Half an hour later, the pillar finally couldn't stand the cold, came up from the river, held a few small stones in his hand, and handed them to Zhen Mingku.

"Yo, did you find it?"

The pillar's teeth trembled: "Just find these, and if you don't have you, I'll die!" ”

Zhen Ming picked and picked carelessly, throwing while picking: "It's not this, it's not this ......"

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he picked out one of the small ores, and made a surprised look: "Ah, there is! Finally something! I'll just say that the emperor lives up to his wishes! You're in luck. ”

The muscles on the pillar's face twitched slightly: "This is what you asked me to find?" ”

"That's right."

"This is refractory?"

"Yes."

"You let me go into the water to find something everywhere on the riverbank?"

"Oh, is it? I'm sorry, but I thought the quality in the water would be better, and on the shore, too? Then just look for it on the shore, you said it earlier! I've been waiting for you for so long, I just drank soy milk to warm up my body, and now I'm feeling a little cold, I'll buy a bowl again, do you want it? I'm in for ......."

"I'm going to you!"

……

Sitting next to the window on the third floor of a famous restaurant in Luoyang, the table is full of more than a dozen hot dishes.

Zhen Ming poured a glass of wine bitterly and handed it to the pillar who was still fighting tooth wars, "Come, pillar, drink a glass of good wine, let your body warm and warm, you don't wear more clothes on a cold day, I haven't tried winter swimming before, I know what it tastes like, I felt cold in the water at first, but as soon as I got ashore, I knew that the water was warmer than the shore, you just came ashore and chased me to fight, I know that you are strong, and it is no problem to soak for another hour or two, but no matter how strong you are, you can't stand the wind blowing with water on this cold day, and it must not freeze......

"Hello!"

As soon as Zhen Mingku finished speaking, the pillar sneezed heavily.

"Look, isn't this just a cold?"

The pillar no longer had the strength to talk back to him at this time, so he took the cup and leaned back, and his trembling body finally calmed down.

"Eat more, I'm afraid it won't suit your taste, so I ordered a few more, this meal is reported to the public account, you are frozen on duty, it is commendable, let go of eating and drinking, Wei Chi helped the master to speak, and all expenses during this period will be reimbursed by the gang."

"Shut up, shut up...... Hello! ”

Zhen Mingku didn't shut up, and laughed more and more: "Eat vegetables and eat vegetables, your body will be fine when you are warm, Wei Chi Gang Master asked me to teach you the secret recipe for making, this is the trust of the gang in you, there is a long way to go, this is just the beginning, what to do if you fall ill, there are many processes behind, you have enough food and drink to have energy, and the work behind is not easy to do." ”

The pillar closed his mouth, it was not that he was convinced, it was because Wei Chi Jingde did assign him to Zhen Mingku, and he gave a death order, he didn't learn to refine the secret recipe within the time limit, and even he and Zhen Mingku were punished together, and now he and Zhen Mingku can be regarded as grasshoppers tied to a rope, sharing the same fate.

I had to turn my anger into food, as if I was going to get along with the wine and food on the table, and devoured it.

Full of wine and food.

"Where are you going now?"

The pillar also felt a little strange at this time, after eating a full meal, even the fire seemed to disappear, the meal just now was the most fragrant and fullest meal he had ever eaten in his life, and he suddenly felt that he was so soaked in cold water, and then ate a fragrant, hot meal, it was simply the supreme enjoyment.

Zhen Ming glanced at him with a bitter smile, and said in a tricky way: "Jewelry market." ”

……

Luoyang's most prosperous jewelry and jade blank wholesale market is crowded with jewelry merchants from all over the world.

There are all kinds of gemstone blanks on the stalls, and many people are shouting at the stalls, or a dozen people are shouting around a stone.

Zhu Zi has been a blacksmith for more than ten years, has a lot of research on iron ore, and knows what kind of iron ore has a high iron content, but he has no interest in these broken stones that have no refining value, bells and whistles, and outrageous prices.

"Come and see, Chang'an Lantian jade, Khotanese white jade from Kunlun Mountain, as well as jade and agate from the southwest, Tianhuang turquoise from Sichuan and Shu, are all good goods, buy and leave, all by luck, make a fortune today, the first time you don't buy it is your fault, the second time you don't buy it is my fault, come and buy it!"

Zhen Mingzhu walked to the stall and said to the stall owner, "Boss, come with a few pieces of fine jade." ”

"Okay, yo, isn't this the guest officer from last time?"

"The boss has such a good memory."

"Haha, it's not that I have a good memory, a customer like you, a guest officer, I can't forget it, others buy jadeite to polish valuable jewelry, but you let me break it all and grind it into powder, this is really ...... It's a bit ......."

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly and took his words: "It's a bit of a loser, isn't it?" ”

"Haha, the guest officer is really funny, isn't he a loser? What, still buy today? ”

"Well, as usual, let's have two larger pieces of jadeite rough and cut them."

The stall owner asked, "It's up to you to pick this time?" Last time, you picked a good baby, and the price soared more than ten times as soon as it was opened, maybe this time you will have good luck. ”

"I won't pick this time, let my pillar brother choose, he is the chief craftsman of the Weichi blacksmith shop, and his vision is not bad."

As soon as Zhen Mingku's words fell, many people came around to see the excitement, and the people who came here to buy jade and beat it into powder were all new to see each other, and they all wanted to see what the two of them were going to do.

Zhu Zi saw that this person could attract the attention of others wherever he went, as if he was born with the potential to "cause trouble", but he was just causing trouble for others, Zhen Mingku's introduction made him feel a little proud, but he didn't think that Zhen Mingku had any good intentions in promoting him so much.

He said with a dissatisfied face: "What else to pick, just take two cheap ones, and they are not used for any jewelry, even if the mining gang is rich, they can't let you spend it like this!" ”

"If you want to be cheap, why don't we go to the river to fish? Don't spend a penny on you, and want the horse to run well, and want the horse not to eat grass, how can there be such a truth in the world, if you want to be good, fast and saving, just pull down and don't do it, I don't have time to accompany you to do this thankless stupid thing, since antiquities are rare and expensive, if you want to get it, you have to pay, this is called equivalent exchange, if the alloy can be refined from any material, you don't need me to teach. ”

The pillar was dumbfounded by him, and he froze there with his mouth open.

When the stall owner heard Zhen Mingku's words, he couldn't help clapping his hands and exclaiming: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, no wonder I feel close to the guest officer as soon as I see it, and things are rare and expensive, your words can be regarded as saying the essence of our industry." ”

Zhen Mingku's face clenched his fists proudly: "I have won awards, but I am just picking up people's teeth." ”

After speaking, Chong Zhuzi pouted, and his tone was quite impatient: "Let you pick and choose, and it won't cost you money, maybe let you pick a top-notch product, and make money by selling it." ”

Zhuzi gritted his teeth with bitter hatred for Zhen Ming, but he couldn't fight him, so he had to pick two big ones at random.

Zhen Mingku just watched from the sidelines, shook his head again and again, sighed, but didn't say a word.

"The boss makes an offer."

"Ten taels." The boss made an offer.

Zhu Zi frowned, "It's expensive." ”

"You get back."

"Two-two." "Done!" The boss didn't think about it, so he agreed. The pillar immediately knew that he was back high, and Zhen Mingku looked like he didn't care about himself, and chatted with some other spectators behind him: "See, this is called a water guest, the brain is in the water, who will he kill if he doesn't kill him?" As the saying goes, one knife is poor and two dollars are rich, and if he bargains like this, even if he opens a hundred dollars, he is still poor after all. The onlookers laughed and said, "Hahaha, head to head." The pillar blushed, and turned his head to stare at Zhen Mingku: "How do you know that I have a high price before I open it, and I will open a good product in a while, count it as mine!" "Yes, it's yours, and no one will rob you." The jadeite rough was sawed open by the boss with a hacksaw, a piece of white, without a trace of water color, and the whole stone only had a thin line of emerald green in the middle. According to the jargon, this is called "one poor and two white", and there is no value in even making ornaments.