Three days later, a treasure suddenly spread among the people in the capital city of Jin: the Jade Dragon Bi!
The material is the finest mutton fat white jade!
The dragon shape carved on it is even more lifelike. It can be seen that it is the work of this master!
The most precious thing is that this dragon shape is a five-clawed golden dragon!
Generally speaking, dragons symbolize royalty.
And the five-clawed golden dragon symbolizes the emperor!
From this point of view, this thing is really amazing.
It should be a treasure passed down from the royal family!
With the name of the royal family, although the value of the Jade Dragon Bi has greatly increased, the number of people who dare to buy it has dropped sharply.
After all, the things passed down from the royal family are not something that ordinary people can enjoy and collect.
Fortunately, someone soon explained the origin of this treasure!
It was brought here from Daqian by the envoy of Daqian who got rich in gold mining. In order to exchange for silver, he resold it himself!
So there is absolutely no problem with the origin!
As Jin people, they didn't dare to buy the treasures of the Jin royal family. Could it be that they didn't dare to buy the treasures of other countries' royal families?
Therefore, someone held an auction for this treasure that day, and it was eventually bought for a high price of one hundred thousand taels of silver!
This price is really shocking!
It’s almost an amount of money that ordinary people can’t earn in their entire life!
Even some aristocratic families can’t get it out in a short time!
However, Li Changkong didn't take this much money seriously.
As soon as I got it, I spent it immediately!
An unprecedented large-scale mineral vein survey team was hired to survey for gold deposits on the eastern border of the Western Jin Dynasty, near the Canglan Mountains.
In this regard, apart from sighing that the envoys of Daqian were wealthy, the people of Jin did not think there was anything wrong with this.
After all, the gold mines within Dajin have long been mined!
Really experienced gold diggers are now gathering on the four frontiers of Dajin.
Among them, the eastern frontier - the Canglan Mountains are the majority!
After all, the north is close to Beiyuan and the west is close to Dachu. These two behemoths are not something that the Western Jin Dynasty can afford to offend.
In the south is the Xiangjiang River, which has many water veins. From the geology alone, we know that it is difficult to find gold mines!
So most of the gold diggers are concentrated near the Canglan Mountains!
Facts have indeed proven that there are indeed gold mines near the Canglan Mountains!
Not only are there, but because of the influence of the mountain topography, they often stretch for several miles, and their scale far exceeds the gold mines found in Dajin!
About two months ago, someone discovered a large gold mine in the Canglan Mountains, thus achieving complete freedom of wealth and becoming famous and praised by others.
So this place has almost become a paradise for gold diggers!
However, due to the influence of the topography of the Canglan Mountains, the soil around the mountains is relatively hard and difficult to dig.
A professional exploration team must be hired to conduct in-depth exploration, and it is extremely expensive!
Gold diggers who don’t have enough wealth should never even think about getting involved!
However, this is not a problem for Li Changkong, who has a huge sum of 100,000 taels!
He invited twenty exploration teams at one time and planned to dig and explore from north to south along the Canglan Mountains. If he went all the way there, he didn't believe there would be any harvest!
Regarding this kind of thing, the chief engineer of the exploration team was very happy and said that he had never received such a big order!
As a result, these twenty exploration team leaders became the first and probably the only people in Jin capital to speak well of Li Changkong.
Their original words were: "Although this Shilaozi Daqian envoy is not very smart, he is still a good person."
And with such a large-scale exploration, it is difficult for the exploration team not to gain anything!
In just two days, the first gold deposit was discovered!
However, it does not stretch for miles, but only tens of meters.
It can only be regarded as better than nothing.
The money brought to Li Changkong was only a few thousand taels.
However, the cost of exploration and excavation alone is already tens of thousands of taels.
There is no doubt that it is a true loss-making business.
For this reason, the senior workers of the exploration team expressed great concern, fearing that Li Changkong would give up exploration because he was worried about losing money.
However... they have completely overthought it.
Instead of retreating, Li Changkong became more determined and hired ten more exploration teams to explore together.
Since then, the number of exploration teams has reached thirty, which has reached an appalling level!
In the history of gold mining in Dajin, no one has ever hired such a large exploration team at one time.
Li Changkong undoubtedly broke the record in this field!
However, I wonder if the discovery of the small gold mine several tens of meters away has exhausted Li Changkong's luck.
The next week can be said to be nothing!
But one hundred thousand taels of silver have been almost spent!
After all, thirty exploration teams spend their money every day, traveling through mountains and rivers.
On the eighth day, news came from the exploration team on the border of the Canglan Mountains that their money and supplies were about to be exhausted. If they were not replenished, they would have to return home in two days.
In this regard, almost all Jin people in Jin capital have an attitude of waiting to see Li Changkong's show!
They wanted to see what would happen to Li Changkong, who had made such a fuss that he even sold the Jade Dragon Bi as a gift from Emperor Daqian.
As for Li Changkong’s reputation, haha.
To this day, in the capital city of Jin, if anyone says that Li Changkong is talented, they will be sent to a medical clinic for treatment.
Some people even secretly said that Princess Changping had misjudged her!
However, due to its prestige, similar voices did not stir up any trouble.
…
Changping Princess Mansion.
"What? The greeting card sent by Li Changkong?" Princess Changping heard what Caiyun said, her beautiful eyebrows could not help but frown slightly, and she was a little confused.
She had also heard a lot about the rumors in the Jin capital recently.
After talking about it, the fear in my heart has indeed been reduced a lot.
However, at this juncture, why did Li Changkong hand over a greeting card and come to look for her?
This made the fear deep in her heart have a slight tendency to revive.
"If Your Highness doesn't want to see you, I can go and say no," Caiyun said.
"No need! Uncle Anbei came from Daqian and is my guest from Dajin."
"Our country, Jin Dynasty, has a custom of hospitality since ancient times. How can we turn people away?"
"Set the time in the evening and invite Uncle Anbei to the dinner."
Princess Changping said this after thinking again and again.
"promise!"
…
It's day, evening.
Li Changkong wore a moon-white brocade robe lined with velvet to keep him warm without looking bulky. When people look at it, they will feel that he is graceful.
Li Jibei and Zhen Jian wore much more casual clothes.
They are all wearing green robes. Although they are equally warm, they are inevitably a little bloated.
But it doesn't matter to the two of them, after all, they are not the protagonists at the banquet.
They are only responsible for eating and drinking with open bellies.
