Jianbao life

Chapter 743 The Road

"Come on!"

Zhao Qirui said with a smile: "You families, one or two are rich, why don't you know how to unite and repair the roads? I can't believe that you can't benefit from the infrastructure?"

"Brother Zhao, you're just joking, it's not like you don't understand this matter."

Xu Youhai spread his hands and said helplessly: "Speaking of which, when my family first established here, I also thought about building roads, but at that time Myanmar was a mess, and there was no way to organize it. Now, even if our family wants to Road repairs, but others are people who clean up the snow in front of their own doors and don't care about other people's tiles, so we can't just pay for it?"

Chu Chen heard the words and said: "Uncle Xu, can't you act as a contact person, and we will gather to discuss it at that time, it will be fine..."

At the end of the conversation, Chu Chen saw that everyone was looking at him with a half-smile, which made him a little confused, so he scratched his head and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

Xu Youhai said with a smile: "Your idea, if you put it in the environment in your country, it can indeed be realized, but Xiaochen, don't forget, this is Myanmar!"

"How?" Chu Chen asked curiously.

"Achen, don't forget, there are often wars here." Zhao Qirui actually understood what Xu Youhai said, he said that before, it was just a complaint, and when he saw Chu Chen asking this question, he explained it a little bit.

"War? Didn't it always say that it was fighting in some areas near the border? Why here..."

Having said that, Chu Chen patted himself on the head, he already figured out what was going on.

Generally speaking, what the war is for, besides the land, is of course all kinds of resources. Now that jadeite is so valuable, in the eyes of the government and various local forces, it is a coveted piece of fat. , It is only natural for a war to break out.

The facts are indeed similar to what Chu Chen thought. Due to various historical reasons, Myanmar has been fighting continuously in the country. In many places, local warlords occupy the mountains as kings.

In the late 80s, the value of the emerald mine became more and more prominent, and it became a favorite in the eyes of everyone. Therefore, the close area became the focus of competition between the government army and local forces. This dispute has continued until now. , have not completely subsided.

As for why this kind of thing was not disclosed, Chu Chen guessed that most likely it was blocked by various parties.

"Understood!" Xu Youhai shook his head and smiled wryly: "Actually, we businessmen also want to have a stable environment and good infrastructure, but it's simply not realistic in the current situation. , it is likely to be driven away by others tomorrow, in this case, who is willing to build any infrastructure?"

Hearing this, Chu Chen had nothing to say. In the final analysis, the situation in Myanmar is the hardest for the people at the bottom. As for the big families at the top, no matter what, as long as it doesn’t affect their money making, it’s fine. As for the people, what about it? , and how much is it related to them?
In the past, Chu Chen didn't quite understand the old saying, "Ning be a peaceful dog, don't make chaos and leave people alone, but the scene in front of him made him understand that although this sentence sounds ugly, it does make sense.

The following road was more bumpy than before. Everyone held the handles in the car and lost interest in talking. Fortunately, this car is strong enough, the cars are all reinforced, and the glass is also used Thick bulletproof glass, otherwise, if you change to another car that hasn't been modified, Chu Chen probably will fall apart after just two steps.

On the road from Mykinna to Pagan, basically every [-] to [-] kilometers, there will be a checkpoint. Although it is just a vehicle-blocking tool made of a few pieces of wood, coupled with a large number of soldiers with live ammunition, Chu Chen felt that unless it was an armored vehicle, there should not be many people who would foolishly rush through the checkpoint.

Besides, the three cars that Chu Chen and the others were riding in all had the state guest's pass on the front, and the soldiers also knew Xu Youhai, so when the soldiers saw Xu Youhai, they didn't check much and let them go.

Of course, this is because of Xu Youhai's face. If it were someone else, it would be polite to stop you. If the soldiers suspect that you are planning something wrong, you may be questioned and beaten severely.

In this way, after three hours of bumping, the car finally arrived at Mogang, which is the main traffic route in northern Myanmar, and there are ruby ​​and amber mines nearby. It is the largest jade market in Myanmar and an important town in northern Myanmar. .

When the car arrived at the entrance of a restaurant, Xu Youhai asked everyone to get out of the car, and then ordered some food for everyone to rest while eating.

Even Chu Chen couldn't bear the bumpy ride for three hours, not to mention Zhao Qirui and others, all of them were frowning.

Yi Hongguo rubbed his sore arm, and said with a bitter face, "Hey, I'm getting old. It's not a problem to walk this way before, but now I really can't bear it."

Xu Youhai smiled and said: "Grasshopper, if you want me to say, you still lack exercise too much. Look at me and Brother Zhao, how can we be like you?"

Yi Hongguo saw that the spirits of the others were better than his, and said with a wry smile: "Hey! I used to say that the body is the capital of the revolution, but it was just lip service. Looking at it now, it is indeed a wise saying! "
At this moment, he somewhat regretted it, and felt that it was not worthwhile to come here to see the mining of emeralds after suffering such a big crime.

In fact, since he solved the "five blessings" before, Chu Chen has no interest in visiting the emerald mining area. What he hopes most now is to let his uncle and the others bring the emerald back to China, while he goes to England and Wu. can meet.

However, for the current itinerary, they had already agreed to Xu Youhai before, and they were too embarrassed to repent temporarily, and then again, it was a pity to miss this opportunity if they finally came to Myanmar.

At this time, the waiter brought up the food, and Xu Youhai reminded: "The road in a while will be more difficult than the one just now. Let's put our stomachs on it now, and don't feel uncomfortable in the stomach..."

"Ah! It's still hard to walk..." When Yi Hongguo heard this, he couldn't help but wailed, and his appearance made everyone laugh out loud.However, he strongly agreed to go to the mining area before, and now unless he can't persist, he is too embarrassed to propose to quit.

After resting their stomachs and resting for half an hour, everyone boarded the car again and continued the bumpy journey.

After passing Mogang, the road is sure to become more and more difficult to walk as Xu Youhai said, because there is no dirt road in the future, and the road for the car is the roadbed that was pressed out by the big truck that transported the rough stone. One can imagine the ups and downs, let alone Yihongguo in the end, even Zhao Qirui felt a little queasy.

"Uncle Xu, this road... is so difficult to walk. How did you get out of the mine when you didn't have a car?" Chu Chen's words were divided several times before Say it completely.

Xu Youhai replied: "What... what can I do, of course... use an elephant, or... simply use human power to recite it..."

According to Xu Youhai, in the past, it was not like it is now. There were so many dangerous wild animals. If one accidentally caused a wild animal disaster, he would probably pay the price with his life.And because of Myanmar's geographical location, poisonous miasma will be produced every evening and early morning. Once inhaled by mistake, it is likely to pay the price of life.

Although there is such a danger, in order to survive, ordinary people, in addition to being more careful, can only resign themselves to their fate, and it is sad to think about it. ...

Fortunately, apart from the difficult road along the way, there were no accidents. When it was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, the car finally entered the main emerald mining area of ​​Myanmar, the Pagan area.When he got here, Chu Chen looked out of the car window, and he could often see some modern equipment for mining emerald.

As mentioned earlier, the mining of jadeite in Myanmar should be traced back to the 14th and 15th centuries.But after all, there are no relevant authoritative literature records, so there is no exact textual research on when the Burmese jadeite mining began.

Among them, the Braun family of the United Kingdom believed that jadeite was discovered by a packer in southern Yunnan in the 13th century, and it was only after polishing that jadeite comparable to nephrite was discovered.

However, the "Ai Cao Tai Bian" co-authored by Mr. Yin Zizhang and Yin Zijian, the ancestors of overseas Chinese in Tengchong, records: "Myanmar jade was discovered in 1443 by the local natives from the washed river bed. Later, overseas Chinese also discovered several jade mines, and then Instead, get the Sanya Gong (now Mijinna) and trade it with the Tengyue border residents."

But in fact, judging from historical documents and unearthed cultural relics, the mining of jade may be much earlier than it is now speculated, and there were sporadic mining in the Han Dynasty.

In fact, before the British invaded and occupied Myanmar in 1885, the area rich in jadeite was still the chieftain land granted by the "Fence of Yunnan Province", which belonged to my country's territory, so there is a history book "Journey to Yunnan and Guizhou" records: "Jade is produced from Leaping Over".At that time, jade mining was a folk activity, and jade was required to be presented to the Central Dynasty as a tribute.

It's a pity that the Qing Dynasty was too useless, so that the original great rivers and mountains of China were assigned to others. Whenever he thought of this, Chu Chen couldn't help but feel angry, but now it's the 21st century. Apart from cursing a few words in his heart, he also What can be done?
Because of the bad roads and the frequent traffic jams on the road, the car didn't arrive in Pagan City until nearly six o'clock in the evening.They set off at eight o'clock in the morning, plus the rest time on the way, it took nearly ten hours.

You must know that the road from Miqinna to Pagan is only more than 150 kilometers away. It took nearly ten hours for such a small distance. Chu Chen thought it was incredible.

(End of this chapter)