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Chapter 8 The Reason For Going Up The Mountain
When Jiang Yize woke up, the sky had completely cleared.
On the first day of the new year, there was no snow, a fire was lit outside the tent, and Chen Ke and others were already busy having breakfast.
Breakfast is actually just thawing frozen hard dry food, and then eating two bites of yak meat.
The water on the plateau has a low boiling point and all food is prepared in advance.
Jiang Yize mingled with the crowd, drank hot soup and ate hard yak meat, feeling that life like this seemed not bad.
Chen Ke interrupted Jiang Yize, who was still in a daze state:
"Little brother, what are you going to say next? Are you going to go alone, or are you going to go together with us?"
Last night, Chen Ke and others all slept very deeply for some reason.
Logically speaking, they had to be careful to prevent this stranger from stealing their things.
This caused them to be startled when they got up early in the morning, but when they touched their pockets, they found that there was not a single piece of jade missing.
Looking at Jiang Yize again, he was curled up in the corner sleeping soundly.
Everyone laughed and didn't wake him up.
This child can get along, and if he can go with him, he can relieve his boredom.
By the way, I can also help him to prevent him from telling me where he is in a ravine where he is unfamiliar with the place.
And Jiang Yize's mind was completely occupied with what might have happened between his father and the Queen Mother of the West. Now that he woke up, he didn't know what to do next.
Simply, he agreed:
"Thank you so much, brothers. I will wash the dishes today, brother!"
Chen Ke handed the bowl over with a smile:
"Go, wipe it with some snow, and then we can be on our way."
The jade digger's tent was put away, and Jiang Yize also received a package, which was not heavy.
Afterwards, the group began to move deeper into the Kunlun Mountains.
The so-called jade diggers can also be said to be jade pickers.
The Kunlun Mountains are covered with snow all year round. Under the snow-covered surface, there is a jade vein hidden somewhere.
Chen Ke was bored on the road and told Jiang Yize that it was said that a hundred years ago, someone came to Kunlun for large-scale mining and dug up many jade veins.
What they have to do is actually look for the scraps of these jade veins.
How much jade they can dig up depends on luck.
Along the way, they would stop every five kilometers to clear the snow from the surrounding ground and carefully observe the ground to check whether there were any traces of human activity.
This point puzzled Jiang Yize.
Chen Ke’s explanation is:
A hundred years ago, among the large number of people who mined jade mines, there were many ordinary people, and the place where these ordinary people lived in Kunlun must be the place closest to the jade mines.
For this reason, as long as traces of human life are found, it is not far from finding a mineral vein.
Another theory is that the results of the original mining were not very good. Many people were buried in the snowy mountains, and many jade stones were not transported out.
And occasionally they can find a few pieces of jade scattered on the ground, and they can sell them at a good price at the foot of the mountain.
However, when the good price was mentioned, Chen Ke's expression obviously turned worse.
Jiang Yize was a little confused:
"Brother, why are you not happy when you mentioned that you got a good price?"
Chen Ke remained silent, but Xiao Qiang, who didn't speak much next to Chen Ke, spoke:
"It's expensive, and it's not for us...those rotten superpowers..."
It wasn't until Xiao Qiang finished speaking that Jiang Yize understood:
It turns out that exploitation occurs regardless of occasion, as long as there are people.
These jade stones can indeed be sold at a good price.
However, only 10% of it can reach their hands.
10%, they have to share it with so many people, and they still have to meet the supplies for a year, and they can barely make ends meet.
There is a local snake named Luosang at the foot of the mountain. He has a monopoly on the jade business in the entire Kunlun Mountains.
When people from aristocratic families come to buy jade, they have to go through his hands.
Anyone who secretly sells jade to the children of aristocratic families without going through his hands will be retaliated by Luosang.
It can range from a beating to a serious risk of putting one's life at risk.
Jiang Yize made plans to deal with this Luosang when the time came to go down the mountain.
Chen Ke cursed for a while and then said:
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Little brother, how did your father get up the mountain in the first place?"
Jiang Yize thought for a while and said with some regret:
"It should be that he was chilled..."
Seeing Jiang Yize's sad expression, Chen Ke quickly smiled and said:
"It's not a coincidence. My father went up the mountain just to prevent others from being chilled..."