Under the gas lamp light, Chen Xiao, who was dressed in cool clothes, looked at a pair of white jade bracelets. After looking over and over for a long time, he could not see any difference between the two bracelets. Finally, he sighed and admitted defeat to Yuwen Wen who was sitting aside: "I really can't tell it."

When Yuwen Wen heard this, he put down the information in his hand, looked at Chen Ma, and signaled her to use a magnifying glass, but Chen Ma shook her head: She has used the magnifying glass as well.

Yuwen Wen asked Chen Yu to sit over, hug each other, and held the pair of white jade bracelets together, facing the light, and then watched with a magnifying glass.

"Look, are there any slight bubbles?"

After hearing what he said, Chen Ying looked carefully and found that there were slight bubbles inside the white jade bracelet he was holding in his right hand.

These bubbles are very thin. If you don’t look closely with a magnifying glass, you will think they are traces.

"So this is a flaw!"

"Of course, fake ones are fake, and they are always slightly different from the genuine ones."

Yuwen Wen hugged Chen Jam and said while feeling the other person's smooth skin: "If the glass is handled improperly during the production process, it is easy to be mixed with some bubbles. Of course, ordinary translucent glass, that is, glass for windows, can basically be ignored due to the improvement of process."

"However, due to the characteristics of the process, it is difficult to avoid the occurrence of fine bubbles. Therefore, imitation jade made of emulsified glass can be seen with fine bubbles inside when looking at the strong light."

"The transmittance of emulsified glass is higher than that of real jade. If you have more experience, you can easily distinguish it."

"The color and texture of emulsified glass are comparable to that of Khotan jade. Imitation jade made of emulsified glass can be said to be fake and real. When using jade in the future, you need to pay more attention."

Chen Jae nodded, wanting to say who is so immoral, and thinking of using emulsified glass to make simulated jadeware to deceive people. However, she is not a fool. She probably guessed that some secret industries of the royal family were inseparable from such things, so she didn't talk much.

Yuwen Wen continued to explain to Chen Yao the jade produced in Khotan: "The Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Dayuan mentioned that the Han Dynasty sent a lot of rivers, and the rivers originated from Khotan, and there were many jades in the mountains."

"Beautiful jade produced by Khotan is famous since ancient times. Now the dynasty and Khotan have strengthened their exchanges. Hanhai Trading Company set up a semicolon to organize people to collect jade materials and then transport them back to process them into various jades for sale. This is a great deal. The money is bright, just like the southern middle elm."

"A jade that looks no different from a stone at first glance, and is not a single penny, can be processed into a jade pendant and can be sold for thousands of pennies. If the jade material is of high quality, the price will be higher."

"Jade will not rot, it is small in size, easy to carry and transport for long distances, so it is the most valuable specialty of Khotan. With the huge profits brought by the jade mining industry, Hanhai Trading Company can completely maintain a strong armed team in Khotan."

"At that time, the King of Khotan will have a backer, and there is no need to be a panic,"

Chen Meng was a little confused when she heard this: "Will the Turkic Khan be happy?"

"Of course I'm not happy." Yuwen Wen let go of Chen's wife and asked the other party to make tea for him. He then said: "The countries in Jixi surrender to the Western Turks, and Khotan is no exception. Now that Khotan surrenders to the dynasty, the Khan of the Western Turks will not be happy."

"In order to strengthen control over the countries in Jixi, Khan of Shekui appointed kings of various countries as the "Jie Liqi" of the Turkic Khanate, and sent officials to monitor the country's taxes to ensure the tribute to the Khanate."

"This 'Jie Lizhi' can be regarded as the 'Kaifu General' of the dynasty. In this way, the Western Turks' control over various vassal states has been strengthened. If there is any slight turmoil in their country, the officials who serve as military supervisors will report it immediately."

"The King of Khotan, Yuchi Beishi, took a huge risk to send envoys to the Central Plains to recognize the friendship of the same surname. Just from the end of last year to the beginning of summer this year, the King of Khotan underwent several assassinations."

When Chen heard the assassination, he was quite worried: "Then isn't the situation of the King of Tian very dangerous?"

Yuwen Wen replied: "It's just a surprise, because Hanhai Trading Company has provided 'security' services to the King of Khotan. Those assassins of unknown origin and nobles with ulterior motives will no longer have the opportunity to threaten the King of Khotan's safety."

"Not to mention that the King of Khotan has made a relationship with the dynasty. Once there is any chaos in Khotan, the government troops stationed in Mingsha (Dunhuang) will rush over directly to preside over the overall situation."

Chen Meng was still a little worried: "So, is the imperial court going to use troops against the Western Turks?"

"No, it's just erosion. Pull Khotan over here first and set an example."

"But, the Khan of the Western Turks would not sit idly by, right?"

"So what? Do he dare to fight?" Yu Wen Wen said this, and drank the cup of tea in one go, and Chen Yu quickly filled him with it.

"The official army has firearms, fierce explosives, and is not short of horses. It has strong combat power. The telegram line has been connected to Mingsha at the beginning of the month. The border general can report the situation in Jixi to the center at any time. What qualifications are the Khan of Shekui and the dynasty's nose-blowing eyes?"

"He can't even handle the Tiel tribes now, and Luo Khan of Niejuchu is now living in Chang'an. I can send a large army to help Luo Khan return to his country to "restorate", just like the Qimin Khan of the Eastern Turkic period back then, so what else can the Shekui Khan?"

"The King of Khotan is no longer the 'Jie Li' of the Western Turks. The Turkic officials in his country have left in shame. I am still giving the other party a face and have not directly sent troops to station them. The Hanhai Trading Company team stationed in Khotan is at least nominally a caravan, not an imperial army."

"Now it is Khotan, and next is Gaochang. I am not interested in whether the King of Gaochang is willing to submit to the dynasty, because no matter whether he wants it or not, whether Shekui Khan is willing or not, Hanhai Trading Company will use Gaochang, which guards the important roads, as a trade transfer station."

"The company set up a stronghold outside Gaochang City and then patrolled armed personnel to station it as a caravan transfer station. Gaochang State can still be a vassal state of the Western Turks, but it cannot stop the caravan of Hanhai Trading Company, nor can it stop Hanhai Trading Company from doing business with other countries."

"The trade rights in the western region of Jixi must be given to the Khan, and even if he doesn't, he must be given to the Khan. If he knows the truth, then it's better to do business together and make money together. This is called sharing the benefits equally."

Chen Yao didn't care about national affairs, nor was she qualified to care about it, but she always felt something was wrong when she heard Yuwen Wen's meaning: Since the dynasty currently recognizes the countries of Jixi (except for Khotan at present) as vassal states of Western Turkic, why did she do so overbearing and "forced" with the countries of Jixi?

The so-called "equal sharing of interests" seems fair, but in fact it is not that fair.

Yuwen Wen did not hide his thoughts and smiled and said, "That's of course, the tiger, there is no need to share the meat with the jackal."

"It's like a house. I like it, so I made an appointment with the owner: You can live in this house for a single month and I can live in two months. How about it? Isn't it fair?"
Chapter completed!