Chapter 1532 Imperial (1/2)

Seeing the agitated crowd, Li Du sighed. ”I finally understand why people are so obsessed with stone gambling. To the poor, if they get it right once, they would not have to worry about their expenses for the rest of their lives. For those who are rich, this is just exciting.”

Da Mao said, ”However, stone gambling is only for people who are truly skillful or have strong self-control. Otherwise, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, you will fall sooner or later!”

Zhong Da Pao said, ”That's right. The Chinese Village is full of such people.”

The cut on the stone had caused the price to rise sharply. Li Du's group would be able to make at least three million RMB. Such circumstances were definitely worth setting off the firecrackers for.

Previously, they had not had the opportunity to set off the firecrackers. Liu Zi had been fretting over that. Now that he knew they were preparing to celebrate, he shouted, ”One hundred thousand worth of firecrackers, I want no less than that!”

Zhong Da Pao gave him a kick and said, ”Go to hell, what's wrong with you? Spending ten thousand on firecrackers is enough!”

Knife smiled. ”I will give you guys ten of those worth ten thousand. Treat it as a red packet from me.”

The boss of the private field where the jade that was revealed had come from would also give out a red packet. It was considered a sort of promotion effort and was very effective. For a long time, those who would come to pick stones would parrot what Li Du's group did.

As for Old Liao's big loss? The stone gamblers would not care about that. They only cared about who made money, big money. Nobody cared about losers.

The firecrackers were brought out. Da Mao lit up a cigarette and went over to help. Then, Zhong Da Pao organized them. He had yet to give the command when the two rolls of firecrackers started to set off…

Everyone else who happened to see that the firecrackers on their end had been lit up, also started to light up the one they were holding. Suddenly, the booming of the firecrackers shook the ground like thunder.

Zhong Da Pao started to get agitated. He asked, ”Who lit it up just now? Who did that?”

Da Mao rubbed his nose awkwardly and said, ”Nobody did. It's like this. There were two strings from the two rolls of firecrackers. They were tangled up and I did not untie them. I wanted to use my cigarette bud to break them up…”

”D*mn it, are you acting stupid?” Zhong Da Pao was upset.

Having seen Arukan's private field, their journey there was coming to an end. They would have to go to the next field for a look.

After visiting a few fields, Li Du realized that there was no opportunity to make a huge profit in the private field. The element of gambling in private fields was the smallest. That was because all the stones there were precious!

Later, when they entered the next field, Li Du got Zhong Da Pao and the rest to follow Da Mao to the private field for a look. He strolled along outside, trying to find an opportunity.

Da Mao first studied the stones in the private field. He picked a few before Li Du came over for a final look.

Apart from milling one stone from the fields at Arukan and Balin, they had not milled the rest of the ore purchased from other private fields. Instead, the stones had been safely kept in a bamboo basket.

The reason for that was simple. They now drew quite a lot of attention. They were an early bird. The frequency of their successful stone cutting was too alarming. They have now attracted the attention of many people. The information on them had spread like wildfire across each of the field areas!

In the afternoon, they went to find a restaurant. Life in the field was very tough. Some Chinese people who came to purchase the stones would bring along food like salted duck eggs, chili, salted fish and some preserved meat.

Although Hpakant was rich, it was not easy to live there. Previously, the field that Li Du and his people visited was near the town. The food there was still considered quite sumptuous. However, in Damakan, everything changed.

The food offered in the few restaurants that they visited was too simple.

To Zhong Da Pao and Liu Zi, it was sufficient to have food to fill their bellies. They didn't care much about anything else.

However, Li Du was highly displeased with the sanitation of those restaurants, as he was with the food offered to him. It was true that he had traveled far and wide to make more money, not to wine and dine. However, he wanted to maintain a high standard of living as much as possible.

Finally, Zhong Da Pao found a family farm. He paid a large amount of money for two chickens and a lamb. They then steamed the chickens and grilled the lamb meat to eat.

The family farm was located at the borders of the field. There was a bunch of stones placed at the door too.

While the people in the house were preparing the food, Da Mao squatted in front of the door to check out the stones.