The Ferghana Basin is triangular in shape, 300 kilometers long from east to west and 170 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 22,000 square kilometers and an altitude of 330 to 1,000 meters.

Most crucially, the Ferghana Basin is known for its abundant natural resources, with 1% of the land area of the five Central Asian countries supporting 22% of the population, and as many as 6 million permanent residents.

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"This Ferghana Basin sounds like a really good place, anyway, we're fine now, just go there and walk around. Jia Lei looked at the people around him who were busy loading luggage in the car and said.

"But aren't you still in a hurry to go back to Moscow to get paid?" Xiang Xi asked as he took a board and twisted the screws.

"Don't worry, my pay is there, and I won't run, and besides, we have to pass through there to get to other countries by train, and it's just a matter of passing there. Jia Lei said.

"Xiang Xi, don't you understand? Jia Lei didn't want to go there because he was on the way, nor was he going to play, he was running for the horses there. Mo Bei said as he put their luggage on the top of the bus.

"What if I just go on a horse? That's the legendary bloody horse! Don't you want to go and see it?" Jia Lei asked as he pointed to the crowd.

"Of course I want to see it! As a man, who doesn't like horses? Especially the legendary sweaty BMW! That's a treasure that every Chinese person wants to see. Luo Nan came over and said that there was a foreigner behind him who was diligently helping him carry his luggage.

"But I've heard from the fellows here that that kind of sweat and blood are very rare, and even if we go, we may not be able to see them?" Luo Nan said with a frown.

"Hehe...... Luo Nan, you shouldn't be stupid at reading, how can Jia Lei not see what he wants to see? He has a trick! As long as he takes out the money and smashes it hard, he will definitely be able to see it, I guess we will be able to feast our eyes on Jia Lei's light at that time!" Mo Bei said with a smile.

The others nodded in agreement when they heard this, after all, Jia Lei did get a lot of things by throwing money along the way.

"Mr. Luo, our car can't catch fire, can you please help me take a look?" a foreigner walked over and asked respectfully.

"Okay, I'll be right away!" Luo Nan rolled up his sleeves and walked over.

"I think we're losing money this time! I knew I might as well just buy a new car. Jia Lei looked at the crowd that slowly gathered and said.

"But boss, you can only use it once when you buy a new car, and we can save you money by hitchhiking. Xiang Xi hurriedly said.

"Silly boy, how can you help you count the money when you are sold? Originally, when the proprietress asked us to go together, I thought she was a good person. But now it seems clear that they have been eyeing you for a long time. After all, the Russian experts are gone, and if their car breaks down, no one will fix it! They dragged us along with us, and there was no fear of car problems along the way. Jia Lei said.

"It's not a big deal to fix a car, anyway, we are idle, the boss lady let us hitchhike, can we help repair the car to return the favor." Xiang Xi said.

"If there is only the boss's wife's car, I don't care! Maybe you see, there are hundreds of cars in this fleet, just rely on you and Luo Nan plus a local driver who can repair cars, if something happens on the road, you two won't be tired to death." Jia Lei said.

"Hmm...... This person is indeed a bit of a lot!" This time, even Chen Dong, who had been working, nodded.

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"There is no way for so many of us to move together, we all know who the new president is, he is not a person with much ability, and he can't convince the major factions under his command at all, and it is a matter of time before Dušan does not mess up. If we want to survive well, we have to move somewhere else. The boss said to Jia Lei while driving.

"So you're waiting, just to see who can be president?" Jia Lei asked.

"Yes, if the new president is a capable man, we won't move. The proprietress nodded while holding her 5-year-old daughter.

Because there are often guests who want to use the car when opening a hotel, the proprietress has a small bus for 20 months. It used to be used to pull tour groups, but now it is used for moving.

"But you don't have to be in such a hurry to move, right? The new president was only elected the day before yesterday, and you people are in a hurry to move out today, even if you prepare in advance, it's too hasty, right?" Jia Lei asked.

"This is also something that cannot be helped, since independence, the environment in our country has become more and more chaotic. The reason why you have been so calm in the past few days is because, on the one hand, the general election, and on the other hand, because the United Nations and people from many countries are in Dushanbe, and all the major factions have given the United Nations a face to restrain their subordinates. Those of us can only hurry away while the United Nations people are still there and the road is too peaceful, and the road will not be so peaceful after any further delay. The owner said while driving.

"But are you sure that the Ferghana Basin will be safe?" Jia Lei asked.

Although the Ferghana Basin is also very chaotic, at least you will not go hungry if you stay there, and if you can't do it, you can smuggle it to the other two countries. The proprietress said with a sigh.

"Is that what you think in this group, so you guys will act together?" Jia Lei asked with a glance back at the long car.

"Yes, what do you think! The move has been planned for months, and everyone gathers together to walk in large numbers, so that the road can be safer! At least the small gang of robbers with only three or five people will not dare to come to trouble the convoy!" said the proprietress .

"Then you haven't thought about moving to another country, such as Huaxia?" asked Jia Lei.

"We don't want to go! At least here we don't look and speak much differently from other people, we still live in the country. Besides, the road to Huaxia is too difficult, and it takes at least a month to get to a big city with people through the Taklamakan Desert. And it's only two days to the Ferghana Basin!", said the boss.

The speed of migration of so many people is naturally not fast, the convoy is moving at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, the sky in the Pamirs in winter is very blue, the lakes encountered on the road are also very blue, and because of the different minerals in them, many lakes are still purple or green.

"This is probably what the Queen Mother's Yao Pond looks like, isn't it?

"Click!" Luo Nan raised the camera in his hand to help Jia Lei leave a precious group photo.

"Where did the camera come from?" Jia Lei asked after hearing the sound of the shutter.

"There was an old couple in the convoy, there was something wrong with the shutter of the camera, and they brought it to me to help fix it. Luo Nan said.

"Is it repaired now?" Jia Lei asked.

"Well, it's fixed!" Mo Bei nodded and said.

"Then you can talk to them and see if they can lend us the camera for a few days. Jia Lei said.

"What are you borrowing a camera for?" asked Luo Nan.

"Of course, it's a photo, how beautiful the Pamirs are in early winter, with blue skies and white clouds and snow-capped mountains in the distance, no matter from any angle, they are as beautiful as a painting. Such a pure sky will never be seen in a big city in China! This sky blue is so beautiful!" Jia Lei said as he looked at the sky above the plateau.

"The lake behind you is also beautiful!" Luo Nan nodded, and then he raised his camera to beckon everyone else over and take a group photo together.

"Replacement, substitution! Let Luo Nan come over and take a picture. Jia Lei hurriedly said.

"It's so troublesome to change people! You wait for me to call the boss to take pictures for us, so that we can take a family photo." Mo Bei said and ran to the rest of the team on the side of the road and pulled the innkeeper out.

"Click!" a group photo recorded Jia Lei's appearance in 91, and he smiled happily, as pure as the sky on the Pamirs.

"Click!", "Click",

Jia Lei hung a camera around his neck and began to take pictures of the convoy resting on the side of the road, everyone didn't care about the camera when they saw it, and some people in the crowd waved and smiled at the camera.

"Let's take a picture of us too!" said the proprietress of the proprietress as she walked over and said.

"Go and call your parents and take a family photo of you. Jia Lei patted the head of one of the eight-year-old boys and said.

"Okay! I'm going to find someone. The little boy smiled and ran out.

At this moment, the convoy was full of laughter, women gathered by the lake to wash the dishes they had eaten, children hid in the convoy to hide and seek, and men took this opportunity to hide outside and smoke......

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The convoy walked on and off for two days until it finally arrived at Khujand, a very prosperous city at the entrance to the Ferghana Basin.

This small convoy of five or six hundred people carried out the last replenishment in this city, because it was about to arrive at the destination, and everyone needed to purchase a bit more things, so the convoy stopped here for half a day.

Jia Lei took this opportunity to wander around the neighborhood and bought a few films and a map.

"Is the border of this place really complicated?" Jia Lei said speechlessly as he looked at the strange map.

"It's really complicated!" the others nodded as well.

"How was this border line determined?" Jia Lei asked as he put his face on the map and looked at it vigorously.

"Do you mean borders? I know that. The old man who sold the map said suddenly.

"Can you understand what we are saying?" asked Jia Lei.

"Of course, I understand, I went to China with caravans when I was young, and we often have foreign merchants here to buy maps, and I know several Chinese languages." The old man said with a smile.

"Then why are you still selling maps here? You make more money translating for people than that. Jia Lei asked.

"Don't underestimate my map business, I make a lot of money. I made all of these maps at home, and I could make five dollars selling one. I have some booklets with precautions here, do you want them?" asked the old man.

"No! we're just passing, we don't need this kind of pamphlet. Mo Bei refused.

Let's just say that the map in your hand is that the reason why the border line is divided like this is because the Soviets do not want the relations between our countries to be too good, so they set the border line like this. The old man said.

The Ferghana Basin is located at the junction of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Around the Ferghana Basin, the borders of these three countries are crisscrossed like dogs' teeth, which may seem chaotic, but there is a certain pattern in them.

"In the name of fairness, the Soviets divided this disputed cornucopia among three countries at the same time, and they gave the western entrance to the Ferghana Basin to Tajikistan, which is here in Khujand. The old man pointed to the map.

"It seems that there is only one entrance here, right?" Jia Lei said, looking at the map.

And then they gave Uzbekistan the richest part of the middle of the basin, and several large cities of Uzbekistan are concentrated in the basin, which is the essence of Ferghana. The old man pointed to the middle of the map again.

"Oh! what else?" Jia Lei asked again.

"Also, do you see the surrounding mountains?" asked the old man.

"See!" everyone nodded.

"This ring of highland mountains on the edge of the basin belongs to Kyrgyzstan, and from this high mountain you can see all the cities in the basin. The old man said.

"The borders of these three families are close together, aren't you afraid that they will fight?" Jia Lei asked.

"Maybe some people just want us to fight!" said the old man.

"None of this matters, for you outsiders, the most important thing is these small circles on the map!" said the old man, pointing to the large and small circles on the map.

"What do these circles mean?" Jia Lei hurriedly asked.

"These circles are enclaves, and you must be careful when passing through the basin, and you must not accidentally cross the boundary and walk into the circle. That's going to get you in trouble!" said the old man.

"Enclave? You shouldn't be joking, right? The smallest circle here is only one square kilometer in size, can such a large place be called an enclave?" Jia Lei asked in shock.

You must know that the mansions of some wealthy families are larger than this area.

"Of course, this territory is internationally recognized, and if you accidentally break into these enclaves, you will be arrested by the locals. So you'd better buy a booklet from me and find out what's going on there. The old man handed the pamphlet over again.

"How much do we buy?" Jia Lei hurriedly asked.

"$10 a booklet, plus $5 and a booklet translated into English, if you don't know what to say, you can hold the booklet and point to the sentences on it to show the locals." The old man said happily.

"Give you money. Jia Lei hurriedly took out the money and handed it over, and exchanged it for two booklets, one large and one small.

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"This person who divided the territory at the beginning is bad enough, and he looks like a soldier. Mo Bei said with the map.

"That's right! The Tajiks control the only entrance and strategic access to the basin in the west, cutting off the most convenient road from most of the Uzbek cities in the basin to the outside, without which the Uzbeks can only return to the country by crossing the mountains. Chen Dong said. He was a scout by generation and was particularly sensitive to the terrain.

"And that's not all, the Kyrgyz control the highland mountains around the basin, and these mountains are the headwaters of the rivers that flow to the basin, and indirectly control the basin's water sources. The other two countries did not dare to mess with them, and they were the poorest, so they could only watch the fat territory drool. Xiang Xi also said

"The most powerful and wealthy Uzbeks appear to have taken advantage of a lot on the surface, but in fact they are controlled by others everywhere, and these three are now a three-legged powerhouse, and the relationship between them is extremely bad! In addition, there are enclaves of other countries in each country, and there must be many contradictions in ordinary times. Maybe there will be a fight sometime!" Luo Nan analyzed.

"Oh my God, so much more attention to a map. Jia Lei said frantically.

"This map is very important! The booklet in your hand is also very important, this time thanks to you for buying things in advance, otherwise we would have hastily broken in, and there would have been an accident. Mo Bei said.

He used to fight alone, and he didn't know as much about this kind of major events as others.

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"Huh, you actually bought a map? It's still a map of Uncle Tucker's house, it seems that someone has been deceived again!" After returning to the station, the boss looked at the map in Jia Lei's hand and said.

"What? We were fooled! Could it be that this map is fake?" asked Jia Lei in shock.

"It's not a fake, it's just that Uncle Tucker sells it more expensive than ordinary people, and others sell this kind of map for about a dollar. Uncle Tari sells for $5 and will build some messy things. The hostess also came over to say.

"Does he have no one to care about like this? You know so clearly, is it with him?" Jia Lei asked in shock.

"We don't know him, but an old man who speaks a few foreign languages and specializes in selling high-priced maps to deceive foreigners is particularly famous near the Fergana Basin, and he will not lie to the locals. We've all inquired before we came!" the boss said with a smile.

"Ah, isn't this similar to those people at the gate of the domestic tourist area!" Jia Lei reacted and said.

"No, I'm going back to settle accounts with that old man!" Mo Bei said angrily.

"I advise you not to go, there are hundreds of men in Uncle Tucker's family, and if you go to him to settle accounts, you will definitely be the one who suffers!" the proprietress hurriedly said.

"Forget it, I didn't have much money to be cheated out of anyway, only $20 in total, and it wasn't worth fighting for that money. Jia Lei said helplessly. I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~