Chapter 207 Purple Jade
This jade exchange conference was very lively, with jade merchants from surrounding empires and kingdoms all gathered here to discuss jade prices or purchase jade in large quantities. The scene was extremely lively.
Shen Lang and the four ladies were walking on the street, and they also met jade merchants from various countries. Some of them were handsome, some had strange looks, some wore strange clothes, and some spoke strange languages, which was an eye-opener for them.
There is a jade merchant in Wangfeng City, which is the largest jade merchant in Wangfeng City. At this time, an auction for the Jade Exchange Conference is being held. Jade merchants from various countries who come here will take out the best jade and jadeite to sell at the auction, or they will take a fancy to the best jade and jadeite and put them in their pockets.
Shen Lang and the four ladies sat in the middle, looking at piece after piece of jadeite with superb color and extremely rare quality, marveling at them. If these things were made into jewelry, they would be priceless items.
During this period, Shen Lang took a fancy to a piece of pure white mutton-fat jade and wanted to bid for it, but when he saw that the reserve price was over ten thousand gold and he raised the price by one thousand and two gold each time, he could only rub his hands.
He doesn't have that much money!
Otherwise I would definitely take a picture of it, find a good craftsman to make four bracelets for my four wives, how beautiful they would be!
"My friends, the next item to be auctioned is an extremely rare piece of jade that has only appeared once in history!" The auctioneer walked to the center of the venue pushing a small cart covered with a piece of black satin.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the auction hall focused their attention on the black satin, and everyone speculated what it was.
"Purple Jade!"
The auctioneer spoke loudly, then stretched out his hand to lift up the black satin, and a piece of purple jade appeared on the cart. Everyone's eyes widened when they saw it.
"It's full of water, crystal clear and flawless, without a single impurity!" The auctioneer was also excited. He had never seen such a high-quality purple jadeite before. He said, "The value of this cannot be measured by money!"
"The owner of this jade doesn't want gold, but needs to exchange it with medicinal herbs and elixirs. As long as the owner of this purple jade is satisfied, the exchange can be made!"
The auctioneer looked at the crowd and said, "Now, the auction begins!"
After the auctioneer stated the conditions, all the jade merchants grinned.
No matter how much money, silver, or gold you want, they can afford it!
But, you want elixirs and herbs, where can they get them?
They are not warriors, so why do they keep elixirs and herbs around them?
It was sold a long time ago!
However, there were still a few jade merchants who were warriors. They took out a few pills and sent them to the auction table for appraisal. The auctioneer invited an alchemy master to test them, but everyone shook their heads and said that the pills were not good.
At this point, everyone felt a little regretful. Seeing the priceless purple jadeite in front of them but not being able to get it at all, they felt itchy in their hearts.
However, Shen Lang was very happy because in his system there were still many of the twenty or so small bottles that were seized at the Xinjiang Information Exchange Conference last time. They contained either pills or herbs, each of which was fragrant. Even if Shen Lang didn't know the purpose of these pills, he knew that these things must be good things.
So, Shen Lang snapped his fingers, took out three small bottles at random, and asked the waiter next to him to take them to the auction table for appraisal. When the alchemy master opened the first small bottle, he exclaimed in surprise and nodded quickly, indicating that this bottle of elixir could be exchanged for purple jadeite.
Such a scene greatly surprised the jade merchants and auctioneers. No one expected that Shen Lang had such a elixir that was worth as much as purple jadeite.
And this is only the first bottle. People took three bottles, so aren’t the remaining two bottles also priceless?
Finally, this priceless purple jadeite was obtained by Shen Lang, who was very happy. After looking at the size, he found that it was just enough to make four bracelets, one for each of the four ladies.
Wanyan Ruyu, Chang Rumo, Qingsi and Mingyue also love bracelets very much. Women's obsession and persistence with bracelets are no less than their obsession and persistence with beauty.
After the auction was over, Shen Lang was about to leave with Purple Jade and his four wives when they were stopped by the auctioneer, who said that the owner of Purple Jade wanted to meet Shen Lang and his four wives.
Is there anything else good?
Shen Lang did not refuse. He took the four ladies and followed the auctioneer to the hall behind the store. As soon as he entered, Shen Lang saw two middle-aged men and a middle-aged woman sitting in the hall. They were wearing strange clothes, speaking a strange language, and their green eyes were very beautiful.
The auctioneer walked up to the two men and one woman and spoke a series of words that Shen Lang could not understand. The three of them then looked at Shen Lang, stood up from their chairs, walked up to Shen Lang with smiles on their faces and greeted him.
"Hello!" Shen Lang said to the two men and one woman in front of him. He didn't know whether the two men and one woman could understand him.
"Hello!" One of the slightly plump men spoke, looking at Shen Lang with a smile, his voice a little strange.
The sound of this voice made Shen Lang smile and asked, "What do you want to see me about?"
"That's right. I wonder if this young master has any more pills like this?" As he spoke, the man took out a small bottle, which was the one that Shen Lang exchanged for the purple jadeite.
Shen Lang nodded: "There are still three or four bottles, do you need them?"
"Great!" The man smiled even brighter when he heard it: "I want them all. Sir, set a condition. As long as we can do it, I'll have them all!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Lang touched his chin and said, "What do you have? Let me take a look first. If you are satisfied, I can consider it!"
"Please come this way!" Upon hearing this, the man made a gesture of invitation and took Shen Lang and the four ladies to the inner room, leaving a man to accompany the auctioneer.
"These are Hetian yellow jade and Hetian red jade. I don't need to introduce their value!" The man walked into the room and took out two pieces of jade and placed them on the table.
When Qingsi and Wanyan Ruyu heard this, they gasped and looked at the two pieces of jade on the table in disbelief.
These topaz and ruby actually exist?
That was only recorded in historical documents and never actually appeared.
Shen Lang looked at Qingsi and Wanyan Ruyu and asked, "Do you know this thing?"
"Yes!" Wanyan Ruyu nodded. After all, she was a royal princess and had heard too many strange stories, including those about Hetian yellow jade and red jade.
"There are indeed records of Hetian yellow jade and red jade in historical documents, but they are only speculated and no one has ever actually seen them. After all, the conditions under which they were formed are too special!" Wanyan Ruyu explained.
"This young lady is truly knowledgeable. I admire her so much!" The man praised Yan Ruyu after hearing her words.
Wanyan Ruyu smiled and glanced at the man: "So, I have to check carefully whether this topaz and red jade are real!" As she said that, she walked to the table, picked up the topaz and examined it carefully.
"Can this be faked?" Shen Lang was a little confused.
Qingsi smiled and said, "Of course, there are many ways to do it, such as soaking in a dye barrel or parasitizing in an animal's body to dye it with blood!"
After hearing this, the man's expression froze, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is absolutely natural, it's definitely not fake!"
Hearing this, Qingsi smiled faintly.
"I hope so!"
