During the British colonial period in India in the 18th century, Surat was a famous trading port in India. The reason why it was famous at that time was because of its developed diamond processing industry.

Diamonds were discovered in India and have been worn by nobles for a long time. The earliest reports can be traced back to around the 10th century AD. At that time, Indians had already discovered and used diamonds to make valuable jewelry.

In 1304, the Indians discovered an 800-carat rough stone in the Kola mine, and then cut it into a rose shape, weighing 191 carats, and became India's national treasure at the time. Later, in 1562, Babir Sultan established the Mughal Empire

The empire took this diamond as a national treasure and kept it in its pocket. In the 18th century, the Emperor of the Persian Empire, Nader Shah, even launched an invasion war because of this diamond.

Later, after the British colonists took control of India, through various coercion and inducements, they finally got the Indians to dedicate the diamond called 'Mountain of Light' to the Queen of England. Later, this diamond was also embedded in the Queen of England.

On the crown, he became a legend.

This diamond can illustrate that Indians have a long history of diamond processing, and there is of course a reason why Surat has become the diamond capital of Asia. Centuries of processing and production have concentrated the best diamond polishing in India here.

, cutting and processing craftsmen, one-tenth of the city's millions of people are engaged in the diamond processing industry.

Every summer, nearly 30,000 buyers from all over the world gather in this city to purchase diamonds. The diamond transaction volume here in one summer can reach one billion US dollars. Of course, this is only on the surface, and if it involves underground

transactions, the transaction volume will increase several times.

The entire Surat is full of gray-white high-rise buildings, and even the houses in residential areas are painted gray-white, making the whole city look very clean and solemn from the outside.

Arriving in the city, Xiao Feng inevitably felt that he was back in a familiar Indian city. The streets were full of people. Except for the city's main roads, which were relatively clean, the other streets were bumpy and disorderly. The streets were full of people.

There are crowds of people and leisurely cows, and the road smells like cow dung.

This city once declined due to the depletion of diamond mine resources in India. But at that time, diamond mines were discovered in Argyle, Australia, so rough diamonds from Australia were continuously shipped here, and Surat was once again

Prosperity arose.

When Xiao Feng arrived, the peak diamond trading season had just passed, so the traffic situation in the city was much better than in the previous months.

The driver of Xiao Feng's chartered car was an Indian chatterbox. He spoke English with an Indian accent and chatted with Xiao Feng all the way. Maybe it was because more and more Chinese people appeared in Sutra in recent years, so the driver was already familiar with it.

Chinese people are used to it.

After Xiao Feng was sent to the hotel, Xiao Feng sent the driver to have something to eat. After briefly washing up in the hotel, he went directly to the restaurant. He had booked the Sheraton Hotel. The Indian food these days was amazing.

He was frightened, and after enjoying a steak dinner in the hotel restaurant, he went downstairs with satisfaction.

The Karabi family recommended by Liujin lived in the northeast of Sutra City, close to the Tapti River that passed through the city. Xiao Feng asked the driver to drive him to the gate of the Karabi family.

He had already had a phone call with Karabi Sulasvi before, and before he came, Liukin also called Karabi.

So the other party also knew that he was coming. As soon as his car stopped at the door, the electric door opened. The ones who opened the door were two strong bodyguards with guns. Following behind the report was an Indian with gray hair, because his skin was dark.

, and I can’t tell how old I am.

"Hello, are you Mr. Xiao?"

"Yes, it's me, you are..."

"Hello, I am Karabi Sulasvi. You are very welcome to come."

This Karabi's English is much better than that of ordinary Indians. He has a London accent. It can be seen that he must be highly educated and he is very enthusiastic. I think Liu Jin must have said a lot of good things to Xiao Feng when he talked to him on the phone before coming here.

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Xiao Feng got out of the car and walked into Calabi's house under the leadership of Calabi. The yard of Calabi's home was very large. There were two rows of workshops on both sides near the gate. You could hear the grinding of electric grinding wheels from a distance.

The sound and the air were filled with an indescribable smell.

Calabi took Xiao Feng to visit his 'factory'. The two rows of factory buildings were filled with machines that Xiao Feng could not recognize, and there were many teenage children crowded in front of the machines.

Polish and cut diamonds.

Xiao Feng had heard before coming here that diamond merchants in Surat have a tradition of employing child labor. Today, seeing is believing. The scene is still very shocking. These poor children don't even have masks. These Indians still

It's really dark.

Calabi took Xiao Feng around and introduced the situation to Xiao Feng. Through his talk, Xiao Feng realized that India occupies such an important position in the world's diamond trade, with 90% of the world's rough diamonds.

The grinding and polishing work is all done in Sutra.

No wonder the diamond industry here is so booming.

When Liujin called Karabi, he explained some of Xiao Feng's background. Of course, Karabi regarded Xiao Feng as a big customer from China and treated him very warmly.

After looking at a lot of polished rough diamonds, Calabi finally introduced Xiao Feng into the big house behind his manor. After being served two cups of coffee, Calabi asked Xiao Feng.

"I don't know what kind of diamonds, Mr. Xiao, you want to buy this time? I have all kinds of diamonds here, whether they are cut or rough."

"Well, Mr. Calabi, I think Liujin may not have made it clear to you on the phone before. I am not here to buy diamonds this time, but to sell them."

"Oh? That's right. Did you bring your diamond? What does it look like?"

Karabi is open for business. Whether you come to him to buy or sell, he can always make money. In addition, he has been doing business for so many years and is used to seeing wind and waves, so he is not interested in listening to Xiao Feng's words.

Not surprised, not angry either.

Xiao Feng also wanted to end the transaction as soon as possible, so he simply took out a rough diamond from his pocket. This rough diamond was the smallest one he had pried off from the gold necklace that was mixed in the other world, but there were also ordinary eggs.
Chapter completed!