In any case, Hai Phong is also one of the top five cities in Vietnam in terms of comprehensive strength, with large hotels, hospitals, bars, restaurants, etc....

Ha Long Bay is only about 100 kilometers away from Hai Phong City, but it seems to be two different worlds. Lewen

This is completely the countryside of Vietnam, almost exactly the same as the situation at the beginning of the reform and opening up of the Chinese country. Along the way, there was hardly a decent road, almost all of them were muddy dirt roads.

However, on the morning of their visit, it had rained heavily, making it even more difficult to leave.

They paid 150 Vietnamese dong and chartered a van from Haiphong to Ha Long Bay.

Along the way, the van staggered and almost knocked everyone out. During this period, there were still several sections of large potholes and waterlogged roads, which could not be carried by people at all, so people had to get down and move forward empty. After that, get in the car and continue walking.

Under normal circumstances, a hundred kilometers can be reached in a maximum of one hour.

However, they walked all morning, and it was almost time for lunch before they arrived at the destination of their trip, Xiashui Town.

Originally, I thought that this place produced such a precious Vietnamese huanghuali, at least this town should be much more prosperous than those villages and towns along the way.

However, when they came here, they found that it was not what they imagined. This town, except for a few hotels and shopping malls, can be seen a little, and there are some low-rise buildings everywhere, where there is a little bit of prosperity.

Mo Feifei asked the master who drove the van curiously: "Master, this is the legendary hometown of Huanghuali in Vietnam, why does it look so backward?" (Vietnam)

That master is also a very practical person, and he will say whatever he wants. He bluntly said: "There are two reasons for this. The first is that this place is inaccessible, and good wood comes out and is not easy to transport out. Even if it is shipped out, the cost will rise sharply, so the people in this town rarely take the initiative to ship Huanghuali out, but wait for large dealers and sellers to come here to buy goods. (Vietnam)

Mo Feifei: "Geography? The price of Huanghuali outside is so high, the local government doesn't care. If the traffic is really inconvenient, build a road directly to Hai Phong City, and just collect tolls for a year or two to recoup the cost, there is no reason why they should not do it. (Vietnam)

The master nodded: "That's right, young man, you are so smart." Geographical factors are still secondary, the main one is the human factor. (Vietnam)

"Oh, how do you say that?" (Yue) Mo said curiously.

The master looked around and saw that it was safe, and then lowered his voice and said, "I also heard from a customer before. The good Huanghuali in this place has been monopolized by several big families, and it is colluded with the local government. Locals are not allowed to go into the mountains to collect wood, and they can only sell some defective or small logs.

As for why the road is not built, it is because those big families think. If the passage from here to the outside world is completely opened and people from all over the world come in, it will be difficult to guarantee that someone will not secretly smuggle wood out without their family's back, and it will harm their interests. (Vietnam)

Mo Fei is a very smart person, and he immediately understands the mystery of this.

This is the so-called vague and expensive, and there is also a saying that "hunger marketing", using this method to create a false impression that this kind of Huanghuali is not easy to ship, so as to raise the price of Huanghuali.

Of course, you can't always think in terms of the bad side.

This is also a way to protect Huanghuali.

You must know that Huanghuali is comparable to gold, and it will take hundreds of years to grow into wood, and the quantity is extremely rare, and it is recognized by the people of most Asian countries, and the price is naturally very high.

If the locals are allowed to cut down indiscriminately, it will not be long before there will be no wood to cut down here, and it will lose its reputation and status as the "hometown of Yuehuang".

After listening to the driver's words, Mo Feifei basically had an understanding of the current situation. That is, if you only buy a dozen catties or dozens of catties of logs, you only need to buy them from the local townspeople.

If you need to buy a huge amount of goods, often half a ton a ton, then just go directly to the local families.

Mo Feifei said thank you, and then asked him to pull the group to the best hotel in town, and when they found a good place to stay, they would go to the nearby trading market.

Since they had been here before, the master of the van was familiar with the road and took them to one of the best hotels in town.

It is a red and white building, seven or eight stories high, and the area of each floor is not large, at most a thousand square meters. From the outside, it is very exotic and beautiful. There are no less than 100 cars parked at the door, all over the place, basically with the same purpose as Mo Feifei and others, they are all here to buy goods.

Since there aren't many hotels in town, it's no surprise that the largest hotel is a sought-after item.

In addition to the small space, the asking price of the room inside is even more frighteningly high, close to 3 million VND per night, which is equivalent to 1,000 yuan.

When they heard this price, everyone was stunned, just such a dilapidated hotel, and the charges were so expensive, isn't this a monopoly bargaining.

They didn't miss this thousand dollars a night, but they felt that it was too bad. The taste of being slaughtered as a pig, not to mention how awkward it is.

After listening to Mo Feifei's translation, the fat man directly rolled up his sleeves and wanted to reason with the other party: "This TMd is a striptease, or ginseng and abalone to eat, why is it so outrageously expensive." ”

The waiter couldn't understand Chinese, but seeing the other party's attitude, he could basically guess the general meaning. I heard the man say nonchalantly: "We have a clear price here, if you don't live now, the house will be gone in a while, you can't blame me." (Vietnam)

Mo Feifei didn't want to spend a few hundred yuan with them, so he said to him directly: "There are nine of us (Mo Feifei, Fatty, Zhang Lin, and six Flame Brothers), and we want five rooms, four double standard rooms, and one double room. (Vietnam)

The waiter looked it up on the computer cracklingly, and finally said slightly apologetically: "I'm sorry, there are no big bed rooms, only five standard rooms." (Vietnam)

Mo Feifei hesitated for a moment: "Okay, five will be five." (Vietnam)

The waiter nodded, calculated it with the computer, and said, "A total of fifteen.6 million." (Vietnam)

Mo Feifei took the money, waited for a while, and the other party gave him the access card.

After getting the access control, Mo Feifei was suddenly a little dumbfounded, these five numbers were 302, 309, 407, 400, and 520. At first glance, they are not together.

This group of people is not familiar with each other, and it is inconvenient not to be together.