After resting for more than an hour, the few people boarded the helicopter again. They just drank some water and did not dare to eat. Otherwise, the food they ate would be vomited out during this bump.
The flight lasted for nearly two hours. From the helicopter, you could vaguely see someone appearing on the ground. At nearly five o'clock, the helicopter also landed in a military camp in Myitkyina, in Myanmar, outside the city.
Basically, there are troops stationed.
"Two professors, Brother Wang and Brother Qian, I'll welcome you tomorrow. Let's have a good rest today."
"OK."
After getting off the helicopter, Wu Gang looked at the pale faces of the people and knew that they could not eat much at night. He used his car waiting in the barracks to send the people to the most luxurious hotel in Myitkyina.
Wang Ding looked from the car. Myitkyina city was far worse than Yangon and Mandalay. At least in those two cities, there were some modern buildings, but here, it was very attractive.
All I saw were low wooden houses, and reinforced concrete buildings were rare.
And the so-called luxury hotel is just a five-story building. There is no electrical appliance or water heater in it, except for a 21-inch bulky color TV and an old yellow air conditioner.
The waiter also asked for a delivery. Wang Ding and others were so tired that they went into the room and went to bed after taking a shower.
Although Wu Gang also has a house in Myitkyina, the foundation of the Wu family in Myanmar is Pagan. He also followed Wang Ding and others to check into the hotel. The next morning, two imported off-road vehicles were parked.
The entrance to the hotel.
This is Wu Gang's private car. If he rides a car provided by the military, it would probably be the Chinese-made old Yanjing Jeep 212. At some time, the country once supported such a batch of jeeps in Myanmar.
The tires of these two off-road vehicles are both large, making the car deer and plate very high, and it seems that they have been modified with guide doors.
When I came by a helicopter yesterday, Wang Ding saw the nearby roads, which were basically mountain roads. If I were the RV I had before Wu Gang, I would definitely be stuck if I could not walk two miles away.
Wang Ding, Qian Le and Wu Gang were sitting in the same car, and there was a Burmese soldier coming from Mandalay, and the other two were sitting in the same car with Professor Ma Liang.
Although the three Myanmar soldiers didn't speak much along the way and kept calm all the time, Wang Ding still felt that they were paying attention to their every move and were monitoring their behavior, and
Their waists were hung on the pistol holster without any concealment, and Wang Ding did not doubt that there was no real guy there.
This made Wang Ding a little uncomfortable, because the purpose of his visit this time was not to inspect the jade mine, but to find treasures from the forest. If he followed these soldiers, would he find the treasures dedicated to the Burmese political axe?
Wang Ding is not that noble. The things that the island country snatched away were just taken back to build Hope Primary School in China, which was better than these Myanmar warlords...
After getting on the bus, the car Wang Ding was driving in front and slowly drove out of the city. Although Myitkyina is poor, it has a large population. On the narrow streets, there are children running barely ass everywhere.
So the car could not speed up at all. It took nearly half an hour to drive in just a few kilometers.
Think about the family planning that China started in the late 1970s, it is still very necessary. Otherwise, over the past few decades, it may not be 1.67 billion people, and it is very likely to double it again.
Yes, thinking about that situation, Wang Ding shivered with trembling.
I originally thought that the car speed could be faster when I got outside the city, but when Wang Ding saw the road paved with small stones, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. This kind of road would not be fast at all, otherwise the tires would probably not be able to hold on to the Pad.
Myitkyina is actually the capital of Kachin State, and the road conditions are so bad. I believe that the warlords are only concerned about divination and occupying territory, and no one can care about these things.
If you want to talk about Kachin State, it is actually the Jingpo people in our country. However, the people of the Jingpo people are much happier than them. At least they will not roll in the mud when they go out on rainy days.
After walking a gravel road, Wang Ding realized that he had thought the journey to Pagan was too simple. The road ahead was completely covered with dirt roads, one piece higher and one piece lower, and everyone in the car followed the car.
The bumpy and dancing up and down. If the mountains here were not for the steeper heights, Wang Ding would rather have been in the last helicopter.
The bumps were a little bit tolerant, but when Wang Ding thought of the plastic bombs and grenades in Qianle's bag, he felt a little restless. At this moment, Wang Ding felt like he was sitting on an explosive bag.
Wang Ding is not a military fan. He doesn't know that plastic bombs will not explode even if they are burned. But this heart is in vain.
Seeing the low wooden houses on both sides of the road, children were running everywhere, I couldn't help but think of a saying I often saw in rural China: "If you want to be rich, have fewer children and more roads."
This sentence is most suitable for use in Myanmar. Myanmar only has gold, silver, copper ore and many gem mines. The people's living standards are similar to those of African war-torn countries. The root cause is still in the political axe.
The Wu Gang family has been rooted in Myanmar for hundreds of years. After witnessing the ups and downs of Myanmar for the past century, it can be said to be the best witness and bystander.
Myanmar was a British colony in the early 2000s. Later, the British Empire lost its prestige and was driven out of Myanmar by the island countries. With the help of China, Myanmar rebuilds its regime and breaks away from British rule.
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However, because of the large ethnic groups in Myanmar, except for the political and axe army, each place basically has its own local army. In addition to the Kuomintang defeated soldiers in the Golden Triangle, Myanmar has always been warlords, and wars are constantly occurring, and each occupys the mountain to be the king.
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In the late 1980s, the value of jadeite mines gradually became prominent, and the Myitkyina region became the focus of the competition between political and axe army and local forces. This dispute has not been completely calmed until now.
Although Wang Ding and others are now seeing singing and dancing, and everyone is happy under the control of Zhengfu, in fact, in the jade mining area of Myitkyina, which is more than 150 kilometers in a radius of jadeite mine, various relationships are extremely complex and often break out.
Of course, these things should not be announced to the outside world.
The people in Wu Gang and Wu Gang's family belong to local forces. The mining protection team trained by their family can become an army when they turn around and change at a certain period of time, and compete with the political and axe army. The peace now is just a matter of different people.
The result of the compromise between the forces of the side.
Under such circumstances, any force, including Wu Gang's family, is unwilling to invest funds in infrastructure construction, because today's territory is yours. If you build it, it may be stolen by others tomorrow.
Who would like to do this thankless thing?
Even if Wu Gang knows about the weapons that Wang Ding and Qian Le are not concerned about. Those things are simply inconspicuous compared to his arsenal. The security guards patrolling his home outside.
The personnel were covered with former Soviet ak submachine guns.
In this area, people who have no background dare not go deeper, otherwise someone might have tied up the meat ticket. If you are lucky, you may be able to redeem it. If you are not lucky, you will give it to the jungle.
Flowers, plants and trees are used as fertilizer.
The car was really bumpy, and Wang Ding was no longer in the mood to speak. He held the deputy on the door tightly with his hand and looked around in the car bored, which made him discover some differences.
Wang Ding looked carefully and found that the doors of the car he was riding in were reinforced by copper plates. The window glass looked a little different from the peaceful glass. Maybe it was the legendary bulletproof glass.
On the car glass in front of Wang Ding, there was a very conspicuous pass. According to their translation, it means "Guan Gu" on it. Although I didn't encounter many cars along the way, I would take the initiative to pull aside and give it to me.
Their convoy gave way.
On the way from Myitkyina to Pagan, there is basically a checkpoint every twenty or thirty kilometers. Although it is just a few wood blocks of car stop tools, it is very practical.
Every time, Wu Gang would stick his head out and greet him in Burmese. These real-life soldiers seemed to know Wu Gang. They didn't even take a look at the car and then moved the wooden rack.
Let the car pass.
After more than three hours of bumpyness, Wang Ding and others came to Menggong, which was the important place for Myitkyina to go to Pagan, and it was also the place where the Chinese Expeditionary Force launched the Menggong River Valley Battle.
After Wu Gang got off the car and went through some procedures and rested for more than half an hour, the two cars continued to drive towards Pagan.
After passing Menggong, the road became increasingly difficult to walk, and there was no road surface at all. The off-road vehicle was just following the roadbed that was crushed by the large truck carrying the raw stones and moving forward with difficulty.
According to Wu Gang, decades ago, those jade pickers who lacked machinery were like jade pickers in Xinjiang. They transported jade from the mountains with their shoulders and arms, just their tools.
It was just a new donkey in Xinjiang to an elephant produced in Burma.
On both sides of this overgrown road, there are tall trees that cannot see the treetops. These trees are distributed on the mountains and look a little gloomy. In addition, Wu Gang said that there are various dangers hidden here.
Every evening and early morning, many people who accidentally enter the forest rarely survive.
Wu Gang's words made Wang Ding creepy. He was reflecting on his treasure hunt. It seemed that it was not as simple as he thought. The forest where even the light from the sky could not penetrate, was as if the monster was shouting loudly, and the black swallowing
All the people and creatures that enter.
In such an environment, if you want to hunt treasures and find treasures, it is really a bit like a moth to the flames.
"There are many black bears in Myanmar. You don't know that bear galls are called liquid gold, but they are rare now. You should be interested and ask them to accompany you to hunt for two dozen other day."
"hunt?"
It’s not that Wang Ding is not interested, but Wang Ding hasn’t seen a black bear yet. He wants to get someone’s bear gall, so he should forget it. Hunting in Myanmar is a very normal behavior. He will come if he has nothing to do.
Go and fire a few shots in the mountains, and get some pheasants and other things to improve the food.
The Pagan area is the earliest place for jadeite mining in Burma. Since the 13th and 4th century, there have been records of jadeite mining.
It is said that around the 13th century, a packer in the Yunbian in China was on his way back from Myanmar. In order to balance the weight of both sides of the horse-carrying items, he picked up the stones on the roadside in the Pagan Menggong area of Myanmar and put them on the horse-carrying package in order to balance the weight of the horse-carrying items.
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The packer went home and looked carefully. The stones picked on the way seemed to be green, which could be used as jade. After polishing, it turned out to be green and cute, even better than nephrite. Later, people went to the Pagan Menggong area to mine.
Since then, Myanmar has been the main producer of high-quality jade in the world. At least so far, no jadeite has been found in another place in the world.
There are about 160,000 people living here now, of which 60,000 are natives of Myanmar, and the other 100,000 are jade-picking workers from major companies in Myanmar.
There are many Chinese Burmese living in Pagan, who have lived here for hundreds of years, and are clearly led by Wu. Wu Gang once opened a Chinese school a few years ago, and now there are six or seven hundred Chinese students studying in it.
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After nearly three hours of long journey, the two cars finally entered the birthplace of Myanmar emerald: the Pagan area.
After entering the Pagan realm, the road became more and more difficult to walk, because a good horse staggered, a gap would be blown open for no reason. These were all from various jade excavators, which forced off-road vehicles to frequently
a detour.
Excavators, which Wu Gang called "strange hands", can be seen everywhere. They do not recognize passes with the word "VIP" written on off-road vehicles, and are often blocked by the roadside for more than half an hour.
It took more than two hours before the car drove into Pagan City. Wang Ding looked at the following watch and tossed on the road for nearly 10 hours.
The two professors regretted coming here at this time. They looked really embarrassed. They looked pale yesterday, but today they turned pale and vomited several times on the way. When they got off the bus, they were all
The two soldiers were helped down, but the two soldiers' expressions were not very good-looking.
It seems that soldiers are also unable to withstand the body in such places.
Wu Gang was a little embarrassed to see the two professors. After settling them in the only hotel in Pagan, he ran around and arranged for the hotel kitchen to make porridge for the two of them.
They didn't even bother to greet Wang Ding and Qian Le.
"Oh, brother, I'm sorry for you two, go home..."
After nearly an hour, Wu Gang waited until Professors Ma and Liang fell asleep, and then he had time to greet Wang Ding, Wang Ding and the soldiers, all sitting at the front desk of the hotel like this guesthouse.
Before Wang Ding could answer, a Burmese soldier suddenly stood up and said a few words to Wu Gang in Burmese.
When Wu Gang heard this, his face suddenly showed displeasure. He pointed to the above and said something from his mouth revealed a sense of severity. The soldiers did not dare to look at Wu Gang in front of him and nodded repeatedly.
It turned out that the two soldiers were saying that they wanted to monitor Wang Ding and Qian Le because they were foreigners, but Wu Gang scolded them that your mission was to accompany and protect the two professors, and not to know who their responsibilities were.
If the Myanmar Zhengaxe still has some control over Mandela, then if Pagan is sealed, the influence of Zhengaxe will become almost zero. The power here is complicated. Even if Wu Gang sends people to kill them, Zhengaxe will be the only one who can kill them.
There is no way.
After the soldiers explained repeatedly, Wu Gang's expression gradually improved. He said a few more words. Those people were like shrimps and they dared not say anything like accompanying each other again.
"Let's go, brother, you're quite energetic. I'll welcome you tonight, so let's have a good drink."
Wu Gang greeted Wang Ding, and the three of them left the hotel and got on an off-road vehicle. The soldiers followed and sent it out. When the car started, they saluted very standard. It was obvious that they were just now.
Wu Gang was scared.
Wu Gang's home lives in the north of Pagan City. After driving for more than half an hour, Wang Ding saw a building complex from afar.
The reason why it is called a building complex is because the building that Wang Ding saw was high walls in front of it, like a city in the city. The gate was built like a guardhouse, and people stood guard with guns on their backs and underground.
And in the middle of the guardhouse, there seems to be a fire point.
After seeing Wu Gang, the person standing guard at the door immediately saluted. His posture and movements were more formal than the soldiers just now.
The city in this city covers a considerable area. There is a main street in the middle, all of which are paved with cement, which is better than the asphalt roads in Pagan City.
The houses in the city are neatly planned, all of which are bungalows. There are some children playing at the doors of each house. What Wang Ding heard is all Chinese, which gives him the feeling that he has come to a small town in China.
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"There was not big before. It was built in the 1970s. Now there are nearly 20,000 Chinese living in it, most of which are the families of employees in our company..."
Wu Gang introduced his home to Wang Ding, his face full of pride.
This city in the city started to be built from Wu Gang's grandfather to him for three generations. By now, the Chinese city has become Pagan's largest force. Not to mention anything else, those miners can immediately arm themselves after taking weapons.
A unit of thousands of people was built.
It took nearly five minutes to drive from the door to Wu Gang's residence. At the entrance of a large mansion, there were already five or six people waiting there.
This welcome dinner made Wang Ding’s vision wide, and the dishes on the table were all delicacies.
There is a dish that Wang Ding couldn't name. When he asked, it turned out to be an elephant trunk, braised pangolin meat, and some dishes made from animals that he had never even heard of. Not to mention, the taste