Fan Yang, Dajun, Xiao Lu, Lu Zhengshan, four people in a car, of course, there is still Pitter lying on his stomach in the back seat, Da Hei.

Xiao Lu sat in the back row, with his own old clothes at his feet, and the torn jacket tag in his hand.

"It's too precious, I ...... It's going to be half a year's salary, so I'd better get it back......"

Fan Yang ignored it directly, holding a map in his hand, the whole journey was more than 600 kilometers, taking National Highway 312, crossing the Junggar Basin, and arriving at the most remote continent in the northwest of Xinyan, Bogutala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, passing through Shihezi, Shawan, Kuitun, Tuotuo, and arriving at Jinghe County along the way.

It walked out of the Junggar Basin and into the range of the grassland.

"We're going on the North Tianshan Road, right?" asked Fan Yang.

"Yes, but only for a while. Lu Zhengshan said: "Tianshan North Road is from Chang'an to Rome, from Xi'an to Italy, the first half is the same, to Jinghe County will be divided, turn to 305 Provincial Highway, to Bogutala's state capital, Bole City, there are dozens of kilometers to Alashankou." ”

Xiao Lu said: "It's very right, the Silk Road is through the Ili River Valley, from Khorgos to the customs, Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions to open up, and to Alashankou, it was opened up by the Mongols, this is called the Fur Road. ”

"Uh, is there still a fur road?"

Xiao Lu said with a smile: "Yes, this is the ancient trade route between China and the West, and there is also a gem road, from Kashgar to Central and Western Asia, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, through this road to India, Hetian jade through this road to Europe, trade things have a long history here." ”

Fan Yang really hadn't heard of this statement, and asked, "Why could it be that the Mongols opened it up?"

Xiao Lu said with a smile: "There is a grassland, the north is connected to the Mongolian Plateau, during the Tang and Song dynasties, the political center was in the Central Plains, the eastern capital Luoyang, the western capital Chang'an, in Henan, Shaanxi, because of the Silk Road, it has a traffic trunk road, not only trade, but also expeditions, tribute, Western countries want to make pilgrimages to the Central Plains, all go through the Ili River Valley, enter the Junggar Basin, and then go to Urumqi, through Gansu to Shaanxi, into Henan. ”

But after the Mongols dominated the world, the political center shifted to the Mongolian Plateau, and then changed to take the Alashankou to enter the customs, and the Mongols went west to Europe several times, and they also took this road, which was called Heifengkou at that time, and the Mongolian furs, cattle and sheep were also transported from here, so it was called the Fur Road. ”

Fan Yang nodded and said, "So that's the truth, are you quite familiar with this side?"

Xiao Lu replied: "When I first joined the army, I was from the Fifth Agricultural Division, and the division headquarters was stationed there, and I was later transferred to the 11th Division. ”

"That's great, you don't have to look for a guide. ”

"It's quite familiar, Bogutala, in Mongolian is the meaning of the silver steppe, the fief of the second prince of Genghis Khan, Chagatai, where Mongolians have lived for generations, so it is a Mongolian autonomous prefecture, the scenery is very good, it prospered for a while during the Mongolian period, the golden passage at that time, but after all, it was too remote, after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, it gradually declined. ”

Fan Yang thought for a moment and asked: "In that case, there is a grassland over there, and animal husbandry must be developed, and now the import and export trade over there is mainly based on fur and animal husbandry?"

But he didn't expect Xiao Lu to shake his head again and again, a little helpless: "No, although there is a prairie over there, but it's a pity, the desertification is too serious, more than a thousand years ago, there was still a place with abundant water and grass, but now, most of it is the Gobi Desert, the area of the pasture has been reduced by half, and now there is also fur over there, but it is all smuggling and poaching." ”

"Poaching, Tibetan antelope?" asked Fan Yang.

"No, it's a goose-throated antelope over there, and the quality of cashmere can't catch up with that of Tibetan antelopes, but it's not far behind. ”

Fan Yang also sighed, soil erosion and desertification have always been the biggest problems in Xinyan.

But this is all nonsense, and he asked, "What about the import and export goods, and what is the main thing?"

Xiao Lu stared for a moment, and then he had no reservations: " In fact, this is not much news, or I will give you a good talk about Alashankou, after the Ming Dynasty, it was gradually deserted, until the late Qing Dynasty did not improve, and was occupied by Russia, until 1881, Zuo Zongtang took back Ili, China and Russia re-signed trade terms, only reopened Alashankou, used as a border trade between the two countries, after the establishment of New China, in 1956, China and Eros agreed to build a railway connecting the two countries, in Alashankou connection, this is the first railway connected between China and the Soviet Union, each responsible for their own border side, in 1958 the railway was completed and opened to traffic, but only a few years later, Sino-Soviet relations were bad, Alashankou was closed again, this port is different from others, it can be said that there have been ups and downs. ”

When Fan Yang heard this, he was also quite emotional, a port also has its own ups and downs of fate, which is prosperous for a while and declining for a while.

"And now?"

Xiao Lu replied: " 58 years when the opening of traffic, Alashankou built very well, but unfortunately abandoned for decades, the railway was cut off, until 1989, China and the Soviet Union resumed normal diplomacy, only to reconnect, the restoration of the port, at that time the import and export of goods are mainly sugar, cattle and sheep, vegetables, but not two years later, Sulian and disintegrated, Kazakhstan independence, China and Kazakhstan established a new round of strategic cooperative relations, is now the national energy strategic channel, the five Central Asian countries will be built into a national energy security reserve base, is now building an ultra-long-distance transnational oil pipeline, west-to-east gas transmission node, is still under full construction. ”

Fan Yang still asked: "What about now?"

"Now the relationship is reversed, both Kazakhstan and Erros are in recession, and they are selling energy, steel, pellets, waste lead slag, waste zinc slag, solid waste. ”

"Solid waste?"

Fan Yang smiled.

In this way, Fan Yang understood everything.

How could he not know about solid waste, before the crossing, the batch of 304 scrap stainless steel that earned 5 million was brought back from India.

There's a lot of cats in there.

But the average person can't get involved.

But when I thought of this, I suddenly woke up.

Instantly reacted: "I understand." ”

Fan Yang sat in the co-pilot, but the army of drivers saw it clearly.

"What do you see?"

Pressing down the excitement in his heart, he gave the army a look: "It's nothing, let's talk about it later." ”

Turning his head and asking Xiao Lu again, "What about the others?

"The others are bulk goods, Alashankou is special, to be precise, it was rebuilt in 89 years, and it is too partial, there is no big town, even the permanent population, the traditional projects on this side of the new reins, cotton, wool and the like, merchants are not willing to come, all are national strategic level of trade, but the speed of development is rapid, this year more than 100 trading companies have settled in. ”

Fan Yang still broke the casserole and asked: "With so many trading companies, what are they mainly engaged in?"

"It's still steel, minerals, timber, in short, it's some energy companies, and several large domestic steel mills, PetroChina, Sinopec, are all directly set up here. ”

"Nothing else?"

"Others, then there are only poachers, poaching is safe here, and if you get into the mountain pass, no one dares to chase them in, but there are many people who die in it every year, and many people can't get out when they go in. ”

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