The next day, let Lao Duan buy a plane ticket for Yang Jianzhong.

Fan Yang and Xiao Lu took the two girls, Wang Jie, to the Hongshan Farmers' Market early.

saw Lu Zhengshan at the appointed place and trotted over.

"Not bad. ”

Fan Yang looked at Lu Zhengshan, who was dressed in new clothes, and he was really a talent, and at first glance he was a person with a story.

It's just that his eyes are still blank.

"Laughing, what are you going to do today? I don't know what to call you. ”

"It's called Fan Yang, this is Wenwen, Zhong Ting, Brother Lu of the Investment Promotion Department of the District Party Committee, let's go to Erdaoqiao today, go and see Hetian Jade Wholesale, are you familiar with Erdaoqiao?"

"Cooked, have you eaten?"

It was originally a common greeting.

But Fan Yang saw a hint of something wrong in Lu Zhengshan's eyes.

He was asking seriously.

There was a grunt in his throat.

"Have you eaten?"

Lu Zhengshan smiled awkwardly, "Not yet." ”

"Okay, let's eat some more. ”

Find a ramen shop and sit down, "Boss, bring me a bowl of noodles." ”

"Big bowl or small bowl?"

"Big bowl. ”

After Lu Zhengshan finished eating a big bowl of ramen, Fan Yang asked, "Are you familiar with the Hetian jade wholesale here?"

"Cooked. Lu Zhengshan nodded and said, "Look at what you want to do, the Hetian jade wholesale here is generally based on mountain materials, these jade mines are mainly concentrated in the Kunlun Mountains, and if you want to get a first-hand supply, you must go to Hetian, Kashgar, which is the real place of origin and has the largest wholesale market." Here in Urumqi, the price is half as high. ”

Fan Yang nodded.

It's also new, but the price difference between the two places is not unusual.

Because the new reins are so big, there is more than 1 kilometer from Urumqi to Hotan, but more importantly, it needs to cross the Taklamakan side.

"How long does it take to drive to Hotan?" Fan Yang asked.

"Four or five days, depending on which way you go. ”

"What do you suggest?"

"Tianshan North Road, the road over there is easier to walk, starting from Korla Bosten Lake, along the north of the Peacock River to the Cheerchen River, take 218 National Highway to 216, from Weili, 34 regimental field, Ruoqiang, and Wei, Yutian, to Hotan, but there is a high-speed building, highway, the speed limit is 60 kilometers, it may take longer. ”

"Tianshan North Road, Old Silk Road?" Fan Yang asked.

Lu Zhengshan raised his head and glanced at Fan Yang, as if he was surprised that Fan Yang actually knew about the old Silk Road.

Nodding, "Well, it's the Silk Road." ”

The Silk Road, divided into north and south, from Shaanxi to Gansu, Xi'an to Lanzhou, through Wuwei, Zhangye, from Jiuquan out of Jiayuguan, at the boundary of the Shule River, the south road to the Hongliu River into Hami, Turpan, Urumqi, Wusu, from Alashankou or Khorgos into Kazakhstan, the five countries of Central Asia, and finally to Europe.

Tang Sanzang learned scriptures from the west, and when he went, he passed through the Flame Mountain, and the daughter country was the southern road of the Tianshan Mountains.

Tang Sanzang stayed in Tianzhu for 19 years, and when he returned to Chang'an, he took the North Road of the Tianshan Mountains.

At the boundary of the Shule River, enter Lop Nur, and enter Hotan from Yutian from the route said by Lu Zhengshan.

When you arrive in Hotan, you will enter the Kunlun Mountains.

There are two rivers here, from the Yulong Kashgar River, into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, to Xizang.

From the Karakash River, over the Pamirs, through Kashmir, to Pakistan, Afghanistan, India.

The North Tianshan Road is particularly difficult to walk, because he is completely through the desert.

In a few years, the Taklamakan Desert Highway will be the world's longest through-desert highway after it is opened to traffic.

"Let's take the train, it's there in four days. Lu Zhengshan said.

"It's okay, I have a car. ”

Lu Zhengshan showed a rare touch of contempt on his face, as if he was ridiculing Fan Yangren for being young, not knowing the height of the sky, and shaking his head slightly, "It's too dangerous, one car, a few people, just want to cross the world's second largest mobile desert, it's difficult." ”

"Really? We'll see. ”

There is Brian's expedition team, what else is he afraid of.

However, I want to re-take the northern Tianshan Road of the Silk Road, and I am quite excited.

Because this road has an incomparably splendid culture, as well as wealth.

From ancient times to the present, this road has attracted many Chinese and foreign explorers and archaeologists, who have gone one after another, and do not know that people died in the desert.

It is also not known how many people took how much money from here.

Urumqi, Turpan, Hami, Kashgar, Jiwei, Minfeng, Hotan, these popular names nowadays.

More than 1,000 years ago, it was some famous city-states and states.

Xiongnu, Loulan, Jingjue, Xiye, Qiuzi, Anxi, Gusu, Cheshi, Dawan, Dayue......

Thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

In ancient times, Xinyi was collectively referred to as the Western Regions, and it was not until the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty that the Western Regions Protectorate was established in the true sense of the word, completing the large-scale unification of Xinin.

Before that, there were 36 countries in this area.

These large and small countries, because of the Silk Road, and prosperous, along the way to open shops, post stations, to provide services for Chinese and Western merchants, just like the service station on the highway, has a history of thousands of years.

Then, after the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, from the Cape of Good Hope, Africa, to Europe after the opening of the sea route.

The Silk Road declined.

These countries are also declining because they have lost their sources of income.

Gradually withdraw from the desert.

Due to the wind and sand, it dried up with several large rivers, diverted its course, and was finally buried in the reckless yellow sand.

Jingjue, Loulan, Xiye, these countries that flourished on the Silk Road are now all ruins, completely covered by wind and sand.

Some still disappear inexplicably.

Just like Pompeii, which was buried by volcanic eruptions in the west, and Atlantis, which was submerged by the sea.

Attracting the eyes of explorers from all over the world.

Countless gold and silver treasures and cultural relics are buried underneath.

It is worth mentioning that Hu Bayi, Wang Fatzi, Shirley Yang, and Professor Yang's archaeological team are looking for the exquisite ancient city, which is the road they took.

From Bosten Lake, that is, Korla.

But they didn't take the road, but in order to find the exquisite ancient city that flooded the yellow sand, from the west of the Ziduyan River to the Taklamakan River, took the ancient Silk Road, relying on the Tianxing Feng Shui positioning, and finally found the ruins of the exquisite country by chance.

But Hu Bayi, Professor Yang and others were not the first to find the Exquisite Ancient City.

The one who really found the exquisite ancient city was the British explorer, the world's number one antiquities dealer, the world's most famous and accomplished one, Orielstein.

Orillstein entered the hinterland of Central Asia three times to explore, in 1901, in the ancient city of Niya accidentally found a few pieces of Zoluwen planks, according to the clues of these boards, hired a guide, found the ancient Nia oasis, Tang Sanzang went to the west to learn scriptures, the country of Jingjue is still an oasis, and the reason for the final disappearance was confirmed, it was eliminated by the daughter country, that is, the daughter country called Tang Sanzang Jade Emperor's brother, Subi.

In the Nia Oasis found the ruins of the Exquisite Country, excavated a large number of cultural relics, Jane, it is rumored that the underground treasure house of the Queen of the Exquisite was also discovered, the explorer's brain hole is also its big, and he also went to Dunhuang to pretend to be Tang Sanzang's apprentice, and deceived Tang Sanzang from a Taoist priest to retrieve the true scriptures.

It caused a sensation in the world.

These precious artifacts are now housed in the British Museum.

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