Network New Liao Zhai

Chapter 666

The guides' cars lead the way.

Immediately behind him is the car in which Giovanni was traveling.

It was followed by a third car driven by James' driver.

Giovanni drove a car with the driver when he came, and now he gave James the other car, which is now driven by James' bodyguard and driver Bonnie.

Jin Hai sat in the passenger seat.

James and Huang Zhongshi sat behind.

James was in high spirits: "Huang, I'm looking forward to this inspection."

"James, I admire you very much. You seem to look forward to every trip."

"Don't you expect it?"

Huang Zhongshi: "You know, I only look forward to certain things. And you never refuse anyone."

James: "Hehe, maybe there are antique calligraphy and paintings you want here?"

Huang Zhongshi: "Hehe, I hope."

He said and turned his head out of the window.

Outside the window is a wasteland.

Although it is summer, there is no green grass.

Here is like a piece of saline-alkali land, no grass grows, a bit like the Gobi Desert in the north.

There are faint shadows of some mountains in the distance, but they are too far away, and I don't know what mountains they are.

The guide said he was leading the way, but in fact there was nothing to take. There was only one road. It is said that it was a dirt road built when the mine was opened. It was once abandoned, and it was reopened after Pavlov opened the mine.There are traces of large trucks running out on the road.

This is the only passage from the town to the mining area. Of course, even if you drive around in the wilderness, you can still reach the mining area, but you don’t know if you will get lost in the mine field or if there is a swamp, so it’s better to follow the steps.

Huang Zhongshi looked out the window.

Where is this dirt road?

"Stop. Stop."

"what happened?"

Huang Zhongshi pointed outside and said, "James, James, look..."

At this time, the driver Bonnie had already stopped the car.

Huang Zhongshi opened the car door and jumped out.

Jin Hai quickly used the walkie-talkie to call Giovanni in the car ahead.

Then, the car in front also stopped.

Two guides also ran over.

When Giovanni got out of the car, he saw Huang Zhongshi squatting on the ground watching.

Giovanni asked James: "What is he doing?"

James shook his head, "I don't know."

Huang Zhongshi stood up a little excitedly, pointed to the road and both sides of the road and said, "James, Giovanni, look..."

Only then did James notice the path.

Here is an old well-built road, six yards wide, raised above the level of the surrounding prairie, with ditches on either side.The roads are as smooth as the English roads, and as good as the English gravel roads.

"Oh, Maika. Giovanni, have you noticed? This is not an ordinary prairie dirt road, but a standard avenue built by man."

James said and pointed under the roadbed, "Look, there are still ditches."

Huang Zhongshi: "There are still these cornerstones. It's been a while... It's a bit like the official road post road post road in ancient times."

He has been to many places, and there are still well-preserved post roads in some places.Some are still in use now, and some have become a landscape of tourist attractions.

Giovanni: "I'm not very good at this. If you think so, that's it."

Huang Zhongshi: "Giovanni, please ask the guide, when was this road built?"

Neither Huang Zhongshi nor Jin Hai speaks Russian.

Giovanni asked Anton and Mickey.

Anton shook his head.

Mickey spoke a few words with Giovanni.

Then Giovanni said: "Mitch said he was born and bred in Colin Town. Since he was born, this road has been here, and no one can tell. They all think that it has been like this since ancient times, and no one cares about it. this problem."

James: "The thing is, in such a remote area...we can't believe that a business of any size needs to build such an amazing road. Its purpose remains elusive. The road passes where it can be transported without building a road. Here the land is The hard steppe is suitable for any kind of traffic; therefore road building is a waste of labour."

Huang Zhongshi: "Based on its current situation, what we can speculate is that this area must have been very important at one time. More caravans used to use this road. Between Russia and Siberia, perhaps not only Russia, Mongolia, and even China... …there is a greater traffic volume where the bulk of the road can be accommodated for vehicular transport."

James: "You mean... maybe this is another trade route, like the Silk Road. It's just been abandoned for some reason... just lying here in silence until it was later re-used by coal miners?"

Huang Zhongshi looked at the avenue leading straight ahead,

"I don't know where this road starts and ends? Could it be related to the caves we found in the mining area we are going to? I don't think this road was built to transport coal out. Just like you Said: The land here is hard grassland, suitable for any kind of traffic; so road building is a waste of labor.

James: "Hey, Huang, I'm interested now."

Huang Zhongshi: "At least find something for archaeologists to do."

"Let's go, if this road has always been like this, then when we get to the mining area, we can find more people to prove our discovery."

Yes.

Everyone got in the car and started on the road again.

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All went well for the first two days.

Hurrying during the day, talking and writing anecdotes in the car, the time passed quickly.

camping at night.

Put up an open hood in the wilderness, light up an alcohol stove, cook a pot of hot instant noodles, drink two sips of vodka, eat a red sausage, sleep in a sleeping bag, and have a good night's dream.

When dawn comes, eat some bread and drink a glass of milk and continue on the road.

On the third day, the guide Anton told everyone that we will arrive at the mining area tonight, so there will be no rest on the way.

no problem.

Thinking of arriving at the destination tonight, everyone is in a happy mood.

The weather was fine and the sun was already above the horizon when we woke up in the morning.

Because they had to hurry, except for the convenience, they didn't stop the car all the time, and just ate some dry food in the car at noon.

According to expectations, they will reach their destination before dark.

In the afternoon, the sky became gloomy. It was sunny just now, but in a blink of an eye, the sun seemed to be covered with a veil and became hazy, and the air seemed to be thicker with dust.

Jin Hai: "Is it close to the mining area? The coal ash is thick. I heard that some places are flying with coal ash, and it feels a bit dark.

It's like this now, I don't know what it's like to be in the mining area, is it really a bit dark. "

Huang Zhongshi: "There is no sky and no sky means that it is underground, and the ground may not be the same. Perhaps it is more appropriate to cover the sky and cover the sun."

Following the voice, the clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker, and the sun gradually hid in the clouds until it was completely invisible.

The sky overhead also darkened and became very low, as if a pot was about to be dunked on top of their heads.

The surrounding environment is also changing, the smoke is lingering, like a sandstorm, and the vision is beginning to blur.

(End of this chapter)