treasure hunter

Pei Miao looked at Elder Ye, and asked leisurely: "Master, Jiuding...is there any hope of getting it back?"

When Ye Lao heard this, his expression suddenly became a little lonely. There are many national treasures living overseas in our country. Whether it is the government or patriotic entrepreneurs, they are all trying to get these national treasures back to China, but... in the end, there is little effect. Although there are some successful cases, compared with the number of national treasures living overseas, they are really just a drop in the bucket.

What's more, this time it was the island country that took the initiative to steal Jiuding, not to mention the entanglement between the two countries, but the behavior of stealing it on their own initiative against them, it is already certain that the other party will not be able to return Jiuding.

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A few days later, the nine cauldrons were neatly arranged in an ancient courtyard in an island country. A group of people knelt down in the courtyard and said loudly: "Master, I have fulfilled my mission and brought the other eight divine cauldrons here."

"Very good." A deep voice came from the room, "The nine cauldrons are ready, next...you send people to lurk in Huaxia, keep a low profile, the man of destiny still has a calamity, wait until he is calamity, and then take action."

"Yes." Everyone agreed in unison.

"Go back."

The people in the courtyard retreated one after another.

After a while, the door opened, and an old man in ancient costume with long white hair came out slowly, stopped in the courtyard, and looked at the nine tripods in front of him with his hands behind his back.

After staring at Jiuding for a while, he slowly walked towards one of the tripods, and the wooden clogs under his feet made a "da da" sound.

The old man walked up to the tripod, looked at the tripod, and said with a sneer, "It's waste of copper and iron."

After all, he raised his hand to press the tripod, and with a slight push, the huge bronze tripod measured in tons flew out in an instant, flying a full dozen meters away, and then followed the tall stone tripod. The steps rolled down, making a clanging sound.

The people who had just retreated were descending the stone steps, when they heard the huge movement behind them, they hurriedly turned around, seeing the bronze cauldron pressing on them, they were all startled and dodged one after another.

But the stone steps are not spacious, and there are tall walls on both sides. It is not so easy to dodge. There are still three people who cannot dodge, and they are about to be crushed by the bronze tripod.

Suddenly, a thin line shot straight from the air, and a fishhook was connected to the end of the line, which turned out to be a fishing line.

I saw the fishhook approaching in an instant, entangled one foot of the bronze tripod, and then, the huge bronze tripod flew up very high.

It turned out that it was an old man with a grey-haired hat and a hat standing on the sentry towers of the courtyard wall on both sides of the stone steps, using a fishing rod to control the hook and line, and caught the giant bronze tripod.

The fishing rod in the hand of the old man holding a fishing rod was pulled into a bow, and the giant bronze tripod was thrown tens of meters away, and then hit heavily on the bluestone road outside the yard. Under the loud noise, the earth trembled. Trembling for a while.

The bluestone road was directly smashed, and a foot and an ear of the giant bronze tripod were also broken.

The old man shook the fishing rod lightly, and the hook and line tied with the bronze tripod were loosened, and then the fishing reel on the fishing rod automatically took up the line until the hook returned to the position on the rod.

All the people below paid homage to the old man at the top, and asked, "Senior Han Jiang, why did the master... punish us, we have just made a contribution."

"The master doesn't want to punish you." The old man put away the fishing rod, stood facing the wind, and said calmly, "The master just doesn't want to see this fake tripod."

"But..." a young man below said, "Master almost killed us by mistake."

"Are you questioning the master?"

"Juniors don't dare!" Hearing this, everyone knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground.

The old man in the bamboo hat said: "Master has calculated everything. He knows that I am here and will keep you safe. Go down and send someone to repair the road."

"Yes." The group of people below heard the words and left as if they had been pardoned.

The old man in the bamboo hat stood on a high place, looking at the huge ocean outside the island, he didn't know what he was thinking for a while.

Suddenly, a voice came from afar in the courtyard, as if whispering in his ear: "Han Jiang, go to Huaxia, and when the time is right, bring the man of destiny over here."

The old man in the bamboo hat nodded: "Of order."

After he said that, he moved his ankle slightly, and his body had already bounced off to another sentry tower, and then he jumped continuously, and finally disappeared into the distance.

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Qiu Huo finally passed, the weather gradually turned cold, Pei Miao did not wait for the news of finding Jiuding after all, he was completely desperate, although he really wanted to find Jiuding, but this is how things are in the world, do one's best and obey the fate, after all, his strength is low , The treasure that the country can't find with all its strength, how dare he think about it.

Next, Pei Miao went to Jinling to deal with all the emeralds that Afa cut out, and sold a small part to his own jewelry company, and stored the rest, waiting for the price of emeralds to rise. These emeralds alone can be worth at least 50 billion asset.

Then he went to Jubaozhai again, and put the treasures he got in the underground auction into Jubaozhai. As for how to deal with it, it was up to Shulong to decide.

At the end of October, the auction company held the second auction. Pei Miao once again took out a lot of treasures and rough jadeite in the name of Jubaozhai. , this second auction will obviously increase the number of items sent for auction, and the value is also quite high.

This auction, the total transaction amount reached 28 billion, of which 11 billion was sent by Pei Miao. Although the transaction amount was not as high as the first auction, it was still an amount that shocked the whole country. Pei Miao's auction company was considered It has become famous all over the country and even internationally.

After finishing his business, Pei Miao went back to the farm for vacation. He spent time with his mother and master every day. When he was bored, he would go fishing in the fishing ground. He didn't like sitting and fishing. The fishing method is more popular with him, and it happens that Ye Xiangnan is also urging him to join the lure, so Pei Miao falls into the lure.

Others need to go through a novice period to learn lures, but Pei Miao does not have a novice period at all. Ye Xiangnan demonstrates it once, and Pei Miao can cast smoothly and freely, and the throw is far and accurate. The exact position of the fish within ten meters around the bait is just like cheating.

But Pei Miao doesn't like cheating, it's boring.

Autumn is cool and crisp, which is very suitable for fishing, and Pei Miao's fishing attendance rate has increased.

Gradually, he met an old man in the fishing ground. This old man called himself a Hanjiang fisherman. He liked to wear bamboo hats.

He also taught Pei Miao some lure skills and knowledge, such as when fish like to speak, and what different fish have different habits.

Pei Miao didn't take it seriously at first, until the old man caught the biggest standard fish in the artificial lake with a 1.68-meter ultra-soft rod, and Pei Miao couldn't help but admire him. He happily accepted Ye Xiangnan's 1 yuan bonus.

Gradually, Pei Miao and the Hanjiang fisherman became acquainted like this, and the Hanjiang fisherman also rented a farmhouse in the farm, went fishing with Pei Miao every day, and became a die-hard fishing friend.

The weather is getting colder, the fish are getting harder and harder to catch, and the business of fishing grounds has decreased.

Just in November of the lunar calendar, there was a heavy snowfall, which is relatively rare in places like Qinyou.

The Hanjiang fisherman didn't ask Pei Miao to go fishing today, Pei Miao went to the Hanjiang fisherman's house to look for him, but when there was no one there, he went to the artificial lake to have a look.

Braving the heavy snow to the artificial lake, I saw no fishermen around the fishing ground. On a small boat in the middle of the lake, a Hanjiang fisherman was fishing there wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat. That’s right, he didn’t finish lures today. Instead, he fished with a hand pole.

In this situation, Pei Miao couldn't help but think of a poem: "A thousand mountains and birds fly away, and a thousand paths and people disappear. The lonely boat and hat man, fishing alone in the cold river and snow."

Pei Miao drove the boat over, and leaned against the Hanjiang fisherman's boat, and asked with a smile, "Why didn't you play lure today, and played with the pole instead?"

The Hanjiang fisherman smiled and said: "In such a heavy snow day, it is easy to catch turtles (you can't catch fish) when playing lures, and the hand pole will be much better."

He threw a fishing rod to Pei Miao and said, "Together." After speaking, he made a nest for Pei Miao.

"Okay." Pei Miao took out the fishing rod, quickly tied the fishing line and hook, and started fishing.

After fishing well, the Hanjiang fisherman suddenly asked: "Fishing friend, tell me... what is the difference between us and these fishes in the water?"

After hearing the words, Pei Miao thought for a while and replied, "There is no similarity."

The Hanjiang fisherman shook his head and said, "I think...we are very similar to fish, we seem to be free, but in fact, we are imprisoned in this water area and cannot escape human control. One day we accidentally bit the hook, It's the end of the day."

Pei Miao asked suspiciously, "Why do you have such an idea?"

The Hanjiang fisherman let out a long sigh in a dejected tone, and said, "I'm getting old, and I've seen a lot, so naturally I like to think about it. You're too young to understand."

Pei Miao didn't bother to think too much, and said with a smile, "In this situation, I can't help but want to recite a poem."

The Hanjiang fisherman said: "Don't look at the big rock from a distance, but look at the big rock up close?"

"Haha, you also know this stalk." Pei Miao laughed, "But what I recite is a serious poem, Liu Zongyuan's "Jiang Xue"."

"Oh, I like this poem very much." The Hanjiang fisherman said with tender eyes, "My alias Hanjiang comes from this poem."

Pei Miao chanted slowly: "Thousands of mountains and birds will fly away, and thousands of miles of people will disappear. I am alone in a boat and I am fishing for snow in the cold river."

The Hanjiang fisherman laughed and said, "I don't think you should recite poems. At this time, you should take pictures and post them on Moments. You can pretend to be a wave."

"Good idea." Pei Miao hurriedly took out her mobile phone, took a picture of the silhouette of the fisherman in the Hanjiang River, took pictures of the lake surface and the snow scene, and then posted it on Moments. ".

After Pei Miao finished taking the photos, the Hanjiang fisherman said, "It's a pity, with you here, it's no longer a lonely boat, but two boats with two people, so it's not worth the time."

Pei Miao said, "It doesn't matter, there are other allusions."

"What allusion?"

Pei Miao raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Guying Hanjiang, an old friend of Jianghu, you are Guying Hanjiang, I am an old friend of Jianghu, how about it, how about it?"

"Not bad, not bad." The Hanjiang fisherman said with a hearty smile, "I am the lonely shadow of the Hanjiang River, and you are an old friend of the rivers and lakes, very good, haha."

The old and the young talked happily.

After the heavy snowfall, the temperature actually picked up in the next few days, and Pei Miao also received a call from Afa from Ruili, saying that Ruili's betting will start in a week, so he specially called to ask Does Pei Miao want to attend?

Pei Miao hadn't touched gambling stones for a long time. Hearing Ruili's gamble, he couldn't help feeling a little itchy. In addition, the weather is turning cold now, and Ruili's side is as warm as spring and autumn. It's the best time for him. Without further ado, agree to go.

The next day, Pei Miao went to Jinling, got together with friends in Jinling, and then boarded a plane to south Yunnan.

There is no direct flight to Ruili, and the nearest Shimang Airport to Ruili is about [-] kilometers away.

After Afa learned of Pei Miao's flight time, he drove to Shimang Airport ahead of time to pick him up, but Pei Miao's flight was delayed by more than ten hours due to the cold current, so Afa could only stay in a hotel outside Shimang Airport One night, at 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Pei Miao's plane landed at Shimang Airport belatedly.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and after meeting each other, they each punched each other in the shoulder.

In fact, when Pei Miao came back from Luoyang for a 15-day vacation for the first time, Ah Fa had already cut out all of Pei Miao's rough stones. When going to Jinling, let Afa put the cut jadeite into the warehouse, and then come to the farmhouse to rest and relax.

Ah Fa is not willing, he is addicted to stone cutting, and wants to go to Ruili to continue cutting stones, how can Pei Miao let him down, immediately call and discuss with Geng Zhi, and appoint Ah Fa as the general manager of Ruili's receiving point, immediately take up the post , so Ah Fa was dispatched to Ruili.

After counting, it has been two months since Afa came to Ruili. In these two months, Afa has achieved a lot. He has purchased a lot of high-end jadeites for the company. The key point is that he has saved 35% of the expenses compared with before. How to save this expense depends on gambling.

Don't underestimate the 35% of expenses, that's a few million dollars.

Geng Zhi knows that the price of jade will be higher and higher in the future, and the task for Ah Fa is to "collect as much as you can for mid-to-high-end jade", so Ah Fa spent 2000 million on buying rough stones in just two months .

Ah Fa drove a Great Wall pickup truck, which was basically twins with Shulong's Great Wall pickup truck. When Pei Miao got in the car, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Oh, it's exactly the same as Ah Fa's car."

Ah Fa laughed and said, "This car is cheap and powerful enough for rough work. Every time I go out to collect stones, I always drive this car out, and I won't come back until the car is full."

Pei Miao laughed and said, "Before I came here, I talked to Geng Zhi on the phone. He said that since you became the general manager of Ruili's material receiving point, you have collected a lot of good materials and saved our company 800 million yuan. It can be seen that your stone gambling skills are quite good."

"It's still far away." Ah Fa said cheerfully, "I roughly counted my stone gambling records in the last two months. Last month, the betting increase rate was 58%. Here, the monthly betting increase rate is 61%. Currently I still dare not touch too high-end stones, generally the price of the stones I play is less than 100 million."

Pei Miao said: "No wonder the upright said that the fly in the ointment is that among the materials you purchased, high-end jadeite accounted for a little less, and the highest-quality jadeite was even absent. It turns out that you are too timid. I think with your current technology, you can try high-end jadeite. It’s a pricey stone, but don’t forget, you are the man who has solved the glass emperor green twice.”