I think that if the Tianji Plan is restarted, then our actions will definitely be greatly affected. As long as the areas covered by the plan are basically under military control. On the way back, I talked about this issue with Li Fusheng, and he
Rather optimistic.
"Things are probably not what you think. The government and individuals have completely different thinking. They will not make stupid decisions because of some temporary interests. On the contrary, I feel that not only will the Tianji Project not be launched, but the official
We are trying to contain the development of the situation." Li Fusheng sighed and said: "Maybe some places have gone too far, and it is impossible for the higher-ups to intervene."
"If that's the case, then Jin Pingmei's background...is really the same as what Uncle Lai said? He has a boss behind him, otherwise why would he have such a keen sense of smell?" I shook my head, feeling that Jin Pingmei's sudden disappearance was not without reason, but now I
I couldn't control him, so I had to work hard to take care of my own affairs first. I asked Li Fusheng what his next plan was, and I couldn't go to any of the places I knew that contained deep pits and the original carrier of the curse.
"Go to Xiaowajing." Li Fusheng took out a map, roughly pointed to a place, and said, "This place name no longer exists."
The place Li Fusheng was talking about was the one he visited a long, long time ago. At that time, the place was called Xiaowajing, which was not far from the ancient Silk Road. In the era when trade between the East and the West was at its most developed, Xiaowajing was one of the most popular places in the world.
A lot of people gathered at a transfer station. However, the natural environment there was relatively harsh. After the Silk Road was cut off, Xiaokuajing became lonely. Even from the current map, the name cannot be found at all.
"I have been there, but the survey was not so detailed."
Over the years, Li Fusheng has traveled to so many places that it is unimaginable, but in the past era, technology was backward, and there were many places where he thought he had the ability to lead, but did not have the ability. Xiao Kubojing was one of them, and Li Fusheng did not really have the ability to do so.
Kokuboi saw something substantial, but his feeling was very strong at the time. This almost blank place has now become our best choice.
"Let's take a look near Xiaowa Well first. If the conditions are suitable, we will conduct further investigation."
We returned the car to Lao Bei and kindly reminded him a few words. I won’t say much about the rest of the trip. We got the car again in the city closest to Xiaokubo, and then took some things and headed there.
Li Fusheng looked at the scene outside the car window, silent, and seemed a little emotional. He estimated that he had not been back to this place for thousands of years. Everything had changed, and even the roads he was familiar with no longer existed.
According to the map, there are two natural villages in Xiaowajing, which are under the jurisdiction of Hutouying Town. However, the town government is located at least seventy or eighty miles away from the two natural villages. We stopped at Hutouying Town, and Li
Fusheng was very resourceful. He pretended to be doing something and went to the town government office. He stayed there for more than two hours. By the time he got off work at noon, he had actually made a "friend" with a deputy department-level cadre in his fifties.
Li Fusheng invited him out for lunch and gave the man two cigarettes. The man's impression of Li Fusheng became more and more favorable. Before the food was served, he said to Li Fusheng: "It's okay, I'll take care of it for you."
good."
Li Fusheng wanted to understand all the situations first. The information and data held by official personnel were much more reliable than those obtained from ordinary people on the street. During the meal, Li Fusheng asked some questions, and the person was very detailed.
As you said, Xiaowajing was not a particularly deserted place in the past thirty or forty years. Because there was laterite ore used in cement ingredients there, a small or medium-sized mine was built, and so much was mined.
After many years, the mineral resources dried up, and the mining area was officially closed.
"There is nothing going on in that place." The man drank wine and said to Li Fusheng: "The mining area was cancelled, and the mess was left to the town. It was useless to keep it. It happened that several small private owners raised funds for secondary development.
, but after several years of operation, the production cost was too high, the output value never increased, and it was half-dead."
The man talked a lot. Through his story, we learned that it was very convenient to make preparations near Xiaowa Well. When the mine was opened, a road was built, allowing motor vehicles to travel unimpeded. There are two natural villages, one on the left and one on the right, located in Lao
Proximity of the mining area.
That afternoon, we left the town and started to drive towards the old mining area. The road was well built, 70 to 80 miles away, and it took more than an hour to arrive. We didn’t want to go to the village right away, but as we got closer
, I met a man driving a cart in the village, so I slowed down and chatted with him for a while. It was a poor place, but the people were very enthusiastic and tried their best to answer our questions.
When he explained it more specifically, Li Fusheng felt that things were a bit bad. The location of the old mining area was very close to the place he originally wanted to survey. The mine had been open for so long, and it was hard to say whether there had been any changes during the period. A fellow in the village said,
The private bosses who are currently operating the mines are fooling around. The workers have been unable to pay their wages for two years. However, with so much initial investment, it is hard to give up all at once, so only a few people are left to blast the mountains with cannons every day.
, open pit mining.
Anyway, we had met the villagers, so we followed them to their village. This village looked much more normal than Zheng Shitou's village. It wasn't until we entered the village that the fellow villager asked us what we were doing here. Li Fusheng said that we wanted to buy something.
The fellow at the mine was very enthusiastic and said he could help us contact the mine owner.
We sat and chatted for a while, mainly asking if anything strange had happened in the many years since the mining area was established. The fellow shook his head after hearing this. He was born and raised here, and he was so close to the mining area. He had never heard of it.
Something strange happened.
We wanted to find a more suitable place to prepare for future actions, so we asked the villagers if they had any vacant houses. The land here was not valuable. People in the village used to steal things from the mines and build their houses very big.
There must be empty houses, but I don’t know if they are suitable or not. Because the people working in the mine are basically people from the village, so when we say that we are buying the mine, it is related to their interests, and the fellow villagers are particularly concerned.
He worked hard and took us to the village to look around.
"Are there any old bomb shelters in the village?"
"There are some." The fellow pointed to the north end of the village. This village is not as closed as Zheng Shitou's. During the Cultural Revolution, the spirit of the town was conveyed. In response to Beijing's call, various places were accumulating grain to prepare for war. The village organized digging
There was a section of air-raid shelter, but that thing was useless and took up labor. After digging for a while, it stopped and has been idle until now.
Li Fusheng nodded to me. There was an abandoned air-raid shelter, which was the most suitable. We followed the fellow villagers and wanted to see it for ourselves. The mining area is in the northeast of the village, and we can see it if we stand to the north of the village.
The mountains in the distance were blown to pieces, and the private owners who started the mines were afraid that they would lose all their money. If the real mines could not be opened, they would blow up the gangue. Anyway, they would get back whatever they could.
"It's right in front." The fellow pointed to a slide-shaped round arch at the end of the village. When I was a child, I could still see such air-raid shelters in the city, but now they are basically extinct.
Just before we reached the air-raid shelter, a very dilapidated old jeep drove over from the northeast road at lightning speed. When the fellow saw the jeep that suddenly drove over, his expression changed and he said to us: "
Maybe something happened in the mine."
In the past few years, artillery fire has been blasting mountains in the old mining area. The risk factor is very high. Sometimes improper operation or various accidents can lead to accidents. If the worker is slightly injured, he will be sent to another village where there is an old mining area.
A medical clinic was set up when we were still alive. But when people are rescued and are almost out of breath, they will be sent directly to their homes. This is a custom in many places: people are not allowed to enter the house after they have died. In our place,
Sometimes when a patient in the hospital is really hopeless, the family members will give up treatment and immediately take the patient home, just to let the patient get home before he dies.
This village may also have such a custom. This broken car from the mine is rarely driven out unless there is an accident. And the car is driving so fast, obviously it is driving people to the village.
"Let's wait and see." The fellow was a little panicked. His son also worked for the boss in the mine. When he saw the jeep entering the village, he immediately followed it. We also wanted to see what happened and ran with the fellow.
The jeep drove into the village and stopped outside a courtyard. Then three people jumped out of the car and hurriedly took a bloody man and ran towards the courtyard. The family didn't know what happened yet, but the person was carried
After entering, a woman's cry was immediately heard.
"Oh, something happened to Zhuan Zhu." When the fellow saw the jeep stop, he was relieved at first, because it was not his son who was in the accident, and then he frowned again. The favor in the village is still relatively strong. If someone sees someone in trouble, he will
Moreover, it is a life-threatening matter, and I feel very unbearable.
Three workers carrying people came out of the yard quickly. They were wearing thick work clothes, their hands were stained with the blood of the injured, and they squatted outside to smoke. The fellow went over to ask them, and it turned out that something had happened.
On the way up the mountain, I encountered a muffled cannon. After waiting for a long time, it didn't sound. The man who loaded the gun ran to see it, but it exploded before he even got there.
When the three workers saw us, they asked the fellow villagers. The fellow villagers said that we were here to buy mines, and the workers were very friendly to us. However, Li Fusheng observed the people very carefully, and he found that these three people, except for the fact that the workers were killed after being bombed, revealed
In addition to the sadness, there seemed to be other emotions in his expression and eyes. Now that we are here, we must find out all the strange things, especially things around the mining area.
Li Fusheng ran to talk to them. They were all coolies and didn't have much insight. It was obvious that they didn't want to say anything more, but when we said we were buying the mine, the workers didn't want to offend us, and Li Fusheng was good at making excuses.
Three sets of two sets, but the truth is still revealed.