After leaving the mine, we washed off the dust and changed into clean clothes, and then we got in the car and drove away from the mine.

Yang Shuai is quite familiar with Midu, and went directly to a place called 'Gudao Hotel', the hotel is very distinctive, the wooden plaque is rich in ancient charm, the ancient style decoration is full of simplicity, and the wooden tables, chairs and benches seem to complement each other and are just right.

The store is very lively, and it is a restaurant with a good reputation based on its popularity, and there are many award-winning plaques for various food products in the store.

Dense tofu and middo curtains are indispensable on the dinner table, plus a few local side dishes, and our appetizers are complete.

A glass of tartary buckwheat wine went down to my stomach, and the bitterness and spiciness, I couldn't help but sigh: "The taste of this wine is a little bitter, and it is better than our days." ”

"Well, the first sip of tartary buckwheat wine is indeed a little bitter, if you taste it slowly, you can feel a trace of sweetness, and after drinking, it is not on the head, not hot, does not hurt the liver, does not dry mouth, and does not drowsy. Yang Shuai took a sip of the wine in the glass and said.

"Well, as long as it's authentic, it feels much better than those blended wines. ”

"That's right, bud grain wine and tartary buckwheat wine are the favorite wines of the caravan in the old days. ”

"What is that?" I asked, confused.

"Ma Bang, it's a long story, I'll start with the Ancient Tea Horse Road for you. Yang Shuai straightened his sitting posture and said.

Apparently he was going to start telling the local stories of Yunnan again, and I was very interested in these folk tales.

"In ancient times, the people in Tibetan areas mostly ate meat, but Tibetan areas belong to the alpine land, and the intake of body fat is not easy to consume, and later they found that drinking tea can promote the decomposition of body fat, and after a long time, they also invented butter tea, and then butter tea has become an indispensable drink in their lives. ”

"It turns out that butter tea is to help digestion? I thought it was to replenish nutrients, quench thirst and warm the stomach. ”

"Hehe, you're right, they all have these effects. Tibet does not produce tea, the nearest tea-producing area is the Sichuan-Yunnan region, among which the Pu'er tea in southern Yunnan is the most favored by them, Pu'er tea has a variety of effects such as antibacterial digestion, reducing blood lipids, losing weight, warming the stomach, generating Jin, quenching thirst, sobering up, detoxification, etc., which coincides with their original intention of inventing butter tea. ”

"There are so many effects of Pu'er tea, next time I go back, I will taste more. ”

Yang Shuai took advantage of my interjection, raised his glass and touched me, and then continued: "For this reason, Pu'er tea has a good market in Tibetan areas, the main production areas of Pu'er tea are in southern Yunnan, and the greatest demand for tea in Tibetan areas is Lhasa and Nyingchi. ”

"As long as there is demand, the corresponding business will come into being, and the growing material needs of human beings have promoted the continuous development of business. ”

"Brother Du, your summaries are always very incisive, so I am embarrassed to continue. ”

"Hehe, aren't you like Lao Zhao, blaming me for interjecting all the time?" I asked awkwardly.

"Where, I really think so, and besides, if no one interjects, I'm tired of talking so much in one breath. ”

"That's best, I can't always change the problem of liking to interject, what about after that?"

"The tea and horse market arose in the Tang and Song dynasties and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. There are many mountains, rivers and ravines on the Yunnan-Tibet Road, and the tea merchants have gone through countless explorations, and gradually found a relatively easy road, that is, the later 'Ancient Tea Horse Road'. After the fixed route was formed, it was convenient for the merchants to travel to and from Yunnan and Tibet, and at the same time, it also allowed the bandits and bandits to target, so looting often occurred on this road. ”

"What a hateful bandit is for bandits and bandits, but they have the cheekiness to block the road and shout, 'I drove this road, if you want to cross this road, leave the money to buy the road?'" I said indignantly.

Later, for the sake of safety, the merchants had to huddle together to keep warm, forming a large group, and since then they have been large groups of people to set off, such a large-scale caravan can also have a great deterrent effect on the bandits who intend to plunder, and it is relatively much safer, and over time an organized and disciplined horse gang has been formed, which travels between Yunnan and Tibet. ”

At this moment, I realized that this was the Ancient Tea Horse Road, this was the Horse Gang, and I couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Oh, this is the origin of the Ma Gang, very much like a chamber of commerce organization." After suffering the businessmen at that time, a good life was not easy to come by, and it should be cherished even more. ”

"Yes, at that time, the larger caravans would also pass through Tibetan areas and go to Nepal, Bhutan and other countries for international trade. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, it is said that from the Zhangmu port in the Shigatse region, you can reach Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, after half a day's walk.

There is a very prosperous town in the middle of the Himalayas called Zhangmu Town, the reason why Zhangmu Town is prosperous is because Zhangmu Town is only more than 100 kilometers away from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

Yang Shuai nodded and said, "That's right." Let's just say that Midu County is also a way of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, so it has not been closed since ancient times, and it is a relatively prosperous area. ”

"Human civilization has a long history and spreads all over the world, so it's no wonder that Midu is full of words like ancient roads. ”

The two of us ate, drank, and chatted, ate for a long time, drank a lot, talked a lot, and slowly forgot the troubles of life.

In the early morning of the next day, I felt that it was really as Yang Shuai said, although I didn't drink less last night, I really didn't get much up, and the refreshed day started again.

When we arrived at the mine, the project department informed us that we were going to have a meeting today, saying that we were going to review the drawings.

Speaking of this drawing review, I used to participate in it often, generally for the four-party review, the four parties are construction, construction, design, supervision four parties, we used to attend as the design party.

Normally, the supervisor is the weakest, because the supervisor has the least money, and this time I am the supervisor.

Walking into the conference room, we picked the last position to sit down, waited for more than half an hour, everyone finally arrived, the first to sit is the construction party, the left and right are the design unit and the construction unit.

After all parties completed the sign-in, the construction party took out all the drawings, hung them on the wall, and hung them all over the place.

The drawing review is generally by the construction and construction unit to raise questions or modification opinions on the drawings, and the design unit will give a reply. It doesn't sound like there's anything to do with supervision, and no one here has asked us for our opinions.

As a design engineer, I couldn't help but want to learn about the drawings when I saw them, so I followed behind everyone and started looking at the drawings.

To see the drawings, we must first look at the label, which contains the content of the design unit, the name of the project, the designer, etc., and the design unit is a little-known private design unit from the label.

Looking at the content of the drawings again, I shook my head helplessly, I really couldn't stand it, the quality of the drawings was so low, it completely dispelled my desire to learn, and only criticism remained.

After returning to his seat, Yang Shuai also sat back and whispered to me, "This design is too bad." ”

I nodded and whispered, "Maybe it's a limited level, but the design attitude is not up to par, there are many mistakes, and even a lot of content doesn't match the mine." ”

"Well, I guess I took the picture from elsewhere and applied it directly. ”

Yang Shuai is right, the so-called world design is a big copy.

After a long time, all parties finally reviewed all the drawings, the construction and construction parties only put forward some inconsequential comments, the design unit gave ambiguous answers, and then the drawing review ended happily.

Yang Shuai and I both had a feeling of surprise, and we didn't know if it was to protect each other, or if the level was limited, in short, they almost didn't see the problems we could see. When they asked for the opinions of all parties, Yang Shuai and I tacitly shook our heads at the same time, expressing that we had no opinions.

Every time there is a meeting, there must be dinner, this is an iron law, and the group drove several cars to the county seat.

The dining place is very high-end and atmospheric, with a large private room, and there are all kinds of delicacies on the table.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone has talked with each other very happily, looking at the young men in the design unit next to them all using the latest extended version of the iPhone5S, I couldn't help but ask: "Is your unit busy?"

The young man next to him, a little drunk, said very proudly: "It's very busy, although I don't have to work overtime, but things are constantly happening." ”

I was surprised by his answer, why is it completely different from what I had learned?

"It's not a big problem, that's the boss's concern, and he can't owe us money anyway. The guy said a little smugly.

This time, Yang Shuai and I both showed very surprised expressions, why is the situation of private enterprises so good? This is a completely subverted statement that can completely subvert my cognition.

Yang Shuai on the side also asked, "How is your income?"

"It's conservatively estimated that you can get about 200,000 a year. The guy said bluntly.

Their income is several times higher than ours, and our unit has always been known as one of the strongest design institutes in the southwest region, but now it has been losing money year after year, and its income has plummeted.

I've always thought that the environment was like this, and I didn't complain. But now I just woke up from a dream, and I really don't know in my heart, under the same blue sky, why is there a world of difference?

The guy next to him may have drunk too much, talked too much, and did not restrain himself.

He saw me and Yang Shuai surprised, and said with a big grin: "We are engaged in technology, as long as the technology is good, we don't have to worry about not having food, and no one will be hungry to us. ”

This guy really got carried away, and I immediately asked: "Dare to ask where the little brother graduated, how many years have he been designing, what is his title?"

People who drink a lot usually can't control their emotions, and at this time, he will know everything when he asks him. He graduated from a mining institute and worked as a designer for more than two years, but he does not have a job title yet.

Hearing his graduation school, work experience and job title, Yang Shuai and I looked at each other and smiled, we were completely defeated by this strange status quo.