Pick up a princess to be your wife

Unlike those gamblers who cheer when they win, Li Mu remained completely calm.

With eighty taels of silver, you can open a rough stone that costs more.

So Li Mu went to the shelf and continued picking out stones.

"Look, he's going to use the second gear this time."

"The second tier doesn't have any good stuff either; he's bound to lose money later."

"Yes, I've seen plenty of people like him. They think they're born with a knack for gambling on stones as soon as they get their goods, but they always end up losing everything."

……

Li Mu scanned the second batch of rough stones, his gaze landing on one of them.

[A mountain stream contains an irregularly shaped piece of red jade, weighing approximately three pounds, valued at three thousand taels of silver, which can be exchanged for 3000 points.]

"This one will do." Li Mu smiled faintly.

"Alright, fifty taels, please!"

The higher the grade of the raw stone, the more expensive it is.

Li Mu will probably spend all eighty taels he just earned on this stone.

When everyone saw Li Mu pick out another piece, they immediately surrounded him.

"This is indeed a genuine mountain stream stone, but it's just an ordinary rock; there's nothing inside."

"It's definitely impossible to ship this kind of stone."

"If this kind of stone can be sold, I'll eat the outer layer!"

"Brother, you haven't eaten that pile of stone skin yet."

……

"open it."

One cut, and no goods were delivered.

This rock is quite large, weighing about ten pounds. It will probably take five or six cuts to get it ready to be sold.

"Young master, our rule here is that we have to add one tael of silver for the next cut. Would you like to continue?" the craftsman asked.

"Well, continue."

The second cut failed to produce anything.

"continue."

The third and fourth cuts also failed to produce any goods.

This made everyone laugh.

"See, I told you we couldn't ship the goods, didn't I?"

"More than half of it has been scraped off, and there's still no color left. It's impossible to ship it anymore."

"This kid was too confident because he thought he had just sold his goods. Now he's going to lose all the money he made."

However, after the fifth cut, a flash of bright red appeared in the craftsman's eyes.

"Congratulations, young master, you've made another sale! And it's a rare piece of red jade!" the craftsman announced loudly.

"They actually managed to ship this? Their luck is just too good!"

"Damn it, such a big piece of red jade must be worth at least several hundred taels of silver!"

"That kid made a killing! Damn it! Watching others make money is worse than me losing money myself!"

……

"It weighs three catties, and our shop can buy it back for three hundred taels."

"Recycle it."

Li Mu returned to the container once again to continue selecting raw stones.

The group followed Li Mu, pointing and whispering about him, but Li Mu ignored them completely.

These gamblers have no skills of their own, yet they always like to pontificate about others.

Finally, Li Mu set his sights on a boulder that weighed at least 100 pounds.

[The water stone contains an irregularly shaped piece of glass, weighing approximately two pounds, valued at five thousand taels of silver, and can be exchanged for 5000 points.]

Li Mu calculated that buying this rough stone would cost one hundred taels, and the cost of processing it until it was ready for sale would be at least twenty cuts.

In this way, the cost would be around three hundred taels.

But after scanning the other rough stones, Li Mu found that there weren't any good ones, only this one was suitable.

According to Jubaoge's recycling rules, the price is between 10% and 20% of the original market value.

Therefore, opening this stone will definitely make a profit.

“This one,” Li Mu said.

"Thank you, one hundred taels!"

"This kid's got guts, actually going for third gear?"

"Haha, with this kind of stone, you either become rich overnight from one piece or go bankrupt from the other!"

"This kid has delivered twice in a row, so he might actually have something going for him."

"I think so too, otherwise wouldn't it be like God is chasing after him to feed him?"

Just as Li Mu was about to pay, a loud voice rang out.

“I will offer 110 taels to buy this rough stone.”

Li Mu turned his head and saw that it was a richly dressed young man next to him trying to snatch his raw stone.

Stealing business?

interesting.

"It was this young master who took a liking to it first," the waiter said with an embarrassed smile.

"Your Treasure Pavilion doesn't have a rule against buying raw stones at inflated prices. The highest bidder wins. Don't you want to make money?"

“What this young master says is true.”

The waiter readily agreed, then looked at Li Mu.

"One hundred and fifty taels." Li Mu calmly raised the price.

The young master thought Li Mu was somewhat capable, so he planned to casually offer a price to test the waters.

If Li Mu doesn't raise the price, it means he himself isn't confident and was just lucky before.

Now that Li Mu has directly added forty taels, it means there's a chance.

Li Mu was a shrewd person; how could he not see through the other person's thoughts?

"One hundred and sixty taels," the young master raised the price.

"Two hundred taels." Li Mu raised the price again without hesitation.

"Two hundred and ten taels."

"Three hundred taels."

Judging from Li Mu's posture, he was determined to win.

Now, the young master was completely confident.

"Three hundred and fifty taels."

"Four hundred taels."

"Five hundred taels!"

Everyone was amazed.

"Five hundred taels already? What kind of jadeite could this be to fetch more than five hundred taels?"

"Perhaps this stone really can produce a once-in-a-century gem."

Even if it's a rare find, how can it sell for five hundred taels in this day and age?

……

Li Mu smiled faintly: "It's yours."

I bought it for 500 taels, but it will cost another 200 or 300 taels to cut the stone.

Whether the other party can make a profit depends on the buyback price offered by Jubaoge.

The young master smiled smugly, glanced at Li Mu, and said disdainfully, "You think you can fight me?"

"Thank you, five hundred taels!" The waiter's smile stretched almost to the back of his head.

Next, we'll begin cutting the stone.

The young master was confident and pleased with himself, feeling that he had gotten a bargain from Li Mu.

Everyone else gathered around to watch the stone being cut.

They kept cutting and slicing, but the goods never came out.

Even after the first ten or so cuts, the young master remained calm.

The stones are still quite large; even if they are shipped out, it's impossible to do so quickly.

Seeing that the boulder, weighing over a hundred pounds, had been scraped down to only seven or eight pounds, and still hadn't been shipped out, the young master finally began to get anxious.

"One more cut, give it to me!"

One cut, and still no goods were sold.

"Come again!"

Still no shipment.

"How can this be?"

The young master has already invested more than seven hundred taels of silver, which is no small sum.

If he can't break even, his father will probably hang him up and whip him.

"That's it, there's only this small one left. Even if a completely green piece comes out, it's still a losing proposition."

"There's still no movement. How can it be all green? At most, it'll be a mixed green, which will be worthless."

"See? I told you the new guy was just lucky before, right? He didn't get any goods this time, did he?"

"Haha, poor Young Master Zhou, you've lost over seven hundred taels!"

"Young Master Zhou, I advise you to stop now. There's no hope of success if you keep going."