Because Kurban has paid more attention to the living conditions of the mining team and the jade mining team over the years, this transfer station has been transformed into a very comfortable one, just like a three-star hotel, whether you come here to eat or drink, it is no problem, let alone hundreds of people at a time, even if it is thousands of people.

Recently, there are more people who have come here to travel, and the hotel has additional income, so Kurban basically will not lose money, even if he loses money, he can earn it back from elsewhere, for people like him, the status and reputation in the local area, that is the most important thing, he says a word, others are willing to listen, that is enough, with authority, making money is naturally not a problem.

Foreign merchants come here to do business, but also have to get his consent, send some gifts or something, it is enough to compensate for the loss of the hotel, anyway, Kurban is not a state public. staff so he is not afraid of others saying that he suffers. Bribe.

Zhang Tianyuan definitely wants to thank Kurban, if he came here before, it would be very troublesome to eat, but now it is convenient, he parked the car in a specially opened parking lot, and then entered the hotel with One-Eyed them.

The food here is not luxurious or expensive, mainly more practical, similar to home-cooked dishes, such as large plates of chicken, porridge steamed buns, roasted whole lamb, haggis soup, pilaf and so on.

Zhang Tianyuan had just woken up, so his appetite was not very good, so One-Eye persuaded him: "Consultant Zhang, let's eat more, it's not easy to eat hot meals on the mountain, this is probably the best meal before entering the mountain." ”

What he said, that must be a personal experience, even if Zhang Tianyuan has no appetite now. I just stuffed my stomach to the full.

After eating, some of the teams rested in the hotel. Because of the long journey to get here, it took more than five hours along the way. It's also tired, and if you don't nourish your spirit, you may not be able to walk.

Zhang Tianyuan and the others also sat for a while, and when they felt that it was almost enough, they got up and left the hotel, and went to the place where they rented camels and rented four camels.

Three of the camels were for carrying things, including food, drink, and tools, while the remaining camel was rented by several people for Zhang Tianyuan to ride, and they seemed to think that Zhang Tianyuan was a powerful man from the city. It is estimated that the body is not good, and it is impossible to rush the road.

In this regard, Zhang Tianyuan happily declined, he made a decision, whoever is tired will get on the camel to rest for a while, and the rest of the people will walk, so as to ensure that everyone's body is full enough, and it will not be tired when it is time to work.

"Advisor Zhang, then you can get on the camel first. We'll talk about it when we're tired. One-Eye said.

"I've just eaten, I'd better take a walk and digest it, let Gulzana sit, she's a girl. Weak body. Zhang Tianyuan thought for a while.

"It's true that I'm a girl, but I'm not weak." As Gu Zana spoke, she was very unconvinced and straightened her chest at Zhang Tianyuan. It's a pity that his airport-like chest is really nothing to stand up to.

"If you don't sit down. This camel is wasted, why don't you return it? Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"That's not going to work. I'd better sit down. Gulzana compromised: "But if you're tired, just say it, I don't dare to let Brother Zhang keep you walking." ”

Her meaning is obvious, that is, she occupies it first, and this camel is still prepared for Zhang Tianyuan.

Zhang Tianyuan replied casually, it was a promise, he was wearing a mountaineering and climbing suit today, plus he was physically strong, and he had the strength to eliminate fatigue, he dared to say that no one here could walk better than him, but after all, others were kind, and he couldn't directly refuse.

"Advisor Zhang, where do you say we should go first?" One-Eye asked.

"Don't ask me, I'm not familiar with this place, you're the captain, it's up to you to arrange it, I'll just follow." Zhang Tianyuan definitely doesn't do anything that he doesn't know and pretends to understand, otherwise he will be unlucky in the end, he can get it back if he loses face, but if he loses his life, he can't get it back.

One-eyed tilted his head and thought for a while: "Consultant Zhang is here to contract the ore vein, then I will take you to the previous mine cave to have a look, and familiarize yourself with the terrain first, how about it?" ”

"Okay, that's it." Zhang Tianyuan nodded.

"Then let's go, to the nearest mine." One-eyed greeted, and six men and four camels were dispatched.

From the transfer station to the mining area is not far away, only two or three kilometers away, whether to sit on a camel or not is not a big problem, especially for these mining workers, they have been walking around here for a long time, the body has been trained, two or three kilometers only, it is not a problem at all.

This is also why the camels are well stocked, but One-Eye only rents four, they think that the extra camels are not only a waste of money, but also have to take care of their food, which will be very troublesome, and if there is less, there will be less.

There are many teams that set off at the same time, and it can be seen that most of these people are skilled workers, and when they walk on the mountain of more than 4,000 meters, they can actually be as breathless as usual, and their legs are not weak, which is amazing.

And those outsiders who have just joined the mining team are not good, one by one as if they have just finished a marathon, not only lack of oxygen, difficulty breathing, but also feel as if their legs are sucked by something, every step has to consume a lot of strength, it is really very hard.

This is also why these mining teams are reluctant to bring newcomers, newcomers will not only delay time, but also prone to accidents, for these people, it is strict zhòng to hinder jade mining and prospecting, with newcomers, it is basically because of friends, relatives, face can not be pulled, so it is reluctant.

Originally, the one-eyed people thought that Zhang Tianyuan would be the same as these newcomers, and maybe even worse, which is why they rented a camel for him, but this has already walked nearly a kilometer, and Zhang Tianyuan can actually speak happily in addition to the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, which makes them dumbfounded.

"Brother Zhang, you are really amazing, look at those people, like dead dogs, they are dying, you have no problem at all." Gulzana, sitting on a camel, said in surprise.

"Yes, I would have known that I wouldn't have wasted this money, Consultant Zhang is really powerful." Ismail also sighed. He was originally worried that Zhang Tianyuan would affect their prospecting progress, but now he looked at it. I may not be able to keep up with this young man's foot.

"The camel still wants it, in case anyone gets sick. If you're injured, you might have a mount, or you'll have to be carried, and as for the money for renting a camel, I'll give it back to you. Zhang Tianyuan didn't bring a wallet when he entered the mountain this time, he originally thought that he wouldn't buy anything when he went up the mountain, who knew that there was a transit station, so the money for eating and renting a camel were all out of the eye.

"Then what's so embarrassing, Master Kurban said let me take good care of you. Not to mention the fact that there is not much money. One-Eye hurriedly shook his head.

"Okay, don't talk about this, it's decided, I'll return the money to you when I go back, it's not easy for you." Zhang Tianyuan said involuntarily.

Although he was very domineering in this, One-Eye and the others were happy to hear it.

You can see that many areas of the mountain are made up of rocky deserts. Occasional dead ponds provide aquatic grass for several species of wild hoofed animals, such as the Tibetan antelope and the Tibetan rock antelope, as well as large herds of wild asses and herds of wild rhinos. In the more humid western mountains, bighorn sheep graze in the higher grasslands. Green sheep, Ladakh argali, and ibex are scattered throughout the rocky upper western mountains.

"I've heard that there are wolves on this mountain, is it true?" Because walking was really boring, Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help but ask.

"It's not just a wolf. Brown bears are often found in the willows near the waterways; Wolves are endemic to the area, and there are even rare snow leopards in some cases. Many migratory waterbirds frequent the lakes during their seasonal migrations. Anyway, I think that if your eagle is really powerful enough, it should not worry about eating and drinking. One-Eye replied as he looked up at the Shinra hovering in the air. That's called an envy.

After listening to One-eye's words, Zhang Tianyuan looked around, and there was a stream nearby. I just don't know if there are brown bears.

There is water here, but it is due to the high altitude. Therefore, the vegetation is very sparse, and most of them are plants such as S. spp., S. breviflora, and S. spp. It's really desolate to look at.

There are some scattered jade stones on the road, all of which are serious Hetian jade, but the texture is not very good, and if it is processed on a large scale, it can be sold cheaply to those who like jade, but cannot afford to buy good jade.

Most of these jade stones belong to big bosses like Kurban, who will send camel caravans or convoys to bring them all back, and then make different ornaments or ornaments according to their shape and size.

"It's hard to do the jade picker's job now." Looking at the large machinery driving over, Sima Yi sighed and said.

This Zhang Tianyuan knows that he used to pick up jade, but now he relies on large excavators to mine. The 100-kilometer riverbed has been dug more than 10 meters deep, but often a decent piece of seed jade cannot be found for several months, and there are fewer and fewer raw materials on the market.

This is why the state will introduce policies to restrict jade mining, if it continues to be done like this, it is estimated that Hetian Yu will really follow the old road of Tian Huangshi.

Nowadays, the value of Hetian jade is rising, one is because of the decline in its own reserves, and the other is because of the policy guidance issued by the state, which also makes jade miners get relatively high remuneration after hard work.

But then again, in fact, the hard work of jade mining is really beyond the imagination of outsiders.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a poet Wei Yingwu who wrote a poem "Jade Picking".

"The government levied white ding, and the words picked blue stream jade. There is no home at night, and you sleep in the deep hazel rain.

The only woman was paid and fed, and she wept in mourning. ”

Although this poem is not about Hetian, but about Lanxi in Shaanzhou, the hard work of jade pickers can be seen.

In Li He's "Old Husband Picking Jade Song", "The old man is hungry and cold, and the dragon is worried, and the blue stream is not innocent; The night rain gangtou eats hazelnuts, and the cuckoo tears the old man in the mouth" happens to read each other with the poem "There is no home at night, and the deep hazel rain sleeps in the rain". The jade workers worked hard for a day, but they were hungry and cold, and had nowhere to live, so they could only pick up wild hazelnuts to satisfy their hunger, and sleep in the mountains and rain.

Although this is ancient, but to this day, many jade miners live like this, they are half a month on the mountain, they can only use dry food to impact, hunger and cold, and there is no place to live, in case the dry food is eaten, or is snatched away by wild beasts, it will be bitter.

Of course, now is different from the past, the environment is better, but in fact, it is not much better, whether it is Wei Yingwu's poems or what Li He said, in fact, they can be used on these jade pickers.

Zhang Tianyuan may not understand it now, but in a few days, he will naturally understand.

In fact, just on the way to the road, you can see that some people are dying, walking and stopping, just like those laborers who once built the Great Wall for free, which is really hard enough. (To be continued......)