Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 21 Gems!

Under Xie Jue's feet, there were three rubies that were the size of thumbs, which shone brightly.

In the sunlight shining through the dense forest, it shimmers and shines, and it can be seen that it is the best ruby ​​without polishing.

"It's right here, dig!" Xie Jue said after recovering.

Xie Qi and Rong Shan put down their knives, took out a hoe from behind, dug a few times, and rolled out a rough gemstone the size of a thumb.

Rong Shan was the first to see it (he was responsible for helping Su Yue polish it), and when he bent down to pick it up, he pulled out several more from the soil.

Both Xie Jue and Xie Qi were stunned for a moment.

Sure enough, it is a place where gems can be dug out by digging casually!

Although the emperor changed his surname, the development of the main body is still somewhat the same as the Northern Song Dynasty in Su Yue's memory.

For more than a hundred years, both agriculture and commerce have been emphasized, and handicrafts and commerce have been encouraged, resulting in prosperity for the whole people.

Once a person is rich, he naturally enjoys a luxurious life.

The demand for gems has also increased a lot.

However, the Song Dynasty did not produce many gems, and even fewer top-quality gems.

Most of them are shipped in from Fanwai and the Western Regions.

Its price is very expensive.

In particular, high-quality gemstones, no matter how expensive they are, are bought by wealthy women.

In her previous life, Su Yue had seen the female relatives of two families snatch a top-quality blood ruby ​​the size of a pigeon egg from Fanwai.

One family is the daughter of a powerful official, and the other is the wife of a nobleman, who fired the gem directly to 50 guan.

This shows how crazy gemstones are in Song Dynasty.

(Here is an explanation: the general currency of the Song Dynasty is copper coins, and the ratio of gold to silver to copper coins is, one tael of gold, ten taels of silver, and ten copper coins, and the usual copper coin is one thousand Wen. For the sake of convenience, this article will use silver overseas. Or gold, and in the Song Dynasty, it is often used as a unit of calculation)
Of course, not all gemstones can afford high prices.

Ordinary lapis lazuli, opal, diopside, etc., as well as those with ordinary quality and impurities, the price will be much cheaper.

Most of the piles that Su Yue saw on the street stalls were of this type.

However, even those, if you take them back to the Song Dynasty, you can exchange a polished one for a few taels of silver.

So Su Yue was still very happy.

The gems that Xie Jue bought were of very good quality and appearance, and they could be sold at a high price with a little more carving when they go back.

However, even in those of him, there are very few qualities like those rolled out of the ground.

Rong Shan looked at Su Yue who was about to bleed out, glanced at Xie Jue, handed the few gems to Su Yue and said, "Miss Yue, help our young master hold it."

Su Yue immediately took it, held it in her hand and looked at the light.

Although this one is not as big as a pigeon's egg, it has such transparency, such refraction, and the quality that there is no impurity in it...

"Take it back, at least it can sell for a thousand guns." Xie Jue said coolly.

Su Yue clenched her fist and put the gem in her palm, blinking her eyes and said, "Can you not sell it?"

She also likes gems!

Her appearance was really pitiful in the midst of flattery, Xie Jue smiled unconsciously, and said, "If that's the case, then don't act like you're worth a lot of money."

Seeing Su Yue's eyes blinking again in confusion, Xie Jue said patiently, "What you love cannot be measured by money."

Su Yue's heart skipped a beat.

Xie Jue had already turned around and said to Xie Qi and Rong Shan, "Be careful, the ones dug out here will be picked by this girl first."

Su Yue's eyes were moistened unconsciously.

I thought, he really is a good person!

But the excitement and gratitude hadn't lasted ten seconds, Xie Jue had already said slowly: "One minus the dividend of her ten cake tea."

Su Yue said angrily, "You just said..."

Halfway through, she felt wrong, her favorite thing was her favorite thing!

Looking at the luster of the ruby ​​in his hand again, the anger immediately dissipated.

Throwing the jewel into the purse tied around his waist, rolled up his sleeves, and wanted to help dig a hole.

Xie Qi pushed it away with a smile and said: "Okay, it's just your little arms and legs, just pick it up next to you."

Xie Qi and Rong Shan are Lian's sons, young and strong enough.

After a while, a pile of mud and rocks were dug out.

Su Yue just picked and pulled one, so excited.

Seeing that Xie Jue's eyelids were jumping, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he condescended to kneel down and helped her put the gemstones she picked up into the bag.

(He specially brought a few big bags here)

After digging a few big holes, Xie Qi and Rong Shan also joined the search.

There are really too many gems coming out.

Let's put it this way, there are small stones in the general soil, and a few stones can always come out of a handful of soil.

The soil here is the same, although the size is different, but every stone that comes out is a gem.

And there are many kinds, ranging from moonstone garnet peridot spinel (valuable!), to red, blue and yellow gemstones (very valuable!), as well as star gemstones and opals (very valuable!).

And the quality is still top-notch!
Xie Qi and Rong Shan couldn't recognize the types of those gemstones, they could only tell the difference between good-looking and better-looking, and the bigger ones first.

When Xie Qi picked out a blood ruby ​​the size of a pigeon's egg from the pit, Rong Shan also threw out a sapphire bigger than a pigeon's egg at the same time.

Su Yue couldn't even utter a sound of exclamation.

When it was almost dark, the few bags I brought were almost full.

All together, I'm afraid there are more than a thousand.

Even Xie Qi and Rong Shan were so tired that they couldn't stand upright.

Su Yue?

Su Yue got tired and lay down, half leaned on Xie Jue and fell asleep.

He was still holding two big gems tightly in his palm.

"Okay, let's stop here today." Xie Jue said.

Xie Qi and Rong Shan responded, jumped out of the pit, looked at Su Yue's small appearance and laughed.

Xie Jue pouted at several pitfalls, and said softly: "You two also choose some, Master Suan and Miss Yue will give your wives this book."

Xie Qi and Rong Shan clasped their fists at the same time and thanked them, without refusing, they grabbed a handful of the smallest gems.

(The hands of the two are big, and there are dozens of them in just one handful. It is worth the old nose's money to go back)
Xie Qi looked at it, then picked out the cat's eyes inside, put it beside Su Yue and said: "Young girl likes this, third master, I gave this to you, it can't be counted as ten cakes of tea cakes." what."

Rong Shan was about to learn how to choose, when he raised his eyes and saw Xie Jue's face, he immediately held his hand, poured the gem into his pocket, and said, "Thank you, Third Master, for the reward."

Just say that at the beginning, he is not seen by Xie Jue yet.

It's better to turn around and drive Xie Jue to secretly give it to Miss Yue when Xie Jue doesn't know it.

Xie Qi didn't look at Xie Jue's face at all, put those two cat's eyes away, and went back to fill in the hole.

While filling it out, he said, "Third Master, are we coming tomorrow?"

Xie Jue gritted his teeth, and said three times in his heart that he said she belonged to you, then he relaxed a little and said, "No, let's go back, we can't make others suspicious, we will talk about it when we return."

Now it's just to explore the way. Since what Su Yue said is not wrong at all, then, on the return journey, he will sail to the port of Ceylon.

Try to buy this piece of land.

This time, with Li Xiang's help, the supply of goods to go back is basically booked. This time, the spices alone can sell for more than one million taels.

Coupled with the gold received, it is really a lot of money.

As for these gemstones, pearls and coral ivory, since Su Yue likes them, she will keep them for her.

Although the origin is unknown, it is a girl after all.

(End of this chapter)