Chapter 105: Natural Calculus Bovis Worth 1.49 Million!
Glancing at the Yuan Datou in the jar,
Jiang Tao took out a black plastic bag he had prepared from his pocket and put it in.
The two brothers standing on the edge of the pit only saw Jiang Tao pull a jar out of the ground.
Neither of them knew what exactly was inside the jar.
Although the two brothers were very curious, they strictly followed their second uncle’s instructions and didn’t ask what they shouldn’t.
They willingly acted as digging tools for their second uncle.
“Pull me up, you two brats, what are you trying to do, bury me.”
Jiang Tao jokingly cursed at his two nephews standing on the edge of the pit.
“Hehe, how could we possibly do that, you are our dear second uncle~”
Jiang Shijie chuckled twice and reached out to pull Jiang Tao up.
“Hurry up and fill the dirt back in.”
“Tonight, keep your mouths shut about this matter, don’t tell anyone.”
Jiang Tao patted the mud off his pants and nervously instructed the brothers again.
What was dug out of the ground tonight couldn’t be spoken of carelessly, as it could lead to disaster from loose talk.
Jiang Tao was quite relieved about his two nephews.
He had watched the brothers grow up, and neither of them was the type to speak carelessly.
Besides, no matter how absent-minded the brothers were, they wouldn’t betray their own second uncle.
Moreover, the brothers didn’t know what was in the jar, so they couldn’t betray him even if they wanted to.
“Second Uncle, please don’t worry, my mouth is very tight, I absolutely won’t tell anyone about this.”
“Me too, me too, Second Uncle, please rest assured! Even if someone threatens to kill me, I won’t say a word!”
Jiang Shijie and his brother shoveled dirt back into the pit while earnestly assuring Jiang Tao.
Filling the pit was much faster than digging it, and it took less than 10 minutes to completely backfill the large hole.
The three of them then turned and walked towards the village.
They specifically bypassed the intelligence station at the village entrance and entered the village via a small path.
Back in the village, in an alley near Jiang Tao’s home, just as they were about to part ways.
Jiang Tao took out 2,000 yuan he had prepared from his pocket and handed it to his older nephew.
“This is your salary for the two of you, spend it wisely.”
“Thank you, Second Uncle!!”
“Thank you, Second Uncle!!”
The entire operation tonight took only about an hour.
Each brother earned 1,000 yuan, which meant an hourly wage of 1,000 yuan, and they were extremely excited.
They had never been so well-off in their lives.
Jiang Tao solemnly instructed them one last time:
“Absolutely do not tell anyone about tonight’s business, do you hear me.”
“Otherwise, if there’s any more good stuff like this, it won’t be your turn.”
“Got it, got it! Second Uncle, don’t worry, I can swear to the heavens! I won’t say a word even if I’m beaten to death!”
“I swear too! If I say anything, I’ll be 18 centimeters shorter!”
“You brat, do you want to be your brother’s sister?”
Jiang Tao laughed and playfully hit his younger nephew, Jiang Shaojie, on the back of the head.
After using the two “tools,” Jiang Tao sent the brothers home, and he turned and walked towards his own door.
Pushing open the half-closed door, he entered the courtyard.
Through the large glass window on the balcony, Jiang Tao saw Xu Li, Jiang Bing, and his “little cotton jacket” watching television on the sofa in the living room.
The television was replaying the Spring Festival Gala, with several robots in colorful floral jackets doing the Yangge dance and twirling handkerchiefs.
After changing his shoes on the balcony, Jiang Tao entered the house carrying the black plastic bag.
“Husband, where did you go so mysteriously with Shijie and Shaojie late at night.”
Xu Li saw Jiang Tao return and looked at him curiously, then at the black plastic bag he was carrying, her small face full of wonder.
“Did you secretly buy us something delicious, wanting to give us a surprise? Second Brother, you’re the best!”
Jiang Bing, thinking of this possibility, sprang up from the sofa and eagerly opened the bag Jiang Tao was holding to peek inside.
“It’s dirty, what is this stuff, I take back my praise for you just now.”
Seeing that there was no food in the bag Jiang Tao was carrying, only a dirty ceramic jar.
Jiang Bing immediately rolled her eyes and sat back on the sofa.
“I went out to collect some things, antiques, you wouldn’t understand, continue watching TV, I’m going to study it.”
Jiang Tao explained with a smile and then carried the bag into a storage room at home used for miscellaneous items and Jiang Xue’s toys.
After closing the door upon entering, Jiang Tao turned on the light and took the ceramic jar out of the black plastic bag, placing it on the floor.
Then, he took out a box of hot and sour noodles that Xu Li had bought and emptied a space in the box.
*Swish~~*
With a crisp sound, Jiang Tao tilted the mouth of the jar and poured all the Yuan Datou inside into the cardboard box.
He repeatedly looked at the empty jar in his hand.
The jar had no design or pattern, just like the pickle jar his mother used for pickling vegetables.
It was probably not something valuable.
Otherwise, the old landlord mentioned in the intelligence wouldn’t have used it to store silver coins and buried it underground.
Moreover, a piece of it was already broken by his younger nephew Jiang Shaojie’s shovel, so it was probably even less valuable.
He set the ceramic jar aside for now.
Jiang Tao picked up the Yuan Datou he had poured into the box and looked at them.
Some had slight oxidation, and some had minor rust marks; the items clearly showed their age.
Jiang Tao knew nothing about antiques and didn’t know how much these items were worth.
But someone did.
Jiang Tao immediately thought of Zhang Bo at Boyaa Auction House in the Capital City.
After several pleasant collaborations, Jiang Tao had a good impression of Zhang Bo.
He considered him a friend worth making.
Moreover, Jiang Tao now treated Zhang Bo as an “experience baby” every day.
He browsed his Moments daily, unknowingly considering him an acquaintance.
If he could trigger another piece of intelligence like the four gold bars in the second-hand Audi, he could make a fortune again!
Unfortunately, in recent days, Jiang Tao had not had his wish granted.
As soon as he thought of it, Jiang Tao took out a few Yuan Datou, took photos with his phone, and sent them to Zhang Bo, asking for an appraisal.
【Brother Jiang, these Yuan Datou of yours look recently minted! The condition is quite good!
【The ones from this year you have, the recycling price on the market is about 1100-1200 each.
After receiving Jiang Tao’s message, Panjiayuan’s Xiao Tingquan quickly provided his valuation.
“1100-1200 each.”
Seeing Zhang Bo’s quoted price, Jiang Tao went through all the Yuan Datou in the box; there were exactly 205 of them, no more, no less!
Calculating at the highest price of 1200 per coin.
205 coins precisely matched the 246,000 mentioned in the intelligence.
It seemed Zhang Bo’s price was quite reasonable; this person is trustworthy!
After asking Zhang Bo if he was available on the phone.
Jiang Tao directly initiated a video call with him and showed him his evening’s findings.
They chatted for over half an hour on the video call, and finally reached an intention to cooperate.
When Jiang Tao returned to Beijing, he would directly take these Yuan Datou to Boyaa Auction House to transact with Zhang Bo.
To secure the Yuan Datou Jiang Tao had, Zhang Bo even sent him a deposit of 10,000 yuan via WeChat!
After all, involving over 240,000 yuan, it was considered a significant business deal.
With a little manipulation from Zhang Bo and his team, making twenty to thirty thousand yuan wouldn’t be difficult.
As for the damaged ceramic jar, Zhang Bo said it was worthless.
Moreover, since it was broken, it could be discarded as trash.
After ending the video call with Zhang Bo, Jiang Tao tapped his phone to accept the 10,000 yuan deposit he had sent.
With this additional 10,000 yuan, Jiang Tao’s cash balance returned to over ten thousand yuan.
Ever since he spent 200,000 yuan on 10,000 Flying Pig Popcorn Buckets from Wang Xiaobai, Jiang Tao had been a bit tight on funds.
Receiving this 10,000 yuan advance payment from Zhang Bo instantly eased his financial situation.
In a few more days, when the popularity of the popcorn buckets fermented and they could be sold, that would be the time for actual profit!
*Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle*—
Jiang Tao taped the hot and sour noodle box containing the Yuan Datou with tape dozens of times in all directions.
Ensuring it was foolproof, he then placed the box in the corner of the northwest side of the room where shoe boxes were kept.
After dealing with the Yuan Datou, Jiang Tao opened the door and returned to the living room.
He first went to the bathroom and meticulously washed his hands with hand sanitizer, cleaning out the dirt from under his fingernails.
Tonight, his hands had important tasks to perform, and they must remain clean and hygienic.
After washing his hands, Jiang Tao informed Xu Li and went out alone to his father’s house to find Old Sun.
After all, Old Sun was his invited guest, and he shouldn’t feel neglected.
Upon arriving, Jiang Tao realized he had worried unnecessarily.
According to his mother, his father had taken Old Sun to play chess at Jiang Tianming’s house next door that afternoon, and during the game, the three of them ended up at the dining table.
In just over a day, Old Sun and his father had gotten along exceptionally well.
They felt as if they had known each other for a long time and shared a deep camaraderie, even considering becoming sworn brothers.
After chatting with his mother for a while, Jiang Tao turned and went into the courtyard of Jiang Tianming’s house next door.
“Jiang Tao is here! Are you here to see your dad and your master? They’re drinking with Old Jiang inside, come in and have a couple of drinks too.”
As soon as Jiang Tao entered the courtyard, a middle-aged woman carrying a steaming plate of stir-fried dishes came out of the kitchen in the East Wing Room and called out to him with a smile.
“Happy New Year, Aunt Liu, sorry to trouble you.”
Jiang Tao smiled and greeted the woman before following her into the living room.
The courtyard house of Jiang Tianming was newly built two years ago, and its interior decoration style was predominantly Chinese.
The suspended ceilings and door frames were all of a rosewood color.
A rosewood wine cabinet was even installed opposite the entrance door.
Of course, the “rosewood” here just meant red wood, not actual rosewood.
“Jiang Tao is here, quickly, quickly, come sit, let’s three old guys have a good drink.”
Jiang Tianming saw Jiang Tao enter with his wife and warmly stood up to invite Jiang Tao to join them.
The invitation was too cordial to refuse, so Jiang Tao stepped forward and drank a small cup with each of the three men, officially joining the banquet.
The three men were around the same age and had many similar experiences growing up.
Furthermore, although Sun Xiao Bao was from the Capital City, for the past few decades, he had lived no differently than people in the countryside.
It was only in the last few years, with the demolition and relocation, that he moved from a rural house in an urban village to an apartment building in a residential area.
When these three started chatting, they were incredibly talkative and found each other very congenial.
Sun Xiao Bao even invited Jiang Tao’s father and Jiang Tianming to stay in the Capital City for a few days after the Spring Festival.
The three of them would then explore the Capital City together.
Jiang Tao was decades younger than them, and he couldn’t chime in on many of their topics.
He accompanied them for a few cups of Moutai at the dinner table and then excused himself early to go home.
That night, Jiang Bing and Jiang Xue slept in the same room.
This time, she had brought an eye mask and earplugs from home, thinking she could get some restful sleep.
But she had underestimated the stamina of her second brother and sister-in-law, who had been separated for a long time.
In the end, she had no choice but to resort to “little movies” again!
Waking up naturally.
When Jiang Tao opened his eyes, it was already past 8:00 AM.
The space beside him was empty; Xu Li was long gone.
“Ouch~”
Jiang Tao sat up in bed and rubbed his lower back.
The past two days had been too taxing, and his lower back felt a bit sore.
Indeed, a beautiful wife at home makes even Goji berries ineffective!
It was time to arrange for Liuwei Dihuang Pills.
Jiang Tao didn’t rush to get dressed.
With a thought, he opened the interface of the Daily Intelligence System to check the latest intelligence refreshed early this morning.
【Today’s Intelligence 01】:
You visited your uncle Tian Xiaoguang at the Tian Family Village Cattle Farm yesterday and obtained related intelligence—
Within the Tian Family Village Cattle Farm, an old yellow ox has a natural calculus bovis weighing 1000 grams inside its body.
Purchasing the old yellow ox and obtaining the calculus bovis can yield a profit of 1.49 million yuan!
【Remark】: Time remaining until this old yellow ox is bought by another buyer is 0 hours 49 minutes.
……
Seeing the first piece of intelligence refreshed today.
Jiang Tao’s breathing quickened.
How much profit?
1.49 million!!
The four gold bars he obtained were only worth 270,000, less than 300,000!
1000 grams, which is 2 catties, of calculus bovis could sell for such a high price of 1.49 million!!
This thing is more expensive than gold?
Jiang Tao, with trembling hands, typed “natural calculus bovis” into his phone’s browser and did a quick search.
Information about natural calculus bovis soon appeared on his phone.
In recent years, the cattle market has been in a slump.
But the price of natural calculus bovis has skyrocketed!
Even gold, which saw a massive price surge this year, wouldn’t dare claim to be a precious metal compared to calculus bovis.
The price of natural calculus bovis rose from 570,000 yuan/kilogram in early 2023 to 1.4 million yuan/kilogram by the end of 2023, a price surge of 240%!
Entering 2024, even from its already high price point, natural calculus bovis had not yet ended its upward price cycle.
The highest price was in September 2024.
The price of natural calculus bovis once soared to 1.6-1.7 million yuan/kilogram!
It wasn’t until 2025 that the upward price cycle for natural calculus bovis ended, with a slight price decrease.
However, the market price remained around 1.5 million yuan/kilogram.
This means that the 1000 grams of calculus bovis mentioned in the System Brother’s intelligence could be sold for the high price of 1.49 million!
As for why natural calculus bovis is so expensive, it’s naturally due to its rarity.
Because this item is extremely rare, its price is so high.
Natural calculus bovis is, to put it simply, a type of gallstone found in cattle; it is a pathological product with a very low probability of formation.
Especially in modern society, with increasingly modernized farming, cattle in rural areas are almost extinct.
Modern farming practices in domestic and foreign cattle farms aim for efficiency.
Young cattle are raised for 2 to 2.5 years, reaching a weight of 500-600 kilograms for maximum profitability.
Farmers generally sell their cattle within this period.
The formation of natural calculus bovis usually takes over 5 years, or even more than ten years!
Furthermore, the probability of a cow developing gallstones is only one in a thousand to two in a thousand.
With a long formation time and a low probability, no one would foolishly raise cattle solely to gamble on finding natural calculus bovis.
Those lucky individuals who obtain natural calculus bovis are, to put it bluntly, like lottery winners.
It’s all a matter of fate; it cannot be forced.
“It wasn’t in vain visiting my uncle yesterday, this intelligence is powerful!”
“If I could get one such piece of intelligence every day, with a daily income of 1.5 million, that would be 45 million a month…”
“That’s 540 million a year! In 10 years…”
Of course, Jiang Tao knew he was dreaming.
Even with the Heluo Stone to increase his luck, he couldn’t expect such high-value intelligence to refresh every day.
Seeing the time remaining until the cow was bought by another buyer displayed in the 【Remark】, which was still over an hour.
Jiang Tao didn’t need to rush too much; while slowly getting dressed, he mentally flipped to check the second piece of intelligence for today.
【Today’s Intelligence 02】
Yesterday, while you and your family were waiting to watch a movie at Dadi Cinema, you visited the cinema’s merchandise sales area and obtained related intelligence—
Among the Dou Tian Bao products displayed on the shelves in the sales area, one package contains a handwritten signed card by Director Jiaozi.
This handwritten signed card is valued at 98,000 yuan!
【Note】: Time remaining until this card is bought is 3 minutes and 10 seconds!
……
“3 minutes!!”
“Damn, the price of sleeping in today is a bit too high!!!”
Seeing the second piece of intelligence about the “Director Jiaozi signed card” having only 3 minutes remaining, Jiang Tao was speechless!
It’s over 5 kilometers from his house to Dadi Cinema in Ping County; even flying there wouldn’t be fast enough!
“Think of a way!”
“There must be a way!”
“Right, call the cinema staff and ask them to tell the sales area that I’ll take everything!”
With this thought, Jiang Tao quickly opened a certain app on his phone, searched for Dadi Cinema in Ping County, and dialed the number.
Ring, ring, ring…
Time ticked by, but the phone number listed for Dadi Cinema on the app went unanswered!
Jiang Tao anxiously glanced at the countdown displayed on the system interface.
Now, there was just over 2 minutes left until the Director Jiaozi signed card was sold!
Was he just going to watch that nearly 100,000 yuan Dou Tian Bao being bought by someone else…
Jiang Tao couldn’t help but regret not checking the intelligence earlier last night!
Staring intently at the countdown on the system interface, Jiang Tao’s mind was racing, and his fingers were unconsciously scrolling on his phone.
What to do, what to do, what to do…
Suddenly, Jiang Tao’s scrolling finger stopped.
Then he quickly scrolled up a few times.
Finally, his gaze locked onto a Moments post his younger sister-in-law, Xu Sha, had posted just 1 minute ago.
Jiang Tao was very familiar with the first photo in the post; wasn’t that the entrance to Dadi Cinema they had visited yesterday?
