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Although there is a big difference in weight between the two pieces of ambergris, their performance looks similar. It can be seen that there are some black and gray impurities on the surface, and the rest is off-white.
As time goes by, the color of real ambergris will change, from light black at first, to gray, light gray, and finally white. Among them, white ambergris has the best quality.
The gray-white ambergris should be of high quality, while the white ambergris is a rare treasure, because it must drift on the sea for hundreds of years to form.
Everyone was very interested when they saw these two pieces of high-quality white saliva, and they all expressed their intention to appreciate it. Although Zhu Tianhua was reluctant, he did not dare to provoke public anger. Besides, the items did not belong to him, so he did not dare to publish them. Opposing opinions.
Soon, the fragrance of white saliva reached Meng Zitao's hands. He first appreciated the smaller piece. When he held it, it felt heavy and heavy, and white, black, and dot-like substances could be seen. The overall texture is transparent and the appearance is like the enamel of healthy teeth with fewer impurities. Judging from the color and appearance, it should be classified as high quality.
Then look at the big one, and the appearance looks similar, but if you look closely, Meng Zitao finds a trace of strangeness, and the black substances mixed with the ambergris look a little wrong.
Most of the area of ??this piece of ambergris has been whitened into a loose arrangement with pores, but strangely, the black substance has not been oxidized at all, because the ambergris has mellowed to gray white and drifted on the sea for a long time. It will take no less than a few decades, and with the salt in the seawater, even if the reaction is not enough, there should be traces of the phenomenon of being chewed by seawater salt. But not the piece of ambergris.
Meng Zitao gently sniffed the piece of ambergris, because he had a very sensitive sense of smell and could smell a faint sour fragrance, which made him guess whether the black substance was adulterated with other substances.
Ambergris is precious and rare, so some people pass it off as inferior or even produce fakes. This kind of thing has happened since ancient times.
For example, it is recorded in "Xiangshi": "Xu Daoshou was originally a Taoist priest in Jiankang, but later he became a common people. He lived in front of Lin'an Ancestral Temple and made vendrant (yu) incense as his profession. He imitated Yangcheng and made ambergris and various incense. Although Chen, musk, and Most of the paper and sandalwood are also fake."
In addition, out of the yearning for the precious ambergris, as early as the Song Dynasty, some people used the incense blending technology to blend various incense to simulate the rare ambergris.
Therefore, with the development of technology to this day, counterfeit ambergris can completely resemble the real thing.
The final way to identify ambergris is to taste its fragrance. If the fragrance is not good, it means it won¡¯t work. Of course, for Meng Zitao, there is another identification method, and it works every time.
After everyone had appreciated the two pieces of ambergris they had brought, Lao Dong smiled and said, "My two pieces of ambergris are not bad, right?"
Everyone was generous with their compliments. At this time, Shao Daxi said with a smile: "I say, Old Dong, just looking at it like this, we don't know the quality of your two pieces of ambergris."
Although Shao Daxi¡¯s words are suspected of provoking trouble, they are also in line with everyone¡¯s thoughts. They just said a few words to him casually.
Seeing everyone looking at him eagerly, Old Dong did not hesitate: "I have no problem, but this big piece was reserved by Old Zhu, and he has the final say whether it tastes good or not."
Zhu Tianhua bowed his hands to everyone: "Sorry everyone, I was also entrusted with this piece of ambergris. Let's taste it again next time, how about it?"
Shao Daxi curled his lips: "Come on, if you don't want to show off, just say so, don't use such deceptive reasons!"
Zhu Tianhua felt a little annoyed, but he ignored it and just kept apologizing to everyone.
?Those here know Zhu Tianhua¡¯s character very well. Since he is unwilling, there is no point in forcing him. Some people said a few sarcastic words, so they did not force it.
Meng Zitao looked on coldly, if Zhu Tianhua was more generous, maybe there would be no loss, now, haha!
Old Dong scraped off a little bit of powder from the small pieces of ambergris, and then let everyone taste it like the various spices just now. Since the scraped off fragrance was less, each person could not taste it three times like before.
Meng Zitao feels that the flavor is very energetic, with a hint of sweetness, not as dull as ordinary spices, and seems to be somewhat spiritual. It makes people feel exaggerated. Smell it repeatedly, your nostrils will be cool and clear, and the fragrance will flow through the whole body, blending into the muscles, bones, flesh and blood, and the whole body will feel comfortable.
After everyone tasted it, they all praised that it smelled really good.
"It smells so good!" Shao Daxi's eyes lit up and he said, "Old Dong, no one has ordered this small piece of ambergris. I'll order it first."
??"You have a share in seeing me, so there's no reason for you to keep it all to yourself?" Ye Tong immediately expressed his objection.
"You guy!" Shao Daxi gritted his teeth: "Then just follow the rules, the one with the highest price will get it!"
"Come on, come on!"
"Hey!" Old Dong said, somewhat dumbfounded: "I asked you two, can you respect me as your master?"
"Old Dong, we have been friends for many years, and you still object to this trivial matter!" Shao Daxi said pretendingly.
Old Dong said half-sarcastically, half-jokingly: "Whoever has friendship with you doesn't know that you are a mother if you have breasts!"
Shao Daxi raised his hands and said: "Anyway, I have always been a villain in your hearts. I don't have any objection to you no matter what you say. You can just say whether to sell it or not!"
Old Dong smiled and shook his head: "You are so rude, I really don't want to sell spices to you."
Although Shao Daxi is rude and has a bad mouth, he still has a good way of doing business, and he is very trustworthy. As long as he agrees to do something, he will complete it even at a loss. Youdao knows that no one is perfect and everyone is a businessman, so we can tolerate his rudeness and bad mouth.
Shao Daxi chuckled: "Old Dong, just quote the lowest price."
The old director thought about it and said, "I won't weigh it anymore. The base price will be 400,000."
"Okay, I'll offer you five hundred thousand!" Shao Daxi spoke quickly and immediately quoted the price.
"So you are the most boring person, 510,000." Ye Tong shook his head.
Shao Daxi said disdainfully: "Tch, I'm telling you, it's boring. You know you can't get a bargain, but you still increase the price little by little. Aren't you tired? I'll pay 600,000, old Dong, this price is not bad, right? , give me this piece of ambergris."
Six hundred thousand yuan is equivalent to 20,000 yuan per gram. In terms of the current market conditions, 20,000 yuan per gram of high-quality agarwood is not cheap. Ye Tong seemed a little hesitant.
Old God Shao Daxi was drinking tea on the ground. If he talks nonsense at this time, he will be in trouble with his own money.
"Six hundred and fifty thousand." Zhu Tianhua suddenly raised the price, and he chuckled: "I should be able to participate too."
Everyone was stunned. Zhu Tianhua could indeed participate in the auction, but what was the occasion now? Zhu Tianhua had already ordered a piece of ambergris and wanted to join the fight. It was too greedy and a bit shameless.
Shao Daxi had an angry look on his face, but he couldn't blame Zhu Tianhua. Besides, the price of 600,000 was his bottom line. Maybe it could be higher by 10,000 or 20,000. He wouldn't be happy with it any higher. He was buying it and flipping it. People who make money don¡¯t want to collect it for themselves, so it¡¯s impossible to increase the price, which feels very frustrating.
Shao Daxi didn¡¯t want to increase the price, let alone Ye Tong. Seeing that this piece of ambergris was about to fall into Zhu Tianhua¡¯s hands, he heard Meng Zitao say: ¡°660,000.¡±
Zhu Tianhua was startled, and the pride in his heart turned into anger in an instant. He didn't take the initiative to provoke Meng Zitao, but Meng Zitao actually took the initiative to provoke him, which is unbearable!
However, when Zhu Tianhua was about to increase the price, he encountered the same problem as Shao Daxi. Should he increase the price or not? He looked at Meng Zitao, noticed the smile on Meng Zitao's lips, and did not dare to add it. What if Meng Zitao had no intention of purchasing and just wanted to pay more for himself? If he increased the price but Meng Zitao didn't increase the price, he would be humiliated.
Zhu Tianhua was very confused and could not make up his mind.
Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Teacher Zhu, can you stop wasting your time? Everyone is still hungry."
"I'll give it to you." Zhu Tianhua breathed out, feeling a little aggrieved at first, but thinking about the price Meng Zitao offered, he felt better again. At least Meng Zitao suffered a loss if he paid too much.
What happened just now made Shao Daxi hate Zhu Tianhua. He said with a smile: "Old Zhu, it seems that you are very rich. I wonder how much you are going to spend on this piece of ambergris?"
Zhu Tianhua said calmly: "I won't bother you with this. I will discuss it with Old Dong. He can't sell it to me if it's cheaper, right?"
Having said this, Zhu Tianhua pulled Lao Dong aside. After the two discussed for a while, Zhu Tianhua took out 10,000 yuan from his bag and counted it as a deposit. Then he said goodbye to Gao Yunshi and left.
"Bah! That's so unruly." Shao Daxi cursed in the direction Zhu Tianhua left.
"Okay, you didn't realize he was this kind of person just now, did you?" Gao Yunshi laughed, and then said: "Let's go, let's go to dinner together."
Everyone stood up and walked to the restaurant. He Kexin asked Meng Zitao in a low voice: "Zitao, don't you and Zhu Tianhua deal with each other?"
Meng Zitao smiled and said: "A little bit, but I didn't buy this piece of ambergris just to compete with him, and now that ambergris is getting more and more attention, the high-quality ones will definitely become more and more expensive. If you keep it for a few years, it will still be worth it." It¡¯s profitable.¡±
In recent years, the value of ambergris has been continuously discovered, and reports on the value of ambergris have emerged one after another. Frequent acquisitions by collection and research institutions have further enhanced its market influence. Natural and high-quality ambergris has now become a One gram is hard to find and has high collection value.
Of course, if this was the case, Meng Zitao would not spend a lot of money to buy this piece of ambergris. His main purpose was the box. When he used his supernatural power to identify it, he found that the box had hidden compartments. There is also a piece of jade, but the value of that piece of jade is not high, but since it is placed in the secret room, there must be a reason. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?The arena, and now that ambergris is getting more and more attention, high-quality ones will definitely become more and more expensive. You can still make money by hiding it for a few years. "
In recent years, the value of ambergris has been continuously discovered, and reports on the value of ambergris have emerged one after another. Frequent acquisitions by collection and research institutions have further enhanced its market influence. Natural and high-quality ambergris has now become a One gram is hard to find and has high collection value.
Of course, if this was the case, Meng Zitao would not spend a lot of money to buy this piece of ambergris. His main purpose was the box. When he used his supernatural power to identify it, he found that the box had hidden compartments. There is also a piece of jade, but the value of that piece of jade is not high, but since it is placed in the secret room, there must be a reason. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com