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In this way, my temporary bodyguards were determined to be Xiaobai and the female wolf head, in addition to Avahayi, as the management manager of the jewelry store, she also had to go with me.

Time was tight, so everything was kept simple, and we boarded the civil aviation flight to Turpan at noon the next day after everything was prepared.

The plane flew all the way, looking out from the window, I looked at the undulating and varied scenery of the world of women on the ground all the way, looked at the original Jiangnan water town, and the green fields with criss-cross fields gradually turned into plains and mountains. The originally colorful and beautiful urban and rural areas have turned into endless wasteland deserts, and not even a tree or a canopy of grass can be seen for a long distance.It can be said that the desert is solitary, the sun is setting in the long river, and the sky is like a huge blue dome covering all sides, making people's vision seem to become a 360-degree panorama.This is the first time I have seen such a spectacular scene outside the Great Wall, and I feel refreshed and refreshed.

Four hours later, four of us finally arrived at Turpan Airport.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the crowded Turpan Airport, but because of the time difference, the sunset time in Xinjiang was later than that in Santan City, so when we arrived in Turpan, the sun was still scorching, which was the time when the sun was shining brightly in the afternoon.

Although Xinjiang has entered autumn, the temperature is much cooler than in summer, but it can still make people sweat under the scorching sun during the day, and the ultraviolet rays in Xinjiang are particularly strong. In order to prevent the skin from being sunburned, Qinghan kindly helped me before leaving Skin cream is prepared.

As soon as I got out of the airport, I met Inas and three bloated middle-aged women. These women were all dressed in gold and silver, and they were all coquettish and luxurious. You could tell they were jewelers at a glance.

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"Hey, Boss Wang, you are much younger than I imagined." A sausage-mouthed female jeweler came forward with a smile, and Yinasi came forward wearing a purple gauze scarf that is unique to Xinjiang women. Li smiled.

"Wang Yong, you're sorry."

"Inas, I haven't seen you for a long time, I almost didn't recognize you. Haha." I smiled and exchanged greetings with Inas, and Inas politely shook hands with me and Awahayi, and then Just ask us to go to the hotel and talk about it in detail.

On the road, I saw many buildings similar to Islamic churches, with domed columns, arched door openings, neat colors, basically green or brown, and the most eye-catching ones are the tower-shaped circular buildings of Islamic churches. The round towers stand upright, the top is an umbrella-shaped arc, and the bottom is columnar. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a unique part of a man...

Looking at the church-like buildings outside, for some reason, I suddenly remembered the most impressive thing about Islam in the 21st century, that is, Islam seems to advocate polygamy...

I don't know why I think about this, probably the wretched cells in my brain are overflowing again.

Of course, besides me, I don't know if Xiaobai and the female wolf head have such thoughts.

The Xinjiang Hotel in Women's World is quite unique. Even the hotels and hotels are similar to churches. The style is basically the same, but the scale is slightly smaller. It seems that the women here pay great attention to religious beliefs.

After asking Yinasi, I found out that in Xinjiang, almost all ethnic minorities except the Han people believe in Islam. They have accepted Islam since childhood and have become devout Muslims.

After getting a general understanding of the ethnic customs in Xinjiang, I entered the negotiation stage with those jewelers.

The main content of the negotiation is about the development and collection of Hetian jade. There are many large and small jewelry companies and jewelry associations in Xinjiang. The three jewelers I negotiated with this time are all from medium-sized jewelry companies in Xinjiang. It is called Tailong Company, and it is a modest jewelry company. It has not been long since it started developing gemstones, only a few years.

In the jewelry industry, the water is very deep.But the core is two points.One point is that you need to find good gems, and the second point is that you need to be able to find people who buy gems.Gemstones are scarce resources, and there is an absolute seller's market. It doesn't mean that if you are rich, someone will sell them to you.People want to test your strength and credit, which takes time to accumulate.The jewelry industry has a dispatch system all over the world. For example, in the past two days we have been working on a Case (order), a 6.5-carat colored diamond, which requires you to sell it within a few days. This is a test of your ability.If you sell it, you will be one step closer to the inner circle.The closer you are, the more you can get gems that you can't see in the market.

Xiuyan jade from Liaoning, Hetian jade and aquamarine from Xinjiang, Nanfang jade from Guangdong, Dushan jade from Nanyang, Henan, Shoushan stone from Fujian, Qingtian stone and chicken blood stone from Zhejiang, turquoise from Hubei, jet jade from Fushun, amber and agate from Inner Mongolia It is a world-renowned jewellery. Of course I am a newcomer in this circle now, but my emerald mine in Yunnan is not a small mine. It is the largest emerald mine discovered in the past few decades.

Of course, my gemstone sales are only so-so. On top of my head, there are many gemstone merchants who are more successful than me.

And this time I came to Xinjiang, on the one hand, I was negotiating with these gem companies about the gem market.

There are generally two types of gem companies like me. One is to buy gems from local gem merchants in Xinjiang, and the second is to spontaneously hire mining teams, purchase excavation vehicles, hire appraisal experts, and go to the Xinjiang Department of Land and Resources. After applying for the mining right, go to the excavation site to mine, and all the costs and risks during the period must be borne by yourself.

In comparison, the profit of the latter is much greater than that of the former, but the risk is also greater. If gems cannot be excavated, they have to bear a series of risk losses.But once a large gemstone mine can be excavated, it can also be profitable.

My final plan is to mine on my own while cooperating with these jewelers. When I don't have my own mine, I will first buy gems from these jewelers.And after I find my own mine source, I can also buy the gems I lack from these jewelers according to the type of ore I have mined.That is, it is a process of mutual benefit.

The whole negotiation process went smoothly. I lack contacts and I don’t know enough about Xinjiang’s terrain and resources, so I made a little concession on some specific small projects, so everyone is happy. "Boss Wang, it's really a pleasure talking with you. It's been a long time since I've seen such a generous person like you."

"Hehe, I am also very happy."

The female jewelers at Sausage Mouth smiled and shook hands with me, ending the two-hour jewelry negotiation with me, and I also shook hands with them with a smile.Of course, Xiaobai also shook hands with the jewelers, but from the beginning to the end, Xiaobai couldn't quite figure out the content of our negotiation. A lot of professional data had already made her dizzy.In fact, I am also similar. Fortunately, Awahayi knows a lot about this aspect, and I am much more relaxed.

"Wang Yong, I have introduced you to the jeweler. If your sister has other four, I will go first." Because I have successfully negotiated with the jeweler, Inas has nothing to do, so immediately So I went back to Hemu in northern Xinjiang to live my grazing life.

Looking at the back of Inas who left wrapped in purple gauze, I really couldn't understand why Inas, who already owned such a large amount of assets, chose to go to her hometown to live a herding life.

Not long after, when I unexpectedly came to that ancient country like a paradise, I realized that in this world, a truly free life is far from being bought by money...

After negotiating the possibility of cooperation, I said that tomorrow I would leave for Hotan to see the gem mines there.After all, it was too late today, and it was impossible to go to Hotan.

"Boss Wang, tomorrow morning we can take an off-road vehicle to Hetian to see the gemstone mine. I think you will be very interested." The female gem merchant approached me with a smile and flattered me.

"Why don't you take the train to Hotan directly, but take an off-road vehicle?" I asked a little puzzled.

The female gem merchant with sausage mouth smiled and said:

"Boss Wang, have you forgotten what date it is today?"

"October [-]nd... Oh, I see." I smacked my forehead and realized that today is the National Day, so there are naturally more people taking the train, and the train tickets to Hetian tomorrow must have already been sold out. Of course I can't go there, it's more convenient to use an off-road vehicle.

"There is a desert road from Turpan to Hotan on the edge of the Tarim Basin. You can start tomorrow morning. During the National Day, you can't buy a train ticket. Second, the gem mountain mine we are going to is not in Hotan, but in Hotan and Hetian. In the vicinity of Bayinduleng, over the years, Hotan’s purple materials have been mined almost to the east. The train does not go directly to Bayindunleng, and the desert road leads directly to the north of Bayindunleng, so off-road vehicles Much more convenient."

"Really. Hehe, I'm not very clear about these things. But I believe you, if this is the case, then the off-road vehicle should get rid of your arrangements."

"Well. Although we are not as good as those traditional gem merchants, we are native Xinjiang people and know the terrain of southern Xinjiang very well. Don't worry, Boss Wang. I think our cooperation this time can go smoothly. "

Sausagemouth shook my hand and grinned, and I smiled too.

"Of course... the premise is that you don't encounter desert robbers and mutants." Sausage Mouth added jokingly.

Hearing what Sausage Mouth said, my face froze and my heart gradually sank.

"Desert robbers, mutants? What is that?" I asked a little puzzled.

Sausage Mouth smiled, blinked and said:

"Haha, this is just a joke, we won't meet."

"Hehe, is that right? However, I'm still very curious, what exactly is the mutant you're talking about...?" I couldn't help asking curiously.

I really don't know about the sausage mouth, so I smiled and said:

"It turns out that you don't know, Boss Wang. This matter is well-known. Desert bandits are thieves who haunt the Taklamakan Desert. They occasionally haunt desert roads and rob passers-by. However, those desert bandits are still They know the rules, they don't kill people casually, and the Desert Pirates haven't appeared for five or six years, so don't worry, Boss Wang. As for the mutants...that's an illusory legend, and it all happened 15 years ago gone."

"Can you tell me?" I asked curiously.

Sausage Mouth is a generous person who can talk about everything. She opened her heart and told me:

"Haha. It's a long story. It is said that there is a huge oasis and a lake in the center of the Taklamakan Desert. About 200 years ago, the Han people built a secret base in the center of the Taklimakan Desert. Some secret experiments were carried out, some biochemical weapons were manufactured, and a nuclear power plant was built. Later, for unknown reasons, the nuclear power plant exploded, causing a nuclear leak, and the experimental base, biochemical weapons, etc. were all destroyed. It was destroyed, and the center of the Taklamakan Desert became a forbidden area that no one approached. However, it is said that due to the nuclear leak, some species in the desert oasis were all mutated, including many people who survived in the experimental base. Mutants with blue skin and neither human nor ghost. Some people have witnessed mutants with blue skin and yellow hair appearing in the desert before. They bite people when they see them. It is very scary. Nuclear radiation plus the legend of mutants, plus The sandstorms blowing around the upper desert all the year round made no one dare to approach that area in the end. So the center of the Taklimakan Desert is still a restricted area.”

"Of course, whether mutants or desert robbers are rare rumors, Boss Wang doesn't need to care about them."

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　"Really. Hehe, but it still sounds interesting. Haha." When Sausage Mouth said this, I thought of those terrifying mutants with teeth and claws, skin mutations, and body deformities in Resident Evil and online games. A desert thief wielding a big knife, but that kind of thing is only available in rumors. Now it is the real world. How can there be monsters like mutants?

After chatting with the sausage mouth, we had dinner in the hotel. The dinner was a special product of Xinjiang, including noodles with twice-cooked pork, hand pilaf, roast lamb and naan.The one who eats most vigorously should be the female wolf head. The female wolf head does not like to use utensils when eating. The hand-picked rice just satisfies her primitive animal nature. Grabbing a lot of hand-picked rice is really a joy to eat.And Xiaobai also drank the kumiss milk heartily.

During the meal, Sausage Mouth told me that in Xinjiang, mutton is much more expensive than beef, because sheep will uproot when they eat grass, while cattle only eat stems and leaves when they eat grass, which will not lead to desertification of the grassland, so beef is more expensive than mutton Much cheaper.

In addition, Sausage Mouth also talked to me about some knowledge about Hetian jade. For example, the Hetian jade in the lower reaches of the river is generally of the worst grade, which is called mountain material, while the slightly better one is mountain water, which is of higher grade than mountain material, but second only to seeds.

In short, the story of Sausage Mouth has enriched my knowledge, and I am more looking forward to the journey to southern Xinjiang tomorrow.