The place where the stone gambling competition is held is at the entrance of Lao Pa Gan.
This is one of the places where jade mining first started, and it is also the base of the Kachin Army.
Tang, Song and Yuan's group of seven vehicles slowly drove into the venue.
The venue was chosen in a flat open space, with a huge shed built on one side, and more than a hundred stools neatly placed inside.
At the same time, a stone cutting machine was prepared at the rear, probably for cutting stones for the competition.
On the other side of the open space, there are thousands of jadeite stones from different sites, all of which are head coverings that have not been opened.
These should be the goals of this stone betting competition.
When they arrived at the place, Ni Dehong took Tang Songyuan out of the car and walked to the shed surrounded by soldiers such as Songchai and Luo Gang.
At this moment, the stools in the shed were almost full. In addition, two additional chairs were placed in front of these stools, with a blind old man and a beautiful woman in Burmese clothing sitting on them.
The blind old man was actually not completely blind, but one of his eye sockets was sunken and black, with no eyeball.
And one sleeve was empty. I think this old man was the initiator of this stone gambling competition. Ji Qing failed to challenge Ni Dehong twice.
Needless to say, the beautiful woman is the mixed-race beauty Jenna whom Tang Songyuan met once and who has been thinking about how to deal with her every day recently. Her Chinese name is Li Qingying.
"Haha, Master Ni, you still look amazing after five years!"
A man also wearing Burmese clothing, with a round, plump face, greeted Ni Dehong and his group with a smile.
Before Ni Dehong could speak, Songchai responded in a sinister tone: "Shangcha, we have set up such a big battle, and the scale is bigger than the previous two times. Do you want to build momentum for your cousin?"
"No, no, General Songchai, you misunderstood!"
The chubby Shangcha said with an unchanging smile: "This stone betting competition has received a lot of responses from Pagan."
"Dozens of venues, including Moxisha, Mowanji, Muna, etc., all provided very good jade rough stones for this stone betting competition."
"And they are all voluntary. They all hope that this competition can bring a new change to our jade industry..."
Somchai snorted and said, "I don't think anything needs to be changed. It's best to keep the status quo and not interfere with each other."
"Don't miss me, I won't miss you either!"
Shang Cha wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Ni Dehong:
"Okay, this bet was proposed by old man Ji Qing. He chose the place and I chose the time. It's better not to delay any more."
Shang Cha smiled quickly and said, "Yes, yes, Master Ni, please come in!"
As Ni Dehong walked into the shed, the crowd began to become lively. Many mine owners, dignitaries and jade merchants who knew Ni Dehong came over to say hello.
"Long time no see, Master Ni..."
"It would be great if Master Ni had the opportunity to go to my place and sit there for a few days..."
"Master Ni..."
Ni Dehong's response to everyone seemed indifferent. This was not because he was trying to be a big name, but because of his calm and calm personality.
Ji Qing also came over with Li Qingying.
With his only remaining eye, he stared at Ni Dehong and said, "It's been five years, Old Man Ni. Do you know how I have lived these five years?"
The corners of Ni Dehong's mouth were slightly raised, revealing a subtle smile, and said:
"Why are you doing this! Ji Qing, we have known each other for almost thirty years. If you want the title of Stone King, I will give it to you."
"Do I need it from you?!!"
Ji Qing's face turned even more ugly. He gritted his teeth and said: "The first two times I lost to you, it was because my skills were inferior to others. I admit defeat. I am not worthy of the title of Stone King."
"But my disciple is better than his master, and his stone gambling skills are unparalleled in the world. He is ten times better than a bad old man like you."
"She deserves the title of Stone King more than you. Our Myanmar, our own Stone King in Kachin State."
Ni Dehong glanced at Li Qingying and praised without changing his expression: "Not bad, not bad!"
When he saw it, it was just good.
Li Qingying looked at Ni Dehong and Tang Songyuan with curious eyes, blinked her big eyes a few times, and moved the corners of her mouth slightly as if she was smiling or mocking.
But Tang, Song and Yuan quickly restrained their thoughts and said silently in their hearts: Tao can be Tao but not Tao, name can be named but not name, nameless, the beginning of heaven and earth, named, the mother of all things...
It took him two days to memorize the entire Tao Te Ching.
Seeing that the atmosphere was beginning to develop in a bad direction, Shang Cha, as one of the initiators of this stone gambling competition, hurriedly came out to speak:
"Okay, Master Ji Qing, please go back and sit down for a while. Master Ni, please also sit down."
Ji Qing snorted, walked back to his seat and sat down.
Ni Dehong patted Tang Songyuan on the shoulder and said, "Relax, just try your best. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose."
Then he also sat down and started chatting calmly with Songchai and others next to him.
Shangcha confirmed the identities of Li Qingying and Tang Songyuan, and then introduced the rules of this gambling match in Chinese and Burmese.
To put it simply, within two hours, Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying,
From thousands of pieces of jadeite wool on site, each person selected three rough jadeite stones.
Then cut it open in public.
In the end, more than 60 powerful jade merchants were on hand to bid on the cut materials.
For the sake of unification, the settlement this time is in Euros.
And the prices here are real money.
Just like an auction, whoever pays the highest price will get the jade.
In the end, whoever sells for more money is the winner.
Five percent of the total selling price of the six pieces of materials will be used as a bonus for the winner.
Such rules are relatively fair. At least the jade merchants who participate in the auction need to invest real money to participate in the auction.
There is a high probability that they will not deliberately raise the selling price in order to make someone become the stone king.
Whoever becomes the Stone King has no direct relationship with them.
But whether the jade he bought can make him money is crucial.
Moreover, there are not many high-quality jadeite, so this is also a good opportunity for many jade merchants to obtain high-quality supply.
So the rules are relatively fair...
After reading out the rules, Shang Cha confirmed it to Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying, and finally announced the start of the game.
Li Qingying looked sideways at Tang Songyuan, with a sweet smile on her lips and said:
"Mr. Tang, you are here as a guest, you choose first."
Tang Songyuan recited the chapters of "Tao Te Ching" silently in his heart, and said with a slight smile: "The guests are welcome, but Miss Li invites you first!"
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