Li Yi's eyes lingered on the huge Hetian jade for a while, and then continued to search forward.

Perhaps the energy of the condensed jade was absorbed by this large piece of jade, so a fault appeared in the ore vein that had lasted for more than 200 meters. However, soon, 20 meters away, the original ore vein was offset by about ten meters upwards, and Li Yi discovered a new ore vein.

many......

The ore veins were intermittent, extending for nearly a thousand meters. Finally, about 100 meters above the mine cave that Brother Hong and others had excavated, the ore veins were completely cut off.

The one-kilometer-long ore vein is like a giant dragon, and this image can't be lost in Li Yi's mind. He roughly estimated that according to the reserves and quality he saw, the value of this ore vein is likely to exceed 30 billion!

30 billion!

Li Yi didn't know if this was the largest Hetian jade mine ever discovered, but the number was so amazing that for a moment, he couldn't help feeling a little dizzy.

"Let's go, and take a look somewhere else."

While wandering around casually, Li Yi recalled the performance of the surface of the ore veins that had just walked along. If we follow the geological characteristics, just from the surface, we basically couldn't see that there would be such an amazing Hetian jade mine underground.

This should be the reason why Brother Hong and the others have never discovered it before.

In Li Yi's opinion, the only flaw of this ore vein is that valley. In that valley, there are some raw stones washed down from the mine veins by floods. He can think of these signs that there may be mines above the valley, and most experts such as Academician Zhu and others would not have imagined it.

However, judging from the depth of the current veins burial, it is unknown how many years ago. Moreover, it is hard to say that Academician Zhu and his team can make the same inference based on the few samples they occasionally found.

What's more, even if it is inferred, the depth of the burial of this ore vein will be an obstacle.

Li Yi fell into a fierce ideological struggle.

Logically speaking, he was invited by Brother Hong to help prospect. Since he has found it, he should tell the other party.

However, no one knew before that this ore vein would be so hidden and its reserves were so amazing, so both sides did not discuss the issue after finding the ore vein.

His friendship with Brother Hong is not enough to make him give up such an amazing amount of wealth in vain!

However, if he didn't say that when Brother Hong gave up this mining area and took over again, he would have laid a mortal enemy for himself.

According to the information provided by Zeng Xing before, Brother Hong's family is very powerful in the northwest. Then, even if he takes over this mining area, he probably doesn't have the ability to safely dig out all the mines.

"The wealth is so touching. Ten thousand yuan may buy a life, let alone 30 billion?"

Li Yi sneered twice and decided to take a look first. What if Academician Zhu and the others discovered it?

After walking aimlessly along the hillside, Li Yi received a call from Brother Hong, it was time to have lunch.

"How is it, Academician Zhu and the others are sure?"

When he returned to the ravine, he saw Academician Zhu and his team working around a few pieces of raw stones dug out from the sampling point to study. Li Yi asked casually.

"It's not very optimistic. None of the other four sampling points were found, only this one found these rough stones. However, after expanding the scope, nothing was found."

Brother Hong's brows were tightly locked together, and then said:

"Academician Zhu and his team now have two inferences. One is that there were originally mineral veins here, but due to changes in the crust, the mineral veins moved their positions, leaving only a few rough stones. The other is that the mineral veins are above this ravine."

Li Yi frowned. Sure enough, they did not ignore this possibility.

"Have you found anything there?"

“Not yet.”

Brother Hong saw that Li Yi was not prepared for anything, so he ran around for a whole morning without any hope, so this answer was as expected.

He smiled, patted Li Yi on the shoulder, and said:

"It's okay, exploration is not that simple. It's a blessing to have so many discoveries in just a few days. Let's have a meal first, and after dinner, you'll go to the valley to take a look, and you should be able to draw a conclusion."

After rushing to eat the boxed lunch box, a group of people began to move to the top of the ravine. Seeing that Academician Zhu and the others were indeed the same as he did at the beginning, focusing their attention on the rocky area, Li Yi greeted Brother Hong and continued to wander around with Gu Feng.

This time he was going to go a little further and completely put aside this area. If he could find another vein in a new place, even if it was not a vein, it was just a vein, the problem might be solved.

Because there was no drag from the large army, the two of them were in good health, so Li Yi walked far this time. He scanned the situation underground all the way and walked to about seven or eight kilometers away from the ravine before stopping, preparing to change the height and turn around and walk back.

When he came, he chose a height flush with the position they arrived at at the beginning. This time, he was going to increase the height by 100 meters.

"The Hetian Jade Metal Belt in Xinjiang stretches for thousands of kilometers, but I haven't seen the corresponding information on how large the mineral Belt in Qinghai Jade is. Anyway, I think it must be more than these three mining areas..."

Li Yi was chatting casually with Gu Feng while looking around. Suddenly, his eyes flashed and he stopped. About forty meters above him, he saw several blue flashes!

Blue? Is it sapphire?

He pretended to change direction inadvertently, staring at the largest piece as he walked.

This is a dark blue crystal collection about the size of a baby's fist. It is radial and composed of seven square cylindrical crystals of varying sizes, like a cluster of crystals.

This crystal is crystal clear and looks very much like crystal, but it is definitely not crystal, and of course it is even more impossible to be sapphire.

What is that?

When Li Yi's eyes slanted, he saw another piece of crystal. The shape of this piece was flat stripes. The structure was a complete crystal, but the blue was slightly lighter, and there was some white in the middle of the blue.

"Slat-shaped, with white in the basket, parallel stripes on the crystal surface..."

Li Yi thought about it hard, and several possible flashed in his heart one by one, and his brows stretched out. He had already thought about what this should be, this is blue crystal!

Cyanite is a natural refractory raw material mineral with high refractory resistance and high temperature expansion. It has a wide range of applications and can be used to produce technical ceramics, spark plugs, ball mill spheres, etc. Refractory bricks and profiles produced by it as the main raw materials are often used in key parts of hot air furnaces, hot air towers, reheating furnaces and other equipment.

Of course, the main reason why he knew this material was that it was still a kind of gem, which was usually used to make bracelets, necklaces, ring faces and other things.

The price of blue crystal is relatively low. Depending on the quality, the price of gem-grade blue crystals ranges from about 20 to 100 yuan per gram. Only a very small number of top-quality products can be sold for thousands of yuan per gram.

The most famous blue crystal production areas in the world should be Switzerland and Austria, and there are more than a dozen other countries. There are about 20 blue crystal ores known in China, but there are very few gem-grade, and most of them are used for industrial purposes.

While thinking, Li Yi walked to the vicinity, bent down and dug the ground with his hands twice, and then dug a piece of crystal with a sharp corner into his hand.

I wiped off the floating soil and looked carefully, turned on the spiritual appraisal card, and soon got the exact information. Yes, this is indeed a blue crystal!

Li Yi was able to find a blue crystal ore on Kunlun Mountain, and it was an open-pit mine depending on the situation. Li Yi couldn't help but become interested.

He threw the crystal to Gu Feng with a curious face, then turned on his perspective and looked towards the ground in front of him. Soon, the blue color gradually came into his eyes. This was actually an open-air rich mine! Moreover, at the limit distance of his perspective, the figure of the blue crystal could still be seen! In other words, the depth of this mine is at least more than 60 meters. If it is deeper, it is very likely to penetrate the mountains and go directly to the ground or even deeper!

After confirming the approximate depth of the deposit, Li Yi began to walk around and wanted to confirm the approximate range.

Half an hour later, he returned to his original place. The range of this mineral deposit is very large, at least more than 5,000 square meters! However, within the range of this 5,000 square meters, the content of the mineral deposit is not much the same. The higher the content goes to the center, the higher the content. Not only does the content at the edge decrease, the depth is not that deep. The crystals are no longer visible if the shallowest place exceeds 10 meters.

Li Yi stood there and pondered for a while, but finally gave up the estimation. Because this kind of mineral is different from the Hetian jade ore he saw in the morning, the single gem particles are relatively small and the range is relatively wide, and he has never learned relevant knowledge and has no way to estimate the reserves.

However, although there is no way to estimate it, he felt that this mine should still have certain mining value.

Because no matter what the reserves are, it is first of all, an open-pit mine, and such a deposit is the best to develop. Moreover, in terms of transportation conditions, it is not very far from Brother Hong’s mine. Although it is a hillside along the way, the slope is relatively flat. If you build a simple road, the investment should not be very large.

However, it is precisely because this place is not far from Brother Hong’s mine that the prospecting rights and mining rights are mostly still in Brother Hong’s hands, which is still a relatively difficult problem to deal with.

"Let's go, go back."

Li Yi stood there and glanced around again, turned around and walked towards the way he came. He had probably had a slight slut in his mind, but he had to think carefully about what to do.

When we returned to the starting point, it was already dark. Brother Hong and his team had already withdrawn because they were still carrying instruments, leaving only Wang Yiteng waiting for them.

"Where did you go? I didn't see you even when I ran to the hills over there."

"Haha, I walked a long way this time, almost 10 kilometers, right? Brother Wang, have you found the ore vein?"

Li Yi asked while paying attention to the flat hillside. If they found the mineral veins, they would definitely leave traces on the ground. However, there was no sign of turning around nearby, which means that they probably hadn't begun to doubt the slope yet.

Sure enough, Wang Yiteng's words verified his opinion.

"No, Academician Zhu suspected that the ore veins had been transferred, or there were no veins at all. The raw stones in the ravine were also mines on our side. They were transported to that place due to earthquakes or crust movements. He was going to go back and compare the components of the two, and then study the soil sample specimens in the ravine, and calculate the approximate age..."

“So complicated?”

"Oh, how can we hide their incompetence if we don't make it more complicated? Look, this time it's been lingering! I'll tell you, brother, within five kilometers of this neighborhood, we don't know how many times we have checked the Internet. I thought the academician might be a little more powerful, but I didn't expect..."

"It's okay. Since you are sure to be on the mineralization belt, there must be mines. If you look for more, you might find them?"

"It's as easy as you said! By the way, brother, have you ever bet on mines before?"

Li Yi shook his head.

"Then... do you have a jade ore in your hand?"

Li Yi shook his head again.

When Wang Yiteng saw Li Yi shook his head repeatedly, he was stunned, and then smiled bitterly. Yes, it was Brother Hong's guess that Li Yi had a mine and could bet on mines, but after judging his performance today, he should know that he might not even know what it is to bet on mines!

"Let's go, go back, take a day off tomorrow, and wait until Academician Zhu and his friends compare the results."

When the three of them returned to the resident, Academician Zhu and his team had already finished their meal and entered the laboratory. Wang Yiteng accompanied Li Yi and the others to eat a simple meal, and also rushed into the laboratory in a hurry.

Li Yi deeply understood this, but he was still not ready to tell his discovery. If he could not take the initiative to seize it, he would have done his best. As for giving up the huge profit, he was not a saint, and these people were not his friends of life and death, why?

"Li Yi, how about it? Have you found the mine?"

As soon as he returned to the room, Zheng Shusen called.

"It's not that easy, so many people have looked for it."

"Haha, if it really doesn't work, come back. There are still a lot of things here. Why are you involved with them? By the way, guess what is the turnover today?"

When Li Yi heard this guy's tone, he knew that he must have sold a lot, and he couldn't help but be a little confused.

"What? Are you developing new customers?"

"Oh, new customers are indeed new customers, but they are not developed by us. They are all here to find you!"

"Look for me? Who is looking for me?"

"Wait, let me see. Huang Qihang bought a white jade bracelet and a white jade pendant with a transaction volume of 3.72 million yuan. Li Maowen bought a glass bracelet and two glass ring faces with a transaction volume of 21.5 million yuan, and......"

Li Yi was stunned, Huang Qihang, Li Maowen? How could it be them?
Chapter completed!