Just yesterday, a "caravan" convoy of six Beijing jeeps and a dozen Russian off-road vehicles, organized by UNESCO and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, finally arrived in Ulaanbaatar after an arduous journey.

On July 13, the international expedition team set out from the ancient city of Kobdo, deep in the Altai Mountains, and inspected all the way along the ancient pastoral roads and ancient post roads that used to be only accessible to horses, camels and ox carts.

Not only in a hurry, but also along the way, the prehistoric petroglyphs scattered in the Altai Mountains, the Mongolian Desert, the Hangai Mountains and the Orkhon River Valley, the relics of ancient nomads, as well as the inscriptions, temples, ancient cities, fortresses and Tuntian ruins of the Tang, Yuan and Qing dynasties were comprehensively investigated.

I ran about 4,000 kilometers in total, focusing on the relationship between the ancient nomads and China.

However, this is only the first stage of the expedition, and a group of people have been digging in Kolemaodu, more than 500 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar, for several weeks.

Zhang Nan is still quite interested in running thousands of kilometers in the open air, but there is no way to catch up with this trip.

Fortunately, compared to looking at the flowers, I am more interested in digging things, and I remember that the Mongolian national examination seems to have always been a joint investigation, not only because they themselves do not have a sufficient number of professionals, it seems that they rely on this to have a good relationship with others, and they can also ask for assistance or something.

Since there are people over there, then just think about it, and there is an opportunity to go over there.

This trip to the Mongolian Plateau, don't think about pampering, Zhang Nan didn't plan to take a certain woman there.

Chariz Theron, who returned to New York from Canada, originally wanted to join in the fun, but Zhang Nan told her that it was estimated that she would not be able to take a hot shower for ten and a half days, and she could only wipe her body for a month if she was not careful...

Princess Xingchen immediately dismissed the idea of exploring the Mongolian plateau: they had gone to Huangdao to escape the heat, and even went to their largest diamond mine in the northern hemisphere.

Not to mention the diamond mines, the latitude of Huangdao City is higher than that of the Mongolian Plateau, but not to mention that Huangdao City has perfect service facilities, and even the mining area can provide good living conditions.

As soon as she heard that the Mongolian Plateau was full of no-man's land, she almost drank blood, and Charlie immediately retreated.

Well, it's okay to have no women to participate together, it's pure.

Early in the morning of August 11, Zhang Nan boarded the familiar 767 at his own airport, and was ready to leave. The latest, luxurious, practical and comfortable Boeing 747-400, which even has an anti-aircraft missile countermeasure system, is already in the hangar at the airport.

The trial flight of the new aircraft was completed, but he did not accept the boss's long-distance mission.

The big plane is reserved for the women at home, not that Zhang Nan doesn't want to enjoy this trip, but that Genghis Khan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar has not received a Boeing 747 aircraft at all so far.

It's not that the airport is too small to be received, but that the airport is still able to land heavy transport planes, but it's simply because of the supporting facilities.

767 is okay, the same type of plane with the same stick of the little devil drives through the route of this airport, at least it can be refueled.

It's not easy to get a long way to get a route, although there are three routes from New York to Ulaanbaatar, but none of them are easy.

The first is a long way across the Atlantic to Moscow, and then across Eurasia to the Mongolian Plateau;

The second is to go to Alaska first, cross the Bering Sea after refueling, enter Russian airspace, and then then go to Mongolia;

Zhang Nan chose the third route: fly to San Francisco and then fly to Nagasaki, and then detour through the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea from there, then take advantage of Huaxia airspace, and then go to Ulaanbaatar.

The Cold War is over, but Zhang Nan just doesn't want his private jet to go through Russian airspace.

It doesn't matter if you go to Moscow or Leningrad, but it's a bit panicked when the plane flies over a remote part of Russia: those guys of the air defense and the air force have a history of shooting down the airliner!

In addition, not only did the Korean Air Force plane go into the sea, but it also seemed that there was an anti-aircraft missile live-fire exercise, and as a result, because the anti-aircraft missile had too long a range, it was an accident in which an ordinary passenger plane flying normally several hundred kilometers away was blown to pieces.

That kind of missile should be the super-heavy, ultra-long-range S200 that he is equipped in Botswana, although he can't remember whether the accident of "shooting down a passenger plane with too long range" was a mistake of Russia or Ukraine's surface-to-air missile forces, but Zhang Nan just didn't want to fly over the remote area of Maozi.

Safety first!

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After a long flight, the plane's entry into the Mongolian plateau was interrupted, and the cabin was filled with a well-known navigator who was not originally needed: this is a red devil who has made cameo appearances over the An-22 giant transport plane. Zhang Nan's private crew was not familiar with this section of airspace, let alone landed in Ulaanbaatar, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a black eye.

If there was no navigator, the plane would have flown to the military airfield southeast of the city and landed.

Without any incident, the plane landed at Genghis Khan International Airport, but instead of taxiing to the tarmac of an ordinary passenger plane, it stood on the most remote apron of the airport.

Seeing the city in the distance and the nearby mountains and rivers from the air just now, Zhang Nan thought of several TV series he had watched in his previous life, and said to himself: "It turns out that this is Kulun." ”

The door of the mansion is inside.

Several bodyguards got off the plane first and got the weapons they needed from the Red Devils who had been waiting here in advance.

Pavel arrived a few days in advance to fight the boss, and they knew that the boss was not 100% safe here.

Andrei accompanied Zhang Nan to get off the plane, and just now through the porthole on the plane, he saw Pavel and others who had arrived in advance, and there were many officers wearing Russian military uniforms on the side.

Using a bit of old connections, the head of the garrison here is happy to make a fortune, and at the same time, he can also add some benefits to his subordinates.

These guests are rich, and it is said that they are generous, and they can send a sum of money if they give a little bit.

The head of the garrison here has long heard that the troops stationed in Eastern Europe before, and even those in the domestic army, are making a fortune in the country - the disintegration of the country, but they are in Mongolia, let alone getting rich, it would be good if they were not poor!

Now it's a year that is not as good as a year, and life is not easy!

The last group of people will be evacuated by the end of next year, and some of the things that cannot be taken will be left for the Mongolian army, but they will not be able to sell the "rags" to make a fortune like those garrisons who have evacuated Eastern Europe.

It's not that the things are bad, but even if there are the best goods, who can you sell them to?

This person is poorer than the Russian army, which is already so poor that it only has arms and equipment left, can it be that the herdsmen pay the bill with cattle and sheep?

Isn't that funny!

The government is the same, the poor are clanging, the Soviet Union is gone, aid has basically stopped, don't count on these poor bastards.

It is surrounded by China on one side and Siberia on the other, and it is obviously unrealistic to really want to sell something across half of the Eurasian continent.

Originally, the commanders accepted their fate, thinking that they would be disbanded when they withdrew to their homeland next year, and then go home to be poor and start their own businesses.

I didn't think that a few days ago, the leaders and bigwigs called from the top of the sky, and a super-rich man in the United States was idle and wanted to come to Mongolia to play archaeology, and he was accompanied by the bigwigs who were originally in Moscow, and asked them to do their best to do a good job of reception.

The rich man is Mr. Allen, and the big men in Moscow should not ask who it is, anyway, just treat others as the god of wealth, and their benefits are indispensable.

The big man who called also specially reminded: Don't offend people, that American rich man will be the food and clothing parents of many Russians, and there are thousands of elite soldiers of the former Soviet Union in the mercenary corps under his command, and everyone depends on him to eat and make a lot of money.

I'm not stupid here, to put it bluntly, after leaving the army in the future, relying on this relationship, how can I have the opportunity to go out and make a lot of money.

What is the situation in the country now, these Russian troops on the Mongolian plateau know, not to mention that the treatment in the past two years has been getting worse and worse, and they are all worried about the future.

And that's not all: you can't offend people, and even more so the Russian-speaking people who accompany the American bigwigs!

As for the specific big man above, he didn't say it, anyway, if he offended the Chinese-American tycoon, it would be a big deal to go home and fight for himself, but if he provoked those people...

I didn't say it thoroughly, don't offend you who fight in the front station, weigh yourself, if you provoke these people, the result will be the same as the KGB in previous years!

Originally, I thought that these guests were not easy to deal with, but I didn't think that it would be simple, direct, and rude to come to the front station: I gave a small box of dollars directly, and then talked about how to provide convenience.

What I didn't say, for the Russian garrison, which is so poor that there is only equipment and manpower left, and there is no future in sight, these Russian-speaking guys just demolished that Genghis Khan Square and didn't do their business!

Archaeology?

It's no problem to rob tombs, our Russian army can help you blockade, you can dig slowly.

It's not Russia here, it's none of our business.

Give what you want!

It has only been five years since the United States established diplomatic relations with this country, and of course the personnel of the American security company cannot appear at people's international airports in full armor, at most they should carry a pistol under their clothes.

But the Russian army can.

Andrei, who got off the plane here, told Zhang Nan: "If it weren't for the fact that the air base 30 kilometers away to the southeast is for the public use of the Russian army and the Mongolian army, this plane would have flown there directly." ”

As soon as I got off the plane, a colonel came over and said a few polite words, and the plane began to be busy unloading.

Zhang Nan pointed to a team of off-road trucks and old buses next to him, "Let's sit here?"

The colonel, named Alexandrov, said, "No, Mr. Allen, these are only for forwarding and pulling goods.

We prepared 4 Mi-8s to go to our airport for transfers. ”

Well, the comfort of the Mi 8 is not as comfortable as the Black Hawk that Zhang Nan is used to riding, but it is okay, it is more comfortable than running 500 kilometers on the plateau in an off-road vehicle.

There is no high-speed here, they are all broken roads, and these more than 500 kilometers will sit on people's fart-strands!

In addition to the Russian military officials, there will also be government officials here to pick up the plane, according to Andrey's statement a few days ago: I hope Mr. Allen will invest here, and he can invest whatever he wants.

Come to other people's land, we are a financial crocodile, there must be a reason that someone else can believe, is it really to play archaeology?

People don't believe it, even if it's the truth.

It's all over the place, but what can you cast here?

Zhang Nan is not interested in the production of beef jerky, and if he invests in a country, he can take the opportunity to sign a contract that is extremely beneficial to his own interests under the condition of "taking advantage of your illness and taking your life", and he can also adopt predatory development, without having to consider the environmental protection problems that are a headache in ordinary countries, and that is none other than mining minerals!

Besides, in Mongolia, in addition to minerals, what else is worth investing in Zhang Nan?

No, do people come here to develop tourism?

It's not funny, Zhang Nan is a murderous capitalist who likes bloody money, so let the professionals talk to the government here.

The Mongolian government began economic reforms earlier this year, and the country was bankrupt with poverty.

In fact, if you don't change it, it's just like that, without Maozi's assistance, this place can be poorer than ordinary people imagine.

Robbing Russia Zhang Nan has to consider the idea of the future emperor, as for this side, there is no pressure!

He is not interested in talking nonsense with the officials here, he is here to archaeology and play.

The group was accompanied by several senior executives and negotiators from affiliated mining groups, who would have offered a contract that the Mongolian government would absolutely accept, but would be extremely harsh.

Zhang Nan is not very interested in the minerals of Mongolia and other regions, no way, because of the geographical location, he doesn't want to do a business and have to go through a few hands.

The trade of pulling goods needs to go through a third country, and this kind of business can not be done.

It is not close to the sea, and in addition to mining precious metals, is it necessary to attach a high, even several times the freight to be shipped to all parts of the world?

In the future, Mongolia's local daily necessities market will not be as good as a county in my hometown, with a population of 3 million in more than 20 years, and its purchasing power will be even lower, so it can only do business with Russia or with China.

Manufacturing doesn't work, animal husbandry doesn't play, agriculture is almost non-existent, then it can only be mining. The Maozi minerals in the north are already super rich, and Huaxia is the primary business partner.

What Huaxia needs and lacks is its future investment goals, such as copper mines: Huaxia will soon be the world's largest copper consumer.

His roots are in Huaxia, and this has a good relationship with Huaxia, and he can't go wrong in doing business in the south.

Before leaving New York, Zhang Nan handed the negotiators a map with a circle drawn on it, representing a super mine, or a large mine that has not yet been discovered.

The Oyu Tolgoi Gold and Copper Mine, located in Khan Baogde County, South Gobi Province, Mongolia, less than 100 kilometers away from the Chinese border, is known as one of the world's largest gold and copper mines.

The mine is large enough, the area of the copper ore belt is equivalent to the urban area of Ulaanbaatar, and the gold ore belt is slightly smaller than the urban area of Ulaanbaatar!

Thousands of square kilometers, full of ore veins, open out is money.

It seems that I still remember that the mine has preliminary proven copper reserves of more than 30 million tons a year or two after it was discovered, as well as one or two thousand tons of gold and nearly 10,000 tons of silver, which can definitely be mined for more than 50 years.

And there is a super-large coal mine not far northwest of the mine, called Tawin Tolgoi, which is only 150 kilometers away from the copper mine, which will make Mongolia attract investment everywhere, but no one pays attention.

Who are you selling this coal to?

If you want to sell coal, you have to have a railway, and this coal mining area is almost no man's land!

Zhang Nan planned to invest a little in the coal mine, mainly to swallow the super gold and copper mine: in his previous life, the Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper mine was almost "occupied" by Rio Tinto, and if others are capable, then he can do it.

In 2012, Rio Tinto's Canadian subsidiary reached an agreement with the Mongolian government to jointly own the rights to use the Oyu Tolgoi project, with the Mongolian government holding 34% and the Rio Tinto subsidiary 66%.

For this contract, Rio Tinto will have a total investment of up to 12 billion US dollars, and will also have to face the harsh natural environment of the Gobi in Mongolia.

Temperatures can reach as high as 40 degrees during the day in summer and minus 40 degrees at night in winter, and a gale can last for days!

"At the beginning" Rio Tinto Group dared to do it, Zhang Nan was even bolder, and it really didn't cost much to swallow that piece of fat, and the other party didn't know that there was a mine there.

As for the fact that the Mongolian government likes to change the order in terms of mineral investment, this Zhang Nan really doesn't care, just think about what he has done in Africa.

If the contract is signed, I am not afraid that the other party will regret it at that time, so why not invest.

Now that he has money, he is a master, so he swallowed it fuckingly!

Zhang Nan is really here to play field archaeology, bodyguards and servants add up to seventy or eighty, as well as a lot of tents and marching beds needed in the field, and ground detection equipment is indispensable.

After pulling a few trucks, there were several tons of supplies, loading them, and they would set off ahead of schedule with a small number of people, and it would take at least fifteen or sixteen hours to arrive at their destination.

As for Zhang Nan, if he gets on a stupid black and thick Russian off-road vehicle, he will go to Ulaanbaatar for a night's rest first, and then take a helicopter to his destination tomorrow morning.

The hotel is the best Ulaanbaatar hotel in Ulaanbaatar, similar to the state guesthouse here.

Square, flat seven-storey building, absolute city center, covering a large area, the façade is familiar when you look at it: those big cities in the Eastern world are full of such buildings in the seventies and eighties, the influence of the Soviet style.

Even the hotel house could have been made by the Soviet Union, otherwise it could have been artificial?

Following the high-level executives of the mining group who came to negotiate the investment project, it was enough for the high-ranking officials here to receive them, and Zhang Nan was able to travel secretly to Mongolia this time, and refused all public activities.

It was enough to take a few glances at the city through the car window, and there was no idea of going out at all.

It is the right way to go to Mongolia to see the grasslands, mountains and rivers, and this is the only city in the whole country is really not worth seeing.

Besides, the people in this city shouldn't have a good impression of themselves, and in the same way, they don't have a good opinion of them at all!

After staying here, Pavel ran to talk about the security situation.

"There are our men and garrison vehicles patrolling 24 hours a day, and the side streets in the rear have been closed at both ends, and only people are allowed to pass through..."

Very good treatment, Zhang Nan let people let go of the cannon battle, so he was also worried that others would let him put a cannon battle.

When you're away from home, especially in countries where you don't feel safe, you can't live in a hotel on the street.

The Ulaanbaatar hotel faces the street, but the main entrance is a little far from the street, separated by a large courtyard, and on both sides are government houses, so the back street is simply blocked off to prevent bomb trucks from disrupting it.

It's okay to taste Mongolia for dinner, don't say it, Zhang Nan's mouth is a little unaccustomed anyway.

Nothing happened overnight, and the next morning we left for the airbase, where the helicopter was already waiting.