Capital Datang

If Sri Lanka is mentioned in later generations, people's first reaction may be tourism, followed by the gems that are rich there. Ceylon is a country rich in various gems, whether it is opal, ruby, sapphire, etc. All of them can be found here, which can be said to be a well-deserved gem kingdom.One of the reasons why Li Yin asked Li Zhen and Li Yun for this place was that he had taken a fancy to the gem mines in Ceylon Island.

Gem mines on Ceylon Island are mainly concentrated in the middle of the south, where the famous Buddhist holy city of Kandy is located, but in the seventh century AD, the city of Kandy has not yet appeared, but the gemstones there have been mined For hundreds of years, only because of the backward mining technology, the previous production of Ceylon gemstones was not large, and there was no reputation.

However, after Li Yin occupied this place, he immediately spread the news of the rich gemstones here. As a result, a large number of prospectors came to hunt for treasures, and many large gemstone mines were discovered. It has risen almost in a straight line, and has now become one of the pillar industries of Ceylon, and in the position of the later Kandy city, there has also been a city under construction named Gemstone City.

Gemstone City is located in the northeast of Focheng, two hundred miles away. In the past, because gemstones were transported, there was a wide dirt road connecting them. Liu Rengui is planning to change this road into a cement road. Unfortunately, there are too few cement factories on the island. , there is not much cement produced, and if it is transported from Taiwan and other places, the transportation cost alone will be extremely high, so it will take several years for this road to start construction.

There are many kinds of gems mined in Gem City, and they are usually sorted and processed there.Then send them to Buddha City, especially the new Buddha City in Linhai.There is the largest gem trading area in Ceylon, and 582% of the gems mined on the entire island are sent here.Then it is for the customers who come and go to choose.Li Yin had heard of this place long before he came to Ceylon, so he was the first one to come here when he came to Xinfo City.Capital Datang [-]

In fact, the reason why Li Yin knew about the gem trading area in New Buddha City was not from his subordinates, but from Wen Xin, Xi Jun and other women. The charm, when I was picking it up in a jewelry store in Taiwan before.I often heard people talking about the gem trading area in Ceylon, so this time when Li Yin was coming to Ceylon, they deliberately told him to come here to pick some gems for them, and even the little ugly girl was arguing. Ask for gems as gifts.

It is also under the pressure of the whole family, and Li Yin also wants to see the gem trading in Ceylon with his own eyes, so now he is walking in the gem trading area of ​​Xinfo City, watching the gems being sold on both sides with a leisurely look. of traders.

"Rooster, please open my red buns. It's definitely the best red buns!" A Persian with a turban wrapped around his head said to Li Yin in bad Chinese that made his teeth ache. .It's okay to call the son a rooster, but he can't even tell the difference between gems and buns, and he still has the courage to solicit business from others.It was hard enough for him.

The gem trading area is located on the east side of New Buddha City and occupies a large area, accounting for almost one-tenth of the total area of ​​New Buddha City.There are several streets together, and on both sides of these streets.It is a large and small gem shop, and it is in the open space on both sides of the street.There are also many gem merchants setting up stalls to sell gems.Among them, the gemstone sellers are mainly local Sinhalese, and there are also a small number of Han Chinese, Persians, Tianzhu people, etc., while those who buy gemstones are just the opposite. Almost all of them are foreign businessmen, and it is rare to see local people. Sinhalese buy here.

Along the way, many businessmen have already sold their gemstones to Li Yin, but because Ceylon’s occupation time here is too short, the promotion effect of Sinicization is not obvious, although most foreign businessmen can say some simple things He is not fluent in Chinese, so Li Yin didn't pay much attention to their promotion, just looked at it casually and walked away.

Speaking of the gemstones on both sides of the street, Li Yin was really eye-opened. Apart from ordinary red sapphires, even opals are often seen, but choosing cat’s eyes is a matter of learning, not all cat’s eyes are valuable, and the best ones Cat's eye can be met but not sought.

"Xiao Lin, I heard that there are many Han people looking for gemstone mines. Why are there so few Han people selling gemstones, not even as many Persian people?" Li Yin suddenly asked a handsome young man beside him.This young man is Wenxin's cousin Xiao Lin, who has been transferred to New Buddha City for nearly a year, and is now in charge of the business development of New Buddha City, and is one of Liu Rengui's right-hand men.

When Xiao Lin heard Li Yin's question, he smiled and said: "Liu Lang doesn't know that gem mines of our Han people generally have fixed suppliers. Once they are mined, they will be directly shipped to Taiwan or Datang through the port. In other places, even gem processing is not done here. Now the Han people who are doing gem business here are doing some bulk business, and most of them are concentrated in Chinatown in the east. Almost all the shops there are Han people. If Liulang If you want to buy gems, you can go there."

Li Yin and Xiao Lin were traveling in casual clothes, so Xiao Lin naturally didn't need to call Li Yin His Highness.And Li Yin was taken aback when he heard the name Chinatown. He didn't expect Chinatown to appear in a place like Buddha City.This made him very interested, and immediately urged Xiao Lin to lead the way, he must go and have a look.

Chinatown is not far from where they are, just turn around a few small alleys, but as soon as Li Yin arrives here, Li Yin immediately feels as if he has returned to the Tang Dynasty. The whole street is full of Tang-style buildings. The shop signs are all written in Chinese characters, and the wide cement road is full of pedestrians, and the density of Han people here is indeed much higher than other places.

When he came to this Chinatown, Li Yin immediately felt a sense of kindness. Although he had only stayed in Ceylon for less than a month, he already believed in Taiwan. Especially here, he likes to add curry to everything he does. Chili, this made him especially unbearable, so when he smelled the aroma from the restaurants on this street, he couldn't help but salivate.

"Xiao Lin, let's go, let's go to the restaurant first to taste whether the food and drinks here are authentic?" Li Yin looked at the three-story restaurant closest to him, and said in a good mood.

After hearing this, Xiao Lin laughed secretly. They had just had dinner before they came out, but in order to show that he was approachable, Li Yin ate with ordinary officials in the large cafeteria of the Ministry of Commerce. The most common curry mutton served in the cafeteria was not used to by Li Yin who had just arrived in Ceylon, so he didn’t eat much of a plate of mutton at all. No wonder he was arguing to eat now.

After entering the restaurant, Li Yin took the menu and ordered a few popular dishes, Xiao Lin accompanied him, and when the food and wine were served, Li Yin immediately ate Hesai binge, he was traveling secretly this time, and accompanied him The staff in Ceylon have been reduced, and no ones like cooks are brought along at all, and Ceylon likes to add that kind of original curry to every meal, which makes Li Yin suffer a lot.

The food in this restaurant is good, at least the taste has not changed due to the change of location, but if it is placed in the country, this restaurant can only be regarded as a mid-range level at best, but this is the new Buddha City, there is a restaurant that can do Chinese food like this Authentic places are already pretty good.

After eating and drinking enough, Li Yin made a stopover in Chinatown, and found that there are not only many gem shops, but also many Central Plains special commodity shops, such as porcelain and silk, which are well-known to the public. , in addition, there are some more distinctive things, such as Tang Dynasty clothing, daily necessities, etc., and even Li Yin found a snack bar, which serves all kinds of Central Plains snacks, but unfortunately there is a long queue at the entrance of the store. The team, and most of them are foreigners, Li Yin thought about it and didn't join in the fun.

Now that he came to Chinatown, he naturally couldn't miss the most gemstone shop here, besides, a bunch of women at home were waiting to ask him for the bill, so Li Yin finally came to the largest gemstone shop in Chinatown, accompanied by Xiao Lin.

This gem shop is called Treasure Pavilion, and it is a four-story building. Each floor is divided into different areas, and they deal in different types of gems, such as red sapphire, cat's eye, amethyst, purple emerald, etc., among which The gemstones on the first floor are the cheapest, and the higher the price, the more expensive the gemstones are, of course, the better the quality of the gemstones.

Li Yin wanted to buy gemstones for his family, so he went straight up to the fourth floor. The shopkeeper of this store knew Xiao Lin, and seeing that this young man could be accompanied by Minister Xiao, who was in charge of business, he must be a big man, so he met him personally. Accompanied, and also took out all the treasures of the store that were treasured in the store.Capital Datang 582

For the service of this shop, Li Yin felt very satisfied, especially when the shopkeeper took out their treasure of the store, a string of necklaces made of ink lusè cat's eyes, which surprised Li Yin even more. Although cat's eye gemstones are abundant, amber and ink lusè are the rarest of them. Generally, the cat's eyes of these two colors are only the size of a mung bean and are worth a lot, not to mention that the cat's eyes on this necklace are almost all made of gemstones. The cat's eyes the size of a finger belly are strung together, and the bottom one is the size of a pigeon egg. It can be said to be very rare, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless.

Of course, this string of cat's eye necklaces is also very valuable. Even if the shopkeeper gave them a [-]% discount, they were finally bought by Li Yin at a price of [-] guan. There is also a string made of extremely pure sapphires. The necklace, which is also the treasure of the Treasure Pavilion, was finally bought by Li Min at a high price.

It's just that it is the limit of the Treasure Pavilion to be able to take out two treasures of the town store, and the rest are some gems and jewelry of lower quality. For a girl, how can the two pieces of jewelry be divided? (to be continued...)