In the Western Han Dynasty, the northern route of the Silk Road left Dunhuang and Huang, and went west along the Shu and Le rivers, bypassing Sanlongsha.n∈
A little further on the north side of the broad dry river bed of Shule River, stands the barren Kuruktag, with gray and black mountains; on the south bank are golden sand mountains, rolling and vast, which is Kumu. Tagh Desert.
On the southern half of the river bed, there are patches of reeds, lush and green, higher than a person's head, and clumps of red willows, red with green.
Such blue sky, yellow sand, green grass, and red flowers form a rare beauty in nature deep in the desert.
The environmental conditions here are harsh and uninhabited, making it difficult for ferocious animals to survive, so it has become a paradise for some herbivores.
Wild sheep, yellow sheep and wild camels often appear in Sanlongsha.
The wild camel is very similar to the domestic camel, thin and athletic. It is said that when it is attacked by a wolf, the wolf often leads the wolf to the depths of the desert, causing the wolf to die of hunger and thirst.
"Finally we saw a little green." Seeing the grass in the distance, Wei Changqing breathed a sigh of relief.
Qian Mingyuan said: "Don't be careless. The environment here is not very good. At least the water source is a problem."
After saying that, Qian Mingyuan looked at Han Peacock from a distance. He knew that Han Peacock had the magical power to control water, so he wanted to see if Han Peacock had any indication. If he could really find a water source here, it would be a great merit.
Han Kongque did not put as much thought into doing Mingyuan. He said directly: "If there is a water source here, it will definitely be able to restore life."
Qian Mingyuan said: "Water is the source of life. It turns out that there is water here too. There is a monument to the west of Sanlong Sand. On the monument, it is written that Bayi Spring is also called Duhu Spring. From the name, we can know that it is very old. Now there is not a drop of water left."
"So, there was really water here before?" Huang Shan said.
Qian Mingyuan said: "Of course. Going west from here is Tianshui Well, which the locals call Yangtakuk. This generation of land is called Kumu Kuduk (meaning sand spring). The famous explorer Peng Jiamu once visited Kumukuduk searched for a sand spring with water, but died without finding it.
Now beside the sweet water well, there is a square building ruins, which is empty. There is a fresh water spring that is rare in the desert. It has become a place for wild camels. At dusk, wild camels often come here to drink water.
The water from Tianshui Well slowly flows out from the cracks in the soil of a deep ditch. The volume of water is very small. It flows into a small puddle. The puddle is gray-white, which shows that although it is fresh water, it also contains salt and alkali."
"So, you can still find water here?" Han Kongque said thoughtfully.
"Yes, there is still water in some places here. After all, there are still several rivers passing through here, just like the Shule River we passed just now. Although the Shule River has dried up here, but under the dry river bed "It's still a little watery," Qian Mingyuan said.
"Let's go! Let's go see the places with water." Han Peacock was really interested in the water sources here.
He knew that there were various explanations for the disappearance of the water source here. Luobu Bo was located in the northeastern part of Ruoqiang County. It was once the second largest inland lake in China, with an altitude of 780 meters and an area of about 2,400-3,000 square kilometers. Because it is located in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin It is world-famous as the hub of the ancient "Silk Road".
Guluo and Bubo were born at the end of the Tertiary Period and the beginning of the Quaternary Period, 2 million years ago, with an area of about 20,000 square kilometers. Under the influence of neotectonic movements, the lake basin tilted and uplifted from south to north, dividing it. into several depressions.
Now Luobu Nur is the lowest and largest depression in the north. It was once the water accumulation center of the Tarim Basin. In ancient times, it originated from the watersheds of the Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains and Altun Mountains, and poured into the Luobu Depression to form lakes.
Luo Bu Nur has had many names, some were named because of its characteristics, such as Aoze, Yanze, Dry Sea, etc., and some were named because of its location, such as Puchang Sea, Laolan Sea, Peacock Sea, etc.
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After the Yuan Dynasty, it was called Luobu Nur. "Luobu" is a place name. In ancient Uyghur, it means a place where water gathers. "Nao'er" is Mongolian and means lake. The general meaning of the two is a lake where water gathers.
In the Han Dynasty, Luo Bu Bo was "three hundred miles wide, with water pavilions that do not increase or decrease in winter or summer." Its abundance led people to speculate that it "sneaks underground and accumulates rocks in the south to become a Chinese river." This mistaken belief is that Luo
The view that Bu Bo is the source of the Yellow River has been circulating for more than 2,000 years from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty.
In the 4th century AD, the Loulan Kingdom to the west of Luo Bu Bo, which used to be known as "big waves and deep waves, will inevitably flood", was in a tight situation and had to use laws to restrict water use. From this time, until recent decades, the entire Luo Bu Bo
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Although Luo Bu Nur has disappeared, people have never thought that the water here has really disappeared, and the biggest possibility is to sneak underground, so now, people in Luo Bu Nur are studying the reasons for the disappearance of the water here.
People, there are still many people.
Of course, this is a matter of great benefit, because whoever knows the mystery of the disappearance of the water source here can achieve great success. If the water source here can be restored to the world, then the benefits will be great.
In this regard, the Korean Peacock is also very interested, and when it comes to finding water, the Korean Peacock has a great advantage.
The reason why Han Peacock is so confident is that no one has ever thought that the water here has really disappeared, and the biggest possibility is that it is a mystery of migration.
The first Chinese and foreign scientists to inspect Xinjiang had endless debates about the exact location of Luo Bu Nur. In the end, the problem was not resolved, but it led to the even more fiercely debated "Luo Bu Nur wandering theory."
This theory was proposed by the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin. He believed that Lob Nur existed in the north and south lake areas. Because the river water entering the lake carried a large amount of sediment, the lake bottom was raised after deposition, and the original lake water naturally moved to the other side.
It flows to lower places, and after many years, the elevated lake bottom will lower again due to wind erosion, and the lake water will flow back again. This cycle is 1500 years.
Although Sven Hedin's theory has been generally recognized by the world, there are also many people who question and oppose it.
In recent years, Chinese scientists have also questioned and denied the Lop Nur migration theory based on the results of scientific expeditions to Lop Nur.
However, the debate on this issue has made people feel more confused about the ghostly lake of Luobu Nur.
But no matter how confusing it is, as long as he gets here, Han Kongque is sure to solve the mystery. So when he heard Qian Mingyuan say that there is a water source here, Han Kongque naturally wanted to go there and have a look.
At noon, about 100 miles from Sanlongsha, Han Kongque and the others saw a black rolling hill.
When we walked through a hill, we found hundreds of pits, some of which were dozens of meters deep and some three or four meters shallow. Many of them were abandoned pits.
Here Han Kongque and the others met four or five people, all of whom were dressed in ragged clothes and smelled bad.
After questioning, Han Kongque and others found out that these people were gold diggers from the mainland. They were all naked and lived in very poverty.
After understanding, they have been staying there for a whole year in order to obtain gold.
A businessman hired them to dig for gold, and the gold they mined was shared with the businessman. The businessman was responsible for applying for a mining license, but there was no formal contract between them.
According to them, there are about twenty or thirty such gold prospecting teams in the Luobu Nur Wasteland. In total, there are about more than 100 gold prospectors scattered on various hills. Some of them are from Gansu, Xinjiang, and Xinjiang.
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Because there is nothing in Luobupu, we can only survive by bringing things in from Dunhuang and Dunhuang regularly.
The road is easier now, and it only takes a day to get to a small inhabited town from here, so they buy some dry food regularly and live like an ascetic.
Han Kongque saw four to five hundred small mines on one hill. It is conceivable that there must be thousands of mines being excavated in Luo and Bu Nur!
The place where the hole was dug has never been able to grow any grass, which is very damaging to the environment!
When he was in the uninhabited land of northern Tibet, Han Peacock also saw some gold diggers. They also lived a very poor life, but compared to these gold diggers here, they were much happier.
But they can also be considered treasure hunters. If they can find a larger nugget of gold, all the hardships they endure here will be worth the price of admission.
Of course, treasure hunters like them are incomparable to Korean peacocks. Not to mention Korean peacocks, as long as they are businessmen with some money, they don't need to work so hard here to mine.
In this vast wasteland, Han Kongque did not think that there were only these small-time gold miners. As far as he knew, there were many mining farms established here.
Many businessmen choose to establish gold mines in the hinterland of Luobu Nur. These gold mines are not large in area, and the largest ones are only three to five square kilometers. However, in such mining areas, about ten tons of gold can be easily detected.
Mineral reserves.
According to data analysis from the geological department, the current proven reserves of such mining areas only account for about 10% of the total, which means that there will be more gold reserves in the future.
However, there is little water and electricity in the hinterland of Luo and Bu Nur. For mining, mineral processing, and smelting, we must build our own power plants, water plants and other supporting facilities.
Therefore, without hundreds of millions of funds, it is impossible to open a mine here, but as long as you can do it, the benefits will be very considerable, but all the benefits are based on finding the water source.
As Han Kongque knows, there are several gold mines here with an annual output of more than 600 kilograms. However, these mines have all found water sources, which are dug out from the Gobi Desert. Otherwise, even if they are real
Even if they find rich ore, it will be difficult for them to mine it.
Of course, you can also transport the gold ore and smelt the gold ore, but in Lop Nur, each ton of gold ore can only recover 3 grams of gold. If you transport the ore, it doesn’t matter whether the road is good or not, just the freight will be used up.
That little profit.
Also, as soon as you enter the wilderness, trying to find the right direction in the Gobi is as difficult as trying to take a sip of water without sand in a sandstorm, so long-distance transportation is not just a simple freight issue, it may also cost your life.
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