Therefore, the people of Kiribati basically do not go out to sea to fish.
In April 2019, Kiribati was hit by a minor tropical storm that affected more than half of the island's population.
Interestingly, the first thing the Kiribati islanders thought of was not how to eliminate the problem once and for all, but to frantically seek help from the world.
What’s even more interesting is that despite such frequent and long-term assistance, Kiribati’s per capita GDP has never exceeded US$1,600.
After listening to Xiang Yang, Fang Youqun smacked his lips and said, "You can maintain a certain standard of living without working. Who would want to immigrate and work hard every day for a living? If it were me, I would rather stay on the island and risk being submerged and try every possible means to avoid leaving."
Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun with a half-smile, "So this is your dream?"
"No, Brother Yang, listen to me." Fang Youqun quickly explained: "That was my dream a long time ago. Now I follow you, Brother Yang, and I eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks every day. I also make a lot of money. The most important thing is that I live a fulfilling life every day. This is the life I dream of."
"Your face is like three centimeters of fat, right?" Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "It's a rare opportunity to come across a new island. Let's all get on the boat and get our tools. We'll have a good look down there."
"What are you looking for?" Fang Youqun asked while swimming.
"Of course it's ore." Xiang Yang said speechlessly.
The earth is composed of many chemical elements, so the minerals buried underground are compounds of these elements.
However, it is of course impossible for these elements to find objects to combine on their own. Instead, they need the help of water and fire to synthesize various minerals.
Water washes many elements over a long period of time, dissolving them in the water, and then sending them into rivers, pouring into the ocean, and settling them on the seabed.
The seabed here should be squeezed by plates. Such a large piece has risen from the ground, so it is entirely possible that there are ores or even mineral deposits.
Although Xiang Yang was unable to mine the mineral deposit, he could still make a lot of money by selling this information.
If we find very precious minerals and take a few pieces, no one will say anything, because it was Xiang Yang who discovered it.
Soon, Xiang Yang and his group went down to the bottom of the sea again with steel forks and other things.
This time, everyone knew that Xiang Yang was taking them down to look for treasures, and they all became excited.
If we find a gold mine, a silver mine, or even a diamond mine, we will make a fortune.
Of course, people like Zhou Wang and Xu Fang, who knew more about the ocean, did not hold out much hope for Xiang Yang's mineral search.
Most of the precious minerals in the earth's crust are indeed formed by the huge force of squeezing the earth's crust.
But it doesn't mean that there are mineral deposits wherever there is pressure.
If that were the case, everyone would just dig into the ground.
Is it stressful to drill a hundred meters underground
One hundred meters is not enough, is five hundred meters too stressful
By this calculation, well diggers are the richest people in the world.
Huge pressure is only a necessary condition for the formation of mineral veins, but it does not necessarily lead to the formation of mineral deposits.
In fact, Xiang Yang also understood this truth.
In fact, Xiang Yang never thought about finding minerals here.
This was just a trick used by Xiang Yang to deceive people.
During this period, Xiang Yang often swam in the seabed. In addition to discovering many rare marine fish, he also found some mineral treasures.
Xiang Yang just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take out some of them.
Go down to the bottom of the sea.
Xiang Yang first divided the crew into two groups. One group, led by Chen Qingsheng, searched from the left side of the dark island, and the other group, led by Xu Fang, searched from the right side.
Xiang Yang himself only took a quick look at the dark island and prepared to swim to where he had hidden his treasure.
As a result, after just these few glances, Xiang Yang was stunned.
Xiang Yang's eyes fell on a green stone as big as a millstone.
The stone had some tiny cracks on its surface due to the huge force exerted by the movement of the plates.
Through one of the cracks, Xiang Yang saw a deep blue color inside.
Xiang Yang immediately swam towards the stone.
"Is this a raw jadeite?" Xiang Yang reached out and touched the stone, only to feel that it was hard.
The price of something like jade can be high or low.
Jade is priceless, but if it meets a good buyer, its price will be high.
If it doesn't find a good buyer, it's just a piece of broken stone.
Xiang Yang didn't know much about jade, so he didn't dare to give it a price.
Jade was extremely popular in China during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of my country.
People call the jadeite with high hardness water type.
It is said that the water species is smooth and bright.
The color of good water-type jade is both bright and peaceful, and it has a high value of preservation and collection. It is called the "king of jade" and is loved by many people who love and wear jade.
The color of jadeite raw stone varies slightly depending on regional customs. In Myanmar, the kingdom of jade, some people divide jadeite into three categories and 12 grades.
The domestic jewelry industry divides it into more than 30 grades according to the different colors of the emerald.
Jade raw stones are divided into two types: primary ore and secondary ore, that is, mountain material and baby material.
Mountain materials are mined directly from the mountains. They are irregular in shape, have many edges and cracks, and are relatively rough and loose in structure. They have no outer skin and cannot be used for gambling.
Zai material refers to the gravel of jadeite, which is the pebbles formed when the jadeite raw stone is broken by the force of crustal movement and rolls down the hillside and is carried into the ditch or river by flood or river water. Its surface often has original skin or weathered skin on the outer layer. Because the jade inside cannot be seen, it is called gambling stone.
Even in today's scientifically advanced world, there is still no instrument that can quickly determine whether the inside is precious jade or rags through this outer shell.
Of course, it is also possible that someone has such an instrument but has not made it public.
Anyway, if Xiang Yang had an instrument like this, he would never make it public. He would pass it on to his sons, and then to his grandsons. From now on, this instrument would become a family heirloom of the Xiang family.
Jade gravels come in different sizes. Those weighing dozens or hundreds of kilograms are more common. The large ones may even weigh thousands or even tens of thousands of tons, while the small ones are as small as a thumb.
Due to the presence of the weathering crust, no one can observe the interior of the jade.
The identification of jadeite raw stone is mainly based on observing various phenomena appearing on the surface of the weathering crust to infer the internal quality of the jadeite raw stone.
The stone in front of Xiang Yang is a raw material, and it has a weathered outer shell.
But its shell was not complete. Xiang Yang could clearly see the deep blue color inside through the gaps in the shell.
Xiang Yang took off his gloves and gently stroked the raw stone. He immediately felt that the skin of the raw stone was rough and the surface was sandy.