Chapter 1523 - King of Old Hpakant (1/2)

Chapter 1523: King of Old Hpakant

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio <i class="_hr">Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Li Du’s convoy had since expanded They had eight cars as of today, oods The Chinese Village had supplied theas anyway, so the cars had just been idling in the village

The incoht cars On top of that, this convoy see doere all of the same model, Mitsubishi+ Pajero

Li Du asked, “Master Pao, who are those people co Dapao responded, “It’s the King of Jade, grandson of the King of Old Hpakant”

Li Du knew about the King of Old Hpakant He did his research on the locals, and the story of the King of Old Hpakant was one of the local legends His na, a name that sounded very traditionally Chinese — the e

However, that was all that people knew about hi specific about who he was The King of Old Hpakant led his life the same way he led his o, he arrived here Back then, the jadeas it was now The Second World War had just started and the people’s needs were pri, so such luxuries had been the least of their concerns

The jadeindustry had not been as developed as it was now so there were not thatback then, unlike today, when there were easily hundreds of thousands Back then, there were at most a few thousand people in this trade

After the King of Old Hpakant arrived, he started out as a polishi+ng ht so area Step by step, he becaest quarry in Hpakant, in only thirty years

In all the infored to obtain, itof Old Hpakant had an extraordinarily strong capability when it ca jade Ruood rocks It sounded ridiculous and far-fetched, but it was actually true Just by sniffing, he could tell if there was jade in the rock And just like that, he started his empire with this skill He was able to pick up the scraps in the jade market that others overlooked

After that, he honed this skill and he built a reputation for hilobal econo of Old Hpakant’s wealth grew and grew

His had also started to becoly important Many of the rich in Southeast Asia who liked collecting gemstones would seek him out, to have him collect rocks for but also to have him use that nose of his to sniff out jade

All the way until twenty years ago when he passed away, his farew steadily The faken used to belong to hile entity called ‘Hpakant’, also known as ‘the old area’

The King of Old Hpakant had immense sway there and his wealth was iuerrilla troops acknowledged that , splendid life that spanned a hundred years