You... didn't really use the glass to fool me, did you?
Tang Ping looked at the pile of things in front of him and rationally told him that these things should be diamonds.
But so many diamonds were dug up casually? Isn’t it said that this thing is very precious?
Tang Ping picked one up. Is it the legendary pigeon egg? Calling it a pigeon egg is definitely an exaggeration, but to be honest, Tang Ping has never seen such a big diamond in reality.
"Don, this joke is not funny." Egbert said: "These things have to be dug out of a pile of rocks and sand, but it is not as easy as you see."
"I know, I know!" Tang Ping pulled out a fine steel dagger and scratched twice on the largest rough diamond. As expected, no trace was left.
This stuff is truly the hardest naturally occurring substance known, and nothing can scratch a diamond.
However, uncut diamonds are indeed not very beautiful.
"Then I'll buy it for you at the price we agreed upon at the beginning, how about that?" Tang Ping asked.
"Really?" Egbert was a little excited at first, but he quickly regained his composure.
In transactions, the party that is too excited often does not take advantage, and Egbert still knows this.
It's just that the price Tang Ping gave him at the beginning made him very satisfied or expected. Now that he heard that Tang Ping agreed to the transaction, he was naturally a little excited.
He even wanted to negotiate the price: "Tang, the quality of these rough stones should be good or bad, right? I think this batch of rough stones are quite big. Is it because a little more is added?"
"Egbert..." Tang Ping spread his hands: "I remember we said at the beginning that the quality of this diamond depends not only on its size, but also on its color and purity."
"The value of colorless and transparent rough diamonds will be higher, while the value of rough diamonds with other colors is lower. Look at your batch of rough diamonds, how many are transparent? I think you have calculated it yourself. These are all Pink, blue.”
"The purity of rough diamonds is also an important indicator to judge their quality. If you look at these, you can see with the naked eye that they contain impurities or cracks and other defects. I have not lowered the price, but I am still willing to pay the price we agreed on at the beginning. , is it a little unreasonable for you to raise the price?"
Egbert was a little speechless, these things were indeed what he had said at the beginning.
But he still did not give up and said: "Tang, the quality difference between these things is too big. I think we can trade ordinary rough stones at the original price, but if we find the best ones, you should also buy them at the best price."
Tang Ping thought for a while and finally agreed: "Okay, Egbert, if there are top-quality rough stones, I can buy them at a higher price."
"But your batch!" Tang Ping pointed to the ones on the table and said, "There are no top quality ones."
"Yes, this bag should be settled with gold at the ratio of one to two as we agreed." Egbert nodded.
This was the price Tang Ping had agreed with Egbert at the beginning. He would purchase these rough diamonds at twice the weight of the rough diamonds.
What Egbert brought out was just their harvest on the first day.
If such a bag could be exchanged for twice the weight of gold, it would be completely worth it in Egbert's opinion.
After all, they didn't know the use of this broken glass-like thing that Tang Ping called diamonds.
Even as gems, these things are a bit too ugly.
Tang Ping asked Lao Cui to bring a scale, put the bag of diamonds on it, and then put the same weight of gold twice on the right side. "Look, my gold is heavier than your diamonds, but we have long-term transactions, so we won't talk about that." Tang Ping pointed to the lower tray on the gold side.
"Well, Don, you're a shrewd businessman and a generous one."
Egbert praised Tang Ping so much that he blushed.
Weighing diamonds to buy them is something that only he can do here.
Even if the comparison was with gold, Tang Ping knew that he had made a fortune.
But Egbert was a bit clever. After Tang Ping took away the bag of rough diamonds, he took out a smaller bag, about the size of an adult's fist.
"Tang, look at these, how should these be calculated?"
"I knew it, Egbert, you cunning guy, you really picked out the best rough diamonds."
Egbert was bargaining with Tang Ping just now, and since Tang Ping didn't see anything in good condition in the big bag of rough stones, he knew that he must have hidden the best ones.
"Tang, as you said, every kind of labor should be respected. I led my people here to dig out these diamonds through hard work. Only enough gold coins can show respect for our labor!"
Tang Ping poured out the rough diamonds from the cloth bag.
These rough stones are not only large in size, but also basically transparent. At least to the naked eye, there are no impurities or cracks inside.
"Egbert, I admit that these rough diamonds are of the highest quality. We want to cooperate for a long time, so if you offer a suitable price, I think I will buy them."
Tang Ping didn't show any surprise and said calmly.
Egbert had obviously been prepared for it. After hearing what Tang Ping said, he said directly: "It doesn't take too much. I want five times the weight of gold for these top-quality rough stones!"
The two looked at each other for a while, and Tang Ping nodded: "Okay, Egbert, the price is very high, but I can still accept it, but you know, no one except me will buy these stones at such a high price. So that’s where we’ll be trading in the long term, right?”
"No problem, Tang!" Egbert shook hands with Tang Ping and said, "Tang, I believe you can make a lot of money with these rough diamonds. You are not a businessman who loses money, but this price is too high for us. He said that he was very satisfied, so this will be our long-term transaction price from now on."
For Egbert, although it is a little difficult to dig these rough diamonds here, it is not that difficult.
Following Tang Ping's past practice, he treated the miners very well, and he rewarded whoever dug diamonds with an equal weight of silver, so the miners were very active.
The establishment of the diamond mine has just been completed, and the output will only get higher and higher in the future. If Tang Ping is willing to keep trading with him at this price, then he will make a lot of money.
But what he didn't know was that Tang Ping had the same idea as him. If he could receive rough diamonds at such a price, he would make a lot of money.
