Chapter 573: Gambling Stones in the Mining Area (1)
Chapter 573: Gambling Stones in the Mining Area (Part 1)
The Sandara family has a unified stronghold in Lao Pagan City. Experts from each family who go to the mining area to gamble will set this place as a temporary base. Li Yang's arrival this time is no exception.
Lao Hpakant is one of the earliest old jade mines in Myanmar. Nowadays, most of the jade mines here have been mined, and it has slowly become a concentrated place in the center of the mining area.
It's just that this centralized place looks a bit too shabby.
If you compare the old city of Wa City that Sima Lin and Li Can passed through when they came here, it has become an extremely prosperous metropolis. Even Sima Lin, who has seen real slums, saw the mess in front of him.
, I couldn’t help but feel a little dazed by the large thatched house that looked nothing like it.
It is said that the thatched houses have been lifted up, but at a glance here, most of them are just a few thick branches and some worn-out grass vines, which makes people feel that such a house can be knocked down with a gentle push.
It was a house like this, and there were some old people and children living in it. Most of them had dark skin. Some people not far away looked at Li Yang and the others, and then went off to do whatever they had to do.
"Mr. Li, the conditions here are indeed not very good. You can only make do with it these days!"
Sandara sighed softly, stood next to Li Yang and whispered, there was a two-story building behind them, which was made of stone and was the best place in this area.
This small building is a temporary resting place for the gambling experts in the Sandara family, and it is also their stronghold in this center.
"It's okay, I just had some accidents!"
Li Yang had an indescribable expression on his face. Looking back at the stone building not far away, Li Yang shook his head again.
Compared with those houses where you can see vines and branches when you lower your head, the small building behind him is like a top-notch luxurious villa. At least it has doors and windows, and the electricity is guaranteed.
But this is just a guarantee. It is almost impossible to live a comfortable and luxurious life here. Li Yang now regrets bringing Wang Jiajia here.
Li Yang turned around and looked at Wang Jiajia, looking a little distressed. He couldn't help but said: "Jiajia, why don't I ask Mr. Sandara to take you back later? You wait for me in the manor first. Anyway, I will be there soon."
The sky will come back too!"
"It's okay, it's very nice here. It's not like I've never seen such an environment before!"
Wang Jiajia raised her head, flashed her cute big eyes, and said to Li Yang with a smile. Wang Jiajia has experienced the difficult environment in Tibet. Although it is not as good as here, it is not much worse. She still has a certain understanding of the environment here.
resistance.
"I'm serious, look here..."
Li Yang hurriedly said something again, looked back, and finally shook his head slightly. This was the poorest and most dilapidated place Li Yang had ever seen in his life.
"Really, I will follow you wherever you are. Don't worry, I will never hold you back!" Wang Jiajia leaned slightly against Li Yang, feeling a little sweet in her heart.
"Okay, but you must bring it up when you can't stand it!"
Seeing that Wang Jiajia refused to leave, Li Yang had no choice but to give up. The environment here was very bad, but the stronghold of a big family like Sundara and his family should be better. At least the environment where they lived could be guaranteed to a certain extent.
"Mr. Li, welcome!"
A middle-aged man in his fifties walked from a distance, followed by seven or eight people. The middle-aged man at the front immediately showed a bright smile when he saw Li Yang.
"Uncle Gao?"
Li Yang looked a little surprised and looked back at Sandara. The middle-aged man who came in the lead turned out to be Uncle Gao who was in charge of the market.
"Uncle Gao is your assistant this time. Although Uncle Gao has been in charge of the market these years, he was always in the mining area when he was young. He is much more familiar with the environment here than I am!"
Sandara immediately explained that this time General Thornton was cruel and wanted to form the most powerful gambling and mining team for Li Yang, and even Gao Bo, who was in charge of the market, was transferred over.
But if you think about it, you can understand that without the mineral veins, the family is gone. What's the use of guarding a market. The biggest problem for them now is gambling on mines. Only by gambling on new mineral veins can they continue to maintain the family's survival.
"Mr. Li, I will work under you from now on. If you have any questions, you can come to me here!"
Gao Bo's attitude was very upright and he no longer had any dissatisfaction with Li Yang. After Zhuo Lao woke him up, and Li Yang really beat Zhuo Lao in gambling on stones, Gao Bo gradually became more dissatisfied with Li Yang.
It turned into admiration. For the continuation of the family, Gao Bo was more willing to assist Li Yang with all his strength.
Besides, Li Yang really gambled out the mineral veins, and that was his part of the credit. Gao Bo didn't complain at all about going to the mining area to endure hardships and gamble.
Several people behind Gao Bo looked at Li Yang curiously. Most of them were over forty or fifty years old, and they were also members of the gambling team.
Some of them are geologists, biologists and mountain researchers. Jade veins are usually hidden very deep, and coupled with various special factors in the mining area, these scientists with their own skills are also important members of the mining team.
Generally speaking, they will first analyze the area under investigation to explore whether there is any possibility of mining, and exclude those pure mountains. If they find a place where jade may be found, that place will become a focus of attention, and then they will
It's Li Yang's job.
Li Yang needs to judge whether there is a real jadeite mine here through the small woolen materials or stones found in possible mining areas. If there is jadeite, whether it is worth mining.
Determining whether there are ore veins and how many ore veins there is is Li Yang's real job and the most important job. This mainly relies on the experience accumulated by the gambling masters in stone gambling over the years.
Mineral veins are composed of jadeite. Whether there will be jadeite in it and how much good jadeite will be produced can only be inferred by the master gambler.
In fact, mineral veins have many characteristics that are similar to gambling stones. Strictly speaking, a mineral vein is a larger gambling stone. The difference is that this gambling stone is very, very big, as big as any person.
It's impossible to figure it out on your own.
Trying to figure out whether there is jade in this very large 'gamble stone' is not something that geologists and biologists can study. We can only rely on those stone gamblers with extraordinary abilities.
That’s why it is said that a powerful stone gambling master is a powerful mining expert.
However, as long as something with the word 'gamble' is attached to it, no one is sure of winning. No matter how powerful a mining expert is, even the Emerald King once made a mistake in his judgment, mistaking an area without mineral veins for a mineral vein containing jade.
Mining in vain.
The same was true for the Sandara family's gambling expert last time. He judged that there was a large-scale jade mine worth mining in a place. General Thornton was pleasantly surprised. He tried his best to mine it at a high cost, but in the end, what he mined was of very low value.
The low-quality mineral veins are equivalent to gambling on the mines.
Gambling on mines and gambling can cause much greater losses than gambling on stones. Every time you gamble on mines or gambling, you have to pay at least hundreds of millions of dollars.
Sandara took Li Yang to a temporary resting place, and Gao Bo introduced all the other team members to Li Yang. Those people looked at Li Yang curiously and suspiciously. Li Yang was really too young.
, this is completely different from the old gambling expert who is often in his 60s or 70s.
It can be said that no one here has seen a gambling expert in his twenties.
Suspicions remain suspicions, and no one dares to publicly question Li Yang's identity. In the mining area, the gambling expert is the top leader and has the highest power.
The temporary resting place is completely different from the manor. Fortunately, it is very clean. There are dedicated people cleaning it every day, which makes Li Yang very satisfied.
Li Yang and the others arrived at the mining area in the morning, and there was still some time before lunch. After arranging the room, Li Yang simply took Wang Jiajia and Li Can to other parts of the mining area, wanting to take a good look at this mine that produces tens of billions of yuan every year.
What does the Great Jade Mining Area look like?
Sandara didn't dare to object to what Li Yang wanted to do, and immediately followed him with fifty or sixty fully armed soldiers. This place is very dilapidated, and dilapidated places are very messy. Robbery and fights here are nothing but trivial matters.
Generally no one cares about human life.
"Boss, when I saw the Hope Project before, I felt that many people in our mountainous areas were living in poverty, but when I see it here, ugh!"
After walking for about ten minutes, Li Can couldn't help but sigh, and Wang Jiajia's face was full of sympathy.
The places they walked through were all extremely simple straw and vine shacks, short and small, with almost no other use except to block some sunlight.
Among these houses, wherever there are people, most of them are old people and children. Their empty eyes occasionally look back at Li Yang and the others, and then they turn away on their own, and everyone they see can't help but feel sad.
Somewhat trembling.
This is a look with no hope, a look as if the soul has died.
"The main reason is that the environment in the mining area is so bad. The miners here are not without money. The salary of the mine workers can support their families. Many people will leave after making money. Mainly because of ***
The reason is that many things from the outside cannot be transported in at all!"
Sandara also sighed, and he didn't go any further at this point. The cause of all this was actually themselves.
The mining areas in Myanmar are very severely policed. Not only the government is cracking down, but local armed forces are also cracking down. Foreigners are not allowed to come in, and people without passes are not allowed to come in. If you force your way in, you will be expelled at the least, and you may be fined at worst.
He was beaten to death directly.
Myanmar is a country with almost no tax revenue. More than 80% of the financial support of the national finance and local armed forces relies on the jade mines here. It can also be said that this is their motherland, and the protection of the motherland is naturally the most important.
Every force protects this place very strictly, but no one from them, not even the government, builds it.
There is only one bumpy dirt road leading to the outside world, and there are government and local armed checkpoints everywhere. Ordinary businessmen want to transport supplies from the outside to the inside for sale, but they have to go through many layers of exploitation.
Even if someone can successfully transport things in, the price will be ridiculously high, making it impossible for people here to afford it. Over time, no merchants will come here, and slowly this place will become a barren land with extreme shortage of such materials.
