Chapter 1493 Scam (2/2)

The man stroked the stone and smiled. ”How is this? Are you familiar with ore of this type? The black sand of old Hpakant is quite a treasure.”

Old Hpakant did not refer to the ancient Hpakant area, but to a most famous local mine, a field that has produced a lot of jade in the course of history.

Looking at this stone, Li Du was surprised. ”Does black sand still exist? Hadn't it run out many years ago?”

The stranger said, ”Big black sand had indeed run out, but this kind of little stones still exist, and a lot of people had kept them. I want to try my luck since the market is hungry for high-quality ore now.”

Looking at this stone, Lu Dayou took out a small flashlight from his pocket. The snow-white beam shone in like a knife, but it only penetrated the outer layer of the stone, casting a dull grey light which seemed to be tinged with mist. It looked interesting.

After looking at it carefully for a while, Lu Dayou changed to a magnifying glass again to look at the stone. Then he raised his head and put a couple of eye drops in his eyes. He closed his eyes and said, ”Brother, this stone is good.”

The man smiled and said, ”Sure, we are not scammers. You ask anyone about how many years I, Malanian, have been in Hpakant. I have a solid reputation.”

Lu Dayou said, ”So are you short of money now?”

The man stunned and said, ”Huh? What do you mean?”

Lu Dayou, his eyes still closed, said slowly, ”Since you have built a good reputation during your many years in Hpakant, why should you use a broken stone to try to fool our brother now?”

The man laughed and said, ”What do you…”

”Is this black sand? Do you take us Chinese people for idiots? I bet it's fake! You see, this black sand is tinged with gray, the bottom is wrapped in white fog, and the only bit of green is a little bluish, so where is the black sand?” Lu Dayou suddenly opened his eyes and showed a little anger.

The man subconsciously leaned back and frowned. ”Hemp? It can't be…”

Lu Dayou sneered and looked at Li Du. ”Brother Su, you have to do some homework before buying jade. The depth of the old Hpakant mine has reached more than 20 meters, and the jade dug out was-mainly black coated. Due to the weather, the output of raw materials is way different from years ago. Now the skin casing is thin and tight, and the color is mainly brownish grey, grayish-black, occasionally with a black wax shell, but this is no black sand.”

”Hey, Dalu, are you pretending to be a professional here?” A cynical voice sounded at the door of the teahouse.

”How would old Hpakant have no black sand? Now we have dug to the fifth layer. The fourth layer is the matter of two years ago, and it often has a black sand coating. We have produced many bean greens, melon greens, light green, and dark greens, right?” The man continued.

Li Du looked at the stranger. He was about forty years old, wore stuffers and big goggles, and walked shakily like a gangster.

Lu Dayou looked at him coldly and said, ”Oh, you came, Master Dao? Yes, I admit, old Hpakant occasionally comes out with fine regal green with a good water source. But let's be frank, you should know all about the changes in the source in the fourth layer of the Old Hpakant mine.”

When Master Dao was about to speak, Lu Dayou did not give him a chance, and continued, ”It has changed too much, from bean seeds to glass species, so there will naturally be some variety. Some pieces of jade are fine, but some are rough like the hemp granite. Buying the black sand from the fourth layer is a risk. Who would take it?”

At his words, the man called Malanian could not help nodding his head and said, ”This brother is an expert. Indeed, the black sand produced by old Hpakant now is usually not that good.”

Master Dao laughed, ”Then how would your Manang and Damakan mines produce good stuff? Two cheaters, lying without even blinking their eyes.”