ancient times was because of the frequent wars. The number of men had always been less than the number of women. A war would cause tens of thousands of deaths. Among these deaths, most of them were men. The women would be preserved. This provided a place for concubines. Anyway, there were plenty of women, so there was no need to worry about not having enough to distribute.
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