Yang Ya shook her head: "You are the one who didn't eat. In fact, you didn't eat much during the whole journey... I can see that you are very worried."
Xia Qiuyu lowered her head silently. Of course she was thinking about it. She has not been able to see the animal head so far. If she misses this opportunity, she is afraid that she will never be able to find clues again. This is the clue left by her father.
Let her find Xianghu, China.
When she thought of this, Xia Qiuyu felt particularly heavy.
"If you have anything to say, you can actually tell me. Because I am an outsider, maybe I know better." Yang Ya said, "And maybe I can enlighten you, really."
Xia Qiuyu smiled slightly: "I appreciate your kindness. But this matter is really too important to me... If I can't find the animal head in the Golden Triangle, the rest of my life will have no meaning."
"Although I don't agree with what you said, but...since you said so, I really want to ask you." Yang Ya said: "Do you really think you can help him by going with Xu Yun?
?”
Xia Qiuyu was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
"Do you really think that if you go with Xu Yun and the others, you won't be a burden to them?" Yang Ya continued: "If you can answer me, then think clearly before answering."
Xia Qiuyu shook her head: "I don't know...but I hope I can help them, and I don't hope I will be a burden to them."
"But what I want to say is that if you go, you will most likely become a burden to them." Yang Ya said: "You would say without any scruples that you want to go to the Golden Triangle with them. It must be because you don't know much about the Golden Triangle.
"
Xia Qiuyu was stunned again. She really didn't understand the Golden Triangle.
Of course, she must have heard of this famous place, but it was just a matter of hearing.
"Do you know how many Chinese merchant ships were attacked in the Golden Triangle waters of the Mekong River?" Yang Ya added: "There are armed men everywhere there, do you know?"
Xia Qiuyu shook his head: "I only know that that place is a big source of poison in the world."
"You are right, that place is a major source of poison in the world." Yang Ya said: "It is a triangle formed by the border areas of three countries. It can be said that there is no traffic and mountains. It is the main poison source in the world.
Source: The Golden Triangle covers an area of nearly 200,000 square kilometers, covering thousands of villages and towns in three countries."
"How do you know so much?" Xia Qiuyu was a little surprised.
Yang Ya smiled: "I have watched a documentary about the Golden Triangle."
Xia Qiuyu frowned: "Documentary?"
"Yes." Yang Ya continued: "The Golden Triangle has a hot climate, abundant rainfall, and fertile soil, which is very suitable for the growth of poppies. In addition, the area is densely covered with jungles, rugged roads, and traffic is blocked. The governments of the three countries are beyond their reach.
.directly provides unique conditions in all aspects for growing poppies.”
"But I heard that due to severe international crackdowns, the Golden Triangle is no longer as rampant as before." Xia Qiuyu said.
"That's true." Yang Ya nodded: "Just three years ago, I traveled to the Golden Triangle."
"Really?" Xia Qiuyu was startled. Since he can travel, it means it's not that scary.
Yang Ya said: "More than ten years of anti-drug operations have indeed made great improvements to the Golden Triangle. After entering Myanmar's Tachileik Pass, my tour group and I lost the opportunity to move freely, and our passports were detained at the border inspection port.
, the Immigration Bureau issued an entry permit. If you want to leave Tachileik, you must apply for another travel certificate. Without this certificate, you will not be able to leave Tachileik at all, because you cannot hire a car or buy a ticket.”
Xia Qiuyu suddenly became interested.
"The road there was full of potholes, but I didn't see any poppies along the way. It was surrounded by a plain, and a large area of rice on the roadside was about to mature. At that time, I remember passing through several checkpoints, and the police checked everyone, and on the travel certificate
Stamp it. After returning, the travel certificate has been stamped with seven or eight official seals." Yang Ya said.
"Didn't you run into any trouble?" Xia Qiuyu asked nervously.
"No, I discovered at that time that it was not a place where drugs were rampant as I imagined. The blue sky, green rice fields, and white clouds in the sky gave the small town surrounded by mountains a paradise-like scene. Most of the local residents grew rice and vegetables. Lake
There were a lot of casual people around," Yang Ya recalled.
Xia Qiuyu said: "Isn't this pretty good?"
"But the place where I am is only in the center of the town." Yang Ya said: "The tour guide warned us very sternly not to go to the mountainous areas outside the town. Because those places have steep mountains and dense forests. If we accidentally enter the armed forces
If you control a drug processing factory, your life will be lost."
Xia Qiuyu took a breath of cold air.
Yang Ya said: "And have you heard that the trade of new drugs in the Golden Triangle has increased rapidly in recent years? I remember reading in a newspaper that at the Mae Cham checkpoint near the border with Thailand and Myanmar, seizures were made every month
There can be more than a dozen major cases of drug trafficking involving more than 10,000 pills."
"Is that an exaggeration?" Xia Qiuyu said, this was found, what about the others that were not found?
"I saw news in the Philippine newspaper a few days ago, saying that 15 million ecstasy pills were seized in northern Thailand. These seized drugs are only a very small part!" Yang Ya said:
"You can imagine how many dangers there are in this place."
Xia Qiuyu's face became even more ugly: "Doesn't that mean that it is very dangerous to go to the Golden Triangle to find animal heads."
"Yes, it is very dangerous." Yang Ya nodded: "And the chaos in the Golden Triangle is famous all over the world."
"Why?" Xia Qiuyu asked anxiously. The more she listened, the less she wanted Xu Yun and the others to take risks.
"Do you know the Mekong River?" Yang Ya said: "It is an important geographical factor that forms the Golden Triangle. The section within China is called the Lancang River, and the section that flows out of the country is called the Mekong River."
Xia Qiuyu nodded: "I know this, but does this have anything to do with the chaos in that place?"
"Navigable waterway chaos is a very serious problem in the Golden Triangle." Yang Ya said: "This also starts with us signing a navigation agreement with the three countries in China and the Southeast Peninsula. Navigation makes the Mekong River not only a
The golden waterway is also a devil's water, and the security here has not been good for more than ten years since it was opened to navigation."
"Why?" Xia Qiuyu said, "We have an agreement but it's still not stable?"
Yang Ya shook her head helplessly: "Who let it flow through so many countries, and there are still some differences in jurisdiction between countries, and there are still some loopholes or blind spots in law enforcement. The most terrifying thing is that the drug criminal organizations in the Golden Triangle are...
All the evil forces in the country are also eyeing this golden waterway."
"According to what you said, that place is really too messy." Xia Qiuyu said, "It's just a place where no one cares about it and no one asks questions."
"Yes." Yang Ya nodded: "That's not all. The ethnic disputes in the Golden Triangle are also very chaotic, so I said that place is too dangerous. Various armed mercenaries may appear in front of you at any time. If
Entering the mountainous area, the sound of fighting may ring in your ears at any time.”
Xia Qiuyu couldn't help but swallow.
Yang Ya said seriously: "I didn't mean to scare you by saying it was so scary. I just stated the fact that that place is really scary. That's why Xu Yun didn't let you go."
"Yes, it seems that I don't know much about the Golden Triangle." Xia Qiuyu nodded.
"We should all understand that Xu Yun and the others still have someone to guard and look for things. They obviously have no energy to focus on other things." Yang Ya said: "So, he doesn't want you to go, right?
Because I’m worried that you will distract him, that you will prevent him from concentrating.”
Xia Qiuyu fell silent.
"You should understand him. He definitely doesn't want you to have regrets in your heart. But he knows better than us what is more important." Yang Ya said: "I believe that any decision Xu Yun makes is for a reason.
Because he cares about you, that's why he thinks so much."
"Yang Ya, thank you. When you said this, I really feel much better." Xia Qiuyu said with a slight smile.
"I'm just telling a fact." Yang Ya said: "As for what it is, I believe you can definitely figure it out yourself."